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The 2013–14 season was the 111th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. From the 2013–14 season onwards, the Southern League is known as The Calor Gas League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Calor Gas.

Following the liquidation of Premier Division club Hinckley United^[1] and the resignation of Thatcham Town from Division One South & West at the end of the season,^[2] plus the resignation of Vauxhall Motors from the Conference North,^[3]Fleet Town were reprieved from relegation in Division One South & West.^[4]

Premier Division

Southern Football League Premier Division

Season	2013-14
Champions	Hemel Hempstead Town
Promoted	Hemel Hempstead Town St Albans City
Relegated	AFC Totton Bedford Town Bashley
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,711 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adam Marriott (Cambridge City) – 35 goals
Biggest home win	Hemel Hempstead Town 10 – 0 Bashley, 5 November 2013
Biggest away win	Chippenham Town 0 – 9 Stourbridge, 29 October 2013
Highest scoring	Truro City 3 – 7 St Albans City, 5 October 2013 Hemel Hempstead Town 10 – 0 Bashley, 5 November 2013
Highest attendance	1943 – Hemel Hempstead Town 0 – 0 Chesham United, 21 April 2014
Lowest attendance	62 – Hungerford Town 1 – 1 Biggleswade Town, 19 November 2013
Total attendance	150,771
Average attendance	298
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The Premier Division featured seven new clubs in a division expanded from 22 to 24 clubs:

• 
  Biggleswade Town, promoted as play-off winners of Division One Central


• 
  Burnham, promoted as champions of Division One Central


• 
  Corby Town, relegated from the Conference North
  


• 
  Hinckley United, relegated from the Conference North


• 
  Hungerford Town, promoted as play-off winners of Division One South & West


• 
  Poole Town, promoted as champions of Division One South & West


• 
  Truro City, relegated from the Conference South
  

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hemel Hempstead Town (C) (P)	44	32	6	6	128	38	+90	102	Promotion to 2014–15 Conference South
2	Chesham United	44	29	5	10	102	47	+55	92	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Cambridge City	44	27	7	10	95	49	+46	88
4	St Albans City (O) (P)	44	25	10	9	89	49	+40	85
5	Stourbridge	44	26	6	12	114	54	+60	84	Transferred to the NPL Premier Division
6	Hungerford Town	44	26	6	12	83	45	+38	84
7	Poole Town	44	25	10	9	82	48	+34	082‡
8	Bideford	44	18	13	13	75	64	+11	67
9	Biggleswade Town	44	16	16	12	85	61	+24	64
10	Redditch United	44	20	3	21	68	85	−17	63
11	Corby Town	44	18	6	20	65	68	−3	60
12	Weymouth	44	18	6	20	69	80	−11	60
13	Hitchin Town	44	16	11	17	63	52	+11	59
14	Frome Town	44	16	9	19	63	74	−11	57
15	Arlesey Town	44	15	10	19	68	79	−11	55
16	St Neots Town	44	15	9	20	74	76	−2	54
17	Truro City	44	15	9	20	68	84	−16	54
18	Chippenham Town	44	14	6	24	59	87	−28	48
19	Banbury United	44	14	5	25	64	116	−52	47
20	Burnham	44	12	8	24	60	91	−31	44
21	AFC Totton (R)	44	10	7	27	58	119	−61	37	Relegation to 2014–15 SFL Division One Central/S&W
22	Bedford Town (R)	44	6	6	32	46	114	−68	24
23	Bashley (R)	44	4	4	36	33	131	−98	16
24	Hinckley United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00†	Club folded, record expunged

Updated to games played on 5 May 2014.
Source: http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk
^† Hinckley United folded on 7 October 2013,^[5] and their record of P10 W1 D3 L6 GF9 GA20 Pts6 was officially expunged from the league table on 21 October.
^‡ Poole Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Redditch United on 14 December 2013.^[6]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Chesham United	2
	5	Stourbridge	1
						2	Chesham United	1
						4	St Albans City	3
	3	Cambridge City	2
	4	St Albans City	4

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600
Chesham United	The Meadow	5,000
Redditch United	The Valley	5,000
St Albans City	Clarence Park	4,500
Hinckley United	Greene King Stadium	4,329
Bashley	The Recreation Ground	4,250
Bedford Town	The New Eyrie	4,000
Hitchin Town	Top Field	4,000
Corby Town	Steel Park	3,893
Truro City	Treyew Road	3,500
Hemel Hempstead Town	Vauxhall Road	3,152
Biggleswade Town	The Carlsberg Stadium	3,000
AFC Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Arlesey Town	aRMadillo Stadium	2,920
Chippenham Town	Hardenhuish Park	2,815
Burnham	The Gore	2,500
Hungerford Town	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Cambridge City	Bridge Road	4,300
Stourbridge	War Memorial Athletic Ground	2,014
Banbury United	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Bideford	The Sports Ground	2,000
Frome Town	Badgers Hill	2,000
Poole Town	Tatnam	2,000
St Neots Town	New Rowley Park	2,000

