1923–24 Southern Football League

The 1923–24 season was the 26th in the history of the Southern League. The league was split into Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Peterborough & Fletton United won the Eastern Division and Yeovil & Petters United won the Western Division. Yeovil were declared Southern League champions after defeating Peterborough 3–1 in a championship play-off.^[2] No clubs applied to join the Football League this season,^[3] and no clubs left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1923-24
Champions	Peterborough & Fletton United
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	240
Goals scored	757 (3.15 per match)
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

A total of 16 teams contest the division (previously called the English section), including 10 sides from previous season and six new teams.

Newly elected teams:

Peterborough & Fletton United
Folkestone
Kettering
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II (replacing their first team, which had been promoted to the Football League the previous season)
Leicester City II
Northampton Town II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Peterborough & Fletton United	30	20	2	8	54	31	1.74	42
2	Leicester City II	30	19	3	8	72	30	2.4	41
3	Southampton II	30	18	5	7	60	36	1.66	41
4	Millwall II	30	18	3	9	56	38	1.47	39
5	Portsmouth II	30	16	2	12	66	37	1.78	34
6	Brighton & Hove Albion II	30	13	7	10	55	42	1.30	33
7	Norwich City II	30	13	6	11	46	34	1.35	32
8	Folkestone	30	12	5	13	61	51	1.19	29
9	Coventry City II	30	10	8	12	39	34	1.14	28
10	Watford II	30	11	6	13	36	48	0.75	28
11	Reading II	30	11	6	13	32	43	0.74	28
12	Northampton Town II	30	9	10	11	32	47	0.68	28
13	Luton Town II	30	10	7	13	40	49	0.81	27
14	Guildford United	30	7	5	18	38	72	0.52	19
15	Kettering	30	5	8	17	30	67	0.44	18	Changed name to Kettering Town at end of season
16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	30	4	5	21	40	98	0.40	13

^{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.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1923-24
Champions	Yeovil & Petters United (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	306
Goals scored	974 (3.18 per match)
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

A total of 18 teams contest the division (previously called the Welsh section), including 6 sides from previous season, 8 teams transferred from English section and four new teams.

Teams transferred from 1922-23 English section:

Bath City
Torquay United
Yeovil & Petters United
Bristol City II
Bristol Rovers II
Exeter City II
Plymouth Argyle II
Swindon Town II

Newly elected teams:

Llanelly
Weymouth - (newly elected from the Western League)
Cardiff City II
Newport County II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³
1	Yeovil & Petters United	34	25	3	6	71	30	2.36	53
2	Plymouth Argyle II	34	21	5	8	74	37	2	47
3	Pontypridd	34	19	8	7	81	44	1.84	46
4	Torquay United	34	19	7	8	59	25	2.36	45
5	Bristol City II	34	17	9	8	63	39	1.61	43
6	Swansea Town II	34	19	5	10	62	38	1.63	43
7	Bristol Rovers II	34	17	6	11	69	43	1.60	40
8	Cardiff City II	34	15	4	15	55	31	1.77	34
9	Exeter City II	34	11	11	12	48	47	1.02	33
10	Weymouth	34	15	3	16	48	60	0.8	33
11	Llanelly	34	14	5	15	47	62	0.75	33
12	Swindon Town II	34	11	6	17	36	60	0.6	28
13	Bridgend Town	34	11	5	18	57	72	0.79	27
14	Newport County II	34	10	7	17	57	78	0.73	27
15	Ebbw Vale	34	8	8	18	38	62	0.61	24
16	Bath City	34	6	9	19	32	71	0.45	21
17	Barry	34	6	7	21	36	74	0.48	19
18	Aberaman Athletic	34	6	4	24	41	87	0.47	16

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Yeovil & Petters United at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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