Southern League Division One
Mr. Gay
Lineups
1
COOK
COOK
2
FULTON
FULTON
3
SHUTT
SHUTT
4
BOGGIE
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
8
HOPEWELL
HOPEWELL
9
PALMER
PALMER
10
MURRAY
MURRAY
11
JONES
JONES
1
LEITCH
LEITCH
2
PENNEY
PENNEY
3
DAVIS
DAVIS
4
LISSENDEN
LISSENDEN
5
MATTHEW
MATTHEW
6
WALKER
WALKER
7
HARRISON
HARRISON
8
COTTRELL
COTTRELL
10
LUTFOOT
LUTFOOT
11
JONES
JONES
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Jimmy COOK | |
| 2Jack FULTON | |
| 3Jack SHUTT | |
| 4Alec BOGGIE | |
| 5Jimmy MUNRO | |
| 6Jim ALMOND | |
| 7Georgie RICHARDSON | |
| 8Bob HOPEWELL | |
| 9George PALMER | |
| 10Joey MURRAY | |
| 11Maurice JONES |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Club COMMITTEE |
| Sheppey United | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Billy LEITCH1 | ||
| 2A. PENNEY2 | ||
| 3W. DAVIS3 | ||
| 4Albert LISSENDEN4 | ||
| 5James MATTHEW5 | ||
| 6A. WALKER6 | ||
| 7A. HARRISON7 | ||
| 8Ted COTTRELL8 | ||
| 10G. LUTFOOT10 | ||
| 11W. JONES11 |
Results
Southern League Division One results on Saturday March 27th, 1897:
Chatham
Chatham
|
3-1 | 
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
2-2 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
2-0 | 
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
2-0 | 
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
Table
Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday March 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
|
14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 3.92 | 26 |
| 2 |
Chatham
Chatham
|
19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 1.68 | 25 |
| 3 | 
Millwall Athletic
Millwall Athletic
|
15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 2.78 | 23 |
| 4 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 0.91 | 19 |
| 5 |
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham
|
17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 1.46 | 18 |
| 6 |
Gravesend United
Gravesend United
|
16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 1.20 | 18 |
| 7 |
Reading
Reading
|
17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 0.76 | 17 |
| 8 |
New Brompton
New Brompton
|
17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 0.76 | 13 |
| 9 |
Northfleet
Northfleet
|
17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 0.45 | 10 |
| 10 |
Sheppey United
Sheppey United
|
16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 0.63 | 9 |
| 11 | 
Wolverton London and North Western Railway
Wolverton LNWR
|
15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 0.23 | 4 |