| Final Ranking | p | _w_ | _d_ | _l_ | gf | ga | g+- |  | 1. Southampton St Mary's | 35 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 63: | 18 | +45 |  | 2. Millwall Athletic | 31 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 63: | 24 | +39 |  | 3. Chatham Town | 27 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 54: | 29 | +25 |  | 4. Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 43: | 29 | +14 |  | 5. Gravesend United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35: | 34 | +1 |  | 6. Swindon Town | 19 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33: | 37 | -4 |  | 7. Reading | 19 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31: | 49 | -18 |  | 8. New Brompton | 16 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 32: | 42 | -10 |  | 9. Northfleet | 14 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24: | 46 | -22 |  | 10.Sheppey United | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 34: | 47 | -13 |  | 11.Wolverton London   N | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 17: | 74 | -57 |  |  left the league after 7 matches. |  | -. Royal Ordnance Factories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8: | 46 | -38 |   
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FA Cup 1896-1897   |  | Test maches: |  | Wolverton London   N 2-0 Dartford |  | Sheppey United 2-1 RETB Chatham |  | Northfleet 0-3 Freemantle |  | Freemantel won but withdrew from the league and Nothfleet remained in Division I. |   
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| Team | Chat | Grav | Mill | New | Nort | Read | Roya | Shep | Sout | Swin | Tott | Wolv |  | Chatham Town | --- |   | 1:2 | 3:3 |   | 2:1 |   |   |  0:1 | 6:2 |  1:2 |   |  | Gravesend United |   | --- |  1:2 | 4:0 |   | 3:0 |   |   | 1:1 | 3:2 | 1:3 |   |  | Millwall Athletic |  1:0 | 1:1 | --- | 2:2 |  5:0 |  3:1 |   | 6:0 | 0:0 | 2:1 |  0:4 | 12:0 |  | New Brompton | 0:2 | 1:3 |  0:2 | --- | 2:0 | 1:0 |   | 0:2 |  1:3 | 3:1 | 2:1 | 5:0 |  | Northfleet |   |   | 2:2 | 2:4 | --- | 2:2 |   |   | 1:2 | 2:2 |  2:0 |   |  | Reading | 2:1 | 2:0 | 1:7 | 3:2 | 1:0 | --- | 8:3 | 1:0 |  1:5 | 0:0 | 2:1 | 6:0 |  | Royal Ordnance Factories |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |  | Sheppey United |   |   |  4:1 | 1:2 |   | 6:0 |   | --- |  0:1 | 0:1 | 3:3 |   |  | Southampton St Mary's | 4:1 |  5:0 |  1:1 | 8:3 |  6:2 | 6:0 |   | 6:1 | --- |  2:0 | 1:1 | 5:2 |  | Swindon Town | 2:6 | 1:1 |  2:5 |  2:1 | 4:0 | 4:1 |   | 2:0 | 0:2 | --- |  1:0 |  4:0 |  | Tottenham Hotspur | 2:3 |  4:0 | 1:3 |  2:0 | 5:0 |  4:4 |   |  3:2 |  2:2 | 3:1 | --- |  2:0 |  | Wolverton London   N |   |   |  2:6 | 1:0 |   | 2:3 |   |   |  1:2 | 0:1 | 1:0 | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 26.12 | New Brompton | 5-0 | Wolverton London   N |   |  | 17.10 | Chatham Town | 3-3 | New Brompton |   |  |   | Chatham Town | 2-1 | Reading |   |  |   | Chatham Town | 6-2 | Swindon Town |   |  |   | Gravesend United | 4-0 | New Brompton |   |  |   | Gravesend United | 3-0 | Reading |   |  |   | Gravesend United | 3-2 | Swindon Town |   |  |   | New Brompton | 0-2 | Chatham Town |   |  |   | New Brompton | 1-3 | Gravesend United |   |  |   | New Brompton | 2-0 | Northfleet |   |  |   | New Brompton | 1-0 | Reading |   |  |   | New Brompton | 0-2 | Sheppey United |   |  |   | Northfleet | 2-4 | New Brompton |   |  |   | Northfleet | 2-2 | Reading |   |  |   | Northfleet | 2-2 | Swindon Town |   |  |   | Reading | 2-1 | Chatham Town |   |  |   | Reading | 2-0 | Gravesend United |   |  |   | Reading | 3-2 | New Brompton |   |  |   | Reading | 1-0 | Northfleet |   |  |   | Reading | 8-3 | Royal Ordnance Factor |   |  |   | Reading | 1-0 | Sheppey United |   |  |   | Reading | 0-0 | Swindon Town |   |  |   | Reading | 6-0 | Wolverton London   N |   |  |   | Sheppey United | 1-2 | New Brompton |   |  |   | Sheppey United | 6-0 | Reading |   |  |   | Sheppey United | 0-1 | Swindon Town |   |  |   | Swindon Town | 2-6 | Chatham Town |   |  |   | Swindon Town | 1-1 | Gravesend United |   |  |   | Swindon Town | 4-0 | Northfleet |   |  |   | Swindon Town | 4-1 | Reading |   |  |   | Swindon Town | 2-0 | Sheppey United |   |  |   | Wolverton London   N | 1-0 | New Brompton |   |  |   | Wolverton London   N | 2-3 | Reading |   |  |   | Wolverton