Hastings & St Leonards United - 1907-1908 Season
The club carried on it's form from the previous season, again finishing
in respectable positions in each league. Bert Beney finished top scorer
again, with 60 goals in all competitions.
Captain Billy Lambe was forced to sit out a large chunk of the season
due to a recurring foot injury. However, reserve/fringe players such as
Tom Adams, Jack Gasson and Pat Nason were called up to cover the first
team throughout the season. Veteran 'Jack' Griffiths, club trainer,
often dusted off the boots and young 'Jakey' Wood became a first team
regular by the end of the season.
The club finished the season in style beating a strong Brighton & Hove
Albion XI in the Freeman Thomas Shield at the Central Ground.
Southern League Division Two
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Southend United 18 13 3 2 47 16 29
2 Portsmouth II 18 10 5 3 39 22 25
3 Croydon Common 18 10 3 5 35 25 23
4 HASTINGS & ST.LEONARDS UNITED 18 10 2 6 43 29 22
5 Southampton II 18 7 4 7 54 46 18
6 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 18 7 3 8 42 38 17
7 Salisbury City I 18 6 4 8 35 46 16
8 Swindon Town II 18 5 5 8 36 40 15
9 Brighton & Hove Albion II 18 4 4 10 34 47 12
10 Wycombe Wanderers 18 1 1 16 16 72 3
South Eastern League Division One
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Woolwich Arsenal II 34 26 3 5 87 33 55
2 Tottenham Hotspur II 34 23 7 4 106 33 53
3 Hastings & St Leonards 34 19 6 9 93 48 44
4 Clapton Orient 34 20 3 11 71 48 43
5 Chelsea II 33 18 6 9 76 35 42
6 Croydon Common 34 16 7 11 74 60 39
7 Southend United 34 17 5 12 64 57 39
8 Fulham II 34 15 5 14 74 54 35
9 West Ham United II 34 14 6 14 52 53 34
10 Norwich City II 33 14 6 13 59 57 34
11 Queens Park Rangers II 34 15 8 16 64 74 33
12 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 34 11 8 15 65 67 30
13 Luton Town II 34 12 4 17 67 67 29
14 Leyton II 34 10 7 17 46 89 27
15 Sittingbourne 34 10 5 19 63 90 25
16 Maidstone United 34 8 8 18 52 71 24
17 Watford II 34 6 1 27 38 93 13
18 Hitchin Town 34 4 3 27 36 155 11
Appearances & Goals
Player Apps Goals
Adams, Tom 6
Beney, Bert 31 60
Blackman, Fred 25 3
Champion, Fred 25
Chick, Billy 25 10
Coleman, Jim 21 22
Davey? 2
Dixon 1
Easton, F. 2
Eacock? 2
Elgar, T. 1 1
Elgar, S. 5 3
Gasson, Jack 6 6
Griffiths, John "Jack" 11
Guy, R.W. 31 24
Hadden, Sid 1
Hall, Ellis 2 1
Harvey, F. 4
Holmes, Billy 20
Kent, "Tucker" 11 2
Lambe, Billy (C) 14 3
Nason, Pat 4 2
Perkins, W. 22 16
Swain, Thomas 2
Veness 1
Winter, Clifford 19 15
Wood, Jake 18 2
Stats incomplete.
3 Own goals
Goalscoring figures taken from Hastings Observer 02/05/1908.
Results
Date Opponents Comp Result Att Scorers
04/09/07 Tubridge Wells Rangers SE1 W 1-0 - Chick
07/09/07 Portsmouth II SL2 L 0-5 - -
11/09/07 CROYDON COMMON SE1 W 10-0 - Beney (4), Chick, Coleman (4), Guy
18/09/07 SITTINGBOURNE SE1 W 2-0 - Coleman, Winter
28/09/07 Southend United SL2 L 1-2 -
02/10/07 LEYTON II SE1 W 6-2 - Coleman, Elgar (3), ?
