1906–07 Southern Football League

The 1906–07 season was the 13th in the history of Southern League. Fulham won Division One for the second time in a row and were elected to the Football League. No other teams were applied for election to the Football League. Southend United won Division Two, but there was no promotion or relegation between the divisions.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One

Season	1906–07
Champions	Fulham (2nd title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1035 (2.72 per match)
← 1905–06 1907–08 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and two teams promoted from Division Two.

Teams promoted from 1905–06 Division Two:

• Crystal Palace
• Leyton

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Fulham	38	20	13	5	58	32	1.81	53	Elected to the 1907–08 Football League
2	Portsmouth	38	22	7	9	64	36	1.78	51
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	18	9	11	53	43	1.23	45
4	Luton Town	38	18	9	11	52	52	1	45
5	West Ham United	38	15	14	9	60	41	1.46	44
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	63	45	1.4	43
7	Millwall	38	18	6	14	71	50	1.42	42
8	Norwich City	38	15	12	11	57	48	1.19	42
9	Watford	38	13	16	9	46	43	1.07	42
10	Brentford	38	17	8	13	57	56	1.02	42
11	Southampton	38	13	9	16	49	56	0.88	35
12	Reading	38	14	6	18	57	47	1.21	34
13	Leyton	38	11	12	15	38	60	0.63	34
14	Bristol Rovers	38	12	9	17	55	54	1.02	33
15	Plymouth Argyle	38	10	13	15	43	50	0.86	33
16	New Brompton	38	12	9	17	47	59	0.8	33
17	Swindon Town	38	11	11	16	43	54	0.79	33
18	Queens Park Rangers	38	11	10	17	47	55	0.85	32
19	Crystal Palace	38	8	9	21	46	66	0.69	25
20	Northampton Town	38	5	9	24	29	88	0.32	19

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

^{2 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	1906–07
Champions	Southend United
Promoted	none
Relegated	West Ham United II (resigned) Fulham II (resigned) Reading II (resigned) Royal Engineers Aldershot (resigned)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	513 (3.89 per match)
← 1905–06 1907–08 →

A total of 12 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season and four new teams, all of them are newly elected teams.

Newly elected teams:

• Tunbridge Wells Rangers - transferred from Kent League
• Southend United
• Salisbury City
• Royal Engineers Aldershot

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Southend United	22	14	5	3	58	23	2.52	33
2	West Ham United II	22	14	3	5	64	30	2.13	31	Left league at end of season
3	Portsmouth II	22	11	6	5	53	44	1.2	28
4	Fulham II	22	11	4	7	47	32	1.47	26	Left league at end of season
5	Hastings & St.Leonards	21	10	4	7	46	31	1.48	24
6	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	22	10	1	11	46	36	1.28	21
7	Salisbury City	22	9	2	11	40	42	0.95	20
8	Southampton II	22	8	2	12	37	56	0.66	18
9	Swindon Town II	22	7	3	12	35	46	0.76	17
10	Reading II	22	6	4	12	32	47	0.68	16	Left league at end of season
11	Royal Engineers Aldershot	21	5	4	12	27	58	0.47	14	Left league at end of season
12	Wycombe Wanderers	22	4	6	12	28	68	0.41	14

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up 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 elections

Only one Southern League club, Fulham, applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. They offered midland clubs £15 and northern clubs £20 in expenses for travelling to London and were successful, topping the ballot, and replaced Burton United in the League.

Club	League	Votes
Fulham	Southern League	??
Lincoln City	Football League	28
Chesterfield Town	Football League	23
Oldham Athletic	Lancashire Combination	17
Bradford Park Avenue	None	11
Burton United	Football League	7
Rotherham Town	Midland League	0
Wigan Town	The Combination	0
Salford United	Manchester League	0