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1997–98 Southern Football League

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season 1997–98
Champions Forest Green Rovers
Promoted Forest Green Rovers
Relegated Ashford Town
St.Leonards Stamcroft
Sittingbourne
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,372 (2.97 per match)
Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season 1997–98
Champions Grantham Town
Promoted Grantham Town
Ilkeston Town
Relegated None
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1,302 (3.1 per match)
Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season 1997–98
Champions Weymouth
Promoted Weymouth
Relegated Fareham Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,470 (3.18 per match)

The 1997–98 season was the 95th in the history of the Southern League.

The Premier Division featured six new teams:

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1998.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1998.
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1998.
Source: [3]
*The following season, Havant Town and Waterlooville merged to form Havant & Waterlooville
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


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