1923–24 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1923–24 season was the 26th in the history of the Southern League. The league was split into Eastern and Western Divisions.England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF Peterborough & Fletton United won the Eastern Division and Yeovil & Petters United won the Western Division. Yeovil were declared Southern League champions after defeating Peterborough 3–1 in a championship play-off.YEOVILPU Yeovil & Petters United No clubs applied to join the Football League this 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 2011-01-28 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead and no clubs left the league at the end of the season. Eastern Division Southern Football League Eastern Division 1923–24 Peterborough & Fletton United none none 240 757 1922–23 1924–25 A total of 16 teams contest the division (previously called the English section), including 10 sides from previous season and six new teams. Newly elected teams: Peterborough & Fletton United Folkestone Kettering Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II (replacing their first team, which had been promoted to the Football League the previous season) Leicester City II Northampton Town II main WDL Eastern Division Result 5 2 y PFU Peterborough & Fletton United LEI Leicester City II SHA Southampton II MIL Millwall II POR Portsmouth II BHA Brighton & Hove Albion II NRW Norwich City II FOL Folkestone COV Coventry City II WAT Watford II REA Reading II NHA Northampton Town II LUT Luton Town II GUI Guildford United KET Kettering BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II 20 2 8 54 31 19 3 8 72 30 18 5 7 60 36 18 3 9 56 38 16 2 12 66 37 13 7 10 55 42 13 6 11 46 34 12 5 13 61 51 10 8 12 39 34 11 6 13 36 48 11 6 13 32 43 9 10 11 32 47 10 7 13 40 49 7 5 18 38 72 5 8 17 30 67 4 5 21 40 98 inherit Changed name to Kettering Town at end of season CNK 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 1923–24 Yeovil & Petters United (1st title) none none 306 974 1922–23 1924–25 A total of 18 teams contest the division (previously called the Welsh section), including 6 sides from previous season, 8 teams transferred from English section and four new teams. Teams transferred from 1922–23 English section: Bath City Torquay United Yeovil & Petters United Bristol City II Bristol Rovers II Exeter City II Plymouth Argyle II Swindon Town II Newly elected teams: Llanelly Weymouth - (newly elected from the Western League) Cardiff City II Newport County II main WDL Western Division Q 5 2 y YEO Yeovil & Petters United PLY Plymouth Argyle II PON Pontypridd TOR Torquay United BRC Bristol City II SWA Swansea Town II BRR Bristol Rovers II CAR Cardiff City II EXE Exeter City II WEY Weymouth LLA Llanelly SWI Swindon Town II BRG Bridgend Town NEW Newport County II EBB Ebbw Vale BAT Bath City BAR Barry ABM Aberaman Athletic 25 3 6 71 30 21 5 8 74 37 19 8 7 81 44 19 7 8 59 25 17 9 8 63 39 19 5 10 62 38 17 6 11 69 43 15 4 15 55 31 11 11 12 48 47 15 3 16 48 60 14 5 15 47 62 11 6 17 36 60 11 5 18 57 72 10 7 17 57 78 8 8 18 38 62 6 9 19 32 71 6 7 21 36 74 6 4 24 41 87 complete Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate. 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. References 1923–24 Category:1923–24 in English men's football leagues Category:1923–24 in Welsh football