2009–10 Southern Football League
The 2009–10 season was the 107th season of the Southern Football League, a football competition in the South and Midlands of England for semi-professional and amateur clubs. The season also saw Division One Midlands renamed Division One Central.
Three divisions competed that season: the Premier Division, Division One Central, and Division One South & West.
Premier Division
- The Premier Division had 22 clubs. Farnborough won the league and earned promotion to the Conference South.
- Nuneaton Town finished second and went through the playoffs to be promoted to the Conference North.
- Clevedon Town and Rugby Town were relegated.
- Merthyr Tydfil were expelled from the league at the end of the season, liquidated, and reformed later as Merthyr Town several levels below the Southern League.
- Tiverton Town and Hemel Hempstead Town were reprieved from relegation because other clubs higher up the pyramid folded.
- Top scorer: Stefan Moore (Halesowen Town) – 35 goals.
Division One Central
- This division had 22 clubs. Beaconsfield SYCOB, Burnham, and Slough Town joined from Division One South & West. Biggleswade Town also joined after moving up from the Spartan South Midlands League, and Hitchin Town was relegated from the Premier Division.
- Bury Town won the division and were promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division.
- Chesham United won the playoff and were promoted back to the Southern League Premier Division.
- Aylesbury United were relegated; Rothwell United resigned from the league; Barton Rovers were reprieved from relegation.
- Top scorer: Jamie Arlick (Hitchin Town) – 29 goals.
Division One South & West
- This division also had 22 clubs. Windsor & Eton won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division; Cirencester Town also earned promotion via the playoffs.
- Bracknell Town were relegated.
- Top scorer: Justin Bennett (Gosport Borough) – 32 goals.
Stadia and locations
- The season included a variety of stadiums and capacities across the three divisions, with the Premier Division clubs generally hosting larger crowds. The article provides a full list of clubs with their stadiums and capacities.
Season context
- The 2009–10 season followed the 2008–09 season and preceded the 2010–11 season in the Southern League.
- The league saw notable restructures and a number of clubs facing relegation or expulsion due to financial or administrative issues, as well as some reprieves from relegation when other clubs folded or restructured.
In all, the season produced three promotions to higher leagues, several relegations (with unusual cases like Merthyr Tydfil’s expulsion), and a number of staff and club changes that shaped the following season in English non-league football.
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