2017–18 Southern Football League

The 2017–18 season was the 115th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. It was also the last to have a single Premier Division. From the 2014–15 season onwards, the Southern League is known as Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik.

The league constitution was announced in May 2017.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division

Season	2017–18
Champions	Hereford
Promoted	Hereford Slough Town
Relegated	Dunstable Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1871 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	38 goals - Brandon Goodship (Weymouth)
Biggest home win	Chesham United 13 – 1 Merthyr Town, 18 November
Biggest away win	Gosport Borough 0 – 8 Basingstoke Town, 28 August
Highest scoring	Chesham United 13 – 1 Merthyr Town, 18 November
Highest attendance	4,556 – Hereford 4 – 1 Kettering Town, 21 April
Lowest attendance	67 – St Ives Town 2 – 6 Stratford Town, 17 April
Total attendance	256,331
Average attendance	464 (+35.6% to previous season)
← 2016–17 2018–19 Premier Central 2018–19 Premier South →

At the end of the season a new division was to be created at step 3. Also, the number of clubs in step 3 divisions was reduced from 24 to 22. To make up the number of clubs at step 3 only one Premier Division club was to be relegated this season.

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:

• Two clubs promoted from Division One Central:
  • Farnborough
  • Royston Town

• Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West:
  • Hereford
  • Tiverton Town

• Two clubs relegated from the National League South:
  • Bishop's Stortford
  • Gosport Borough

Results table

Home \ Away	BAN	BAS	BIG	BST	CHE	DOR	DUN	FAR	FRO	GOS	HER	HIT	KET	KLT	KIL	MER	RED	ROY	SLO	STI	STN	STR	TIV	WEY
Banbury United	—	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	1–2	4–1	3–4	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–2
Basingstoke Town	3–1	—	2–0	3–2	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	3–2	1–0	2–1	6–2	3–3
Biggleswade Town	1–1	1–2	—	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–5	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–2
Bishop's Stortford	0–5	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–3	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–3	2–2	4–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–3
Chesham United	1–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	13–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–6
Dorchester Town	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	4–0	1–4	7–2	0–1	1–4	4–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	6–0	0–4	1–2	3–0	0–3
Dunstable Town	0–5	0–6	0–2	0–5	1–4	0–1	—	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–2	0–4	1–4	0–6	1–1	0–5	0–3	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–2	2–1
Farnborough	1–0	4–3	2–1	0–5	2–0	3–3	4–0	—	5–3	1–2	2–4	4–1	3–4	5–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–4	1–4	2–3	2–6
Frome Town	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–3	3–4	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–4	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–4
Gosport Borough	0–4	0–8	1–1	1–3	1–5	3–3	1–0	2–4	7–0	—	0–4	0–3	0–7	1–7	1–2	1–1	2–5	2–3	1–5	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–5	0–4
Hereford	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	5–1	—	5–0	4–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	2–0
Hitchin Town	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	5–1	2–1	0–3	—	0–0	0–4	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	3–1
Kettering Town	3–0	3–0	3–1	6–0	3–1	4–3	6–0	6–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	4–1	—	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–3	2–0
King's Lynn Town	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	—	3–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1
Kings Langley	3–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–7	1–1	3–3	1–2	2–5	0–0	—	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	4–3	2–0	2–2	2–3
Merthyr Town	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–4	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	4–1	—	2–2	2–1	4–5	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–3
Redditch United	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	5–0	7–1	4–1	4–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–4	4–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–2
Royston Town	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	4–3	3–0	5–0	1–4	2–1	4–3	2–0	4–0	5–1	2–1	—	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2
Slough Town	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–4	2–1	2–0	8–1	5–1	2–1	5–1	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–1	—	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
St Ives Town	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–4	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	3–4	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–4	—	1–1	2–6	1–2	1–2
St Neots Town	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	1–6	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–4	0–5	3–2	5–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–2
Stratford Town	2–3	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	5–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–4	1–5	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	—	1–2	0–0
Tiverton Town	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	7–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	—	2–1
Weymouth	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	6–0	0–2	5–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	5–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	—

