 Under the 2006 pyramid reorganisations , a third @-@ place finish in the Wessex League was good enough for promotion back to the Southern League , along with local rivals Winchester City and Thatcham Town . In their first season back , they finished in ninth place , just five points from the divisional playoffs . They were unable to build on this and struggled to a nineteenth @-@ place finish in the following season , ultimately finishing 29 points above relegation after Slough Town were reprieved following Halifax Town 's expulsion from the Football Conference . Andover 's home match against Uxbridge , played towards the end of that season , was the club 's thousandth game in the Southern League . 
