The 2019–20 Southern Football League season (known as the BetVictor Southern League, following a sponsorship deal with BetVictor) was the 117th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league has two Premier divisions (Central and South) at step 3 of the National League System (NLS) and two Division One divisions (Central and South) at step 4 of the NLS. These correspond with Levels 7 and 8 of the English football league system.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields of the Northern Premier League, was dismissed in June 2020.
Premier Division Central
The Premier Division Central consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Bromsgrove Sporting, promoted from Division One Central Hednesford Town, transferred from the Northern Premier League Premier Division Kings Langley, transferred from the Premier Division South Nuneaton Borough, relegated from the National League North Peterborough Sports, promoted from Division One Central
League table
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity AFC Rushden & Diamonds Rushden Hayden Road 2,000 Alvechurch Alvechurch Lye Meadow 3,000 Banbury United Banbury Spencer Stadium 2,000 Barwell Barwell Kirkby Road 2,500 Biggleswade Town Biggleswade Langford Road 3,000 Bromsgrove Sporting Bromsgrove Victoria Ground 4,893 Coalville Town Coalville Owen Street Sports Ground 2,000 Hednesford Town Hednesford Keys Park 6,039 Hitchin Town Hitchin Top Field 4,554 Kings Langley Kings Langley Sadiku Stadium 1,963 Leiston Leiston Victory Road 2,250 Lowestoft Town Lowestoft Crown Meadow 3,000 Needham Market Needham Market Bloomfields 4,000 Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Liberty Way 4,614 Peterborough Sports Peterborough Lincoln Road 2,300 Redditch United Redditch The Valley 5,000 Royston Town Royston Garden Walk 5,000 Rushall Olympic Walsall Dales Lane 2,000 St Ives Town St Ives Westwood Road 2,000 Stourbridge Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground 2,626 Stratford Town Stratford-upon-Avon Knights Lane 2,000 Tamworth Tamworth The Lamb Ground 4,565
Premier Division South
The Premier Division South consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Blackfield & Langley, promoted from Division One South Hayes & Yeading United, promoted from the Isthmian League Division One South Central Truro City, relegated from the National League South Weston-super-Mare, relegated from the National League South Yate Town, promoted from Division One South
League table
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity Beaconsfield Town Beaconsfield Holloways Park 3,500 Blackfield & Langley Blackfield Gang Warily Recreation Centre 1,500 Chesham United Chesham The Meadow 5,000 Dorchester Town Dorchester The Avenue Stadium 5,000 Farnborough Farnborough Cherrywood Road 7,000 Gosport Borough Gosport Privett Park 4,500 Harrow Borough Harrow Earlsmead Stadium 3,000 Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney The Memorial Playing Fields 2,000 Hayes & Yeading United Hayes, Hillingdon SkyEx Community Stadium 3,000 Hendon Hendon Silver Jubilee Park 2,000 Merthyr Town Merthyr Tydfil Penydarren Park 4,000 Metropolitan Police East Molesey Imber Court 3,000 Poole Town Poole The BlackGold Stadium 2,500 Salisbury Salisbury Raymond McEnhill Stadium 5,000 Swindon Supermarine Swindon Hunts Copse Ground 3,000 Taunton Town Taunton Wordsworth Drive 2,500 Tiverton Town Tiverton Ladysmead 3,500 Truro City Truro Treyew Road 3,200 Walton Casuals Walton-on-Thames Elmbridge Xcel Sports Hub 2,500 Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare Woodspring Stadium 3,500 Wimborne Town Wimborne Minster The Cuthbury 3,000 Yate Town Yate Lodge Road 2,000
Division One Central
Division One Central consisted of 14 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs. Relegated from the Premier Division Central: Bedworth United Halesowen Town St Neots Town
Plus: Biggleswade, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Daventry Town, promoted from the United Counties League Wantage Town, promoted from the Hellenic League
League table
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity AFC Dunstable Dunstable Creasey Park 3,200 Aylesbury United Aylesbury The Meadow (groundshare with Chesham United) 5,000 Barton Rovers Barton-le-Clay Sharpenhoe Road 4,000 Bedford Town Bedford The Eyrie 3,000 Bedworth United Bedworth The Oval 3,000 Berkhamsted Berkhamsted Broadwater 2,500 Biggleswade Biggleswade Langford Road (groundshare with Biggleswade Town) 3,000 Coleshill Town Coleshill Pack Meadow 2,070 Corby Town Corby Steel Park 3,893 Daventry Town Daventry Communications Park 3,000 Didcot Town Didcot Loop Meadow 3,000 Halesowen Town Halesowen The Grove 3,150 Kempston Rovers Kempston Hillgrounds Leisure 2,000 Kidlington Kidlington Yarnton Road 1,500 North Leigh North Leigh Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground 2,000 St Neots Town St Neots New Rowley Park 3,500 Thame United Thame Meadow View Park 2,000 Wantage Town Wantage Alfredian Park 1,500 Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City Herns Way 1,000 Yaxley Yaxley Leading Drove 1,500
Division One South
Division One South consisted of 16 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs: Basingstoke Town, relegated from the Premier Division South Frome Town, relegated from the Premier Division South Sholing, promoted from the Wessex League Willand Rovers, promoted from the Western League
League table
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity AFC Totton Totton Testwood Stadium 3,000 Barnstaple Town Barnstaple Mill Road 5,000 Basingstoke Town Basingstoke The City Ground 4,500 Bideford Bideford The Sports Ground 2,000 Bristol Manor Farm Bristol The Creek 2,000 Cinderford Town Cinderford Causeway Ground 3,500 Cirencester Town Cirencester Corinium Stadium 4,500 Evesham United Evesham Jubilee Stadium 3,000 Frome Town Frome Badgers Hill 2,000 Highworth Town Highworth The Elms Recreation Ground 2,000 Larkhall Athletic Bath The Plain Ham Ground 1,000 Mangotsfield United Mangotsfield Cossham Street 2,500 Melksham Town Melksham Oakfield Stadium 2,500 Moneyfields Portsmouth Moneyfields Sports Ground 2,000 Paulton Rovers Paulton Athletic Field 2,500 Sholing Sholing Universal Stadium 1,000 Slimbridge Slimbridge Thornhill Park 1,500 Thatcham Town Thatcham Waterside Park 1,500 Willand Rovers Willand The Stan Robinson Stadium 1,000 Winchester City Winchester The City Ground 4,500
See also Southern Football League 2019–20 Isthmian League 2019–20 Northern Premier League
References
External links Official website