The 1959–60 Southern Football League season was the 57th in the history of the league, an English football competition.
The league split into a Premier Division and Division One, the first time the league had had two hierarchical divisions since 1919–20. Bath City won the championship, whilst Clacton Town, Romford, Folkestone Town and Guildford City were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eleven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.
Premier Division Premier Division was formed at the end of the previous season, with eleven top clubs from both North-West and South-East divisions joined.
At the end of the season Headington United was renamed Oxford United.
League table
Division One Division One was formed at the end of the previous season with clubs finished below eleventh place in North-West and South East divisions joined. Also, Division One featured ten new clubs: Eight clubs from the disbanded Kent League: Ashford Town (Kent) Bexleyheath & Welling Dover Folkestone Town Margate Ramsgate Athletic Sittingbourne Tunbridge Wells United
Plus: Hinckley Athletic, from the Birmingham & District League Romford, from the Isthmian League
League table
Football League elections Eleven Southern League clubs (including Guildford City and Romford from Division One) applied for election to the Football League. Although none were successful, Peterborough United were elected at the expense of Gateshead.
ClubLeagueVotesOldham AthleticFootball League39Peterborough UnitedMidland League35Hartlepools UnitedFootball League34SouthportFootball League29GatesheadFootball League18Headington UnitedSouthern League10Chelmsford CitySouthern League3Bedford TownSouthern League2Cambridge CitySouthern League2Guildford CitySouthern League2New BrightonLancashire Combination2RomfordSouthern League2ScarboroughMidland League2Worcester CitySouthern League2Ellesmere Port TownCheshire League1Kettering TownSouthern League1MorecambeLancashire Combination1South ShieldsMidland League1Hereford UnitedSouthern League0King's LynnSouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0
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