1925–26 Southern Football League
# 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. 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.

## Eastern Division

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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Millwall II | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 106 | 37 | 2.865 | 54 | |
| 2 | Leicester City II | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 105 | 60 | 1.750 | 48 | |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion II | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 105 | 69 | 1.522 | 46 | |
| 4 | Kettering Town | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 98 | 68 | 1.441 | 43 | |
| 5 | Peterborough & Fletton United | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 76 | 62 | 1.226 | 41 | |
| 6 | Portsmouth II | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 76 | 67 | 1.134 | 39 | |
| 7 | Norwich City II | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 85 | 90 | 0.944 | 38 | |
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 67 | 1.134 | 37 | |
| 9 | Southampton II | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 65 | 72 | 0.903 | 35 | |
| 10 | Fulham II | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 86 | 77 | 1.117 | 32 | Left league at end of season |
| 11 | Grays Thurrock United | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 63 | 77 | 0.818 | 31 | |
| 12 | Guildford United | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 | 30 | |
| 13 | Watford II | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 62 | 94 | 0.660 | 26 | |
| 14 | Luton Town II | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 70 | 78 | 0.897 | 25 | |
| 15 | Folkestone | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 93 | 0.720 | 24 | |
| 16 | Reading II | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 58 | 84 | 0.690 | 23 | |
| 17 | Coventry City II | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 54 | 93 | 0.581 | 23 | Left league at end of season |
| 18 | Nuneaton Town | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 61 | 109 | 0.560 | 17 | Left league at end of season |

## Western Division

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle II | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 67 | 31 | 2.161 | 41 | |
| 2 | Bristol City II | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 1.714 | 36 | |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers II | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 1.457 | 30 | |
| 4 | Swindon Town II | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 40 | 1.425 | 30 | |
| 5 | Ebbw Vale | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 46 | 1.304 | 29 | |
| 6 | Torquay United | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 46 | 1.283 | 29 | |
| 7 | Yeovil & Petters United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 26 | |
| 8 | Mid Rhondda United | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 49 | 0.959 | 25 | |
| 9 | Weymouth | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 64 | 60 | 1.067 | 23 | |
| 10 | Exeter City II | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 0.816 | 21 | |
| 11 | Barry | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 55 | 0.855 | 20 | |
| 12 | Taunton United | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 44 | 60 | 0.733 | 20 | |
| 13 | Pontypridd | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 77 | 0.571 | 19 | Left league at end of season |
| 14 | Bath City | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 38 | 86 | 0.442 | 15 | |

* ↑ Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.
