The 2010–11 season was the 108th 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.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
At the end of the previous season Salisbury City failed to come out of administration and thus were relegated two divisions down due to a breach of Conference rules. In the middle of the season Windsor & Eton folded due to financial problems, the club was expelled from the league, their record was expunged.
Truro City won the Premier Division to earn a fourth promotion in five seasons, and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Salisbury City.
Didcot Town, Halesowen Town and Tiverton Town were relegated this season. No clubs were reprieved from relegation from Premier Division for the first time since 2005–06 season.
Source: fchd.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Notes:
^Banbury United deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
^Weymouth deducted 10 points for being in administration.
^Windsor & Eton FC was wound up in the High Court on 2 February 2011, due to unpaid taxes.[1] Their record of P26 W8 D12 L6 GF33 GA35 Pts36 was expunged on 8 February.
Arlesey Town won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hitchin Town. Beaconsfield SYCOB finished bottom of the table were reprieved after Premier Division club Windsor & Eton folded and Atherstone Town resigned from the league.
Before the start of the season Bromsgrove Rovers were removed from the league due to ground problems.[3] No club was promoted to take the place of Bromsgrove, and therefore the season was played with 21 clubs. VT F.C. were renamed Sholing.
A.F.C. Totton won the title and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Frome Town. In April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to ground problems, and so Andover, the only South & West club that finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved.
League table
Football league season
Southern Football League Division One South & West
Source: fchd.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Notes:
^On 7 April 2011 it was announced that Almondsbury Town would resign from the league at the end of the season due to the loss of their playing facilities.[4][5]
The Southern League Cup 2010–11 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 73rd season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League. 65 clubs took part. The competition commenced on 21 September 2010. The winners were Hednesford Town who beat Hemel Hempstead Town 5–1 on aggregate over two legs.
Calendar
Round
Matches played on
Matches
Clubs
Preliminary Round
21 September 2010
2
65 → 63
First round
25 October 2010 to 3 November 2010
31
63 → 32
Second Round
23 November 2010 to 30 December 2010
16
32 → 16
Third Round
11 January 2011 to 18 January 2011
8
16 → 8
Quarterfinals
8 February 2011
4
8 → 4
Semifinals
1 March 2011
2
4 → 2
Final
5 and 12 April 2011
1
2 → 1
Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, the four clubs played each other for a places in the first round.
The two clubs to have made it through the preliminary round were entered into the draw with sixty Southern League club, making sixty-two clubs, while Hednesford Town received a bye to the next round.