Southern Football League 1905-06
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The 1905–06 Southern League
season saw Fulham
win Division One and Crystal Palace
finishing top of Division Two. No clubs were relegated from Division One as it was expanded to 20 clubs the following season. No clubs applied to join 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.
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...
season saw 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...
win Division One and Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
finishing top of Division Two. No clubs were relegated from Division One as it was expanded to 20 clubs the following season. No clubs applied to join the Football League.
Division One
As no clubs were promoted from Division Two the previous season, there was only new club in Division One, Norwich City, who were elected from outside the league.| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 2.93 | 50 |
| 2 | 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... |
34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 39 | 1.49 | 45 |
| 3 | 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... |
34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 1.74 | 43 |
| 4 | Luton Town Luton Town F.C. Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was... |
34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 40 | 1.6 | 41 |
| 5 | 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.... |
34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 29 | 1.59 | 39 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the... |
34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 33 | 1.58 | 39 |
| 7 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 38 | 1.21 | 36 |
| 8 | 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.... |
34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 35 |
| 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.... |
34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 52 | 0.83 | 35 |
| 10 | 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... |
34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 46 | 1.15 | 33 |
| 11 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 39 | 1.08 | 33 |
| 12 | Millwall 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... |
34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 0.93 | 33 |
| 13 | 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... |
34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 44 | 1.32 | 31 |
| 14 | 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... |
34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 57 | 0.67 | 26 |
| 15 | 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... |
34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 52 | 0.6 | 25 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 55 | 0.55 | 25 |
| 17 | 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... |
34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 62 | 0.32 | 22 |
| 18 | Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 79 | 0.40 | 21 |
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
There were four new clubs in Division Two this season:- Crystal Palace
- Leyton
- St Leonards United
- Southern United
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 14 | 4.71 | 42 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Leyton Leyton F.C. Leyton Football Club are an English association football club based in Leyton, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. As of January 2011, they are not in a senior league, after withdrawing from the Isthmian League Division One North... |
24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 18 | 3.38 | 38 | |
| 3 | Portsmouth II 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... |
24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 24 | 2.17 | 32 | |
| 4 | Fulham II 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... |
24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 39 | 1.33 | 28 | |
| 5 | Southampton II 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... |
24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 41 | 0.95 | 23 | |
| 6 | Southern United Southern United F.C. Southern United F.C. was an English football club based in the Nunhead area of London.Established in 1905, the club entered teams into Division Two of the Southern League and Division One of the London League... |
24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 49 | 0.92 | 23 | Left league at end of season |
| 7 | St Leonards United Hastings United F.C. Hastings United is a semi-professional English football club who currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division and are affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association and the Hastings Football Association.... |
24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 50 | 1.08 | 22 | Changed name to Hastings & St Leonards at end of season |
| 8 | Watford II 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... |
24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 47 | 0.91 | 21 | Left league at end of season |
| 9 | West Ham United II West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 48 | 0.96 | 19 | |
| 10 | 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... |
24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 77 | 0.31 | 19 | Left league at end of season |
| 11 | Reading II 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... |
24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 0.73 | 17 | |
| 12 | Swindon Town II 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... |
24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 0.71 | 15 | |
| 13 | 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... |
24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 83 | 0.43 | 13 |
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.