Hastings & St Leonards United - 1906-1907 Season
The club's first season after the merger was a positive one,
with the first team finishing in respectable positions in
all three leagues they'd entered. Young Bert Beney broke
through and scored 49 goals for the first team, quickly
becoming a favourite with the crowd.
Despite a relatively successful season, the club were feeling
the strain budget wise and in fulfilling fixtures and it was
decided to enter for only the Southern League and Division One
of the South Eastern League.
The Central Recreation Ground and Sports Ground were used as
home grounds for the season, before the club returned to using
the Central Ground for the 1907-08 season.
Southern League Division Two
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Southend United 22 14 5 3 58 23 33
2 West Ham United II 22 14 3 5 64 30 31
3 Portsmouth II 22 11 6 5 53 44 28
4 Fulham II 22 11 4 7 47 32 26
5 HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS UNITED 21 10 4 7 46 31 24
6 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 22 10 1 11 46 36 21
7 Salisbury City 22 9 2 11 40 42 20
8 Southampton II 22 8 2 12 37 56 18
9 Swindon Town II 22 7 3 12 35 46 17
10 Reading II 22 6 4 12 32 47 16
11 Royal Engineers Aldershot 21 5 4 12 27 58 14
12 Wycombe Wanderers 22 4 6 12 28 68 14
South Eastern League Division One
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Woolwich Arsenal II 24 22 2 0 83 13 46
2 Tottenham Hotspur II 24 13 6 5 74 30 32
3 Hastings & St Leonards 24 13 5 6 82 40 31
4 Norwich City II 24 13 1 10 66 62 27
5 Leyton II 24 12 1 11 46 56 25
6 Sittingbourne 24 9 5 10 46 51 23
7 Queens Park Rangers II 24 9 5 10 38 46 23
8 Maidstone United 24 8 5 11 40 65 21
9 Luton Town II 24 8 4 12 52 66 20
10 Chelsea II 24 7 4 13 50 52 18
11 Hitchin Town 24 7 4 13 36 81 18
12 Watford II 24 5 5 14 26 63 13
13 Brighton & Hove Albion II 24 5 3 16 34 68 13
South Eastern League Division Two
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Southend United 18 17 0 1 85 6 34
2 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 18 16 0 2 61 14 32
3 Clapton Orient 18 9 4 5 58 27 22
4 Hastings & St Leonards Reserves 18 10 1 7 55 46 21
5 Depot Battalion Royal Engineers 18 7 5 6 41 31 19
6 Redhill 18 4 4 10 33 48 12
7 Eastbourne 18 6 0 12 36 63 12
8 Chesham Generals 18 5 1 12 23 66 11
9 Chesham Town 18 4 2 12 30 63 10
10 Tunbridge Wells 18 3 1 14 24 82 7
United League
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Crystal Palace 14 8 5 1 39 20 21
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 6 6 2 33 26 18
3 Luton Town 14 8 1 5 23 27 17
4 Norwich City 14 6 4 4 34 22 16
5 Hastings & St Leonards 14 6 2 6 27 24 14
6 Leyton 14 3 4 7 24 27 10
7 New Brompton 14 3 3 8 24 35 9
8 Watford 14 3 1 10 15 38 7
Appearances & Goals
Player Apps Goals
Adams, F.
Adams, J.
Adams, Thomas 2
Baker 1
Bannister, A.
Beale, R.
Beney, Bert 36 49
Carter 3
Chick, Billy 22 9
Clark, W. 3
Cox, A.
Easton, F. 1
Elgar, A.S.
Ellis 5
Gale, F.
Gasson , Jack 1
Green, Len
Griffiths, John "Jack" 16 2
Hadden, Sid 8 1
Harvey, F. 1
Holmes, Billy 13 3
Hope, W.
Jarvis 19
Kent, A.
Kent 11 7
Lambe, Billy 18 2
Leigh, Walter 26 42
MacNamara
Miller, Percy 1 1
Nason, J.W. 1 1
Perkins, J. 1
Perkins, W. 26 33
Phillips, F.
Phillips, Leslie 1 2
Rigate, W. 26 18
Sellman, A.
Shepherd-Turneham, N.P.
Taylor, E.
Teague, A.
Thair, Sid 20 15
Turner, J. (C) 21
Vincett, John "Bert" 26 1
Wood, Jake 5
Stats incomplete.
Goalscoring figures taken from Hastings Observer 04/05/1907.
Results
Date Opponents Comp Result Att Scorers
03/09/06 New Brompton UL D 2-2 - -
08/09/06 FULHAM II SL2 W 2-1 - Chick, Thair
10/09/06 Woolwich Arsenal II SE1 L 1-2 - Beney
12/09/06 LEYTON SE1 W 4-2 - Leigh (2), Rigate (2)
15/09/06 Fulham II SL2 L 1-3 - -
19/09/06 HITCHIN SE1 W 5-0 - Beney, W.Perkins (2), Thair, Vincett
22/09/06 Luton Town SE1 W 3-2 - W.Perkins, ?
