2015–16 Southern Football League

The 2015–16 season was the 113th 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. 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 on 15 May 2015.^[1]

After the constitution was announced, Clevedon Town of Division One South & West were demoted because their floodlights were not to the required standard.^[2] As a result, Ware were transferred to Division One Central from Isthmian League Division One North, Fleet Town and Petersfield Town were transferred from Division One South & West to Division One Central, and Burnham, Marlow and newly promoted Flackwell Heath were transferred in the opposite direction.

Flackwell Heath subsequently decided to refuse their promotion and stay in the Hellenic League.^[3] Redhill, who had been relegated from Isthmian League Division One South, were offered Flackwell Heath's place, but they refused due to travelling and financial reasons.^[4] Their position was then offered to Wessex League runners-up Winchester City, who accepted.^[5]

Premier Division

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:
- Bedworth United
- Kettering Town

Two clubs promoted from Division One South & West:
- Merthyr Town
- Stratford Town

Plus:
- King's Lynn Town, transferred from the Northern Premier League
- Leamington, relegated from Conference North

League table

Football league season

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	2015–16
Champions	Poole Town
Promoted	Hungerford Town Poole Town
Relegated	Bedworth United Bideford Histon Paulton Rovers
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,583 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Sandell
Biggest home win	Redditch United 8 – 1 Bedworth United, 16 January 2016
Biggest away win	Histon 0 – 7 Poole Town, 24 November 2015
Highest scoring	Kettering Town 5 – 4 Histon, 17 October 2015
Highest attendance	1808 – Weymouth 2 – 2 Dorchester Town , 26 December 2015
Lowest attendance	54 – Cirencester Town 3 – 0 Paulton Rovers, 23 February 2016
Total attendance	149,290
Average attendance	300
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poole Town	46	27	12	7	86	35	+51	93	Promoted to the National League South
2	Redditch United	46	24	15	7	82	37	+45	84^[a]	Qualified for the play-offs
3	Hitchin Town	46	24	12	10	78	50	+28	84	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Hungerford Town	46	24	11	11	73	43	+30	83	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League South
5	Leamington	46	23	12	11	59	38	+21	81	Qualified for the play-offs
6	Kettering Town	46	24	8	14	83	53	+30	80
7	Weymouth	46	21	14	11	63	39	+24	77
8	Chippenham Town	46	21	13	12	76	53	+23	76
9	King's Lynn Town	46	21	7	18	58	54	+4	70
10	Merthyr Town	46	19	9	18	69	58	+11	66
11	Chesham United	46	18	10	18	72	70	+2	64
12	Dunstable Town	46	17	11	18	68	68	0	62
13	Dorchester Town	46	18	8	20	67	69	−2	62
14	Biggleswade Town	46	17	9	20	76	82	−6	60
15	Cirencester Town	46	18	6	22	67	76	−9	60
16	Frome Town	46	14	16	16	51	73	−22	58
17	Slough Town	46	16	9	21	67	77	−10	57
18	Cambridge City	46	15	7	24	63	80	−17	52
19	Stratford Town	46	13	11	22	59	68	−9	50
20	St Neots Town	46	10	18	18	69	78	−9	48
21	Bedworth United	46	12	8	26	58	107	−49	44	Relegated to Northern Premier League Division One South
22	Histon	46	11	7	28	63	98	−35	40	Relegated to Division One Central
23	Bideford	46	8	13	25	38	88	−50	37	Relegated to Division One South & West
24	Paulton Rovers	46	8	12	26	38	89	−51	36	Relegated to Division One South & West

Source: fchd.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Redditch United were deducted three points for fielding ineligible players.^[6]

Top scorers

As of 25 April 2016^[7]

Player	Club	Goals
Andy Sandell	Chippenham Town	22
Tom Meechan	St Neots Town	21
Charlie Griffin	Cirencester Town
Benjamin Whitehead	Chippenham Town
Nathaniel Jarvis	Hungerford Town	19
Jordan Archer	Bedworth Town	19
Ryan Prosser	Merthyr Town	18
Jonny McNamara	Hitchin Town	17
Sam Merson	Redditch United	17

Play-offs

Semifinals			Final

2	Redditch United	1(1)

5	Leamington	1(3)
			4	Hungerford Town	2

			5	Leamington	1
3	Hitchin Town	2

4	Hungerford Town	3

Semi-finals

Hitchin Town v Hungerford Town

27 April 2016	Hitchin Town	2–3	Hungerford Town	Top Field, Hitchin
	B Donelly 56' Burns 59'		Rees 64' Clark 75' Brown 84'	Attendance: 1,305

Redditch United v Leamington

27 April 2016	Redditch United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1-3 p)	Leamington	The Valley, Redditch
	Sammons 35'		Baker-Richardson 90+4'	Attendance: 1,303