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	King's Lynn Town	3
	5	Weymouth	0
						2	King's Lynn Town	1
						3	Slough Town	2
	3	Slough Town	3
	4	Kettering Town	1

Semi-finals

King's Lynn Town v Weymouth

2 May 2018	King's Lynn Town	3–0	Weymouth	The Walks, King's Lynn
19:45 (UTC+01:00)	Norman  13' Parker  15' King  39'

Slough Town v Kettering Town

2 May 2018	Slough Town	3–1	Kettering Town	Arbour Park, Slough
19:45 (UTC+01:00)	Coles  13' Dobson  52' (pen) Dobson  71' (pen)		O'Connor  36'

Final

King's Lynn Town v Slough Town

7 May 2018	King's Lynn Town	1–2	Slough Town	The Walks, King's Lynn
15:00 (UTC+01:00)	Hilliard  27'		Flood  44' Williams  89'	Attendance: 2,842

Stadia and locations

Banbury United

Basingstoke Town

Biggleswade

Bishop's Stortford

Chesham United

Dorchester Town

Dunstable Town

Farnborough

Frome Town

Gosport Borough

Hereford

Hitchin Town

Kettering Town

King's Lynn Town

Kings Langley

Merthyr Town

Redditch United

Royston Town

Slough Town

St Ives
Town

St Neots Town

Stratford Town

Tiverton Town

Weymouth

Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Banbury United	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Basingstoke Town	The Camrose	6,000
Biggleswade Town	Langford Road	3,000
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Chesham United	The Meadow	5,000
Dorchester Town	The Avenue Stadium	5,009
Dunstable Town	Creasey Park	3,200
Farnborough	Cherrywood Road	7,000
Frome Town	Badgers Hill	2,000
Gosport Borough	Privett Park	4,500
Hereford	Edgar Street	4,913
Hitchin Town	Top Field	4,000
Kettering Town	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
King's Lynn Town	The Walks	5,733
Kings Langley	Gaywood Park	1,000
Merthyr Town	Penydarren Park	10,000
Redditch United	The Valley	5,000
Royston Town	Garden Walk	5,000
Slough Town	Arbour Park	1,950
St Ives Town	Westwood Road	2,000
St Neots Town	New Rowley Park	3,500
Stratford Town	Knights Lane	1,400
Tiverton Town	Ladysmead	3,500
Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600

Division One East

Southern Football League
Division One East

Season	2017–18
Champions	Beaconsfield Town
Promoted	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Beaconsfield Town Hartley Wintney
Relegated	Arlesey Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1492 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	34 goals - Daniel West (Thame United)
Biggest home win	Ashford Town 10 – 0 Fleet Town, 24 October
Biggest away win	Arlesey Town 1 – 9 Hayes & Yeading United, 20 January
Highest scoring	10 goals (3 matches)
← 2016–17 Division One Central 2018–19 Division One Central →

For this season, Division One Central was renamed Division One East.

At the end of the season a new division was to be created at step 3. To make up the number of clubs at step 3 two clubs from each step 4 division, one club with best points-per-game among the step 4 division clubs and six play-off winners were to be promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at step 4 within the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every step 4 division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club was to be relegated.

Division One East consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season Division One Central, and six new clubs:

• AFC Rushden & Diamonds, transferred from the Northern Premier League Division One South
• Cambridge City, relegated from the Premier Division
• Hartley Wintney, promoted from the Combined Counties League
• Hayes & Yeading United, relegated from the Premier Division
• Moneyfields, promoted from the Wessex League
• Thame United, promoted from the Hellenic League

For 2018–19, Division One East was renamed Division One Central.

Results table

Home \ Away	AFD	RUS	ARL	ASH	AYB	AYL	BAR	BEA	BED	CAM	CHA	EGH	FLE	HAN	HAR	H&Y	KEM	MAR	MON	NOR	THA	UXB
AFC Dunstable	—	0–3	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	6–1	4–0	6–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	7–1	4–1	5–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	7–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	6–0	1–1
Arlesey Town	0–7	1–2	—	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–6	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–3	1–6	1–9	0–4	0–1	0–4	1–3	2–3	0–2
Ashford Town	1–3	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	10–0	1–4	0–1	4–0	7–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1
Aylesbury	1–2	0–4	1–5	2–2	—	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–2
Aylesbury United	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	—	2–3	1–4	0–3	1–6	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	7–2	2–2
Barton Rovers	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	—	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1
Beaconsfield Town	4–0	1–1	7–0	5–0	0–3	3–2	0–0	—	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–4	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–0
Bedford Town	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	6–0	0–1	—	1–4	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	5–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–2
Cambridge City	0–2	0–1	7–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	5–1	—	0–0	6–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	7–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	5–1
Chalfont St Peter	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–2	0–4	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–0
Egham Town	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–3	1–5	2–1	1–2	0–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–3
Fleet Town	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	—	0–0	0–3	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	4–2	6–0
Hanwell Town	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	4–1	1–5	0–5	2–2	2–3	0–1	2–0	—	2–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–3	0–2	0–2
Hartley Wintney	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	4–0	3–4	7–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	7–1	2–0	5–1	—	1–6	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–0
Hayes & Yeading United	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	5–0	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	6–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	—	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	4–2	4–0
Kempston Rovers	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–1	4–3	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	—	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	4–1
Marlow	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Moneyfields	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–0	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–5	2–1	3–1	—	2–0	4–1	2–3
Northwood	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–7	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	—	1–3	0–1
Thame United	0–5	0–3	7–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	5–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	4–0	3–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	4–0	2–3	3–3	—	1–0
Uxbridge	0–1	1–4	3–2	2–4	2–1	1–0	6–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–5	—

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	3	Hayes & Yeading United	0
	6	Cambridge City	1
						4	Hartley Wintney	1
						6	Cambridge City	0
	4	Hartley Wintney	2
	5	AFC Dunstable	0

Semi-finals

Hayes & Yeading United v Cambridge City

2 May 2018	Hayes & Yeading United	0–1	Cambridge City	Beaconsfield Road, Hayes
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Hartley Wintney v AFC Dunstable

2 May 2018	Hartley Wintney	2–0	AFC Dunstable	The Memorial Playing Fields, Hartley Wintney
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Final

Hartley Wintney v Cambridge City

7 May 2018	Hartley Wintney	1–0	Cambridge City	The Memorial Playing Fields, Hartley Wintney
15:00 (UTC+01:00)

Stadia and locations

Dunstable

Kempston Rovers

Rushden & Diamonds

Arlesey Town

Aylesbury

Aylesbury United

Barton Rovers

Beaconsfield

Bedford Town

Cambridge City

Fleet Town

Hartley Wintney

Marlow

Moneyfields

Thame United

Ashford Town

Chalfont St Peter

Egham Town

Hanwell Town

Hayes & Yeading

Northwood

Uxbridge

Locations of Division One East clubs

Ashford Town

Chalfont St Peter

Egham Town

Hanwell Town

Hayes & Yeading

Northwood

Uxbridge

Division One East clubs in Greater London and its environs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Dunstable	Creasey Park (groundshare with Dunstable Town)	3,500
AFC Kempston Rovers	Hillgrounds Leisure	2,000
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Hayden Road	1,500
Arlesey Town	Hitchin Road	2,920
Ashford Town	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Aylesbury	Haywood Way	1,300
Aylesbury United	The Meadow	5,000
Barton Rovers	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Beaconsfield Town	Holloways Park	3,500
Bedford Town	The Eyrie	3,000
Cambridge City	Westwood Road (groundshare with St Ives Town)	2,000
Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Egham Town	The Runnymede Stadium	5,565
Fleet Town	Calthorpe Park	2,000
Hanwell Town	Reynolds Field	3,000
Hartley Wintney	The Memorial Playing Fields	2,000
Hayes & Yeading United	Beaconsfield Road	3,000
Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
Moneyfields	Moneyfields Sports Ground	2,000
Northwood	Northwood Park	3,075
Thame United	Meadow View Park	2,000
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770

