1924–25 Southern Football League
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The 1924–25 Southern Football League
season saw the league split into Eastern and Western Divisions. Southampton II
won the Eastern Division and Swansea Town II
won the Western Division. Southampton were declared Southern League champions after defeating Swansea 2-1 in a championship play-off.
Mid Rhondda United
, who finished fifth in the Western Division, were the only club to apply to join the Football League
, but were unsuccessful in the vote. Seven clubs left the league at the end of the 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.
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.
. However, they received no votes and both League clubs were re-elected.
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
season saw the league split into Eastern and Western Divisions. Southampton II
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
won the Eastern Division and Swansea Town II
Swansea City A.F.C.
Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...
won the Western Division. Southampton were declared Southern League champions after defeating Swansea 2-1 in a championship play-off.
Mid Rhondda United
Mid Rhondda F.C.
Mid Rhondda Football Club was an association football team, based in Tonypandy, Wales that was formed in 1912. Mid Rhondda were one of the earlier South Wales teams to form, as competition from rugby union within the Rhondda Valleys was very strong...
, who finished fifth in the Western Division, were the only club to apply to join the Football League
The Football League
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, but were unsuccessful in the vote. Seven clubs left the league at the end of the season.
Eastern Division
The Eastern Division featured one new club, Nuneaton Town.| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southampton II Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 65 | 30 | 2.16 | 44 | |
| 2 | Kettering Town Kettering Town F.C. Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08... |
32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 39 | 1.71 | 40 | |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion II Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 42 | 1.61 | 40 | |
| 4 | Millwall II Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the... |
32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 65 | 48 | 1.35 | 40 | |
| 5 | Peterborough & Fletton United Peterborough & Fletton United F.C. Peterborough & Fletton United F.C. was an English football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The club existed from 1923 until 1932 and played at London Road.-History:... |
32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 29 | 1.93 | 39 | |
| 6 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic II A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 48 | 1.37 | 39 | |
| 7 | Leicester City II Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 45 | 1.35 | 37 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth II Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from... |
32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 40 | 1.27 | 37 | |
| 9 | Folkestone Folkestone F.C. Folkestone Football Club was the name of two English football clubs based in the town of Folkestone, Kent. It is unclear if the two clubs were in fact connected, but neither has any formal connection to Folkestone Invicta, who took over the Cheriton Road stadium after the demise of Folkestone F.C.... |
32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 46 | 1.19 | 37 | |
| 10 | Norwich City II Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 58 | 1.12 | 34 | |
| 11 | Coventry City II Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 1.24 | 33 | |
| 12 | Luton Town II Luton Town F.C. Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was... |
32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 0.76 | 32 | |
| 13 | Northampton Town II Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 59 | 0.64 | 25 | Left league at end of season |
| 14 | Watford II Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 71 | 0.61 | 21 | |
| 15 | Nuneaton Town | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 37 | 62 | 0.59 | 18 | |
| 16 | Reading II Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
32 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 38 | 87 | 0.43 | 17 | |
| 17 | Guildford United | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 40 | 107 | 0.37 | 11 |
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
The Western Division (previously the Welsh section) featured twelve new clubs:- Bath City (transferred from the English section)
- Bristol City II (transferred from the English section)
- Bristol Rovers II (transferred from the English section)
- Cardiff City II (newly-elected)
- Exeter City II (transferred from the English section)
- Llanelly (newly-elected)
- Newport County II (newly-elected)
- Plymouth Argyle II (transferred from the English section)
- Swindon Town II (transferred from the English section)
- Torquay United (transferred from the English section)
- Weymouth (newly-elected from the Western LeagueWestern Football LeagueThe Western Football League is a football league in the south west of England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and parts of South Wales...
