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Luton Town applied for election to the Football League. However, the election was not successful. <a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall Athletic</a> won Division One for the second successive season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Division_One">Division One</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Southern_Football_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Division One"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Football league season</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Southern Football League Division One</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data">1895–96</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall Athletic</a> (2nd title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Promoted</th><td class="infobox-data">none</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relegated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> (resigned)<br /><a href="/wiki/Clapton_F.C." title="Clapton F.C.">Clapton</a> (resigned)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ilford_F.C." title="Ilford F.C.">Ilford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches played</th><td class="infobox-data">90</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Goals scored</th><td class="infobox-data">406 (4.51 per match)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Southern_Football_League#Division_One" title="1894–95 Southern Football League">1894–95</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Southern_Football_League#Division_One" title="1896–97 Southern Football League">1896–97</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Division One featured one new club, who had been promoted from Division Two the previous season: New Brompton. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Division_One"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal ratio">GR</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4.688 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">33 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="1"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">4.857 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ffcccc;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;" rowspan="1">Left to join the <a href="/wiki/United_League_(football)" title="United League (football)">United League</a> at end of season </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton St. Mary's</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.913 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.184 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Town_F.C." title="Chatham Town F.C.">Chatham Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.956 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">New Brompton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.811 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.927 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Clapton_F.C." title="Clapton F.C.">Clapton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">0.448 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccccff;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;" rowspan="1">Relegation test matches, left league despite winning </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Ordnance_Factories_F.C." title="Royal Ordnance Factories F.C.">Royal Ordnance Factories</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">0.523 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccccff;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;" rowspan="1">Relegation test matches </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Ilford_F.C." title="Ilford F.C.">Ilford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">0.123 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccccff;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;" rowspan="1">Relegation test matches, left league after losing </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />Rules for classification: The system of using <a href="/wiki/Goal_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal average">goal average</a> to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Division_Two">Division Two</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Southern_Football_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Division Two"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Football league season</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Southern Football League Division Two</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data">1895–96</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wolverton_A.F.C." title="Wolverton A.F.C.">Wolverton LNWR</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Promoted</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wolverton_A.F.C." title="Wolverton A.F.C.">Wolverton LNWR</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sheppey_United_F.C." title="Sheppey United F.C.">Sheppey United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relegated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guildford_F.C.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guildford F.C. (page does not exist)">Guildford</a> (resigned)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C." title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a> (resigned)<br /><a href="/wiki/Windsor_%26_Eton_F.C._(1892)" title="Windsor & Eton F.C. (1892)">Windsor & Eton</a> (resigned)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches played</th><td class="infobox-data">72</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Goals scored</th><td class="infobox-data">282 (3.92 per match)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Southern_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1894–95 Southern Football League">1894–95</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Southern_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1896–97 Southern Football League">1896–97</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Division Two featured four new clubs, all of which were newly elected: </p> <ul><li>1st Scots Guards</li> <li>Guildford</li> <li>Windsor & Eton</li> <li>Wolverton LNWR</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Division_Two"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal ratio">GR</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Wolverton_A.F.C." title="Wolverton A.F.C.">Wolverton LNWR</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">4.300 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccccff;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;" rowspan="3">Promotion test matches </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Sheppey_United_F.C." title="Sheppey United F.C.">Sheppey United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">3.158 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccccff;">25 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/1st_Scots_Guards_F.C." title="1st Scots Guards F.C.">1st Scots Guards</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ccccff;">1.682 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ccccff;">21 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_F.C." title="Uxbridge F.C.">Uxbridge</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.217 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_F.C." title="Shepherd's Bush F.C.">Old St.Stephen's</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.619 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guildford_F.C.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guildford F.C. (page does not exist)">Guildford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">29 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">0.707 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ffcccc;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;" rowspan="1">Left league at end of season </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_United_F.C." title="Maidenhead United F.C.">Maidenhead</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.408 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chesham_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Chesham F.C.">Chesham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.313 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;"><a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C." title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">0.327 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ffcccc;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;" rowspan="1">Left league at end of season </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;"><a href="/wiki/Windsor_%26_Eton_F.C._(1892)" title="Windsor & Eton F.C. (1892)">Windsor & Eton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;">— </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#ffcccc;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#ffcccc;" rowspan="1">Resigned from league after one match, record expunged </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />Rules for classification: The system of using <a href="/wiki/Goal_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal average">goal average</a> to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Promotion-relegation_test_matches">Promotion-relegation test matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Southern_Football_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Promotion-relegation test matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the season, test matches were held between the bottom three clubs in Division One and the top three clubs in Division Two. Wolverton LNWR and Sheppey United were promoted after the play-offs, whilst Clapton remained in Division One. 