1921–22 Southern Football League

The 1921–22 season was the 24th in the history of the Southern League. As in the previous season, the league was split into two sections, one for English clubs and one for Welsh clubs.^[1] Plymouth Argyle reserves won the English section, whilst Ebbw Vale won the Welsh section. Plymouth Argyle reserves were declared champions after defeating Ebbw Vale 3-0 in a championship play-off.^[2] Pontypridd and Bath City were the only two Southern League clubs to apply for election to the Football League, though neither was successful.^[3]

At the end of the season Gillingham reserves and Charlton Athletic reserves both left the league.

English section

Southern Football League English Section
Season	1921-22
Champions	Plymouth Argyle II (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Gillingham II (resigned) Charlton Athletic II (resigned)
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1083 (3.17 per match)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

A total of 19 teams contest the division, including ten sides from previous season and nine new teams, seven of which were reserve teams.

Newly elected teams:

Bath City
Guildford United
Bristol City II
Bristol Rovers II
Charlton Athletic II
Exeter City II
Plymouth Argyle II
Southend United II
Swindon Town II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvv¹	Ptsv²	Notes
1	Plymouth Argyle II	36	22	5	9	91	38	2.39	49
2	Portsmouth II	36	17	10	9	63	41	1.53	44
3	Bristol City II	36	18	8	10	73	50	1.46	44
4	Southampton II	36	19	5	12	70	47	1.48	43
5	Gillingham II	36	17	9	10	65	47	1.38	43	Left league at end of season
6	Charlton Athletic II	36	18	6	12	69	54	1.27	42	Left league at end of season
7	Boscombe	36	17	5	14	38	55	0.69	39
8	Luton Town II	36	17	4	15	50	54	0.92	38
9	Watford II	36	15	7	14	65	53	1.22	37
10	Brighton & Hove Albion II	36	12	13	11	60	52	1.15	37
11	Bath City	36	16	5	15	55	53	1.03	37
12	Swindon Town II	36	14	7	15	59	46	1.28	35
13	Bristol Rovers II	36	13	7	16	50	82	0.60	33
14	Millwall II	36	13	4	19	49	53	0.92	30
15	Reading II	36	11	7	18	46	59	0.77	29
16	Exeter City II	36	10	9	17	42	63	0.66	29
17	Guildford United	36	11	6	19	44	56	0.78	28
18	Norwich City II	36	10	6	20	47	86	0.54	26
19	Southend United II	36	9	3	24	47	94	0.5	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.}

Welsh section

Southern Football League Welsh Section
Season	1921-22
Champions	Ebbw Vale
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	72
Goals scored	225 (3.13 per match)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

A total of 9 teams contest the division, including nine sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected teams:

Swansea City II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Ebbw Vale	16	11	3	2	33	11	3	25
2	Ton Pentre	16	9	4	3	35	14	2.5	22
3	Aberaman Athletic	16	7	5	4	25	19	1.31	19
4	Porth Athletic	16	6	6	4	31	20	1.55	18
5	Pontypridd	16	7	4	5	28	19	1.47	18
6	Swansea Town II	16	7	4	5	24	17	1.41	18
7	Barry	16	3	3	10	14	35	0.4	9
8	Abertillery	16	3	2	11	21	45	0.46	8
9	Mardy	16	2	3	11	14	43	0.32	7

^{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 election

In addition to the two clubs finishing bottom of Football League Third Division South, three non-League clubs joined the election process, of which two were from the Southern League. However, both League clubs were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
Southend United	Football League Third Division South	36
Exeter City	Football League Third Division South	32
Pontypridd	Southern League	21
Bath City	Southern League	1
Llanelly	Welsh National League (South)	0

References

↑ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Ebbw Vale at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Arlesey Town Banbury United Bideford Biggleswade Town Burnham Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Corby Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Truro City Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Hayes Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Bedworth United Chalfont St. Peter Daventry Town Egham Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kettering Town Leighton Town Marlow North Greenford United Northwood Potters Bar Town Royston Town Rugby Town St Ives Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Cinderford Town Clevedon Town Didcot Town Evesham United Fleet Town Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Merthyr Town North Leigh Sholing Shortwood United Stratford Town Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Yate Town

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