2017–18 Southern Football League

Southern Football League
West Division
Season	2017–18
Champions	Taunton Town
Promoted	Salisbury; Swindon Supermarine; Taunton Town; Wimborne Town
Relegated	Bishop's Cleeve; Shortwood United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,635 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	43 goals - Benjamin Whitehead (Cirencester Town) and Tobias Holmes (Wimborne Town)
Biggest home win	Taunton Town 9 – 0 Slimbridge, 24 April and Cinderford Town 9 – 0 Slimbridge, 19 April
Biggest away win	Shortwood United 0 – 8 Salisbury, 9 September
Highest scoring	Salisbury 8 – 2 Cirencester Town, 19 September
	← 2016–17 2018–19 Division One South →

Southern Football League
East Division
Season	2017–18
Champions	Beaconsfield Town
Promoted	AFC Rushden & Diamonds; Beaconsfield Town; Hartley Wintney
Relegated	Arlesey Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,492 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	34 goals - Daniel West (Thame United)
Biggest home win	Ashford Town 10 – 0 Fleet Town, 24 October
Biggest away win	Arlesey Town 1 – 9 Hayes & Yeading United, 20 January
Highest scoring	10 goals (3 matches)
	← 2016–17 Division One Central 2018–19 Division One Central →

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	2017–18
Champions	Hereford
Promoted	Hereford; Slough Town
Relegated	Dunstable Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,871 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	38 goals - Brandon Goodship (Weymouth)
Biggest home win	Chesham United 13 – 1 Merthyr Town, 18 November
Biggest away win	Gosport Borough 0 – 8 Basingstoke Town, 28 August
Highest scoring	Chesham United 13 – 1 Merthyr Town, 18 November
Highest attendance	4,556 – Hereford 4 – 1 Kettering Town, 21 April
Lowest attendance	67 – St Ives Town 2 – 6 Stratford Town, 17 April
Total attendance	256,331
Average attendance	464 (+35.6% to previous season)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 Premier Central; 2018–19 Premier South →

The 2017–18 season was the 115th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. It was also the last to have a single Premier Division. From the 2014–15 season onwards, the Southern League is known as Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.

The league constitution was announced in May 2017.[1]

Premier Division

At the end of the season a new division were to be created at the seventh level. Also, the number of clubs in the seventh level divisions was decreased from 24 to 22. To make up the number of clubs at the seventh level only one Premier Division club were to be relegated this season.

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

Two clubs promoted from Division One Central:
- Farnborough
- Royston Town

Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West:
- Hereford
- Tiverton Town

Two clubs relegated from the National League South:
- Bishop's Stortford
- Gosport Borough

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hereford	46	36	5	5	111	33	+78	113	Promoted to the National League North
2	King's Lynn Town	46	30	10	6	99	39	+60	100	Qualified for the play-offs, then placed to Premier Division Central[lower-alpha 1]
3	Slough Town	46	30	9	7	111	49	+62	99	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League South
4	Kettering Town	46	30	7	9	122	56	+66	97	Qualified for the play-offs, then placed to Premier Division Central
5	Weymouth	46	30	7	9	103	48	+55	97	Qualified for the play-offs, then placed to Premier Division South
6	Tiverton Town	46	24	6	16	78	69	+9	78	Placed to Premier Division South
7	Royston Town	46	24	5	17	84	65	+19	77	Placed to Premier Division Central
8	Chesham United	46	21	11	14	85	61	+24	74	Placed to Premier Division South
9	Banbury United	46	19	15	12	90	59	+31	72	Placed to Premier Division Central
10	Basingstoke Town	46	21	8	17	92	72	+20	71	Placed to Premier Division South
11	Hitchin Town	46	19	9	18	67	66	+1	66	Placed to Premier Division Central
12	St Neots Town	46	17	13	16	79	79	0	64	Placed to Premier Division Central
13	Frome Town	46	18	7	21	78	96	−18	61	Placed to Premier Division South
14	Redditch United	46	15	10	21	73	73	0	55	Placed to Premier Division Central
15	Stratford Town	46	15	10	21	68	81	−13	55
16	Biggleswade Town	46	14	11	21	52	63	−11	53
17	Merthyr Town	46	13	14	19	76	98	−22	53	Placed to Premier Division South
18	Bishop's Stortford	46	14	10	22	74	79	−5	52	Transferred to Isthmian League Premier Division
19	Dorchester Town	46	13	12	21	62	83	−21	51	Placed to Premier Division South
20	Farnborough	46	15	6	25	82	120	−38	51
21	Kings Langley	46	8	14	24	63	98	−35	38
22	St Ives Town	46	8	9	29	54	105	−51	33	Placed to Premier Division Central
23	Gosport Borough	46	5	5	36	41	142	−101	19[lower-alpha 2]	Placed to Premier Division South
24	Dunstable Town	46	4	5	37	27	137	−110	17	Relegated to Division One Central

