Southern Football League Tables

1895/96 Tables 1896/97 Tables 1897/98 Tables

Southern Football League Division 1  1896/97

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Southampton St Mary's 20 15 5 0 63 18 3.500 35 Champions
2nd  Millwall Athletic 20 13 5 2 63 24 2.625 31 Runners Up
3rd  Chatham Town 20 13 1 6 54 29 1.862 27 -
4th  Tottenham Hotspur 20 9 4 7 43 29 1.483 22 -
5th  Gravesend United 20 9 4 7 35 34 1.029 22 -
6th  Swindon Town 20 8 3 9 33 37 0.892 19 -
7th  Reading 20 8 3 9 31 49 0.633 19 -
8th  New Brompton 20 7 2 11 32 42 0.762 16 -
9th  Northfleet 20 5 4 11 24 46 0.522 14 ♦Retained
10th  Sheppey United 20 5 1 14 34 47 0.723 11 ♦Retained
11th  Wolverton L&NWR 20 2 0 18 17 74 0.230 4 ♦Retained
12th  Royal Ordnance Factories Resigned after 7 Matches, Record Expunged Resigned

Southern Football League Division 2  1896/97

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Dartford 24 16 4 4 83 19 4.368 36 Champions
2nd  Royal Engineers Training Battalion 24 11 9 4 49 37 1.324 31 ♦Remained
3rd  Freemantle 24 12 4 8 58 40 1.450 28 ♦Resigned
4th  Uxbridge 24 11 5 8 62 37 1.676 27 -
5th  Wycombe Wanderers 24 10 6 8 37 54 0.685 26 -
6th  Chesham 24 11 3 10 41 55 0.745 25 -
7th  Southall 24 9 6 9 55 52 1.058 24 -
8th  1st Scots Guards 24 9 6 9 49 50 0.980 24 Resigned
9th  West Herts 24 11 1 12 41 49 0.837 23 -
10th  Warmley 24 10 3 11 44 43 1.023 23 -
11th  Old St Stephen's 24 5 7 12 36 52 0.692 17 -
12th  Maidenhead 24 4 8 12 33 64 0.516 16 -
13th  1st Coldstream Guards 24 3 6 15 30 66 0.455 12 Resigned

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 ▼1st Coldstream Guards Resigned from the League
 1st Scots Guards Resigned from the League
 Freemantle Resigned from the League
 Royal Ordnance Factories Resigned from the League after 7 Matches

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Bristol City (formally South End) were Elected to Division 1 from the Western League
 ▲Royal Artillery Portsmouth
 St Albans

Team Name Changes

 - Southampton St Mary's changed their name to Southampton

1895/96 Tables 1896/97 Tables 1897/98 Tables