1936–37 Southern Football League

The 1936–37 Southern Football League season saw the league revert to a single division after four of the league's nineteen clubs left at the end of the previous season. Newly-elected Ipswich Town won the title at the first attempt, whilst Margate left the league at the end of the season. Ipswich applied for election to the Football League, but were unsuccesful.

Final table

The league comprised the seven remaining clubs from the Eastern Division, the eight clubs remaining in the Western Division, and Ipswich Town, elected from the Eastern Counties League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Ipswich Town	30	19	8	3	68	35	1.94	46
2	Norwich City II	30	18	5	7	70	35	2	41
3	Folkestone	30	17	4	9	71	61	1.16	38
4	Bath City	30	15	5	10	66	52	1.27	35
5	Margate	30	15	4	11	61	49	1.24	34	Left league at end of season
6	Guildford City	30	15	4	11	54	60	0.9	34
7	Yeovil & Petters United	30	15	3	12	77	69	1.12	33
8	Newport County II	30	11	8	11	72	68	1.06	30
9	Plymouth Argyle II	30	11	8	11	64	58	1.1	30
10	Barry	30	12	4	14	58	72	0.81	28
11	Cheltenham Town	30	10	4	16	61	70	0.87	24
12	Exeter City II	30	8	7	15	57	78	0.73	23
13	Dartford	30	9	5	16	41	55	0.75	23
14	Torquay United II	30	8	5	17	45	76	0.59	21
15	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	30	7	6	17	62	64	0.97	20
16	Aldershot II	30	7	6	17	47	72	0.65	20

^{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 election

Ipswich Town were the only non-League club to apply for election to the Football League Third Division South, but won fewer votes than League clubs Exeter City and Aldershot.

Club	League	Votes
Exeter City	Football League Third Division South	40
Aldershot	Football League Third Division South	34
Ipswich Town	Southern League	24