1923–24 Southern Football League

The 1923–24 season was the 26th in the history of the Southern League. The league was split into Eastern and Western Divisions. Peterborough & Fletton United won the Eastern Division and Yeovil & Petters United won the Western Division. Yeovil were declared Southern League champions after defeating Peterborough 3–1 in a championship play-off. No clubs applied to join the Football League this season, and no clubs left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division

Season	1923-24
Champions	Peterborough & Fletton United
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	240
Goals scored	757 (3.15 per match)
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

A total of 16 teams contest the division (previously called the English section), including 10 sides from previous season and six new teams.

Newly elected teams:

• Peterborough & Fletton United
• Folkestone
• Kettering
• Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II (replacing their first team, which had been promoted to the Football League the previous season)
• Leicester City II
• Northampton Town II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Peterborough & Fletton United	30	20	2	8	54	31	1.74	42
2	Leicester City II	30	19	3	8	72	30	2.4	41
3	Southampton II	30	18	5	7	60	36	1.66	41
4	Millwall II	30	18	3	9	56	38	1.47	39
5	Portsmouth II	30	16	2	12	66	37	1.78	34
6	Brighton & Hove Albion II	30	13	7	10	55	42	1.30	33
7	Norwich City II	30	13	6	11	46	34	1.35	32
8	Folkestone	30	12	5	13	61	51	1.19	29
9	Coventry City II	30	10	8	12	39	34	1.14	28
10	Watford II	30	11	6	13	36	48	0.75	28
11	Reading II	30	11	6	13	32	43	0.74	28
12	Northampton Town II	30	9	10	11	32	47	0.68	28
13	Luton Town II	30	10	7	13	40	49	0.81	27
14	Guildford United	30	7	5	18	38	72	0.52	19
15	Kettering	30	5	8	17	30	67	0.44	18	Changed name to Kettering Town at end of season
16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	30	4	5	21	40	98	0.40	13

^{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	1923-24
Champions	Yeovil & Petters United (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	none
Matches played	306
Goals scored	974 (3.18 per match)
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

A total of 18 teams contest the division (previously called the Welsh section), including 6 sides from previous season, 8 teams transferred from English section and four new teams.

Teams transferred from 1922-23 English section:

• Bath City
• Torquay United
• Yeovil & Petters United
• Bristol City II
• Bristol Rovers II
• Exeter City II
• Plymouth Argyle II
• Swindon Town II

Newly elected teams:

• Llanelly
• Weymouth - (newly elected from the Western League)
• Cardiff City II
• Newport County II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF1	GA1	GAv2	Pts3
1	Yeovil & Petters United	34	25	3	6	71	30	2.36	53
2	Plymouth Argyle II	34	21	5	8	74	37	2	47
3	Pontypridd	34	19	8	7	81	44	1.84	46
4	Torquay United	34	19	7	8	59	25	2.36	45
5	Bristol City II	34	17	9	8	63	39	1.61	43
6	Swansea Town II	34	19	5	10	62	38	1.63	43
7	Bristol Rovers II	34	17	6	11	69	43	1.60	40
8	Cardiff City II	34	15	4	15	55	31	1.77	34
9	Exeter City II	34	11	11	12	48	47	1.02	33
10	Weymouth	34	15	3	16	48	60	0.8	33
11	Llanelly	34	14	5	15	47	62	0.75	33
12	Swindon Town II	34	11	6	17	36	60	0.6	28
13	Bridgend Town	34	11	5	18	57	72	0.79	27
14	Newport County II	34	10	7	17	57	78	0.73	27
15	Ebbw Vale	34	8	8	18	38	62	0.61	24
16	Bath City	34	6	9	19	32	71	0.45	21
17	Barry	34	6	7	21	36	74	0.48	19
18	Aberaman Athletic	34	6	4	24	41	87	0.47	16

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}