1895–96 Southern Football League

The 1895–96 season was the second in the history of the Southern League. Luton Town applied for election to the Football League. However, the election was not successful. Millwall Athletic won Division One for the second successive season.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1895–96
Champions	Millwall Athletic (2nd title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Luton Town (resigned) Clapton (resigned) Ilford
Matches played	90
Goals scored	406 (4.51 per match)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

Division One featured one new club, who had been promoted from Division Two the previous season:

New Brompton

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Millwall Athletic	18	16	1	1	75	16	4.69	33
2	Luton Town	18	13	1	4	68	14	4.86	27	Left to join the United League at end of season
3	Southampton St. Mary's	18	12	0	6	44	23	1.91	24
4	Reading	18	11	1	6	45	38	1.18	23
5	Chatham Town	18	9	2	7	43	45	0.96	20
6	New Brompton	18	7	4	7	30	37	0.81	18
7	Swindon Town	18	6	4	8	38	41	0.93	16
8	Clapton	18	4	2	12	30	67	0.45	10	Relegation test matches, left league despite winning
9	Royal Ordnance Factories	18	3	3	12	23	44	0.52	9	Relegation test matches
10	Ilford	18	0	0	18	10	81	0.12	0	Relegation test matches, left league after losing

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Division Two

Southern Football League Division Two
Season	1895–96
Champions	Wolverton LNWR
Promoted	Wolverton LNWR Sheppey United
Relegated	Guildford (resigned) Bromley(resigned) Windsor & Eton(resigned)
Matches played	72
Goals scored	282 (3.92 per match)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

Division Two featured four new clubs, all of which were newly elected:

1st Scots Guards
Guildford
Windsor & Eton
Wolverton LNWR

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Wolverton LNWR	16	13	1	2	43	10	4.3	27	Promotion test matches
2	Sheppey United	16	11	3	2	60	19	3.15	25
3	1st Scots Guards	16	8	5	3	37	22	1.68	21
4	Uxbridge	16	9	1	6	28	23	1.22	19
5	Old St.Stephen's	16	6	3	7	34	21	1.62	15
6	Guildford	16	7	1	8	29	41	0.71	15	Left league at end of season
7	Maidenhead	16	4	1	11	20	49	0.41	9
8	Chesham	16	2	3	11	15	48	0.31	7
9	Bromley	16	2	2	12	16	49	0.33	6	Left league at end of season
10	Windsor & Eton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league after one match, record expunged

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Promotion-relegation test matches

At the end of the season, test matches were held between the bottom three clubs in Division One and the top three clubs in Division Two. Wolverston LNWR and Sheppey United were promoted after the play-offs, whilst Clapton remained in Division One. Although they later resigned from the league, 1st Scot Guards (who they had beaten in the play-offs) were not promoted in their place, and instead Royal Ordnance Factories kept their place in Division One.

Division One clubs v Division Two clubs

Division One clubs	v	Division Two clubs

Ilford v Wolverton LNWR

Ilford	0 – 2	Wolverton LNWR

Royal Ordnance Factories	2 – 4	Sheppey United

Clapton v 1st Scots Guards

Clapton	4 – 1	1st Scots Guards

Football League elections

Luton Town applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. However, the election wasn't successful.^[1]

Club	League	Votes
Blackpool	Lancashire League	19
Walsall Town Swifts	Midland League	16
Gainsborough Trinity	Midland League	15
Burslem Port Vale	Football League	10
Luton Town	Southern League	10
Crewe Alexandra	Football League	4
Fairfield	Lancashire League	3
Glossop North End	The Combination	3
Tottenham Hotspur	Southern League	2
Macclesfield	The Combination	2

References

↑ A history of admission to the Football League

External links

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

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