The1993–94Southern Football League season was the 91st in the history of the league, an Englishfootball competition.
Farnborough Town won the Premier Division and earned promotion to theFootball Conference.Moor Green,Waterlooville,Bashley andNuneaton Borough were relegated to the Midland and Southern Divisions, whilstRushden & Diamonds,Gravesend & Northfleet,VS Rugby andSudbury Town were promoted to the Premier Division, the former two as champions.
Despite neither finishing bottom of the table, bothDunstable andCanterbury City dropped into level eight leagues.
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from theprevious season and four new clubs:
| Season | 1993–94 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Farnborough Town |
| Promoted | Farnborough Town |
| Relegated | Bashley Moor Green Nuneaton Borough Waterlooville |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,243 (2.69 per match) |
1994–95 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 82 | Promoted to theFootball Conference |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 75 | |
| 3 | Halesowen Town | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 74 | |
| 4 | Atherstone United | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 73 | |
| 5 | Crawley Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 73 | |
| 6 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 74 | 59 | +15 | 70 | |
| 7 | Trowbridge Town | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 65 | |
| 8 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 64 | |
| 9 | Corby Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 59 | |
| 10 | Gloucester City | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 57 | |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 56 | |
| 12 | Hastings Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 55 | |
| 13 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 54 | |
| 14 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 53 | |
| 15 | Worcester City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 51 | |
| 16 | Solihull Borough | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 50 | |
| 17 | Cambridge City | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 50 | |
| 18 | Dorchester Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 47 | |
| 19 | Moor Green | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 43 | Relegated to theMidland Division |
| 20 | Waterlooville | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 69 | −22 | 43 | Relegated to theSouthern Division |
| 21 | Bashley | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 80 | −33 | 43 | |
| 22 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 41 | Relegated to theMidland Division |
The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from theprevious season and three new clubs:
| Season | 1993–94 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Rushden & Diamonds |
| Promoted | Rushden & Diamonds VS Rugby |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,451 (3.14 per match) |
1994–95 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 109 | 37 | +72 | 98 | Promoted to thePremier Division |
| 2 | VS Rugby | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 98 | 41 | +57 | 92 | |
| 3 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 94 | 39 | +55 | 91 | Transferred to theSouthern Division |
| 4 | Newport | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 84 | 37 | +47 | 87 | |
| 5 | Clevedon Town | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 82 | Transferred to theSouthern Division |
| 6 | Redditch United | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 68 | |
| 7 | Tamworth | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 82 | 68 | +14 | 64 | |
| 8 | Bilston Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 65 | 73 | −8 | 58 | |
| 9 | Stourbridge | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 75 | −4 | 57 | |
| 10 | Evesham United | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 56 | |
| 11 | Grantham Town | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 54 | |
| 12 | Bridgnorth Town | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 51 | |
| 13 | Racing Club Warwick | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 51 | |
| 14 | Dudley Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 49 | |
| 15 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 61 | 84 | −23 | 48 | |
| 16 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 53 | 75 | −22 | 44 | |
| 17 | Bedworth United | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 81 | −19 | 43 | |
| 18 | Hinckley Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 43 | |
| 19 | Leicester United | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 42 | |
| 20 | King's Lynn | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 47 | 72 | −25 | 38 | |
| 21 | Yate Town | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 48 | 86 | −38 | 36 | Transferred to theSouthern Division |
| 22 | Armitage 90 | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 103 | −58 | 35 |
The Southern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from theprevious season and two new clubs:
At the end of the previous season Salisbury changed name toSalisbury City, and Fisher Athletic changed name toFisher.
At the end of the seasonTonbridge changed name toTonbridge Angels.
| Season | 1993–94 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| Promoted | Gravesend & Northfleet Sudbury Town |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,428 (3.09 per match) |
1994–95 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 87 | 24 | +63 | 92 | Promoted to thePremier Division |
| 2 | Sudbury Town | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 98 | 47 | +51 | 89 | |
| 3 | Witney Town | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 89 | |
| 4 | Salisbury City | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 90 | 39 | +51 | 88 | |
| 5 | Havant Town | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 101 | 41 | +60 | 85 | |
| 6 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 93 | 46 | +47 | 85 | |
| 7 | Baldock Town | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 85 | |
| 8 | Newport (Isle of Wight) | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 74 | |
| 9 | Margate | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 68 | |
| 10 | Weymouth | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 65 | +6 | 63 | |
| 11 | Tonbridge | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 62 | |
| 12 | Buckingham Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 56 | Transferred to theMidland Division |
| 13 | Braintree Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 72 | 84 | −12 | 55 | |
| 14 | Fareham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 48 | |
| 15 | Poole Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 54 | 86 | −32 | 45 | |
| 16 | Burnham | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 92 | −39 | 39 | |
| 17 | Fisher | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 52 | 81 | −29 | 37 | |
| 18 | Dunstable | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 50 | 91 | −41 | 34 | Resigned to theUnited Counties League |
| 19 | Erith & Belvedere | 42 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 32 | |
| 20 | Canterbury City | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 80 | −45 | 31 | Resigned to theKent League |
| 21 | Wealdstone | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 45 | 95 | −50 | 25 | |
| 22 | Bury Town | 42 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 36 | 121 | −85 | 14 |