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1896–97 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1896–97

Start date
  
1896

Goals scored
  
429

Promoted
  
none

Champion
  
Southampton F.C.

Matches played
  
110

Champions
  
Relegated
  
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1897–98 Southern Football League

The 1896-97 season was the third in the history of the Southern League. Southampton St.Mary's won the Division One championship. Millwall Athletic applied for election to Football League. However, they were not elected.

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Division One

Division One featured seven teams from previous season and five new clubs: two promoted from Division Two and three newly elected members.

Teams promoted from Division Two:

  • Wolverston L&NWR - champions, winners of testing matches
  • Sheppey United - runners-up, winners of testing matches
  • Newly promoted teams:

  • Northfleet - Kent League champions
  • Gravesend United - Kent League members
  • Tottenham Hotspur
  • 1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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

    Division Two featured five teams from previous season and eight new clubs, all of which were newly elected.

    Newly promoted teams:

  • Dartford - Kent League members
  • RETB Chatham - Kent League members
  • 1st Coldstream Guards
  • Freemantle
  • Southall
  • Warmley
  • West Herts
  • Wycombe Wanderers
  • 1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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, test matches were held between the bottom three clubs in Division One and the top three clubs in Division Two. Third-placed Freemantle were the only Division Two club to win, but withdrew from the league at the end of season, meaning their defeated opponents Northfleet remained in Division One.

    Football League elections

    Only one Southern League club, Millwall Athletic, applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. However, they received only one vote and were not elected.

    References

    1896–97 Southern Football League Wikipedia


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