Division One West

Southern Football League
Division One West

Season	2017–18
Champions	Taunton Town
Promoted	Salisbury Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Wimborne Town
Relegated	Bishop's Cleeve Shortwood United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1635 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	43 goals - Benjamin Whitehead (Cirencester Town) and Tobias Holmes (Wimborne Town)
Biggest home win	Taunton Town 9 – 0 Slimbridge, 24 April and Cinderford Town 9 – 0 Slimbridge, 19 April
Biggest away win	Shortwood United 0 – 8 Salisbury, 9 September
Highest scoring	Salisbury 8 – 2 Cirencester Town, 19 September
← 2016–17 2018–19 Division One South →

For this season, Division One South & West was renamed Division One West.

At the end of the season a new division was to be created at step 3. To make up the number of clubs at step 3 two clubs from each step 4 division, one club with best points-per-game among the step 4 division clubs and six play-off winners were to be promoted this season. Also, a new division were to be added at step 4 within the Isthmian League, while the number of clubs in every step 4 division was decreased to 20. To make up the number of clubs only one club was to be relegated.

Division One West featured four new clubs:

• Bristol Manor Farm, promoted from the Western League
• Cinderford Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Cirencester Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Kidlington, transferred from Division One Central

For 2018–19, Division One West was renamed Division One South.

Results table

Home \ Away	TOT	BAR	BID	BIS	BMF	CIN	CIR	DID	EVE	KID	LAR	MAN	NOR	PAU	SAL	SHT	SLI	SWI	TAU	WIM	WCC	YAT
AFC Totton	—	3–1	2–3	6–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	5–0
Barnstaple Town	0–3	—	1–2	3–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–3	0–3	1–1	1–5	4–0	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3
Bideford	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–4	4–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–2
Bishop's Cleeve	1–3	1–5	1–2	—	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–5	2–3	1–0	0–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	1–7	4–2	0–2
Bristol Manor Farm	2–3	5–1	1–0	6–0	—	4–2	2–2	3–3	1–5	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	1–1
Cinderford Town	1–0	1–3	3–4	4–0	2–0	—	2–3	7–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	4–3	1–1	3–4	1–1	3–4	9–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–0
Cirencester Town	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–4	—	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–3	6–1	4–0	4–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–4
Didcot Town	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	—	3–0	1–0	4–2	3–4	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–4	4–2	2–4	4–2
Evesham United	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–5	0–2	—	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	3–3	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–1
Kidlington	0–0	5–2	1–2	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	0–3	—	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2
Larkhall Athletic	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–2	5–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–3	2–3	1–3	1–2	1–0
Mangotsfield United	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–5	3–1	—	1–3	1–0	0–5	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–3
North Leigh	0–1	5–0	4–3	3–1	2–5	0–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–0	—	5–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–4
Paulton Rovers	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–4	0–1	—	0–2	3–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0
Salisbury	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	8–2	2–1	0–0	6–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	—	6–1	5–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	6–2
Shortwood United	1–3	3–3	0–6	2–3	2–2	2–1	0–3	3–3	0–4	0–5	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–8	—	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–5	2–4	1–1
Slimbridge	0–2	2–2	4–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–6	3–5	3–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–4	2–5	1–3	—	1–3	2–2	1–8	2–0	1–5
Swindon Supermarine	1–0	3–0	0–5	4–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	8–0	—	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–0
Taunton Town	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	5–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–3	9–0	1–0	—	3–3	4–1	1–4
Wimborne Town	1–1	5–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–1	5–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	1–3	3–1	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–2	5–0	3–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–2
Winchester City	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–5	5–1	3–0	3–2	0–5	1–0	—	4–1
Yate Town	0–1	3–3	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	—

