Match Centre

Saturday December 26th, 1908

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

0 - 1

0

Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers

1

M. Higgins (30' pen)
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: ~10,000

M. Higgins (30' pen)
A.G. Neale

Lineups


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

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday December 26th, 1908:

Leyton Leyton 1-0 West Ham United West Ham United
Luton Town Luton Town 1-0 Watford Watford
Millwall Millwall 1-0 New Brompton New Brompton
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-1 Southend United Southend United
Norwich City Norwich City 6-1 Brentford Brentford
Portsmouth Portsmouth 3-0 Coventry City Coventry City
Reading Reading 2-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Southampton Southampton 1-4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swindon Town Swindon 0-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 26th, 1908:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Northampton Town Northampton Town 19 8 2 0 28 8 5 0 4 16 14 13 2 4 44 22 2 28
2 Southampton Southampton 21 7 2 2 31 17 5 2 3 17 16 12 4 5 48 33 1.45 28
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 8 0 2 30 11 2 6 4 15 20 10 6 6 45 31 1.45 26
4 Portsmouth Portsmouth 22 7 2 2 25 13 3 2 6 18 25 10 4 8 43 38 1.13 24
5 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 19 8 1 1 21 10 2 3 4 10 20 10 4 5 31 30 1.03 24
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 7 3 1 21 11 1 4 5 7 15 8 7 6 28 26 1.08 23
7 Swindon Town Swindon 20 8 0 2 36 11 1 3 6 8 18 9 3 8 44 29 1.52 21
8 Millwall Millwall 20 8 1 1 22 8 1 2 7 10 22 9 3 8 32 30 1.07 21
9 New Brompton New Brompton 20 6 1 3 14 10 3 2 5 13 20 9 3 8 27 30 0.90 21
10 Reading Reading 20 4 6 2 23 12 0 5 3 10 14 4 11 5 33 26 1.27 19
11 Exeter City Exeter City 17 5 2 2 19 15 3 1 4 12 14 8 3 6 31 29 1.07 19
12 Luton Town Luton Town 19 8 1 1 29 9 0 1 8 3 23 8 2 9 32 32 1 18
13 Watford Watford 21 6 5 0 17 8 0 1 9 7 26 6 6 9 24 34 0.71 18
14 West Ham United West Ham United 20 8 0 1 17 4 0 1 10 7 24 8 1 11 24 28 0.86 17
15 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 18 2 3 3 7 7 3 3 4 9 12 5 6 7 16 19 0.84 16
16 Brentford Brentford 21 4 3 3 15 13 2 1 8 12 31 6 4 11 27 44 0.61 16
17 Norwich City Norwich City 20 5 5 0 23 10 0 1 9 7 39 5 6 9 30 49 0.61 16
18 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 19 5 2 2 22 9 1 1 8 7 24 6 3 10 29 33 0.88 15
19 Leyton Leyton 16 5 0 2 13 5 1 2 6 10 21 6 2 8 23 26 0.88 14
20 Southend United Southend United 14 4 1 1 10 6 1 2 5 12 17 5 3 6 22 23 0.96 13
21 Coventry City Coventry City 19 3 3 4 18 21 1 0 8 8 26 4 3 12 26 47 0.55 11