Southern League Division One
Friday, December 25, 1908

Coventry City Swindon Town
J.Hickman (??')
 HT: 1-0 J.Lavery (??')
Attendance:  7,000    


1
MOULT
2
JUGGINS
3
DRENNAN
4
MARVIN
5
DODD
6
DOUGHERTY
7
PARKES
8
TICKLE
9
HICKMAN
10
WARREN
11
BUCKLE
1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
INNES
5
TOUT
6
BANNISTER
7
JEFFERSON
8
LAVERY
9
RUSHTON
10
BOWN
11
HEPPINSTALL

Lineups
 
Jack MOULT
                 
Archie LING
 
 
Ted JUGGINS
                 
Billy MARSHALL
 
 
T.A. DRENNAN
                 
  Jock WALKER
 
 
T. MARVIN
                 
Bob INNES
 
 
Sammy DODD
                 
Billy TOUT
 
 
Jim DOUGHERTY
                 
Charlie BANNISTER
 
 
Harry PARKES
                 
Bob JEFFERSON
 

 
Charlie TICKLE
               
Jack LAVERY
 

 
J. HICKMAN
               
George RUSHTON
 
 
George WARREN
                 
Archie BOWN
 
 
Harry BUCKLE  
                 
Frank HEPPINSTALL
 













Results on Friday, December 25, 1908: League Table
 
  Brentford 3 - 1 Watford  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Luton Town  
  Coventry City 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Millwall  
  New Brompton 1 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 2 Norwich City  
  Reading 4 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Southend United 2 - 6 Portsmouth  
  West Ham United 1 - 0 Southampton  

Table as at Friday, December 25, 1908:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 20 12 4 4 47 29 1.62 28 
2 Northampton Town 18 12 2 4 42 21 2.00 26 
3 Crystal Palace 21 10 5 6 43 29 1.48 25 
4 Portsmouth 21 9 4 8 40 38 1.05 22 
5 Bristol Rovers 18 9 4 5 30 30 1.00 22 
6 Swindon Town 19 9 3 7 44 28 1.57 21 
7 Queens Park Rangers 20 7 7 6 24 25 0.96 21 
8 New Brompton 19 9 3 7 27 29 0.93 21 
9 Exeter City 17 8 3 6 31 29 1.07 19 
10 Millwall 19 8 3 8 31 30 1.03 19 
11 Reading 19 4 10 5 31 24 1.29 18 
12 Watford 20 6 6 8 24 33 0.73 18 
13 West Ham United 19 8 1 10 24 27 0.89 17 
14 Luton Town 18 7 2 9 31 32 0.97 16 
15 Plymouth Argyle 18 5 6 7 16 19 0.84 16 
16 Brentford 20 6 4 10 26 38 0.68 16 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 19 6 3 10 29 33 0.88 15 
18 Norwich City 19 4 6 9 24 48 0.50 14 
19 Southend United 13 5 3 5 21 21 1.00 13 
20 Leyton 15 5 2 8 22 26 0.85 12 
21 Coventry City 18 4 3 11 26 44 0.59 11 

Key: Champions