Results

Home Away[1]

TOT

ARL

BAN

BAS

BED

BID

BIG

BUR

CAM

CHE

CHI

COR

FRO

HEM

HIN

HIT

HUN

POO

RED

SAC

STN

STB

TRU

WEY

AFC Totton

2–2

1–3

3–1

1–1

2–2

1–5

2–1

3–2

0–2

3–1

2–1

0–5

1–4

0–5

1–3

3–1

0–3

2–5

2–2

1–4

2–3

0–1

Arlesey Town

2–2

2–1

0–1

3–0

1–1

3–2

2–2

0–2

3–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

2–3

0–0

5–2

2–2

0–3

2–3

1–1

1–5

1–1

2–3

Banbury United

3–4

3–2

3–3

3–0

1–0

6–4

2–2

1–5

0–4

2–0

3–1

1–2

0–3

2–1

0–7

0–0

2–0

1–5

0–1

0–4

1–2

0–0

Bashley

0–2

1–4

2–3

0–2

0–1

0–7

1–2

0–6

0–1

3–1

1–3

0–4

1–4

0–2

0–2

0–3

2–3

1–2

1–3

1–4

2–2

0–3

Bedford Town

3–2

0–2

2–0

0–1

2–4

1–5

3–3

0–4

0–3

0–3

2–4

0–2

0–3

0–1

1–4

1–5

1–2

2–2

1–2

2–0

0–1

0–3

Bideford

4–0

0–1

2–2

4–2

4–0

1–1

4–0

1–4

1–4

4–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

3–1

0–0

0–0

4–3

1–0

3–2

0–1

0–0

2–1

Biggleswade Town

1–1

2–1

1–2

0–0

4–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

3–2

3–3

0–1

2–0

5–2

3–2

0–1

2–2

0–0

0–0

2–2

2–2

2–1

2–1

Burnham

2–3

1–2

1–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

0–3

0–3

1–3

4–1

2–1

1–1

0–3

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–4

2–3

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–3

Cambridge City

3–0

2–1

3–1

7–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

7–2

1–2

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–2

0–0

1–2

4–1

0–3

3–2

2–1

4–1

4–2

Chesham United

4–1

3–3

8–0

4–1

3–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

1–3

1–2

1–0

0–2

3–1

1–0

3–0

0–1

4–2

0–0

Chippenham Town

1–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

1–4

2–4

1–3

2–1

1–0

0–3

0–0

3–3

0–3

2–0

2–3

1–2

3–0

1–1

2–1

0–9

3–1

2–1

Corby Town

3–1

1–3

4–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

0–3

0–2

2–1

2–2

0–1

0–2

1–2

0–2

0–3

2–3

2–0

1–0

3–4

3–2

3–1

Frome Town

1–0

0–1

3–2

1–2

4–4

2–0

0–0

4–1

0–0

1–4

0–5

1–3

1–1

2–0

0–2

1–3

4–0

0–0

5–4

0–2

1–2

1–2

Hemel Hempstead Town

8–1

3–0

5–3

10–0

6–1

4–1

3–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

6–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

5–0

0–0

2–0

4–3

3–0

4–1

Hinckley United

Hitchin Town

1–1

1–0

5–0

1–0

6–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

3–1

0–2

1–2

2–0

0–2

2–2

0–2

1–1

4–0

1–1

2–3

3–2

Hungerford Town

4–0

3–0

3–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

2–3

3–2

0–1

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–4

2–3

2–0

0–2

3–1

1–0

1–0

6–0

2–1

Poole Town

2–0

5–3

4–1

5–0

1–3

3–3

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–0

3–1

3–1

4–2

0–2

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–2

Redditch United

2–1

1–3

2–3

4–0

2–0

3–1

2–2

2–1

4–1

1–2

3–0

1–3

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–5

0–2

1–3

0–0

1–6

3–1

0–4

St Albans City

4–2

5–0

3–2

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

5–2

0–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

4–0

2–2

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–3

3–0

St Neots Town

6–0

3–1

3–1

3–1

2–2

2–0

3–4

4–2

1–2

0–5

1–2

0–3

3–1

4–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–3

2–3

1–1

2–0

0–2

Stourbridge

3–0

0–2

5–0

4–1

2–1

0–3

2–1

1–0

3–2

2–3

0–1

3–1

7–0

1–4

1–1

1–2

5–2

5–1

0–1

2–1

2–2

7–0

Truro City

3–2

2–0

5–0

5–0

2–2

0–2

0–2

3–0

0–1

1–1

1–3

0–0

0–2

1–6

1–1

1–2

0–2

1–0

3–7

2–3

1–1

2–1

Weymouth

2–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

4–1

3–2

2–2

2–1

1–1

2–4

4–1

1–0

2–0

0–3

1–1

1–3

0–3

3–0

0–3

1–2

0–5

2–5

