1929–30 Southern Football League

The 1929–30 season was the 32nd in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Aldershot Town won the Eastern Division and Bath City won the Western Division. Aldershot were declared Southern League champions after winning a championship play-off 4–2.^[2]

Three clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, with Thames Association being successful. They replaced Merthyr Town, who rejoined the Southern League the following season. In addition to Thames, a total of 12 clubs left the Southern League at the end of this season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1929-30
Champions	Aldershot Town (1st title)
Promoted	Thames Association
Relegated	Northampton Town II (resigned) Southampton II (resigned) Kettering Town (resigned) Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II (resigned) Brighton & Hove Albion II (resigned) Sittingbourne (resigned) Northfleet United (resigned) Grays Thurrock United (resigned) Poole (resigned)
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1134 (4.17 per match)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

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

Newly elected team:

Northampton Town II - returned to the league after the resignation in 1925

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Aldershot Town	32	21	6	5	84	39	2.15	48
2	Millwall II	32	21	3	8	75	56	1.34	45
3	Thames Association	32	17	6	9	80	60	1.33	40	Elected to the 1930-31 Football League
4	Peterborough & Fletton United	32	18	3	11	66	39	1.69	39
5	Northampton Town II	32	17	4	11	86	60	1.43	38	Left league at end of season
6	Southampton II	32	14	7	11	73	62	1.18	35	Left league at end of season
7	Sheppey United	32	15	5	12	76	69	1.1	35
8	Kettering Town	32	13	7	12	70	69	1.01	33	Left league at end of season
9	Dartford	32	14	5	13	57	59	0.97	33
10	Norwich City II	32	14	3	15	69	63	1.1	31
11	Guildford City	32	13	2	17	65	97	0.67	28
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	32	10	7	15	59	63	0.94	27	Left league at end of season
13	Brighton & Hove Albion II	32	12	2	18	56	79	0.71	26	Left league at end of season
14	Folkestone	32	13	0	19	56	82	0.68	26
15	Sittingbourne	32	10	5	17	55	59	0.93	25	Left league at end of season
16	Northfleet United	32	6	7	19	53	77	0.69	19
17	Grays Thurrock United	32	7	2	23	54	101	0.53	16
18	Poole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned after 30 matches, record expunged

^{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.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1929-30
Champions	Bath City
Promoted	none
Relegated	Yeovil & Petters United (resigned) Lovells Athletic (resigned) Bristol City II (resigned)
Matches played	210
Goals scored	932 (4.44 per match)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

A total of 15 teams contest the division, including 14 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

Llanelly - returned to the league after the resignation in 1925

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bath City	28	16	6	6	85	52	1.63	38
2	Bristol Rovers II	28	16	4	8	66	50	1.32	36
3	Taunton Town	28	14	7	7	50	40	1.25	35
4	Barry	28	15	3	10	65	55	1.18	33
5	Yeovil & Petters United	28	12	7	9	63	47	1.34	31	Left league at end of season
6	Plymouth Argyle II	28	14	3	11	68	52	1.31	31
7	Newport County II	28	13	4	11	68	76	0.89	30
8	Lovells Athletic	28	13	2	13	59	57	1.04	28	Left league at end of season
9	Exeter City II	28	11	6	11	49	54	0.91	28
10	Bristol City II	28	11	5	12	59	63	0.94	27	Left league at end of season
11	Swindon Town II	28	10	6	12	69	67	1.03	26
12	Torquay United II	28	10	6	12	76	77	0.99	26
13	Llanelly	28	10	4	14	55	52	1.06	24
14	Ebbw Vale	28	5	6	17	52	97	0.54	16
15	Merthyr Town II	28	5	1	22	48	93	0.52	11	Replaced by first team at end of season

^{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 election

Three Southern League clubs, Aldershot Town, Thames Association and Llanelly, applied to join the Football League. Thames were successful, finishing second in the ballot. Aldershot also finished above Third Division South club Merthyr Town, who replaced their reserves in the Western Division the following season.^[3]

Club	League	Votes
Gillingham	Football League	33
Thames Association	Southern League	20
Aldershot Town	Southern League	19
Merthyr Town	Football League	14
Llanelly	Southern League	4
Argonauts	None	0

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Bath City 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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First Division

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Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham County South Shields Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Wigan Borough Wrexham York City

South	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Clapton Orient Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Queens Park Rangers Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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