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1923–24 Southern Football League

Field	Value
competition	Southern Football League Eastern Division
season	1923–24
winners	Peterborough & Fletton United
promoted	none
relegated	none
matches	240
total goals	757
prevseason	[1922–23](1922-23-southern-football-league-english-section)
nextseason	[1924–25](1924-25-southern-football-league-eastern-division)

The 1923–24 season was the 26th in the history of the Southern League. The league was split into Eastern and Western Divisions. 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. No clubs applied to join the Football League this season, and no clubs left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

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

Western Division

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

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html England – Southern League Final Tables] RSSSF
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[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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