1906–07 Southern Football League Explained

The 1906–07 season was the 13th in the history of Southern League. Fulham won Division One for a consecutive title and were elected to the Football League. No other teams were applied for election to the Football League. Southend United won Division Two, but there was no promotion or relegation between the divisions.[1]

Division One

Competition:Southern Football League Division One
Season:1906–07
Winners:Fulham (2nd title)
Promoted:none
Relegated:none
Matches:380
Total Goals:1035
Prevseason:1905–06
Nextseason:1907–08

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

Teams promoted from 1905–06 Division Two:

Division Two

Competition:Southern Football League Division Two
Season:1906–07
Winners:Southend United
Promoted:none
Relegated:West Ham United II (resigned)
Fulham II (resigned)
Reading II (resigned)
Royal Engineers Aldershot (resigned)
Matches:132
Total Goals:513
Prevseason:1905–06
Nextseason:1907–08

A total of 12 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season and four new teams, all of them are newly elected teams.

Newly elected teams:

Football League elections

Only one Southern League club, Fulham, applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. They offered midland clubs £15 and northern clubs £20 in expenses for travelling to London and were successful, topping the ballot, and replaced Burton United in the League.[2]

ClubLeagueVotes
FulhamSouthern League??
Lincoln CityFootball League28
Chesterfield TownFootball League23
Oldham AthleticLancashire Combination17
Bradford Park AvenueNone11
Burton UnitedFootball League7
Rotherham TownMidland League0
Wigan TownThe Combination0
Salford UnitedManchester League0

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html England - Southern League Final Tables
  2. http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League