Final

Hungerford Town v Leamington

2 May 2016	Hungerford Town	2–1	Leamington	Bulpit Lane, Hungerford
	Brown 64' Jones 84'		Baker-Richardson 20'	Attendance: 1,363

Results

Home \ Away	BWU	BID	BIG	CAM	CHE	CHI	CIR	DOR	DUN	FRO	HIS	HIT	HUN	KET	KLT	LEA	MER	PAU	POO	RED	SLO	STN	STR	WEY
Bedworth United		2–2	2–4	4–3	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–6	0–4	3–2
Bideford	2–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–5	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–5	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–5	2–1	4–4	1–1	0–2
Biggleswade Town	4–1	0–2		3–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	2–1	3–5	1–4	1–3	2–4	3–2	0–3	4–1	0–1	1–1	5–1	5–2	4–3	1–1
Cambridge City	4–2	2–0	2–2		1–0	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	2–0	1–0
Chesham United	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–3		1–0	1–3	3–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0
Chippenham Town	5–0	2–0	3–2	1–3	2–2		0–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	4–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–3	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–1
Cirencester Town	2–3	3–4	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–4		4–3	1–5	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	2–5	3–0	0–3
Dorchester Town	3–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–0	1–5	1–5	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0
Dunstable Town	1–2	5–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0		3–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	3–1	2–1
Frome Town	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–3	4–3		2–2	0–4	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1
Histon	4–1	3–2	1–2	2–3	3–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	3–1	1–3		5–1	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–7	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–4
Hitchin Town	3–1	0–0	3–0	4–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–2	3–2		2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	1–0
Hungerford Town	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	2–3	4–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	0–1
Kettering Town	0–1	7–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	4–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	5–4	1–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1
King's Lynn Town	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	0–3		0–1	2–3	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Leamington	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Merthyr Town	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–4	1–3	1–1	3–0	5–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–3
Paulton Rovers	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–2		0–4	0–5	3–3	2–5	2–1	1–1
Poole Town	5–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	2–0
Redditch United	8–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	6–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1
Slough Town	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	7–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2		2–2	2–4	0–0
St Neots Town	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	0–4	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–3	0–0		2–2	1–1
Stratford Town	2–0	0–0	3–0	5–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–1
Weymouth	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	6–1	1–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2016. Source: SFL Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Frome
Town

Merthyr Town

Poole
Town

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Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Bedworth United	The Oval Ground	3,000
Bideford	The Sports Ground	2,000
Biggleswade Town	The Carlsberg Stadium	3,000
Cambridge City	Westwood Road (groundshare with St Ives Town)	2,000
Chesham United	The Meadow	5,000
Chippenham Town	Hardenhuish Park	2,815
Cirencester Town	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Dorchester Town	The Avenue Stadium	5,009
Dunstable Town	Creasey Park	3,200
Frome Town	Badgers Hill	2,000
Histon	Bridge Road	4,300
Hitchin Town	Top Field	4,000
Hungerford Town	Bulpit Lane	2,500
Kettering Town	Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers)	2,400
King's Lynn Town	The Walks	5,733
Leamington	New Windmill Ground	3,000
Merthyr Town	Penydarren Park	10,000
Paulton Rovers	Athletic Field	2,500
Poole Town	Tatnam Ground	2,500
Redditch United	The Valley	5,000
Slough Town	Holloways Park (groundshare with Beaconsfield SYCOB)	3,500
St Neots Town	New Rowley Park	3,500
Stratford Town	DCS Stadium	1,400
Weymouth	Bob Lucas Stadium	6,600

Division One Central

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

AFC Rushden & Diamonds, promoted from the United Counties League
Arlesey Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Fleet Town, transferred from Division One South & West
Kings Langley, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League
Petersfield Town, promoted from the Wessex League
Ware, transferred from Isthmian League Division One North

