Southern League Division One
Saturday, January 9, 1909

Swindon Town Reading
H.Fleming (5', 43', ??'), F.Fenton (40'), J.Lavery (47')
HT: 3-1 A.Leonard (9')
Attendance:  7,000   Referee:  A.J. Barker


1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
TOUT
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JEFFERSON
8
FLEMING
9
RUSHTON
10
LAVERY
11
FENTON
1
NEWBIGGING
2
WILKES
3
SMITH
4
BARTHOLOMEW
5
HANCOCK
6
MAINDS
7
WARWICK
8
LEONARD
9
WHEATCROFT
10
MORLEY
11
HUGGINS

Lineups
 
Archie LING
                 
Alex NEWBIGGING
 
 
Billy MARSHALL
                 
Freddy WILKES
 
 
Jock WALKER  
                 
  Herbert SMITH
 
 
Billy TOUT
                 
Freddy BARTHOLOMEW
 
 
Charlie BANNISTER
                 
George HANCOCK
 
 
Peter CHAMBERS
                 
Colin MAINDS
 
 
Bob JEFFERSON
                 
WARWICK
 

 
Harold FLEMING  
             
Anthony LEONARD
 

 
George RUSHTON
                 
view STFC profileFreddy WHEATCROFT
 
 
Jack LAVERY
               
Fred MORLEY
 
 
Fred FENTON
               
Jack HUGGINS
 













Results on Saturday, January 9, 1909: League Table

 
  Brentford 0 - 0 Leyton  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 2 West Ham United  
  Exeter City 1 - 0 Watford  
  Luton Town 1 - 0 Southampton  
  Millwall 3 - 1 Southend United  
  New Brompton 0 - 1 Coventry City  
  Northampton Town 3 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Swindon Town 5 - 1 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, January 9, 1909:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 22 16 2 4 58 23 2.52 34 
2 Southampton 23 13 4 6 49 34 1.44 30 
3 Crystal Palace 24 10 7 7 47 35 1.34 27 
4 Swindon Town 23 11 4 8 53 31 1.71 26 
5 Portsmouth 24 10 6 8 45 40 1.13 26 
6 Bristol Rovers 21 11 4 6 36 34 1.06 26 
7 Millwall 23 11 3 9 38 32 1.19 25 
8 Queens Park Rangers 22 9 7 6 29 26 1.12 25 
9 Reading 23 5 12 6 39 35 1.11 22 
10 Luton Town 22 9 3 10 37 37 1.00 21 
11 West Ham United 23 9 3 11 31 31 1.00 21 
12 Exeter City 19 9 3 7 33 34 0.97 21 
13 New Brompton 23 9 3 11 27 39 0.69 21 
14 Norwich City 23 6 8 9 34 52 0.65 20 
15 Watford 24 6 7 11 26 40 0.65 19 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 7 4 11 33 36 0.92 18 
17 Plymouth Argyle 21 6 6 9 18 27 0.67 18 
18 Leyton 19 7 3 9 25 28 0.89 17 
19 Brentford 24 6 5 13 29 48 0.60 17 
20 Southend United 16 6 3 7 24 26 0.92 15 
21 Coventry City 21 5 3 13 28 51 0.55 13 

Key: Champions