2010–11 Southern Football League


The 2010–11 season was the 108th 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.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
At the end of the previous season Salisbury City failed to come out of administration and thus were relegated two divisions down due to a breach of Conference rules. In the middle of the season Windsor & Eton folded due to financial problems, the club was expelled from the league, their record was expunged.
Truro City won the Premier Division to earn a fourth promotion in five seasons, and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Salisbury City.
Didcot Town, Halesowen Town and Tiverton Town were relegated this season. No clubs were reprieved from relegation from Premier Division for the first time since 2005–06 season.

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
Banbury UnitedSpencer Stadium2,000
BashleyBashley Road2,000
Bedford TownThe Eyrie3,000
Brackley TownSt. James Park3,500
Cambridge CityCity Ground2,300
Chesham UnitedThe Meadow5,000
Chippenham TownHardenhuish Park2,815
Cirencester TownCorinium Stadium4,500
Didcot TownDraycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium3,000
Evesham UnitedSt George's Lane 3,000
Halesowen TownThe Grove5,000
Hednesford TownKeys Park6,039
Hemel Hempstead TownVauxhall Road3,152
LeamingtonNew Windmill Ground3,000
Oxford CityCourt Place Farm2,000
Salisbury CityRaymond McEnhill Stadium5,000
StourbridgeWar Memorial Athletic Ground2,626
Swindon SupermarineHunts Copse Ground3,000
Tiverton TownLadysmead3,500
Truro CityTreyew Road3,200
WeymouthBob Lucas Stadium6,600
Windsor & EtonStag Meadow4,500

Division One Central

Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season Midland division and five new clubs:
Arlesey Town won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hitchin Town. Beaconsfield SYCOB finished bottom of the table were reprieved after Premier Division club Windsor & Eton folded and Atherstone Town resigned from the league.

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
A.F.C. HayesFarm Park1,500
Arlesey TownHitchin Road2,920
Ashford TownThe Robert Parker Stadium2,550
Atherstone TownSheepy Road3,500
AylesburyHaywood Way1,300
Barton RoversSharpenhoe Road4,000
Beaconsfield SYCOBHolloways Park3,500
Bedfont TownThe Orchard2,100
Bedworth UnitedThe Oval3,000
Biggleswade TownThe Carlsberg Stadium3,000
BurnhamThe Gore2,500
Daventry TownCommunications Park5,000
Hitchin TownTop Field4,000
Leighton TownBell Close2,800
MarlowAlfred Davis Memorial Ground3,000
North Greenford UnitedBerkeley Fields2,000
NorthwoodNorthwood Park3,075
Rugby TownButlin Road6,000
Slough TownHolloways Park 3,500
Soham Town RangersJulius Martin Lane2,000
UxbridgeHoneycroft3,770
Woodford UnitedByfield Road3,000

Division One South & West

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and six new clubs:
Before the start of the season Bromsgrove Rovers were removed from the league due to ground problems. No club was promoted to take the place of Bromsgrove, and therefore the season was played with 21 clubs. VT F.C. were renamed Sholing.
A.F.C. Totton won the title and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Frome Town. In April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to ground problems, and so Andover, the only South & West club that finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved.

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
AFC TottonTestwood Stadium3,000
Abingdon UnitedNorthcourt Road2,000
Almondsbury TownOaklands Park3,500
AndoverPortway Stadium3,000
BidefordThe Sports Ground2,000
Bishops CleeveKayte Lane1,500
Bridgwater TownFairfax Park2,500
Cinderford TownCauseway Ground3,500
Clevedon TownHand Stadium3,500
Frome TownBadgers Hill2,000
Gosport BoroughPrivett Park4,500
Hungerford TownBulpit Lane2,500
Mangotsfield UnitedCossham Street2,500
North LeighEynsham Hall Park Sports Ground2,000
Paulton RoversAthletic Field2,500
SholingUniversal Stadium1,000
Stourport SwiftsWalshes Meadow2,000
Taunton TownWordsworth Drive2,500
Thatcham TownWaterside Park1,500
Wimborne TownThe Cuthbury3,250
Yate TownLodge Road2,000

League Cup

The Southern League Cup 2010–11 is the 73rd season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League. 65 clubs took part. The competition commenced on 21 September 2010. The winners were Hednesford Town who beat Hemel Hempstead Town 5–1 on aggregate over two legs.

Calendar

RoundMatches played onMatchesClubs
Preliminary Round21 September 2010265 → 63
First Round25 October 2010 to 3 November 20103163 → 32
Second Round23 November 2010 to 30 December 20101632 → 16
Third Round11 January 2011 to 18 January 2011816 → 8
Quarterfinals8 February 201148 → 4
Semifinals1 March 201124 → 2
Final5 and 12 April 201112 → 1

Preliminary round

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In the Preliminary Round, the four clubs played each other for a places in the First Round.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
1Daventry Town 3–2
AET		Brackley Town 134
2Truro City 0–1Bideford 63

First round

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The two clubs to have made it through the Preliminary Round were entered into the draw with sixty Southern League club, making sixty-two clubs, while Hednesford Town received a bye to the next round.

Second round

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The thirty-two clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw. Hednesford Town received a bye to this round.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
34AFC Hayes 1–5Windsor & Eton 48
35Arlesey Town 0–3Cambridge City 124
36Ashford Town 2–1Aylesbury 33
37Bashley 0–3Salisbury City 166
38Bedworth United 0–1Daventry Town 54
39Chippenham Town 1–0Paulton Rovers 180
40Cinderford Town 0–3Stourbridge 49
41Cirencester Town 3–1Hungerford Town 63
42Clevedon Town 3–0Tiverton Town 88

Third round

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The sixteen clubs to have made it through the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
50Ashford Town 1–2Slough Town 85
51Cambridge City 1–0North Greenford United 113
52Cirencester Town 1–4Sholing 41
53Clevedon Town 1–3Taunton Town 94

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
54Leamington 0–1Hednesford Town 181
55Salisbury City 2–3Chippenham Town 302
56Stourbridge 2–1Daventry Town 141
57Windsor & Eton 2–0Hemel Hempstead Town1 69

1 Hemel Hempsted Town advanced as Windsor & Eton resigned from the Southern League and folded.

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final