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1895–96 Southern Football League

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The 1895-96 season was the 2nd in the history of the Southern League, a football competition in England. Its teams were grouped in two divisions.

First Division Teams

Second Division Teams

Division One Final Table

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Average 1 Points 2
1 Millwall Athletic 18 16 1 1 75 16 4.69 33
2 Luton Town 18 13 1 4 68 14 4.86 27
3 Southampton St Mary's 18 12 0 6 44 23 1.91 24
4 Reading 18 11 1 6 45 38 1.18 23
5 Chatham Town 18 9 2 7 43 45 0.96 20
6 New Brompton 18 7 4 7 30 37 0.81 18
7 Swindon Town 18 6 4 8 38 41 0.93 16
8 Clapton 18 4 2 12 30 67 0.45 10
9 Royal Ordnance 18 3 3 12 23 44 0.52 9
10 Ilford 18 0 0 18 10 81 0.12 0

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up 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 Final Table

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Average 1 Points 2
1 Wolverton L & NWR 16 13 1 2 43 10 4.30 27
2 Sheppey United 16 11 3 2 60 19 3.16 25
3 1st Scots Guards 16 8 5 3 37 22 1.68 21
4 Uxbridge 16 9 1 6 28 23 1.22 19
5 Old St Stephen's 16 6 3 7 34 21 1.62 15
6 Guildford 16 7 1 8 29 41 0.71 15
7 Maidenhead 16 4 1 11 20 49 0.41 9
8 Chesham 16 2 3 11 15 48 0.31 7
9 Bromley 16 2 2 12 16 49 0.33 6
Windsor & Eton3

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

3 Windsor & Eton resigned from the League after 1 match.

Promotion and relegation

In the second season of the Southern League First Division teams were still not put forward for election to the Football League nor automatically promoted. Conversely, none of the sides were relegated. However, at the end of the season Luton Town joined the United League and Clapton the Isthmian League, while Ilford left the League altogether, to be replaced by newly promoted Second Division sides Wolverton L & NWR and Sheppey United. Three further teams were also elected straight into Division One; Tottenham Hotspur, Gravesend United and Northfleet. In addition to this two teams (Guildford and Bromley) left the Second Division at the end of the season; they were replaced by newly-elected teams Dartford, RETB Chesham, Wycombe Wanderers, Freemantle, Southall, West Herts, Warmley Bristol, and the 1st Coldstream Guards.

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