Southern League Division One
Saturday, September 12, 1908

Reading Swindon Town
W.Tarplin (1'), F.Burch (45')
 HT: 2-1 H.Fleming (2')
Attendance:  10,000 (2,000 away fans)   Referee:  J. Hare


1
NEWBIGGING
2
CRUMP
3
WILKES
4
HANCOCK
5
BODEN
6
MAINDS
7
BURCH
8
GRIMSTER
9
TARPLIN
10
LEONARD
11
HUGGINS
1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
TOUT
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JEFFERSON
8
HOGAN
9
FLEMING
10
BOWN
11
HEPPINSTALL

Lineups
 
Alex NEWBIGGING
                 
Archie LING
 
 
Arthur CRUMP
                 
Billy MARSHALL
 
 
Freddy WILKES
                 
  Jock WALKER
 
 
George HANCOCK
                 
Billy TOUT
 
 
John BODEN
                 
Charlie BANNISTER
 
 
Colin MAINDS
                 
Peter CHAMBERS
 
 
Freddie BURCH
               
Bob JEFFERSON
 

 
GRIMSTER
                 
Jimmy HOGAN
 

 
Walter TARPLIN
             
  Harold FLEMING
 
 
Anthony LEONARD
                 
Archie BOWN
 
 
Jack HUGGINS
                 
Frank HEPPINSTALL
 













Results on Saturday, September 12, 1908: League Table
 
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Coventry City 3 - 4 New Brompton  
  Leyton 2 - 0 Brentford  
  Norwich City 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Reading 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Southampton 6 - 0 Luton Town  
  Southend United 3 - 0 Millwall  
  Watford 3 - 1 Exeter City  
  West Ham United 0 - 1 Crystal Palace  

Table as at Saturday, September 12, 1908:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 4 4 0 0 16 4 4.00 8 
2 Crystal Palace 3 2 1 0 7 2 3.50 5 
3 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 5 2 2.50 5 
4 Bristol Rovers 3 2 1 0 7 5 1.40 5 
5 Swindon Town 4 2 0 2 17 6 2.83 4 
6 Portsmouth 4 1 2 1 6 5 1.20 4 
7 Reading 3 1 2 0 6 5 1.20 4 
8 Watford 4 2 0 2 4 5 0.80 4 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 2 0 2 6 9 0.67 4 
10 New Brompton 4 2 0 2 6 11 0.55 4 
11 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 2 2 1.00 3 
12 Luton Town 3 1 1 1 6 8 0.75 3 
13 Leyton 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.71 3 
14 Southend United 2 1 0 1 3 1 3.00 2 
15 West Ham United 3 1 0 2 4 4 1.00 2 
16 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 0 1 1 1 1.00 2 
17 Exeter City 3 0 2 1 6 8 0.75 2 
18 Coventry City 3 0 1 2 5 8 0.63 1 
19 Brentford 3 0 1 2 4 7 0.57 1 
20 Millwall 3 0 1 2 2 6 0.33 1 
21 Norwich City 3 0 1 2 2 14 0.14 1 

Key: Champions