Season 1921-22 Matches played 342 | Promoted none Goals scored 1083 (3.17 per match) | |
Champions Plymouth Argyle II (1st title) Relegated Gillingham II (resigned)
Charlton Athletic II (resigned) | ||
The 1921–22 season was the 24th in the history of the Southern League. As in the previous season, the league was split into two sections, one for English clubs and one for Welsh clubs. Plymouth Argyle reserves won the English section, whilst Ebbw Vale won the Welsh section. Plymouth Argyle reserves were declared champions after defeating Ebbw Vale 3-0 in a championship play-off. Pontypridd and Bath City were the only two Southern League clubs to apply for election to the Football League, though neither was successful.
Contents
At the end of the season Gillingham reserves and Charlton Athletic reserves both left the league.
English section
A total of 19 teams contest the division, including ten sides from previous season and nine new teams, seven of which were reserve teams.
Newly elected teams:
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.
Welsh section
A total of 9 teams contest the division, including nine sides from previous season and one new team.
Newly elected teams:
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.
Football League election
In addition to the two clubs finishing bottom of Football League Third Division South, three non-League clubs joined the election process, of which two were from the Southern League. However, both League clubs were re-elected.