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However, in the election they were unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club</th> <th>League</th> <th>Votes </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="ccffcc"> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_League_(football)" title="Lancashire League (football)">Lancashire League</a></td> <td align="right">19 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="ccffcc"> <td><a href="/wiki/Walsall_Town_Swifts_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Walsall Town Swifts F.C.">Walsall Town Swifts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland_Football_League_(1889)" title="Midland Football League (1889)">Midland League</a></td> <td align="right">16 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="ccffcc"> <td><a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C." title="Gainsborough Trinity F.C.">Gainsborough Trinity</a></td> <td><a 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(football)">Lancashire League</a></td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glossop_North_End_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Glossop North End F.C.">Glossop North End</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Combination" title="The Combination">The Combination</a></td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a></td> <td align="right">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Combination" title="The Combination">The Combination</a></td> <td align="right">2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Marlow_F.C." title="Marlow F.C.">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Town_F.C." title="Merthyr Town F.C.">Merthyr Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Parkway_F.C." title="Plymouth Parkway F.C.">Plymouth Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poole_Town_F.C." title="Poole Town F.C.">Poole Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sholing_F.C." title="Sholing F.C.">Sholing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Supermarine_F.C." title="Swindon Supermarine F.C.">Swindon Supermarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_Town_F.C." title="Taunton Town F.C.">Taunton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiverton_Town_F.C." title="Tiverton Town F.C.">Tiverton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walton_%26_Hersham_F.C." title="Walton & Hersham F.C.">Walton & Hersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimborne_Town_F.C." title="Wimborne Town F.C.">Wimborne Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_City_F.C." title="Winchester City F.C.">Winchester City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Dunstable" title="AFC Dunstable">AFC Dunstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_United_F.C." title="Aylesbury United F.C.">Aylesbury United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Rovers_F.C." title="Barton Rovers F.C.">Barton Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaconsfield_Town_F.C." title="Beaconsfield Town F.C.">Beaconsfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkhamsted_F.C." title="Berkhamsted F.C.">Berkhamsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggleswade_F.C." title="Biggleswade F.C.">Biggleswade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_F.C." title="Enfield F.C.">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flackwell_Heath_F.C." title="Flackwell Heath F.C.">Flackwell Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadley_F.C." title="Hadley F.C.">Hadley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_Town_F.C." title="Hertford Town F.C.">Hertford Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidlington_F.C." title="Kidlington F.C.">Kidlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Langley_F.C." title="Kings Langley F.C.">King's Langley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Town_F.C." title="Leighton Town F.C.">Leighton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leverstock_Green_F.C." title="Leverstock Green F.C.">Leverstock Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Leigh_F.C." title="North Leigh F.C.">North Leigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood_F.C." title="Northwood F.C.">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Bedford_F.C." title="Real Bedford F.C.">Real Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stotfold_F.C." title="Stotfold F.C.">Stotfold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thame_United_F.C." title="Thame United F.C.">Thame United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ware_F.C." title="Ware F.C.">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_F.C." title="Welwyn Garden City F.C.">Welwyn Garden City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bashley_F.C." title="Bashley F.C.">Bashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bemerton_Heath_Harlequins_F.C." title="Bemerton Heath Harlequins F.C.">Bemerton Heath Harlequins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bideford_A.F.C." title="Bideford A.F.C.">Bideford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Cleeve_F.C." title="Bishop's Cleeve F.C.">Bishop's Cleeve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Manor_Farm_F.C." title="Bristol Manor Farm F.C.">Bristol Manor Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinderford_Town_A.F.C." title="Cinderford Town A.F.C.">Cinderford Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cribbs_F.C." title="Cribbs F.C.">Cribbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didcot_Town_F.C." title="Didcot Town F.C.">Didcot Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evesham_United_F.C." title="Evesham United F.C.">Evesham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exmouth_Town_F.C." title="Exmouth Town F.C.">Exmouth Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falmouth_Town_A.F.C." title="Falmouth Town A.F.C.">Falmouth Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helston_Athletic_F.C." title="Helston Athletic F.C.">Helston Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkhall_Athletic_F.C." title="Larkhall Athletic F.C.">Larkhall Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvern_Town_F.C." title="Malvern Town F.C.">Malvern Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melksham_Town_F.C." title="Melksham Town F.C.">Melksham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousehole_A.F.C." title="Mousehole A.F.C.">Mousehole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury_F.C." title="Shaftesbury F.C.">Shaftesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavistock_A.F.C." title="Tavistock A.F.C.">Tavistock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thatcham_Town_F.C." title="Thatcham Town F.C.">Thatcham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbury_United_F.C." title="Westbury United F.C.">Westbury United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willand_Rovers_F.C." title="Willand Rovers F.C.">Willand Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yate_Town_F.C." title="Yate Town F.C.">Yate Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Southern_Football_League" title="1894–95 Southern Football League">1894–95</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1895–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Southern_Football_League" title="1896–97 Southern Football League">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_Southern_Football_League" title="1897–98 Southern Football League">1897–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Southern_Football_League" title="1898–99 Southern Football League">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Southern_Football_League" title="1899–1900 Southern Football League">1899–1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_Southern_Football_League" title="1900–01 Southern Football League">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_Southern_Football_League" title="1901–02 Southern Football League">1901–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Southern_Football_League" title="1902–03 Southern Football League">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_Southern_Football_League" title="1903–04 Southern Football League">1903–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_Southern_Football_League" title="1904–05 Southern Football League">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_Southern_Football_League" title="1905–06 Southern Football League">1905–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_Southern_Football_League" title="1906–07 