Southern Football League 1897-98
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The 1897-98 Southern Football League season was the 4th 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
- Bristol City
- Chatham Town
- Millwall Athletic
- New Brompton
- Gravesend United
- Northfleet
- Reading
- Sheppey United
- Southampton1
- Swindon Town
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Wolverton L & NWR
1 From this season onwards Southampton St Mary's would be known as Southampton F.C.
[edit] Second Division Teams
- Chesham
- Dartford
- Maidenhead
- RETB Chesham
- Royal Artillery
- Old St Stephen's
- Southall
- St Albans
- 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 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 2.94 | 37 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 33 | 2.03 | 33 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 31 | 1.68 | 28 |
| 4 | Chatham Town | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 34 | 1.47 | 28 |
| 5 | Reading | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 1.26 | 23 |
| 6 | New Brompton | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 1.00 | 22 |
| 7 | Sheppey United | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 49 | 0.82 | 21 |
| 8 | Gravesend United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 39 | 0.72 | 20 |
| 9 | Millwall Athletic | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 45 | 1.07 | 18 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 48 | 0.75 | 16 |
| 11 | Northfleet | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 0.48 | 11 |
| 12 | Wolverton L & NWR | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 82 | 0.34 | 7 |
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] Division Two Final Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Average 1 | Points 2 |
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| 1 | Royal Artillery | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 22 | 3.41 | 39 |
| 2 | Warmley Bristol | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 15 | 7.20 | 38 |
| 3 | West Herts | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 48 | 1.04 | 28 |
| 4 | Uxbridge | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 57 | 0.68 | 24 |
| 5 | St Albans | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 41 | 1.15 | 23 |
| 6 | Dartford | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 68 | 55 | 1.24 | 22 |
| 7 | Southall | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 0.80 | 18 |
| 8 | Chesham | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 48 | 0.79 | 18 |
| 9 | Old St Stephen's | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 47 | 66 | 0.71 | 16 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 55 | 0.67 | 16 |
| 11 | Maidenhead | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 81 | 0.33 | 12 |
| 12 | RETB Chatham | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 62 | 0.42 | 10 |
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 fourth season of the Southern League First Division teams were still not put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. However, this season saw Wolverton L & NWR relegated, replaced by Second Division champions Royal Artillery. In addition to this Northfleet left the League at the end of the season, to be replaced by 2nd placed Warmley Bristol. Two sides were also elected to Division One; Bedminster and Brighton United. In the Second Division three sides (Dartford, Old St Stephen's and RETB Chatham) left at the end of the season, while West Herts merged with Watford and took their name. Several teams were elected into the League; Eastleigh I, Andover, Trowbridge Town, the East Lancs Regiment, Thames Ironworks, Freemantle (returning to the League after a year's absence), Sandown Bay, Fulham, Shepherd's Bush, Brentford, Cowes and Ryde. This caused Division Two to divide into two at the end of the season, with a London section and a South-West section.
[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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