Southern Football League 1898-99

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The 1898-99 Southern Football League season was the 5th 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 three groups; the First, Second London, or Second South-West Divisions.

Contents 1 First Division Teams 2 Second Division London Teams 3 Second Division South-West Teams 4 Division One Final Table 5 Division Two London Final Table 6 Division Two South-West Final Table 7 Promotion and relegation 8 External links

[edit] First Division Teams

• Bedminster
• Brighton United
• Bristol City
• Chatham Town
• Millwall Athletic
• New Brompton
• Gravesend United
• Reading
• Royal Artillery
• Sheppey United
• Southampton
• Swindon Town
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Warmley Bristol

[edit] Second Division London Teams

• Brentford
• Chesham
• Fulham
• Maidenhead
• Shepherd's Bush
• Southall
• St Albans
• Thames Ironworks
• Uxbridge
• Watford
• Wolverton L & NWR
• Wycombe Wanderers

[edit] Second Division South-West Teams

• Andover
• Cowes
• East Lancs Regiment
• Eastleigh I
• Freemantle
• Ryde
• Sandown Bay
• Trowbridge Town

[edit] Division One Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Southampton	24	15	5	4	54	24	2.25	35
2	Bristol City	24	15	3	6	55	33	1.67	33
3	Millwall Athletic	24	12	6	6	59	35	1.69	30
4	Chatham Town	24	10	8	6	32	23	1.39	28
5	Reading	24	9	8	7	31	24	1.29	26
6	New Brompton	24	10	5	9	38	30	1.27	25
7	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	4	10	40	36	1.11	24
8	Bedminster	24	10	4	10	35	39	0.90	24
9	Swindon Town	24	9	5	10	43	49	0.88	23
10	Brighton United	24	9	2	13	37	48	0.77	20
11	Gravesend United	24	7	5	12	42	52	0.81	19
12	Sheppey United	24	5	3	16	23	53	0.43	13
13	Royal Artillery	24	4	4	16	17	60	0.28	12
	Warmley Bristol3

^{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 Warmley Bristol resigned from the League after 17 matches.}

[edit] Division Two London Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Thames Ironworks	22	19	1	2	64	16	4.00	39
2	Wolverton L & NWR	22	13	4	5	88	43	2.05	30
3	Watford	22	14	2	6	62	35	1.77	30
4	Brentford	22	11	3	8	59	39	1.51	25
5	Wycombe Wanderers	22	10	2	10	55	57	0.96	22
6	Southall	22	11	0	11	44	55	0.80	22
7	Chesham	22	9	2	11	45	62	0.73	20
8	St Albans	22	8	3	11	45	59	0.76	19
9	Shepherd's Bush	22	7	3	12	37	53	0.70	17
10	Fulham	22	6	4	12	36	44	0.82	16
11	Uxbridge	22	7	2	13	29	48	0.60	16
12	Maidenhead	22	3	2	17	33	86	0.38	8

^{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 South-West Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Cowes	10	10	0	0	52	10	5.20	20
2	Ryde	10	7	0	3	30	11	2.73	14
3	Freemantle	10	5	0	5	21	32	0.66	10
4	Sandown Bay	10	4	0	6	22	34	0.65	8
5	Eastleigh I	10	2	0	8	19	32	0.59	4
6	Andover	10	2	0	8	16	41	0.39	4
	East Lancs Regiment3
	Trowbridge Town3

^{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 The East Lancs Regiment and Trowbridge Town resigned from the League after 3 matches.}

[edit] Promotion and relegation

In the fifth season of the Southern League First Division teams were still not put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, no sides were relegated due to Warmley Bristol resigning from the League. Two sides were elected to Division One; Queen's Park Rangers and Bristol Rovers. In the Second Division London St Albans folded at the end of the season while Uxbridge left the League; newly-elected sides Grays United and Dartford (the latter returning after a year's absence) took their places. The Second Division South-West was disbanded at the end of the season, with only Cowes (as its winner) surviving; the rest of the teams left the League.

[edit] External links

• Southern League First Division Tables at RSSSF
• Southern League Second Division Tables at RSSSF

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