1912–13 Southern Football League

The 1912–13 Southern Football League season was the 19th in the history of the Southern League, a football competition in England. This season saw no First Division teams apply for election to the Football League. Plymouth Argyle won the league championship whilst Brentford and Stoke were relegated to Division Two. Cardiff City won the Division Two championship. They were promoted to Division One along with runners-up Southend United. No Second division teams left the league this season.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1912–13
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Brentford Stoke
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1019 (2.68 per match)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

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

Teams promoted from 1911-12 Division Two:

Merthyr Town - champions
Portsmouth - runners-up

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Plymouth Argyle	38	22	6	10	77	36	2.14	50
2	Swindon Town	38	20	8	10	66	41	1.61	48
3	West Ham United	38	18	12	8	66	46	1.44	48
4	Queens Park Rangers	38	18	10	10	46	35	1.31	46
5	Crystal Palace	38	17	11	10	55	36	1.53	45
6	Millwall	38	19	7	12	62	43	1.44	45
7	Exeter City	38	18	8	12	48	44	1.09	44
8	Reading	38	17	8	13	59	55	1.07	42
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	13	12	13	48	47	1.02	38
10	Northampton Town	38	12	12	14	61	48	1.27	36
11	Portsmouth	38	14	8	16	41	49	0.84	36
12	Merthyr Town	38	12	12	14	42	60	0.70	36
13	Coventry City	38	13	8	17	53	59	0.90	34
14	Watford	38	12	10	16	43	50	0.86	34
15	Gillingham	38	12	10	16	36	53	0.68	34
16	Bristol Rovers	38	12	9	17	55	64	0.86	33
17	Southampton	38	10	11	17	40	72	0.56	31
18	Norwich City	38	10	9	19	39	50	0.78	29
19	Brentford	38	11	5	22	42	55	0.76	27	Relegated to Division Two
20	Stoke	38	10	4	24	39	75	0.52	24	Relegated to Division Two

^{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	1912–13
Champions	Cardiff City
Promoted	Cardiff City Southend United
Relegated	none
Matches played	156
Goals scored	470 (3.01 per match)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

A total of 13 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season, one team relegated from Division One and four new teams.

Team relegated from 1911-12 Division One:

Luton Town

Newly elected teams:

Mid Rhondda
Newport County
Swansea Town
Llanelly

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Cardiff City	24	18	5	1	54	15	3.60	41	Promoted to Division One
2	Southend United	24	14	6	4	43	23	1.87	34	Promoted to Division One
3	Swansea Town	24	12	7	5	29	23	1.26	31
4	Croydon Common	24	13	4	7	51	29	1.76	30
5	Luton Town	24	13	4	7	52	39	1.33	30
6	Llanelly	24	9	6	9	33	39	0.85	24
7	Pontypridd	24	6	11	7	30	28	1.07	23
8	Mid Rhondda	24	9	4	11	33	31	1.07	22
9	Aberdare	24	8	6	10	38	40	0.95	22
10	Newport County	24	7	5	12	29	36	0.81	19
11	Mardy	24	6	3	15	38	38	1.00	15
12	Treharris	24	5	2	17	18	60	0.30	12
13	Ton Pentre	24	3	3	18	22	69	0.32	9

^{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.}

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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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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Bradford City
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
The Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion
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Second Division

Barnsley
Birmingham
Blackpool
Bradford Park Avenue
Bristol City
Burnley
Bury
Clapton Orient
Fulham
Glossop
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Leeds City
Leicester Fosse
Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Stockport County
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern League

First Division	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Merthyr Town Millwall Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Stoke Swindon Town Watford West Ham United

Second Division	Newport County Swansea Town

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