The 2011–12 season was the 109th 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.
The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011. From this season onwards, the Southern League was known as The Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.
Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs: Two clubs promoted from Division One Central: Arlesey Town Hitchin Town
Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West: A.F.C. Totton Frome Town
Plus: Barwell, promoted from Northern Premier League Division One South Redditch United, relegated from the Conference North St Albans City, relegated from the Conference South
Brackley Town won the Southern League Premier Division and were promoted to the Conference North along with play-off winners Oxford City.
Evesham United, Swindon Supermarine and Cirencester Town finished in the relegation zone and, as in the previous season, all three relegating clubs were placed to the Division One South & West, while Hemel Hempstead Town were reprieved from relegation for the second time in three seasons due to Conference Premier clubs demotion.
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Totton Testwood Stadium 3,000 Arlesey Town Hitchin Road 2,920 Banbury United Spencer Stadium 2,000 Barwell Kirkby Road 2,500 Bashley Bashley Road 2,000 Bedford Town The Eyrie 3,000 Brackley Town St. James Park 3,500 Cambridge City City Ground 2,300 Chesham United The Meadow 5,000 Chippenham Town Hardenhuish Park 2,815 Cirencester Town Corinium Stadium 4,500 Evesham United St George's Lane (groundshare with Worcester City) 3,000 Frome Town Badgers Hill 2,000 Hemel Hempstead Town Vauxhall Road 3,152 Hitchin Town Top Field 4,000 Leamington New Windmill Ground 3,000 Oxford City Court Place Farm 2,000 Redditch United The Valley 5,000 St Albans City Clarence Park 5,007 Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground 2,626 Swindon Supermarine Hunts Copse Ground 3,000 Weymouth Bob Lucas Stadium 6,600
Division One Central Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from previous season and four new clubs: Chalfont St Peter, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Chertsey Town, promoted from the Combined Counties League Fleet Town, transferred from Isthmian League Division One South St Neots Town, promoted from the United Counties League
St Neots Town won the division in their inaugural season in the Southern League and were promoted to Premier Division along with play-off winners Bedworth United. Marlow finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the Hellenic League, while second bottom Fleet Town were reprieved from relegation due to Bedfont Town's resignation.
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity A.F.C. Hayes Farm Park 1,500 Ashford Town The Robert Parker Stadium 2,550 Aylesbury Haywood Way 1,300 Barton Rovers Sharpenhoe Road 4,000 Beaconsfield SYCOB Holloways Park 3,500 Bedfont Town The Orchard 2,100 Bedworth United The Oval 3,000 Biggleswade Town The Carlsberg Stadium 3,000 Burnham The Gore 2,500 Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow 1,500 Chertsey Town Alwyns Lane 2,500 Daventry Town Communications Park 5,000 Fleet Town Calthorpe Park 2,000 Leighton Town Bell Close 2,800 Marlow Alfred Davis Memorial Ground 3,000 North Greenford United Berkeley Fields 2,000 Northwood Northwood Park 3,075 Rugby Town Butlin Road 6,000 Slough Town Holloways Park (groundshare with Beaconsfield SYCOB) 3,500 St Neots Town New Rowley Park 3,500 Uxbridge Honeycroft 3,770 Woodford United Byfield Road 3,000
Division One South & West Shortly before the start of the season Andover resigned from the league and folded. No replacement club was admitted and the season was played with 21 clubs. Therefore, relegation zone was reduced to one place in order to make up the numbers for the 2012–13 season.
Division One South & West consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season and four new clubs: Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Didcot Town Halesowen Town Tiverton Town
Plus: Poole Town, promoted as champions of the Wessex League
Bideford won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Gosport Borough. Stourport Swifts finished bottom of the table and were relegated.
League table
Play-offs
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Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Abingdon United Northcourt Road 2,000 Bideford The Sports Ground 2,000 Bishops Cleeve Kayte Lane 1,500 Bridgwater Town Fairfax Park 2,500 Cinderford Town Causeway Ground 3,500 Clevedon Town Hand Stadium 3,500 Didcot Town Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium 3,000 Gosport Borough Privett Park 4,500 Halesowen Town The Grove 5,000 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 Poole Town Tatnam Ground 2,500 Sholing Universal Stadium 1,000 Stourport Swifts Walshes Meadow 2,000 Taunton Town Wordsworth Drive 2,500 Thatcham Town Waterside Park 1,500 Tiverton Town Ladysmead 3,500 Wimborne Town The Cuthbury 3,250 Yate Town Lodge Road 2,000
League Cup
The Southern League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons) is the 74th season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.
Preliminary round
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
See also Southern Football League 2011–12 Isthmian League 2011–12 Northern Premier League
References
External links Official website