Southern League Division One
T.W. Saywell
Lineups
1
CLAWLEY
CLAWLEY
2
MESTON
MESTON
3
HAYNES
HAYNES
4
McMILLAN
McMILLAN
5
LITTLEHALES
LITTLEHALES
6
HODGKINSON
HODGKINSON
7
NAUGHTON
NAUGHTON
8
BUCHANAN
BUCHANAN
9
FARRELL
FARRELL
10
HAYTER
HAYTER
11
TURNER
TURNER
1
COOK
COOK
2
SHUTT
SHUTT
3
MUNRO
MUNRO
4
ALMOND
ALMOND
5
ANDREWS
ANDREWS
6
BOGGIE
BOGGIE
7
HALLAM
HALLAM
8
DANIEL
DANIEL
9
MORRIS
MORRIS
10
MURRAY
MURRAY
11
EDWARDS
EDWARDS
| Southampton St. Mary's | |
|---|---|
| 1George CLAWLEY | |
| 2Sammy MESTON | |
| 3Harry HAYNES | |
| 4John McMILLAN | |
| 5Alf LITTLEHALES | |
| 6John HODGKINSON | |
| 7Billy 'Chippy' NAUGHTON | |
| 8Bob BUCHANAN | |
| 9Jack FARRELL | |
| 10Fred HAYTER | |
| 11Joe TURNER |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Alfred McMINN |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jimmy COOK1 | ||
| 2Jack SHUTT2 | ||
| 3Jimmy MUNRO3 | ||
| 4Jim ALMOND4 | ||
| 5Alf 'Babe' ANDREWS5 | ||
| 6Alec BOGGIE6 | ||
| 7Jack HALLAM7 | ||
| 8Arthur DANIEL8 | ||
| 9Grenville MORRIS9 | ||
| 10Joey MURRAY10 | ||
| 11Albie EDWARDS11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Club COMMITTEE |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday February 27th, 1897:
Chatham
Chatham
|
6-2 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
1-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Southampton St. Mary's
Southampton St. Mary's
|
2-0 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday February 27th, 1897:
| 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 St. Mary's
Southampton St. Mary's
|
12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 4.10 | 23 |
| 2 |
Chatham
Chatham
|
17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 1.62 | 21 |
| 3 | 
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 2.71 | 18 |
| 4 | 
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 1.25 | 16 |
| 5 | 
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 1.60 | 15 |
| 6 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 0.79 | 13 |
| 7 |
Reading
Reading
|
13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 0.67 | 13 |
| 8 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 0.84 | 11 |
| 9 |
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 0.71 | 7 |
| 10 | 
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 0.48 | 7 |
| 11 | 
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 0.24 | 4 |