Southern Football League
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The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.
Founded | 1894 |
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Country | England |
Other club(s) from | Wales (1 team) |
Divisions |
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Number of teams | 84
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Level on pyramid | Level 7 and Level 8 |
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Relegation to | |
Domestic cup(s) | Southern League Cup |
Current champions | Tamworth (Premier Division Central) Weston-super-Mare (Premier Division South) Berkhamsted (D1 Central) AFC Totton (D1 South) (2022–23) |
Website | Official website |
Current: 2023–24 Southern Football League |
The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 84 clubs which are divided into four divisions. The Central and South Divisions are at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and are feeder divisions, mainly to the National League South but also to the National League North. Feeding the Premier Divisions are two regional divisions, Division One Central and Division One South,[1] which are at step 4 of the NLS.[2] These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues.
The league has its administrative head office at Eastgate House in Gloucester.