Taunton Town FC to play in Southern League South in 2018/19 after FA re-shuffle

A new league has been introduced at Step 3, meaning the Southern Premier - as it was in 2017/18 - has been divided into 'Southern League Central' and 'Southern League South'.

The Peacoks will play in Southern League South alongside the following teams:

• Banbury United
• Basingstoke Town 
• Beaconsfield Town
• Chesham United
• Dorchester Town 
• Farnborough 
• Frome Town 
• Gosport Borough 
• Harrow Borough
• Hartley Wintney
• Hendon 
• Kings Langley
• Merthyr Town
• Metropolitan Poice 
• Poole Town
• Salisbury 
• Staines Town
• Swindon Supermarine
• Taunton Town
• Tiverton Town
• Walton Casuals
• Weymouth

The stand-out ties for Taunton are the trips to local rivals Tiverton Town and felllow Somerset outfit Frome Town, while they will also head to the Dorset coast for visits to Weymouth and Poole Town.

Not all clubs were overly happy with the allocation at the step below Taunton, with Cinderford placed in Southern League East and Didcot in Southern League West despite Cinderford being 70 miles west of Didcot.

So the new Southern League allocations have been announced for next season, if we were any more West we’d be in Wales but we’ve been moved to the East division 👀 https://t.co/OnZ3kWrmja

— Cinderford Town AFC (@Cinderford_Town) May 10, 2018

LEAGUE ALLOCATIONS | Didcot remain in the West Division for 2018/19. Might need someone at the @fa to explain that to us... pic.twitter.com/NEuy9Doxcz

— Didcot Town FC (@didcottownfc) May 10, 2018

Clubs have the right to appeal over the next seven days and decisions will be ratified at the Southern League AGM on June 23 before the league season commences on Saturday, August 11.