Southern League Division One
(HT: 2-0)
Attendance: ~5,000
Attendance: ~5,000
J. Kirton (??')
G. Landragin
Lineups
1
ROBINSON
ROBINSON
2
MEEHAN
MEEHAN
3
HAYNES
HAYNES
4
MESTON
MESTON
5
CHADWICK
CHADWICK
6
PETRIE
PETRIE
7
SMITH
SMITH
8
WOOD
WOOD
9
HARTLEY
HARTLEY
10
KEAY
KEAY
11
SEELEY
SEELEY
1
MENHAM
MENHAM
2
MUNRO
MUNRO
3
MILLS
MILLS
4
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
5
LOGAN
LOGAN
6
SMITH
SMITH
7
SHARPLES
SHARPLES
8
COUPAR
COUPAR
9
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
10
HENDERSON
HENDERSON
11
KIRTON
KIRTON
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Bob MENHAM1 | ||
| 2Jimmy MUNRO2 | ||
| 3Andy MILLS3 | ||
| 4Georgie RICHARDSON4 | ||
| 5Neil LOGAN5 | ||
| 6Alec SMITH6 | ||
| 7Jimmy SHARPLES7 | ||
| 8Jimmy COUPAR8 | ||
| 9Billy RICHARDSON9 | ||
| 10George HENDERSON10 | ||
| 11Jack KIRTON11 |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 24th, 1898:
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
2-2 | 
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
4-0 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
0-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Southampton
Southampton
|
4-1 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Warmley
Warmley
|
1-5 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 24th, 1898:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
| 1 |
Southampton
Southampton
|
12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 3.20 | 19 |
| 2 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2.89 | 18 |
| 3 |
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1.29 | 14 |
| 4 |
Bristol City
Bristol City
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 1.89 | 12 |
| 5 | 
Bedminster
Bedminster
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 0.86 | 11 |
| 6 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 1.21 | 9 |
| 7 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 0.96 | 9 |
| 8 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 0.86 | 9 |
| 9 | 
Chatham
Chatham
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1.44 | 8 |
| 10 |
Reading
Reading
|
10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0.67 | 8 |
| 11 |
Brighton United
Brighton United
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 0.69 | 6 |
| 12 | 
Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
|
11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 0.40 | 5 |
| 13 |
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 0.30 | 4 |