League table

Football league season

Southern Football League
Division One Central
Season	2015–16
Champions	Kings Langley
Promoted	Kings Langley St Ives Town
Relegated	Leighton Town North Greenford United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,404 (3.04 per match)
Biggest home win	AFC Rushden & Diamonds 8 – 1 North Greenford United, 16 January 2016
Biggest away win	Barton Rovers 1 – 8 Fleet Town, 16 February 2016
Highest scoring	AFC Rushden & Diamonds 8 – 1 North Greenford United, 16 January 2016 Barton Rovers 1 – 8 Fleet Town, 16 February 2016
Highest attendance	545 – AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2 – 0 Bedford Town, 31 August 2015
Lowest attendance	51 – Arlesey Town 2 – 5 Beaconsfield Town, 22 August 2015
Total attendance	13,069
Average attendance	145
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kings Langley	42	27	6	9	83	44	+39	87	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Royston Town	42	25	8	9	99	46	+53	83	Qualified for the play-offs
3	Egham Town	42	26	5	11	80	39	+41	83	Qualified for the play-offs
4	St Ives Town	42	22	12	8	72	38	+34	78	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	42	23	8	11	81	44	+37	77	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to Northern Premier League Division One South
6	Chalfont St Peter	42	23	2	17	76	71	+5	71
7	Northwood	42	20	9	13	62	49	+13	69
8	Aylesbury	42	20	8	14	72	52	+20	68
9	Beaconsfield SYCOB	42	19	10	13	77	54	+23	67
10	Godalming Town	42	19	10	13	51	45	+6	67	Transferred to Isthmian League Division One South
11	Ware	42	19	6	17	67	69	−2	63	Transferred to Isthmian League Division One North
12	Potters Bar Town	42	16	10	16	62	64	−2	58
13	Petersfield Town	42	16	7	19	71	80	−9	55
14	Bedford Town	42	12	13	17	57	60	−3	49
15	Uxbridge	42	13	9	20	59	71	−12	48
16	Arlesey Town	42	14	5	23	48	87	−39	47
17	Fleet Town	42	12	9	21	55	78	−23	45
18	Barton Rovers	42	9	15	18	51	75	−24	42
19	Aylesbury United	42	11	7	24	45	81	−36	40
20	Hanwell Town	42	10	9	23	38	64	−26	39
21	Leighton Town	42	9	8	25	47	86	−39	35	Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League
22	North Greenford United	42	6	6	30	51	107	−56	24	Relegated to the Combined Counties League

Source: fchd.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

As of 25 April 2016^[8]

Player	Club	Goals
Anthony Mendy	Chalfont St Peter	31
Mitchell Weiss	Kings Langley	29
Kieran Bishop	Ware	23
Brendan Matthew	Egham Town	23
Aaron Berry	Beaconsfield SYCOB	21

Play-offs

Semifinals			Final

2	Royston Town	1

5	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	2
			4	St Ives Town	2

			5	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	1
3	Egham Town	2(2)

4	St Ives Town	2(4)

Semi-finals

Egham Town v St Ives Town

26 April 2016	Egham Town	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2-4 p)	St Ives Town	The Runnymede, Egham
	Pashaj 8' Moore 52'		York 29' (og) Seymour-Shove 54'	Attendance: 258

Royston Town v AFC Rushden & Diamonds

26 April 2016	Royston Town	1–2	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Garden Walk, Royston
	Scott-Bridges 90+2'		Bowen 29' Dolman 80' (pen)	Attendance: 655

Final

St Ives Town v AFC Rushden & Diamonds

2 May 2016	St Ives Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Westwood Road, St Ives
	Watson 88' Seymour-Shove 97'		Sandy 81'

Results

Home \ Away	RUS	ARL	AYB	AYL	BAR	BEA	BED	CHA	EGH	FLE	GOD	HAN	KIL	LEI	NGU	NOR	PET	POT	ROY	STI	UXB	WAR
AFC Rushden & Diamonds		6–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	7–1	8–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	3–0
Arlesey Town	2–1		0–2	0–0	1–0	2–5	1–1	3–2	0–7	4–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–3
Aylesbury	2–4	3–0		2–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	4–4	2–3	0–2	2–1	6–0
Aylesbury United	0–4	1–0	0–1		0–0	1–2	1–5	0–4	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–4	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–6	1–0	0–4	2–4	2–2	0–3
Barton Rovers	1–3	1–2	0–3	2–2		1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–8	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–1
Beaconsfield Town	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1		2–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	5–0	4–1	5–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Bedford Town	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2		4–0	4–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2
Chalfont St Peter	2–0	3–0	4–3	3–2	3–0	5–1	1–1		0–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–3	4–2	3–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–4	1–3	3–2
Egham Town	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	1–0		2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	3–2
Fleet Town	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1		2–1	0–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–3	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1
Godalming Town	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–0		1–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1
Hanwell Town	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Kings Langley	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–3		2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–4	1–1	3–1	4–2
Leighton Town	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	4–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2		3–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–4	1–1	1–2
North Greenford United	1–3	3–1	2–3	2–4	0–0	0–0	3–1	6–2	1–2	2–4	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–6	1–1	0–2
Northwood	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	1–0		2–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	3–1	1–2
Petersfield Town	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	7–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	9–1	4–3	1–0	1–0		4–1	0–4	2–0	2–1	2–3
Potters Bar Town	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–1		3–1	0–1	3–1	3–3
Royston Town	1–0	4–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	6–0	7–1	1–2	2–3	4–1		2–0	1–1	3–1
St Ives Town	2–2	6–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–3		1–1	1–0
Uxbridge	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–7	4–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–3	3–4	4–1	3–1	2–4		3–1
Ware	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	6–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–4	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: SFL Division One Central results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of Division One Central clubs

