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1946–47 Southern Football League

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The 1946–47 Southern Football League season was the 44th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

The league featured eight new clubs, including Football League members Millwall, who also entered their first team in the Southern League. However, due to fixture congestion, they only played 24 matches, with the remaining fixtures all being awarded as 0–0 draws. Yeovil & Petters United were renamed Yeovil Town at the end of the previous season.

A total of 17 clubs contest the division, including nine clubs from previous season, three clubs missed previous season and five new clubs.

Clubs missed previous season:

Newly elected clubs:

Gillingham were champions, winning their first Southern League title. At the end of the season Millwall resigned from the league.

League table

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Southern Football League
Season1946–47
ChampionsGillingham
Matches played272
Goals scored1,250 (4.6 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Results
1 Gillingham 32 20 7 5 103 45 2.289 47
2 Guildford City 32 21 4 7 86 39 2.205 46
3 Merthyr Tydfil 32 21 3 8 104 37 2.811 45
4 Yeovil Town 32 19 6 7 100 49 2.041 44
5 Chelmsford City 32 17 4 11 90 60 1.500 38
6 Gravesend & Northfleet 32 17 4 11 82 58 1.414 38
7 Barry Town 32 14 8 10 89 61 1.459 36
8 Colchester United 32 15 5 12 65 60 1.083 35
9 Cheltenham Town 32 14 4 14 68 75 0.907 32
10 Millwall 32 8 13 11 59 57 1.035 29 Resigned from the league
11 Dartford 32 10 5 17 71 100 0.710 25
12 Bedford Town 32 8 8 16 63 98 0.643 24
13 Hereford United 32 8 7 17 37 85 0.435 23
14 Worcester City 32 8 6 18 55 90 0.611 22
15 Exeter City II 32 10 2 20 69 126 0.548 22
16 Bath City 32 7 7 18 52 93 0.559 21
17 Gloucester City 32 8 1 23 57 120 0.475 17
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Football League elections

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Barry Town, Bath City, Chelmsford City, Colchester United, Gillingham, Gravesend & Northfleet, Guildford City, Merthyr Tydfil, Worcester City and Yeovil Town were amongst 27 non-League clubs to apply for election to the Football League. However, as the two clubs relegated from Division Two to the regional divisions Three were both from the south, the Football League secretary had suggested that electing new members could create an imbalance in the divisions' geographical boundaries, and that instead all four clubs (Halifax, Mansfield, Norwich and Southport) should be re-elected en bloc. This was accepted and no elections took place.[1]

References

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