1936–37 Southern Football League

The 1936–37 season was the 39th in the history of the Southern League. The league reverted to a single division after four of the league's nineteen clubs left at the end of the previous season.^[1] Newly elected Ipswich Town won the title at the first attempt, whilst Margate left the league at the end of the season. Ipswich applied for election to the Football League, but were unsuccessful.

Final table

Southern Football League
Season	1936-37
Champions	Ipswich Town (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Margate (resigned)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	974 (4.06 per match)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The league comprised the seven remaining clubs from the Eastern Division, the eight clubs remaining in the Western Division and one new club.

Newly elected team:

Ipswich Town - elected from the Eastern Counties League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Ipswich Town	30	19	8	3	68	35	1.94	46
2	Norwich City II	30	18	5	7	70	35	2	41
3	Folkestone	30	17	4	9	71	61	1.16	38
4	Bath City	30	15	5	10	66	52	1.27	35
5	Margate	30	15	4	11	61	49	1.24	34	Left league at end of season
6	Guildford City	30	15	4	11	54	60	0.9	34
7	Yeovil & Petters United	30	15	3	12	77	69	1.12	33
8	Newport County II	30	11	8	11	72	68	1.06	30
9	Plymouth Argyle II	30	11	8	11	64	58	1.1	30
10	Barry	30	12	4	14	58	72	0.81	28
11	Cheltenham Town	30	10	4	16	61	70	0.87	24
12	Exeter City II	30	8	7	15	57	78	0.73	23
13	Dartford	30	9	5	16	41	55	0.75	23
14	Torquay United II	30	8	5	17	45	76	0.59	21
15	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	30	7	6	17	62	64	0.97	20
16	Aldershot II	30	7	6	17	47	72	0.65	20

^{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

Ipswich Town were the only non-League club to apply for election to the Football League Third Division South, but won fewer votes than League clubs Exeter City and Aldershot.^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Exeter City	Football League Third Division South	40
Aldershot	Football League Third Division South	34
Ipswich Town	Southern League	24

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

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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FA competitions

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Final)
FA Charity Shield

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Birmingham
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Brentford
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Derby County
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Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Liverpool
Manchester City
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Middlesbrough
Portsmouth
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Stoke City
Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion
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Second Division

Aston Villa
Barnsley
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Bradford City
Bradford Park Avenue
Burnley
Bury
Chesterfield
Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers
Fulham
Leicester City
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield United
Southampton
Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham County Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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