2010–11 Southern Football League

The 2010–11 season was the 108th in the history of the Southern Football League since its establishment in 1894.

Premier Division

Southern Football League Premier Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	Truro City
Promoted	Truro City Salisbury City
Relegated	Didcot Town Halesowen Town Tiverton Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,212 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Craig Hammond (Cambridge City) - 31
Biggest home win	Hednesford Town 9 – 0 Weymouth, 23 October 2010
Biggest away win	Halesowen Town 0 – 8 Evesham United, 5 February 2011
Highest scoring	Hednesford Town 9 – 0 Weymouth, 23 October 2010 Stourbridge 7–2 Weymouth, 6 November 2010 Truro City 7–2 Swindon Supermarine, 2 April 2011
Highest attendance	1696 (Truro City 3 – 2 Weymouth, 25 April 2011)
Lowest attendance	47 (Cirencester Town 5 – 0 Halesowen Town, 15 February 2011)
Average attendance	323
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from last season and five new clubs:

• Chesham United, promoted as play-off winners in Division One Midlands
• Cirencester Town, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South & West
• Salisbury City, relegated from the Conference Premier
• Weymouth, relegated from the Conference South
• Windsor & Eton, promoted as champions of Division One South & West

At the end of the previous season Salisbury City failed to come out of administration and thus were relegated two divisions down due to a breach of Conference rules. In the middle of the season Windsor & Eton folded due to financial problems, the club was expelled from the league, their record was expunged.

Truro City won the Southern League Premier Division to earn a fourth promotion in five seasons, and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Salisbury City.

Didcot Town, Halesowen Town and Tiverton Town were relegated this season. No clubs were reprieved from relegation from Premier Division for the first time since 2005–06 season.

League table

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Hednesford Town	3
	5	Leamington	1
						2	Hednesford Town	2 (2)
						3	Salisbury City (pens)	2 (3)
	3	Salisbury City	1
	4	Cambridge City	0

Stadia and locations

Banbury

Bashley F.C.

Bedford Town

Brackley Town

Cambridge City

Chesham

Chippenham Town

Cirencester Town

Didcot Town

Evesham United

Halesowen Town

Hednesford Town

Hemel Hempstead

Leamington

Oxford City

Salisbury City

Stourbridge

Swindon Supermarine

Tiverton Town

Truro City

Weymouth

Windsor & Eton

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Locations of the 2010–11 Southern League Premier Division teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Template:Fb team Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600
Template:Fb team Hednesford Town	Keys Park	6,500
Template:Fb team Chesham United	The Meadow	5,000
Template:Fb team Halesowen Town	The Grove	5,000
Template:Fb team Evesham United	St George's Lane (groundshare with Worcester City)	4,749
Template:Fb team Cirencester Town	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Template:Fb team Windsor & Eton	Stag Meadow	4,500
Template:Fb team Bashley	The Recreation Ground	4,250
Template:Fb team Bedford Town	The New Eyrie	4,000
Template:Fb team Brackley Town	St James Park	3,500
Template:Fb team Salisbury City	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	3,500
Template:Fb team Tiverton Town	Ladysmead	3,500
Template:Fb team Truro City	Treyew Road	3,500
Template:Fb team Hemel Hempstead Town	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Template:Fb team Didcot Town	NPower Loop Meadow Stadium	3,000
Template:Fb team Swindon Supermarine	The Web's Wood Stadium	3,000
Template:Fb team Chippenham Town	Hardenhuish Park	2,815
Template:Fb team Cambridge City	City Ground	2,300
Template:Fb team Leamington	New Windmill Ground	2,300
Template:Fb team Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Template:Fb team Banbury United	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Template:Fb team Oxford City	Court Place Farm	2,000

Division One Central

Southern Football League Division One Central

Season	2010–11
Champions	Arlesey Town
Promoted	Arlesey Town Hitchin Town
Relegated	Atherstone Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,547 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Frendo (Hitchin Town) - 28
Biggest home win	Arlesey Town 12 – 0 Atherstone Town, 19 February 2011
Biggest away win	Northwood 0 – 7 Hitchin Town, 11 December 2010 Atherstone Town 0 – 7 Marlow, 12 April 2011
Highest scoring	Arlesey Town 12 – 0 Atherstone Town, 19 February 2011
Highest attendance	1508 (Hitchin Town 0 – 1 Arlesey Town, 25 April 2011)
Lowest attendance	37 (North Greenford United 2 – 2 Barton Rovers, 8 January 2011)
Average attendance	133
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Replacing the Division One Midlands, the Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 teams from previous season, one club relegated from each Southern and Isthmian League Premier Divisions, three clubs transferred from Division One South & West, three feeder league champions and one team transferred from Isthmian League Division One North:

• A.F.C. Hayes, transferred from Division One South & West
• Ashford Town (Middx), relegated from the Isthmian League Premier Division
• Aylesbury, promoted as champions of the Spartan South Midlands League
• Bedfont Green, transferred from Division One South & West and changed their name to Bedfont Town
• Daventry Town, promoted as champions of the United Counties League
• North Greenford United, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League
• Northwood, transferred from Isthmian League Division One North
• Rugby Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Uxbridge, transferred from Division One South & West

Arlesey Town won the division and were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division along with play-off winners Hitchin Town. Beaconsfield SYCOB finished bottom of the table were reprieved after Premier Division club Windsor & Eton folded and Atherstone Town resigned from the league.

League table

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Hitchin Town	4
	5	Slough Town	1
						2	Hitchin Town	2
						3	Daventry Town	0
	3	Daventry Town	2
	4	Biggleswade Town	0

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Template:Fb team Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Template:Fb team Daventry Town	Communications Park	5,000
Template:Fb team Barton Rovers	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Template:Fb team Hitchin Town	Top Field	4,000
Template:Fb team Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770
Template:Fb team Atherstone Town	Sheepy Road	3,500
Template:Fb team Beaconsfield SYCOB	Holloways Park ‡	3,500
Template:Fb team Bedworth United	The Oval Ground	3,500
Template:Fb team Slough Town	Holloways Park ‡	3,500
Template:Fb team Northwood	Northwood Park Stadium	3,075
Template:Fb team Biggleswade Town	The Carlsberg Stadium	3,000
Template:Fb team Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
Template:Fb team Woodford United	Byfield Road	3,000
Template:Fb team Arlesey Town	aRMadillo Stadium	2,920
Template:Fb team Leighton Town	Bell Close	2,800
Template:Fb team Ashford Town (Middx)	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Template:Fb team Burnham	The Gore	2,500
Template:Fb team Bedfont Town	The Orchard	2,100
Template:Fb team North Greenford United	Berkeley Fields	2,000
Template:Fb team Soham Town Rangers	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Template:Fb team A.F.C. Hayes	Farm Park	1,500
Template:Fb team Aylesbury	Haywood Way	1,300

‡ Slough Town and Beaconsfield SYCOB groundshare at Holloways Park.

Division One South & West

Southern Football League Division One South & West

Season	2010–11
Champions	AFC Totton
Promoted	AFC Totton Frome Town
Relegated	Almondsbury Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,308 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Gosney (AFC Totton) - 36
Biggest home win	AFC Totton 9 – 0 Andover, 5 April 2011
Biggest away win	Paulton Rovers 1 – 6 Sholing, 24 January 2011 Stourport Swifts 0 – 5 AFC Totton, 12 February 2011 Andover 0 – 5 Bishops Cleeve, 12 February 2011 Bridgwater Town 0 – 5 Yate Town, 26 March 2011
Highest scoring	Abingdon United 5 – 4 Cinderford Town, 21 August 2010 North Leigh 5 – 4 Almondsbury Town, 8 January 2011 North Leigh 5 – 4 Bideford, 12 February 2011 North Leigh 6 – 3 Bridgwater Town, 29 March 2011 AFC Totton 9 – 0 Andover, 5 April 2011
Highest attendance	744 (AFC Totton 5 – 1 Paulton Rovers, 19 February 2011)
Lowest attendance	32 (Bishops Cleeve 1 – 1 Clevedon Town, 17 November 2010)
Average attendance	147
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season and featured six new clubs:

• Almondsbury Town, promoted from the Hellenic League
• Bideford, promoted from the Western League
• Clevedon Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Stourport Swifts, transferred from Division One Midlands
• Wimborne Town, promoted from the Wessex League
• Bromsgrove Rovers, transferred from Division One Midlands

Before the start of the season Bromsgrove Rovers were removed from the league due to ground problems. No club was promoted to take the place of Bromsgrove, and therefore the season was played with 21 clubs. VT F.C. were renamed Sholing.

A.F.C. Totton won the title and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Frome Town. In April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to ground problems, and so Andover, the only South & West club that finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved.

