First Team 1973-74
League Table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Wealdstone | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 75 | 35 | 40 | 59 |
| P | Bath City | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 34 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Waterlooville | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 55 | 38 | 17 | 47 |
| 4 | Minehead | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 52 | 17 | 47 |
| 5 | Bideford | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Poole Town | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 47 | 20 | 45 |
| 7 | Bexley United | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 43 |
| 8 | Hastings United | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 41 |
| 9 | Basingstoke Town | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 44 | 11 | 39 |
| 10 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Bognor Regis Town | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Ashford Town | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 42 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Ramsgate | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 35 |
| 14 | Dorchester Town | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 48 | -8 | 33 |
| 15 | Canterbury City | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Trowbridge Town | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 61 | -17 | 30 |
| 17 | Salisbury | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 60 | -20 | 29 |
| 18 | Metropolitan Police | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 61 | -24 | 29 |
| 19 | Andover | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 38 | 70 | -32 | 25 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 79 | -44 | 21 |
The Southern League – Outstanding Teams – 1973-74 HERE
The 1973-74 Management & Squad Images HERE
Match Programme Archive HERE
WFC SC (LBDTM No17) Review of the 1973-74 Season HERE
Harrow Observer Pictorial Celebration of the 1973-74 season HERE
Harrow Observer Review of 1973-74 season HERE
The 1973-74 season ‘Revisited’ fifty years on!!
‘Rewind’ articles from the 2023-24 season Match programme(S) HERE
Fixtures & Results
August 1973
September 1973
October 1973
Tue 9 Oct
Mid-Surrey Floodlight League
Crawley Town
Away
Duck (This was the only match played in the Competition before being abandoned for the season.)
November 1973
Sat 17 Nov
Friendly
Bletchley Town
Away
D1 - 1
Duck (P)
Wed 28 Nov
Southern League Cup
Wimbledon
Away
L0 - 3
December 1973
Wed 26 Dec
Southern League Division 1 South
Gravesend & Northfleet
Home
W2 - 1
Att: 895
Henderson, Kinnear
January 1974
Tue 1 Jan
Southern League Division 1 South
Ashford Town
Home
W4 - 1
Att: 1175
Duck 2 (1P), Byrne ,Henderson
February 1974
March 1974
Sat 9 Mar
Southern League Division 1 South
Bideford Town
Home
W3 - 1
Att: 789
Duck (P), Byrne, Fairclough
April 1974
Mon 15 Apr
Southern League Division 1 South
Gravesend & Northfleet
Away
W2 - 0
Att: 917
Byrne, Henderson
Tue 23 Apr
Southern League Division 1 South
Metropolitan Police
Away
Duck (P), Byrne, Fairclough, OG
May 1974