Complex sentence: Tottenham won election to the Second Division of the Football League for the 1908--09 season to replace financially troubled (at the time) Stoke, immediately winning promotion as runners-up to the First Division.
Split into simpler sentences: Tottenham won election to the Second Division of the Football League for the 1908--09 season to replace financially troubled (at the time) Stoke. The club immediately won promotion as runners-up to the First Division.