1964–65 Southern Football League

The 1964–65 season was the 62nd in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division

Season	1964–65
Champions	Weymouth
Promoted	None
Relegated	Bath City Bexley United Hastings United Wisbech Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1590 (3.44 per match)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

• Cheltenham Town, promoted as third in Division One
• Folkestone Town, promoted as champions of Division One
• King's Lynn, promoted as runners-up of Division One
• Tonbridge, promoted as fourth in Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Weymouth (C)	42	24	8	10	99	50	1.98	56
2	Guildford City	42	21	12	9	73	49	1.49	54
3	Worcester City	42	22	6	14	100	62	1.613	50
4	Yeovil Town	42	18	14	10	76	55	1.382	50
5	Chelmsford City	42	21	8	13	86	77	1.117	50
6	Margate	42	20	9	13	88	79	1.114	49
7	Dartford	42	17	11	14	74	64	1.156	45
8	Nuneaton Borough	42	19	7	16	57	55	1.036	45
9	Cambridge City	42	16	11	15	78	66	1.182	43
10	Bedford Town	42	17	9	16	66	70	0.943	43
11	Cambridge United	42	16	9	17	72	69	1.043	41
12	Cheltenham Town	42	15	11	16	72	78	0.923	41
13	Folkestone Town	42	17	7	18	72	79	0.911	41
14	Romford	42	17	7	18	61	70	0.871	41
15	King's Lynn	42	13	13	16	56	79	0.709	39
16	Tonbridge	42	10	16	16	66	75	0.88	36
17	Wellington Town	42	13	10	19	63	78	0.808	36
18	Rugby Town	42	15	6	21	71	98	0.724	36
19	Wisbech Town (R)	42	14	6	22	75	91	0.824	34	Relegation to 1965–66 SFL Division One
20	Bexley United (R)	42	14	5	23	67	74	0.905	33
21	Hastings United (R)	42	9	14	19	58	86	0.674	32
22	Bath City (R)	42	13	3	26	60	86	0.698	29

Source: [1]
^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season.
2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
Lincoln City	Football League	48
Stockport County	Football League	45
Barrow	Football League	41
Halifax Town	Football League	41
Bedford Town	Southern League	4
Gateshead	Northern League	4
Guildford City	Southern League	3
Hereford United	Southern League	2
Wigan Athletic	Cheshire League	2
Cambridge United	Southern League	1
Morecambe	Lancashire Combination	1
Romford	Southern League	1
South Shields	North Eastern League	1
Wellington Town	Southern League	1
Wimbledon	Southern League	1
Bexley United	Southern League	0
Corby Town	Southern League	0
New Brighton	Lancashire Combination	0

Division One

Southern Football League
Division One

Season	1964–65
Champions	Hereford United
Promoted	Corby Town Hereford United Poole Town Wimbledon
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1620 (3.51 per match)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Division One featured five new teams:

• Hereford United, Hinckley Athletic, Kettering Town and Merthyr Tydfil, relegated from the Premier Division
• Wimbledon, transferred as champions of the Isthmian League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hereford United (C) (P)	42	34	4	4	124	39	3.179	72	Promotion to 1965–66 Southern League Premier Division
2	Wimbledon (P)	42	24	13	5	108	52	2.077	61
3	Poole Town (P)	42	26	6	10	92	56	1.643	58
4	Corby Town (P)	42	24	7	11	88	55	1.6	55
5	Stevenage Town	42	19	13	10	83	43	1.93	51
6	Hillingdon Borough	42	21	7	14	105	63	1.667	49
7	Crawley Town	42	22	5	15	83	52	1.596	49
8	Merthyr Tydfil	42	20	9	13	75	59	1.271	49
9	Gloucester City	42	19	10	13	68	65	1.046	48
10	Burton Albion	42	20	7	15	83	75	1.107	47
11	Canterbury City	42	13	16	13	73	53	1.377	42
12	Kettering Town	42	14	13	15	74	64	1.156	41
13	Ramsgate Athletic	42	16	8	18	51	59	0.864	40
14	Dover	42	14	10	18	54	59	0.915	38
15	Hinckley Athletic	42	13	9	20	57	81	0.704	35
16	Trowbridge Town	42	13	5	24	68	106	0.642	31
17	Ashford Town	42	11	8	23	60	98	0.612	30
18	Barry Town	42	11	7	24	47	103	0.456	29
19	Deal Town	42	7	13	22	61	127	0.48	27
20	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	42	10	6	26	51	107	0.477	26
21	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	9	7	26	57	101	0.564	25
22	Sittingbourne	42	8	5	29	58	103	0.563	21

Source: [2]
^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season.
2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

• RSSF – Southern Football League archive