Southern United F.C. (England) Explained

Clubname:Southern United
Fullname:Southern United Football Club
Founded:1905
Dissolved:1906–07
Ground:Brown's Ground, Nunhead

Southern United Football Club was an English football club based in the Nunhead area of London.[1]

History

Established in 1905, the club entered teams into Division Two of the Southern League and Division One of the London League. They withdrew from the Southern League at the end of the 1905–06 season,[2] and from the London League during the 1906–07 season.

Professional players at the club included Frederick Mearns, Michael Good and former England international Fred Spiksley.

Ground

Southern United played at Brown's Ground in Nunhead. Following Southern United folding, the ground was used by Nunhead.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/1905.htm 1905 results
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html England – Southern League Final Tables
  3. Book: Kerrigan, Colm . Teachers and Football: Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915 . 2004 . Routledge . 978-1913454579 . 144 .