Source: Southern Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One Central

Southern Football League Division One Central

Season	2013–14
Champions	Dunstable Town
Promoted	Dunstable Town Slough Town
Relegated	Chertsey Town Ashford Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,526 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Kolodynski (Rugby Town) – 35 goals
Biggest home win	Rugby Town 8 – 1 Chertsey Town, 21 September 2013 Potters Bar Town 7 – 0 Chertsey Town, 29 March 2014
Biggest away win	North Greenford United 1 – 7 Slough Town, 25 March 2014 A.F.C. Hayes 0 – 6 Rugby Town, 26 April 2014
Highest scoring	Northwood 8 – 3 Chertsey Town, 8 October 2013
Highest attendance	1228 – Kettering Town 2 – 0 Daventry Town, 21 August 2013
Lowest attendance	36 – Chalfont St Peter 2 – 1 Chertsey Town, 26 April 2014
Total attendance	73,575
Average attendance	159
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Division One Central featured seven new clubs:

• 
  Aylesbury United, promoted as runners-up in the Spartan South Midlands League
  


• 
  Dunstable Town, promoted as champions of the Spartan South Midlands League


• 
  Egham Town, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League
  


• 
  Kettering Town, relegated from the Premier Division


• 
  Marlow, promoted as champions of the Hellenic League
  


• 
  Potters Bar Town, transferred from Isthmian League Division One North


• 
  St Ives Town, promoted as runners-up in the United Counties League
  

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunstable Town (C) (P)	42	28	6	8	94	44	+50	90	Promotion to SFL Premier Division
2	Rugby Town	42	27	8	7	100	45	+55	89	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Kettering Town	42	27	7	8	86	41	+45	88
4	Daventry Town	42	27	5	10	82	40	+42	86
5	Slough Town (O) (P)	42	26	5	11	101	51	+50	83
6	Barton Rovers	42	24	8	10	79	48	+31	80
7	Royston Town	42	21	10	11	80	58	+22	73
8	Beaconsfield SYCOB	42	22	7	13	79	60	+19	73
9	Northwood	42	21	6	15	72	62	+10	69
10	Uxbridge	42	18	7	17	84	70	+14	61
11	Egham Town	42	17	9	16	80	58	+22	60
12	Aylesbury United	42	16	9	17	64	72	−8	57
13	St Ives Town	42	16	8	18	68	77	−9	56
14	Chalfont St Peter	42	14	8	20	49	60	−11	50
15	Potters Bar Town	42	13	10	19	61	86	−25	49
16	Aylesbury	42	14	6	22	56	73	−17	48
17	Marlow	42	12	11	19	73	84	−11	47
18	A.F.C. Hayes	42	12	8	22	51	74	−23	44
19	Leighton Town	42	6	13	23	45	85	−40	31
20	North Greenford United	42	7	5	30	52	114	−62	26
21	Chertsey Town (R)	42	6	4	32	38	117	−79	22	Relegation to Combined Counties League
22	Ashford Town (R)	42	5	6	31	32	107	−75	21

Updated to games played on 5 May 2014.
Source: Southern Football League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Rugby Town	0
	5	Slough Town	3
						3	Kettering Town	2
						5	Slough Town	3
	3	Kettering Town	1
	4	Daventry Town	0

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Rugby Town	Butlin Road	6,000
Daventry Town	Communications Park	5,000
Barton Rovers	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Royston Town	Garden Walk	4,000
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770
Beaconsfield Town	Holloways Park	3,500
Slough Town	Holloways Park#	3,500
Dunstable Town	Creasey Park	3,200
Northwood	Chestnut Avenue (Northwood Park)	3,075
Leighton Town	Bell Close	2,800
Ashford Town	The Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Chertsey Town	Alwyns Lane	2,500
Kettering Town	Latimer Park	2,400
North Greenford United	Berkeley Fields	2,000
Potters Bar Town	Parkfield	2,000
St Ives Town	Westwood Road	2,000
A.F.C. Hayes	Farm Park	1,500
Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Aylesbury	Haywood Way	1,300
Aylesbury United	Bell Close*
Egham Town	Runnymede Stadium
Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground

^#Slough Town ground-shared with Beaconsfield SYCOB.
^*Aylesbury United ground-shared with Leighton Town.