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: Southern League Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:

Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the National League North / South.
Gosport Borough were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in their draw against Biggleswade Town on 31 March.[2]

Results table

Home \ Away	BAN	BAS	BIG	BST	CHE	DOR	DUN	FAR	FRO	GOS	HER	HIT	KET	KLT	KIL	MER	RED	ROY	SLO	STI	STN	STR	TIV	WEY
Banbury United		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	1–2	4–1	3–4	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–2
Basingstoke Town	3–1		2–0	3–2	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	3–2	1–0	2–1	6–2	3–3
Biggleswade Town	1–1	1–2		2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–5	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–2
Bishop's Stortford	0–5	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–3	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–3	2–2	4–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–3
Chesham United	1–3	4–1	2–0	2–1		2–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	13–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–6
Dorchester Town	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	4–0	1–4	7–2	0–1	1–4	4–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	6–0	0–4	1–2	3–0	0–3
Dunstable Town	0–5	0–6	0–2	0–5	1–4	0–1		1–0	1–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–2	0–4	1–4	0–6	1–1	0–5	0–3	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–2	2–1
Farnborough	1–0	4–3	2–1	0–5	2–0	3–3	4–0		5–3	1–2	2–4	4–1	3–4	5–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–4	1–4	2–3	2–6
Frome Town	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–1		2–0	0–3	3–4	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–4	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–4
Gosport Borough	0–4	0–8	1–1	1–3	1–5	3–3	1–0	2–4	7–0		0–4	0–3	0–7	1–7	1–2	1–1	2–5	2–3	1–5	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–5	0–4
Hereford	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	5–1		5–0	4–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	2–0
Hitchin Town	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	5–1	2–1	0–3		0–0	0–4	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	3–1
Kettering Town	3–0	3–0	3–1	6–0	3–1	4–3	6–0	6–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	4–1		1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–3	2–0
King's Lynn Town	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1		3–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1
Kings Langley	3–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–7	1–1	3–3	1–2	2–5	0–0		2–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	4–3	2–0	2–2	2–3
Merthyr Town	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–4	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	4–1		2–2	2–1	4–5	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–3
Redditch United	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	5–0	7–1	4–1	4–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–4	4–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–2
Royston Town	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	4–3	3–0	5–0	1–4	2–1	4–3	2–0	4–0	5–1	2–1		0–4	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2
Slough Town	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–4	2–1	2–0	8–1	5–1	2–1	5–1	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–1		3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
St Ives Town	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–4	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	3–4	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–4		1–1	2–6	1–2	1–2
St Neots Town	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	1–6	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–4	0–5	3–2	5–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1		2–2	1–0	1–2
Stratford Town	2–3	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	5–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–4	1–5	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		1–2	0–0
Tiverton Town	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	7–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	2–1		2–1
Weymouth	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	6–0	0–2	5–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	5–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: The Evo-Stik Southern Football League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final


2	King's Lynn Town	3

5	Weymouth	0
			2	King's Lynn Town	1

			3	Slough Town	2
3	Slough Town	3

4	Kettering Town	1

Semi-finals

2 May 2018	King's Lynn Town	3–0	Weymouth	The Walks, King's Lynn
19:45 (UTC+01:00)	Norman 13' Parker 15' King 39'

2 May 2018	Slough Town	3–1	Kettering Town	Arbour Park, Slough
19:45 (UTC+01:00)	Coles 13' Dobson 52' (pen) Dobson 71' (pen)		O'Connor 36'

Final

7 May 2018	King's Lynn Town	1–2	Slough Town	The Walks, King's Lynn
15:00 (UTC+01:00)	Hilliard 27'		Flood 44' Williams 89'	Attendance: 2,842

