1929–30 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1929–30 season was the 32nd in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF Aldershot Town won the Eastern Division and Bath City won the Western Division. Aldershot were declared Southern League champions after winning a championship play-off 4–2.BATHC Bath City Three clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, with Thames Association being successful. They replaced Merthyr Town, who rejoined the Southern League the following season. In addition to Thames, a total of 12 clubs left the Southern League at the end of this season. Eastern Division Southern Football League Eastern Division 1929–30 Aldershot Town (1st title) Thames Association Northampton Town II (resigned)Southampton II (resigned)Kettering Town (resigned)Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II (resigned)Brighton & Hove Albion II (resigned)Sittingbourne (resigned)Northfleet United (resigned)Grays Thurrock United (resigned)Poole (resigned) 272 1134 1928–29 1930–31 A total of 19 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and one new team. Newly elected team: Northampton Town II - returned to the league after the resignation in 1925 main WDL QR 5 2 y ALD Aldershot Town MIL Millwall II THA Thames Association PFU Peterborough & Fletton United NHA Northampton Town II SHA Southampton II SHE Sheppey United KET Kettering Town DAR Dartford NRW Norwich City II GUI Guildford City BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II BHA Brighton & Hove Albion II FOL Folkestone SIT Sittingbourne NOR Northfleet United GRT Grays Thurrock United POO Poole 21 6 5 84 39 21 3 8 75 56 17 6 9 80 60 18 3 11 66 39 17 4 11 86 60 14 7 11 73 62 15 5 12 76 69 13 7 12 70 69 14 5 13 57 59 14 3 15 69 63 13 2 17 65 97 10 7 15 59 63 12 2 18 56 79 13 0 19 56 82 10 5 17 55 59 6 7 19 53 77 7 2 23 54 101 0 0 0 0 0 #ACE1AF Elected to the Football League Third Division South EFL #ffcccc Left league at end of season LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL #ffcccc Resigned after 30 matches, record expunged RESX complete The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing. Western Division Southern Football League Western Division 1929–30 Bath City none Yeovil & Petters United (resigned)Lovells Athletic (resigned)Bristol City II (resigned) 210 932 1928–29 1930–31 A total of 15 teams contest the division, including 14 sides from previous season and one new team. Newly elected team: Llanelly - returned to the league after the resignation in 1925 main WDL Result 5 2 y BAT Bath City BRR Bristol Rovers II TAU Taunton Town BAR Barry YEO Yeovil & Petters United PLY Plymouth Argyle II NEW Newport County II LOV Lovells Athletic EXE Exeter City II BRC Bristol City II SWI Swindon Town II TOR Torquay United II LLA Llanelly EBB Ebbw Vale MER Merthyr Town II 16 6 6 85 52 16 4 8 66 50 14 7 7 50 40 15 3 10 65 55 12 7 9 63 47 14 3 11 68 52 13 4 11 68 76 13 2 13 59 57 11 6 11 49 54 11 5 12 59 63 10 6 12 69 67 10 6 12 76 77 10 4 14 55 52 5 6 17 52 97 5 1 22 48 93 #ffcccc Left league at end of season LL LL LL #ffcccc Replaced by first team at end of season REP1 complete The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing. Football League election Three Southern League clubs, Aldershot Town, Thames Association and Llanelly, applied to join the Football League. Thames were successful, finishing second in the ballot. Aldershot also finished above Third Division South club Merthyr Town, who replaced their reserves in the Western Division the following season.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League Non-League Matters 2011-02-02 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesGillinghamFootball League33Thames AssociationSouthern League20Aldershot TownSouthern League19Merthyr TownFootball League14LlanellySouthern League4ArgonautsNone0 References 1929–30 Category:1929–30 in English men's football leagues Category:1929–30 in Welsh football