Southern Football League Tables
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Southern Football League Premier Division 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Aylesbury United | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 89 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Dartford | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 89 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Cambridge City | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 84 | 43 | +41 | 80 | - |
| 4th | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 77 | - |
| 5th | Worcester City | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 72 | - |
| 6th | Crawley Town | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 65 | - |
| 7th | Alvechurch | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 64 | - |
| 8th | Leicester United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 59 | - |
| 9th | Fareham Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 51 | 59 | -8 | 59 | - |
| 10th | Corby Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 64 | -3 | 56 | - |
| 11th | Dorchester Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 56 | - |
| 12th | Ashford Town (Kent) | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 52 | - |
| 13th | Shepshed Charterhouse | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 62 | -9 | 50 | ►NPL Prem |
| 14th | Bedworth United | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 49 | 64 | -15 | 50 | - |
| 15th | Gosport Borough | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 39 | 49 | -10 | 47 | - |
| 16th | Burton Albion | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 74 | -12 | 47 | - |
| 17th | VS Rugby | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 52 | 57 | -5 | 46 | - |
| 18th | Redditch United | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 43 | - |
| 19th | Chelmsford City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 60 | 75 | -15 | 43 | ▼South Div |
| 20th | Willenhall Town | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 76 | -37 | 39 | ▼Mid Div |
| 21st | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 58 | 77 | -19 | 37 | ▼Mid Div |
| 22nd | Witney Town | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 71 | -26 | 35 | ▼South Div |
Southern Football League Midland Division 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 102 | 40 | +62 | 94 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Moor Green | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 91 | 49 | +42 | 86 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Grantham Town | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 97 | 53 | +44 | 85 | - |
| 4th | Atherstone United | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 93 | 56 | +37 | 76 | - |
| 5th | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 72 | - |
| 6th | Halesowen Town | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 75 | 59 | +16 | 69 | - |
| 7th | Gloucester City | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 86 | 62 | +24 | 68 | - |
| 8th | Dudley Town | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 65 | - |
| 9th | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 58 | - |
| 10th | Banbury United | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 58 | - |
| 11th | Bridgnorth Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 59 | 75 | -16 | 55 | - |
| 12th | Buckingham Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 75 | -1 | 54 | ►South Div |
| 13th | King's Lynn | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 53 | 63 | -10 | 54 | - |
| 14th | Wellingborough Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 67 | 70 | -3 | 52 | - |
| 15th | Rushden Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 69 | 85 | -16 | 51 | - |
| 16th | Trowbridge Town | 42 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 53 | 82 | -29 | 45 | ►South Div |
| 17th | Bilston Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 87 | -35 | 44 | - |
| 18th | Hednesford Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 81 | -31 | 43 | - |
| 19th | Mile Oak Rovers | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 65 | -22 | 41 | - |
| 20th | Coventry Sporting | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 46 | 83 | -37 | 41 | - |
| 21st | Stourbridge | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 46 | 79 | -33 | 40 | - |
| 22nd | Paget Rangers | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 49 | 89 | -40 | 39 | ▼Relegated |
Southern Football League Southern Division 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Dover Athletic | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 81 | 28 | +53 | 94 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Waterlooville | 40 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 88 | 33 | +55 | 91 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Salisbury | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 71 | 33 | +38 | 83 | - |
| 4th | Gravesend & Northfleet | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 72 | - |
| 5th | Thanet United | 40 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 64 | - |
| 6th | Andover | 40 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 64 | - |
| 7th | Dunstable | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 63 | - |
| 8th | Burnham | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 61 | - |
| 9th | Bury Town | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 80 | 67 | +13 | 58 | - |
| 10th | Erith & Belvedere | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 56 | -4 | 57 | - |
| 11th | Sheppey United | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 52 | - |
| 12th | Hastings Town | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 70 | -8 | 52 | - |
| 13th | Tonbridge | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 50 | - |
| 14th | Poole Town | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 69 | 70 | -1 | 49 | - |
| 15th | Baldock Town | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 53 | -9 | 48 | - |
| 16th | Hounslow | 40 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 76 | -35 | 41 | - |
| 17th | Folkestone | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 47 | 76 | -29 | 38 | - |
| 18th | Corinthian | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 37 | - |
| 19th | Ruislip | 40 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 80 | -47 | 28 | - |
| 20th | Canterbury City | 40 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 87 | -54 | 27 | - |
| 21st | Chatham Town | 40 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 39 | 88 | -49 | 26 | ▼Relegated |
Southern Football League - End of Season Notes
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Teams Leaving the Southern Football League |
| ▲Aylesbury United were Promoted to the 1988/89 Football Conference |
| ►Shepshed Charterhouse Transferred to the Northern Premier League Premier Division |
| ▼Chatham Town were Relegated to the Kent League |
| ▼Paget Rangers were Relegated to the West Midlands League |
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Teams Joining the Southern Football League |
| ▼Bath City were Relegated from the 1987/88 Football Conference |
| ▼Wealdstone were Relegated from the 1987/88 Football Conference |
| ▲Ashtree Highfield were Promoted from the Midland Combination |
| ▲Spalding United were Promoted from the United Counties League |
| ▲Tamworth were Promoted from the West Midlands League |
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