Stadia and locations

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Banbury United	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Biggleswade Town	Langford Road	3,000
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Chesham United	The Meadow	5,000
Dorchester Town	The Avenue Stadium	5,009
Dunstable Town	Creasey Park	3,200
Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	7,000
Frome Town	Badgers Hill	2,000
Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Hereford	Edgar Street	4,913
Hitchin Town	Top Field	4,000
Kettering Town	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
King's Lynn Town	The Walks	5,733
Kings Langley	Gaywood Park	1,000
Merthyr Town	Penydarren Park	10,000
Redditch United	The Valley	5,000
Royston Town	Garden Walk	5,000
Slough Town	Arbour Park	1,950
St Ives Town	Westwood Road	2,000
St Neots Town	New Rowley Park	3,500
Stratford Town	Knights Lane	1,400
Tiverton Town	Ladysmead	3,500
Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600

East Division

At the end of the previous season Division One Central was renamed East Division.

At the end of the season a new division were to be created at the seventh level. To make up the number of clubs at the seventh level two clubs from each eighth division, one club with best points-per-game among the eighth level division clubs and six play-off winners were promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at the eighth level under the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every eighth division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club were to be relegated.

The East Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season Division One Central and six new clubs:

AFC Rushden & Diamonds, transferred from the Northern Premier League Division One South
Cambridge City, relegated from the Premier Division
Hartley Wintney, promoted from the Combined Counties League
Hayes & Yeading United, relegated from the Premier Division
Moneyfields, promoted from the Wessex League
Thame United, promoted from the Hellenic League

At the end of the season the East Division was renamed Division One Central back.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Beaconsfield Town	42	29	5	8	99	46	+53	92	Promoted to Premier Division South
2	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	42	27	10	5	92	25	+67	91	Promoted to Premier Division Central
3	Hayes & Yeading United	42	26	5	11	103	49	+54	83	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division[lower-alpha 1]
4	Hartley Wintney	42	26	4	12	96	53	+43	82	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division South
5	AFC Dunstable	42	23	10	9	80	37	+43	79	Qualified for the play-offs
6	Cambridge City	42	23	8	11	99	53	+46	77	Qualified for the play-offs
7	Kempston Rovers	42	21	10	11	80	68	+12	73
8	Bedford Town	42	22	6	14	70	48	+22	72
9	Chalfont St Peter	42	20	12	10	56	39	+17	72	Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division
10	Moneyfields	42	19	12	11	79	63	+16	69	Transferred to Division One South
11	Thame United	42	20	4	18	84	78	+6	64
12	Ashford Town	42	16	8	18	81	68	+13	56	Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division
13	Aylesbury United	42	17	4	21	52	73	−21	52[lower-alpha 2]
14	Marlow	42	13	10	19	54	75	−21	49	Transferred to the Isthmian League South Central Division
15	Uxbridge	42	14	7	21	58	87	−29	49
16	Egham Town	42	13	9	20	54	88	−34	48
17	Northwood	42	10	11	21	54	71	−17	41
18	Hanwell Town	42	9	7	26	48	88	−40	34
19	Fleet Town	42	8	10	24	38	86	−48	34	Transferred to Division One South
20	Barton Rovers	42	8	9	25	39	86	−47	33
21	Aylesbury	42	9	6	27	40	88	−48	33
22	Arlesey Town	42	3	5	34	36	123	−87	14	Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2018. Source: Southern League Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:

Four teams played for one spot and promotion to Level 7.
Aylesbury United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Ashford Town on 23 January.[4]