Southern Football League">1906–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_Southern_Football_League" title="1907–08 Southern Football League">1907–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League" title="1908–09 Southern Football League">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_Southern_Football_League" title="1909–10 Southern Football League">1909–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_Southern_Football_League" title="1910–11 Southern Football League">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_Southern_Football_League" title="1911–12 Southern Football League">1911–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_Southern_Football_League" title="1912–13 Southern Football League">1912–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League" title="1913–14 Southern Football League">1913–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Southern_Football_League" title="1914–15 Southern Football League">1914–15</a></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1915–16</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1916–17</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1917–18</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1918–19</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League" title="1919–20 Southern Football League">1919–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Southern_Football_League" title="1920–21 Southern Football League">1920–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Southern_Football_League" title="1921–22 Southern Football League">1921–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Southern_Football_League" title="1922–23 Southern Football League">1922–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_Southern_Football_League" title="1923–24 Southern Football League">1923–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_Southern_Football_League" title="1924–25 Southern Football League">1924–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_Southern_Football_League" title="1925–26 Southern Football League">1925–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_Southern_Football_League" title="1926–27 Southern Football League">1926–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_Southern_Football_League" title="1927–28 Southern Football League">1927–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_Southern_Football_League" title="1928–29 Southern Football League">1928–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Southern_Football_League" title="1929–30 Southern Football League">1929–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_Southern_Football_League" title="1930–31 Southern Football League">1930–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Southern_Football_League" title="1931–32 Southern Football League">1931–32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Southern_Football_League" title="1932–33 Southern Football League">1932–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_Southern_Football_League" title="1933–34 Southern Football League">1933–34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_Southern_Football_League" title="1934–35 Southern Football League">1934–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Southern_Football_League" title="1935–36 Southern Football League">1935–36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Southern_Football_League" title="1936–37 Southern Football League">1936–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Southern_Football_League" title="1937–38 Southern Football League">1937–38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Southern_Football_League" title="1938–39 Southern Football League">1938–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Southern_Football_League" title="1939–40 Southern Football League">1939–40</a></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1940–41</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1941–42</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1942–43</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1943–44</span></li> <li><span style="color:#AAA;">1944–45</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Southern_Football_League" title="1945–46 Southern Football League">1945–46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Southern_Football_League" title="1946–47 Southern Football League">1946–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Southern_Football_League" title="1947–48 Southern Football League">1947–48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Southern_Football_League" title="1948–49 Southern Football League">1948–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_Southern_Football_League" title="1949–50 Southern Football League">1949–50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Southern_Football_League" title="1950–51 Southern Football League">1950–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Southern_Football_League" title="1951–52 Southern Football League">1951–52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Southern_Football_League" title="1952–53 Southern Football League">1952–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Southern_Football_League" title="1953–54 Southern Football League">1953–54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Southern_Football_League" title="1954–55 Southern Football League">1954–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Southern_Football_League" title="1955–56 Southern Football League">1955–56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Southern_Football_League" title="1956–57 Southern Football League">1956–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Southern_Football_League" title="1957–58 Southern Football League">1957–58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Southern_Football_League" title="1958–59 Southern Football League">1958–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Southern_Football_League" title="1959–60 Southern Football League">1959–60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Southern_Football_League" title="1960–61 Southern Football League">1960–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Southern_Football_League" title="1961–62 Southern Football League">1961–62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Southern_Football_League" title="1962–63 Southern Football League">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Southern_Football_League" title="1963–64 Southern Football League">1963–64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Southern_Football_League" title="1964–65 Southern Football League">1964–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Southern_Football_League" title="1965–66 Southern Football League">1965–66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Southern_Football_League" title="1966–67 Southern Football League">1966–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Southern_Football_League" title="1967–68 Southern Football League">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Southern_Football_League" title="1968–69 Southern Football League">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Southern_Football_League" title="1969–70 Southern Football League">1969–70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Southern_Football_League" title="1970–71 Southern Football League">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Southern_Football_League" title="1971–72 Southern Football League">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Southern_Football_League" title="1972–73 Southern Football League">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Southern_Football_League" title="1973–74 Southern Football League">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Southern_Football_League" title="1974–75 Southern Football League">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Southern_Football_League" title="1975–76 Southern Football League">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Southern_Football_League" title="1976–77 Southern Football League">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Southern_Football_League" title="1977–78 Southern Football League">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Southern_Football_League" title="1978–79 Southern Football League">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Southern_Football_League" title="1979–80 Southern Football League">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Southern_Football_League" title="1980–81 Southern Football League">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Southern_Football_League" title="1981–82 Southern Football League">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Southern_Football_League" title="1982–83 Southern Football League">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Southern_Football_League" title="1983–84 Southern Football League">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Southern_Football_League" title="1984–85 Southern Football League">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Southern_Football_League" title="1985–86 Southern Football