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	3	Wimborne Town	2
	6	Didcot Town	0
						3	Wimborne Town	0 (3)
						5	Swindon Supermarine	0 (4)
	4	Evesham United	1 (4)
	5	Swindon Supermarine	1 (5)

Semi-finals

Wimborne Town v Didcot Town

2 May 2018	Wimborne Town	2–0	Didcot Town	The Cuthbury, Wimborne
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Evesham United v Swindon Supermarine

2 May 2018	Evesham United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Swindon Supermarine	Jubilee Stadium, Evesham
19:45 (UTC+01:00)

Final

Wimborne Town v Swindon Supermarine

7 May 2018	Wimborne Town	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Swindon Supermarine	The Cuthbury, Wimborne
15:00 (UTC+01:00)

Stadia and locations

AFC Totton

Barnstaple Town

Bideford

Bishop's Cleeve

Bristol Manor Farm

Cinderford Town

Cirencester Town

Didcot Town

Evesham United

Kidlington

Larkhall Athletic

Mangotsfield United

North
Leigh

Paulton Rovers

Salisbury

Slimbridge

Shortwood United

Swindon Supermarine

Taunton Town

Wimborne Town

Winchester City

Yate Town

Locations of Division One West clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Barnstaple Town	Mill Road	5,000
Bideford	The Sports Ground	2,000
Bishops Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500
Bristol Manor Farm	The Creek	2,000
Cinderford Town	Causeway Ground	3,500
Cirencester Town	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Didcot Town	Loop Meadow	3,000
Evesham United	Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Kidlington	Yarnton Road	1,500
Larkhall Athletic	The Plain Ham Ground	1,000
Mangotsfield United	Cossham Street	2,500
North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000
Paulton Rovers	Athletic Field	2,500
Salisbury	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000
Shortwood United	Meadowbank Ground	2,000
Slimbridge	Thornhill Park	1,500
Swindon Supermarine	Hunts Copse Ground	3,000
Taunton Town	Wordsworth Drive	2,500
Wimborne Town	The Cuthbury	3,250
Winchester City	The City Ground	4,500
Yate Town	Lodge Road	2,000

League Cup

2017–18 Southern League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England, Wales
Teams	65
Final positions
Champions	Hitchin Town
Runner-up	Didcot Town

The 2017–18 Southern League Cup (billed as The BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup) was the 80th edition of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Hereford, Mangotsfield United, and North Leigh declined to participate. The defending champions, Hayes & Yeading United, were defeated in the semi-finals by Hitchin Town.

Preliminary round

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
1	Northwood (E)	1–3	Egham Town (E)

First round

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
2	Kempston Rovers (E)	3–1	King's Lynn Town (P)
3	Beaconsfield Town (E)	2–2	Slough Town (P)
Slough Town advance 5–3 on penalties
4	Cambridge City (E)	6–2	St Ives Town (P)
5	Dorchester Town (P)	1–2	Salisbury (W)
6	Hitchin Town (P)	4–2	Bishop's Stortford (P)
7	Paulton Rovers (W)	1–2	Frome Town (P)
8	AFC Dunstable (E)	1–1	Dunstable Town (P)
AFC Dunstable advance 3–1 on penalties
9	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E)	1–0	St Neots Town (P)
10	Arlesey Town (E)	0–1	Biggleswade Town (P)
11	Barnstaple Town (W)	0–0	Tiverton Town (P)
Barnstaple Town advance 3–2 on penalties
12	Barton Rovers (E)	0–3	Royston Town (P)
13	Bedford Town (E)	2–4	Kettering Town (P)
14	Bideford (W)	2–2	Taunton Town (W)
Taunton Town advance 5–4 on penalties
15	Chalfont St Peter (E)	1–1	Egham Town (E)
Egham Town advance 7–6 on penalties
16	Chesham United (P)	3–0	Aylesbury (E)

