1954–55 Southern Football League

The 1954–55 Southern Football League season saw Yeovil Town win the championship. Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Final table

The league featured no new clubs for this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2
1	Yeovil Town	42	23	9	10	105	66	1.59	55
2	Weymouth	42	24	7	11	105	84	1.25	55
3	Hastings United	42	21	9	12	94	60	1.57	51
4	Cheltenham Town	42	21	8	13	85	72	1.18	50
5	Guildford City	42	20	8	14	72	59	1.22	48
6	Worcester City	42	19	10	13	80	73	1.1	48
7	Barry Town	42	16	15	11	82	87	0.94	47
8	Gloucester City	42	16	13	13	66	54	1.22	45
9	Bath City	42	18	9	15	73	80	0.91	45
10	Headington United	42	18	7	17	82	62	1.32	43
11	Kidderminster Harriers	42	18	7	17	84	86	0.98	43
12	Merthyr Tydfil	42	17	8	17	97	94	1.03	42
13	Exeter City II	42	19	4	19	67	78	0.86	42
14	Lovells Athletic	42	15	11	16	71	68	1.04	41
15	Kettering Town	42	15	11	16	70	69	1.01	41
16	Hereford United	42	17	5	20	91	72	1.26	39
17	Llanelly	42	16	7	19	78	81	0.96	39
18	Bedford Town	42	16	3	23	75	103	0.72	35
19	Tonbridge	42	11	8	23	68	91	0.74	30
20	Dartford	42	9	12	21	55	76	0.72	30
21	Chelmsford City	42	11	6	25	73	111	0.65	28
22	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	9	9	24	62	97	0.63	27

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

Four Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
Grimsby Town	Football League	49
Chester	Football League	47
Colchester United	Football League	44
Walsall	Football League	33
Peterborough United	Midland League	16
Worcester City	Southern League	3
Headington United	Southern League	2
Wigan Athletic	Lancashire Combination	2
Bedford Town	Southern League	0
Burton Albion	Birmingham & District League	0
Nelson	Lancashire Combination	0
North Shields	North Eastern League	0
Yeovil Town	Southern League	0