# 1909–10 Southern Football League

The 1909–10 season was the 16th in the history of Southern Football League. Brighton & Hove Albion won Division One for the first time, Stoke and Hastings & St Leonards finished top of the Division Two groups, though they were not promoted to Division One. Stoke were the only club to apply for election to the Football League, but were unsuccessful.

## Division One

A total of 22 teams contest the division, including 21 sides from previous season and one new team.
Team promoted from 1908–09 Division Two:
* Croydon Common
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 28 | 2.464 | 59 | |
| 2 | Swindon Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 92 | 46 | 2.000 | 54 | |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 47 | 1.191 | 51 | |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 42 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 90 | 44 | 2.045 | 48 | |
| 5 | Southampton | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 64 | 55 | 1.164 | 48 | |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 70 | 63 | 1.111 | 47 | |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 69 | 50 | 1.380 | 46 | |
| 8 | Coventry City | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 71 | 60 | 1.183 | 46 | |
| 9 | West Ham United | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 69 | 56 | 1.232 | 45 | |
| 10 | Leyton | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 46 | 1.304 | 43 | |
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 54 | 1.130 | 43 | |
| 12 | New Brompton | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 76 | 74 | 1.027 | 43 | |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | 0.771 | 42 | |
| 14 | Brentford | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 0.862 | 41 | |
| 15 | Luton Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 72 | 92 | 0.783 | 41 | |
| 16 | Millwall | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 59 | 0.763 | 37 | |
| 17 | Norwich City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 78 | 0.756 | 35 | |
| 18 | Exeter City | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 60 | 69 | 0.870 | 34 | |
| 19 | Watford | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 76 | 0.671 | 33 | |
| 20 | Southend United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 51 | 90 | 0.567 | 33 | |
| 21 | Croydon Common | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 52 | 96 | 0.542 | 31 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 22 | Reading | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 73 | 0.521 | 24 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two A

All the clubs in the new Division Two A were new to the Southern League, except Salisbury City who had participated in the league since 1906.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Stoke | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | 5.333 | 20 | |
| 2 | Ton Pentre | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.810 | 10 | |
| 3 | Merthyr Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 0.762 | 9 | |
| 4 | Salisbury City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | 5 | |
| 5 | Burton United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 0.381 | 4 | Left league at end of season |
| 6 | Aberdare | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 2 | |

## Division Two B

A total of six teams contest the division, including 3 sides from previous season Division Two and three new teams, all of them are newly elected teams.
Newly elected teams:
* Kettering
* Peterborough City
* Romford
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hastings & St Leonards | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 2.364 | 15 | Left league at end of season |
| 2 | Kettering | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 1.789 | 12 | |
| 3 | Chesham Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 1.000 | 12 | |
| 4 | Peterborough City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 0.696 | 10 | Left league at end of season |
| 5 | South Farnborough Athletic | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 1.211 | 9 | Left league at end of season |
| 6 | Romford | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 0.212 | 0 | Left league at end of season |

## Football League elections

Stoke were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League, but received only three votes.
| Club | League | Votes |
| Birmingham | Football League | 30 |
| Huddersfield Town | Midland League | 26 |
| Grimsby Town | Football League | 12 |
| Chesterfield Town | Midland League | 6 |
| Stoke | Southern League | 3 |
| Hartlepools United | North Eastern League | 2 |