Chalfont St Peter

Egham Town

Hanwell Town

North Greenford United

Northwood

Potters Bar Town

Uxbridge

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Greater London Division One Central Clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Rushden & Diamonds	Dog & Duck	2,500
Arlesey Town	Hitchin Road	2,920
Aylesbury	Haywood Way	1,300
Aylesbury United	The ASM Stadium (groundshare with Thame United)	2,000
Barton Rovers	Sharpenhoe Road	4,000
Beaconsfield SYCOB	Holloways Park	3,500
Bedford Town	The Eyrie	3,000
Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Egham Town	The Runnymede Stadium	5,565
Fleet Town	Calthorpe Park	2,000
Godalming Town	Weycourt	3,000
Hanwell Town	Reynolds Field	3,000
Kings Langley	CRY Community Stadium	1,963
Leighton Town	Bell Close	2,800
North Greenford United	Berkeley Fields	2,000
Northwood	Northwood Park	3,075
Petersfield Town	The Love Lane Stadium	3,000
Potters Bar Town	Parkfield	2,000
Royston Town	Garden Walk	5,000
St Ives Town	Westwood Road	2,000
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770
Ware	Wodson Park	3,300

Division One South & West

Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season and five new clubs:

Banbury United, relegated from the Premier Division
Burnham, relegated from the Premier Division
Marlow, transferred from Division One Central
Slimbridge, promoted from the Western League
Winchester City, promoted from the Wessex League

Flackwell Heath were initially promoted from the Hellenic League, but refused promotion after being switched from Division One Central to Division One South & West. Their place eventually went to Winchester City.

League table

Football league season

Southern Football League
Division One South and West
Season	2015–16
Champions	Cinderford Town
Promoted	Cinderford Town Banbury United
Relegated	Bashley Burnham
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,481 (3.21 per match)
Biggest home win	Taunton Town 11 – 0 Bashley, 22 March 2016
Biggest away win	Bashley 1 – 10 Cinderford Town, 28 November 2015
Highest scoring	Wimborne Town 5 – 6 Winchester City, 11 August 2015 Taunton Town 11 – 0 Bashley, 22 March 2016
Highest attendance	510 – Bridgwater Town 1 – 2 Taunton Town, 11 August 2015
Lowest attendance	54 – Wantage Town 9 – 0 Bashley, 18 August 2015
Total attendance	15,046
Average attendance	157
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cinderford Town	42	29	9	4	80	29	+51	96	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Banbury United	42	28	10	4	97	38	+59	94	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3	Taunton Town	42	27	8	7	94	34	+60	89	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Swindon Supermarine	42	27	6	9	81	42	+39	87
5	Winchester City	42	24	11	7	97	49	+48	83
6	Evesham United	42	24	9	9	92	38	+54	81
7	Shortwood United	42	24	6	12	88	59	+29	78
8	Tiverton Town	42	20	13	9	76	44	+32	73
9	North Leigh	42	21	5	16	79	53	+26	68
10	Didcot Town	42	18	10	14	82	57	+25	64
11	Larkhall Athletic	42	15	10	17	62	65	−3	55
12	Bishop's Cleeve	42	14	13	15	55	66	−11	55
13	Marlow	42	15	7	20	68	79	−11	52	Transferred to Division One Central
14	Mangotsfield United	42	12	12	18	59	65	−6	48
15	AFC Totton	42	14	6	22	73	81	−8	48
16	Yate Town	42	12	11	19	48	62	−14	47
17	Wimborne Town	42	12	8	22	65	80	−15	44
18	Slimbridge	42	10	12	20	46	57	−11	42
19	Bridgwater Town	42	9	7	26	42	83	−41	34
20	Wantage Town	42	8	5	29	45	100	−55	29
21	Burnham	42	6	6	30	39	99	−60	24	Relegated to the Hellenic League
22	Bashley	42	0	2	40	13	201	−188	2	Relegated to the Wessex League

Source: fchd.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

As of 25 April 2016^[9]

Player	Club	Goals
Warren Bentley	Winchester City	44
Lewis Powell	Taunton Town	35
Adam Mann	Evesham United	30
Ethan Moore	Cinderford Town	29
Ricky Johnson	Banbury United	26