Results table

Home \ Away	AFD	RUS	ARL	ASH	AYB	AYL	BAR	BEA	BED	CAM	CHA	EGH	FLE	HAN	HAR	H&Y	KEM	MAR	MON	NOR	THA	UXB
AFC Dunstable		0–3	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	6–1	4–0	6–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	1–0		0–0	1–0	7–1	4–1	5–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	7–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	6–0	1–1
Arlesey Town	0–7	1–2		1–3	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–6	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–3	1–6	1–9	0–4	0–1	0–4	1–3	2–3	0–2
Ashford Town	1–3	0–2	3–2		2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	10–0	1–4	0–1	4–0	7–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1
Aylesbury	1–2	0–4	1–5	2–2		0–1	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–2
Aylesbury United	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2		2–3	1–4	0–3	1–6	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	7–2	2–2
Barton Rovers	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2		2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1
Beaconsfield Town	4–0	1–1	7–0	5–0	0–3	3–2	0–0		0–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–4	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–0
Bedford Town	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	6–0	0–1		1–4	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	5–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–2
Cambridge City	0–2	0–1	7–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	5–1		0–0	6–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	7–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	5–1
Chalfont St Peter	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–2	0–4	1–1		3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–0
Egham Town	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–3	1–5	2–1	1–2	0–1		3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–3
Fleet Town	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0		0–0	0–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	4–2	6–0
Hanwell Town	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	4–1	1–5	0–5	2–2	2–3	0–1	2–0		2–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–3	0–2	0–2
Hartley Wintney	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	4–0	3–4	7–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	7–1	2–0	5–1		1–6	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–0
Hayes & Yeading United	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	5–0	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	6–1	3–0	2–2	3–1		3–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	4–2	4–0
Kempston Rovers	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–1	4–3	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2		2–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	4–1
Marlow	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–2		3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Moneyfields	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–0	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–5	2–1	3–1		2–0	4–1	2–3
Northwood	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–7	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1		1–3	0–1
Thame United	0–5	0–3	7–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	5–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	4–0	3–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	4–0	2–3	3–3		1–0
Uxbridge	0–1	1–4	3–2	2–4	2–1	1–0	6–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–5

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2018. Source: The Evo-Stik Southern Football League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final


3	Hayes & Yeading United	0

6	Cambridge City	1
			4	Hartley Wintney	1

			6	Cambridge City	0
4	Hartley Wintney	2

5	AFC Dunstable	0

Semi-finals

2 May 2018	Hayes & Yeading United	0–1	Cambridge City	Beaconsfield Road, Hayes
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

2 May 2018	Hartley Wintney	2–0	AFC Dunstable	The Memorial Playing Fields, Hartley Wintney
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Final

7 May 2018	Hartley Wintney	1–0	Cambridge City	The Memorial Playing Fields, Hartley Wintney
15:00 (UTC+01:00)

Stadia and locations

Kempston Rovers

Aylesbury

Ashford Town

Chalfont St Peter

Egham Town

Hanwell Town

Hayes & Yeading

Northwood

Uxbridge

Locations of East Division clubs

Greater London and environ East Division clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Dunstable	Creasey Park (groundshare with Dunstable Town)	3,500
AFC Kempston Rovers	Hillgrounds Leisure	2,000
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Hayden Road	1,500
Arlesey Town	Hitchin Road	2,920
Ashford Town	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Aylesbury	Haywood Way	1,300
Aylesbury United	The Meadow	5,000
Barton Rovers	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Beaconsfield Town	Holloways Park	3,500
Bedford Town	The Eyrie	3,000
Cambridge City	Westwood Road (groundshare with St Ives Town)	2,000
Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Egham Town	The Runnymede Stadium	5,565
Fleet Town	Calthorpe Park	2,000
Hanwell Town	Reynolds Field	3,000
Hartley Wintney	The Memorial Playing Fields	2,000
Hayes & Yeading United	Beaconsfield Road	3,000
Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
Moneyfields	Moneyfields Sports Ground	2,000
Northwood	Northwood Park	3,075
Thame United	Meadow View Park	2,000
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770

West Division

At the end of the previous season Division One South & West was renamed West Division.

At the end of the season a new division were to be created at the seventh level. To make up the number of clubs at the seventh level two clubs from each eighth division, one club with best points-per-game among the eighth level division clubs and six play-off winners were promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at the eighth level under the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every eighth division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club were to be relegated.

West Division for this season featured four new clubs:

Bristol Manor Farm, promoted from the Western League
Cinderford Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Cirencester Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Kidlington, transferred from Division One Central

