Southern League Division One
Friday, April 9, 1909

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
B.Peplow (??')
 HT: 1-0 B.Jefferson (65'), B.Tout (68'), A.Bown (75')
Attendance:  12,000   Referee:  J.W. Bailey


1
CARTLIDGE
2
APPLEBY
3
FLOYD
4
HIGGINS
5
STRANG
6
HANDLEY
7
PEPLOW
8
ROBERTS
9
CORBETT
10
GERRISH
11
DARGUE
1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
TOUT
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JEFFERSON
8
LAVERY
9
RUSHTON
10
BOWN
11
FENTON

Lineups
 
Arthur CARTLIDGE
                 
Archie LING
 
 
Ben APPLEBY
                 
Billy MARSHALL
 
 
Bill FLOYD
                 
  Jock WALKER
 
 
Martin HIGGINS
               
Billy TOUT
 
 
Tom STRANG
                 
Charlie BANNISTER
 
 
Frank HANDLEY view STFC profile
                 
Peter CHAMBERS
 
 
Billy PEPLOW
             
Bob JEFFERSON
 

 
John ROBERTS
                 
Jack LAVERY
 

 
Fred CORBETT
                 
George RUSHTON
 
 
Billy GERRISH
               
Archie BOWN
 
 
James DARGUE
                 
Fred FENTON
 













Results on Friday, April 9, 1909: League Table
 
  Brentford 3 - 1 Norwich City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 6 - 2 Reading  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Millwall 0 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 1 New Brompton  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Southampton  
  Watford 0 - 3 Luton Town  
  West Ham United 1 - 0 Leyton  

Table as at Friday, April 9, 1909:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Northampton Town 34 23 3 8 81 37 2.19 49 
2 Swindon Town 35 20 5 10 88 44 2.00 45 
3 Portsmouth 36 17 8 11 62 53 1.17 42 
4 Southampton 35 17 7 11 60 56 1.07 41 
5 Bristol Rovers 36 15 9 12 53 56 0.95 39 
6 Exeter City 36 16 6 14 52 59 0.88 38 
7 Millwall 35 16 4 15 57 53 1.08 36 
8 Plymouth Argyle 35 13 9 13 39 43 0.91 35 
9 Queens Park Rangers 34 12 10 12 47 40 1.18 34 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 36 14 6 16 57 53 1.08 34 
11 Reading 34 9 16 9 56 53 1.06 34 
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 11 14 57 55 1.04 33 
13 Luton Town 35 14 5 16 52 55 0.95 33 
14 New Brompton 35 14 5 16 40 56 0.71 33 
15 Leyton 34 12 8 14 47 42 1.12 32 
16 West Ham United 35 14 3 18 49 54 0.91 31 
17 Brentford 36 12 7 17 52 66 0.79 31 
18 Watford 36 11 9 16 41 59 0.69 31 
19 Southend United 33 11 8 14 41 44 0.93 30 
20 Norwich City 34 9 9 16 46 69 0.67 27 
21 Coventry City 34 11 4 19 49 79 0.62 26 

Key: Champions