Southern Football League Premier Division

The Southern Football League Premier Division is a football league covering central and south western England. Since the 2004-05 season, it has been at step 3 of the National League System, and the 7th tier overall in the English football league system. The league was sponsored by British Gas, and also known as the BGB league (British Gas Business) but for the 2009 the League is to be sponsored by Zamaretto and will be known as the Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division.

As the top level of the Southern Football League, the division is at the same level as the Northern Premier League Premier Division and the Isthmian League Premier Division. At the end of each season, the winners of the Premier Division are promoted to either Conference North or Conference South (depending on their geographical position in the country), together with the winners of a series of playoffs between the 2nd to 5th placed teams. The bottom 4 clubs are relegated to step 4, to either the Southern Football League Division One South & West or Division One Midlands.

History
In 2006, the 4th-from-bottom team was granted a reprieve due to the re-organisation of leagues at level 7).

Champions

 * 1894-95 Millwall Athletic
 * 1895-96 Millwall Athletic
 * 1896-97 Southampton St Mary's
 * 1897-98 Southampton
 * 1898-99 Southampton
 * 1899-00 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 1900-01 Southampton
 * 1901-02 Portsmouth
 * 1902-03 Southampton
 * 1903-04 Southampton
 * 1904-05 Bristol Rovers
 * 1905-06 Fulham
 * 1906-07 Fulham
 * 1907-08 Queens Park Rangers
 * 1908-09 Northampton Town
 * 1909-10 Brighton & Hove Albion
 * 1910-11 Swindon Town
 * 1911-12 Queens Park Rangers
 * 1912-13 Plymouth Argyle
 * 1913-14 Swindon Town
 * 1914-15 Watford
 * 1915-19 Postponed for World War I
 * 1919-20 Portsmouth
 * 1920-21 Brighton & Hove Albion Reserves
 * 1921-22 Plymouth Argyle Reserves
 * 1922-23 Ebbw Vale
 * 1923-24 Yeovil & Petters United
 * 1924-25 Southampton Reserves
 * 1925-26 Plymouth Argyle Reserve
 * 1926-27 Brighton & Hove Albion Reserves
 * 1927-28 Kettering Town
 * 1928-29 Plymouth Argyle Reserve
 * 1929-30 Aldershot Town
 * 1930-31 Dartford
 * 1931-32 Dartford


 * 1932-33 Norwich City Reserves
 * 1933-34 Plymouth Argyle Reserve
 * 1934-35 Norwich City Reserves
 * 1935-36 Margate
 * 1936-37 Ipswich Town
 * 1937-38 Guildford City
 * 1938-39 Colchester United
 * 1939-45 Postponed for World War II
 * 1945-46 Chelmsford City
 * 1946-47 Gillingham
 * 1947-48 Merthyr Tydfil
 * 1948-49 Gillingham
 * 1949-50 Merthyr Tydfil
 * 1950-51 Merthyr Tydfil
 * 1951-52 Merthyr Tydfil
 * 1952-53 Headington United
 * 1953-54 Merthyr Tydfil
 * 1954-55 Yeovil Town
 * 1955-56 Guildford City
 * 1956-57 Kettering Town
 * 1957-58 Gravesend & Northfleet
 * 1958-59 Bedford Town
 * 1959-60 Bath City
 * 1960-61 Oxford United
 * 1961-62 Oxford United
 * 1962-63 Cambridge City
 * 1963-64 Yeovil Town
 * 1964-65 Weymouth
 * 1965-66 Weymouth
 * 1966-67 Romford
 * 1967-68 Chelmsford City
 * 1968-69 Cambridge United
 * 1969-70 Cambridge United
 * 1970-71 Yeovil Town
 * 1971-72 Chelmsford City


 * 1972-73 Kettering Town
 * 1973-74 Dartford
 * 1974-75 Wimbledon
 * 1975-76 Wimbledon
 * 1976-77 Wimbledon
 * 1977-78 Bath City
 * 1978-79 Worcester City
 * 1979-82 not contested (see main article)
 * 1982-83 Leamington
 * 1983-84 Dartford
 * 1984-85 Cheltenham Town
 * 1985-86 Welling United
 * 1986-87 Fisher Athletic
 * 1987-88 Aylesbury United
 * 1988-89 Merthyr Tydfil
 * 1989-90 Dover Athletic
 * 1990-91 Farnborough Town
 * 1991-92 Bromsgrove Rovers
 * 1992-93 Dover Athletic
 * 1993-94 Farnborough Town
 * 1994-95 Hednesford Town
 * 1995-96 Rushden & Diamonds
 * 1996-97 Gresley Rovers
 * 1997-98 Forest Green Rovers
 * 1998-99 Nuneaton Borough
 * 1999-00 Boston United
 * 2000-01 Margate
 * 2001-02 Kettering Town
 * 2002-03 Tamworth
 * 2003-04 Crawley Town
 * 2004-05 Histon
 * 2005-06 Salisbury City
 * 2006-07 Bath City
 * 2007-08 King's Lynn
 * 2008-09 Corby Town
 * 2009-10 Farnborough