Season 1897-1898

Results

Southern League Division One

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
1 11 SEP Reading (Away) Reading (A) L0 - 1 - ~8,000
2 18 SEP New Brompton (Home) New Brompton (H) L0 - 3 - ~4,000
3 02 OCT Chatham (Away) Chatham (A) L0 - 4 - ~2,500
4 23 OCT Millwall Athletic (Home) Millwall Athletic (H) L0 - 5 - ~3,100
5 06 NOV Southampton (Away) Southampton (A) L1 - 4 R. Cox ~5,000
6 13 NOV Wolverton London and North Western Railway (Away) Wolverton LNWR (A) L1 - 2 T. Wilson -
7 04 DEC Reading (Home) Reading (H) W2 - 1 G. Morris 2 ~3,000
8 18 DEC Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H) D2 - 2 J. Bell, G. Morris ~4,000
9 27 DEC Gravesend United (Away) Gravesend United (A) D2 - 2 A. Boggie, T. Wilson ~2,000
10 01 JAN Wolverton London and North Western Railway (Home) Wolverton LNWR (H) W4 - 0 T. Wilson, Wain (o.g.), J. Munro, G. Richardson ~3,000
11 08 JAN Northfleet (Away) Northfleet (A) W2 - 1 J. Bell, T. Anthony -
12 15 JAN Millwall Athletic (Away) Millwall Athletic (A) L2 - 4 T. Anthony, G. Morris ~3,000
13 22 JAN Sheppey United (Home) Sheppey United (H) W4 - 1 G. Richardson 2, A. Walker (o.g.), G. Morris ~3,000
14 29 JAN Northfleet (Home) Northfleet (H) W7 - 2 G. Morris 3, T. Anthony, J. Bell, J. Munro pen., J. Murray ~3,000
15 05 FEB Tottenham Hotspur (Home) Tottenham (H) W3 - 0 G. Morris 2, J. Almond ~4,000
16 12 FEB New Brompton (Away) New Brompton (A) W2 - 1 G. Morris 2 ~3,000
17 19 FEB Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A) L1 - 4 B. Richardson ~4,000
18 05 MAR Southampton (Home) Southampton (H) L0 - 2 - ~5,000
19 19 MAR Gravesend United (Home) Gravesend United (H) L1 - 2 T. Wilson ~2,000
20 26 MAR Chatham (Home) Chatham (H) L1 - 2 J. Almond ~1,500
21 02 APR Sheppey United (Away) Sheppey United (A) L1 - 3 T. Wilson ~1,200
22 11 APR Tottenham Hotspur (Away) Tottenham (A) L0 - 2 - ~5,000

Western League Professional Section

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
1 15 SEP Bristol Eastville Rovers (Away) Bristol Eastville Rovers (A) W1 - 0 G. Richardson ~2,000
2 06 OCT Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A) D3 - 3 J. Bell, G. Morris 2 ~1,500
3 13 OCT Trowbridge Town (Home) Trowbridge Town (H) W3 - 0 G. Morris, Slugg (o.g.), B. George (o.g.) ~500
4 20 OCT Eastleigh Athletic (Away) Eastleigh Athletic (A) L0 - 2 - ~200
5 17 NOV Bristol St. George (Home) Bristol St. George (H) W4 - 0 G. Richardson 2, T. Wilson, G. Morris -
6 16 FEB Eastleigh Athletic (Home) Eastleigh Athletic (H) W7 - 1 J. Munro, G. Morris 4, J. Bell, G. Richardson ~400
7 26 FEB Warmley (Home) Warmley (H) W2 - 1 G. Morris 2 -
8 28 FEB Bristol St. George (Away) Bristol St. George (A) L1 - 3 A. Boggie -
9 12 MAR Trowbridge Town (Away) Trowbridge Town (A) W1 - 0 G. Morris -
10 30 MAR Bristol Eastville Rovers (Home) Bristol Eastville Rovers (H) W3 - 0 B. Richardson, G. Morris 2 ~350
11 12 APR Warmley (Away) Warmley (A) L1 - 4 G. Morris ~1,000
12 13 APR Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H) W1 - 0 B. Richardson -
13 16 APR Reading (Away) Reading (A) L0 - 1 - ~2,500
14 23 APR Reading (Home) Reading (H) W5 - 1 B. Henderson (o.g.), B. Richardson, G. Morris 2, J. Munro pen. ~3,000

Football Association Challenge Cup

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
QUALIFYING COMPETITION
THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND - VII
3Q 30 OCT Reading (Away) Reading (A) D0 - 0 - ~8,000
3QR 03 NOV Reading (Home) Reading (H) W3 - 2 R. Cox, G. Morris, T. Wilson ~2,000
FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND - VII
4Q 20 NOV Southampton (Home) Southampton (H) L1 - 3 J. Bell ~5,000