26/09/06 Queens Park Rangers II SE1 L 1-2 - W.Perkins
29/09/06 WYCOMBE WANDERERS SL2 W 3-0 - Leigh, W.Perkins, Rigate
03/10/06 Sittingbourne SE1 W 4-1 - Chick, W.Perkins (3)
13/10/06 READING RESERVES SL2 D 3-3 - Chick, Rigate, Thair
17/10/06 LEYTON UL D 1-1 - Leigh
20/10/06 ROCK-A-NORE FAC W 4-0 - Chick, Leigh, Thair
27/10/06 Tottenham Hotspur II SE1 D 1-1 - -
31/10/06 Brighton & Hove Albion UL L 0-1 - -
03/11/06 Tunbridge Wells Rangers FAC W 3-1 - Beney, Leigh, Rigate
07/11/06 Watford UL L 1-4 - Beney
10/11/06 West Ham Reserves SL2 L 0-4 - -
17/11/06 SWINDON TOWN II SL2 W 1-0 - Beney
24/11/06 2nd Lincoln Regiment FAC W 3-1 - Beney (2), Leigh
28/11/06 WATFORD UL W 5-1 - Beney (2), Leigh (2), Thair
01/12/06 SOUTHEND UNITED SL2 L 1-2 -
08/12/06 New Crusaders FAC W 2-1 750 Beney, Rigate
10/12/06 Luton Town UL L 0-2 - -
15/12/06 NORWICH CITY II SE1 L 3-4 - Beney, W.Perkins, Thair
19/12/06 Leyton UL L 0-4 - -
22/12/06 *Southern United SL2 W 5-1 - Beney (2), Leigh (2), Thair
25/12/06 TUNBRIDGE WELLS RANGERS SL2 W 4-1 - Beney (3), Leigh
26/12/06 PORTSMOUTH II SL2 D 2-2 - Beney, Phillips
29/12/06 WATFORD II SE1 W 5-2 - Beney, Lambe, Leigh (2), Thair
05/01/07 Southampton II SL2 W 2-1 - W.Perkins (2)
12/01/07 Norwich City FAC L 1-3 4387 Beney
19/01/07 SOUTHAMPTON II SL2 W 3-1 - Leigh (2), W.Perkins
23/01/07 CRYSTAL PALACE UL L 0-1 - -
26/01/07 Watford II SE1 D 2-2 - Beney, Chick
30/01/07 MAIDSTONE UNITED SE1 W 4-0 - W.Perkins, Rigate, Thair (2)
02/02/07 Southend United SL2 L 0-2 - -
09/02/07 ROYAL ENGINEERS SL2 W 7-1 - Beney, Chick (2), Kent, Leigh, W.Perkins (2)
13/02/07 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION UL W 6-1 - Beney (2), Kent, Leigh, W.Perkins, Rigate
16/02/07 Reading II SL2 D 1-1 - -
20/02/07 NORWICH CITY UL W 3-1 - -
23/02/07 ARSENAL II SE1 D 1-1 - -
27/02/07 Salisbury City SL2 L 0-1 - -
02/03/07 Wycombe Wanderers SL2 W 4-2 - Beney (2), Leigh (2)
06/03/07 LUTON TOWN UL W 2-0 - Beney, W.Perkins
09/03/07 Norwich City II SE1 W 10-1 - Beney (3), Chick, Leigh (4), W.Perkins, Rigate
13/03/07 Maidstone United SE1 W 3-1 - -
16/03/07 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR II SE1 D 3-3 -
20/03/07 Crystal Palace UL W 3-2 - Beney, W.Perkins, Rigate
20/03/07 *Brighton & Hove Alb II SE1 L 2-4 - -
23/03/07 Swindon Town II SL2 W 1-0 - W.Perkins
29/03/07 CHELSEA II SE1 W 2-1 - -
30/03/07 Tunbridge Wells Rangers SL2 L 0-1 - -
01/04/07 Portsmouth II SL2 L 1-2 - Beney
03/04/07 NEW BROMPTON UL W 3-0 - Beney, Griffiths, Leigh
06/04/07 SALISBURY CITY SL2 W 8-1 - Nason, W.Perkins
10/04/07 SITTINGBOURNE SE1 W 9-1 - Beney, Rigate, ?
11/04/07 Chelsea II SE1 D 4-4 - -
13/04/07 WEST HAM UNITED II SL2 D 2-2 - Beney, W.Perkins, ?
17/04/07 QUEENS PARK RANGERS II SE1 W 4-0 - Beney, Kent, Leigh, Rigate
18/04/07 Norwich City UL L 0-4 - -
20/04/07 Leyton SE1 L 2-3 - -
24/04/07 TUNBRIDGE WELLS RANGERS FTS W 5-1 - -
27/04/07 LUTON TOWN SE1 W 7-0 - -
??/??/?? BRIGHTON & HOVE ALB II SE1 W 2-0 - -
??/??/?? Hitchin Town SE1 L 0-3 - -
Fixtures in CAPS are at home.
22/10/06 fixture vs Southern United later scratched as opponents withdrew from league.
20/03/07 fixture vs Brighton fulfilled by reserves.
Away fixture vs Royal Engineers scratched.
SL2: Southern League Division Two
SE1: South Eastern League Division One
UL: United League
FAC: FA Cup
FTS: Freeman Thomas Charity Shield