Play-offs

Semifinals			Final

2	Banbury United	1

5	Winchester City	0
			2	Banbury United	2

			3	Taunton Town	0
3	Taunton Town	2

4	Swindon Supermarine	1

Semi-finals

Banbury United v Winchester City

26 April 2016	Banbury United	1–0	Winchester City	Spencer Stadium, Banbury
	Barcelos 86'			Attendance: 596

Taunton Town v Swindon Supermarine

26 April 2016	Taunton Town	2–1	Swindon Supermarine	The Viridor, Taunton
	Trowbridge 61' Powell 85'		Parsons 4'	Attendance: 506

Final

Banbury United v Taunton Town

2 May 2016	Banbury United	2–0	Taunton Town	Spencer Stadium, Banbury
	MacEachran 24' Gunn 79'

Results

Home \ Away	TOT	BAN	BAS	BIS	BRI	BUR	CIN	DID	EVE	LAR	MAN	MAR	NOR	SHT	SLI	SWI	TAU	TIV	WAN	WIM	WCC	YAT
AFC Totton		0–4	4–0	7–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–5	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1
Banbury United	3–0		8–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	8–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
Bashley	0–4	0–5		1–2	0–4	0–2	1–10	0–3	1–4	1–5	0–0	2–5	0–8	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–5	0–2	1–3	1–4	0–3	1–2
Bishop's Cleeve	0–0	0–2	6–0		1–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1
Bridgwater Town	0–5	1–4	5–1	0–1		4–1	0–1	0–1	1–5	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–4	0–2
Burnham	1–5	0–5	5–1	1–2	0–1		2–3	1–2	0–5	0–4	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–4	0–3
Cinderford Town	3–0	3–3	6–0	3–1	1–0	2–0		1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–0
Didcot Town	1–4	0–1	7–0	5–1	3–0	5–0	0–1		1–1	5–1	1–0	5–3	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1
Evesham United	6–0	2–2	7–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	3–0	0–1		5–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1
Larkhall Athletic	2–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–3	3–0		2–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–2	1–4	1–0
Mangotsfield United	1–1	0–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	0–3	0–2	3–2	1–4	1–2		0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–4	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1
Marlow	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–5	0–3	3–0	3–1		3–2	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–3	0–3	2–0
North Leigh	5–0	1–1	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–4	5–4		1–3	4–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1
Shortwood United	5–3	0–0	6–0	2–0	3–2	5–3	2–0	1–3	3–2	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–2		2–0	1–5	1–2	0–1	5–2	4–1	1–1	3–2
Slimbridge	3–0	1–3	6–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3		0–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–4
Swindon Supermarine	2–0	2–2	5–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–2		1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
Taunton Town	3–2	7–1	11–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–0		1–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	3–1
Tiverton Town	2–1	0–1	9–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	5–1	2–3	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0		4–0	2–1	1–1	4–0
Wantage Town	0–4	0–2	9–0	7–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–0	0–5	2–3	0–3	1–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–4	1–2	0–4		0–0	0–3	0–4
Wimborne Town	2–5	0–2	6–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–3	2–3	0–4	1–4	0–3	1–2	2–2	2–3	3–0		5–6	2–0
Winchester City	3–1	4–0	4–0	4–1	7–2	6–1	0–0	1–5	2–1	1–1	2–1	6–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–1		3–0
Yate Town	4–2	0–4	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	5–2	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: SFL Division One South & West results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of Division One South & West clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Totton	Testwood Stadium	3,000
Banbury United	Spencer Stadium	2,000
Bashley	Bashley Road	2,000
Bishops Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500
Bridgwater Town	Fairfax Park	2,500
Burnham	The Gore	2,500
Cinderford Town	Causeway Ground	3,500
Didcot Town	Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium	3,000
Evesham United	Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium	3,000
Larkhall Athletic	The Plain Ham Ground	1,000
Mangotsfield United	Cossham Street	2,500
Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
North Leigh	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground	2,000
Shortwood United	Meadowbank Ground	2,000
Slimbridge	Thornhill Park	1,500
Swindon Supermarine	Hunts Copse Ground	3,000
Taunton Town	The Viridor Stadium	2,500
Tiverton Town	Ladysmead	3,500
Wantage Town	Alfredian Park	1,500
Wimborne Town	The Cuthbury	3,250
Winchester City	The City Ground	4,500
Yate Town	Lodge Road	2,000

League Cup

Football tournament season

2015–16 Southern League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	68
Final positions
Champions	Merthyr Town
Runner-up	Cambridge City
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Southern League Cup 2015–16 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2015–16 for sponsorship reasons) is the 78th season of the Southern League Cup , the cup competition of the Southern Football League.

