The 1948–49 Southern Football League season was the 46th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
The league consisted of 22 clubs, including all 18 clubs from the previous season, and four newly elected clubs.
Hastings United, a new club Kidderminster Harriers, joined from the Birmingham & District League Tonbridge, a new club Chingford Town, a new club
Gillingham were champions, winning their second Southern League title. Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none was successful.
League table
Football League elections Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League, but all four League clubs were re-elected.
ClubLeagueVotesBradford CityFootball League45SouthportFootball League42AldershotFootball League41Crystal PalaceFootball League40Worcester CitySouthern League5GillinghamSouthern League5Shrewsbury TownMidland League5Scunthorpe UnitedMidland League5Merthyr TydfilSouthern League3Yeovil TownSouthern League2Peterborough UnitedMidland League0Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination0South LiverpoolCheshire League0North ShieldsNorth Eastern League0NelsonLancashire Combination0
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