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      SOUTHERN LEAGUE  FIRST DIVISION 
1907/08
      P W D L F A Pts
      1 Queens Park Rangers 38 21 9 8 82 57 51
      2 Plymouth Argyle 38 19 11 8 50 31 49
      3 Millwall 38 19 8 11 49 32 46
      4 Crystal Palace 38 17 10 11 54 51 44
      5 Swindon Town 38 16 10 12 55 40 42
      6 Bristol Rovers 38 16 10 12 59 56 42
      7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 17 7 14 59 48 41 Promoted
      8 Northampton Town 38 15 11 12 50 41 41
      9 Portsmouth 38 17 6 15 63 52 40
      10 West Ham United 38 15 10 13 47 48 40
      11 Southampton 38 16 6 16 51 60 38
      12 Reading 38 15 6 17 55 50 36
      13 Bradford Park Avenue 38 12 12 14 53 54 36 Promoted
      14 Watford 38 12 10 16 47 59 34
      15 Brentford 38 14 5 19 49 52 33
      16 Norwich City 38 12 9 17 46 49 33
      17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 8 18 46 59 32
      18 Luton Town 38 12 6 20 33 56 30
      19 Leyton 38 8 11 19 51 73 27
      20 New Brompton 38 9 7 22 44 75 25
     
     
Tottenham and Bradford of the Southern League (yes Bradford in the Southern League!) joined with fellow non-leaguers Burton United to challenge the three clubs seeking re-election to the Football League in the vote for League membership. Voting -
32 votes Grimsby Town Re-elected to the League
23 Chesterfield Town Re-elected to the League
20 Bradford Park Avenue Elected to the League
18 Lincoln City Not re-elected to the League
14 Tottenham Hotspur Not elected to the League
1 Burton United Not elected to the League
After the meeting in which the above vote was taken Stoke resigned from the League. A second meeting was arranged to select a club to replace them and although Stoke changed their mind about leaving the League the meeting was held with the Potteries club being included in the vote. Voting -
20 votes Lincoln City 2nd ballot
20 Tottenham Hotspur 2nd ballot
6 Stoke Not re-elected to the League.
In the second ballot Lincoln and Tottenham again tied 20-20 with the final vote, made by the Management Committee, being 5-3 in favour of Tottenham. Therefore Tottenham were elected to the League and Lincoln again failed to regain their place.