1932–33 Southern Football League

The 1932–33 season was the 35th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Norwich City reserves won the Eastern Division, whilst Bath City won the Western Division. Norwich reserves were declared Southern League champions after winning a championship play-off 2–1.^[2]

Three clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, but none were successful.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1932-33
Champions	Norwich City II (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Aldershot II (resigned)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	227 (4.05 per match)
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

A total of 8 teams contest the division, including 7 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

Aldershot II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Norwich City II	14	9	2	3	34	22	1.55	20
2	Dartford	14	8	2	4	26	23	1.13	18
3	Folkestone	14	7	1	6	35	32	1.09	15
4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	14	5	4	5	36	33	1.09	14
5	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	14	5	2	7	23	24	0.96	12
6	Guildford City	14	5	2	7	22	28	0.79	12
7	Millwall II	14	5	1	8	27	31	0.87	11
8	Aldershot II	14	3	4	7	24	34	0.71	10	Left league at end of season

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

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

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1931-32
Champions	Bath City
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	110
Goals scored	545 (4.95 per match)
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

A total of 11 teams contest the division, including 10 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected teams:

Newport County II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Bath City	20	13	4	3	62	34	1.82	30
2	Exeter City II	20	12	3	5	62	46	1.35	27
3	Torquay United II	20	12	1	7	56	37	1.51	25
4	Plymouth Argyle II	20	11	2	7	68	38	1.79	24
5	Yeovil & Petters United	20	11	2	7	59	44	1.34	24
6	Llanelly	20	10	2	8	53	33	1.61	22
7	Bristol Rovers II	20	7	3	10	53	65	0.82	17
8	Newport County II	20	6	4	10	42	55	0.76	16
9	Merthyr Town	20	7	1	12	39	58	0.67	15
10	Barry	20	3	4	13	30	72	0.42	10
11	Taunton Town	20	4	2	14	21	63	0.33	10

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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 election

Three Southern League clubs applied for the two election places in the Third Division South of the Football League. However, none were successful as the two League clubs were re-elected.^[3]

Club	League	Votes
Swindon Town	Football League	45
Newport County	Football League	26
Llanelly	Southern League	20
Folkestone	Southern League	5
Merthyr Town	Southern League	1
Nuneaton Town	Birmingham & District League	1

References

↑ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Bath City at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

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

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
FA Charity Shield

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Blackpool
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Portsmouth
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Bradford City
Bradford Park Avenue
Burnley
Bury
Charlton Athletic
Chesterfield
Fulham
Grimsby Town
Lincoln City
Manchester United
Millwall
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Preston North End
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Southampton
Stoke City
Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Mansfield Town New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham County South Shields Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Watford

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