SOUTHERN LEAGUE  PREMIER DIVISION 1971/72
							P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
				1		Chelmsford City	42	28	6	8	109	46	62
				2		Hereford United	42	24	12	6	68	30	60
				3		Dover	42	20	11	11	67	45	51
				4		Barnet	42	21	7	14	80	57	49
				5		Dartford	42	20	8	14	75	68	48
				6		Weymouth	42	21	5	16	69	43	47
				7		Yeovil Town	42	18	11	13	67	51	47
				8		Hillingdon Borough	42	20	6	16	64	58	46
				9		Margate	42	19	8	15	74	68	46
				10		Wimbledon	42	19	7	16	75	64	45
				11		Romford	42	16	13	13	54	49	45
				12		Guildford City	42	20	5	17	71	65	45
				13		Telford United	42	18	7	17	83	68	43
				14		Nuneaton Borough	42	16	10	16	46	47	42
				15		Bedford Town	42	16	9	17	59	66	41
				16		Worcester City	42	17	7	18	46	57	41
				17		Cambridge City	42	12	14	16	68	71	38
				18		Folkestone	42	14	7	21	58	64	35
				19		Poole Town	42	9	11	22	41	72	29
				20		Bath City	42	11	4	27	45	86	26
				21		Merthyr Tydfil	42	7	8	27	29	93	22
				22		Gravesend & Northfleet	42	5	6	31	30	110	16
						Southern League runners-up Hereford United joined with the four sides seeking re-election to the League and 11 other non-league sides in the voting for membership of the Fourth Division. Voting - 49 votes Northampton Town Re-elected to the League 46 Stockport County Re-elected to the League 46 Crewe Alexandra Re-elected to the League 26 Barrow 2nd ballot 26 Hereford United 2nd ballot 1 Bradford PA Not elected to the League 1 Cambridge City Not elected to the League 1 Wimbledon Not elected to the League 0 Bangor City Not elected to the League 0 Bedford Town Not elected to the League 0 Boston United Not elected to the League 0 Hillingdon Borough Not elected to the League 0 Romford Not elected to the League 0 Telford United Not elected to the League 0 Wigan Athletic Not elected to the League 0 Yeovil Town Not elected to the League 2nd ballot 29 votes Hereford United Elected to the League 20 Barrow Not re-elected to the League