05/10/07 Rock-a-Nore FAC W 6-1 - Beney (3), Chick, Winter (2)
10/10/07 Chelsea SE1 W 2-1 -
12/10/07 TUNBRIDGE WELLS RANGERS SL2 W 5-1 - Beney (3), Coleman, Winter
16/10/07 Watford SE1 W 2-1 - Beney (2)
19/10/07 WORTHING FAC W 8-2 - Beney (2), Chick (2), Guy, Winter (2), Wood
26/10/07 Swindon II SL2 D 1-1 - Guy
30/10/07 MAIDSTONE UNITED SE1 W 5-1 - Beney (4), Coleman
02/11/07 Tunbridge Wells Rangers FAC W 2-0 3000 Beney, Chick
09/11/07 West Ham United SE1 L 0-4 - -
13/11/07 Southend United SE1 D 0-0 - -
16/11/07 SOUTHAMPTON II SL2 W 2-1 - Beney, Chick
23/11/07 SALISBURY CITY FAC W 4-0 - Beney (2), Perkins, Winter
27/11/07 CLAPTON ORIENT II SE1 W 3-2 - Guy (2), Perkins
30/11/07 SOUTHEND UNITED SL2 L 0-2 - -
07/12/07 PAULTON ROVERS FAC W 11-2 - Beney (2), Chick, Coleman (2), Guy, Perkins, Wood, Winter (3)
11/12/07 CROYDON COMMON UL W 7-0 - Beney (2), Blackman, Chick, Coleman, Winter (2)
16/12/07 New Brompton UL D 2-2 - Beney, Perkins
21/12/07 Salisbury City SL2 L 0-2 - -
26/12/07 Tottenham Hotspur SE1 L 1-4 - -
28/12/07 Croydon Common SL2 L 2-4 - -
04/01/08 Queens Park Rangers SE1 L 0-1 - -
11/01/08 PORTSMOUTH FAC L 0-1 4000 -
15/01/08 WATFORD SE1 W 7-1 - Beney, Coleman (2), Guy, Perkins (3)
18/01/08 TUNBRIDGE WELLS RANGERS SE1 W 6-1 800 Beney (2), Chick, Coleman, Perkins (2)
22/01/08 Sittingbourne SE1 W 6-1 - Beney (2), Coleman (2), Guy, Perkins
25/01/08 WEST HAM UNITED SE1 W 2-1 - Guy, Perkins
01/02/08 CROYDON COMMON SL2 W 2-0 - Beney, Perkins
03/02/08 Leyton II SE1 D 2-2 - Guy (2)
05/02/08 Croydon Common UL D 0-0 - -
08/02/08 NORWICH CITY II SE1 W 4-0 1200 Beney, Coleman, Guy, Lamb
12/02/08 BRENTFORD UL L 2-3 - Beney (2)
15/02/08 Southampton II SL2 W 5-4 - Beney (3), Guy (2)
19/02/08 BRIGHTON & HOVE II SL2 W 2-1 - Guy, Winter
22/02/08 Tunbridge Wells Rangers SL2 W 5-0 - -
29/02/08 WYCOMBE WANDERERS SL2 W 6-1 - Gasson (3)
02/03/08 Brentford UL L 0-4 - -
04/03/08 Croydon Common SE1 L 0-3 - -
07/03/08 WOOLWICH ARSENAL SE1 D 2-2 - -
14/03/08 Fulham SE1 D 2-2 - -
18/03/08 QUEENS PARK RANGERS SE1 W 2-1 - Beney, ?
21/03/08 SWINDON SL2 W 2-0 - Elgar, Guy
23/03/08 SOUTHEND UNITED SE1 W 5-0 - Beney (3), Coleman, Gasson
25/03/08 Maidstone United SE1 D 1-1 - -
28/03/08 Luton Town SE1 L 2-3 - -
30/03/08 Tunbridge Wells Rangers SL2 W 2-0 - -
01/04/08 Southend United UL L 2-3 - -
04/04/08 FULHAM SE1 W 2-1 - Beney, Gasson
08/04/08 Hitchin SE1 L 1-2 - -
11/04/08 Woolwich Arsenal SE1 L 1-2 - Nason
13/04/08 Brighton & Hove II SL2 L 0-3 - -
17/04/08 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SE1 L 2-3 - -
18/04/08 PORTSMOUTH SL2 D 1-1 - Nason
20/04/08 CHELSEA SE1 D 1-1 - Beney
22/04/08 SALISBURY CITY SL2 W 7-1 - Beney (3), Blackman, Coleman, Gasson, Nason
25/04/08 Clapton Orient SE1 L 0-3 - -
28/04/08 NEW BROMPTON UL D 0-0 - -
29/04/08 HITCHIN SE1 W 10-2 - -
30/04/08 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FTS W 3-1 - Beney, Chick, Coleman
??/??/?? SOUTHEND UNITED UL L 0-2 - -
??/??/?? LUTON TOWN SE1 W 3-2 - -
??/??/?? Norwich City SE1 W 1-0 - -
Fixtures in CAPS are at home.
SL2: Southern League Division Two
SE1: South Eastern League Division One
UL: United League
FAC: FA Cup
FTS: Freeman Thomas Charity Shield