Southern League Premier Division 1972-79

Kettering Town were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division for the start of the 1972-73 season.
Southern League 1972-73
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Kettering Town	42	20	17	5	74	44	30	57
Yeovil Town	42	21	14	7	67	61	6	56
Dover	42	23	9	10	61	68	-7	55
Chelmsford City	42	23	7	12	75	43	32	53
Worcester City	42	20	13	9	68	47	21	53
Weymouth	42	20	12	10	72	51	21	52
Margate	42	17	15	10	80	60	20	49
Bedford Town	42	16	15	11	43	36	7	47
Nuneaton Borough	42	16	14	12	51	41	10	46
Telford Utd	42	12	20	10	57	47	10	44
Cambridge City	42	14	15	13	64	53	11	43
Wimbledon	42	14	14	14	50	50	0	42
Barnet	42	15	11	16	60	59	1	41
Romford	42	17	5	20	51	65	-14	39
Hillingdon Borough	42	16	6	20	52	58	-6	38
Dartford	42	12	11	19	49	63	-14	35
Folkstone	42	11	11	20	41	72	-31	33
Guilford City	42	10	11	21	59	84	-25	31
Ramsgate	42	9	13	20	35	61	-26	31
Poole Town	42	10	10	22	50	88	-38	30
Burton Albion	42	9	7	26	43	81	-38	25
Waterlooville	42	4	16	22	33	63	-30	24
Southern League 1973-74
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Dartford	42	22	13	7	67	37	30	57
Grantham	42	18	13	11	70	49	21	49
Chelmsford City	42	19	10	13	62	49	13	48
Kettering Town	42	16	16	10	62	51	11	48
Maidstone Utd	42	16	14	12	54	43	11	46
Yeovil Town	42	13	20	9	45	39	6	46
Weymouth	42	19	7	16	60	41	19	45
Barnet	42	18	9	15	55	46	9	45
Nuneaton Borough	42	13	19	10	54	47	7	45
Cambridge City	42	15	12	15	45	54	-9	42
Atherstone Town	42	16	9	17	61	59	2	41
Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	50	56	-6	41
Telford Utd	42	12	16	14	51	57	-6	40
Dover	42	11	17	14	41	46	-5	39
Tonbridge	42	12	15	15	38	45	-7	39
Romford	42	11	17	14	39	52	-13	39
Margate	42	15	8	19	56	63	-7	38
Guilford City	42	13	11	18	48	67	-19	37
Worcester City	42	11	14	17	53	67	-14	36
Bedford Town	42	11	14	17	38	51	-13	36
Folkestone	42	11	12	19	56	65	-9	34
Hillingdon Borough	42	9	15	18	44	65	-21	33
Southern League 1974-75
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Wimbledon	42	25	7	10	63	33	30	57
Nuneaton Borough	42	23	8	11	56	37	19	54
Yeovil Town	42	21	9	12	64	34	30	51
Kettering Town	42	20	10	12	73	41	32	50
Burton Albion	42	18	13	11	54	48	6	49
Bath City	42	20	8	14	63	50	7	48
Margate	42	17	12	13	64	64	0	46
Wealdstone	42	17	11	14	62	61	1	45
Telford Utd	42	16	13	13	55	56	-1	45
Chelmsford City	42	16	12	14	62	51	11	44
Grantham	42	16	11	15	70	62	8	43
Dover	42	15	13	14	43	53	-10	43
Maidstone Utd	42	15	12	15	52	50	2	42
Atherstone Town	42	14	14	14	48	53	-5	42
Weymouth	42	13	13	16	66	58	8	39
Stourbridge	42	13	12	17	56	70	-14	38
Cambridge	42	11	14	17	51	56	-5	36
Tonbridge	42	11	12	19	44	66	-22	34
Romford	42	10	13	19	46	62	-16	33
Dartford	42	9	13	20	52	70	-18	31
Barnet	42	10	9	23	44	76	-32	29
Guildford & Dorking Utd	42	10	5	27	45	82	-37	25
Southern League 1975-76
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Wimbledon	42	26	10	6	74	29	45	62
Yeovil Town	42	21	12	9	68	35	33	54
Atherstone Town	42	18	15	9	56	55	1	51
Maidstone Utd	42	17	16	9	52	39	13	50
Nuneaton Borough	42	16	18	8	41	33	8	50
Gravesend & Northfleet	42	16	18	8	49	47	2	50
Grantham	42	15	14	13	56	47	9	44
Dunstable Town	42	17	9	16	52	43	9	43
Bedford Town	42	13	17	12	55	51	4	43
Burton Albion	42	17	9	16	52	53	-1	43
Margate	42	15	12	15	62	60	2	42
Hillingdon Borough	42	13	14	15	61	54	7	40
