For the next 7 seasons the Club remained in Division 1 of the SAL, but struggled against relegation in every season. It has to be remembered that this was a very strong league, which contained many gate taking Clubs and including such big clubs as Ipswich Town, Hastings & St Leonards, Cambridge Town and Eastbourne. As a private club Carshalton achieved considerable success merely by competing against these big clubs and maintaining its position for so long.

The 1^st XI followed the previous season’s AFA Senior Cup Final appearance with a 4-1 victory at Crouch End in Round 1 in front of a crowd of over 500. This was to be as far as they progressed as they went down 3-1 in a replay at Kew Association following a 2-2 draw at Beddington Park. In the AFA Surrey Senior Cup Carshalton beat Old Rutlishians 4-2 in the semi final with goals from HM Cornford and a hat-trick from Ronnie Morris. In the final at Exiles Ground in Twickenham, Carshalton once again faced Kew (who had reached the final of the AFA Senior Cup the previous week), and fought out a tight 0-0 draw, thus sharing the trophy. In the league, Carshalton struggled in the lower reaches of the First Division for most of the season. The match report on the 6-1 defeat in a mud bath at Old Lyonians in March boldly predicted swift revenge the following week in the return fixture. No idle boast, as remarkably they secured a 1-0 victory on a "slightly more appropriate surface for passing football".

1926 saw the historic decision to start "The Carshalton Club News". This was the brainchild of the Hon. General Secretary CH Shelton Cox and his idea was presented to the Committee in the autumn of 1926. Despite reservations about finances, his proposal was accepted, and so on 13^th November 1926, Shelton Cox edited the first copy. The purpose of the Club News was outlined in his first editorial.

The first edition contained reports on the 1s 2-0 league defeat at Bank of England, the Reserve’s league game at home to Merton (2-2 with goals from Les Duff & W.Benwell), the "A"’s 4-1 defeat at the hands of Reigate Priory’s reserves, the "B"’s 4-1 defeat of Norsemen (a brace each for JH Ablett and RS Lucas) and the "C"’s shambles - fielding only 8 players at Wembley(!) against Swiss Bank. Some things never change, as the first edition concluded with a reminder from the Hon. Treasurer regarding subscriptions. Reassuring to note that this is not a modern disease!

Many editorials that season reflected that football was still very much an amateur sport, with special emphasis on the Corinthian code. There were numerous references to Public School football, Varsity football and surprise, surprise, lamentations about the lack of good young players. "It’s strange isn’t it? Take a young fellow of 18 - fit, splendid physique, keen, all the make up of a star man except the football brain and the necessary clever feet".

By the end of the season it was clear that The Club News had achieved its aims - namely to knit the Club together. "We feel we’re IN IT now - just one fine Club - not a number of teams, each just keen about themselves". Shelton Cox’s vision was rewarded at the end of the season with full backing from the AGM to continue issuing the Club News and "authority to make a charge to defray the cost of it." This venture represents a milestone in the Club’s history – an ambitious step taken by a far sighted and enterprising Committee that has paid – and is still paying – handsome dividends for the Club. The Club News was the first of its kind issued and whilst several clubs followed our lead, many have subsequently dropped out of existence. Even today, there are few clubs issuing a comparable weekly publication and we can be proud of the fact that from November 1926 to the present day, the Club News has continued to service the membership, providing results, teamsheets, match reports and healthy (and unhealthy) debate. In 1926, the appearance of the News had an electrifying effect on the Club, and we can be sure that its disappearance today would have an equal effect – in the opposite direction.