At the end of the season West Division was renamed Division One South.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Taunton Town	42	31	10	1	107	41	+66	103	Promoted to Premier Division South
2	Salisbury	42	25	9	8	108	55	+53	84	Promoted to Premier Division South
3	Wimborne Town	42	23	8	11	104	57	+47	77[lower-alpha 1]	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division South[lower-alpha 2]
4	Evesham United	42	23	7	12	73	53	+20	76	Qualified for the play-offs
5	Swindon Supermarine	42	21	11	10	86	54	+32	74	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division South
6	Didcot Town	42	21	10	11	89	63	+26	73	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to Division One Central
7	Cirencester Town	42	22	7	13	93	74	+19	73
8	Bideford	42	21	9	12	79	58	+21	72
9	Bristol Manor Farm	42	20	9	13	83	61	+22	69
10	AFC Totton	42	19	9	14	65	49	+16	66
11	Winchester City	42	17	10	15	73	66	+7	61
12	Kidlington	42	15	12	15	80	64	+16	57	Transferred to Division One Central
13	Cinderford Town	42	14	12	16	81	71	+10	54
14	Yate Town	42	14	14	14	72	74	−2	53[lower-alpha 3]
15	Larkhall Athletic	42	13	6	23	66	78	−12	45
16	Mangotsfield United	42	10	11	21	53	86	−33	41
17	Shortwood United	42	10	10	22	63	124	−61	40	Resigned at the end of the season, then demoted to the Western League
18	North Leigh	42	10	8	24	53	84	−31	38	Transferred to Division One Central
19	Paulton Rovers	42	10	7	25	57	81	−24	37
20	Slimbridge	42	9	8	25	54	130	−76	35
21	Barnstaple Town	42	7	8	27	53	105	−52	29
22	Bishop's Cleeve	42	8	3	31	43	107	−64	24[lower-alpha 4]	Relegated to the Hellenic League

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2018. Source: Southern League Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:

Wimborne Town were promoted after Shaw Lane from the Northern Premier League Premier Division folded.
Four teams played for one spot and promotion to Level 7.
Yate Town were deducted three points for fielding two ineligible players in their win over Taunton Town on 26 September.[5]
Bishop's Cleeve were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Kidlington on 24 March.[6]

Results table

Home \ Away	TOT	BAR	BID	BIS	BMF	CIN	CIR	DID	EVE	KID	LAR	MAN	NOR	PAU	SAL	SHT	SLI	SWI	TAU	WIM	WCC	YAT
AFC Totton		3–1	2–3	6–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	5–0
Barnstaple Town	0–3		1–2	3–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–3	0–3	1–1	1–5	4–0	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3
Bideford	2–1	1–1		1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–4	4–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–2
Bishop's Cleeve	1–3	1–5	1–2		0–2	0–3	0–1	1–5	2–3	1–0	0–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	1–7	4–2	0–2
Bristol Manor Farm	2–3	5–1	1–0	6–0		4–2	2–2	3–3	1–5	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	1–1
Cinderford Town	1–0	1–3	3–4	4–0	2–0		2–3	7–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	4–3	1–1	3–4	1–1	3–4	9–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–0
Cirencester Town	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–4		1–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–3	6–1	4–0	4–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–4
Didcot Town	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0		3–0	1–0	4–2	3–4	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–4	4–2	2–4	4–2
Evesham United	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–5	0–2		1–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	3–3	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–1
Kidlington	0–0	5–2	1–2	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	0–3		1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2
Larkhall Athletic	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–3	2–2	1–1		0–2	5–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–3	2–3	1–3	1–2	1–0
Mangotsfield United	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–5	3–1		1–3	1–0	0–5	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–3
North Leigh	0–1	5–0	4–3	3–1	2–5	0–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–0		5–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–4
Paulton Rovers	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–4	0–1		0–2	3–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0
Salisbury	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	8–2	2–1	0–0	6–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–2		6–1	5–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	6–2
Shortwood United	1–3	3–3	0–6	2–3	2–2	2–1	0–3	3–3	0–4	0–5	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–8		2–2	3–1	1–2	0–5	2–4	1–1
Slimbridge	0–2	2–2	4–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–6	3–5	3–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–4	2–5	1–3		1–3	2–2	1–8	2–0	1–5
Swindon Supermarine	1–0	3–0	0–5	4–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	8–0		2–3	0–1	1–1	2–0
Taunton Town	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	5–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–3	9–0	1–0		3–3	4–1	1–4
Wimborne Town	1–1	5–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–1	5–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	1–3	3–1	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–2	5–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	4–2
Winchester City	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–5	5–1	3–0	3–2	0–5	1–0		4–1
Yate Town	0–1	3–3	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2018. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final


3	Wimborne Town	2

6	Didcot Town	0
			3	Wimborne Town	0 (3)

			5	Swindon Supermarine	0 (4)
4	Evesham United	1 (4)

5	Swindon Supermarine	1 (5)

Semi-finals

2 May 2018	Wimborne Town	2–0	Didcot Town	The Cuthbury, Wimborne
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

2 May 2018	Evesham United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Swindon Supermarine	Jubilee Stadium, Evesham
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Final