Telford Utd	42	14	12	16	54	51	3	40
Chelmsford City	42	13	14	15	52	57	-5	40
Kettering Town	42	11	17	14	48	52	-4	39
Bath City	42	11	16	15	62	57	5	38
Weymouth	42	13	9	20	51	67	-16	35
Dover	42	8	18	16	51	60	-9	34
Wealdstone	42	12	9	21	61	82	-21	33
Tonbridge AFC	42	11	11	20	45	70	-25	33
Cambridge City	42	8	15	19	41	67	-26	31
Stourbridge	42	10	9	23	38	73	-34	29
Southern League 1976-77
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Wimbledon	42	28	7	7	64	22	42	63
Minehead	42	23	12	7	73	39	34	58
Kettering Town	42	20	16	6	66	46	20	56
Bath City	42	20	15	7	51	30	21	55
Nuneaton Borough	42	20	11	11	52	35	17	51
Bedford Town	42	17	14	11	54	47	7	48
Yeovil Town	42	15	16	11	54	42	12	46
Dover	42	13	16	13	46	43	3	42
Grantham	42	14	12	16	55	50	5	40
Maidstone Utd	42	13	14	15	46	50	-4	40
Gravesend & Northfleet	42	13	13	16	38	43	-5	39
AP Leamington	42	12	15	15	44	53	-9	39
Redditch Utd	42	12	14	16	45	54	-9	38
Wealdstone	42	13	12	17	54	66	-12	38
Hillingdon Borough	42	14	10	18	45	59	-14	38
Atherstone Town	42	14	9	19	41	49	-8	37
Weymouth	42	16	5	21	53	73	-20	37
Dartford	42	13	10	19	52	57	-5	36
Telford Utd	42	11	12	19	36	50	-14	34
Chelmsford City	42	9	13	20	56	68	-12	31
Burton Albion	42	10	10	22	41	52	-11	30
Margate	42	9	10	23	47	85	-38	28
Southern League 1977-78
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Bath City	42	22	18	2	83	32	51	62
Weymouth	42	21	16	5	64	36	28	58
Maidstone Utd	42	20	11	11	59	41	18	51
Worcester City	42	20	11	11	67	50	17	51
Gravesend & Northfleet	42	19	11	12	57	42	15	49
Kettering Town	42	18	11	13	58	48	10	47
Barnet	42	18	11	13	63	58	5	47
Wealdstone	42	16	14	12	54	48	6	46
Telford Utd	42	17	11	14	52	45	7	45
Nuneaton Borough	42	15	14	13	38	36	2	44
Dartford	42	14	15	13	57	65	-8	43
Yeovil Town	42	14	14	14	57	49	8	42
Hastings Utd	42	15	9	18	49	60	-11	39
Cheltenham Town	42	12	14	16	43	52	-9	38
Hillingdon Borough	42	13	9	20	45	54	-9	35
Atherstone Town	42	10	15	17	41	56	-15	35
Redditch Utd	42	15	5	22	40	55	-15	35
AP Leamington	42	11	13	18	34	57	-23	35
Minehead	42	11	12	19	43	48	-5	34
Dover	42	9	13	20	41	63	-22	31
Bedford Town	42	8	13	21	51	75	-24	29
Grantham	42	11	6	25	40	66	-26	28
Southern League 1978-79
Premier Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Worcester City	42	27	11	4	92	33	59	65
Kettering Town	42	27	7	8	109	43	66	61
Telford Utd	42	22	10	10	60	39	21	54
Maidstone Utd	42	18	18	6	55	35	20	54
Bath City	42	17	19	6	59	41	18	53
Weymouth	42	18	15	9	71	51	20	51
AP Leamington	42	19	11	12	65	53	12	49
Redditch Utd	42	19	10	13	70	57	13	48
Yeovil Town	42	15	16	11	59	49	10	46
Witney Town	42	17	10	15	53	52	1	44
Nuneaton Borough	42	13	17	12	59	50	9	43
Gravesend & Northfleet	42	15	12	15	56	55	1	42
Barnet	42	16	10	16	52	64	-12	42
Hillingdon Borough	42	12	16	14	50	41	9	40
Wealdstone	42	12	12	18	51	59	-8	36
Atherstone Town	42	9	17	16	46	65	-20	35
Dartford	42	10	14	18	40	56	-16	34
Cheltenham Town	42	11	10	21	38	72	-34	32
Margate	42	10	9	23	44	75	-31	29
Dorchester Town	42	7	11	24	46	86	-40	25
Hastings Utd	42	5	13	24	37	85	-48	23
Bridgend Town	42	6	6	30	39	90	-51	18
At the end of the 1978-79 season, the non-league was re-structured, with the top teams from the Northern Premier, Southern Premier and Isthmian Premier Leagues joining the newly-formed Alliance Premier League. Kettering Town joined the APL for the start of the 1979-80 season.