London   N | 0-1 | Swindon Town |   |  | 01.02 | Millwall Athletic | 12-0 | Wolverton London   N |   |  | 05.02 | Swindon Town | 4-0 | Wolverton London   N |   |  | 05.09 | Sheppey United | 3-3 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 12.09 | Wolverton London   N | 1-0 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 16.09 | Northfleet | 2-2 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 19.09 | Southampton St Mary's | 4-1 | Chatham Town |   |  | 21.09 | Millwall Athletic | 1-1 | Gravesend United |   |  | 26.09 | Millwall Athletic | 2-1 | Swindon Town |   |  | 26.09 | Southampton St Mary's | 6-1 | Sheppey United |   |  | 03.10 | Chatham Town | 1-2 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 03.10 | Gravesend United | 1-3 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 03.10 | New Brompton | 3-1 | Swindon Town |   |  | 10.10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-3 | Chatham Town |   |  | 17.10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4-0 | Gravesend United |   |  | 18.10 | Southampton St Mary's | 5-2 | Wolverton London   N |   |  | 24.10 | Northfleet | 1-2 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 24.10 | Reading | 1-7 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 31.10 | Chatham Town | 1-2 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 07.11 | Southampton St Mary's | 8-3 | New Brompton |   |  | 07.11 | Swindon Town | 2-5 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 07.11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-2 | Sheppey United |   |  | 14.11 | Southampton St Mary's | 6-0 | Reading |   |  | 14.11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-1 | Swindon Town |   |  | 28.11 | Sheppey United | 0-1 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 28.11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1-3 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 05.12 | Reading | 2-1 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 05.12 | Swindon Town | 0-2 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 19.12 | Chatham Town | 0-1 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 25.12 | Millwall Athletic | 0-4 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 09.01 | Millwall Athletic | 1-0 | Chatham Town |   |  | 09.01 | Swindon Town | 1-0 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 16.01 | Gravesend United | 1-1 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 06.02 | Millwall Athletic | 3-1 | Reading |   |  | 06.02 | New Brompton | 1-3 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 13.02 | Swindon Town | 2-1 | New Brompton |   |  | 13.02 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5-0 | Northfleet |   |  | 20.02 | New Brompton | 2-1 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 27.02 | Southampton St Mary's | 2-0 | Swindon Town |   |  | 06.03 | Millwall Athletic | 0-0 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 06.03 | Northfleet | 2-0 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 11.03 | Millwall Athletic | 6-0 | Sheppey United |   |  | 13.03 | Southampton St Mary's | 6-2 | Northfleet |   |  | 20.03 | Sheppey United | 4-1 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 20.03 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4-4 | Reading |   |  | 22.03 | Millwall Athletic | 5-0 | Northfleet |   |  | 27.03 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-0 | New Brompton |   |  | 29.03 | Millwall Athletic | 2-2 | New Brompton |   |  | 29.03 | Southampton St Mary's | 1-1 | Tottenham Hotspur |   |  | 31.03 | Gravesend United | 1-2 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 31.03 | Reading | 1-5 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 01.04 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-0 | Wolverton London   N |   |  | 05.04 | Wolverton London   N | 2-6 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 08.04 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-2 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 10.04 | New Brompton | 0-2 | Millwall Athletic |   |  | 10.04 | Southampton St Mary's | 5-0 | Gravesend United |   |  | 14.04 | Wolverton London   N | 1-2 | Southampton St Mary's |   |  | 26.04 | Southampton St Mary's | 1-1 | Millwall Athletic |   |   
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