1967–68 Southern Football League

The 1967–68 Southern Football League season was the 65th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Chelmsford City won the championship, winning their second Southern League title, whilst Bedford Town, Kettering Town, Rugby Town and Worcester City were all promoted to the Premier Division. Twelve Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

At the end of the season Stevenage Town left the league and folded, thus Burton Albion Albion were reprieved from relegation.

League table

Football league season

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1967–68
Champions	Chelmsford City
Relegated	Cambridge City Corby Town Hastings United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,388 (3 per match)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chelmsford City	42	25	7	10	85	50	1.700	57
2	Wimbledon	42	24	7	11	85	47	1.809	55
3	Cambridge United	42	20	13	9	73	42	1.738	53
4	Cheltenham Town	42	23	7	12	97	67	1.448	53
5	Guildford City	42	18	13	11	56	43	1.302	49
6	Romford	42	20	8	14	72	60	1.200	48
7	Barnet	42	20	8	14	81	71	1.141	48
8	Margate	42	19	8	15	80	71	1.127	46
9	Wellington Town	42	16	13	13	70	66	1.061	45
10	Hillingdon Borough	42	18	9	15	53	54	0.981	45
11	King's Lynn	42	18	8	16	66	57	1.158	44
12	Yeovil Town	42	16	12	14	45	43	1.047	44
13	Weymouth	42	17	8	17	65	61	1.066	42
14	Hereford United	42	17	7	18	58	62	0.935	41
15	Nuneaton Borough	42	13	14	15	62	64	0.969	40
16	Dover	42	17	6	19	54	56	0.964	40
17	Poole Town	42	13	10	19	55	74	0.743	36
18	Stevenage Town	42	13	9	20	57	75	0.760	35	Club folded
19	Burton Albion	42	14	6	22	51	73	0.699	34	Reprieved from relegation
20	Corby Town	42	7	13	22	40	77	0.519	27	Relegated to Division One
21	Cambridge City	42	10	6	26	50	81	0.617	26
22	Hastings United	42	4	8	30	33	94	0.351	16

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Division One

After three clubs left the league at the end of the previous season, Division One reverted to 22-clubs format, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Plus:
- Brentwood Town, joined from the Metropolitan League

At the end of the season Folkestone Town was renamed Folkestone.

League table

Football league season

Southern Football League
Division One
Season	1967–68
Champions	Worcester City
Promoted	Bedford Town Kettering Town Rugby Town Worcester City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,438 (3.11 per match)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Worcester City	42	23	14	5	93	35	2.657	60	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Kettering Town	42	24	10	8	88	39	2.256	58
3	Bedford Town	42	24	7	11	101	40	2.525	55
4	Rugby Town	42	20	15	7	72	44	1.636	55
5	Dartford	42	23	9	10	72	48	1.500	55
6	Bath City	42	21	12	9	78	51	1.529	54
7	Banbury United	42	22	9	11	79	59	1.339	53
8	Ramsgate Athletic	42	17	17	8	70	37	1.892	51
9	Merthyr Tydfil	42	18	13	11	80	66	1.212	49
10	Tonbridge	42	18	9	15	76	71	1.070	45
11	Canterbury City	42	16	11	15	66	63	1.048	43
12	Ashford Town (Kent)	42	18	6	18	73	79	0.924	42
13	Brentwood Town	42	16	9	17	63	73	0.863	41
14	Bexley United	42	12	13	17	56	64	0.875	37
15	Trowbridge Town	42	12	11	19	64	71	0.901	35
16	Gloucester City	42	12	9	21	54	68	0.794	33
17	Wisbech Town	42	11	10	21	43	78	0.551	32
18	Crawley Town	42	10	8	24	53	85	0.624	28
19	Folkestone Town	42	10	7	25	49	80	0.613	27
20	Dunstable Town	42	8	10	24	44	94	0.468	26
21	Barry Town	42	7	12	23	36	81	0.444	26
22	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	6	7	29	28	112	0.250	19

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 15 non-League clubs applied for election, including twelve Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
York City	Football League	46
Chester	Football League	44
Bradford Park Avenue	Football League	44
Workington	Football League	38
Cheltenham Town	Southern League	3
Bedford Town	Southern League	2
Cambridge City	Southern League	2
Cambridge United	Southern League	2
Chelmsford City	Southern League	2
Runcorn	Cheshire League	2
Wigan Athletic	Cheshire League	2
Guildford City	Southern League	1
Hereford United	Southern League	1
New Brighton	Cheshire League	1
Wellington Town	Southern League	1
Wimbledon	Southern League	1
Worcester City	Southern League	1
Yeovil Town	Southern League	0
Nuneaton Borough	Southern League	0

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

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Premier Central	AFC Sudbury AFC Telford United Alvechurch Banbury United Barwell Bedford Town Biggleswade Town Bishop's Stortford Bromsgrove Sporting Halesowen Town Harborough Town Hitchin Town Kettering Town Leiston Lowestoft Town Redditch United Royston Town Spalding United Stamford St Ives Town Stourbridge Stratford Town
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