1911–12 Southern Football League

The 1911–12 Southern Football League season was the 18th in the history of the Southern League. Queens Park Rangers won their second league championship (the first being in 1907-08), but no clubs applied to join the Football League. Luton Town, who finished second bottom of Division One were relegated to Division Two, whilst Leyton, who finished bottom, left the Southern League after 7 seasons of participation to join the South Essex League.

Merthyr Town won the Division Two championship and were promoted to Division One together with runners-up Portsmouth, who returned to Division One after one season of absence. Walsall, who also played in the Birmingham & District League, left the Southern League, but continued to play in the Birmingham & District League. Kettering also left the Southern League along with Cwm Albion and Chesham Town, who became a founder member of the Athenian League.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1911–12
Champions	Queens Park Rangers (2nd title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Croydon Common Reading
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1115 (2.93 per match)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and two new teams.

Teams promoted from 1910-11 Division Two:

Reading - league champions
Stoke - league runners-up

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Queens Park Rangers	38	21	11	6	59	35	1.69	53
2	Plymouth Argyle	38	23	6	9	63	31	2.03	52
3	Northampton Town	38	22	7	9	82	41	2.00	51
4	Swindon Town	38	21	6	11	82	50	1.64	48
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	19	9	10	73	35	2.09	47
6	Coventry City	38	17	8	13	66	54	1.22	42
7	Crystal Palace	38	15	10	13	70	46	1.52	40
8	Millwall	38	15	10	13	60	57	1.05	40
9	Watford	38	13	10	15	56	58	0.97	36
10	Stoke	38	13	10	15	51	63	0.81	36
11	Reading	38	11	14	13	43	68	0.62	36
12	Norwich City	38	10	14	14	40	60	0.67	34
13	West Ham United	38	13	7	18	64	69	0.93	33
14	Brentford	38	12	9	17	60	65	0.92	33
15	Exeter City	38	11	11	16	48	62	0.77	33
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	46	63	0.73	31
17	Bristol Rovers	38	9	13	16	41	62	0.66	31
18	New Brompton	38	11	9	18	35	72	0.49	31	Changed name to Gillingham at end of season
19	Luton Town	38	9	10	19	49	61	0.80	28	Relegated to Division Two
20	Leyton	38	7	11	20	27	62	0.44	25	Left to join South Essex League at end of season

^{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	1911–12
Champions	Merthyr Town
Promoted	Merthyr Town Portsmouth
Relegated	Walsall (resigned) Kettering (resigned) Cwm Albion (resigned) Chesham Town (resigned)
Matches played	178
Goals scored	645 (3.62 per match)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

A total of 14 teams contest the division, including 9 sides from previous season, two teams relegated from Division One and three new teams.

Teams relegated from 1910-11 Division One:

Newly elected teams:

Cwm Albion
Mardy
Pontypridd

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³	Notes
1	Merthyr Town	26	19	3	4	60	14	4.29	41	Promoted to Division One
2	Portsmouth	26	19	3	4	73	20	3.65	41	Promoted to Division One
3	Cardiff City	26	15	4	7	55	26	2.12	34
4	Southend United	26	16	1	9	73	24	3.04	33
5	Pontypridd	26	13	6	7	39	24	1.63	32
6	Ton Pentre	26	12	3	11	56	45	1.24	27
7	Walsall	25	13	1	11	44	41	1.07	27	One match against Cwm Albion not played. Left league at end of season
8	Treharris	26	11	5	10	44	47	0.94	27
9	Aberdare	26	10	3	13	39	44	0.89	23
10	Kettering	26	11	0	15	37	62	0.60	22	Left league at end of season
11	Croydon Common	25	8	2	15	43	45	0.96	18	One match against Cwm Albion not played
12	Mardy	24	6	6	12	37	51	0.73	18	Both matches against Cwm Albion not played
13	Cwm Albion	22	5	1	16	27	70	0.39	11	Unable to complete fixtures due to a coal strike, left league at end of season
14	Chesham Town	26	1	0	25	18	131	0.14	2	Left to join Athenian League at end of season

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

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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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