1905–06 Southern Football League

The 1905–06 season was the 12th in the history of Southern League. Fulham won Division One and Crystal Palace finished top of Division Two. No clubs were relegated from Division One as it was expanded to 20 clubs the following season.[1] No clubs applied to join the Football League.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season1905–06
ChampionsFulham (1st title)
Promotednone
Relegatednone
Matches played306
Goals scored812 (2.65 per match)

A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 17 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

  • Norwich City

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Fulham 34 19 12 3 44 15 2.933 50
2 Southampton 34 19 7 8 58 39 1.487 45
3 Portsmouth 34 17 9 8 61 35 1.743 43
4 Luton Town 34 17 7 10 64 40 1.600 41
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 7 11 46 29 1.586 39
6 Plymouth Argyle 34 16 7 11 52 33 1.576 39
7 Norwich City 34 13 10 11 46 38 1.211 36
8 Bristol Rovers 34 15 5 14 56 56 1.000 35
9 Brentford 34 14 7 13 43 52 0.827 35
10 Reading 34 12 9 13 53 46 1.152 33
11 West Ham United 34 14 5 15 42 39 1.077 33
12 Millwall 34 11 11 12 38 41 0.927 33
13 Queens Park Rangers 34 12 7 15 58 44 1.318 31
14 Watford 34 8 10 16 38 57 0.667 26
15 Swindon Town 34 8 9 17 31 52 0.596 25
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 9 7 18 30 55 0.545 25
17 New Brompton 34 7 8 19 20 62 0.323 22
18 Northampton Town 34 8 5 21 32 79 0.405 21
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. 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
Season1905–06
ChampionsCrystal Palace
PromotedCrystal Palace
Leyton
RelegatedSouthern United (resigned)
Watford II (resigned)
Grays United (resigned)
Matches played156
Goals scored590 (3.78 per match)

A total of 13 teams contest the division, including 9 sides from previous season and four new teams, all of them are newly elected teams.

Newly elected teams:

  • Crystal Palace
  • Leyton
  • St Leonards United
  • Southern United

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Crystal Palace 24 19 4 1 66 14 4.714 42 Promoted to Division One
2 Leyton 24 16 6 2 61 18 3.389 38
3 Portsmouth II 24 12 8 4 52 24 2.167 32
4 Fulham II 24 11 6 7 52 39 1.333 28
5 Southampton II 24 7 9 8 39 41 0.951 23
6 Southern United 24 8 7 9 45 49 0.918 23 Left league at end of season
7 St Leonards United[a] 24 9 4 11 54 50 1.080 22
8 Watford II 24 8 5 11 43 47 0.915 21 Left league at end of season
9 West Ham United II 24 7 5 12 46 48 0.958 19
10 Grays United 24 8 3 13 24 77 0.312 19 Left league at end of season
11 Reading II 24 6 5 13 36 49 0.735 17
12 Swindon Town II 24 5 5 14 36 51 0.706 15
13 Wycombe Wanderers 24 5 3 16 36 83 0.434 13
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Notes:
  1. ^ Changed name to Hastings & St Leonards United at end of season

References

  1. ^ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
  2. ^ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
  3. ^ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF