1927–28 Southern Football League
The 1927–28 season was the 30th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.[1] Kettering Town won the Eastern Division and Bristol City reserves won the Western Division. Kettering were declared Southern League champions after defeating Bristol City reserves 5–0 in a championship play-off.[2]
Two clubs from the Southern League applied to join
Eastern Division
Season | 1927–28 |
---|---|
Champions | Kettering Town (1st title) |
Promoted | none |
Relegated | none |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 1,237 (4.04 per match) |
← 1926–27 1928–29 → |
A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 12 sides from previous season and six new teams.
Newly elected teams:
- 1921
- 1898
- 1901
- Aldershot Town
- Sittingbourne
- Gillingham II - returned to the league after the resignation in 1922
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kettering Town | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 90 | 39 | 2.308 | 52 |
2 | Peterborough & Fletton United | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 73 | 43 | 1.698 | 45 |
3 | Northfleet United | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 83 | 54 | 1.537 | 41 |
4 | Brighton & Hove Albion II | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 90 | 63 | 1.429 | 40 |
5 | Norwich City II | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 69 | 69 | 1.000 | 40 |
6 | Southampton II | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 92 | 70 | 1.314 | 39 |
7 | Aldershot Town | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 85 | 66 | 1.288 | 39 |
8 | Sittingbourne | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 70 | 0.914 | 37 |
9 | Millwall II | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | 36 |
10 | Poole
|
34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 69 | 84 | 0.821 | 35 |
11 | Folkestone | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 71 | 91 | 0.780 | 30 |
12 | Guildford City | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 65 | 89 | 0.730 | 29 |
13 | Dartford | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 46 | 49 | 0.939 | 28 |
14 | Gillingham II | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 27 |
15 | Sheppey United | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 57 | 87 | 0.655 | 25 |
16 | Chatham Town | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | 24 |
17 | Grays Thurrock United | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 48 | 88 | 0.545 | 23 |
18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II
|
34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 48 | 62 | 0.774 | 22 |
Western Division
Season | 1927–28 |
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Champions | Bristol City II |
Promoted | none |
Relegated | Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic (resigned) Weymouth (resigned) Mid Rhondda United (resigned) |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 1,095 (4.56 per match) |
← 1926–27 1928–29 → |
A total of 16 teams contest the division, including 13 sides from previous season and three new teams.
Team relegated from 1926–27 Football League
- Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic - relegated from the Football League and renamed
Newly elected teams:
- Merthyr Town II
- Torquay United II - replacing their first team, who had been promoted to the Football League the previous season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bristol City II | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 95 | 51 | 1.863 | 43 | |
2 | Exeter City II | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 104 | 56 | 1.857 | 40 | |
3 | Bristol Rovers II | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 35 | |
4 | Plymouth Argyle II | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 88 | 53 | 1.660 | 34 | |
5 | Newport County II | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 99 | 70 | 1.414 | 34 | |
6 | Ebbw Vale | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 74 | 0.905 | 33 | |
7 | Swindon Town II | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 80 | 74 | 1.081 | 30 | |
8 | Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 30 | Left league at end of season |
9 | Yeovil & Petters United | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 57 | 1.123 | 29 | |
10 | Torquay United II | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 67 | 0.761 | 28 | |
11 | Bath City | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 64 | 68 | 0.941 | 27 | |
12 | Taunton Town | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 65 | 0.923 | 27 | |
13 | Weymouth | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 83 | 0.602 | 26 | Left league at end of season |
14 | Merthyr Town II | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 50 | 77 | 0.649 | 22 | |
15 | Barry
|
30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 87 | 0.517 | 22 | |
16 | Mid Rhondda United | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 81 | 0.444 | 20 | Left league at end of season |
Football League election
Two Southern League clubs, Kettering Town and Peterborough & Fletton United, applied to join the Football League. However, both League clubs were re-elected, with Argonauts, a new amateur club who had never played a match winning more votes than either Southern League club.[3]
Club | League | Votes |
---|---|---|
Merthyr Town | Football League Third Division South | 47 |
Torquay United | Football League Third Division South | 42 |
Argonauts | None | 16 |
Kettering Town | Southern League | 3 |
Peterborough & Fletton United | Southern League | 2 |
References
- ^ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
- ^ Kettering Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ A history of admission to the Football League