| Kettering Town were relegated to the Southern league First Division (North) at the end of the 1970-71 season. | |||||||||
Southern League 1971-72 |
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| First Division (North) | Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Pts
|
||
| Kettering Town | 34
|
23
|
6
|
5
|
70
|
27
|
52
|
||
| Burton Albion | 34
|
18
|
13
|
3
|
58
|
27
|
49
|
||
| Cheltenham Town | 34
|
20
|
4
|
10
|
72
|
51
|
44
|
||
| Rugby Town | 34
|
18
|
7
|
9
|
52
|
36
|
43
|
||
| Wellingborough Town | 34
|
15
|
10
|
9
|
73
|
44
|
40
|
||
| Stourbridge | 34
|
13
|
14
|
7
|
59
|
42
|
40
|
||
| King's Lynn | 34
|
14
|
11
|
9
|
44
|
38
|
39
|
||
| Corby Town | 34
|
15
|
9
|
10
|
47
|
35
|
39
|
||
| Ilkeston Town | 34
|
14
|
11
|
9
|
44
|
38
|
39
|
||
| Banbury Utd | 34
|
14
|
5
|
15
|
54
|
46
|
33
|
||
| Bury Town |
34
|
14
|
5
|
15
|
47
|
44
|
33
|
||
| Wealdstone |
34
|
14
|
5
|
15
|
51
|
58
|
33
|
||
| Lockheed Leamington |
34
|
15
|
3
|
16
|
41
|
52
|
33
|
||
| Gloucester City |
34
|
8
|
8
|
18
|
46
|
61
|
24
|
||
| Stevenage Athletic |
34
|
8
|
8
|
18
|
41
|
69
|
24
|
||
| Bletchley |
34
|
7
|
7
|
20
|
36
|
70
|
21
|
||
| Dunstable Town |
34
|
5
|
7
|
22
|
29
|
75
|
17
|
||
| Barry Town |
34
|
1
|
7
|
26
|
22
|
84
|
9
|
||
| Kettering Town finished as First Division (North) Champions and were promoted to the Southern League Premier at the of the 1971-72 season. | |||||||||