1925–26 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1925–26 season was the 28th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF 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.PLYMOUA2 Plymouth Argyle Reserves No clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League,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 2011-01-28 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead whilst four clubs left the league at the end of the season. Eastern Division Southern Football League Eastern Division 1925–26 Millwall II none Fulham II (resigned)Coventry City II (resigned)Nuneaton Town (resigned) 306 1384 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 main WDL Eastern Division Result 5 2 y MIL Millwall II LEI Leicester City II BHA Brighton & Hove Albion II KET Kettering Town PFU Peterborough & Fletton United POR Portsmouth II NRW Norwich City II BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II SHA Southampton II FUL Fulham II GRT Grays Thurrock United GUI Guildford United WAT Watford II LUT Luton Town II FOL Folkestone REA Reading II COV Coventry City II NUN Nuneaton Town 24 6 4 106 37 23 2 9 105 60 21 4 9 105 69 19 5 10 98 68 19 3 12 76 62 17 5 12 76 67 17 4 13 85 90 15 7 12 76 67 14 7 13 65 72 13 6 15 86 77 13 5 16 63 77 11 8 15 71 87 12 2 20 62 94 11 3 20 70 78 9 6 19 67 93 10 3 21 58 84 9 5 20 54 93 7 3 24 61 109 #ffcccc Left league at end of season LL LL LL complete The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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 1925–26 Plymouth Argyle II (2nd title) none Pontypridd (resigned) 182 709 1924–25 1926–27 The Western Division featured the same clubs as the previous season, minus the six clubs that had left. main WDL Western Division Result 5 2 y PLY Plymouth Argyle II BRC Bristol City II BRR Bristol Rovers II SWI Swindon Town II EBB Ebbw Vale TOR Torquay United YEO Yeovil & Petters United MID Mid Rhondda United WEY Weymouth EXE Exeter City II BAR Barry TAU Taunton United PON Pontypridd BAT Bath City 20 1 5 67 31 16 4 6 48 28 13 4 9 51 35 13 4 9 57 40 13 3 10 60 46 12 5 9 59 46 9 8 9 43 48 12 1 13 47 49 10 3 13 64 60 8 5 13 40 49 8 4 14 47 55 9 2 15 44 60 7 5 14 44 77 7 1 18 38 86 #ffcccc Left league at end of season LL complete Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate. The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing. References 1925–26 Category:1925–26 in English men's football leagues Category:1925–26 in Welsh football