The 2009–10 season was the 107th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales.
At the end of the previous season Division One Midlands was renamed Division One Central.
Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: Two clubs promoted from Division One Midlands: Leamington Nuneaton Town
Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West: Didcot Town Truro City
Plus: Hednesford Town, transferred from Northern Premier League
Farnborough won the Premier Division and were promoted to the Conference South, while play-off winners Nuneaton Town achieved the second promotion in two seasons after club reorganization to return in Conference.
Clevedon Town and Rugby Town were the only clubs relegated this season, while Merthyr Tydfil were expelled from the league after failing to meet a FA deadline to give assurances that they could trade effectively during 2010–11, liquidated and reborn under the name Merthyr Town three divisions below Southern League Premier Division. Tiverton Town and Hemel Hempstead Town were reprieved from relegation due to clubs higher up the pyramid folded and demoted.
League table
Play-offs
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Banbury United Spencer Stadium 2,000 Bashley Bashley Road 2,000 Bedford Town The Eyrie 3,000 Brackley Town St. James Park 3,500 Cambridge City City Ground 2,300 Chippenham Town Hardenhuish Park 2,815 Clevedon Town Hand Stadium 3,500 Didcot Town Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium 3,000 Evesham United St George's Lane (groundshare with Worcester City) 3,000 Farnborough Cherrywood Road 7,000 Halesowen Town The Grove 5,000 Hednesford Town Keys Park 6,039 Hemel Hempstead Town Vauxhall Road 3,152 Leamington New Windmill Ground 3,000 Merthyr Tydfil Penydarren Park 4,500 Nuneaton Borough Liberty Way 4,614 Oxford City Court Place Farm 2,000 Rugby Town Butlin Road 6,000 Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground 2,626 Swindon Supermarine Hunts Copse Ground 3,000 Tiverton Town Ladysmead 3,500 Truro City Treyew Road 3,200
Division One Central The division was renamed at the end of the previous season and consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season Midland division and five new clubs: Three clubs transferred from Division One South & West: Beaconsfield SYCOB Burnham Slough Town
Plus: Biggleswade Town, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Hitchin Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Bury Town won the division in their second season in the Southern League and returned to the Isthmian League to take a place in Premier Division, while play-off winners Chesham United went back to Southern League Premier Division after three seasons of absence. Aylesbury United finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the lower leagues along with Rothwell United who resigned from the league at the end of the season. Thus, Barton Rovers finished second bottom were reprieved from relegation.
League table
Play-offs
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Sudbury King's Marsh 3,800 Arlesey Town Hitchin Road 2,920 Atherstone Town Sheepy Road 3,500 Aylesbury United Bell Close (groundshare with Leighton Town) 2,800 Barton Rovers Sharpenhoe Road 4,000 Beaconsfield SYCOB Holloways Park 3,500 Bedworth United The Oval 3,000 Biggleswade Town The Carlsberg Stadium 3,000 Bromsgrove Rovers Victoria Ground 4,893 Burnham The Gore 2,500 Bury Town Ram Meadow 3,500 Chesham United The Meadow 5,000 Hitchin Town Top Field 4,000 Leighton Town Bell Close 2,800 Marlow Alfred Davis Memorial Ground 3,000 Romulus The Central Ground (groundshare with Sutton Coldfield Town) 2,000 Rothwell Town Cecil Street 3,500 Slough Town Holloways Park (groundshare with Beaconsfield SYCOB) 3,500 Soham Town Rangers Julius Martin Lane 2,000 Stourport Swifts Walshes Meadow 2,000 Sutton Coldfield Town The Central Ground 2,000 Woodford United Byfield Road 3,000
Division One South & West Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and six new clubs: Bedfont Green, promoted from the Combined Counties League Frome Town, promoted from the Western League Hungerford Town, promoted from the Hellenic League Mangotsfield United, relegated from the Premier Division VT, promoted from the Wessex League Yate Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Windsor & Eton won the division and got a place in Premier Division along with play-off winners Cirencester Town, who returned there at the second push. A.F.C. Hayes finished second bottom but were reprieved from relegation due to higher league clubs problems. Thus, Bracknell Town, finished bottom of the table, were the only club relegated to the lower league this season.
League table
Play-offs
* after extra time
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity A.F.C. Hayes Farm Park 1,500 AFC Totton Testwood Stadium 3,000 Abingdon United Northcourt Road 2,000 Andover Portway Stadium 3,000 Bedfont Green The Orchard 2,100 Bishops Cleeve Kayte Lane 1,500 Bracknell Town Larges Lane 2,500 Bridgwater Town Fairfax Park 2,500 Cinderford Town Causeway Ground 3,500 Cirencester Town Corinium Stadium 4,500 Frome Town Badgers Hill 2,000 Gosport Borough Privett Park 4,500 Hungerford Town Bulpit Lane 2,500 Mangotsfield United Cossham Street 2,500 North Leigh Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground 2,000 Paulton Rovers Athletic Field 2,500 VT Universal Stadium 1,000 Taunton Town Wordsworth Drive 2,500 Thatcham Town Waterside Park 1,500 Uxbridge Honeycroft 3,770 Windsor & Eton Stag Meadow 4,500 Yate Town Lodge Road 2,000
See also Southern Football League 2009–10 Isthmian League 2009–10 Northern Premier League
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