Season 1896-1897

Results

Southern League Division One

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
1 19 SEP Wolverton London and North Western Railway (Home) Wolverton LNWR (H) W4 - 0 D. Skea 2, J. Munro, G. Richardson ~4,000
2 26 SEP Millwall Athletic (Away) Millwall Athletic (A) L1 - 2 J. Munro ~3,000
3 03 OCT New Brompton (Away) New Brompton (A) L1 - 3 D. Skea ~2,000
4 17 OCT Reading (Home) Reading (H) W4 - 1 R. Cox, D. Skea 2, J. Murray 5,144
5 24 OCT Chatham (Home) Chatham (H) L2 - 6 R. Cox, M. Jones ~2,000
6 07 NOV Millwall Athletic (Home) Millwall Athletic (H) L2 - 5 J. Hallam 2 ~3,000
7 14 NOV Tottenham Hotspur (Away) Tottenham (A) L1 - 3 R. Cox ~2,000
8 05 DEC Southampton St. Mary's (Home) Southampton St. Mary's (H) L0 - 2 - ~3,000
9 19 DEC Northfleet (Home) Northfleet (H) D2 - 2 R. Cox, J. Hallam -
10 26 DEC Chatham (Away) Chatham (A) L2 - 6 J. Munro, J. Murray ~3,000
11 09 JAN Tottenham Hotspur (Home) Tottenham (H) W1 - 0 J. Murray ~2,000
12 16 JAN Reading (Away) Reading (A) D0 - 0 - ~6,000
13 30 JAN Gravesend United (Home) Gravesend United (H) D1 - 1 G. Richardson -
14 06 FEB Northfleet (Away) Northfleet (A) W4 - 0 J. Munro pen., G. Morris, S. King (o.g.), A. Daniel -
15 13 FEB New Brompton (Home) New Brompton (H) W2 - 1 D. Jones, G. Morris -
16 27 FEB Southampton St. Mary's (Away) Southampton St. Mary's (A) L0 - 2 - ~5,000
17 13 MAR Wolverton London and North Western Railway (Away) Wolverton LNWR (A) W1 - 0 J. Hallam -
18 23 MAR Sheppey United (Away) Sheppey United (A) W1 - 0 J. Murray ~1,400
19 27 MAR Sheppey United (Home) Sheppey United (H) W2 - 0 G. Palmer, M. Jones ~3,000
20 19 APR Gravesend United (Away) Gravesend United (A) L2 - 3 G. Richardson, J. Munro -

Football Association Challenge Cup

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
QUALIFYING COMPETITION
THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND - XI
3Q 21 NOV Uxbridge (Home) Uxbridge (H) W3 - 2 M. Jones, R. Cox 2 ~3,000
FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND - VIII
4Q 12 DEC Royal Artillery (Home) Royal Artillery (H) W4 - 1 G. Richardson 2, J. Hallam, J. Murray -
FIFTH QUALIFYING ROUND - VIII
5Q 02 JAN Southampton St. Mary's (Away) Southampton St. Mary's (A) L2 - 8 S. Meston (o.g.), J. Munro ~5,000