Southern Football League 1896-97
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The 1896-97 Southern Football League season was the 3rd in the history of the Southern League, a football competition in England. The League was comprised of future Football League sides and non-league clubs. The teams in the League were divided into First and Second Divisions.
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[edit] First Division Teams
- Chatham Town
- Millwall Athletic
- New Brompton
- Gravesend United
- Northfleet
- Reading
- Royal Ordnance
- Sheppey United
- Southampton St Mary's
- Swindon Town
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Wolverton L & NWR
[edit] Second Division Teams
- 1st Coldstream Guards
- 1st Scots Guards
- Chesham
- Dartford
- Freemantle
- Maidenhead
- RETB Chesham
- Old St Stephen's
- Southall
- Uxbridge
- Warmley Bristol
- West Herts
- Wycombe Wanderers
[edit] Division One Final Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Average 1 | Points 2 |
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| 1 | Southampton St Mary's | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 3.50 | 35 |
| 2 | Millwall Athletic | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 24 | 2.63 | 31 |
| 3 | Chatham Town | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 29 | 1.86 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 1.48 | 22 |
| 5 | Gravesend United | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 1.03 | 22 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 0.89 | 19 |
| 7 | Reading | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 49 | 0.63 | 19 |
| 8 | New Brompton | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 0.76 | 16 |
| 9 | Northfleet | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 46 | 0.52 | 14 |
| 10 | Sheppey United | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 0.72 | 11 |
| 11 | Wolverton LNWR | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 74 | 0.23 | 4 |
| Royal Ordnance3 |
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.
3 Royal Ordnance resigned from the League after 7 matches.
[edit] Division Two Final Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Average 1 | Points 2 |
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| 1 | Dartford | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 83 | 19 | 4.37 | 36 |
| 2 | RETB Chesham | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 37 | 1.32 | 31 |
| 3 | Freemantle | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 40 | 1.45 | 28 |
| 4 | Uxbridge | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 37 | 1.68 | 27 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 54 | 0.69 | 26 |
| 6 | Chesham | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 55 | 0.75 | 25 |
| 7 | Southall | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 52 | 1.06 | 24 |
| 8 | 1st Scots Guards | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 50 | 0.98 | 24 |
| 9 | West Herts | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 49 | 0.84 | 23 |
| 10 | Warmley Bristol | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 43 | 1.02 | 23 |
| 11 | Old St Stephen's | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 0.69 | 17 |
| 12 | Maidenhead | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 64 | 0.52 | 16 |
| 13 | 1st Coldstream Guards | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 66 | 0.45 | 12 |
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.
[edit] Promotion and relegation
In the third season of the Southern League First Division teams were still not put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated. No Second Division sides were promoted this season, but three teams (Freemantle, the 1st Scots Guards and the 1st Coldstream Guards) left at the end of the season; they were replaced by newly-elected teams Royal Artillery and St Albans.
[edit] External links
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Southern Football League seasons
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1894-95 | 1895-96 | 1896-97 | 1897-98 | 1898-99 | 1899-00 |
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