Match Centre

Wednesday April 8th, 1908

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

5 - 1

5

H. Fleming (30', ??', ??'), J. Johnston (??'), A. Bown (??')

Brighton and Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion

1

J. Hall (3')
H. Fleming (30', ??', ??'), J. Johnston (??'), A. Bown (??')
(HT: 3-1)

Attendance: ~4,000

J. Hall (3')
J.T. Howcroft
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
HEMMINGS
2
GILL
3
WALKER
4
TOUT
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JOHNSTON
8
FLEMING
9
WARBURTON
10
BOWN
11
HEPPINSTALL
1
McDONALD
2
ARCHER
3
TURNER
4
HULME
5
KENT
6
McDONALD
7
DOUGAL
8
LONGSTAFF
9
HALL
10
RODGER
11
JOYNES
Swindon Town
1Fred 'Tich' HEMMINGS
2Jimmy GILL
3Jock WALKER
4Billy TOUT
5Charlie BANNISTER
6Peter CHAMBERS
7Jimmy JOHNSTON
8Harold FLEMING
9Frank WARBURTON
10Archie BOWN
11Frank HEPPINSTALL
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Brighton and Hove Albion
1Hugh McDONALD1
2Arthur ARCHER2
3Tom TURNER3
4Arthur HULME4
5Harry KENT5
6Willie McDONALD6
7Dave DOUGAL7
8Bert LONGSTAFF8
9Jack H. HALL9
10Tom RODGER10
11Dickie JOYNES11
Manager/Head Coach
Frank SCOTT-WALFORD

Results


Southern League Division One results on Wednesday April 8th, 1908:

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Swindon Town Swindon 5-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Wednesday April 8th, 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 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 11 4 2 40 23 8 4 3 29 17 19 8 5 69 40 1.73 46
2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 33 11 4 1 29 12 5 5 7 13 17 16 9 8 42 29 1.45 41
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 34 8 4 5 31 27 7 5 5 18 19 15 9 10 49 46 1.07 39
4 West Ham United West Ham United 33 8 6 4 23 14 6 4 5 20 19 14 10 9 43 33 1.30 38
5 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 32 10 4 1 31 12 5 4 8 21 32 15 8 9 52 44 1.18 38
6 Millwall Millwall 33 9 4 3 20 8 6 3 8 19 23 15 7 11 39 31 1.26 37
7 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 34 9 2 6 27 18 6 4 7 24 27 15 6 13 51 45 1.13 36
8 Portsmouth Portsmouth 33 12 1 4 37 16 3 4 9 20 27 15 5 13 57 43 1.33 35
9 Swindon Town Swindon 32 9 6 1 28 8 3 3 10 11 24 12 9 11 39 32 1.22 33
10 Southampton Southampton 31 10 3 3 25 17 4 1 10 14 27 14 4 13 39 44 0.89 32
11 Reading Reading 33 10 1 5 33 17 3 4 10 16 29 13 5 15 49 46 1.07 31
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 6 5 5 20 17 4 6 6 15 19 10 11 11 35 36 0.97 31
13 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 9 4 4 27 17 3 2 10 17 30 12 6 14 44 47 0.94 30
14 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 33 5 7 4 25 22 4 5 8 18 24 9 12 12 43 46 0.93 30
15 Brentford Brentford 33 11 3 2 34 13 1 2 14 9 33 12 5 16 43 46 0.93 29
16 Norwich City Norwich City 33 8 4 4 22 13 2 5 10 14 28 10 9 14 36 41 0.88 29
17 Luton Town Luton Town 32 9 4 4 21 13 2 2 11 9 28 11 6 15 30 41 0.73 28
18 Watford Watford 33 6 3 6 20 18 3 6 9 16 35 9 9 15 36 53 0.68 27
19 New Brompton New Brompton 33 6 3 7 19 23 2 4 11 20 43 8 7 18 39 66 0.59 23
20 Leyton Leyton 33 5 5 7 27 31 1 4 11 16 38 6 9 18 43 69 0.62 21