Southern Football League Premier Division

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The Southern Football League Premier Division is a football league covering central and south western England. From the 2004-05 season, it will be at step 3 of the National League System, and the 7th tier overall in the English football league system.

At the end of each season, the winners of the Premier Division (Salisbury City in 2006) are promoted to either Conference North or Conference South, together with the winners of a series of playoffs between the 2nd to 5th placed teams (Bedford Town in 2006). The bottom 4 clubs are relegated to step 4, probably either the Southern Football League Division One South & West or Division One Midlands. (In 2006, the 4th-from-bottom team was granted a reprieve due to the re-organisation of leagues at level 7).

The division is at the same level as the Northern Premier League Premier Division and the Isthmian League Premier Division.

2005-06 League Table

As of Sunday April 30th, 2006

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			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Salisbury City	42	30	5	7	83	27
95
Pl	2	Bath City	42	28	8	9	66	33
83
Pl	3	King's Lynn	42	25	7	10	73	41
82
Pl	4	Chippenham Town	42	22	11	9	69	45
77
Pl	5	Bedford Town	42	22	10	10	69	53
76
	6	Yate Town	42	21	5	16	78	74
68
	7	Banbury United	42	17	11	14	66	61
62
	8	Halesowen Town	42	15	15	12	54	45
60
	9	Merthyr Tydfil	42	17	9	16	62	58
60
	10	Mangotsfield United	42	15	13	14	67	67	0	58
	11	Grantham Town	42	15	11	16	49	49	0	56
	12	Tiverton Town	42	14	10	18	69	65
52
	13	Gloucester City	42	14	10	18	57	60
52
	14	Hitchin Town	42	13	12	17	59	76
51
	15	Rugby Town	42	13	11	18	58	66
50
	16	Cheshunt	42	13	9	20	57	70
48
	17	Team Bath	42	14	6	22	55	68
48
	18	Cirencester Town	42	14	4	24	49	68
46
	19	Northwood	42	12	6	24	53	88
42
R	20	Evesham United	42	9	14	19	46	58
41
R	21	Aylesbury United	42	9	12	21	43	69
39
R	22	Chesham United	42	9	9	24	43	84
36

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions; Pl = Play-offs; R = Relegated

Bedford Town promoted to Football Conference South after winning play-offs.

External links

[Southern Premier League]

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