Division One South & West

Southern Football League Division One South & West

Season	2013–14
Champions	Cirencester Town
Promoted	Cirencester Town Paulton Rovers
Relegated	Guildford City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,595 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard Gregory (Stratford Town) – 36
Biggest home win	Merthyr Town 12 – 0 Guildford City, 8 February 2014
Biggest away win	Guildford City 0 – 7 North Leigh, 12 April 2014
Highest scoring	Merthyr Town 12 – 0 Guildford City, 8 February 2014
Highest attendance	712 – Merthyr Town 1 – 0 Evesham United, 21 April 2014
Lowest attendance	40 – North Leigh 1 – 0 Thatcham Town, 18 February 2014
Total attendance	69,780
Average attendance	151
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Division One South & West featured five new clubs:

• Four clubs transferred from Division One Central:
  
  
  
  • Fleet Town
  
  
  • Godalming Town
  
  
  • Guildford City
  
  
  • Thatcham Town
  
  
  
  


• Plus:


• 
  Stratford Town, promoted as champions of the Midland Football Alliance
  

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cirencester Town (C) (P)	42	29	5	8	95	45	+50	92	Promotion to SFL Premier Division
2	Merthyr Town	42	28	5	9	111	58	+53	89	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Tiverton Town	42	26	8	8	80	51	+29	86
4	Paulton Rovers (O) (P)	42	24	9	9	102	54	+48	81
5	Swindon Supermarine	42	24	7	11	91	52	+39	79
6	Shortwood United	42	23	9	10	91	44	+47	78
7	North Leigh	42	22	6	14	83	46	+37	72
8	Taunton Town	42	21	7	14	71	58	+13	069‡
9	Yate Town	42	20	8	14	81	69	+12	68
10	Stratford Town	42	19	5	18	103	85	+18	62
11	Mangotsfield United	42	18	7	17	65	62	+3	61
12	Didcot Town	42	17	6	19	70	85	−15	57
13	Wimborne Town	42	16	7	19	78	70	+8	55
14	Bridgwater Town	42	14	11	17	62	64	−2	53
15	Cinderford Town	42	13	10	19	69	79	−10	49
16	Evesham United	42	12	11	19	66	80	−14	47
17	Clevedon Town	42	12	5	25	48	96	−48	41
18	Godalming Town	42	10	9	23	47	79	−32	39	Transferred to the SFL Division One Central
19	Thatcham Town	42	11	6	25	41	99	−58	39	Resigned at the end of the season
20	Bishop's Cleeve	42	11	1	30	52	93	−41	34
21	Fleet Town	42	7	8	27	43	90	−47	029†
22	Guildford City (R)	42	7	6	29	45	134	−89	27	Relegation to Combined Counties League

Updated to games played on 5 May 2014.
Source: Southern Football League
^‡ Taunton Town were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in two games during August 2013.^[7]
† Fleet Town were reprieved from relegation.
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Merthyr Town	5
	5	Swindon Supermarine	2
						2	Merthyr Town	0
						4	Paulton Rovers	2
	3	Tiverton Town	1
	4	Paulton Rovers	3

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Seated	Ref
Merthyr Town	Penydarren Park	10,000	–	[8]
Paulton Rovers	Athletic Field	5,000	253	[9]
Evesham United	Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Clevedon Town	Hand Stadium	3,500	300	[10]
Cinderford Town	The Causeway	3,500	250	[11]
Tiverton Town	Ladysmead	3,500	520	[12]
Wimborne Town	Cuthbury	3,250	275	[13]
Didcot Town	NPower Loop Meadow Stadium	3,000	150	[14]
Godalming Town	Weycourt	3,000
Swindon Supermarine	The Webb's Wood Stadium	3,000
Bridgwater Town	Fairfax Park	2,500	128	[15]
Mangotsfield United	Cossham Street	2,500	300	[16]
Taunton Town	Wordsworth Drive	2,500	300	[11]
North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000	100	[11]
Fleet Town	Calthorpe Park	2,000
Guildford City	Guildford Spectrum	2,000
Yate Town	Lodge Road	2,000	236	[17]
Bishop's Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500	50	[11]
Thatcham Town	Waterside Park	1,500
Cirencester Town	Corinium Stadium	TBC
Stratford Town	DCS Stadium	TBC
Shortwood United	The Meadowbank Ground	TBC

League Cup

2013–14 Southern League Cup

Country	England
Teams	68
Champions	St Neots Town
Runners-up	Tiverton Town
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The Southern League Cup 2013–14 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2013–14 for sponsorship reasons) is the 76th season of the Southern League Cup , the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Preliminary round^[18]

First round^[18]

Second round^[18]

Third round^[18]

Quarter finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg

See also

• Southern Football League


• 2013–14 Isthmian League


• 2013–14 Northern Premier League

References

External links

• Official website