The1990–91Southern Football League season was the 88th in the history of the league, an Englishfootball competition.
Farnborough Town won the Premier Division and earned promotion to theFootball Conference, having been relegated from the Conference the year before.Weymouth, who finished bottom of the Premier Division, were relegated to the Southern Division, whilstRushden Town, despite finishing fourteenth, were relegated to the Midland Division as their ground did not meet the Premier Division criteria. The champions of the Midland and Southern divisions both failed to win promotion, meaning that only the second-placed clubs,Corby Town andTrowbridge Town were promoted.
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from theprevious season and five new clubs:
| Season | 1990–91 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Farnborough Town |
| Promoted | Farnborough Town |
| Relegated | Weymouth |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,304 (2.82 per match) |
1991–92 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 43 | +36 | 85 | Promoted to theFootball Conference |
| 2 | Gloucester City | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 86 | 49 | +37 | 83 | |
| 3 | Cambridge City | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 77 | |
| 4 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 74 | |
| 5 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 71 | |
| 6 | Worcester City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 66 | |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 60 | |
| 8 | Halesowen Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 67 | +6 | 60 | |
| 9 | VS Rugby | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 59 | |
| 10 | Bashley | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 57 | |
| 11 | Dorchester Town | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 57 | |
| 12 | Wealdstone | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 56 | |
| 13 | Dartford | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 54 | |
| 14 | Rushden Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 53 | Demoted to theMidland Division |
| 15 | Atherstone United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 52 | |
| 16 | Moor Green | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 64 | 75 | −11 | 51 | |
| 17 | Poole Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 49 | |
| 18 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 48 | |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 48 | |
| 20 | Waterlooville | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 46 | |
| 21 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 91 | −45 | 34 | |
| 22 | Weymouth | 42 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 50 | 88 | −38 | 24 | Relegated to theSouthern Division |
The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from theprevious season and four new clubs:
| Season | 1990–91 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Stourbridge |
| Promoted | Corby Town |
| Relegated | Spalding United Willenhall Town |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,395 (3.02 per match) |
1991–92 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stourbridge | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 48 | +32 | 90 | |
| 2 | Corby Town | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 99 | 48 | +51 | 85 | Promoted to thePremier Division |
| 3 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 47 | +32 | 82 | |
| 4 | Tamworth | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 84 | 45 | +39 | 80 | |
| 5 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 70[a] | |
| 6 | Barry Town | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 67 | |
| 7 | Newport | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 63 | |
| 8 | King's Lynn | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 60 | |
| 9 | Grantham Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 58 | |
| 10 | Redditch United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 66 | 75 | −9 | 58 | |
| 11 | Hinckley Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 72 | 68 | +4 | 57 | |
| 12 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 56 | |
| 13 | Bedworth United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 73 | −16 | 54 | |
| 14 | Bilston Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 69 | 79 | −10 | 51 | |
| 15 | Leicester United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 77 | −12 | 51[b] | |
| 16 | Racing Club Warwick | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 49 | |
| 17 | Bridgnorth Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 48 | |
| 18 | Stroud | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 47 | |
| 19 | Dudley Town | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 46 | |
| 20 | Alvechurch | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 54 | 92 | −38 | 38 | |
| 21 | Willenhall Town | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 37[c] | Relegated to theWest Midlands (Regional) League |
| 22 | Spalding United | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 33 | Relegated to theUnited Counties League |
The Southern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from theprevious season and five new clubs:
| Season | 1990–91 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Buckingham Town |
| Promoted | Trowbridge Town |
| Relegated | Corinthian |
| Matches | 420 |
| Goals | 1,238 (2.95 per match) |
1991–92 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckingham Town | 40 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 83 | |
| 2 | Trowbridge Town | 40 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 78 | Promoted to thePremier Division |
| 3 | Salisbury | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 77 | |
| 4 | Baldock Town | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 72 | |
| 5 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 40 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 82 | 52 | +30 | 71 | |
| 6 | Yate Town | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 71 | Transferred to theMidland Division |
| 7 | Hastings Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 65 | |
| 8 | Hythe Town | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 59[a] | |
| 9 | Andover | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 76 | −7 | 54 | |
| 10 | Margate | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 53 | |
| 11 | Burnham | 40 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 52 | |
| 12 | Bury Town | 40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 50 | |
| 13 | Sudbury Town | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 49 | |
| 14 | Newport (Isle of Wight) | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 48 | |
| 15 | Gosport Borough | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 47 | |
| 16 | Witney Town | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 75 | −18 | 47 | |
| 17 | Dunstable | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 42 | |
| 18 | Canterbury City | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 42 | |
| 19 | Erith & Belvedere | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 46 | 73 | −27 | 36 | |
| 20 | Fareham Town | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 36 | |
| 21 | Corinthian | 40 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 78 | −44 | 27 | Relegated to theKent League |
| 22 | Folkestone Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Folded mid-season, record expunged |