1909–10 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1909–10 season was the 16th in the history of Southern Football League. Brighton & Hove Albion won Division One for the first time, Stoke and Hastings & St Leonards finished top of the Division Two groups, though they were not promoted to Division One.England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF Stoke were the only club to apply for election to the Football League, but were unsuccessful. Division One Southern Football League Division One 1909–10 Brighton & Hove Albion (1st title) none Croydon CommonReading 462 1362 1908–09 1910–11 A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 21 sides from previous season and one new team. Team promoted from 1908–09 Division Two: Croydon Common main WDL Division One R 5 2 y BHA Brighton & Hove Albion SWI Swindon Town QPR Queens Park Rangers NHP Northampton Town SHP Southampton POR Portsmouth CRY Crystal Palace COV Coventry City WHU West Ham United LEY Leyton PLY Plymouth Argyle GIL New Brompton BRI Bristol Rovers BRE Brentford LUT Luton Town MIL Millwall NOR Norwich City EXE Exeter City WAT Watford STE Southend United CRO Croydon Common REA Reading 23 13 6 69 28 22 10 10 92 46 19 13 10 56 47 22 4 16 90 44 16 16 10 64 55 20 7 15 70 63 20 6 16 69 50 19 8 15 71 60 15 15 12 69 56 16 11 15 60 46 16 11 15 61 54 19 5 18 76 74 16 10 16 37 48 16 9 17 50 58 15 11 16 72 92 15 7 20 45 59 13 9 20 59 78 14 6 22 60 69 10 13 19 51 76 12 9 21 51 90 13 5 24 52 96 7 10 25 38 73 #ffcccc Relegated to Division Two R R complete The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing. Division Two A Southern Football League Division Two A 1909–10 Stoke none Burton United (resigned) 30 102 1908–09 1910–11 All the clubs in the new Division Two A were new to the Southern League, except Salisbury City who had participated in the league since 1906. main WDL Division Two A Q 5 2 y STK Stoke TON Ton Pentre MER Merthyr Town SAL Salisbury City BUR Burton United ABE Aberdare 10 0 0 48 9 4 2 4 17 21 4 1 4 16 21 2 1 5 7 18 2 0 4 8 21 1 0 6 6 11 #ffcccc Left league at end of season LEFT The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.Note: Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate. complete Division Two B Southern Football League Division Two B 1909–10 Hastings & St Leonards none Hastings & St Leonards (resigned)Peterborough City (resigned)South Farnborough Athletic (resigned)Romford (resigned) 30 133 1908–09 1910–11 A total of six teams contest the division, including 3 sides from previous season Division Two and three new teams, all of them are newly elected teams. Newly elected teams: Kettering Peterborough City Romford main WDL Division Two B Q 5 2 y HSL Hastings & St Leonards KET Kettering CHE Chesham Town PET Peterborough City SFA South Farnborough Athletic ROM Romford 6 3 0 26 11 6 0 4 34 19 5 2 3 25 25 4 2 4 16 23 4 1 5 23 19 0 0 9 7 33 #ffcccc Left league at end of season LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.Note: Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate. complete Football League elections Stoke were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League, but received only three votes.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League 2011-04-08 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesBirminghamFootball League30Huddersfield TownMidland League26Grimsby TownFootball League12Chesterfield TownMidland League6StokeSouthern League3Hartlepools UnitedNorth Eastern League2 References 1909–10 Category:1909–10 in English men's football leagues Category:1909–10 in Welsh football