1925–26 Southern Football League

The 1925–26 season was the 28th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Millwall II won the Eastern Division and Plymouth Argyle II won the Western Division. Plymouth were declared Southern League champions after defeating Millwall 1–0 in a championship play-off.^[2]

No clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League,^[3] whilst four clubs left the league at the end of the season.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1925-26
Champions	Millwall II
Promoted	none
Relegated	Fulham II (resigned) Coventry City II (resigned) Nuneaton Town (resigned)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1384 (4.52 per match)
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 16 sides from previous season and two new teams.

Newly elected teams:

Grays Thurrock United
Fulham II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Millwall II	34	24	6	4	106	37	2.86	54
2	Leicester City II	34	23	2	9	105	60	1.75	48
3	Brighton & Hove Albion II	34	21	4	9	105	69	1.52	46
4	Kettering Town	34	19	5	10	98	68	1.44	43
5	Peterborough & Fletton United	34	19	3	12	76	62	1.22	41
6	Portsmouth II	34	17	5	12	76	67	1.13	39
7	Norwich City II	34	17	4	13	85	90	0.94	38
8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II	34	15	7	12	76	67	1.13	37
9	Southampton II	34	14	7	13	65	72	0.90	35
10	Fulham II	34	13	6	15	86	77	1.11	32	Left league at end of season
11	Grays Thurrock United	34	13	5	16	63	77	0.81	31
12	Guildford United	34	11	8	15	71	87	0.81	30
13	Watford II	34	12	2	20	62	94	0.65	26
14	Luton Town II	34	11	3	20	70	78	0.89	25
15	Folkestone	34	9	6	19	67	93	0.72	24
16	Reading II	34	10	3	21	58	84	0.69	23
17	Coventry City II	34	9	5	20	54	93	0.58	23	Left league at end of season
18	Nuneaton Town	34	7	3	24	61	109	0.55	17	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.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1925-26
Champions	Plymouth Argyle II (2nd title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Pontypridd (resigned)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	709 (3.9 per match)
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The Western Division featured the same clubs as the previous season, minus the six clubs that had left.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³	Notes
1	Plymouth Argyle II	26	20	1	5	67	31	2.16	41
2	Bristol City II	26	16	4	6	48	28	1.71	36
3	Bristol Rovers II	26	13	4	9	51	35	1.45	30
4	Swindon Town II	26	13	4	9	57	40	1.42	30
5	Ebbw Vale	26	13	3	10	60	46	1.30	29
6	Torquay United	26	12	5	9	59	46	1.28	29
7	Yeovil & Petters United	26	9	8	9	43	48	0.89	26
8	Mid Rhondda United	26	12	1	13	47	49	0.95	25
9	Weymouth	26	10	3	13	64	60	1.06	23
10	Exeter City II	26	8	5	13	40	49	0.81	21
11	Barry	26	8	4	14	47	55	0.85	20
12	Taunton United	26	9	2	15	44	60	0.73	20
13	Pontypridd	26	7	5	14	44	77	0.57	19	Left league at end of season
14	Bath City	26	7	1	18	38	86	0.44	15

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Plymouth Argyle 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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