Southern Football League 1899-00
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The 1898-99 season was the fifth in the history of the Southern League
. Tottenham Hotspur
were Division One champions, but no Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League.
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.
) and Grays United.
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.
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
. Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
were Division One champions, but no Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League.
Division One
Division One featured four new clubs:- Bristol Rovers (newly-elected)
- Cowes (promoted from Division One)
- Queens Park Rangers (newly-elected)
- Thames Ironworks (promoted from Division One)
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 26 | 2.58 | 44 | |
| 2 | Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from... |
28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 2.03 | 41 | |
| 3 | Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
28 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 2.12 | 35 | |
| 4 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 28 | 1.46 | 32 | |
| 5 | Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... |
28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 42 | 1.19 | 32 | |
| 6 | Bedminster Bedminster F.C. Bedminster F.C. was an English football club based in Bristol. The club was established in 1887 as Southville and played at Ashton Gate. They were founder members of the Bristol & District League in 1892, which became the Western League in 1895... |
28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 44 | 45 | 0.98 | 28 | Merged into Bristol City at end of season |
| 7 | Millwall Athletic Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the... |
28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 0.97 | 27 | |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 58 | 0.86 | 26 | |
| 9 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 47 | 0.94 | 25 | |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... |
28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 55 | 0.84 | 25 | |
| 11 | New Brompton Gillingham F.C. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium... |
28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 49 | 0.8 | 24 | |
| 12 | Gravesend United Gravesend United F.C. Gravesend United Football Club was a football club based in Gravesend, Kent.They were founder members of the Kent League in 1894-95 before moving to join the Southern League in 1896-97... |
28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 58 | 0.66 | 24 | |
| 13 | Chatham Town Chatham Town F.C. Chatham Town are an English Association Football club based in Chatham, Kent. They currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League and are nicknamed "The Chats".... |
28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 58 | 0.66 | 23 | |
| 14 | Thames Ironworks Thames Ironworks F.C. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that later became West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd owner Arnold Hills and foreman Dave Taylor in 1895. Thames Ironworks took over the tenancy of The Old Castle Swifts' Hermit Road ground in Canning Town until their... |
28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 0.67 | 21 | Relegation test matches, changed name to West Ham United at end of season |
| 15 | Sheppey United Sheppey United F.C. Sheppey United F.C. is an English football club based on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The club are currently members of Division One of the Kent County League and play at the Sheppey Sports Ground.-History:... |
28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 66 | 0.36 | 13 | Relegation test matches |
| 16 | Brighton United Brighton United F.C. Brighton United F.C. were an association football club based in Brighton, Sussex who were active for a few years at the end of the 19th century.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from league after 26 matches record expunged |
| 17 | Cowes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from league after 13 matches, record expunged |
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
Two new clubs were elected to Division Two, Dartford (from the Kent LeagueKent League
The Kent League is an English football league for teams based in Kent and south east London, which was established in 1966. It was also the name of a similar league which existed from 1894 until 1959.-History:...
) and Grays United.
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 25 | 2.28 | 30 | Promotion test matches |
| 2 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 23 | 1.91 | 24 | |
| 3 | Chesham Town Chesham Town F.C. Chesham Town Football Club were an English football club from Chesham, Buckinghamshire.Originally founded as plain Chesham FC, in 1894 they became founder members of the Southern League in 1894. They were renamed Chesham Town in 1899 and continued to play in the Southern League until 1904, when... |
20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 37 | 1.16 | 24 | |
| 4 | Wolverton LNWR Wolverton A.F.C. Wolverton Association Football Club, often known simply as Wolverton, was an English football team representing the town of Wolverton . The club's motto was "In Omnia Paratus" . The club was wound up in 1992... |
20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 36 | 1.28 | 24 | Left league at end of season |
| 5 | Grays United Grays United F.C. Grays United F.C. was an English football club based in Grays, Essex. The club played at the Recreation Ground.The club joined Division Two of the Southern League in 1899. In 1900–01 they finished second and qualified for the promtion-relegation test matches... |
20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 29 | 2.17 | 22 | |
| 6 | Shepherds Bush | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 1.22 | 22 | |
| 7 | Dartford Dartford F.C. Dartford F.C. are an English football club based in Dartford, Kent. After finishing as champions of the Isthmian League Division One North in the 2007–08 season, they compete in the Isthmian League Premier Division. They finished in 8th position in their first season... |
20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 44 | 0.82 | 19 | Left league at end of season |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play... |
20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 50 | 0.7 | 19 | |
| 9 | Brentford Brentford F.C. Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One.... |
20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 48 | 0.65 | 17 | |
| 10 | Southall Southall F.C. Southall F.C. is a semi-professional football club based in the Southall area of west London, in the London Borough of Ealing, England. Football has been played in Southall from at least 1871.-History:... |
20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 44 | 0.48 | 15 | |
| 11 | Maidenhead | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 64 | 0.25 | 4 |
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.