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1925–26 Southern Football League

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)
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)

The 1925–26 season was the 28th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.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.

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

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

Newly elected teams:

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

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

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

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 until the 1976–77 season.

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


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