7 May 2018	Wimborne Town	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Swindon Supermarine	The Cuthbury, Wimborne
15:00 (UTC+01:00)

Stadia and locations

Bideford

Slimbridge

Locations of West Division clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Barnstaple Town	Mill Road	5,000
Bideford	The Sports Ground	2,000
Bishops Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500
Bristol Manor Farm	The Creek	2,000
Cinderford Town	Causeway Ground	3,500
Cirencester Town	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Didcot Town	Loop Meadow	3,000
Evesham United	Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Kidlington	Yarnton Road	1,500
Larkhall Athletic	The Plain Ham Ground	1,000
Mangotsfield United	Cossham Street	2,500
North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000
Paulton Rovers	Athletic Field	2,500
Salisbury	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000
Shortwood United	Meadowbank Ground	2,000
Slimbridge	Thornhill Park	1,500
Swindon Supermarine	Hunts Copse Ground	3,000
Taunton Town	Wordsworth Drive	2,500
Wimborne Town	The Cuthbury	3,250
Winchester City	The City Ground	4,500
Yate Town	Lodge Road	2,000

League Cup

2017–18 Southern League Cup
Country	England, Wales
Teams	65
Champions	Hitchin Town
Runners-up	Didcot Town
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Southern League Cup (billed as The BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup) was the 80th edition of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Hereford, Mangotsfield United, and North Leigh declined to participate. The defending champions, Hayes & Yeading United, were defeated in the semi-finals by Hitchin Town.

Preliminary round

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
1	Northwood (E)	1–3	Egham Town (E)

First round

Slough Town advance 5–3 on penalties
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
2	Kempston Rovers (E)	3–1	King's Lynn Town (P)
3	Beaconsfield Town (E)	2–2	Slough Town (P)
4	Cambridge City (E)	6–2	St Ives Town (P)
5	Dorchester Town (P)	1–2	Salisbury (W)
6	Hitchin Town (P)	4–2	Bishop's Stortford (P)
7	Paulton Rovers (W)	1–2	Frome Town (P)
8	AFC Dunstable (E)	1–1	Dunstable Town (P)
AFC Dunstable advance 3–1 on penalties
9	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E)	1–0	St Neots Town (P)
10	Arlesey Town (E)	0–1	Biggleswade Town (P)
11	Barnstaple Town (W)	0–0	Tiverton Town (P)
Barnstaple Town advance 3–2 on penalties
12	Barton Rovers (E)	0–3	Royston Town (P)
13	Bedford Town (E)	2–4	Kettering Town (P)
14	Bideford (W)	2–2	Taunton Town (W)
Taunton Town advance 5–4 on penalties
15	Chalfont St Peter (E)	1–1	Egham Town (E)
Egham Town advance 7–6 on penalties
16	Chesham United (P)	3–0	Aylesbury (E)

Didcot Town advance 5–4 on penalties
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
17	Cinderford Town (W)	3–2	Slimbridge (W)
18	Cirencester Town (W)	1–2	Larkhall Athletic (W)
19	Didcot Town (W)	2–2	Banbury United (P)
20	Fleet Town (E)	2–6	Basingstoke Town (P)
21	Gosport Borough (P)	2–2	Moneyfields (E)
Moneyfields advance 4–3 on penalties
22	Hanwell Town (E)	2–1	Uxbridge (E)
23	Hayes & Yeading United (E)	3–0	Ashford Town (E)
24	Marlow (E)	4–2	Aylesbury United (E)
25	Redditch United (P)	9–1	Bishop's Cleeve (W)
26	Shortwood United (W)	7–2	Merthyr Town (P)
27	Thame United (E)	0–4	Kings Langley (P)
28	Weymouth (P)	3–0	Wimborne Town (W)
29	Winchester City (W)	1–4	AFC Totton (W)
30	Yate Town (W)	1–3	Bristol Manor Farm (W)
31	Farnborough (P)	1–6	Hartley Wintney (E)
32	Kidlington (W)	3–0	Swindon Supermarine (W)
33	Evesham United (W)	4–7	Stratford Town (P)

Second round

Royston Town expelled, Kempston Rovers reinstalled
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
34	Barnstaple Town (W)	2–4	Taunton Town (W)
35	Biggleswade Town (P)	2–1	Cambridge City (E)
36	Chesham United (P)	4–2	AFC Dunstable (E)
37	Kings Langley (P)	2–4	Hitchin Town (P)
38	Moneyfields (E)	1–4	Basingstoke Town (P)
39	Redditch United (P)	3–0	Stratford Town (P)
40	Royston Town (P)	6–1	Kempston Rovers (E)
41	Frome Town (P)	2–1	Bristol Manor Farm (W)

