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      SOUTHERN LEAGUE  FIRST DIVISION
1914/15
      P W D L F A Pts
      1 Watford 38 22 8 8 68 46 52
      2 Reading 38 21 7 10 68 43 49
      3 Cardiff City 38 22 4 12 72 38 48
      4 West Ham United 38 18 9 11 58 47 45 Promoted
      5 Northampton Town 38 16 11 11 56 51 43
      6 Southampton 38 19 5 14 78 74 43
      7 Portsmouth 38 16 10 12 54 42 42
      8 Millwall 38 16 10 12 50 51 42
      9 Swindon Town 38 15 11 12 77 59 41
      10 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 16 7 15 46 47 39
      11 Exeter City 38 15 8 15 50 41 38
      12 Queens Park Rangers 38 13 12 13 55 56 38
      13 Norwich City 38 11 14 13 53 56 36
      14 Luton Town 38 13 8 17 61 73 34
      15 Crystal Palace 38 13 8 17 47 61 34
      16 Bristol Rovers 38 14 3 21 53 75 31
      17 Plymouth Argyle 38 8 14 16 51 61 30
      18 Southend United 38 10 8 20 44 64 28
      19 Croydon Common 38 9 9 20 47 63 27
      20 Gillingham 38 6 8 24 43 83 20
     
     
No Southern League First Division club took part in the vote for League membership at the end of the 1914/15 season, although Southern League Second Division side Stoke did win a Football League place! However at the end of the First World War a further election process was held when the Football League increased its membership for the first post-war season, 1919/20. This time Southern League West Ham United, plus Coventry City from the Second Division of the Southern League, were two of eight non-league sides in the vote for four League places. Voting -
35 votes Coventry City Elected to the League
32 West Ham United Elected to the League Promoted
28 Rotherham County Elected to the League
28 South Shields Elected to the League
27 Port Vale* Not elected to the League
7 Rochdale Not elected to the League
7 Southport Not elected to the League
0 Chesterfield Town Not elected to the League
* Although not elected at the meeting, Port Vale became League members the following season when they took over the fixtures of Leeds City on that clubs' expulsion from the Football League.