1907–08 Southern Football League

The 1907–08 Southern League season saw Queens Park Rangers win Division One, whilst Bradford Park Avenue and Tottenham Hotspur were elected to the the Football League. Southend United won Division Two and were promoted to Division One.

Final tables

Division One

There was one new club in Division One, Bradford Park Avenue.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Queens Park Rangers	38	21	9	8	82	57	1.44	51
2	Plymouth Argyle	38	19	11	8	50	31	1.61	49
3	Millwall	38	19	8	11	49	32	1.53	46
4	Crystal Palace	38	17	10	11	54	51	1.06	44
5	Swindon Town	38	16	10	12	55	40	1.38	42
6	Bristol Rovers	38	16	10	12	59	56	1.05	42
7	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	7	14	59	48	1.23	41	Elected to the Football League
8	Northampton Town	38	15	11	12	50	41	1.22	41
9	Portsmouth	38	17	6	15	64	52	1.23	40
10	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	47	48	0.98	40
11	Southampton	38	16	6	16	51	60	0.85	38
12	Reading	38	15	6	17	55	50	1.1	36
13	Bradford Park Avenue	38	12	12	14	53	54	0.98	36	Elected to the Football League
14	Watford	38	12	10	16	47	59	0.8	34
15	Norwich City	38	12	9	17	46	49	0.94	33
16	Brentford	38	14	5	19	49	53	0.92	33
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	12	8	18	46	59	0.77	32
18	Luton Town	38	12	6	20	33	56	0.58	30
19	Leyton	38	8	11	19	52	74	0.70	27
20	New Brompton	38	9	7	22	44	75	0.58	25

^{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

There were two new clubs in Division Two, Croydon Common and Brighton & Hove Albion II.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Southend United	18	13	3	2	47	16	2.94	29	Promoted to Division One
2	Portsmouth II	18	10	5	3	39	22	1.77	25	Left league at end of season
3	Croydon Common	18	10	3	5	35	25	1.4	23
4	Hastings & St Leonards	18	10	2	6	43	29	1.48	22
5	Southampton II	18	7	4	7	54	46	1.17	18	Left league at end of season
6	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	18	7	3	8	42	38	1.11	17
7	Salisbury City	18	6	4	8	35	46	0.76	16
8	Swindon Town II	18	5	5	8	36	40	0.9	15	Left league at end of season
9	Brighton & Hove Albion II	18	4	4	10	34	47	0.72	12
10	Wycombe Wanderers	18	1	1	16	16	72	0.22	3

^{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.}

Football League elections

Three Southern League clubs, Bradford Park Avenue, Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur, applied for election to the Football League, although QPR later withdrew their application.. Bradford PA were successful in the ballot, and replaced Lincoln City in the League. However, Stoke later resigned from the League, and a special meeting was arranged to elect a new member. Although at the meeting Stoke stated that they wished to remain in the League, a ballot was still held, in which Stoke and Tottenham won 20 votes (Rotherham County and Southport Central were also involved), after which the management committee voted 5-3 in favour of Tottenham.

Club	League	Votes
Grimsby Town	Football League	32
Chesterfield Town	Football League	23
Bradford Park Avenue	Southern League	20
Lincoln City	Football League	18
Tottenham Hotspur	Southern League	14
Burton United	Birmingham & District League	1