1950–51 Southern Football League
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The 1950–51 Southern Football League season saw Merthyr Tydfil win the championship for the second successive season.[1] Six Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.
Final table
The league featured two new clubs:
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merthyr Tydfil | 44 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 156 | 66 | 2.36 | 66 | |
| 2 | Hereford United | 44 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 110 | 69 | 1.59 | 61 | |
| 3 | Guildford City | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 88 | 60 | 1.47 | 54 | |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 84 | 58 | 1.45 | 54 | |
| 5 | Llanelly | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 89 | 73 | 1.22 | 51 | |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 44 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 91 | 61 | 1.49 | 50 | |
| 7 | Headington United | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 83 | 1.01 | 47 | |
| 8 | Torquay United II | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 93 | 79 | 1.18 | 46 | Left league at end of season |
| 9 | Exeter City II | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 90 | 94 | 0.96 | 44 | |
| 10 | Weymouth | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 82 | 88 | 0.93 | 44 | |
| 11 | Tonbridge | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 79 | 87 | 0.91 | 44 | |
| 12 | Gloucester City | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 81 | 76 | 1.07 | 43 | |
| 13 | Yeovil Town | 44 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 72 | 72 | 1 | 41 | |
| 14 | Worcester City | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 69 | 78 | 0.88 | 41 | |
| 15 | Bath City | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 66 | 73 | 0.9 | 40 | |
| 16 | Dartford | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 70 | 0.87 | 39 | |
| 17 | Bedford Town | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 94 | 0.68 | 39 | |
| 18 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 65 | 83 | 0.78 | 38 | |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 87 | 87 | 1 | 37 | |
| 20 | Lovells Athletic | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 81 | 93 | 0.87 | 37 | |
| 21 | Kidderminster Harriers | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 103 | 0.56 | 35 | |
| 22 | Barry Town | 44 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 104 | 0.51 | 33 | |
| 23 | Hastings United | 44 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 91 | 143 | 0.63 | 28 | |
| 24 | Chingford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned after 21 matches, record expunged |
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 elections
Six Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as only Workington of the North Eastern League received more votes than a League club (New Brighton).[2]