Preliminary round

Frome Town v Larkhall Athletic

9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)	Frome Town	1–1 (5–6 p)	Larkhall Athletic	Blindmans Brewery Stadium, Frome
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Jeffries 60'		Griffiths 64'	Attendance: 102

Hitchin Town v Aylesbury

7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)	Hitchin Town	1–0	Aylesbury	Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Lench 46'			Attendance: 112 Referee: P Forrester

1st round

AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Histon

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	1–4	Histon	Dog & Duck, Wellingborough
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Lawless 83 Pen		Ives 1' Meacher 4' Oyinsan 73' Douydas 90'	Attendance: 179

AFC Totton v Bashley

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)	AFC Totton	7–2	Bashley	Testwood Stadium, Totton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Lee 27', 41', 51' Edwards 47' Watts 52', 56', 60'		Lambert 11' Squibb 30'	Attendance: 161

Barton Rovers v King's Lynn Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Barton Rovers	1–3	King's Lynn Town	Sharpenhoe Road, Barton-le-Clay[
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Davis 66'		Friend 16', 86' Stevenson 90+1'	Attendance: 60

Bedworth United v Evesham United

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Bedworth United	2–1	Evesham United	The Oval Ground, Bedworth
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Wint 36', 64'		Mann 73'	Attendance: 102

Biggleswade Town v Royston Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Biggleswade Town	3–2	Royston Town	Carlsberg Stadium, Biggleswade
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Hill 34' (pen.) Bailey 43' King 69'		Ingrey 8' (pen.) Fehmi 87'	Attendance: 99

Chippenham Town v Larkhall Athletic

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Chippenham Town	4–1	Larkhall Athletic	Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Diouf 34' Ballinger 51' (pen.) Taylor 82' McCormack 85'		Camm 68'	Attendance: 182

Cinderford Town v Merthyr Town

14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)	Cinderford Town	3–3 (4–5 p)	Merthyr Town	Causeway Ground, Cinderford
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Parker 10' Smith 15' Turkey 83'		Wright 5' Scotcher 62' Bowen 85'

Cirencester Town v Hungerford Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Cirencester Town	0–1	Hungerford Town	Corinium Stadium, Cirencester
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Berry-Hargreaves 16'	Attendance: 88

Dorchester Town v Poole Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Dorchester Town	1–3	Poole Town	The Avenue Stadium, Dorchester
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Davis 82' (pen.)		Holmes 10' Stone 32' Leonard 90+1'	Attendance: 270

Dunstable Town v Cambridge City

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Dunstable Town	1–3	Cambridge City	Creasey Park Stadium, Dunstable
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Osobu 34'		Reynolds 39' Midgeley 88' Serrano 90+1'	Attendance: 60

Godalming Town v Burnham

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Godalming Town	6–0	Burnham	Weycourt Stadium, Gosalming
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Mazzone 9', 14', 38' Purdy 29', 57' W Hutton 41'			Attendance: 68

Hitchin Town v Bedford Town

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)	Hitchin Town	3–2	Bedford Town	Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Rolfe 23' (pen.) B Donnelly 60' Ann 90+1'		Gittings 6' Lincoln 40'	Attendance: 129

Kings Langley v Chalfont St. Peter

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)	Kings Langley	0–0 (1–3 p)	Chalfont St. Peter	Gaywood Park, Kings Langley
19:45 BST (UTC+01)				Attendance: 24

Leamington v Bishop's Cleeve

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Leamington	2–0	Bishop's Cleeve	New Windmill Ground, Whitnash
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Ogleby 19' Hood 71'			Attendance: 143

Leighton Town v Arlesey Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Leighton Town	0–2	Arlesey Town	Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Abraham 66' Tavernier 90'	Attendance: 90

Marlow v Hanwell Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Marlow	2–1	Hanwell Town	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground, Marlow
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Couch 20' Downes 88'		Hind 79'	Attendance: 70

North Greenford United v Beaconsfield SYCOB

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	North Greenford United	1–5	Beaconsfield SYCOB	Berkeley Fields, Greenford
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Humaid 65'		Berry 46', 57' Read 67', 70' Patrick 86'	Attendance: 50

North Leigh v Swindon Supermarine

14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)	North Leigh	4–1	Swindon Supermarine	Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground, North Leigh
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Osborne-Ricketts 37', 41', 58' McNish 47'		Davidge 79'	Attendance: 35

Paulton Rovers v Banbury United

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Paulton Rovers	2–1	Banbury United	Athletic Field, Winterfield Road, Paulton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Tooze 58' Ricketts 83'		Howards 58'

Petersfield Town v Winchester City

14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)	Petersfield Town	2–4	Winchester City	The Love Lane Stadium, Petersfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Neal 10' Briggs 44'		Norgate 2' (og.) Bentley 45' Bosma 48' Roberts 78'	Attendance: 76

Potters Bar Town v Fleet Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Potters Bar Town	3–0	Fleet Town	Parkfield, Potters Bar
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Nelson 67' Maja 69' Fowler 87'			Attendance: 60

