Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gravesend & Northfleet* | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 106 | 71 | 59 | |
2 | Bedford Town* | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 112 | 64 | 57 | |
3 | Chelmsford City* | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 93 | 57 | 57 | |
4 | Weymouth* | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 90 | 61 | 55 | |
5 | Worcester City** | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 95 | 59 | 52 | |
6 | Cheltenham Town** | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 115 | 66 | 52 | |
7 | Hereford United** | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 79 | 56 | 48 | |
8 | Kettering Town** | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 99 | 76 | 45 | |
9 | Headington United** | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 90 | 83 | 43 | |
10 | Poole Town* | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 81 | 43 | |
11 | Hastings United* | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 77 | 41 | |
12 | Gloucester City** | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 70 | 41 | |
13 | Yeovil Town* | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 84 | 41 | |
14 | Dartford* | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 92 | 37 | |
15 | Lovells Athletic** | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 60 | 83 | 36 | |
16 | Bath City** | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 65 | 64 | 35 | |
17 | Guildford City* | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 92 | 34 | |
18 | Tonbridge AFC* | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 77 | 100 | 33 | |
19 | Exeter City Reserves* | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 60 | 94 | 32 | |
20 | Barry Town** | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 101 | 31 | |
21 | Kidderminster Harriers** | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 60 | 101 | 30 | |
22 | Merthyr Tydfil** | 42 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 69 | 137 | 21 |
The Southern League split into two sections after the 1957-58 season was completed. *Were placed in the South-East Division. **Were placed in the North-West Division.
Yeovil Town made their thirteenth application to join the Football League - hoping to replace either Millwall, Exeter City, Southport or Crewe Alexandra (the re-election candidates of the Third Division North were included in the vote due to the Football League ending the regionalised Third Divisions to form the new national Third and Fourth Divisions). See the voting results below.
Millwall - 46 votes (re-elected)
Exeter City - 43 votes (re-elected)
Southport - 42 votes (re-elected)
Crewe Alexandra - 35 votes (re-elected)
Unsuccessful Applications
Peterborough United - 15 votes
Wigan Athletic - 4 votes
Hereford United - 3 votes
Bedford Town - 2 votes
Headington United - 2 votes
King's Lynn - 2 votes
Kettering Town - 1 vote
South Shields - 1 vote
Burton Albion - 0 votes
Gloucester City - 0 votes
Morecambe - 0 votes
Yeovil Town - 0 votes