- Final table
- Football League elections
- References
The 1952–53 Southern Football League season saw Headington United win the championship.[1] Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful. Final tableThe league featured no new clubs for this season. | Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | | 1 | Headington United | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 93 | 50 | 1.86 | 58 | | 2 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 117 | 66 | 1.77 | 58 | | 3 | Bedford Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 91 | 61 | 1.49 | 56 | | 4 | Kettering Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 88 | 50 | 1.76 | 54 | | 5 | Bath City | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 71 | 46 | 1.54 | 54 | | 6 | Worcester City | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 100 | 66 | 1.52 | 51 | | 7 | Llanelly | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 95 | 72 | 1.32 | 51 | | 8 | Barry Town | 42 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 89 | 69 | 1.29 | 47 | | 9 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 83 | 76 | 1.09 | 45 | | 10 | Gloucester City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 78 | 0.64 | 43 | | 11 | Guildford City | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 64 | 60 | 1.07 | 42 | | 12 | Hastings United | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 75 | 66 | 1.14 | 41 | | 13 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 89 | 0.79 | 41 | | 14 | Weymouth | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 75 | 0.93 | 40 | | 15 | Hereford United | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 76 | 73 | 1.04 | 39 | | 16 | Tonbridge | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 62 | 88 | 0.7 | 33 | | 17 | Lovells Athletic | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 68 | 81 | 0.83 | 32 | | 18 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 75 | 99 | 0.75 | 32 | | 19 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 92 | 0.63 | 31 | | 20 | Exeter City II | 42 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 71 | 94 | 0.75 | 30 | | 21 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 54 | 85 | 0.63 | 29 | | 22 | Dartford | 42 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 40 | 121 | 0.33 | 17 |
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.Football League electionsFive Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.[2] | Club | League | Votes | | Shrewsbury Town | Football League | 46 | | Accrington Stanley | Football League | 45 | | Walsall | Football League | 41 | | Workington | Football League | 36 | | Wigan Athletic | Lancashire Combination | 17 | | Peterborough United | Midland League | 6 | | Yeovil Town | Southern League | 2 | | Bath City | Southern League | 2 | | Headington United | Southern League | 0 | | Hereford United | Southern League | 1 | | Nelson | Lancashire Combination | 0 | | New Brighton | Lancashire Combination | 0 | | North Shields | North Eastern League | 0 | | Worcester City | Southern League | 0 |
References1. ^England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
2. ^A history of admission to the Football League
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