1908/09

Southern League Division 1 · finished 17th of 21 · 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
1 Sept 1908	SL	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	W	7,000	Blackburn, Foster
5 Sept 1908	SL	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–3	L	6,000	Burton, Foster
12 Sept 1908	SL	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	L	10,000
19 Sept 1908	SL	Brentford	A	0–1	L	6,000
26 Sept 1908	SL	Luton Town	H	4–0	W	3,000	Foster 2, Ashton, Piercy
30 Sept 1908	SL	Watford	A	1–2	L	3,000	Shea
3 Oct 1908	SL	Swindon Town	A	0–3	L	6,000
10 Oct 1908	SL	Portsmouth	H	3–1	W	8,000	Foster 3
17 Oct 1908	SL	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–3	L	6,000
24 Oct 1908	SL	Northampton Town	H	2–1	W	9,000	Shreeve (pen), Tirrell
31 Oct 1908	SL	New Brompton	A	1–2	L	6,000	Miller
7 Nov 1908	SL	Millwall	H	1–0	W	14,000	Foster
14 Nov 1908	SL	Southend United	A	0–0	D	6,000
21 Nov 1908	SL	Coventry City	H	2–0	W	6,000	Foster, Randall
28 Nov 1908	SL	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	L	8,000
5 Dec 1908	SL	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	L	7,000
12 Dec 1908	SL	Norwich City	A	3–6	L	4,500	Burton 2, Grassam
19 Dec 1908	SL	Reading	H	2–1	W	5,000	Blackburn, Grassam
25 Dec 1908	SL	Southampton	H	1–0	W	15,000	Blackburn
26 Dec 1908	SL	Leyton	A	0–1	L	20,000
28 Dec 1908	SL	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–0	W	10,000	Shea 4
2 Jan 1909	SL	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	D	5,000	Waggott
9 Jan 1909	SL	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	D	5,000	Shea 2
16 Jan 1909	FACRound 1	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	D	17,000
20 Jan 1909	FACRound 1 replay	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	W	11,400	Shea
23 Jan 1909	SL	Brentford	H	3–0	W	7,000	Frost, Miller, Waggott
30 Jan 1909	SL	Luton Town	A	0–1	L	3,000
6 Feb 1909	FACRound 2	Leeds City	A	1–1	D	31,500	Miller
11 Feb 1909	FACRound 2 replay	Leeds City	H	2–1	W	13,000	Shea 2
13 Feb 1909	SL	Portsmouth	A	1–4	L	5,000	Miller
20 Feb 1909	FACRound 3	Newcastle United	H	0–0	D	1,700
24 Feb 1909	FACRound 3 replay	Newcastle United	A	1–2	L	36,500	Shea
27 Feb 1909	SL	Northampton Town	A	0–6	L	5,000
6 Mar 1909	SL	New Brompton	H	0–1	L	3,000
8 Mar 1909	SL	Swindon Town	H	4–2	W	4,000	Shea 3 (2 pen), Costello
13 Mar 1909	SL	Millwall	A	0–3	L	9,000
20 Mar 1909	SL	Southend United	H	4–0	W	9,000	Atkins, Costello, Piercy, Shea
27 Mar 1909	SL	Coventry City	A	1–3	L	7,000	Shea
1 Apr 1909	SL	Exeter City	H	4–1	W	4,000	Blackburn 2, Miller 2
3 Apr 1909	SL	Bristol Rovers	H	0–2	L	7,000
9 Apr 1909	SL	Leyton	H	1–0	W	13,000	Webb
10 Apr 1909	SL	Watford	H	3–1	W	7,000	Shea 2, Costello
12 Apr 1909	SL	Southampton	A	2–2	D	7,500	Shea, Webb
17 Apr 1909	SL	Norwich City	H	2–1	W	5,000	Blackburn, Shea
21 Apr 1909	SL	Exeter City	A	0–1	L	7,000
24 Apr 1909	SL	Reading	A	0–1	L	2,500

Appearances and goals

Player	Usual position	League apps	League goals	Cup apps	Cup goals	Total goals
Danny Shea	IR	35	16	6	4	20
Jack Foster	CF	15	9			9
Fred Blackburn	OL	40	6	6		6
Walter Miller	CF	11	5	6	1	6
John Burton	IL	15	3	4		3
Frank Costello	IL	12	3			3
Frank Piercy	CH	26	2			2
David Waggott	IL	8	2	1		2
William Grassam	IR	8	2	1		2
George Webb	CF	4	2			2
Herbert Ashton	OR	27	1	2		1
Frederick Shreeve	RB	19	1	6		1
Patrick Tirrell	LH	13	1	4		1
Thomas Randall	LH	17	1			1
James Frost	OR	7	1	4		1
C. Atkins	CF	2	1			1
Archie Taylor	LB	35		6
George Kitchen	GK	35		6
William Yenson	RH	26		6
Len Jarvis	LH	23		2
James Gault	RB	13
George Chalkley	CH	7		4
Alf Harwood	LB	9
Robert Young	RH	9
Henry Eastwood	OR	6
Stanley Bourne	LH	3		2
Tommy Allison	RH	5
C. Dawson	GK	4
James Dyer	IR	3
William Brown	IL	2
David Clarke	GK	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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