1965–66_Southern_Football_League

Southern Football League
Division One
Season	1965–66
Champions	Barnet
Promoted	Barnet; Bath City; Burton Albion; Hillingdon Borough
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,845 (3.34 per match)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Weymouth
Relegated	Dartford; Margate; Rugby Town; Tonbridge
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,548 (3.35 per match)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

1965–66 Southern Football League

English football competition

The 1965–66 Southern Football League season was the 63rd in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Weymouth won the championship for the second time in a row, whilst Barnet, Bath City, Burton Albion and Hillingdon Borough 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.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Weymouth	42	22	13	7	70	35	2.000	57
2	Chelmsford City	42	21	12	9	74	50	1.480	54
3	Hereford United	42	21	10	11	81	49	1.653	52
4	Bedford Town	42	23	6	13	80	57	1.404	52
5	Wimbledon	42	20	10	12	80	47	1.702	50
6	Cambridge City	42	19	11	12	67	52	1.288	49
7	Romford	42	21	7	14	87	72	1.208	49
8	Worcester City	42	20	8	14	69	54	1.278	48
9	Yeovil Town	42	17	11	14	91	70	1.300	45
10	Cambridge United	42	18	9	15	72	64	1.125	45
11	King's Lynn	42	18	7	17	75	72	1.042	43
12	Corby Town	42	16	9	17	66	73	0.904	41
13	Wellington Town	42	13	13	16	65	70	0.929	39
14	Nuneaton Borough	42	15	8	19	60	74	0.811	38
15	Folkestone Town	42	14	9	19	53	75	0.707	37
16	Guildford City	42	14	8	20	70	84	0.833	36
17	Poole Town	42	14	7	21	61	75	0.813	35
18	Cheltenham Town	42	13	9	20	69	99	0.697	35
19	Dartford	42	13	7	22	62	69	0.899	33	Relegated to Division One
20	Rugby Town	42	11	10	21	67	95	0.705	32
21	Tonbridge	42	11	6	25	63	101	0.624	28
22	Margate	42	8	10	24	66	111	0.595	26

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Barnet	46	30	9	7	114	49	2.327	69	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Hillingdon Borough	46	27	10	9	101	46	2.196	64
3	Burton Albion	46	28	8	10	121	60	2.017	64
4	Bath City	46	25	13	8	88	50	1.760	63
5	Hastings United	46	25	10	11	104	59	1.763	60
6	Wisbech Town	46	25	9	12	98	54	1.815	59
7	Canterbury City	46	25	8	13	89	66	1.348	58
8	Stevenage Town	46	23	9	14	86	49	1.755	55
9	Kettering Town	46	22	9	15	77	74	1.041	53
10	Merthyr Tydfil	46	22	6	18	95	68	1.397	50
11	Dunstable Town	46	15	14	17	76	72	1.056	44
12	Crawley Town	46	17	10	19	72	71	1.014	44
13	Bexley United	46	20	4	22	65	71	0.915	44
14	Trowbridge Town	46	16	11	19	79	81	0.975	43
15	Dover	46	17	8	21	59	62	0.952	42
16	Barry Town	46	16	10	20	72	94	0.766	42
17	Gravesend & Northfleet	46	16	9	21	84	86	0.977	41
18	Gloucester City	46	14	12	20	75	98	0.765	40
19	Sittingbourne	46	11	12	23	77	121	0.636	34
20	Ramsgate Athletic	46	9	15	22	35	76	0.461	33
21	Hinckley Athletic	46	10	12	24	58	93	0.624	32
22	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	46	12	8	26	47	88	0.534	32
23	Ashford Town (Kent)	46	9	10	27	44	92	0.478	28
24	Deal Town	46	3	4	39	29	165	0.176	10	Resigned from league

1965–66 Southern Football League