1951–52 Southern Football League
# 1951–52 Southern Football League

The 1951–52 Southern Football League season was the 49th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

At the end of the previous season Torquay United resigned their second team from the league. No new clubs had joined the league for this season so the league consisted of 22 remaining clubs. Merthyr Tydfil were champions for the third season in a row, winning their fourth Southern League title. Five Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 128 | 60 | 2.133 | 60 |
| 2 | Weymouth | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 81 | 42 | 1.929 | 57 |
| 3 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 70 | 40 | 1.750 | 54 |
| 4 | Guildford City | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 66 | 47 | 1.404 | 52 |
| 5 | Hereford United | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 59 | 1.356 | 51 |
| 6 | Worcester City | 42 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 86 | 73 | 1.178 | 50 |
| 7 | Kettering Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 83 | 56 | 1.482 | 46 |
| 8 | Lovells Athletic | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 87 | 68 | 1.279 | 46 |
| 9 | Gloucester City | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 46 |
| 10 | Bath City | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 75 | 67 | 1.119 | 44 |
| 11 | Headington United | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 53 | 1.038 | 43 |
| 12 | Bedford Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 75 | 64 | 1.172 | 42 |
| 13 | Barry Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 84 | 89 | 0.944 | 42 |
| 14 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 80 | 0.838 | 40 |
| 15 | Dartford | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 65 | 0.969 | 39 |
| 16 | Tonbridge | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 63 | 84 | 0.750 | 36 |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 56 | 76 | 0.737 | 35 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 59 | 85 | 0.694 | 34 |
| 19 | Exeter City II | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 76 | 106 | 0.717 | 33 |
| 20 | Llanelly | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 70 | 111 | 0.631 | 32 |
| 21 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 68 | 88 | 0.773 | 31 |
| 22 | Hastings United | 42 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 41 | 131 | 0.313 | 11 |

## Football League elections

Five Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.

| Club | League | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Darlington | Football League | 49 |
| Exeter City | Football League | 47 |
| Walsall | Football League | 45 |
| Workington | Football League | 40 |
| Wigan Athletic | Lancashire Combination | 9 |
| Worcester City | Southern League | 3 |
| Bath City | Southern League | 1 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Southern League | 1 |
| Peterborough United | Midland League | 1 |
| Nelson | Lancashire Combination | 0 |
| North Shields | North Eastern League | 0 |
| Headington United | Southern League | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | Southern League | 0 |
| New Brighton | Lancashire Combination | 0 |
