The 2014–15 season was the 112th 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. From the current season onwards, the Southern League is known as Evo-Stik Southern Premier, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.
Following the liquidation of Premier Division club Hinckley United and the resignation of Thatcham Town from Division One South & West at the end of the season, plus the resignation of Vauxhall Motors from the Conference North, Fleet Town were reprieved from relegation in Division One South & West.
There were subsequently further movements after Worksop Town resigned from the Northern Premier League. Wingate & Finchley had initially been relegated to Isthmian League Division One North, but were readmitted to the Premier Division. Knock-on effects included Ware moving back to the Isthmian after first being placed in the Southern League Division One Central, and Hayes & Yeading United moving to the Southern Premier after initially being placed in the Isthmian Premier. Hayes & Yeading replaced Halesowen Town who had been moved from the Northern to the Southern, and were moved back. Corby Town returned to the Southern after first being placed in the Northern, and Stourbridge moved the other way. Ware were replaced in Division One Central by Bedworth United, who were transferred from the Northern Premier League Division One South.
However, Hayes & Yeading United were once again moved, this time back to the Conference South, when Hereford United were expelled from the Football Conference, and demoted to the Southern Premier.
Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs: Two clubs promoted from Division One Central: Dunstable Town Slough Town
Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West: Cirencester Town Paulton Rovers
Plus: Dorchester Town, relegated from the Conference South Hereford United, expelled from the Conference Premier and accepted into the Southern League subject to conditions Histon, relegated from the Conference North
Hereford United F.C. was wound up in the high court in London on 19 December 2014, after it could not be satisfactorily proven that the club's owner had sufficient funding to pay the club's creditors. The main creditor was HM Revenue and Customs. The club's record in the Southern League was officially expunged on 5 January 2015.
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Arlesey Town Hitchin Road 2,920 Banbury United Spencer Stadium 2,000 Bideford The Sports Ground 2,000 Biggleswade Town The Carlsberg Stadium 3,000 Burnham The Gore 2,500 Cambridge City Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon) 4,300 Chesham United The Meadow 5,000 Chippenham Town Hardenhuish Park 2,815 Cirencester Town Corinium Stadium 4,500 Corby Town Steel Park 3,893 Dorchester Town The Avenue Stadium 5,009 Dunstable Town Creasey Park 3,200 Frome Town Badgers Hill 2,000 Hereford United Edgar Street 4,913 Histon Bridge Road 4,300 Hitchin Town Top Field 4,000 Hungerford Town Bulpit Lane 2,500 Paulton Rovers Athletic Field 2,500 Poole Town Tatnam Ground 2,500 Redditch United The Valley 5,000 Slough Town Holloways Park (groundshare with Beaconsfield SYCOB) 3,500 St Neots Town New Rowley Park 3,500 Truro City Treyew Road 3,200 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: Bedford Town, relegated from the Premier Division Bedworth United, transferred from Northern Premier League Division One South Godalming Town, transferred from Division One South & West Hanwell Town, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League
League table
Play-offs
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity A.F.C. Hayes Farm Park 1,500 Aylesbury Haywood Way 1,300 Aylesbury United Bell Close (groundshare with Leighton Town) 2,800 Barton Rovers Sharpenhoe Road 4,000 Beaconsfield SYCOB Holloways Park 3,500 Bedford Town The Eyrie 3,000 Bedworth United The Oval Ground 3,000 Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow 1,500 Daventry Town Communications Park 5,000 Egham Town The Runnymede Stadium 5,565 Godalming Town Weycourt 3,000 Hanwell Town Reynolds Field 3,000 Kettering Town Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers) 2,400 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 Potters Bar Town Parkfield 2,000 Royston Town Garden Walk 5,000 Rugby Town Butlin Road 6,000 St Ives Town Westwood Road 2,000 Uxbridge Honeycroft 3,770
Division One South & West Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season and five new clubs: Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division A.F.C. Totton Bashley
Plus: Larkhall Athletic, promoted from the Western League Sholing, promoted from the Wessex League Wantage Town, promoted from the Hellenic League
Sholing resigned from the league for ground grading reasons. Clevedon Town were later demoted as their floodlights were not to the required standard. Thus, Bishops Cleeve and Bashley were subsequently reprieved from relegation.
League table
Play-offs
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Totton Testwood Stadium 3,000 Bashley Bashley Road 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 Evesham United Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium 3,000 Fleet Town Calthorpe Park 2,000 Larkhall Athletic The Plain Ham Ground 1,000 Mangotsfield United Cossham Street 2,500 Merthyr Town Penydarren Park 10,000 North Leigh Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground 2,000 Sholing Silverlake Arena 1,000 Shortwood United Meadowbank Ground 2,000 Stratford Town DCS Stadium 1,400 Swindon Supermarine Hunts Copse Ground 3,000 Taunton Town Wordsworth Drive 2,500 Tiverton Town Ladysmead 3,500 Wantage Town Alfredian Park 1,500 Wimborne Town The Cuthbury 3,250 Yate Town Lodge Road 2,000
League Cup
The Southern League Cup 2014–15 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2014–15 for sponsorship reasons) is the 77th 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
First leg
Second leg
See also Southern Football League 2014–15 Isthmian League 2014–15 Northern Premier League
References
External links Official website