1894–95 Southern Football League

The 1894–95 season was the first in the history of the Southern League. Sixteen clubs joined the new league, which was split into two divisions. Millwall Athletic won Division One without losing a match, and were invited to join the Football League but declined because of travelling.^[1]

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1894–95
Champions	Millwall Athletic
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	72
Goals scored	285 (3.96 per match)
1895–96 →

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Millwall Athletic	16	12	4	0	68	19	3.58	28
2	Luton Town	16	9	4	3	36	22	1.64	22
3	Southampton St. Mary's	16	9	2	5	34	25	1.36	20
4	Ilford	16	6	3	7	26	40	0.65	15
5	Reading	16	6	2	8	33	38	0.87	14
6	Chatham Town	16	4	5	7	22	25	0.88	13
7	Royal Ordnance Factories	16	3	6	7	20	30	0.67	12	Relegation test matches
8	Clapton	16	5	1	10	22	38	0.58	11
9	Swindon Town	16	4	1	11	24	48	0.5	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.}

Division Two

Southern Football League Division Two
Season	1894–95
Champions	New Brompton
Promoted	New Brompton
Relegated	none
Matches played	42
Goals scored	184 (4.38 per match)
1895–96 →

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	New Brompton	12	11	0	1	57	10	5.7	22	Promotion test matches
2	Sheppey United	12	6	1	5	25	23	1.09	13
3	Old St.Stephen's	12	6	0	6	26	26	1	12
4	Uxbridge	12	4	3	5	14	20	0.7	11
5	Bromley	12	4	1	7	23	30	0.77	9
6	Chesham	12	3	3	6	20	42	0.48	9
7	Maidenhead	12	2	4	6	19	33	0.58	8

^{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.}

Promotion-relegation test matches

At the end of the season, the bottom three clubs in Division One played the top three clubs in Division Two in test matches to decide on promotion and relegation. Division Two champions New Brompton were the only lower division club to win, although their opponents, Swindon Town, were not relegated, with the First Division expanding to 10 clubs.

Division One clubs v Division Two clubs

Division One clubs	v	Division Two clubs

Swindon Town v New Brompton

Swindon Town	1 – 5	New Brompton

Clapton v Sheppey United

Clapton	5 – 1	Sheppey United

Royal Ordnance Factories	3 – 1	Old St.Stephen's

References

↑ Leigh Edwards (1993). The Official Centenary History of the Southern League. p. 26. ISBN 1-871872-08-1.

External links

Southern League Final Tables

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

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Derby County
Everton
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Small Heath
Stoke
Sunderland
The Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Burslem Port Vale
Burton Swifts
Burton United
Bury
Crewe Alexandra
Darwen
Grimsby Town
Leicester Fosse
Lincoln City
Manchester City
Newcastle United
Newton Heath
Notts County
Rotherham Town
Walsall Town Swifts
Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League

Division One	Clapton Ilford Luton Town Millwall Athletic Reading Royal Ordnance Southampton St Mary's Swindon Town

Division Two	New Brompton

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