Southern Football League Tables

1897/98 Tables 1898/99 Tables 1899/00 Tables

Southern Football League Division 1  1898/99

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Southampton 24 15 5 4 54 24 2.250 35 Champions
2nd  Bristol City 24 15 3 6 55 33 1.667 33 Runners Up
3rd  Millwall Athletic 24 12 6 6 59 35 1.686 30 -
4th  Chatham Town 24 10 8 6 32 23 1.391 28 -
5th  Reading 24 9 8 7 31 24 1.292 26 -
6th  New Brompton 24 10 5 9 38 30 1.267 25 -
7th  Tottenham Hotspur 24 10 4 10 40 36 1.111 24 -
8th  Bedminster 24 10 4 10 35 39 0.897 24 -
9th  Swindon Town 24 9 5 10 43 49 0.878 23 -
10th  Brighton United 24 9 2 13 37 48 0.771 20 -
11th  Gravesend United 24 7 5 12 42 52 0.808 19 -
12th  Sheppey United 24 5 3 16 23 53 0.434 13 ♦Remained
13th  Royal Artillery Portsmouth 24 4 4 16 17 60 0.283 12 Resigned
14th  Warmley Resigned after 17 Matches, Record Expunged Resigned

Southern Football League Division 2 London  1898/99

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Thames Ironworks 22 19 1 2 64 16 4.000 39 ▲Champions
2nd  Wolverton L&NWR 22 13 4 5 88 43 2.047 30 Runners Up
3rd  Watford 22 14 2 6 62 35 1.771 30 -
4th  Brentford 22 11 3 8 59 39 1.518 25 -
5th  Wycombe Wanderers 22 10 2 10 55 57 0.965 22 -
6th  Southall 22 11 0 11 44 55 0.800 22 -
7th  Chesham 22 9 2 11 45 62 0.726 20 -
8th  St Albans 22 8 3 11 45 59 0.763 19 Resigned
9th  Shepherds Bush 22 7 3 12 37 53 0.698 17 -
10th  Fulham 22 6 4 12 36 44 0.818 16 -
11th  Uxbridge 22 7 2 13 29 48 0.604 16 Resigned
12th  Maidenhead 22 3 2 17 33 85 0.384 8 -

Southern Football League Division 2 South West  1898/99

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Cowes 10 10 0 0 52 10 5.200 20 ▲Champions
2nd  Ryde 10 7 0 3 30 11 2.727 14 Resigned
3rd  Freemantle 10 5 0 5 21 32 0.656 10 Resigned
4th  Sandown Bay 10 4 0 6 22 34 0.647 8 Resigned
5th  Eastleigh Athletic 10 2 0 8 19 32 0.594 4 Resigned
6th  Andover 10 2 0 8 16 41 0.390 4 Resigned
7th  East Lancs Regiment Resigned after 3 Matches, Record Expunged Resigned
8th  Trowbridge Town Resigned after 3 Matches, Record Expunged Resigned

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 ▼East Lancs Regiment Resigned from the League after 3 Matches
 ▼Trowbridge Town Resigned from the League after 3 Matches
 ▼Warmley Resigned from the League after 17 Matches
 ▼Andover Resigned from the League
 Eastleigh Athletic Resigned from the League
 ▼Freemantle Resigned from the League
 ▼Royal Artillery Portsmouth Resigned from the League and Folded
 ▼Ryde Resigned from the League
 ▼Sandown Bay Resigned from the League
 ▼St Albans Resigned from the League and Folded
 ▼Uxbridge Resigned from the League

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 ▲Bristol Rovers were Elected to Division 1
 Dartford Joined and also competed in Kent League
 Grays United
 Queens Park Rangers were Elected to Division 1
 Portsmouth were Elected to Division 1

Team Name Changes

 - Chesham changed their name to Chesham Town

1897/98 Tables 1898/99 Tables 1899/00 Tables