Southern League Division One
Saturday, December 26, 1908

Swindon Town Bristol Rovers

HT: 0-1 M.Higgins (30' pen)
Attendance:  10,000   Referee:  A.G. Neale


1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
INNES
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JEFFERSON
8
FLEMING
9
BOWN
10
LAVERY
11
HEPPINSTALL
1
CARTLIDGE
2
APPLEBY
3
FLOYD
4
SMART
5
STRANG
6
HANDLEY
7
PEPLOW
8
MCCUBBIN
9
HIGGINS
10
ROBERTS
11
DARGUE

Lineups
 
Archie LING
                 
Arthur CARTLIDGE
 
 
Billy MARSHALL
                 
Ben APPLEBY
 
 
Jock WALKER  
                 
Bill FLOYD
 
 
Bob INNES
                 
Jack SMART
 
 
Charlie BANNISTER
                 
Tom STRANG
 
 
Peter CHAMBERS
                 
view STFC profileFrank HANDLEY
 
 
Bob JEFFERSON
                 
Billy PEPLOW
 

 
Harold FLEMING  
                 
Sandy MCCUBBIN
 

 
Archie BOWN
               
Martin HIGGINS
 
 
Jack LAVERY
                 
John ROBERTS
 
 
Frank HEPPINSTALL
                 
James DARGUE
 













Results on Saturday, December 26, 1908: League Table
 
  Leyton 1 - 0 West Ham United  
  Luton Town 1 - 0 Watford  
  Millwall 1 - 0 New Brompton  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Norwich City 6 - 1 Brentford  
  Portsmouth 3 - 0 Coventry City  
  Reading 2 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Southampton 1 - 4 Queens Park Rangers  
  Swindon Town 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, December 26, 1908:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 19 13 2 4 44 22 2.00 28 
2 Southampton 21 12 4 5 48 33 1.45 28 
3 Crystal Palace 22 10 6 6 45 31 1.45 26 
4 Portsmouth 22 10 4 8 43 38 1.13 24 
5 Bristol Rovers 19 10 4 5 31 30 1.03 24 
6 Queens Park Rangers 21 8 7 6 28 26 1.08 23 
7 Swindon Town 20 9 3 8 44 29 1.52 21 
8 Millwall 20 9 3 8 32 30 1.07 21 
9 New Brompton 20 9 3 8 27 30 0.90 21 
10 Reading 20 4 11 5 33 26 1.27 19 
11 Exeter City 17 8 3 6 31 29 1.07 19 
12 Luton Town 19 8 2 9 32 32 1.00 18 
13 Watford 21 6 6 9 24 34 0.71 18 
14 West Ham United 20 8 1 11 24 28 0.86 17 
15 Plymouth Argyle 18 5 6 7 16 19 0.84 16 
16 Norwich City 20 5 6 9 30 49 0.61 16 
17 Brentford 21 6 4 11 27 44 0.61 16 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 19 6 3 10 29 33 0.88 15 
19 Leyton 16 6 2 8 23 26 0.88 14 
20 Southend United 14 5 3 6 22 23 0.96 13 
21 Coventry City 19 4 3 12 26 47 0.55 11 

Key: Champions