1926–27 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1926–27 season was the 29th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF Brighton & Hove Albion II won the Eastern Division and Torquay United won the Western Division. Brighton reserves were declared Southern League champions after defeating Torquay 4–0 in a championship play-off.TORQUAYU Torquay United Four clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, with Torquay being successful in a second round of voting. Five clubs (all reserve teams) left the league at the end of the season. Eastern Division Southern Football League Eastern Division 1926–27 Brighton & Hove Albion II (2nd title) none Portsmouth II (resigned)Reading II (resigned)Luton Town II (resigned)Leicester City II (resigned)Watford II (resigned) 272 1195 1925–26 1927–28 A total of 17 teams contest the division, including 15 sides from previous season and two new teams. Newly elected teams: Dartford Poole main WDL Eastern Division Result 5 2 y BHA Brighton & Hove Albion II PFU Peterborough & Fletton United POR Portsmouth II KET Kettering Town MIL Millwall II BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II NRW Norwich City II DAR Dartford REA Reading II LUT Luton Town II LEI Leicester City II WAT Watford II SHA Southampton II POO Poole GRT Grays Thurrock United GUI Guildford United FOL Folkestone 21 6 5 86 47 18 9 5 80 39 19 6 7 95 65 15 10 7 66 41 16 5 11 67 56 14 6 12 69 64 14 5 13 79 74 13 7 12 60 71 12 8 12 75 79 10 11 11 75 70 12 5 15 94 72 10 8 14 74 84 10 6 16 57 77 9 6 17 55 86 10 3 19 49 66 6 7 19 57 106 7 4 21 57 98 #ffcccc Left league at end of season LL LL LL LL LL inherit Changed name to Guildford City at end of season CNG complete The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. 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 1926–27 Torquay United Torquay United none 182 757 1925–26 1927–28 A total of 14 teams contest the division, including 13 sides from previous season and one new team. Newly elected teams: Newport County II main WDL Western Division Q 5 2 y TOR Torquay United BRC Bristol City II PLY Plymouth Argyle II EBB Ebbw Vale BRR Bristol Rovers II SWI Swindon Town II BAR Barry EXE Exeter City II WEY Weymouth NEW Newport County II BAT Bath City YEO Yeovil & Petters United TAU Taunton United MID Mid Rhondda United 17 4 5 63 30 14 10 2 77 37 15 4 7 56 38 14 2 10 67 45 12 4 10 51 43 11 5 10 60 57 11 4 11 65 50 10 6 10 62 49 12 2 12 48 65 9 6 11 57 53 7 9 10 44 52 9 5 12 49 66 4 4 18 36 83 2 5 19 22 89 #ACE1AF Elected to the Football League Third Division South EFL inherit Changed name to Taunton Town at end of season CNT complete The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing. Football League election Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League this season, entering the ballot alongside the bottom two from the Third Division South. Although Watford were re-elected, Aberdare Athletic received the same number of votes as Southern League Torquay United, leading to a second round, in which Torquay won more votes. Aberdare took Torquay's place in the Southern League the following season. Aberdare's loss was controversial, as one ballot paper in the first round had been spoilt and Aberdare's secretary claimed that one of the scrutineers was 'an interested party'.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League Non-League Matters 2011-01-31 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueFirst round votesSecond round votesWatfordFootball League Third Division South44Torquay UnitedSouthern League2126Aberdare AthleticFootball League Third Division South2119Kettering TownSouthern League1Yeovil & Petters UnitedSouthern League1Ebbw ValeSouthern League0 References 1926–27 Category:1926–27 in English men's football leagues Category:1926–27 in Welsh football