Southern League Division One
Saturday, September 17, 1898

Swindon Town Reading
J.Coupar (??'), J.Kirton (??'), J.Munro (??' pen), G.Henderson (??'), T.Little (??'), G.Morris (??')
 HT: 5-0 E.Goldie (??')
Attendance:  5,000   Referee:  A. Cooper


1
BOULTON
2
MUNRO
3
MILLS
4
HENDERSON
5
LOGAN
6
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
9
LITTLE
10
MORRIS
11
KIRTON
1
WHITTAKER
2
O'BRIEN
3
HOSIE
4
TAYLOR
5
BALLANTYNE
6
FOSTER
7
DAVIES
8
GOLDIE
9
MILLAR
10
DOBIE
11
PLANT

Lineups
 
Tom BOULTON
                 
Walter WHITTAKER
 
 
Jimmy MUNRO
               
view STFC profileJoe O'BRIEN
 
 
Andrew MILLS
                 
James HOSIE
 
 
George HENDERSON
               
  John TAYLOR
 
 
Neil LOGAN
                 
William BALLANTYNE
 
 
Alec SMITH
                 
James FOSTER
 
 
James SHARPLES
                 
  Joe DAVIES
 

 
Jimmy COUPAR
             
Edward GOLDIE
 

 
Tommy LITTLE
               
Harry MILLAR
 
 
Grenville MORRIS  
               
Robert DOBIE
 
 
Jack KIRTON
               
  Jack PLANT
 













Results on Saturday, September 17, 1898: League Table
 
  Millwall Athletic 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Southampton 0 - 2 New Brompton  
  Swindon Town 6 - 1 Reading  
  Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 2 Sheppey United  
  Warmley 1 - 4 Gravesend United  

Table as at Saturday, September 17, 1898:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 New Brompton 3 3 0 0 9 0 ∞ 6 
2 Swindon Town 3 3 0 0 14 3 4.67 6 
3 Gravesend United 3 2 0 1 7 6 1.17 4 
4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 4 3 1.33 3 
5 Chatham 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
6 Southampton 2 1 0 1 4 3 1.33 2 
7 Reading 3 1 0 2 4 9 0.44 2 
8 Brighton United 3 1 0 2 3 8 0.38 2 
9 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
10 Millwall Athletic 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
11 Bedminster 2 0 1 1 2 3 0.67 1 
12 Royal Artillery 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.67 0 
13 Sheppey United 3 0 0 3 2 7 0.29 0 
14 Warmley 2 0 0 2 1 9 0.11 0 

Key: Champions Test Match