1924–25 Southern Football League

The 1924–25 season was the 27th in the history of the Southern League. As in the prevoius season, the league was split into Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Southampton II won the Eastern Division and Swansea Town II won the Western Division. Southampton were declared Southern League champions after defeating Swansea 2–1 in a championship play-off.^[2]

Mid Rhondda United, who finished fifth in the Western Division, were the only club to apply to join the Football League, but were unsuccessful in the vote.^[3] Seven clubs left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1924-25
Champions	Southampton II (1 title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Northampton Town II (resigned)
Matches played	272
Goals scored	915 (3.36 per match)
← 1923–24 1925–26 →

A total of 16 teams contest the division, including 15 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected teams:

Nuneaton Town

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Southampton II	32	17	10	5	65	30	2.16	44
2	Kettering Town	32	17	6	9	67	39	1.71	40
3	Brighton & Hove Albion II	32	15	10	7	68	42	1.61	40
4	Millwall II	32	15	10	7	65	48	1.35	40
5	Peterborough & Fletton United	32	15	9	8	56	29	1.93	39
6	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	32	15	9	8	66	48	1.37	39
7	Leicester City II	32	15	7	10	61	45	1.35	37
8	Portsmouth II	32	15	7	10	51	40	1.27	37
9	Folkestone	32	13	11	8	55	46	1.19	37
10	Norwich City II	32	13	8	11	65	58	1.12	34
11	Coventry City II	32	12	9	11	51	41	1.24	33
12	Luton Town II	32	15	2	15	48	63	0.76	32
13	Northampton Town II	32	10	5	17	38	59	0.64	25	Left league at end of season
14	Watford II	32	7	7	18	44	71	0.61	21
15	Nuneaton Town	32	8	2	22	37	62	0.59	18
16	Reading II	32	8	1	23	38	87	0.43	17
17	Guildford United	32	4	3	25	40	107	0.37	11

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1924-25
Champions	Swansea Town II
Promoted	none
Relegated	Swansea Town II (resigned) Bridgend Town (resigned) Cardiff City II (resigned) Newport County II (resigned) Llanelly (resigned) Aberaman Athletic (resigned)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1169 (3.08 per match)
← 1923–24 1925–26 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 18 sides from previous season and two new teams.

Newly elected teams:

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Swansea Town II	38	25	4	9	73	26	2.80	54	Left league at end of season
2	Plymouth Argyle II	38	22	10	6	97	35	2.77	54
3	Pontypridd	38	24	4	10	81	39	2.07	52
4	Bridgend Town	38	20	11	7	74	52	1.42	51	Left league at end of season
5	Mid Rhondda United	38	21	6	11	79	48	1.64	48
6	Weymouth	38	21	4	13	77	50	1.54	46
7	Cardiff City II	38	18	6	14	56	44	1.27	42	Left league at end of season
8	Newport County II	38	17	8	13	71	60	1.18	42	Left league at end of season
9	Swindon Town II	38	17	8	13	48	46	1.04	42
10	Bristol City II	38	18	5	15	51	43	1.18	41
11	Yeovil & Petters United	38	15	10	13	49	50	0.98	40
12	Exeter City II	38	16	6	16	78	55	1.41	38
13	Taunton United	38	15	6	17	55	51	1.07	36
14	Bristol Rovers II	38	13	6	19	45	50	0.9	32
15	Torquay United	38	9	11	18	41	73	0.56	29
16	Llanelly	38	6	12	20	49	94	0.52	24	Left league at end of season
17	Ebbw Vale	38	9	6	23	40	91	0.43	24
18	Bath City	38	8	8	22	28	85	0.32	24
19	Barry	38	8	6	24	38	82	0.46	22
20	Aberaman Athletic	38	6	7	25	39	95	0.41	19	Left league at end of season

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League election

Mid-Rhondda United were the only non-League club to enter the elections for a place in the Football League Third Division South. However, they received no votes and both League clubs were re-elected.

Club	League	Votes
Brentford	Football League Third Division South	44
Merthyr Town	Football League Third Division South	44
Mid-Rhondda United	Southern League	0

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Southampton Reserves at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Arlesey Town Banbury United Bideford Biggleswade Town Burnham Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Corby Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Truro City Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Hayes Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Bedworth United Chalfont St. Peter Daventry Town Egham Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kettering Town Leighton Town Marlow North Greenford United Northwood Potters Bar Town Royston Town Rugby Town St Ives Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Cinderford Town Clevedon Town Didcot Town Evesham United Fleet Town Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Merthyr Town North Leigh Sholing Shortwood United Stratford Town Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Yate Town

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