1906–07 Southern Football League

The 1906–07 season was the 13th in the history of Southern League. Fulham won Division One for the second time in a row 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

Southern Football League Division One
Season 1906–07
Champions Fulham (2nd title)
Promoted none
Relegated none
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1035 (2.72 per match)

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:

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Fulham382013558321.8153Elected to the 1907–08 Football League
2Portsmouth38227964361.7851
3Brighton & Hove Albion381891153431.2345
4Luton Town38189115252145
5West Ham United381514960411.4644
6Tottenham Hotspur381791263451.443
7Millwall381861471501.4242
8Norwich City3815121157481.1942
9Watford381316946431.0742
10Brentford381781357561.0242
11Southampton381391649560.8835
12Reading381461857471.2134
13Leyton3811121538600.6334
14Bristol Rovers381291755541.0233
15Plymouth Argyle3810131543500.8633
16New Brompton381291747590.833
17Swindon Town3811111643540.7933
18Queens Park Rangers3811101747550.8532
19Crystal Palace38892146660.6925
20Northampton Town38592429880.3219

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 1906–07
Champions Southend United
Promoted none
Relegated West Ham United II (resigned)
Fulham II (resigned)
Reading II (resigned)
Royal Engineers Aldershot (resigned)
Matches played 132
Goals scored 513 (3.89 per match)

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:

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Southend United22145358232.5233
2West Ham United II22143564302.1331Left league at end of season
3Portsmouth II22116553441.228
4Fulham II22114747321.4726Left league at end of season
5Hastings & St.Leonards21104746311.4824
6Tunbridge Wells Rangers221011146361.2821
7Salisbury City22921140420.9520
8Southampton II22821237560.6618
9Swindon Town II22731235460.7617
10Reading II22641232470.6816Left league at end of season
11Royal Engineers Aldershot21541227580.4714Left league at end of season
12Wycombe Wanderers22461228680.4114

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.

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

References

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