Redditch United v Aylesbury United

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)	Redditch United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Aylesbury United	The Valley, Redditch
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Shearer 43'		Bewley 61'	Attendance: 14

Shortwood United v Bridgwater Town

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)	Shortwood United	0–1	Bridgwater Town	Meadowbank Ground, Nailsworth
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Palmer 38'	Attendance: 56

Slimbridge v Yate Town

14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)	Slimbridge	3–3 (1–4 p)	Yate Town	Wisloe Road, Cambridge
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Mace 23', 33' Fahy 46'		Edwards 9' Ingram 37', 90'	Attendance: 59

Slough Town v Chesham United

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Slough Town	3–0	Chesham United	Holloways Park, Beaconsfield,
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	S Harris 24' Gokmen 39' Strutton 80'			Attendance: 113

St Neots Town v St Ives Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	St Neots Town	2–1	St Ives Town	Rowley Park, St Neots
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Clarke 85' Hawkins 90+3'		Cunniff 18'	Attendance: 174

Stratford Town v Kettering Town

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)	Stratford Town	3–3 (5-4 p)	Kettering Town	The DCS Stadium, Stratford upon Avon
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Gregory 19 Fagan 28 Francis 82		Sandy 1 Baker-Richardson 36 Kinniburgh 84	Attendance: 132

Tiverton Town v Taunton Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Tiverton Town	0–0 (0–3 p)	Taunton Town	Ladysmead, Tiverton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)				Attendance: 270

Uxbridge v Egham Town

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Uxbridge	0–1	Egham Town	Honeycroft, West Drayton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Bassett 24'	Attendance: 60

Wantage Town v Didcot Town

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)	Wantage Town	4–1	Didcot Town	Alfredian Park, Wantage
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Vattell 55' Whitehead 60' Roberts 62', 88'		Noble 40'	Attendance: 88

Ware v Northwood

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Ware	2–2 (3–4 p)	Northwood	Wodson Park Ware
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Karagul 34' Davidson 84'		Murray 71' Lomas 89'	Attendance: 53

Wimborne Town v Weymouth

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	Wimborne Town	1–1 (1–4 p)	Weymouth	The Cuthbury, Wimborne
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Wilson 76'		Sills 24'	Attendance: 144

2nd round

Aylesbury United v Wantage Town

2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)	Aylesbury United	4–0	Wantage Town	The ASM Stadium, Meadow View Park, Aylesbury
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Jones 23 Wood 28 Crook 32 Osborne 61			Attendance: 62

AFC Totton v Winchester City

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	AFC Totton	2–5	Winchester City	Testwood Stadium, Totton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Edwards 55 Knight 79		Bentley 9 Baskar 25 47 Fay 81 Roberts 87	Attendance: 155

Biggleswade Town v Arlesey Town

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Biggleswade Town	1–1 (6–5 p)	Arlesey Town	Carlsberg Stadium,Biggleswade
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Effiong 37		Farrell 30

Bridgwater Town v Chippenham Town

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Bridgwater Town	1–4	Chippenham Town	Fairfax Park, Bridgwater
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Fitzsimmons 82		Campbell 9 Jones 19 Holgate 85 Sandell 90+2	Attendance: 81

Egham Town v Godalming Town

1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)	Egham Town	1–2	Godalming Town	The Runnymede Stadium, Egham
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Debattista 19		Bassett 25 54	Attendance: 54

Hitchin Town v Stratford Town

9 November 2015 (2015-11-09)	Hitchin Town	2–2 (4–2 p)	Stratford Town	Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Kirkpatrick 8 Burns 84		Gregory 22 Sheldon 42	Attendance: 90

Hungerford Town v North Leigh

9 November 2015 (2015-11-09)	Hungerford Town	4–4 (4–1 p)	North Leigh	Bulpit Lane, Hungerford
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Goodger 54 Passey 60 Stow 70 Lynch 78		Osborne-Ricketts 2 Westlake 20 Else 26 Hopkins 34	Attendance: 81

King's Lynn Town v Histon

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	King's Lynn Town	2–2 (4–5 p)	Histon	The Walks, King's Lynn
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Edge 28 32		Rumens 63 McGeorge 71	Attendance: 289

Leamington v Bedworth United

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Leamington	3–0	Bedworth United	New Windmill Ground, Whitnash
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Willis 10og Ogleby 20 69			Attendance: 161

Marlow v Slough Town

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Marlow	3–6	Slough Town	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground, Marlow
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Mealing 43 Y Romeo 49 Welch 90+2		Hope 50 77 Gokmen 56 S Harris 81 90 Putman 84	Attendance: 148

Northwood v Chalfont St. Peter

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Northwood	5–1	Chalfont St. Peter	Northwood Park, Chestnut Avenue, Northwood
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Murray 13 Muir 16 51 B Brown 64 Kennedy 90+4		Paine 23	Attendance: 55

