Southern Alliance
| Founded | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1893 |
| Country |  England |
| Number of teams | 7 |
The Southern Alliance was a short-lived
football league competition for teams in the South of England
.
At the time, there were no Southern teams in the
Home Counties
, namely:
- Erith
- Old St Stephen's
- Polytechnic
- Slough Town
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Upton Park
- Windsor & Eton
Notable in their absence were leading Southern sides such as Woolwich Arsenal (who had turned professional in 1891 and were banned from local competitions) and Millwall Athletic.
Final table
Not all matches in the 1892-93 competition were played, however
Old St. Stephens
topped the final table. The competition was disbanded at the end of the season.
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old St Stephen's |
12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Erith | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Polytechnic | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| 5 | Slough Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 6 |
| 6 | Windsor & Eton | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 5 |
| 7 | Upton Park | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 2 |
- Noted in Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated by Phil Soar Slough played Upton Park on 29 April and Windsor played Polytechnic on 23 April however the results of those games have not been record.[2]
References
See also
- Southern Football League, a successor competition founded in 1894