The 1939–40 season was the 42nd in the history of the
Southern League. The league was split into two sections, Eastern and Western as part of an emergency war-time competition.
Chelmsford City won the Eastern Section and
Lovell's Athletic won the Western one. A championship play-off between the two clubs was drawn 3–3 and they were declared joint champions.
After this season, the Southern Football League did not resume until
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
had ended in 1945.
Eastern Section
Western Section
The Western Section featured three new clubs:
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Gloucester City
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Hereford United
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Lovell's Athletic
References
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1939–40 in Welsh football