Season 1927-28 Relegated none Goals scored 1237 (4.04 per match) | Promoted none Matches played 306 | |
Champions Kettering Town (1st title) | ||
The 1927–28 season was the 30th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions. Kettering Town won the Eastern Division and Bristol City reserves won the Western Division. Kettering were declared Southern League champions after defeating Bristol City reserves 5–0 in a championship play-off.
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Two clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, although neither was successful. Three clubs (all from the Western Division) left the league at the end of the season.
Eastern Division
A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 12 sides from previous season and six new 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.
Western Division
A total of 16 teams contest the division, including 13 sides from previous season and three new teams.
Team relegated from 1926-27 Football League
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
Two Southern League clubs, Kettering Town and Peterborough & Fletton United, applied to join the Football League. However, both League clubs were re-elected, with Argonauts, a new amateur club who had never played a match winning more votes than either Southern League club.