1899–1900 Southern Football League

The 1898-99 season was the fifth in the history of the Southern League. Tottenham Hotspur were Division One champions, but no Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League.

1 Final tables
2 References
3 External links

Final tables

Division One

Division One featured four new clubs:

Bristol Rovers (newly-elected)
Cowes (promoted from Division One)
Queens Park Rangers (newly-elected)
Thames Ironworks (promoted from Division One)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
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	Merged into Bristol City at end of season
7	Millwall Athletic	28	12	3	13	36	37	0.97	27
8	Queens 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	0.8	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	Relegation test matches, changed name to West Ham United at end of season
15	Sheppey United	28	3	7	18	24	66	0.36	13	Relegation test matches
16	Brighton United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league after 26 matches record expunged
17	Cowes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league after 13 matches, record expunged

^{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

Two new clubs were elected to Division Two, Dartford (from the Kent League) and Grays United.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Watford	20	14	2	4	57	25	2.28	30	Promotion test matches
2	Fulham	20	10	4	6	44	23	1.91	24	Promotion test matches
3	Chesham Town	20	11	2	7	43	37	1.16	24
4	Wolverton LNWR	20	9	6	5	46	36	1.28	24	Left league at end of season
5	Grays United	20	8	6	6	63	29	2.17	22
6	Shepherds Bush	20	9	4	7	45	37	1.22	22
7	Dartford	20	8	3	9	36	44	0.82	19	Left league at end of season
8	Wycombe Wanderers	20	8	3	9	35	50	0.7	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.}

Promotion-relegation test matches

At the end of the season, test matches were held between the bottom two clubs in Division One and the top two clubs in Division Two. Thames Ironworks retained their place in Division One after beating Fulham 5-1, whilst Watford were promoted after beating Sheppey United 2-1, a result which saw the latter relegated.^[1]

	Division One clubs	v	Division Two clubs

30 April 1900	Thames Ironworks	5 – 1	Fulham	White Hart Lane
				White Hart Lane

	Sheppey United	1 – 2	Watford

References

^ Sheppey United at the Football Club History Database

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

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

1899–1900 in English football

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues	Football League (First Division • Second Division) • Southern League

Lower leagues	Northern League · The Combination · Western League

Related to national team	Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa · Blackburn Rovers · Burnley · Bury · Derby County · Everton · Glossop · Liverpool · Manchester City · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Notts County · Preston North End · Sheffield United · Stoke · Sunderland · West Bromwich Albion · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley · Bolton Wanderers · Burslem Port Vale · Burton United · Chesterfield · Gainsborough Trinity · Grimsby Town · Leicester Fosse · Lincoln City · Loughborough · Luton Town · New Brighton Tower · Newton Heath · Middlesbrough · Small Heath · Walsall · The Wednesday · Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Bedminster · Brentford · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Gravesend United · Millwall · New Brompton · Portsmouth · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheppey United · Southampton · Swindon Town · Thames Ironworks · Tottenham Hotspur · Watford