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Southern United F.C. (England)

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Southern United
Full nameSouthern United Football Club
Founded1905
Dissolved1906–07
GroundBrown's Ground, Nunhead

Southern United Football Club was an English football club based in the Nunhead area of London.[1]

History

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Established in 1905, the club entered teams into Division Two of the Southern League and Division One of the London League. They withdrew from the Southern League at the end of the 1905–06 season,[2][3] and from the London League during the 1906–07 season.

Professional players at the club included Frederick Mearns, Michael Good and former England international Fred Spiksley.

Ground

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Southern United played at Brown's Ground in Nunhead. Following Southern United folding, the ground was used by Nunhead.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 1905 results Chelsea Football Club Results and Statistics
  2. ^ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
  3. ^ Southern United at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ Kerrigan, Colm (2004). Teachers and Football: Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 978-1913454579.