2012–13 Southern Football League


The 2012–13 season was the 110th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales. From the previous season onwards, the Southern League was known as The Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.
Due to step three leagues increasing their number of clubs from 22 to 24 from the 2013–14 season onwards, only two clubs were relegated from the Premier Division, and only one club was relegated from each of Division One Central and South & West this season.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs:
Hinckley United and Maidenhead United were originally relegated to this division from the Conference North/South, but were reprieved after the liquidation of Darlington and the resignation of Kettering Town from the Conference National. Darlington were relegated to the Northern League, and Kettering applied to join the Southern League, allowing for a further reprieve for Hemel Hempstead Town.
Leamington won the division and were promoted to the Conference North, while play-off winners Gosport Borough were promoted to the Conference South. Hemel Hempstead Town reached play-off final after two relegation reprieves in previous three seasons. Only two clus were to relegate this season due to Premier Division expansion up to 24 clubs for the next season. Bedworth United relegated straight back to eight level, while Kettering Town continued their fall to Division One Central.

League table

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Final

Results

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
AFC TottonTestwood Stadium3,000
Arlesey TownHitchin Road2,920
Banbury UnitedSpencer Stadium2,000
BarwellKirkby Road2,500
BashleyBashley Road2,000
Bedford TownThe Eyrie3,000
Bedworth UnitedThe Oval3,000
BidefordThe Sports Ground2,000
Cambridge CityCity Ground2,300
Chesham UnitedThe Meadow5,000
Chippenham TownHardenhuish Park2,815
Frome TownBadgers Hill2,000
Gosport BoroughPrivett Park4,500
Hemel Hempstead TownVauxhall Road3,152
Hitchin TownTop Field4,000
Kettering TownNene Park, then
Steel Park 		6,441
3,893
LeamingtonNew Windmill Ground3,000
Redditch UnitedThe Valley5,000
St Albans CityClarence Park5,007
St Neots TownNew Rowley Park3,500
StourbridgeWar Memorial Athletic Ground2,626
WeymouthBob Lucas Stadium6,600

Division One Central

Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from previous season and four new clubs:
Burnham won the division on the final day of the season and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Biggleswade Town. Woodford United lost all their matches and were the only club relegated from division this season.

League table

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Final

Results

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
A.F.C. HayesFarm Park1,500
Ashford TownThe Robert Parker Stadium2,550
AylesburyHaywood Way1,300
Barton RoversSharpenhoe Road4,000
Beaconsfield SYCOBHolloways Park3,500
Biggleswade TownThe Carlsberg Stadium3,000
BurnhamThe Gore2,500
Chalfont St PeterMill Meadow1,500
Chertsey TownAlwyns Lane2,500
Daventry TownCommunications Park5,000
Fleet TownCalthorpe Park2,000
Godalming TownWeycourt3,000
Guildford CityGuildford Spectrum2,000
Leighton TownBell Close2,800
North Greenford UnitedBerkeley Fields2,000
NorthwoodNorthwood Park3,075
Royston TownGarden Walk5,000
Rugby TownButlin Road6,000
Slough TownHolloways Park 3,500
Thatcham TownWaterside Park1,500
UxbridgeHoneycroft3,770
Woodford UnitedByfield Road3,000

Division One South & West

Division One South & West consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season and four new clubs:
Poole Town won the division in their second season in the league, and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hungerford Town. Winchester City finished bottom and left the Southern League for the Wessex League for the second time in four seasons.
Sholing resigned at the end of the season for financial reasons, and dropped down to the Wessex League.
On 12 May 2013, Abingdon United also resigned from the league for financial reasons, and dropped down to the Hellenic League.

League table

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Final

Results

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
Abingdon UnitedNorthcourt Road2,000
Bishops CleeveKayte Lane1,500
Bridgwater TownFairfax Park2,500
Cinderford TownCauseway Ground3,500
Cirencester TownCorinium Stadium4,500
Clevedon TownHand Stadium3,500
Didcot TownDraycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium3,000
Evesham UnitedSpiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium3,000
Hungerford TownBulpit Lane2,500
Mangotsfield UnitedCossham Street2,500
Merthyr TownPenydarren Park10,000
North LeighEynsham Hall Park Sports Ground2,000
Paulton RoversAthletic Field2,500
Poole TownTatnam Ground2,500
SholingUniversal Stadium1,000
Shortwood UnitedMeadowbank Ground2,000
Swindon SupermarineHunts Copse Ground3,000
Taunton TownWordsworth Drive2,500
Tiverton TownLadysmead3,500
Wimborne TownThe Cuthbury3,250
Winchester CityThe City Ground4,500
Yate TownLodge Road2,000

League Cup

The Southern League Cup 2012–13 is the 75th season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Third Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

Final

First leg
Second leg