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			DIVISION 3 (South) 1925/26

				P	W	D	L	F	A	*Pts*
Leading League goalscorer: Jack Cock (Plymouth Argyle) 32 goals A seemingly small change in the offside rule brought a dramatic increase in goals scored. The number of opponents needed to keep a player onside was reduced from 3 to 2. As a result the total number of goals scored in Division 3 (South) increased from 1120 in 1924/25 to 1555, almost 40% up. There were some amazing individual results - for example at home Plymouth beat Aberdare 7-2, Bournemouth 7-2, Crystal Palace 6-2, Norwich 6-3 and Southend 6-2 while away they beat Charlton 5-0, drew with Crystal Palace 5-5 and lost 1-6 at Aberdare! (Goals & Goalscorers) More goals in the FA Cup - Crystal Palace recorded an amazing scoreline in a Fifth Round tie at Manchester City - they lost 4-11.		1	Reading	42	23	11	8	77	52	57
	Results	2	Plymouth Argyle	42	24	8	10	107	67	56
		3	Millwall	42	21	11	10	73	39	53
		4	Bristol City	42	21	9	12	72	51	51
	Results	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	19	9	14	84	73	47
		6	Swindon Town	42	20	6	16	69	64	46
		7	Luton Town	42	18	7	17	80	75	43
	Results	8	Bournemouth	42	17	9	16	75	91	43
	Results	9	Aberdare Athletic	42	17	8	17	74	66	42
		10	Gillingham	42	17	8	17	53	49	42
		11	Southend United	42	19	4	19	78	73	42
	Results	12	Northampton Town	42	17	7	18	82	80	41
	Results	13	Crystal Palace	42	19	3	20	75	79	41
	Results	14	Merthyr Town	42	14	11	17	69	75	39
	Results	15	Watford	42	15	9	18	73	89	39
	Results	16	Norwich City	42	15	9	18	58	73	39
		17	Newport County	42	14	10	18	64	74	38
	Results	18	Brentford	42	16	6	20	69	94	38
		19	Bristol Rovers	42	15	6	21	66	69	36
		20	Exeter City	42	15	5	22	72	70	35
		21	Charlton Athletic	42	11	13	18	48	68	35
		22	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	9	27	37	84	21

			R Charlton and QPR were re-elected to the Football League, unopposed.