Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system.
The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 66 clubs which are divided into three divisions. The Premier Division is at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and is a feeder division, mainly to the Conference South but also to the Conference North. Feeding the Premier Division are two regional divisions, Division One South & West and Division One Central, which are at step 4 of the NLS. These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues.
Since 1 July 2011 the Southern League has been known as the Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik. The League Cup competition is known as the Red Insure Cup, following a sponsorship deal with Red Insure.
Read more about Southern Football League: Southern League Clubs, Past Southern League Winners, League Structure
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