1904–05 Southern Football League

The 1904–05 Southern League season saw Bristol Rovers win Division One and Fulham reserves finishing top of Division Two. Division Two club Clapton Orient were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League, and were successful after a decision was made to expand the League to 40 clubs.

1 Final tables
- 1.1 Division One
- 1.2 Division Two
2 Football League elections
3 References
4 External links

Final tables

Division One

Watford were the only one new club in Division One, having been promoted from Division Two the previous season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers	34	20	8	6	74	36	2.06	48
2	Reading	34	18	7	9	57	38	1.5	43
3	Southampton	34	18	7	9	54	40	1.35	43
4	Plymouth Argyle	34	18	5	11	57	39	1.46	41
5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	8	11	53	34	1.56	38
6	Fulham	34	14	10	10	46	34	1.35	38
7	Queens Park Rangers	34	14	8	12	51	46	1.11	36
8	Portsmouth	34	16	4	14	61	56	1.09	36
9	New Brompton	34	11	11	12	40	40	1	33
10	Watford	34	15	3	16	44	45	0.98	33
11	West Ham United	34	12	8	14	48	42	1.14	32
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	13	6	15	44	45	0.98	32
13	Northampton Town	34	12	8	14	43	54	0.8	32
14	Brentford	34	10	9	15	33	38	0.87	29
15	Millwall	34	11	7	16	38	47	0.81	29
16	Swindon Town	34	12	5	17	41	59	0.69	29
17	Luton Town	34	12	3	19	45	54	0.83	27
18	Wellingborough	34	5	3	26	25	107	0.23	13	Left league at end of season

^{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.}

Division Two

There were four new clubs in Division Two this season, three of which were reserve teams:

Brighton & Hove Albion II
Clapton Orient
Watford II
West Ham United II,

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Fulham II	22	16	4	2	78	25	3.12	36
2	Portsmouth II	22	14	2	6	75	28	2.67	30
3	Swindon Town II	22	12	3	7	54	47	1.15	27
4	Grays United	22	11	3	8	61	40	1.53	25
5	Southampton II	22	10	5	7	52	35	1.49	25
6	Brighton & Hove Albion II	22	9	3	10	48	49	0.98	21	Left league at end of season
7	West Ham United II	22	8	5	9	45	47	0.96	21
8	Clapton Orient	22	7	7	8	47	56	0.84	21	Elected to the Football League
9	Watford II	22	5	6	11	30	62	0.48	16
10	Southall	22	7	2	13	31	66	0.47	16	Left league at end of season
11	Wycombe Wanderers	22	6	2	14	37	70	0.53	14
12	Reading II	22	4	4	14	24	57	0.42	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.}

Football League elections

Only one Southern League club, Clapton Orient of Division Two, applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. Although they were not elected in the first round, it was later agreed to expand the Football League from 36 to 40 clubs and all the unsuccessful candidates except Doncaster Rovers were elected.

Club	League	Votes
Leeds City	West Yorkshire League	25
Port Vale	Football League	21
Chelsea	None*	20
Hull City	None*	18
Burton United	Football League
Doncaster Rovers	Football League
Stockport County	Midland League	3
Clapton Orient	Southern League	1

* Chelsea had played no games, nor had any players when they were elected. Hull City had been formed in 1904, but had only played friendly matches during the 1904–05 season.^[1]

References

^ A history of admission to the Football League

External links

Southern League

Premier Division	Arlesey Town AFC Totton Banbury United Barwell Bashley Bedford Town Brackley Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Evesham United Frome Town Hemel Hempstead Town Hitchin Town Leamington Oxford City Redditch United St. Albans City Stourbridge Swindon Supermarine Weymouth

Division One Central	Ashford Town AFC Hayes Aylesbury Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedfont Town Bedworth United Biggleswade Town Burnham Chalfont St. Peter Chertsey Town Daventry Town Fleet Town Leighton Town Marlow North Greenford United Northwood Rugby Town Slough Town St Neots Town Uxbridge Woodford United

Division One South & West	Abingdon United Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Cinderford Town Clevedon Town Didcot Town Gosport Borough Halesowen Town Hungerford Town Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Poole Town Sholing Stourport Swifts Taunton Town Thatcham Town Tiverton Town Wimborne Town Yate Town

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