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1894
- Founded in 1885, the club joined the Southern League as Southampton St. Mary's in 1894, dropping the St. Mary's from their name three years later.
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The club changed its name to simply Southampton at the start of the 1896–97 season, and quickly established themselves as the primary force in football in the South of England, winning the Southern League three times in a row.
Southampton shares a long-standing South Coast derby rivalry with Portsmouth, in part due to geographic proximity and both cities' respective maritime histories . Founded in 1885, the club joined the Southern League as Southampton St. Mary's in 1894, dropping the St. Mary's from their name three years later.
- South American Tour
- Reaching The Highest Division
- Markus Liebherr Becoming The New Owner
In 1904, Southampton become the first British football club to make a South American tour. In these days, the British game was far more developed than that in South America. Southampton would start the tour in Argentine and in a succession of matches winning by a combined score of 29-4 before beating a Uruguayan mixed eleven by 8 to 1.
It took Southampton until 1966 to reach the First Division, where they remained for the next eight years. The top-flight gave the club their first taste of European football, with a couple of unsuccessful forays into the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the UEFA Cup. But their finest moment came in 1976, two years after being relegated; in the FA Cup fin...
Following another FA Cup final loss in 2003 and a relegation to League One in 2009, the club was surrounded with numerous financial difficulties. Their fortunes took, however, a turn for the better after the club was bought by businessman Markus Liebherr in 2010. It took Southampton only two years to return to the Premier League. By Martin Wahl Ref...
Website. Official website. Current: 2023–24 Southern Football League. The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football ...
- England
- 84, Central Division: 22, South Division: 22, Division One Central: 20, Division One South: 20
- 1894
- Wales (1 team)
The first team to dominate the Southern League, however, were Southampton, who won six championships in eight seasons between 1896 and 1904. They also reached two FA Cup finals during this period but lost them both.
League Table: Southern League Premier South - 2022/2023. League Table: Southern League Premier South - 2022/2023. The Southern Football League, The Southern League, Football League in England forms part of the National League System, participating at steps 3 and 4.
The Southern Football League, The Southern League, Football League in England forms part of the National League System, participating at steps 3 and 4.
