1910–11 Southern Football League

The 1910–11 season was the 17th in the history of Southern Football League. Swindon Town won Division One for the first time and Reading finished top of the Division Two. Reading returned to Division One after previous season relegation along with Stoke.

No Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League this season.

Division One table

Southern Football League Division One

Season	1910–11
Champions	Swindon Town (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Southend United Portsmouth
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1033 (2.72 per match)
← 1909–10 1911–12 →

There were no new clubs in Division One this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Swindon Town	38	24	5	9	80	31	2.58	53
2	Northampton Town	38	18	12	8	54	27	2	48
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	20	8	10	58	36	1.61	48
4	Crystal Palace	38	17	13	8	55	48	1.15	47
5	West Ham United	38	17	11	10	63	46	1.37	45
6	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	14	11	52	41	1.27	40
7	Leyton	38	16	8	14	57	52	1.1	40
8	Plymouth Argyle	38	15	9	14	54	55	0.98	39
9	Luton Town	38	15	8	15	67	63	1.06	38
10	Norwich City	38	15	8	15	46	48	0.96	38
11	Coventry City	38	16	6	16	65	68	0.96	38
12	Brentford	38	14	9	15	41	42	0.98	37
13	Exeter City	38	14	9	15	51	53	0.96	37
14	Watford	38	13	9	16	49	65	0.75	35
15	Millwall	38	11	9	18	42	54	0.78	31
16	Bristol Rovers	38	10	10	18	42	55	0.76	30
17	Southampton	38	11	8	19	42	67	0.62	30
18	New Brompton	38	11	8	19	34	65	0.52	30
19	Southend United	38	10	9	19	47	64	0.73	29	Relegated to Division Two
20	Portsmouth	38	8	11	19	34	53	0.64	27

^{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 table

Southern Football League Division Two

Season	1910–11
Champions	Reading
Promoted	Reading Stoke
Relegated	Salisbury City (resigned)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	511 (3.87 per match)
← 1909–10 1911–12 →

A total of twelve teams contest the division, including 7 sides from previous season Division Two A and Division Two B, two teams relegated from Division One and three new teams.

Teams relegated from 1909–10 Division One:

• Croydon Common
• Reading

Newly elected teams:

• Cardiff City
• Treharris
• Walsall

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Reading	22	16	3	3	55	11	5	35	Promoted to Division One
2	Stoke	22	17	1	4	72	21	3.42	35
3	Merthyr Town	22	15	3	4	52	22	2.36	33
4	Cardiff City	22	12	4	6	48	29	1.66	28
5	Croydon Common	22	11	3	8	61	26	2.35	25
6	Treharris	22	10	3	9	38	31	1.23	23
7	Aberdare	22	9	5	8	38	33	1.15	23
8	Ton Pentre	22	10	3	9	44	40	1.1	23
9	Walsall	22	7	4	11	37	41	0.9	18
10	Kettering	22	6	1	15	34	68	0.5	13
11	Chesham Town	22	1	3	18	16	97	0.16	5
12	Salisbury City	22	0	3	19	16	92	0.17	3	Left league 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.}