The 2013–14 season was the 111th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales. From the 2013–14 season onwards, the Southern League is known as The Calor Gas League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Calor Gas.
Following the liquidation of Premier Division club Hinckley United[1] and the resignation of Thatcham Town from Division One South & West at the end of the season,[2] plus the resignation of Vauxhall Motors from the Conference North,[3] Fleet Town were reprieved from relegation in Division One South & West.[4]
The Premier Division expanded up to 24 clubs and consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs:
| Competition: | Southern Football League Premier Division |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Winners: | Hemel Hempstead Town |
| Promoted: | Hemel Hempstead Town St Albans City |
| Relegated: | AFC Totton Bedford Town Bashley |
| Matches: | 506 |
| Total Goals: | 1711 |
| League Topscorer: | Adam Marriott (Cambridge City) – 35 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | Hemel Hempstead Town 10 – 0 Bashley, 5 November 2013 |
| Biggest Away Win: | Chippenham Town 0 – 9 Stourbridge, 29 October 2013 |
| Highest Scoring: | Truro City 3 – 7 St Albans City, 5 October 2013 Hemel Hempstead Town 10 – 0 Bashley, 5 November 2013 |
| Highest Attendance: | 1943 – Hemel Hempstead Town 0 – 0 Chesham United, 21 April 2014 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 62 – Hungerford Town 1 – 1 Biggleswade Town, 19 November 2013 |
| Attendance: | 150,771 |
| Average Attendance: | 298 |
| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
Semi-finals
Final
| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Testwood Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Hitchin Road | 2,920 | |
| Spencer Stadium | 2,000 | |
| Bashley Road | 2,000 | |
| The Eyrie | 3,000 | |
| The Sports Ground | 2,000 | |
| The Carlsberg Stadium | 3,000 | |
| The Gore | 2,500 | |
| Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon) | 4,300 | |
| The Meadow | 5,000 | |
| Hardenhuish Park | 2,815 | |
| Steel Park | 3,893 | |
| Badgers Hill | 2,000 | |
| Vauxhall Road | 3,152 | |
| 4,329 | ||
| Top Field | 4,000 | |
| Bulpit Lane | 2,500 | |
| Tatnam Ground | 2,500 | |
| The Valley | 5,000 | |
| 5,007 | ||
| New Rowley Park | 3,500 | |
| 2,626 | ||
| 3,200 | ||
| 6,600 | ||
Division One Central consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from previous season and seven new clubs:
| Competition: | Southern Football League Division One Central |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Winners: | Dunstable Town |
| Promoted: | Dunstable Town Slough Town |
| Relegated: | Chertsey Town Ashford Town |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1526 |
| League Topscorer: | David Kolodynski (Rugby Town) – 35 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | Rugby Town 8 – 1 Chertsey Town, 21 September 2013 Potters Bar Town 7 – 0 Chertsey Town, 29 March 2014 |
| Biggest Away Win: | North Greenford United 1 – 7 Slough Town, 25 March 2014 A.F.C. Hayes 0 – 6 Rugby Town, 26 April 2014 |
| Highest Scoring: | Northwood 8 – 3 Chertsey Town, 8 October 2013 |
| Highest Attendance: | 1228 – Kettering Town 2 – 0 Daventry Town, 21 August 2013 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 36 – Chalfont St Peter 2 – 1 Chertsey Town, 26 April 2014 |
| Attendance: | 73,575 |
| Average Attendance: | 159 |
| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
Semi-finals
Final
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Park | 1,500 | ||
| The Robert Parker Stadium | 2,550 | ||
| Haywood Way | 1,300 | ||
| Bell Close (groundshare with Leighton Town) | 2,800 | ||
| Sharpenhoe Road | 4,000 | ||
| Holloways Park | 3,500 | ||
| Mill Meadow | 1,500 | ||
| Alwyns Lane | 2,500 | ||
| Communications Park | 5,000 | ||
| Creasey Park | 3,200 | ||
| The Runnymede Stadium | 5,565 | ||
| Latimer Park (groundshare with Burton Park Wanderers) | 2,400 | ||
| Bell Close | 2,800 | ||
| Alfred Davis Memorial Ground | 3,000 | ||
| Berkeley Fields | 2,000 | ||
| Northwood Park | 3,075 | ||
| Parkfield | 2,000 | ||
| Garden Walk | 5,000 | ||
| Butlin Road | 6,000 | ||
| Holloways Park (groundshare with Beaconsfield SYCOB) | 3,500 | ||
| Westwood Road | 2,000 | ||
| Honeycroft | 3,770 |
Division One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from previous season and five new clubs:
| Competition: | Southern Football League Division One South & West |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Winners: | Cirencester Town |
| Promoted: | Cirencester Town Paulton Rovers |
| Relegated: | Guildford City |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1595 |
| League Topscorer: | Richard Gregory (Stratford Town) – 36 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Merthyr Town 12 – 0 Guildford City, 8 February 2014 |
| Biggest Away Win: | Guildford City 0 – 7 North Leigh, 12 April 2014 |
| Highest Scoring: | Merthyr Town 12 – 0 Guildford City, 8 February 2014 |
| Highest Attendance: | 712 – Merthyr Town 1 – 0 Evesham United, 21 April 2014 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 40 – North Leigh 1 – 0 Thatcham Town, 18 February 2014 |
| Attendance: | 69,780 |
| Average Attendance: | 151 |
| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
Semi-finals
Final
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayte Lane | 1,500 | ||
| Fairfax Park | 2,500 | ||
| Causeway Ground | 3,500 | ||
| Corinium Stadium | 4,500 | ||
| Hand Stadium | 3,500 | ||
| Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium | 3,000 | ||
| Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium | 3,000 | ||
| Calthorpe Park | 2,000 | ||
| Weycourt | 3,000 | ||
| 2,000 | |||
| Cossham Street | 2,500 | ||
| 10,000 | |||
| Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground | 2,000 | ||
| Paulton Rovers | Athletic Field | 2,500 | |
| Meadowbank Ground | 2,000 | ||
| DCS Stadium | 1,400 | ||
| Hunts Copse Ground | 3,000 | ||
| Wordsworth Drive | 2,500 | ||
| Waterside Park | 1,500 | ||
| Ladysmead | 3,500 | ||
| The Cuthbury | 3,250 | ||
| Lodge Road | 2,000 |
| Southern League Cup | |
| Year: | 2013–14 |
| Country: | England |
| Num Teams: | 68 |
| Winners: | St Neots Town |
| Second: | Tiverton Town |
| Prev Season: | 2012–13 |
| Next Season: | 2014–15 |
The Southern League Cup 2013–14 (billed as the RedInsure Cup 2013–14 for sponsorship reasons) is the 76th season of the Southern League Cup, the cup competition of the Southern Football League.