Match Centre

Saturday January 9th, 1909

Southern League Division One

Swindon Town

5 - 1

5

H. Fleming (5', 43', ??'), F. Fenton (40'), J. Lavery (47')

Reading

Reading

1

A. Leonard (9')
H. Fleming (5', 43', ??'), F. Fenton (40'), J. Lavery (47')
(HT: 3-1)

Attendance: ~7,000

A. Leonard (9')
A.J. Barker
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
LING
2
MARSHALL
3
WALKER
4
TOUT
5
BANNISTER
6
CHAMBERS
7
JEFFERSON
8
FLEMING
9
RUSHTON
10
LAVERY
11
FENTON
1
NEWBIGGING
2
WILKES
3
SMITH
4
BARTHOLOMEW
5
HANCOCK
6
MAINDS
7
WARWICK
8
LEONARD
9
WHEATCROFT
10
MORLEY
11
HUGGINS
Swindon Town
1Archie LING
2Billy MARSHALL
3Jock WALKER
4Billy TOUT
5Charlie BANNISTER
6Peter CHAMBERS
7Bob JEFFERSON
8Harold FLEMING
9George RUSHTON
10Jack LAVERY
11Freddy FENTON
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Reading
1Alex NEWBIGGING1
2Freddy WILKES2
3Herbert SMITH3
4Freddy BARTHOLOMEW4
5George HANCOCK5
6Colin MAINDS6
7 WARWICK7
8Anthony LEONARD8
9Freddy WHEATCROFT9
10Fred MORLEY10
11Jack HUGGINS11
Manager/Head Coach
Harry MATTHEWS

Results


Southern League Division One results on Saturday January 9th, 1909:

Brentford Brentford 0-0 Leyton Leyton
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-2 West Ham United West Ham United
Exeter City Exeter City 1-0 Watford Watford
Luton Town Luton Town 1-0 Southampton Southampton
Millwall Millwall 3-1 Southend United Southend United
New Brompton New Brompton 0-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Northampton Town Northampton Town 3-0 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Swindon Town Swindon 5-1 Reading Reading

Table


Southern League Division One table after matches on Saturday January 9th, 1909:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Northampton Town Northampton Town 22 10 2 0 38 8 6 0 4 20 15 16 2 4 58 23 2.52 34
2 Southampton Southampton 23 8 2 2 32 17 5 2 4 17 17 13 4 6 49 34 1.44 30
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 24 8 1 2 32 13 2 6 5 15 22 10 7 7 47 35 1.34 27
4 Swindon Town Swindon 23 10 0 2 45 13 1 4 6 8 18 11 4 8 53 31 1.71 26
5 Portsmouth Portsmouth 24 7 3 2 26 14 3 3 6 19 26 10 6 8 45 40 1.13 26
6 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 21 9 1 1 26 11 2 3 5 10 23 11 4 6 36 34 1.06 26
7 Millwall Millwall 23 9 1 2 25 10 2 2 7 13 22 11 3 9 38 32 1.19 25
8 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 7 3 1 21 11 2 4 5 8 15 9 7 6 29 26 1.12 25
9 Reading Reading 23 4 7 2 25 14 1 5 4 14 21 5 12 6 39 35 1.11 22
10 Luton Town Luton Town 22 9 1 1 30 9 0 2 9 7 28 9 3 10 37 37 1 21
11 West Ham United West Ham United 23 9 1 1 22 5 0 2 10 9 26 9 3 11 31 31 1 21
12 Exeter City Exeter City 19 6 2 2 20 15 3 1 5 13 19 9 3 7 33 34 0.97 21
13 New Brompton New Brompton 23 6 1 4 14 11 3 2 7 13 28 9 3 11 27 39 0.69 21
14 Norwich City Norwich City 23 6 6 0 26 12 0 2 9 8 40 6 8 9 34 52 0.65 20
15 Watford Watford 24 6 6 0 18 9 0 1 11 8 31 6 7 11 26 40 0.65 19
16 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 6 2 3 25 11 1 2 8 8 25 7 4 11 33 36 0.92 18
17 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 21 2 3 4 7 10 4 3 5 11 17 6 6 9 18 27 0.67 18
18 Leyton Leyton 19 6 0 2 15 5 1 3 7 10 23 7 3 9 25 28 0.89 17
19 Brentford Brentford 24 4 4 4 17 16 2 1 9 12 32 6 5 13 29 48 0.60 17
20 Southend United Southend United 16 5 1 1 11 6 1 2 6 13 20 6 3 7 24 26 0.92 15
21 Coventry City Coventry City 21 3 3 5 19 25 2 0 8 9 26 5 3 13 28 51 0.55 13