The 1908–09 season was the 15th in the history of

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

won Division One and

Croydon Common Croydon Common Football Club was an amateur and, later on, professional football club based in Croydon. History The team formed in 1897 as an amateur church team competing in local leagues. They turned professional in 1907, joining the Southern L ...

finished top of Division Two.England - Southern League Final Tables
RSSSF No clubs applied for election to

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

Division One

A total of 21 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from previous season and three new teams. Team promoted from 1907–08 Division Two: * Southend United Newly elected teams: * Exeter City * Coventry City

Division Two

A total of seven teams contested the division, including three sides from the previous season and four newly elected teams. Newly elected teams: * 2nd Grenadier Guards * Chesham Town * Depot Battalion RE * South Farnborough Athletic

References

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