1905–06 Southern Football League

The 1905–06 Southern League season saw Fulham win Division One and Crystal Palace finishing top of Division Two. No clubs were relegated from Division One as it was expanded to 20 clubs the following season.^[1] No clubs applied to join the Football League.

Contents

1 Final tables
- 1.1 Division One
- 1.2 Division Two
2 References

Final tables

Division One

As no clubs were promoted from Division Two the previous season, there was only new club in Division One, Norwich City, who were elected from outside the league.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Fulham	34	19	12	3	44	15	2.93	50
2	Southampton	34	19	7	8	58	39	1.49	45
3	Portsmouth	34	17	9	8	61	35	1.74	43
4	Luton Town	34	17	7	10	64	40	1.6	41
5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	7	11	46	29	1.59	39
6	Plymouth Argyle	34	16	7	11	52	33	1.58	39
7	Norwich City	34	13	10	11	46	38	1.21	36
8	Bristol Rovers	34	15	5	14	56	56	1	35
9	Brentford	34	14	7	13	43	52	0.83	35
10	Reading	34	12	9	13	53	46	1.15	33
11	West Ham United	34	14	5	15	42	39	1.08	33
12	Millwall	34	11	11	12	38	41	0.93	33
13	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	7	15	58	44	1.32	31
14	Watford	34	8	10	16	38	57	0.67	26
15	Swindon Town	34	8	9	17	31	52	0.6	25
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	9	7	18	30	55	0.55	25
17	New Brompton	34	7	8	19	20	62	0.32	22
18	Northampton Town	34	8	5	21	32	79	0.40	21

^{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:

Crystal Palace
Leyton
St Leonards United
Southern United

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Crystal Palace	24	19	4	1	66	14	4.71	42	Promoted to Division One
2	Leyton	24	16	6	2	61	18	3.38	38	Promoted to Division One
3	Portsmouth II	24	12	8	4	52	24	2.17	32
4	Fulham II	24	11	6	7	52	39	1.33	28
5	Southampton II	24	7	9	8	39	41	0.95	23
6	Southern United	24	8	7	9	45	49	0.92	23	Left league at end of season
7	St Leonards United	24	9	4	11	54	50	1.08	22	Changed name to Hastings & St Leonards at end of season
8	Watford II	24	8	5	11	43	47	0.91	21	Left league at end of season
9	West Ham United II	24	7	5	12	46	48	0.96	19
10	Grays United	24	8	3	13	24	77	0.31	19	Left league at end of season
11	Reading II	24	6	5	13	36	49	0.73	17
12	Swindon Town II	24	5	5	14	36	51	0.71	15
13	Wycombe Wanderers	24	5	3	16	36	83	0.43	13

^{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.}

References

^ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF

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

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