# 1912–13 Southern Football League

The 1912–13 Southern Football League season was the 19th in the history of the Southern League, a football competition in England. This season saw no First Division teams apply for election to the Football League. Plymouth Argyle won the league championship whilst Brentford and Stoke were relegated to Division Two. Cardiff City won the Division Two championship. They were promoted to Division One along with runners-up Southend United. No Second division teams left the league this season.

## Division One

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and two new teams.
Teams promoted from 1911–12 Division Two:
* Merthyr Town - champions
* Portsmouth - runners-up
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 77 | 36 | 2.139 | 50 | |
| 2 | Swindon Town | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 41 | 1.610 | 48 | |
| 3 | West Ham United | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 46 | 1.435 | 48 | |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 35 | 1.314 | 46 | |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 36 | 1.528 | 45 | |
| 6 | Millwall | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 43 | 1.442 | 45 | |
| 7 | Exeter City | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 44 | 1.091 | 44 | |
| 8 | Reading | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 55 | 1.073 | 42 | |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 47 | 1.021 | 38 | |
| 10 | Northampton Town | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 61 | 48 | 1.271 | 36 | |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 49 | 0.837 | 36 | |
| 12 | Merthyr Town | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 60 | 0.700 | 36 | |
| 13 | Coventry City | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 59 | 0.898 | 34 | |
| 14 | Watford | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 50 | 0.860 | 34 | |
| 15 | Gillingham | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 0.679 | 34 | |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 64 | 0.859 | 33 | |
| 17 | Southampton | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 72 | 0.556 | 31 | |
| 18 | Norwich City | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 50 | 0.780 | 29 | |
| 19 | Brentford | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 55 | 0.764 | 27 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 20 | Stoke | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 39 | 75 | 0.520 | 24 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two

A total of 13 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season, one team relegated from Division One and four new teams.
Team relegated from 1911–12 Division One:
* Luton Town
Newly elected teams:
* Mid Rhondda
* Newport County
* Swansea Town
* Llanelly
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Cardiff City | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 3.600 | 41 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Southend United | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 1.870 | 34 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Swansea Town | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 1.261 | 31 | |
| 4 | Croydon Common | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 1.759 | 30 | |
| 5 | Luton Town | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 39 | 1.333 | 30 | |
| 6 | Llanelly | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 0.846 | 24 | |
| 7 | Pontypridd | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 1.071 | 23 | |
| 8 | Mid Rhondda | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 1.065 | 22 | |
| 9 | Aberdare | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 0.950 | 22 | |
| 10 | Newport County | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 0.806 | 19 | |
| 11 | Mardy | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 38 | 1.000 | 15 | |
| 12 | Treharris | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 60 | 0.300 | 12 | |
| 13 | Ton Pentre | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 69 | 0.319 | 9 | |