Football League Third Division South

Football League Third Division South

The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958.

The division was created in 1921 from the Third Division, formed one year earlier when the Football League absorbed the entire top division of the Southern League, effectively ending the ambitions of that league to rival the Football League. Before the creation of the Third Division, most of the Football League's clubs were from the industrial areas of the North and Midlands, with only 7 of its 44 members based in the South (Arsenal, Chelsea, Clapton Orient, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, all from London, and Bristol City).

The following season, a Northern section was created, and the original division was renamed Third Division South. The exceptions to this were Crystal Palace, who were promoted to the Second Division, Grimsby Town who transferred to the Third Division North and Aberdare Athletic and Charlton Athletic who joined for the first time. Several Midlands-based teams were included in the South division, even though most were geographically closer to their Northern division rivals, such as Nottingham Forest and Notts County being included in the Southern division even though nearby Derby County spent time in the Northern division.

The division originally had 22 teams, expanding to 24 in 1950. Only one promotion place was available to the Second Division, meaning that many clubs spent long periods of time stuck in the division, and several were never promoted in the division's 31 seasons. At the end of each season, the bottom two clubs were put up for re-election, alongside the bottom two in the Northern section, although most survived the re-election vote. Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest, and Portsmouth are the only Third Division South champions who became First Division Champions.

In 1958, the North and South sections were merged together, to form a single Third Division and a new Fourth Division.

From 1934 to the war's outbreak there was a short-lived knockout Football League Third Division South Cup.

From 1954/55 season until 1957/58 season, there was a series of games between teams representing the Third Division North and the Third Division South. Football League Third Division North vs. South Representative Games.

Past Champions

Season Champions
192122 Southampton
192223 Bristol City
192324 Portsmouth
192425 Swansea Town
192526 Reading
192627 Bristol City
192728 Millwall
192829 Charlton Athletic
192930 Plymouth Argyle
193031 Notts County
193132 Fulham
193233 Brentford
193334 Norwich City
193435 Charlton Athletic
193536 Coventry City
193637 Luton Town
193738 Millwall
193839 Newport County
193940 League abandoned due to World War II
194046 League suspended due to World War II
194647 Cardiff City
194748 Queens Park Rangers
194849 Swansea Town
194950 Notts County
195051 Nottingham Forest
195152 Plymouth Argyle
195253 Bristol Rovers
195354 Ipswich Town
195455 Bristol City
195556 Leyton Orient
195657 Ipswich Town
195758 Brighton & Hove Albion

Source: Statto[1]

References

  1. ^ "English Division Three (South) 1957-1958 : Table". Links to final tables for all seasons. Statto. http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-three-south. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 

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