1964–65 Southern Football League

The 1964–65 Southern Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Weymouth won the championship, whilst Corby Town, Hereford United, Poole Town and Wimbledon were all promoted to the Premier Division. Nine Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

• Cheltenham Town
• Folkestone Town
• King's Lynn
• Tonbridge

League table

Southern Football League
Premier Division

Season	1964–65
Champions	Weymouth
Relegated	Bath City Bexley United Hastings United Wisbech Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,590 (3.44 per match)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Weymouth	42	24	8	10	99	50	1.980	56
2	Guildford City	42	21	12	9	73	49	1.490	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	0.880	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	42	14	6	22	75	91	0.824	34	Relegated to Division One
20	Bexley United	42	14	5	23	67	74	0.905	33
21	Hastings United	42	9	14	19	58	86	0.674	32
22	Bath City	42	13	3	26	60	86	0.698	29

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Division One

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

• Four clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
  • Hereford United
  • Hinckley Athletic
  • Kettering Town
  • Merthyr Tydfil

• Plus:
  • Wimbledon, transferred from the Isthmian League

Also, Yiewsley changed name to Hillingdon Borough.

League table

Southern Football League
Division One

Season	1964–65
Champions	Hereford United
Promoted	Corby Town Hereford United Poole Town Wimbledon
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,620 (3.51 per match)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hereford United	42	34	4	4	124	39	3.179	72	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Wimbledon	42	24	13	5	108	52	2.077	61
3	Poole Town	42	26	6	10	92	56	1.643	58
4	Corby Town	42	24	7	11	88	55	1.600	55
5	Stevenage Town	42	19	13	10	83	43	1.930	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 (Kent)	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	0.480	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: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

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.^[1]

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

References

• RSSF – Southern Football League archive

1. A history of admission to the Football League