Match Centre

Saturday September 12th, 1908

Southern League Division One

Reading

2 - 1

2

W. Tarplin (1'), F. Burch (45')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

H. Fleming (2')
W. Tarplin (1'), F. Burch (45')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: ~10,000
(~2,000 away fans)

H. Fleming (2')
J. Hare
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
NEWBIGGING
2
CRUMP
3
WILKES
4
HANCOCK
5
BODEN
6
MAINDS
7
BURCH
8
GRIMSTER
9
TARPLIN
10
LEONARD
11
HUGGINS
1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
TOUT
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JEFFERSON
8
HOGAN
9
FLEMING
10
BOWN
11
HEPPINSTALL
Reading
1Alex NEWBIGGING
2Arthur CRUMP
3Freddy WILKES
4George HANCOCK
5John BODEN
6Colin MAINDS
7Freddie BURCH
8 GRIMSTER
9Walter TARPLIN
10Anthony LEONARD
11Jack HUGGINS
Manager/Head Coach
Harry MATTHEWS
Swindon Town
1Archie LING1
2Billy MARSHALL2
3Jock WALKER3
4Billy TOUT4
5Charlie BANNISTER5
6Peter CHAMBERS6
7Bob JEFFERSON7
8Jimmy HOGAN8
9Harold FLEMING9
10Archie BOWN10
11Frank HEPPINSTALL11
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday September 12th, 1908:

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Coventry City Coventry City 3-4 New Brompton New Brompton
Leyton Leyton 2-0 Brentford Brentford
Norwich City Norwich City 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Reading Reading 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Southampton Southampton 6-0 Luton Town Luton Town
Southend United Southend United 3-0 Millwall Millwall
Watford Watford 3-1 Exeter City Exeter City
West Ham United West Ham United 0-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday September 12th, 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 Southampton Southampton 4 2 0 0 10 1 2 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 16 4 4 8
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 7 2 3.50 5
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 4 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 2 2.50 5
4 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 0 7 5 1.40 5
5 Swindon Town Swindon 4 2 0 0 16 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 17 6 2.83 4
6 Portsmouth Portsmouth 4 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 6 5 1.20 4
7 Reading Reading 3 1 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 6 5 1.20 4
8 Watford Watford 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 4 5 0.80 4
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 4 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 6 9 0.67 4
10 New Brompton New Brompton 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 9 2 0 2 6 11 0.55 4
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3
12 Luton Town Luton Town 3 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 6 8 0.75 3
13 Leyton Leyton 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 5 7 0.71 3
14 Southend United Southend United 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 2
15 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
16 West Ham United West Ham United 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 2
17 Exeter City Exeter City 3 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 6 8 0.75 2
18 Coventry City Coventry City 3 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 5 8 0.63 1
19 Brentford Brentford 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 7 0.57 1
20 Millwall Millwall 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 6 0.33 1
21 Norwich City Norwich City 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14 0 1 2 2 14 0.14 1