1914–15 Southern Football League

The 1914–15 season was the 21st in the history of the Southern League. Watford won Division One and Stoke finished top of the Division Two.^[1] Stoke were the only club to apply for election to the Football League and were successful. However, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, thus entering World War I. The Football League and Southern League ceased operations until the war ended in November 1918. The next season would be 1919–20.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1914–15
Champions	Watford (1st title)
Promoted	West Ham United
Relegated	Croydon Common (resigned)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1131 (2.98 per match)
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and two new teams.

Teams promoted from 1913-14 Division Two:

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Watford	38	22	8	8	68	46	1.48	52
2	Reading	38	21	7	10	68	43	1.58	49
3	Cardiff City	38	22	4	12	72	38	1.90	48
4	West Ham United	38	18	9	11	58	47	1.23	43	Elected to the 1919-20 Football League after World War I
5	Northampton Town	38	19	5	14	78	74	1.10	43
6	Southampton	38	19	5	14	78	74	1.05	43
7	Portsmouth	38	16	10	12	54	42	1.29	42
8	Millwall	38	16	10	12	50	51	0.98	42
9	Swindon Town	38	15	11	12	77	59	1.31	41
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	16	7	15	46	47	0.98	39
11	Exeter City	38	15	8	15	50	41	1.22	38
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	12	13	55	56	0.98	38
13	Norwich City	38	11	14	13	53	56	0.95	36
14	Luton Town	38	13	8	17	61	73	0.84	34
15	Crystal Palace	38	13	8	17	47	61	0.77	34
16	Bristol Rovers	38	14	3	21	53	75	0.71	31
17	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	14	16	51	61	0.84	30
18	Southend United	38	10	8	20	44	64	0.69	28
19	Croydon Common	38	9	9	20	47	63	0.75	27	Relegated to Division Two, but did not rejoin league after World War I
20	Gillingham	38	6	8	24	43	82	0.52	20

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Division Two

Southern Football League Division Two
Season	1914–15
Champions	Stoke
Promoted	Merthyr Town Swansea Town Brentford Newport County Stoke (to Football League) Coventry City (to Football League)
Relegated	Stalybridge Celtic (resigned)
Matches played	156
Goals scored	1131 (7.25 per match)
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

A total of 13 teams contest the division, including 9 sides from previous season, two teams relegated from Division One and two new teams.

Teams relegated from 1913-14 Division One:

Newly elected teams:

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Stoke	24	17	4	3	62	15	4.13	38	Elected to the 1919-20 Football League
2	Stalybridge Celtic	24	17	3	4	47	22	2.17	37	Promoted to Division One but left league after World War I to join the Lancashire Combination
3	Merthyr Town	24	15	5	4	46	20	2.30	35	Elected to 1919-20 Division One after World War I
4	Swansea Town	24	16	1	7	48	21	2.29	33	Elected to 1919-20 Division One after World War I
5	Coventry City	24	13	2	9	56	33	1.70	28	Elected to the 1919-20 Football League after World War I
6	Ton Pentre	24	11	6	7	42	43	0.98	28
7	Brentford	24	8	7	9	35	45	0.78	23	Elected to 1919-20 Division One after World War I
8	Llanelly	24	10	1	13	39	32	1.22	21
9	Barry	24	6	5	13	30	35	0.86	17
10	Newport County	24	7	3	14	27	42	0.64	17	Elected to 1919-20 Division One after World War I
11	Pontypridd	24	5	6	13	31	58	0.53	16
12	Mid Rhondda	24	3	6	15	17	49	0.35	12
13	Ebbw Vale	24	3	1	20	23	88	0.26	7

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

1915

Stoke were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League.^[2] They were successful, and replaced Glossop North End, who received only one vote. However, the League ceased operations for the war after its AGM and did not resume until 1919.

Club	League	Votes
Leicester Fosse	Football League	33
Stoke	Southern League	21
South Shields	North Eastern League	11
Chesterfield	Midland League	8
Darlington	North Eastern League	4
Glossop North End	Football League	1

1919

Following World War I the Football League expanded from 40 to 44 clubs, creating four vacancies. Two Southern League clubs, Coventry City and West Ham United applied and were successful in the elections.

Club	League	Votes
Coventry City	Southern League	35
West Ham United	Southern League	32
South Shields	North Eastern League	28
Rotherham County	Midland League	28
Port Vale	Central League	27
Southport	Central League	7
Rochdale	Lancashire Combination	7
Chesterfield Town	Midland League	0

References

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
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Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Northern League

Related events

1915 British football betting scandal

Club seasons

First Division

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Bradford City
Bradford Park Avenue
Burnley
Chelsea
Everton
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion

Second Division

Arsenal
Barnsley
Birmingham
Blackpool
Bristol City
Clapton Orient
Derby County
Fulham
Glossop
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Leeds City
Leicester Fosse
Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Stockport County
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern League

First Division	Brighton Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Croydon Common Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Watford West Ham United

Second Division	Newport County Stoke

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