1907–08 Southern Football League

The 1907–08 season was the 14th in the history of Southern Football League. Queens Park Rangers won Division One, whilst Bradford Park Avenue and Tottenham Hotspur were elected to the Football League. Southend United won Division Two and were promoted to Division One.^[1] At the end of the season all the reserve teams quit the Division Two.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1907–08
Champions	Queens Park Rangers (1st title)
Promoted	Tottenham Hotspur Bradford Park Avenue
Relegated	none
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1045 (2.75 per match)
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 19 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected teams:

Bradford Park Avenue

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Queens Park Rangers	38	21	9	8	82	57	1.44	51
2	Plymouth Argyle	38	19	11	8	50	31	1.61	49
3	Millwall	38	19	8	11	49	32	1.53	46
4	Crystal Palace	38	17	10	11	54	51	1.06	44
5	Swindon Town	38	16	10	12	55	40	1.38	42
6	Bristol Rovers	38	16	10	12	59	56	1.05	42
7	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	7	14	59	48	1.23	41	Elected to the 1908–09 Football League
8	Northampton Town	38	15	11	12	50	41	1.22	41
9	Portsmouth	38	17	6	15	64	52	1.23	40
10	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	47	48	0.98	40
11	Southampton	38	16	6	16	51	60	0.85	38
12	Reading	38	15	6	17	55	50	1.1	36
13	Bradford Park Avenue	38	12	12	14	53	54	0.98	36	Elected to the 1908–09 Football League
14	Watford	38	12	10	16	47	59	0.8	34
15	Norwich City	38	12	9	17	46	49	0.94	33
16	Brentford	38	14	5	19	49	53	0.92	33
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	12	8	18	46	59	0.77	32
18	Luton Town	38	12	6	20	33	56	0.58	30
19	Leyton	38	8	11	19	52	74	0.70	27
20	New Brompton	38	9	7	22	44	75	0.58	25

^{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	1907–08
Champions	Southend United
Promoted	Southend United
Relegated	Portsmouth II Southampton II Tunbridge Wells Rangers Swindon Town II Brighton & Hove Albion II Wycombe Wanderers (all resigned)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	381 (4.23 per match)
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

A total of 10 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season and two new teams, both of them are newly elected teams.

Newly elected teams:

Croydon Common
Brighton & Hove Albion II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Southend United	18	13	3	2	47	16	2.94	29	Promoted to 1908-09 Division One
2	Portsmouth II	18	10	5	3	39	22	1.77	25	Left league at end of season
3	Croydon Common	18	10	3	5	35	25	1.4	23
4	Hastings & St Leonards	18	10	2	6	43	29	1.48	22
5	Southampton II	18	7	4	7	54	46	1.17	18	Left league at end of season
6	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	18	7	3	8	42	38	1.11	17	Left league at end of season
7	Salisbury City	18	6	4	8	35	46	0.76	16
8	Swindon Town II	18	5	5	8	36	40	0.9	15	Left league at end of season
9	Brighton & Hove Albion II	18	4	4	10	34	47	0.72	12
10	Wycombe Wanderers	18	1	1	16	16	72	0.22	3

^{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

Three Southern League clubs, Bradford Park Avenue, Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur, applied for election to the Football League, although QPR later withdrew their application.^[2] Bradford PA were successful in the ballot, and replaced Lincoln City in the League. However, Stoke later resigned from the League, and a special meeting was arranged to elect a new member. Although at the meeting Stoke stated that they wished to remain in the League, a ballot was still held, in which Stoke and Tottenham won 20 votes (Rotherham County and Southport Central were also involved), after which the management committee voted 5-3 in favour of Tottenham.

Club	League	Votes
Grimsby Town	Football League	32
Chesterfield Town	Football League	23
Bradford Park Avenue	Southern League	20
Lincoln City	Football League	18
Tottenham Hotspur	Southern League	14
Burton United	Birmingham & District League	1

References

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

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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First Division	Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Woolwich Arsenal

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