1927–28 Southern Football League

The 1927–28 season was the 30th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Kettering Town won the Eastern Division and Bristol City reserves won the Western Division. Kettering were declared Southern League champions after defeating Bristol City reserves 5–0 in a championship play-off.^[2]

Two clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, although neither was successful. Three clubs (all from the Western Division) left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1927-28
Champions	Kettering Town (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1237 (4.04 per match)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 12 sides from previous season and six new teams.

Newly elected teams:

Chatham Town - returned to the league after the resignation in 1921
Northfleet United - returned to the league after the resignation in 1898
Sheppey United - returned to the league after the resignation in 1901
Aldershot Town
Sittingbourne
Gillingham II - returned to the league after the resignation in 1922

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Kettering Town	34	23	6	5	90	39	2.30	52
2	Peterborough & Fletton United	34	21	3	10	73	43	1.69	45
3	Northfleet United	34	17	7	10	83	54	1.53	41
4	Brighton & Hove Albion II	34	20	0	14	90	63	1.42	40
5	Norwich City II	34	17	6	11	69	69	1	40
6	Southampton II	34	16	7	11	92	70	1.31	39
7	Aldershot Town	34	17	5	12	85	66	1.28	39
8	Sittingbourne	34	16	5	13	64	70	0.91	37
9	Millwall II	34	15	6	13	66	59	1.11	36
10	Poole	34	15	5	14	69	84	0.82	35
11	Folkestone	34	12	6	16	71	91	0.78	30
12	Guildford City	34	12	5	17	65	89	0.73	29
13	Dartford	34	12	4	18	46	49	0.93	28
14	Gillingham II	34	10	7	17	72	84	0.85	27
15	Sheppey United	34	11	3	20	57	87	0.65	25
16	Chatham Town	34	10	4	20	49	70	0.7	24
17	Grays Thurrock United	34	10	3	21	48	88	0.54	23
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	34	9	4	21	48	62	0.77	22

^{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.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1927-28
Champions	Bristol City II
Promoted	none
Relegated	Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic (resigned) Weymouth (resigned) Mid Rhondda United (resigned)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1095 (4.56 per match)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

A total of 16 teams contest the division, including 13 sides from previous season and three new teams.

Team relegated from 1926-27 Football League

Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic - relegated from the Football League and renamed

Newly elected teams:

Merthyr Town II
Torquay United II - replacing their first team, who had been promoted to the Football League the previous season

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City II	30	20	3	7	95	51	1.86	43
2	Exeter City II	30	18	4	8	104	56	1.86	40
3	Bristol Rovers II	30	16	3	11	80	64	1.25	35
4	Plymouth Argyle II	30	16	2	12	88	53	1.66	34
5	Newport County II	30	13	8	9	99	70	1.41	34
6	Ebbw Vale	30	15	3	12	67	74	0.91	33
7	Swindon Town II	30	13	4	13	80	74	1.08	30
8	Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic	30	12	6	12	62	68	0.91	30	Left league at end of season
9	Yeovil & Petters United	30	11	7	12	64	57	1.12	29
10	Torquay United II	30	11	6	13	51	67	0.76	28
11	Bath City	30	12	3	15	64	68	0.94	27
12	Taunton Town	30	11	5	14	60	65	0.92	27
13	Weymouth	30	10	6	14	50	83	0.60	26	Left league at end of season
14	Merthyr Town II	30	9	4	17	50	77	0.65	22
15	Barry	30	8	6	16	45	87	0.52	22
16	Mid Rhondda United	30	7	6	17	36	81	0.44	20	Left 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.}

Football League election

Two Southern League clubs, Kettering Town and Peterborough & Fletton United, applied to join the Football League. However, both League clubs were re-elected, with Argonauts, a new amateur club who had never played a match winning more votes than either Southern League club.^[3]

Club	League	Votes
Merthyr Town	Football League Third Division South	47
Torquay United	Football League Third Division South	42
Argonauts	None	16
Kettering Town	Southern League	3
Peterborough & Fletton United	Southern League	2

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Kettering Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

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

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Durham City Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham County Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Wigan Borough Wrexham

South	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Queens Park Rangers Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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