Southern League Division One
Saturday, January 8, 1898

Northfleet Swindon Town
J.Stuart (8')
 HT: 1-2 J.Bell (6'), T.Anthony (35')
    Referee:  F.H. King


1
CLARE
2
BAGNALL
3
PITTAWAY
4
WRIGHT
5
MCGREGOR
6
MOODY
7
COOK
8
GRIEVE
9
STUART
10
NICHOL
11
CAMPBELL
1
COOK
2
SHUTT
3
MELLARS
4
BOGGIE
5
MUNRO
6
ALMOND
7
RICHARDSON
8
ANTHONY
9
BELL
10
MORRIS
11
WILSON

Lineups
 
CLARE
                 
Jimmy COOK
 
 
BAGNALL
                 
Jack SHUTT
 
 
PITTAWAY
                 
Billy MELLARS
 
 
WRIGHT
                 
Alec BOGGIE
 
 
MCGREGOR
                 
Jimmy MUNRO
 
 
MOODY
                 
James ALMOND
 
 
COOK
                 
Georgie RICHARDSON
 

 
Tom GRIEVE
               
Tommy ANTHONY
 

 
Jim STUART
             
Jock BELL
 
 
NICHOL
                 
  Grenville MORRIS
 
 
CAMPBELL
                 
Tom WILSON
 













Results on Saturday, January 8, 1898: League Table
 
  Northfleet 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Reading 2 - 2 Bristol City  
  Southampton 4 - 0 Sheppey United  
  Wolverton London and North Western Railway 1 - 3 Gravesend United  

Table as at Saturday, January 8, 1898:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 10 9 0 1 25 6 4.17 18 
2 Bristol City 12 6 5 1 36 22 1.64 17 
3 Reading 11 7 2 2 23 11 2.09 16 
4 Chatham 12 7 2 3 31 18 1.72 16 
5 New Brompton 11 5 2 4 18 13 1.38 12 
6 Gravesend United 12 4 4 4 16 17 0.94 12 
7 Tottenham Hotspur 10 4 3 3 21 15 1.40 11 
8 Sheppey United 12 5 1 6 21 27 0.78 11 
9 Swindon Town 11 3 2 6 14 25 0.56 8 
10 Millwall Athletic 11 3 0 8 23 24 0.96 6 
11 Wolverton London and North Western Railway 13 2 1 10 21 53 0.40 5 
12 Northfleet 9 1 0 8 9 27 0.33 2 

Key: Champions Test Match