1903–04 Southern Football League

The 1903–04 season was the tenth in the history of Southern League. Division One, expanded up to 18 teams, was won by Southampton for the 6th time in history. Watford finished top of Division Two, earning automatic promotion,^[1] the first time that test matches had not been held. No clubs applied to join the Football League.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One

Season	1903–04
Champions	Southampton (6th title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Kettering (resigned)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	809 (2.64 per match)
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 15 sides from previous season and three new teams.

Teams promoted from Division Two:

• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Fulham

Newly elected team:

• Plymouth Argyle

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Relegation
1	Southampton	34	22	6	6	75	30	2.500	50
2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	11	7	54	37	1.459	43
3	Bristol Rovers	34	17	8	9	64	42	1.524	42
4	Portsmouth	34	17	8	9	41	38	1.079	42
5	Queens Park Rangers	34	15	11	8	53	37	1.432	41
6	Reading	34	14	13	7	48	35	1.371	41
7	Millwall	34	16	8	10	64	42	1.524	40
8	Luton Town	34	14	12	8	38	33	1.152	40
9	Plymouth Argyle	34	13	10	11	44	34	1.294	36
10	Swindon Town	34	10	11	13	30	42	0.714	31
11	Fulham	34	9	12	13	34	36	0.944	30
12	West Ham United	34	10	7	17	39	44	0.886	27
13	Brentford	34	9	9	16	34	48	0.708	27
14	Wellingborough	34	11	5	18	44	63	0.698	27
15	Northampton Town	34	10	7	17	36	60	0.600	27
16	New Brompton	34	6	13	15	26	43	0.605	25
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	6	12	16	46	69	0.667	24
18	Kettering	34	6	7	21	39	76	0.513	19	Left league at end of season

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. 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	1903–04
Champions	Watford
Promoted	Watford
Relegated	Millwall II (resigned) Chesham Town (resigned)
Matches played	110
Goals scored	480 (4.36 per match)
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

A total of eleven teams contest the division, including 4 sides from previous season, one team relegated from Division One and six new clubs in Division Two this season, all of which were reserve teams.

Teams promoted from Division Two:

• Watford

Newly elected teams:

• Millwall II
• Fulham II
• Portsmouth II
• Reading II
• Southampton II
• Swindon Town II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Watford	20	18	2	0	70	15	4.667	38	Promoted to Division One
2	Portsmouth II	20	15	2	3	85	25	3.400	32
3	Millwall II	20	9	4	7	35	39	0.897	22	Left league at end of season
4	Southampton II	20	9	3	8	59	35	1.686	21
5	Grays United	20	9	3	8	25	55	0.455	21
6	Fulham II	20	8	4	8	40	34	1.176	20
7	Swindon Town II	20	8	3	9	50	44	1.136	19
8	Reading II	20	8	2	10	43	42	1.024	18
9	Wycombe Wanderers	20	5	5	10	29	64	0.453	15
10	Southall	20	4	2	14	25	62	0.403	10
11	Chesham Town	20	1	2	17	19	65	0.292	4	Left league at end of season

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

References

1. Watford at the Football Club History Database

External links

• Southern League First Division Tables at RSSSF
• Southern League Second Division Tables at RSSSF