Didcot Town advance 3–2 on penalties
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
42	Kidlington (W)	1–1	Didcot Town (W)
43	Hartley Wintney (E)	1–2	Marlow (E)
44	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E)	3–2	Kettering Town (P)
45	Hanwell Town (E)	3–5	Egham Town (E)
46	Hayes & Yeading United (E)	3–1	Slough Town (P)
47	Shortwood United (W)	1–3	Cinderford Town (W)
48	AFC Totton (W)	0–1	Weymouth (P)
49	Larkhall Athletic (W)	4–3	Salisbury (W)

Third round

Hitchin Town advance 4–3 on penalties
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
50	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E)	0–0	Hitchin Town (P)
51	Basingstoke Town (P)	1–3	Marlow (E)
52	Biggleswade Town (P)	0–2	Kempston Rovers (E)
53	Cinderford Town (W)	1–4	Redditch United (P)
54	Egham Town (E)	1–1	Hayes & Yeading United (E)
Hayes & Yeading United advance 4–2 on penalties

Taunton Town forfeited due to a lack of available team members
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
55	Weymouth (P)	0–1	Larkhall Athletic (W)
56	Frome Town (P)	W.O.	Taunton Town (W)
57	Didcot Town (W)	0–0	Chesham United (P)
Didcot Town advance 5–4 on penalties

Quarter-finals

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
58	Didcot Town (W)	3–0	Redditch United (P)
59	Hitchin Town (P)	2–0	Kempston Rovers (E)

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
60	Hayes & Yeading United (E)	6–5	Marlow (E)
61	Frome Town (P)	0–1	Larkhall Athletic (W)

Semi-finals

Hitchin Town advance 4–2 on penalties
Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
62	Hitchin Town (P)	1–1	Hayes & Yeading United (E)
63	Didcot Town (W)	0–0	Larkhall Athletic (W)
Didcot Town advance 4–2 on penalties

Final

18 April	Hitchin Town (P)	1–0	Didcot Town (W)	Hitchin
	Vincent 10'			Stadium: Top Field Attendance: 401

References

"CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1 TO 4 OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CONFIRMED FOR 2017-18". The FA. 14 May 2017.
Evo-Stik South League (18 May 2018). "Points deductions". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
"The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
Evo-Stik South League (18 May 2018). "Points deductions". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Evo-Stik South League (21 April 2018). "Yate Town FC Deducted 3 Points". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
Evo-Stik South League (18 May 2018). "Points deductions". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

External links

Official website

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[table_note_res_PPO0.85274712361989-2] Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the National League North / South.

[table_hth_GOS0.85274712361989-4] Gosport Borough were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in their draw against Biggleswade Town on 31 March.[2]

[table_note_res_PPO0.45879217258598-6] Four teams played for one spot and promotion to Level 7.

[table_hth_AYU0.45879217258598-8] Aylesbury United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Ashford Town on 23 January.[4]

[table_hth_WIM0.48183408588256-9] Wimborne Town were promoted after Shaw Lane from the Northern Premier League Premier Division folded.

[table_note_res_PPO10.48183408588256-10] Four teams played for one spot and promotion to Level 7.

[table_hth_YAT0.48183408588256-12] Yate Town were deducted three points for fielding two ineligible players in their win over Taunton Town on 26 September.[5]

[table_hth_BIS0.48183408588256-14] Bishop's Cleeve were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Kidlington on 24 March.[6]

[1] "CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1 TO 4 OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CONFIRMED FOR 2017-18". The FA. 14 May 2017.

[Gosport_Borough-3] Evo-Stik South League (18 May 2018). "Points deductions". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[Standardised_rules_2017–18-5] "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[Aylesbury_United-7] Evo-Stik South League (18 May 2018). "Points deductions". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[Yate_Town-11] Evo-Stik South League (21 April 2018). "Yate Town FC Deducted 3 Points". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[Bishop's_Cleeve-13] Evo-Stik South League (18 May 2018). "Points deductions". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

2017–18 Southern Football League

Premier Division

League table

Results table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

East Division

League table

Results table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

West Division

League table

Results table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

League Cup

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

References

External links