2006–07 Southern Football League


The 2006–07 season was the 104th 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. This season was the first to feature the new Division One sections after reform of the Isthmian League structure.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
Bath City won the league and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Maidenhead United, who returned to the Conference after relegation in 2006. Only Northwood were relegated this season, and the other clubs finished in the relegation zone were reprieved due to Farnborough Town and Scarborough folding, and Hayes merging with Yeading.

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Banbury UnitedSpencer Stadium
Bath CityTwerton Park
CheshuntCheshunt Stadium
Chippenham TownHardenhuish Park
Cirencester TownCorinium Stadium
Clevedon TownHand Stadium
Corby TownSteel Park
Gloucester CityMeadow Park, Gloucester
Halesowen TownThe Grove
Hemel Hempstead TownVauxhall Road
Hitchin TownTop Field
King's LynnThe Walks
Maidenhead UnitedYork Road
Mangotsfield UnitedCossham Street
Merthyr TydfilPenydarren Park
NorthwoodChestnut Avenue
Rugby TownButlin Road
StamfordHanson's Field
Team BathTwerton Park
Tiverton TownLadysmead
WealdstoneChestnut Avenue
Yate TownLodge Road

Division One Midlands

After the end of the previous season, the regional divisions were restructured due to the reorganisation of the Isthmian League. Most of the previous season's Eastern Division clubs were transferred to the Isthmian League. Southern League Eastern and Western divisions were replaced by Division One Midlands and Division One South & West.
Brackley Town won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Bromsgrove Rovers. Both clubs that finished in the relegation zone were reprieved, due to clubs folding or resigning from other leagues.

League formation

Division One Midlands consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season Southern League divisions and six new clubs:

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Aylesbury UnitedThe Meadow
Barton RoversSharpenhoe Road
Bedworth UnitedThe Oval
BerkhamstedBroadwater
Bishops CleeveKayte Lane
Brackley TownSt. James Park
Bromsgrove RoversVictoria Ground
ChasetownThe Scholars Ground
Cinderford TownCauseway Ground
Dunstable TownCreasey Park
Evesham UnitedSt George's Lane
Leighton TownBell Close
Malvern TownLangland Stadium
Rothwell TownCecil Street
Rushall OlympicDales Lane
Solihull BoroughDamson Park
Spalding UnitedSir Halley Stewart Field
StourbridgeWar Memorial Athletic Ground
Stourport SwiftsWalshes Meadow
Sutton Coldfield TownThe Central Ground
Willenhall TownNoose Lane
Woodford UnitedByfield Road

Division One South & West

After the end of the previous season, the regional divisions were restructured due to the reorganisation of the Isthmian League. Most of the previous season's Eastern Division clubs were transferred to the Isthmian League. Southern League Eastern and Western divisions were replaced by Division One Midlands and Division One South & West.
Bashley won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Swindon Supermarine. Hanwell Town and Beaconsfield SYCOB were relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League, while Lymington & New Milton resigned from the league before the next season started.

League formation

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including nine clubs from previous season Southern League divisions and 13 new clubs:
At the end of the season Brook House changed name to AFC Hayes.

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Abingdon UnitedNorthcourt Road
AndoverPortway Stadium
BashleyBashley Road
Beaconsfield SYCOBHolloways Park
Bracknell TownLarges Lane
Brook HouseFarm Park
BurnhamThe Gore
Chesham UnitedThe Meadow
Didcot TownDraycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium
Hanwell TownReynolds Field
Hillingdon BoroughMiddlesex Stadium
Lymington & New MiltonFawcetts Field
MarlowAlfred Davis Memorial Ground
Newport St Georges Park
Oxford CityCourt Place Farm
Paulton RoversAthletic Field
Swindon SupermarineHunts Copse Ground
Taunton TownWordsworth Drive
Thatcham TownWaterside Park
UxbridgeHoneycroft
Winchester CityThe City Ground
Windsor & EtonStag Meadow

League Cup

First round

Clubs playing in the Southern League Premier Division were exempt from the first round. All teams in the two divisions One entered the competition at this stage.

Second round

Cirencester Town and Northwood entered at this stage along with all the clubs who won their first round ties. All other Premier Division clubs were exempt.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
23Cirencester Town 0–4Didcot Town
24Northwood 0–1Chesham United
25Andover 1–3Thatcham Town
26Barton Rovers 1–2Uxbridge
27Bedworth United 0–1Stourport Swifts
28Chasetown 1–0Malvern Town

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
29Hillingdon Borough 1–3Brook House
30Stourbridge 3–0Spalding United
31Windsor & Eton 1–2Dunstable Town
32Lymington & New Milton 1–0Winchester City
33Taunton Town 1–0Oxford City
34Willenhall Town 2–1Woodford United

Third Round

All clubs who had been previously exempt entered at this stage of the competition along with the 12 teams who won their second round fixtures.

Fourth Round

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
51Cheshunt 5–0Brook House
52King's Lynn 2–1Corby Town
53Tiverton Town 3–1Bath City
54Lymington & New Milton 0–1Mangotsfield United

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
55Banbury United 1–0Chasetown
56Rugby Town 2–1Stourbridge
57Thatcham Town 2–3Hemel Hempstead Town
58Didcot Town 4–1Merthyr Tydfil

Quarter-Finals

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
59Hemel Hempstead Town 3–2Cheshunt
60King's Lynn 0–1Rugby Town

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
61Tiverton Town 2–0Mangotsfield United
62Didcot Town 1–3Banbury United

Semi-Finals

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
63Rugby Town 3–4Hemel Hempstead Town
64Tiverton Town 2–0Banbury United

Final

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
65Hemel Hempstead Town 0–1Tiverton Town
66Tiverton Town 2–2Hemel Hempstead Town