Southern Football League 1899-00

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The 1899-00 Southern Football League season was the 6th 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.

Contents 1 First Division Teams 2 Second Division Teams 3 Division One Final Table 4 Division Two Final Table 5 Promotion and relegation 6 External links

[edit] First Division Teams

• Bedminster
• Brighton United
• Bristol City
• Bristol Rovers
• Chatham Town
• Cowes
• Millwall Athletic
• New Brompton
• Gravesend United
• Portsmouth¹
• Queen's Park Rangers
• Reading
• Sheppey United
• Southampton
• Swindon Town
• Thames Ironworks
• Tottenham Hotspur

^{1 From this season onwards Royal Artillery were known as Portsmouth.}

[edit] Second Division Teams

• Brentford
• Chesham Town¹
• Dartford
• Fulham
• Grays United
• Maidenhead
• Shepherd's Bush
• Southall
• Watford
• Wolverton L & NWR
• Wycombe Wanderers

^{1 From this season onwards Chesham were known as Chesham Town.}

[edit] Division One Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Tottenham Hotspur	28	20	4	4	67	26	2.58	44
2	Portsmouth	28	20	1	7	59	29	2.03	41
3	Southampton	28	17	1	10	70	33	2.12	35
4	Reading	28	15	2	11	41	28	1.46	32
5	Swindon Town	28	15	2	11	50	42	1.19	32
6	Bedminster	28	13	2	13	44	45	0.98	28
7	Millwall Athletic	28	12	3	13	36	37	0.97	27
8	Queen's Park Rangers	28	12	2	14	50	58	0.86	26
9	Bristol City	28	9	7	12	44	47	0.94	25
10	Bristol Rovers	28	11	3	14	46	55	0.84	25
11	New Brompton	28	9	6	13	39	49	0.80	24
12	Gravesend United	28	10	4	14	38	58	0.66	24
13	Chatham Town	28	10	3	15	38	58	0.66	23
14	Thames Ironworks	28	8	5	15	30	45	0.67	21
15	Sheppey United	28	3	7	18	24	66	0.36	13
	Brighton United3
	Cowes3

^{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 Brighton United resigned from the League after 22 matches. Cowes resigned from the League after 13 matches.}

[edit] Division Two Final Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Watford	20	14	2	4	57	25	2.28	30
2	Fulham	20	10	4	6	44	23	1.91	24
3	Wolverton L & NWR	20	9	6	5	46	36	1.28	24
4	Chesham Town	20	11	2	7	43	37	1.16	24
5	Grays United	20	8	6	6	63	29	2.17	22
6	Shepherd's Bush	20	9	4	7	45	37	1.22	22
7	Dartford	20	8	3	9	36	44	0.82	19
8	Wycombe Wanderers	20	8	3	9	35	50	0.70	19
9	Brentford	20	5	7	8	31	48	0.65	17
10	Southall	20	6	3	11	21	44	0.48	15
11	Maidenhead	20	1	2	17	16	64	0.25	4

^{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 fifth season of the Southern League First Division teams were still not put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Sheppey United were relegated to Division Two while Bedminster left the League at the end of the season. Luton Town were elected back into the Southern League after a spell in the Football League, while Kettering were newly-elected into the Division. In the Second Division Wolverton L & NWR and Dartford left the League; they were not replaced.

[edit] External links

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

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