Southampton won the Division One championship for the second successive season.
Bristol City applied for election to Division Two of the Football League.
Newly elected teams: Unlike previous seasons in which individual test matches had been played between clubs, this season saw the bottom two clubs in Division One and the top two clubs in Division two play in a four-club round robin, with the top two retaining or earning a place in Division One.
Both Division Two clubs were promoted after the matches, with Northfleet leaving the league after the season ended.
[3] Although Darwen were initially voted out of the league, a decision was made to expand the League by four clubs, and they were readmitted, along with New Brighton Tower, Glossop North End and Barnsley.