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1936–37 Southern Football League

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Season
  
1936-37

Relegated
  
Margate (resigned)

Goals scored
  
974 (4.06 per match)

Promoted
  
none

Matches played
  
240

Champions
  
Ipswich Town (1st title)

The 1936–37 season was the 39th in the history of the Southern League. The league reverted to a single division after four of the league's nineteen clubs left at the end of the previous season. Newly elected Ipswich Town won the title at the first attempt, whilst Margate left the league at the end of the season. Ipswich applied for election to the Football League, but were unsuccessful.

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Final table

The league comprised the seven remaining clubs from the Eastern Division, the eight clubs remaining in the Western Division and one new club.

Newly elected team:

  • Ipswich Town - elected from the Eastern Counties League.
  • 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

    Ipswich Town were the only non-League club to apply for election to the Football League Third Division South, but won fewer votes than League clubs Exeter City and Aldershot.

    References

    1936–37 Southern Football League Wikipedia


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