1907/08

Southern League Division 1 · finished 10th of 20 · Manager: Syd King

Southern League record

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Against

Points

Results

Date	Comp	Opponent	H/A	Score	Res	Crowd	West Ham scorers
2 Sept 1907	SL	Swindon Town	H	1–2	L	8,000	Grassam (pen)
7 Sept 1907	SL	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	D	13,000	Blackburn
14 Sept 1907	SL	Swindon Town	A	1–1	D	5,000	Grassam (pen)
21 Sept 1907	SL	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	W	8,000	Grassam
28 Sept 1907	SL	Luton Town	A	3–0	W	7,000	Stapley 2, Grassam
5 Oct 1907	SL	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–0	D	7,000
12 Oct 1907	SL	Portsmouth	A	2–0	W	12,000	Blackburn, Watson
19 Oct 1907	SL	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0–0	D	12,000
26 Oct 1907	SL	Millwall	A	0–1	L	13,000
2 Nov 1907	SL	Brentford	H	4–1	W	6,000	Stapley 2, Grassam, Randall
9 Nov 1907	SL	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	L	10,000
16 Nov 1907	SL	Leyton	H	0–2	L	8,000
23 Nov 1907	SL	Reading	A	1–0	W	6,000	Watson
30 Nov 1907	SL	Watford	H	2–0	W	6,000	Stapley, Watson
7 Dec 1907	SL	Norwich City	A	1–1	D	4,500	Grassam
14 Dec 1907	SL	Northampton Town	H	1–1	D	4,000	Stapley
21 Dec 1907	SL	Southampton	A	0–0	D	6,000
25 Dec 1907	SL	New Brompton	H	1–2	L	10,000	Floyd (og)
26 Dec 1907	SL	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	W	17,000	Grassam 2, Featherstone
28 Dec 1907	SL	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	D	10,000	Shea
4 Jan 1908	SL	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	L	12,000	Stapley 2
11 Jan 1908	FACRound 1	Rotherham Town	H	1–0	W	9,500	Blackburn
18 Jan 1908	SL	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	W	8,000	Shea, Stapley, Watson
25 Jan 1908	SL	Luton Town	H	1–0	W	8,000	Watson
1 Feb 1908	FACRound 2	Newcastle United	A	0–2	L	47,000
8 Feb 1908	SL	Portsmouth	H	2–1	W	10,000	Frost, Watson
15 Feb 1908	SL	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–0	W	9,000	Watson
22 Feb 1908	SL	Millwall	H	0–2	L	12,000
29 Feb 1908	SL	Brentford	A	0–4	L	4,000
7 Mar 1908	SL	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	D	6,000
14 Mar 1908	SL	Leyton	A	2–2	D	11,000	Brown 2
21 Mar 1908	SL	Reading	H	2–1	W	6,000	Grassam, Watson
25 Mar 1908	SL	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–3	L	1,500	Jarvis
28 Mar 1908	SL	Watford	A	3–2	W	3,000	Frost, Jarvis, Stapley
4 Apr 1908	SL	Norwich City	H	3–0	W	6,000	Blackburn, Frost, Young
11 Apr 1908	SL	Northampton Town	A	0–4	L	6,000
17 Apr 1908	SL	New Brompton	A	0–3	L	6,000
18 Apr 1908	SL	Southampton	H	4–2	W	8,000	Brown 2, Blackburn, Shea
20 Apr 1908	SL	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–4	L	11,000
25 Apr 1908	SL	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	L	4,000

Appearances and goals

Player	Usual position	League apps	League goals	Cup apps	Cup goals	Total goals
Harry Stapley	CF	23	10	2		10
William Grassam	IR	32	9	2		9
Lionel Watson	IL	22	8			8
Fred Blackburn	OL	36	4	2	1	5
William Brown	IL	18	4			4
Danny Shea	IR	13	3	2		3
James Frost	OR	13	3	1		3
Len Jarvis	LH	29	2	1		2
Robert Young	CH	33	1	2		1
Thomas Randall	OR	7	1			1
Arthur Featherstone	OR	5	1	1		1
James Gault	RB	34		2
Tommy Allison	RH	29
Archie Taylor	LB	25		1
Frank Piercy	CH	23		2
George Kitchen	GK	23		2
David Clarke	GK	15
David Lindsay	OR	14
Thomas Lee	OL	6
George Horn	RH	4		1
Alf Harwood	LB	3
Sidney Hammond	LB	2		1
Stanley Bourne	LB	3
Fred Kemp	IL	2
William Wildman	RB	2
Dan Woodards	LH	1
Robertson	CF	1

Appearances are starts: there were no substitutes then. Positions are the numbered places on the team sheet (GK goalkeeper, RB/LB full-backs, RH/CH/LH half-backs, OR/IR/CF/IL/OL forwards).

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