1928–29 Southern Football League

The 1928–29 season was the 31st in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Kettering Town won the Eastern Division and Plymouth Argyle reserves won the Western Division. Plymouth reserves were declared Southern League champions after winning a championship play-off at Kettering 4-2.^[2]

Three clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, although none were successful. Two clubs (both from the Eastern Division) left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1928-29
Champions	Kettering Town
Promoted	none
Relegated	Gillingham II (resigned) Chatham Town (resigned)
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1365 (3.99 per match)
← 1927–28 1929–30 →

A total of 19 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

Thames Association

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Kettering Town	36	24	4	8	96	46	2.09	52
2	Peterborough & Fletton United	36	21	5	10	86	44	1.95	47
3	Brighton & Hove Albion II	36	19	9	8	91	56	1.63	47
4	Millwall II	36	21	4	11	90	67	1.34	46
5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	36	20	5	11	82	58	1.41	45
6	Aldershot Town	36	18	5	13	68	52	1.31	41
7	Sheppey United	36	17	7	12	58	58	1	41
8	Folkestone	36	17	6	13	83	80	1.04	40
9	Northfleet United	36	17	4	15	87	65	1.34	38
10	Gillingham II	36	15	8	13	68	70	0.97	38	Left league at end of season
11	Guildford City	36	13	11	12	85	78	1.09	37
12	Southampton II	36	14	6	16	86	79	1.09	34
13	Poole	36	13	8	15	62	66	0.94	34
14	Thames Association	36	13	5	18	67	74	0.91	31
15	Dartford	36	10	6	20	55	106	0.52	26
16	Chatham Town	36	8	8	20	47	81	0.58	24	Left league at end of season
17	Sittingbourne	36	11	1	24	59	98	0.60	23
18	Norwich City II	36	8	6	22	48	96	0.5	22
19	Grays Thurrock United	36	6	6	24	47	91	0.51	18

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1928-29
Champions	Plymouth Argyle II (3rd title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	182
Goals scored	799 (4.39 per match)
← 1927–28 1929–30 →

A total of 14 teams contest the division, including 13 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

Lovells Athletic

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Plymouth Argyle II	26	15	6	5	69	27	2.56	36
2	Newport County II	26	15	2	9	64	58	1.1	32
3	Bristol Rovers II	26	14	3	9	54	45	1.2	31
4	Bristol City II	26	14	2	10	70	46	1.52	30
5	Torquay United II	26	13	4	9	52	42	1.24	30
6	Bath City	26	13	4	9	61	59	1.03	30
7	Exeter City II	26	11	6	9	69	53	1.3	28
8	Lovells Athletic	26	11	6	9	54	48	1.13	28
9	Swindon Town II	26	11	5	10	68	74	0.92	27
10	Yeovil & Petters United	26	11	2	13	49	57	0.86	24
11	Taunton Town	26	9	5	12	58	66	0.88	23
12	Ebbw Vale	26	9	5	12	56	66	0.85	23
13	Barry	26	6	3	17	38	66	0.58	15
14	Merthyr Town II	26	3	1	22	37	92	0.4	7

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League election

Three Southern League clubs, Aldershot Town, Thames Association and Kettering Town, applied to join the Football League. However, both League clubs were re-elected.^[3]

Club	League	Votes
Exeter City	Football League	42
Gillingham	Football League	35
Argonauts	None	6
Aldershot Town	Southern League	5
Thames Association	Southern League	1
Kettering Town	Southern League	1
Llanelly	Welsh National League (South)	0

References

↑ England - Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Kettering Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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