2004–05 Southern Football League
| Season | 2004–05 |
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| Champions | Histon |
| Promoted |
Histon Hednesford Town |
| Relegated |
Hemel Hempstead Town Dunstable Town Stamford Solihull Borough |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,391 (3.01 per match) |
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| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fisher Athletic |
| Promoted |
Fisher Athletic East Thurrock United Maldon Town |
| Relegated |
Erith & Belvedere Tilbury |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,434 (3.1 per match) |
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| Season | 2004–05 |
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| Champions | Mangotsfield United |
| Promoted |
Mangotsfield United Yate Town Evesham United |
| Relegated |
Oxford City Egham Town |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,316 (2.85 per match) |
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The 2004–05 season was the 102nd in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the East Midlands, West Midlands, East, South East and South West England. Therefore it was the inaugural season for the league at the seventh and eighth tiers in the English league system.
After the creation of the Conference North and South placed above the Southern League, most of the previous season teams were transferred to the newly created divisions.
Histon won the Premier Division and get a second promotion in a row along with play-off winners Hednesford Town. Hemel Hempstead, Dunstable, Stamford and Solihull Moors were relegated and returned back to Division Ones.
The Premier Division featured only six teams from the previous season and 16 new clubs:
Updated to games played on 29 Apr 2006.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Hemel Hempstead Town deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
(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.
After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Southern League, most of the Premier Division teams were transferred to the newly created divisions. Сonsequently, most of the Division One East teams took up the empty spots in higher divisions.
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