The 1957–58 Southern Football League season was the 55th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
After Llanelly left the league at the end of the previous season, the league consisted of 21 clubs from previous season plus Poole Town, who were elected from the Western League. Gravesend & Northfleet were champions, winning their first Southern League title. Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.
The following season the league split into two divisions, a North-West Division and a South-East Division, with thirteen new clubs elected to make up the numbers.
League table
Football League elections Six Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.
ClubLeagueVotesMillwallFootball League46Exeter CityFootball League43SouthportFootball League41Crewe AlexandraFootball League35Peterborough UnitedMidland League15Wigan AthleticLancashire Combination4Hereford UnitedSouthern League3Bedford TownSouthern League2Headington UnitedSouthern League2King's LynnMidland League2Kettering TownSouthern League1Burton AlbionBirmingham & District League0Gloucester CitySouthern League0MorecambeLancashire Combination0South ShieldsNorth Eastern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0
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