1983–84 Southern Football League

The 1983–84 Southern Football League season was the 81st in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Dartford won the Premier Division, winning their fourth Southern League title and were promoted to the Alliance Premier League, while Shepshed Charterhouse, Willenhall Town and Road-Sea Southampton were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history along with Crawley Town, who returned after 15 seasons.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

League table
Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season1983–84
ChampionsDartford
PromotedDartford
RelegatedDorchester Town
Gosport Borough
Stourbridge
Sutton Coldfield Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,125 (2.96 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dartford 38 23 9 6 67 32 +35 78 Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
2 Fisher Athletic 38 22 9 7 80 42 +38 75
3 Chelmsford City 38 19 9 10 67 45 +22 66
4 Gravesend & Northfleet 38 18 9 11 50 38 +12 63
5 Witney Town 38 18 6 14 75 50 +25 60
6 King's Lynn 38 18 6 14 42 45 −3 60
7 Folkestone 38 16 9 13 60 56 +4 57
8 Cheltenham Town 38 16 7 15 63 56 +7 55
9 Gloucester City 38 13 15 10 55 50 +5 54
10 Hastings United 38 15 9 14 55 57 −2 54
11 Bedworth United 38 15 9 14 51 55 −4 54
12 Welling United 38 15 7 16 61 61 0 52
13 AP Leamington 38 14 9 15 73 83 −10 51
14 Corby Town 38 12 14 12 55 54 +1 50
15 Fareham Town 38 13 11 14 65 70 −5 50
16 Alvechurch 38 12 12 14 56 63 −7 48
17 Sutton Coldfield Town 38 10 14 14 49 53 −4 44 Relegated to the Midland Division
18 Gosport Borough 38 6 15 17 31 64 −33 33 Relegated to the Southern Division
19 Dorchester Town 38 4 8 26 40 69 −29 20
20 Stourbridge 38 4 7 27 30 82 −52 19 Relegated to the Midland Division
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Midland Division

The Midland Division expanded up to 20 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season and eight new clubs:

League table
Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season1983–84
ChampionsWillenhall Town
PromotedShepshed Charterhouse
Willenhall Town
RelegatedTamworth
Matches played380
Goals scored1,180 (3.11 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Willenhall Town 38 27 4 7 100 44 +56 85 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Shepshed Charterhouse 38 25 5 8 88 37 +51 80
3 Bromsgrove Rovers 38 20 8 10 73 43 +30 68
4 Dudley Town 38 18 13 7 71 43 +28 67
5 Aylesbury United 38 17 15 6 62 35 +27 66
6 Moor Green 38 18 12 8 63 44 +19 66
7 Rushden Town 38 17 12 9 68 42 +26 63
8 Merthyr Tydfil 38 18 8 12 63 44 +19 62
9 Redditch United 38 17 9 12 67 67 0 60
10 VS Rugby 38 15 12 11 68 51 +17 57
11 Forest Green Rovers 38 15 12 11 67 51 +16 57
12 Bridgnorth Town 38 16 9 13 64 52 +12 57
13 Leicester United 38 12 9 17 58 58 0 45
14 Oldbury United 38 10 13 15 53 51 +2 43
15 Coventry Sporting 38 11 7 20 40 67 −27 40
16 Bridgwater Town 38 10 8 20 39 65 −26 38 Club folded
17 Wellingborough Town 38 7 9 22 43 80 −37 30
18 Banbury United 38 6 11 21 37 78 −41 29
19 Milton Keynes City 38 3 9 26 31 110 −79 18
20 Tamworth 38 2 7 29 25 118 −93 13 Relegated to the West Midlands (Regional) League
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Southern Division

The Midland Division expanded up to 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

At the end of the season Hillingdon Borough was renamed Hillingdon.

League table
Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season1983–84
ChampionsRoad-Sea Southampton
PromotedCrawley Town
Road-Sea Southampton
RelegatedHounslow
Matches played380
Goals scored1,017 (2.68 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Road-Sea Southampton 38 26 6 6 83 35 +48 84 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Crawley Town 38 22 9 7 68 28 +40 75
3 Basingstoke Town 38 20 9 9 54 36 +18 69
4 Tonbridge 38 20 9 9 61 44 +17 69
5 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 38 19 11 8 58 34 +24 68
6 Poole Town 38 20 7 11 68 42 +26 67
7 Hillingdon Borough 38 18 11 9 43 20 +23 65
8 Ashford Town (Kent) 38 19 5 14 65 47 +18 62
9 Salisbury 38 17 8 13 61 48 +13 59
10 Cambridge City 38 13 9 16 43 53 −10 48
11 Canterbury City 38 12 9 17 44 52 −8 45
12 Waterlooville 38 12 9 17 56 69 −13 45
13 Dover Athletic 38 12 9 17 51 74 −23 45
14 Chatham Town 38 11 10 17 46 56 −10 43
15 Andover 38 12 6 20 35 54 −19 42
16 Erith & Belvedere 38 11 9 18 43 68 −25 42
17 Dunstable 38 10 8 20 38 65 −27 38
18 Thanet United 38 9 8 21 40 65 −25 35
19 Woodford Town 38 7 8 23 30 69 −39 29
20 Hounslow 38 4 12 22 30 58 −28 24 Relegated to the Hellenic Football League
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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