Southern League Division One
Southern League table as at Monday April 26th, 1897:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
| 1 | 
Southampton St. Mary's
Southampton St. Mary's
|
20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 3.50 | 35 |
| 2 | 
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 24 | 2.63 | 31 |
| 3 | 
Chatham
Chatham
|
20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 29 | 1.86 | 27 |
| 4 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 1.48 | 22 |
| 5 | 
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 1.03 | 22 |
| 6 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 0.89 | 19 |
| 7 | 
Reading
Reading
|
20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 49 | 0.63 | 19 |
| 8 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 0.76 | 16 |
| 9 | 
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 46 | 0.52 | 14 |
| 10 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 0.72 | 11 |
| 11 | 
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
20 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 74 | 0.23 | 4 |