) - Yeovil & Petters United (transferred from the English section)
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea Town II Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position... |
38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 73 | 26 | 2.80 | 54 | Left league at end of season |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle II Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the... |
38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 97 | 35 | 2.77 | 54 | |
| 3 | Pontypridd | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 81 | 39 | 2.07 | 52 | |
| 4 | Bridgend Town Bridgend Town F.C. Bridgend Town F.C. is a Welsh football club that currently play in the Welsh Football League First Division. They are based in Bridgend in south Wales. Historically, their local rivals were Maesteg Park who disbanded in 2009... |
38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 74 | 52 | 1.42 | 51 | Left league at end of season |
| 5 | Mid Rhondda United Mid Rhondda F.C. Mid Rhondda Football Club was an association football team, based in Tonypandy, Wales that was formed in 1912. Mid Rhondda were one of the earlier South Wales teams to form, as competition from rugby union within the Rhondda Valleys was very strong... |
38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 79 | 48 | 1.64 | 48 | |
| 6 | Weymouth Weymouth F.C. Weymouth F.C. are an English football club based in the town of Weymouth, who currently play in the Southern League Premier Division.-History:Weymouth Football Club were founded in 1890 and played their first game on 24 September of that year... |
38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 50 | 1.54 | 46 | |
| 7 | Cardiff City II Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... |
38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 44 | 1.27 | 42 | Left league at end of season |
| 8 | Newport County II | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 60 | 1.18 | 42 | Left league at end of season |
| 9 | Swindon Town II Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... |
38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 46 | 1.04 | 42 | |
| 10 | Bristol City II Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 43 | 1.18 | 41 | |
| 11 | Yeovil & Petters United Yeovil Town F.C. Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05... |
38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 50 | 0.98 | 40 | |
| 12 | Exeter City II Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 78 | 55 | 1.41 | 38 | |
| 13 | Taunton United Taunton Town F.C. Taunton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Taunton, Somerset, England. They compete in the Southern Football League Division One South & West, and play their home matches at their Wordsworth Drive ground which they moved into during the 1953 season... |
38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 55 | 51 | 1.07 | 36 | |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers II Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... |
38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 45 | 50 | 0.9 | 32 | |
| 15 | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 73 | 0.56 | 29 | |
| 16 | Llanelly Llanelli A.F.C. Llanelli Association Football Club is a Welsh semi-professional football club that plays in the Welsh Premier League for the 2010–11 season. The team has been based at Stebonheath Park since 1920, and as of 2009 is managed by Andy Legg.... |
38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 49 | 94 | 0.52 | 24 | Left league at end of season |
| 17 | Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale F.C. Ebbw Vale Football Club were a football team from Ebbw Vale, South Wales.Ebbw Vale played in the first season of the League of Wales in 1992-93. The club then finished 11th before finishing 3rd in two successive seasons to 1997-98. During the years when they finished 3rd the Giles brothers, Paul... |
38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 40 | 91 | 0.43 | 24 | |
| 18 | Bath City Bath City F.C. Bath City Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset. They play in the Conference National league after gaining promotion from the Conference South via the play-offs in May 2010... |
38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 85 | 0.32 | 24 | |
| 19 | Barry Barry Town F.C. Barry Town FC are a football team based in Barry. They dominated the League of Wales during the 1990s, but finished bottom in 2003-04 and were relegated... |
38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 38 | 82 | 0.46 | 22 | |
| 20 | Aberaman Athletic Aberaman Athletic F.C. Aberaman Athletic Football Club is a Welsh football club that currently play in the Welsh Football League Division One. Their ground is situated on Cardiff Road, Aberdare, between the suburb of Aberaman and the village of Abercwmboi.... |
38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 39 | 95 | 0.41 | 19 | 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.
Football League election
Mid-Rhondda United were the only non-League club to enter the elections for a place in the Football League Third Division SouthFootball League Third Division South
The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
. However, they received no votes and both League clubs were re-elected.
| Club | League | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Brentford Brentford F.C. Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One.... |
Football League Third Division South | 44 |
| Merthyr Town Merthyr Town F.C. Merthyr Town Football Club is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. For the 2011–2012 season the club will be playing in the Western Football League Premier Division at Penydarren Park in Merthyr.... |
Football League Third Division South | 44 |
| Mid-Rhondda United Mid Rhondda F.C. Mid Rhondda Football Club was an association football team, based in Tonypandy, Wales that was formed in 1912. Mid Rhondda were one of the earlier South Wales teams to form, as competition from rugby union within the Rhondda Valleys was very strong... |
Southern League | 0 |