1908–09 Southern Football League

The 1908–09 season was the 15th in the history of Southern Football League. Northampton Town won Division One and Croydon Common finished top of Division Two. No clubs applied for election to the Football League.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One

Season	1908–09
Champions	Northampton Town (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,276 (3.04 per match)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 19 sides from previous season and one new team.

Team promoted from 1907-08 Division Two:

• Southend United

Newly elected teams:

• Exeter City
• Coventry City

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2
1	Northampton Town	40	25	5	10	90	45	2	55
2	Swindon Town	40	22	5	13	96	55	1.75	49
3	Southampton	40	19	10	11	67	58	1.16	48
4	Portsmouth	40	18	10	12	68	60	1.13	46
5	Bristol Rovers	40	17	9	14	60	63	0.95	43
6	Exeter City	40	18	6	16	56	65	0.86	42
7	New Brompton	40	17	7	16	48	59	0.81	41
8	Reading	40	11	18	11	60	57	1.05	40
9	Luton Town	40	17	6	17	59	60	0.98	40
10	Plymouth Argyle	40	15	10	15	46	47	0.98	40
11	Millwall	40	16	6	18	59	61	0.97	38
12	Southend United	40	14	10	16	52	54	0.96	38
13	Leyton	40	15	8	17	52	55	0.95	38
14	Watford	40	14	9	17	51	64	0.8	37
15	Queens Park Rangers	40	12	12	16	52	50	1.04	36
16	Crystal Palace	40	12	12	16	62	62	1	36
17	West Ham United	40	16	4	20	56	60	0.93	36
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	14	7	19	60	61	0.98	35
19	Norwich City	40	12	11	17	59	75	0.78	35
20	Coventry City	40	15	4	21	64	91	0.70	34
21	Brentford	40	13	7	20	59	74	0.79	33

^{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	1908–09
Champions	Croydon Common
Promoted	Croydon Common
Relegated	Depot Battalion RE (resigned) 2nd Grenadier Guards (resigned)
Matches played	42
Goals scored	214 (5.1 per match)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

A total of seven teams contest the division, including 3 sides from previous season and four new teams, all of them are newly elected teams.

Newly elected teams:

• 2nd Grenadier Guards
• Chesham Town
• Depot Battalion RE
• South Farnborough Athletic

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Croydon Common	12	10	0	2	67	14	4.79	20	Promoted to Division One
2	Hastings & St Leonards	12	8	1	3	42	18	2.33	17
3	Depot Battalion RE	12	8	1	3	23	22	1.05	17	Left league at end of season
4	2nd Grenadier Guards	12	5	0	7	21	33	0.64	10
5	South Farnborough Athletic	12	2	4	6	20	39	0.51	8
6	Salisbury City	12	3	1	8	24	36	0.67	7
7	Chesham Town	12	2	1	9	17	52	0.33	5

^{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.}