League">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Southern_Football_League" title="1986–87 Southern Football League">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Southern_Football_League" title="1987–88 Southern Football League">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southern_Football_League" title="1988–89 Southern Football League">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Southern_Football_League" title="1989–90 Southern Football League">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Southern_Football_League" title="1990–91 Southern Football League">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Southern_Football_League" title="1991–92 Southern Football League">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Southern_Football_League" title="1992–93 Southern Football League">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Southern_Football_League" title="1993–94 Southern Football League">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Southern_Football_League" title="1994–95 Southern Football League">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Southern_Football_League" title="1995–96 Southern Football League">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Southern_Football_League" title="1996–97 Southern Football League">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Southern_Football_League" title="1997–98 Southern Football League">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Southern_Football_League" title="1998–99 Southern Football League">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Southern_Football_League" title="1999–2000 Southern Football League">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Southern_Football_League" title="2000–01 Southern Football League">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Southern_Football_League" title="2001–02 Southern Football League">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Southern_Football_League" title="2002–03 Southern Football League">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Southern_Football_League" title="2003–04 Southern Football League">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Southern_Football_League" title="2004–05 Southern Football League">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Southern_Football_League" title="2005–06 Southern Football League">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Southern_Football_League" title="2006–07 Southern Football League">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Southern_Football_League" title="2007–08 Southern Football League">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League" title="2008–09 Southern Football League">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Southern_Football_League" title="2009–10 Southern Football League">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Southern_Football_League" title="2010–11 Southern Football League">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Southern_Football_League" title="2011–12 Southern Football League">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Southern_Football_League" title="2012–13 Southern Football League">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League" title="2013–14 Southern Football League">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Southern_Football_League" title="2014–15 Southern Football League">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Southern_Football_League" title="2015–16 Southern Football League">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Southern_Football_League" title="2016–17 Southern Football League">2016–17</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Club_seasons"><b>Club seasons</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1895–96 Football League First Division">First Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Burnley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Burnley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Bury_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Bury F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Derby_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Derby County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Everton_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Nottingham_Forest_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Nottingham Forest F.C. season (page does not exist)">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Preston_North_End_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Preston North End F.C. season (page does not exist)">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Sheffield_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Sheffield United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Small Heath F.C. season">Small Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Stoke F.C. season">Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Sunderland_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Sunderland A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_The_Wednesday_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 The Wednesday F.C. season (page does not exist)">The Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">West Bromwich Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1895–96 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Burslem_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season">Burslem Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Burton_Swifts_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Burton Swifts F.C. season (page does not exist)">Burton Swifts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Burton_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Burton United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Burton United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Darwen_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Darwen F.C. season (page does not exist)">Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Leicester_Fosse_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Leicester Fosse F.C. season (page does not exist)">Leicester Fosse</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Lincoln_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Lincoln City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Liverpool_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Liverpool F.C. season">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Loughborough_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Loughborough F.C. season (page does not exist)">Loughborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Newcastle_United_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Newcastle United F.C. season">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Newton_Heath_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Newton Heath F.C. season">Newton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Notts_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Notts County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Rotherham_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Rotherham Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Rotherham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Woolwich_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Woolwich Arsenal F.C. season">Woolwich Arsenal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Southern League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Clapton_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Clapton F.C. season (page does not exist)">Clapton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Ilford_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Ilford F.C. season (page does not exist)">Ilford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Luton_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Luton Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Millwall_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Millwall Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Millwall Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_New_Brompton_F.C._season" class="mw-redirect" title="1895–96 New Brompton F.C. season">New Brompton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Reading_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Reading F.C. season (page does not exist)">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895%E2%80%9396_Royal_Ordnance_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895–96 Royal Ordnance F.C. season (page does not exist)">Royal Ordnance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Southampton_St._Mary%27s_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Southampton St. Mary's F.C. season">Southampton St Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Swindon_Town_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Swindon Town F.C. season">Swindon Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Eastville_Rovers_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Eastville Rovers F.C. season">Eastville Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Thames Ironworks F.C. season">Thames Ironworks</a></li></ul> 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