Season 1897-98

Southern League Division 1 1897-98 (5th)

		PL	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF/A	PTS
1	Southampton¹	22	18	1	3	53	18	2.944	37
2	Bristol City	22	13	7	2	67	33	2.030	33
3	Tottenham Hotspur	22	12	4	6	52	31	1.677	28
4	Chatham Town	22	12	4	6	50	34	1.471	28
5	READING	22	8	7	7	39	31	1.258	23
6	New Brompton	22	9	4	9	37	37	1.000	22
7	Sheppey United	22	10	1	11	40	49	0.816	21
8	Gravesend United	22	7	6	9	28	39	0.718	20
9	Millwall Athletic	22	8	2	12	48	45	1.067	18
10	Swindon Town	22	7	2	13	36	48	0.750	16
11	Northfleet²	22	4	3	15	29	60	0.483	11
12	Wolverton LNWR³	22	3	1	18	28	82	0.341	7
¹ Southampton previously known as Southampton St Mary's ² Northfleet resigned after losing Test Matches ³ Wolverton LNWR relegated after losing Test Matches

Southern League Division 1 1897-98

11 Sep	Swindon Town	H	1-0
2 Oct	Millwall Athletic	H	2-1
9 Oct	Wolverton LNWR	H	6-0
16 Oct	Southampton	H	0-2
23 Oct	Sheppey United	H	1-0
6 Nov	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-3
13 Nov	Millwall Athletic	A	1-0
27 Nov	Gravesend United	H	1-0
4 Dec	Swindon Town	A	1-2
1 Jan	Chatham Town	H	5-1
8 Jan	Bristol City	H	2-2
29 Jan	Gravesend United	A	1-1
5 Feb	New Brompton	H	4-1
12 Feb	Northfleet	H	1-1
16 Feb	Northfleet	A	1-1
19 Feb	Southampton	A	1-2
26 Feb	Tottenham Hotspur	A¹	1-1
7 Mar	Chatham Town	A	1-1
12 Mar	Bristol City	A	2-3
2 Apr	Wolverton LNWR	A	0-2
9 Apr	New Brompton	A	3-4
21 Apr	Sheppey United	A	1-3
¹ played at Millwall

Western League Professional Section 1897-98 (3rd)

		PL	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF/A	PTS
1	Bristol City¹	14	11	1	2	51	16	3.188	23
2	Swindon Town	14	9	1	4	32	16	2.000	19
3	READING	14	7	2	5	28	25	1.120	16
4	Bristol St George	14	6	3	5	26	28	0.928	15
5	Bristol E Rovers²	14	6	2	6	39	26	1.500	14
6	Warmley	14	5	3	6	36	27	1.333	13
7	Eastleigh Athletic³	14	3	2	9	23	54	0.426	8
8	Trowbridge Town	14	2	0	12	15	58	0.259	4
¹ Bristol City awarded win over Eastleigh ² Bristol Eastville Rovers later known as Bristol Rovers ³ Eastleigh previously known as Eastleigh LSWR

FA Cup 1897-98

30 Oct	Q3	Swindon Town	H	0-0
3 Nov	(R)	Swindon Town	A	2-3