United League (football)

The United League was an association football league that existed in England from 1896 to 1902 and again from 1905 to 1909.[1]

The league was created in 1896 to provide clubs which played in other leagues in southern or central England with an additional midweek game. Over several years, various clubs joined or left the league but by 1899, departures left the league struggling, culminating in the cessation of the league in 1902.[1]

Champions

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Source:[2]

Tables

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1896–97

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Millwall Athletic 14 11 1 2 43 22 +21 23
2 Luton Town 14 10 1 3 52 16 +36 21
3 Woolwich Arsenal 14 6 3 5 28 34 −6 15
4 Loughborough 14 6 1 7 29 31 −2 13
5 Rushden Town 14 6 1 7 25 42 −17 13
6 Kettering 14 4 4 6 23 24 −1 12
7 Wellingborough 14 3 3 8 17 39 −22 9
8 Tottenham Hotspur 14 1 4 9 25 34 −9 6
Source: [3]

1897–98

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Luton Town 16 13 2 1 49 11 28
2 Tottenham Hotspur 16 8 5 3 40 27 21
3 Woolwich Arsenal 16 8 5 3 35 24 21
4 Kettering 16 9 1 6 28 24 19
5 Rushden Town 16 7 1 8 24 26 15
6 Southampton 16 6 3 7 23 28 13[a]
7 Millwall Athletic 16 4 4 8 27 27 12
8 Wellingborough 16 3 3 10 17 42 9
9 Loughborough 16 1 2 13 8 42 4

1898–99

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Millwall Athletic 20 14 3 3 42 19 31
2 Southampton 20 12 1 7 53 32 25
3 Woolwich Arsenal 20 10 4 6 40 30 24
4 Tottenham Hotspur 20 11 2 7 36 25 24
5 Bristol City 20 11 0 9 43 31 22
6 Reading 20 8 5 7 36 25 21
7 Brighton United 20 10 1 9 41 42 21
8 Wellingborough 20 7 1 12 32 40 15
9 Kettering 20 8 1 11 25 38 15[b]
10 Rushden Town 20 6 1 13 26 45 13
11 Luton Town 20 2 3 15 24 71 7

1899–1900

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Wellingborough 12 8 2 2 35 12 18
2 Northampton Town 12 7 3 2 43 16 17
3 Rushden Town 12 8 1 3 33 20 17
4 Kettering 12 8 0 4 30 11 16
5 Rothwell Town Swifts 12 4 0 8 25 34 8
6 Finedon Revellers 12 3 1 8 13 41 7
7 Desborough Unity 12 3 1 8 13 41 7

1900–01

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Rothwell Town Swifts 12 10 0 2 36 11 20
2 Luton Town 12 7 4 1 30 18 18
3 Kettering 12 6 3 3 23 18 15
4 Wellingborough 12 6 0 6 24 28 12
5 Northampton Town 12 2 4 6 16 27 8
6 Rushden Town 12 2 3 7 16 24 7
7 Finedon Revellers 12 0 4 8 10 29 4

1901–02

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Table incomplete.

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Irthlingborough Town 8 4 3 1 9 5 11
2 Rothwell Town Swifts 9 4 2 3 13 13 10
3 Kettering 9 3 3 3 11 7 9
4 Rushden Town 8 2 3 3 13 14 7
5 Wellingborough 8 1 4 3 11 15 6
6 Finedon Revellers 4 1 1 2 4 7 3

1905–06

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Watford 18 13 4 1 49 15 30
2 Crystal Palace 18 13 1 4 51 21 27
3 Leyton 18 8 4 6 33 21 20
4 Luton Town 18 7 4 7 47 27 18
5 Clapton Orient Reserves 18 5 8 5 24 27 18
6 Swindon Town 18 7 3 8 33 29 17
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 6 4 8 28 28 16
8 New Brompton 18 7 2 9 26 27 16
9 Grays United 18 4 2 12 21 64 10
10 Southern United 18 3 2 13 21 64 8

1906–07

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Crystal Palace 14 8 5 1 39 20 21
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 6 6 2 33 26 18
3 Luton Town 14 8 1 5 23 27 17
4 Norwich City 14 6 4 4 34 22 16
5 Hastings & St Leonards 14 6 2 6 27 24 14
6 Leyton 14 3 4 7 24 27 10
7 New Brompton 14 3 3 8 24 35 9
8 Watford 14 3 1 10 15 38 7

1907–08

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Brentford 8 6 1 1 19 8 13
2 Southend United 8 3 2 3 16 16 8
3 New Brompton 8 2 3 3 10 11 7
4 Croydon Common 8 3 1 4 9 18 7
5 Hastings & St Leonards United 8 1 3 4 13 14 5

1908–09

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Northern Section

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Rotherham Town 12 8 1 3 39 15 17
2 Lincoln City 12 7 2 3 32 18 16
3 Norwich City 12 7 2 3 33 20 16
4 Walsall 12 5 2 5 23 25 12
5 Coventry City 12 5 1 6 27 31 11
6 Peterborough City 12 4 1 7 18 34 9
7 Grantham Avenue 12 1 1 10 12 41 3

Southern Section

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Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 New Brompton 8 5 1 2 27 14 11
2 Hastings & St Leonards United 8 4 1 3 13 12 9
3 Croydon Common 8 4 0 4 13 17 8
4 Southend United 8 2 3 3 15 18 7
5 Brentford 8 2 1 5 13 20 5

Final

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Notes

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  1. ^ Southampton were deducted two points.
  2. ^ Kettering Town were deducted two points.

References

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  1. ^ a b "United League". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ Non-League Football Tables 1889–2004. Soccer Books Limited. 2004. p. 123. ISBN 1862231052.
  3. ^ Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.