Football
Southampton FA Centenary - Innovative plan didn't last long
IN 1924-25 the Junior Divisions 1 and 2
were established, with promotion and
relegation between them.
In 1927-28 the council made the innovative
decision of introducing a semicounty
league - the South Hants
League - two regional divisions - the
Eastern Division and the Romsey
Division - and an additional minor
division.
But the following year it was decided
the experiment was not a success
and the South Hants league was
dropped after just one season.
The 1929-30 season saw a phenomenal
increase in local football and the
association reacted by increasing and
reorganising some competitions.
The Chamberlayne Cup was axed
and replaced with a Junior consolation
trophy.
The Wednesday League was
increased to two
divisions and the
minor league
dropped back to
one division.
There was an
influx of junior
clubs in the 1931-
32 season, which
allowed the association
to form a
fourth division of
the junior league
but also meant
the demise of the
Romsey Division.
Division 5 was
formed in 1932-33.
In 1933-34 the
minor league and
tournament and the Wednesday tournament
were axed due to the poor
standard of play and Wednesday football
being difficult to fit in.
It also saw the Travis Cup final
being played at the Dell before the
Senior Cup.
The following season, a sixth junior
division was added and this was the
last season the annual 6-a-side tournaments
were played.
1935-36 marked the silver jubilee of
King George V and Queen Mary and
to commemorate the occasion the
Silver Jubilee Cup was launched - it
ran for four seasons and was won by
Sholing Sports on all four occasions.
1936-37 saw the Southampton Senior
Cup final being abandoned, probably
due to adverse weather.
The fixture was replayed at Totton
FC's ground with Agwi (now Fawley
FC) defeating Itchen Sports 3-1
World War II started during the
1939/40 season - when Adolf Hitler's
army invaded Poland on September 1,
1939.
All football was cancelled due to the
outbreak of war between 1939-45.
5:25pm Thursday 10th April 2008
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