1929–30 Southern Football League
The 1929–30 season was the 32nd in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.[1] Aldershot Town won the Eastern Division and Bath City won the Western Division. Aldershot were declared Southern League champions after winning a championship play-off 4–2.[2]
Three clubs from the Southern League applied to join
Eastern Division
Season | 1929–30 |
---|---|
Champions | Poole (resigned) |
Matches played | 272 |
Goals scored | 1,134 (4.17 per match) |
← 1928–29 → |
A total of 19 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and one new team.
Newly elected team:
- Northampton Town II - returned to the league after the resignation in 1925
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aldershot Town | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 84 | 39 | 2.154 | 48 | |
2 | Millwall II | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 75 | 56 | 1.339 | 45 | |
3 | Thames Association | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 60 | 1.333 | 40 | Elected to the Football League Third Division South |
4 | Peterborough & Fletton United | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 39 | 1.692 | 39 | |
5 | Northampton Town II | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 86 | 60 | 1.433 | 38 | Left league at end of season |
6 | Southampton II | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | 35 | |
7 | Sheppey United | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 76 | 69 | 1.101 | 35 | |
8 | Kettering Town | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 69 | 1.014 | 33 | Left league at end of season |
9 | Dartford | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 59 | 0.966 | 33 | |
10 | Norwich City II | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 69 | 63 | 1.095 | 31 | |
11 | Guildford City | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 65 | 97 | 0.670 | 28 | |
12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II
|
32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 27 | Left league at end of season |
13 | Brighton & Hove Albion II | 32 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 56 | 79 | 0.709 | 26 | |
14 | Folkestone | 32 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 56 | 82 | 0.683 | 26 | |
15 | Sittingbourne | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 55 | 59 | 0.932 | 25 | Left league at end of season |
16 | Northfleet United | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 77 | 0.688 | 19 | |
17 | Grays Thurrock United | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 54 | 101 | 0.535 | 16 | |
18 | Poole
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | Resigned after 30 matches, record expunged |
Western Division
Season | 1929–30 |
---|---|
Champions | Lovells Athletic (resigned) Bristol City II (resigned) |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 932 (4.44 per match) |
← 1928–29 → |
A total of 15 teams contest the division, including 14 sides from previous season and one new team.
Newly elected team:
- 1925
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bath City | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 85 | 52 | 1.635 | 38 | |
2 | Bristol Rovers II | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 50 | 1.320 | 36 | |
3 | Taunton Town | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 40 | 1.250 | 35 | |
4 | Barry
|
28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 65 | 55 | 1.182 | 33 | |
5 | Yeovil & Petters United | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 47 | 1.340 | 31 | Left league at end of season |
6 | Plymouth Argyle II | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 68 | 52 | 1.308 | 31 | |
7 | Newport County II | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 68 | 76 | 0.895 | 30 | |
8 | Lovells Athletic
|
28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 28 | Left league at end of season |
9 | Exeter City II | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 54 | 0.907 | 28 | |
10 | Bristol City II | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 27 | Left league at end of season |
11 | Swindon Town II | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 67 | 1.030 | 26 | |
12 | Torquay United II | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 76 | 77 | 0.987 | 26 | |
13 | Llanelly
|
28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 55 | 52 | 1.058 | 24 | |
14 | Ebbw Vale | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 97 | 0.536 | 16 | |
15 | Merthyr Town II | 28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 48 | 93 | 0.516 | 11 | Replaced by first team at end of season |
Football League election
Three Southern League clubs, Aldershot Town, Thames Association and Llanelly, applied to join the Football League. Thames were successful, finishing second in the ballot. Aldershot also finished above Third Division South club Merthyr Town, who replaced their reserves in the Western Division the following season.[3]
Club | League | Votes |
---|---|---|
Gillingham | Football League |
33 |
Thames Association | Southern League | 20 |
Aldershot Town | Southern League | 19 |
Merthyr Town | Football League |
14 |
Llanelly |
Southern League | 4 |
Argonauts | None | 0 |
References
- ^ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
- ^ Bath City at the Football Club History Database
- ^ A history of admission to the Football League