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
17	Cinderford Town (W)	3–2	Slimbridge (W)
18	Cirencester Town (W)	1–2	Larkhall Athletic (W)
19	Didcot Town (W)	2–2	Banbury United (P)
Didcot Town advance 5–4 on penalties
20	Fleet Town (E)	2–6	Basingstoke Town (P)
21	Gosport Borough (P)	2–2	Moneyfields (E)
Moneyfields advance 4–3 on penalties
22	Hanwell Town (E)	2–1	Uxbridge (E)
23	Hayes & Yeading United (E)	3–0	Ashford Town (E)
24	Marlow (E)	4–2	Aylesbury United (E)
25	Redditch United (P)	9–1	Bishop's Cleeve (W)
26	Shortwood United (W)	7–2	Merthyr Town (P)
27	Thame United (E)	0–4	Kings Langley (P)
28	Weymouth (P)	3–0	Wimborne Town (W)
29	Winchester City (W)	1–4	AFC Totton (W)
30	Yate Town (W)	1–3	Bristol Manor Farm (W)
31	Farnborough (P)	1–6	Hartley Wintney (E)
32	Kidlington (W)	3–0	Swindon Supermarine (W)
33	Evesham United (W)	4–7	Stratford Town (P)

Second round

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
34	Barnstaple Town (W)	2–4	Taunton Town (W)
35	Biggleswade Town (P)	2–1	Cambridge City (E)
36	Chesham United (P)	4–2	AFC Dunstable (E)
37	Kings Langley (P)	2–4	Hitchin Town (P)
38	Moneyfields (E)	1–4	Basingstoke Town (P)
39	Redditch United (P)	3–0	Stratford Town (P)
40	Royston Town (P)	6–1	Kempston Rovers (E)
Royston Town expelled, Kempston Rovers reinstalled
41	Frome Town (P)	2–1	Bristol Manor Farm (W)

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
42	Kidlington (W)	1–1	Didcot Town (W)
Didcot Town advance 3–2 on penalties
43	Hartley Wintney (E)	1–2	Marlow (E)
44	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E)	3–2	Kettering Town (P)
45	Hanwell Town (E)	3–5	Egham Town (E)
46	Hayes & Yeading United (E)	3–1	Slough Town (P)
47	Shortwood United (W)	1–3	Cinderford Town (W)
48	AFC Totton (W)	0–1	Weymouth (P)
49	Larkhall Athletic (W)	4–3	Salisbury (W)

Third round

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
50	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (E)	0–0	Hitchin Town (P)
Hitchin Town advance 4–3 on penalties
51	Basingstoke Town (P)	1–3	Marlow (E)
52	Biggleswade Town (P)	0–2	Kempston Rovers (E)
53	Cinderford Town (W)	1–4	Redditch United (P)
54	Egham Town (E)	1–1	Hayes & Yeading United (E)
Hayes & Yeading United advance 4–2 on penalties

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
55	Weymouth (P)	0–1	Larkhall Athletic (W)
56	Frome Town (P)	W.O.	Taunton Town (W)
Taunton Town forfeited due to a lack of available team members
57	Didcot Town (W)	0–0	Chesham United (P)
Didcot Town advance 5–4 on penalties

Quarter-finals

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
58	Didcot Town (W)	3–0	Redditch United (P)
59	Hitchin Town (P)	2–0	Kempston Rovers (E)

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
60	Hayes & Yeading United (E)	6–5	Marlow (E)
61	Frome Town (P)	0–1	Larkhall Athletic (W)

Semi-finals

Tie	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Att.
62	Hitchin Town (P)	1–1	Hayes & Yeading United (E)
Hitchin Town advance 4–2 on penalties
63	Didcot Town (W)	0–0	Larkhall Athletic (W)
Didcot Town advance 4–2 on penalties

Final

Hitchin Town (P) v Didcot Town (W)

18 April	Hitchin Town (P)	1–0	Didcot Town (W)	Hitchin
	Vincent  10'			Stadium: Top Field Attendance: 401

See also

• Southern Football League
• 2017–18 Isthmian League
• 2017–18 Northern Premier League

External links

• Official website