1913–14 Southern Football League

The 1913–14 Southern Football League season was the 20th in the history of the Southern League. Swindon Town won their second Southern League championship, whilst Coventry City and Merthyr Town were relegated to Division Two. Croydon Common won the Division Two championship on goal difference and were promoted to Division One along with runners-up Luton Town. Division Two club Stoke applied to join the Football League, but finished third in the ballot and were rejected.

Several Welsh clubs in Division Two left the League at the end of the season, though many returned after World War I.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1913–14
Champions	Swindon Town (2nd title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Merthyr Town Coventry City
Matches played	380
Goals scored	992 (2.61 per match)
← 1912–13 1914–15 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and two new teams.

Teams promoted from 1912-13 Division Two:

Cardiff City - champions
Southend United - runners-up

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Swindon Town	38	21	8	9	81	41	1.98	50
2	Crystal Palace	38	17	16	5	60	32	1.88	50
3	Northampton Town	38	14	19	5	50	37	1.35	47
4	Reading	38	17	10	11	43	36	1.19	44
5	Plymouth Argyle	38	15	13	10	46	42	1.10	43
6	West Ham United	38	15	12	11	61	60	1.02	42
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	15	12	11	43	45	0.96	42
8	Queens Park Rangers	38	16	9	13	45	43	1.05	41
9	Portsmouth	38	14	12	12	57	48	1.19	40
10	Cardiff City	38	13	12	13	46	42	1.10	38
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	55	54	1.02	37
12	Exeter City	38	10	16	12	39	38	1.03	36
13	Gillingham	38	13	9	16	48	49	0.98	35
14	Norwich City	38	9	17	12	49	51	0.96	35
15	Millwall	38	11	12	15	51	56	0.91	34
16	Southend United	38	10	12	16	41	66	0.62	32
17	Bristol Rovers	38	10	11	17	46	67	0.69	31
18	Watford	38	10	9	19	50	56	0.89	29
19	Merthyr Town	38	9	10	19	38	61	0.62	28	Relegated to Division Two
20	Coventry City	38	6	14	18	43	68	0.63	26	Relegated to Division Two

^{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

Southern Football League Division Two
Season	1913–14
Champions	Croydon Common
Promoted	Croydon Common Luton Town
Relegated	Abertillery (resigned) Mardy (resigned) Caerphilly (resigned) Aberdare (resigned) Treharris (resigned)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	801 (3.34 per match)
← 1912–13 1914–15 →

A total of 16 teams contest the division, including 11 sides from previous season, two teams relegated from Division One and three new teams.

Teams relegated from 1912-13 Division One:

Newly elected teams:

Abertillery
Barry
Caerphilly

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Croydon Common	30	23	5	2	76	14	5.43	51	Promoted to Division One
2	Luton Town	30	24	3	3	92	22	4.18	51	Promoted to Division One
3	Brentford	30	20	4	6	80	18	4.44	44
4	Swansea Town	30	20	4	6	66	25	2.64	44
5	Stoke	30	19	2	9	71	34	2.09	40
6	Newport County	30	14	8	8	49	38	1.29	36
7	Mid Rhondda	30	13	7	10	55	37	1.49	33
8	Pontypridd	30	14	5	11	43	38	1.13	33
9	Llanelly	30	12	4	14	45	37	1.22	28
10	Barry	30	9	8	13	44	70	0.63	26
11	Abertillery	30	8	4	18	44	51	0.86	20	Left league at end of season
12	Ton Pentre	30	8	4	18	33	61	0.54	20
13	Mardy	30	6	6	18	30	60	0.50	18	Left league at end of season
14	Caerphilly	30	4	7	19	21	103	0.20	15
15	Aberdare	30	4	5	21	33	87	0.38	13
16	Treharris	30	2	4	24	19	106	0.18	8

^{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.}

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Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

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