Paulton Rovers v Taunton Town

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)	Paulton Rovers	2–0	Taunton Town	Athletic Field, Winterfield Road, Paulton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	O Irish 16og Harris 89			Attendance: 88

St Neots Town v Cambridge City

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	St Neots Town	2–2 (2–3 p)	Cambridge City	Rowley Park, St Neots
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Hawkins 39 Hall 49		Kelly 41 Dawkin 68

Potters Bar Town v Beaconsfield SYCOB

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)	Potters Bar Town	4–2	Beaconsfield SYCOB	Parkfield, Potters Bar
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Maja 22 59 Togwell 60og Delgado 85		Read 23 Berry 63	Attendance: 35

Weymouth v Poole Town

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Weymouth	2–1	Poole Town	Bob Lucas Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Kelly 12 Molesley 60		Salama 10	Attendance: 315

Yate Town v Merthyr Town

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	Yate Town	1–3	Merthyr Town	Lodge Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Harvey 12		Jenkins 15 McLaggon 18 Bowen 38	Attendance: 104

3rd round

Aylesbury United v Leamington

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)	Aylesbury United	1–0	Leamington	The ASM Stadium, Meadow View Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Taylor 83			Attendance: 113

Cambridge City v Histon

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13)	Cambridge City	1–0	Histon	ProEdge Westwood Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Fehmi 41			Attendance: 123

Godalming Town v Northwood

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)	Godalming Town	0–2	Northwood	Weycourt
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Hastings 23 Muir 72	Attendance: 66

Hitchin Town v Biggleswade Town

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)	Hitchin Town	2–0	Biggleswade Town	Top Field
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	D Smith 22 og Palmiero 90			Attendance: 166

Hungerford Town v Winchester City

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)	Hungerford Town	0–2	Winchester City	Bulpit Lane
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Bentley 64 Barron 88	Attendance: 118

Merthyr Town v Chippenham Town

12 January 2016 (2016-01-12)	Merthyr Town	3–1	Chippenham Town	Penydarren Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Morgan 19, 35 Jenkins 25		Snith 87	Attendance: 128

Potters Bar Town v Slough Town

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)	Potters Bar Town	2–2 (3–1 p)	Slough Town	Parkfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Grace 38 George 84		Barney 2, 41	Attendance: 54

Weymouth v Paulton Rovers

12 January 2016 (2016-01-12)	Weymouth	0–1	Paulton Rovers	Bob Lucas Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Ford 50	Attendance: 157

Quarter-finals

Aylesbury United v Potters Bar Town

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)	Aylesbury United	0–3	Potters Bar Town	The ASM Stadium, Meadow View Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Nathaniel-George 33 Adcock 83 Maja 90+1	Attendance: 84

Cambridge City v Hitchin Town

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)	Cambridge City	1–0	Hitchin Town	ProEdge Westwood Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Harradine 55			Attendance: 133

Merthyr Town v Paulton Rovers

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)	Merthyr Town	0–0 (5–3 p)	Paulton Rovers	Penydarren Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01)				Attendance: 201

Winchester City v Northwood

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)	Winchester City	0–1	Northwood	The City Ground
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Nicholas 26	Attendance: 89

Semi-finals

Northwood v Merthyr Town

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)	Northwood	0–0 (2–4 p)	Merthyr Town	Northwood Park, Chestnut Avenue, Northwood
19:45 BST (UTC+01)				Attendance: 73

Potters Bar Town v Cambridge City

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)	Potters Bar Town	0–1	Cambridge City	Parkfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Hall 48	Attendance: 92

Final

First leg

Merthyr Town v Cambridge City

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22)	Merthyr Town	5–1	Cambridge City	Penydarren Park
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Prosser 17', 59', 90+4' Hugh 71' Traylor 73'		Harradine 46'

Second leg

Cambridge City v Merthyr Town

6 April 2016 (2016-04-06)	Cambridge City	0–2	Merthyr Town	ProEdge Westwood Road
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Prosser 75', 82'

References

^ "Club Allocations for Step 1-4 NLS clubs in 2015-16". The FA. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ "Seasiders will be relegated after losing appeal". The Evo-Stik League Southern. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "Champions Flackwell Heath turn down promotion". Get Bucks. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
^ "Redhill F.C. decline FA offer". Redhill F.C. (Pitchero). 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
^ "Winchester City promoted to the Southern League". Southern Daily Echo. 20 June 2015.
^ "Reds docked three points". Southern Football League. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
^ "Southern Football League Premier Division top scorers". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
^ "Southern Football League Division One Central top scorers". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
^ "Southern Football League Division One South & West top scorers". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

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