League table

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Sholing	2
	5	Thatcham Town	0
						2	Sholing	0
						4	Frome Town	1
	3	Mangotsfield United	1
	4	Frome Town	3

Stadia and locations

AFC Totton

Abingdon United

Almondsbury Town

Bideford

Bishop's Cleeve

Bridgwater Town

Cinderford Town

Clevedon Town

Frome Town

Gosport Borough

Hungerford Town

Mangotsfield United

North Leigh

Paulton Rovers

Sholing

Stourport Swifts

Taunton Town

Thatcham Town

Wimborne Town

Yate Town

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Locations of the 2010–11 Southern League Division One South & West teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Template:Fb team Yate Town	Lodge Road	2,000
Template:Fb team Bideford	The Sports Ground	6,000
Template:Fb team Paulton Rovers	Athletic Field	5,000
Template:Fb team Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Template:Fb team Clevedon Town	Hand Stadium	3,900
Template:Fb team Almondsbury Town	Oaklands Park	3,500
Template:Fb team Wimborne Town	Cuthbury	3,250
Template:Fb team Cinderford Town	The Causeway	3,500
Template:Fb team A.F.C. Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Template:Fb team Andover	Portway Stadium	3,000
Template:Fb team Thatcham Town	Waterside Park	3,000
Template:Fb team Bridgwater Town	Fairfax Park	2,500
Template:Fb team Hungerford Town	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Template:Fb team Mangotsfield United	Cossham Street	2,500
Template:Fb team Taunton Town	Wordsworth Drive	2,500
Template:Fb team Abingdon United	Northcourt Road	2,000
Template:Fb team Frome Town	Badgers Hill	2,000
Template:Fb team North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000
Template:Fb team Sholing	VT Group Sports Ground	2,000
Template:Fb team Stourport Swifts	Walshes Meadow	2,000
Template:Fb team Bishops Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500

League Cup

2010–11 Southern League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	65
Final positions
Champions	Hednesford Town
Runner-up	Hemel Hempstead Town

The Southern League Cup 2010–11 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 73rd season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League. 65 clubs took part. The competition commenced on 21 September 2010. The winners were Hednesford Town who beat Hemel Hempstead Town 5–1 on aggregate over two legs.

Calendar

Round	Matches played on	Matches	Clubs
Preliminary Round	21 September 2010	2	65 → 63
First Round	25 October 2010 to 3 November 2010	31	63 → 32
Second Round	23 November 2010 to 30 December 2010	16	32 → 16
Third Round	11 January 2011 to 18 January 2011	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	8 February 2011	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	1 March 2011	2	4 → 2
Final	5 and 12 April 2011	1	2 → 1

Preliminary round

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In the Preliminary Round, the four lowest ranked clubs in the Southern League played each other for a place in the First Round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Daventry Town	3–2 AET	Brackley Town	134
2	Truro City	0–1	Bideford	63

First round

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The two clubs to have made it through the Preliminary Round were entered into the draw with every other Southern League club, making sixty-four teams.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
3	Abingdon United	2–3	Banbury United	65
4	AFC Hayes	3–2 AET	Bedfont Town	31
5	AFC Totton	1–2	Sholing	127
6	Ashford Town	2–2	Northwood	39
Ashford Town advance 4–3 on penalties
7	Atherstone Town	0–1	Cinderford Town	86
8	Barton Rovers	0–2	Cambridge City	111
9	Bashley	5–2	Weymouth	133
10	Beaconsfield SYCOB	3–2	Marlow	75
11	Bedworth United	3–1	Stourport Swifts	57
12	Bideford	1–2	Tiverton Town	166
13	Biggleswade Town	0–2	Arlesey Town	51
14	Bishops Cleeve	0–2	Stourbridge	72
15	Burnham	1–1	North Greenford United	47
North Greenford United advance 4–1 on penalties
16	Cirencester Town	6–4 AET	North Leigh	27
17	Clevedon Town	4–0	Almondsbury Town	92
18	Daventry Town	4–1	Woodford United	158

