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1919–20 Southern Football League

FieldValue
competitionSouthern Football League Division One
season1919–20
winnersPortsmouth (2nd title)
promotedCardiff City
relegatednone
matches462
total goals1275
prevseason[1914–15](1914-15-southern-football-league-division-one)
nextseason[1920–21 Football League Third Division](1920-21-football-league-third-division)
[1920–21 Southern Football League](1920-21-southern-football-league)

The 1919–20 season was the 22nd in the history of the Southern League, and the first following World War I. Portsmouth won the Southern League championship for the second time, whilst Mid Rhondda won Division Two. There were no promotions or relegations between divisions at the end of the season as all of the clubs in Division One bar Cardiff City were elected to the new Division Three of the Football League, with Cardiff elected to Division Two.

With only 10 clubs remaining (Caerphilly left the league) the league went through a realignment. The league was split into two national sections for England and Wales, with the winners of each section contesting a playoff for the Southern League championship. The remaining clubs in Division Two moved to the Welsh Section. In the English Section, Brighton & Hove Albion Reserves, Chatham Town, Millwall Reserves, Portsmouth Reserves, Reading Reserves, Southampton Reserves, and Watford Reserves rejoined the Southern League. New clubs to join were Boscombe, Charlton Athletic, Gillingham Reserves, Luton Town Reserves, Norwich City Reserves, and Thornycrofts.

Division One

1920–21 Southern Football League A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and four new teams.

Teams promoted from 1914–15 Division Two:

  • Merthyr Town
  • Swansea Town
  • Brentford
  • Newport County

Division Two

A total of 11 teams contested the division, six from the previous season and five new teams. All the teams in Division Two were from Wales.

Newly elected teams:

  • Aberaman Athletic
  • Abertillery
  • Caerphilly
  • Mardy
  • Porth Athletic

Note: Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.

Football League elections

Cardiff City were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League. They were successful and, along with Leeds United, replaced Grimsby Town and Lincoln City in the Football League Second Division.

ClubLeagueVotes
Leeds UnitedMidland League31
Cardiff CitySouthern League23
Grimsby TownFootball League20
Lincoln CityFootball League7
WalsallBirmingham & District League3

After the voting, 21 clubs remained in Southern League alongside Grimsby, having gained more votes than other non-elected clubs, were then elected into the newly created Third Division.

References

References

  1. [http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League]
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