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
19	Didcot Town	1–2	Chippenham Town	73
20	Evesham United	0–0	Leamington	112
Leamington advance 3–1 on penalties
21	Frome Town	1–1	Paulton Rovers	202
Paulton Rovers advance 5–4 on penalties
22	Gosport Borough	2–0	Andover	84
23	Halesowen Town	1–3	Rugby Town	91
24	Hemel Hempstead Town	2–1	Soham Town Rangers	82
25	Hitchin Town	2–1	Bedford Town	122
26	Leighton Town	1–3	Slough Town	69
27	Mangotsfield United	3–0	Yate Town	109
28	Oxford City	2–1 AET	Thatcham Town	102
29	Swindon Supermarine	3–4	Hungerford Town	103
30	Taunton Town	3–0	Bridgwater Town	264
31	Uxbridge	2–4	Aylesbury	36
32	Wimborne Town	1–2	Salisbury City	253
33	Windsor & Eton	3–2	Chesham United	100

Second round

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The thirty-two clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw. Hednesford Town received a bye to this round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
34	AFC Hayes	1–5	Windsor & Eton	48
35	Arlesey Town	0–3	Cambridge City	124
36	Ashford Town	2–1	Aylesbury	33
37	Bashley	0–3	Salisbury City	166
38	Bedworth United	0–1	Daventry Town	54
39	Chippenham Town	1–0	Paulton Rovers	180
40	Cinderford Town	0–3	Stourbridge	49
41	Cirencester Town	3–1	Hungerford Town	63
42	Clevedon Town	3–0	Tiverton Town	88

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
43	Hednesford Town	2–0	Banbury United	123
44	Hitchin Town	1–2 AET	Hemel Hempstead Town	94
45	Leamington	3–0	Rugby Town	285
46	North Greenford United	5–1	Beaconsfield SYCOB	48
47	Oxford City	0–2	Slough Town	87
48	Sholing	5–2	Gosport Borough	88
49	Taunton Town	2–2	Mangotsfield United	97
Taunton Town advance 5–4 on penalties

Third round

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The sixteen clubs to have made it through the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
50	Ashford Town	1–2	Slough Town	85
51	Cambridge City	1–0	North Greenford United	113
52	Cirencester Town	1–4	Sholing	41
53	Clevedon Town	1–3	Taunton Town	94

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
54	Leamington	0–1	Hednesford Town	181
55	Salisbury City	2–3	Chippenham Town	302
56	Stourbridge	2–1	Daventry Town	141
57	Windsor & Eton	2–0	Hemel Hempstead Town1	69

¹ Hemel Hempsted Town advanced as Windsor & Eton resigned from the Southern League and folded.

Quarterfinals

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Cambridge City v Slough Town

8 February 2011 58	Cambridge City	3–2	Slough Town	City Ground, Cambridge, Cambridge
19:45	Kolodynski 31' Hughes 36' Hammond 42'	Report	Sweeney 6' Martin 44' (pen.)	Attendance: 170

Hednesford Town v Stourbridge

8 February 2011 59	Hednesford Town	4–2	Stourbridge	Keys Park, Hednesford
19:45	Wellecomme 38' Patterson 83' Robinson 86', 90'	Report	Canavan 56' Rock 65'	Attendance: 215

Hemel Hempstead Town v Sholing

8 February 2011 60	Hemel Hempstead Town	2–2 (4 – 2 p)	Sholing	Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
19:45	Williams 30', 32'	Report	Gibbens 23' B. Mason 57'	Attendance: 79

Taunton Town v Chippenham Town

8 February 2011 61	Taunton Town	0–2	Chippenham Town	Wordsworth Drive, Taunton
19:45		Report	Lamb 22' Griffin 38'	Attendance: 166 Referee: Tony Mason (Sidcup)

Semifinals

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Chippenham Town v Hednesford Town

1 March 2011 62	Chippenham Town	0–1	Hednesford Town	Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
19:45		Report	Tindle 6' (o.g.)	Attendance: 152

Hemel Hempstead Town v Cambridge City

1 March 2011 63	Hemel Hempstead Town	2–1	Cambridge City	Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
19:45	Pearce 32', 42'	Report	Kolodynski 59'	Attendance: 141

Final

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First Leg

Hemel Hempstead Town v Hednesford Town

5 April 2011 64	Hemel Hempstead Town	1–2	Hednesford Town	Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
19:45	Pearce 29'		Campion 32' Petterson 65'	Attendance: 182

Second Leg

Hednesford Town v Hemel Hempstead Town

12 April 2011 65	Hednesford Town	3–0	Hemel Hempstead Town	Keys Park, Hednesford
19:45	Clements 40', 90' Robinson 90+5'			Attendance: 611

See also

• Southern Football League
• 2010–11 Isthmian League
• 2010–11 Northern Premier League

External links

• Official website