1908–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Crystal Palace 1908–09 Edmund Goodman Sydney Bourne Chairman Southern Football League Division One 16th FA Cup Second round Jimmy Bauchop 17 Jimmy Bauchop 20 17,076 (vs. Burnley, 6 February, FA Cup) 1,500 (vs. Exeter City, 6 March) 7,519 1907–08 1909–10 The 1908–09 season saw Palace fail to reach the heights of the previous season. They had finished fourth in 1907-08, but this season would see them end up in 16th place. The squad underwent changes once again, with Matthew Edwards moving from Palace to Doncaster Rovers, Bill Forster moving to Grimsby Town, Billy Davies moving to West Bromwich Albion, Dick Roberts to Worcester City and Isaac Owens to Bath City. Edward Collins came into the club from Carlisle United as a full back. James Thorpe, a half back, joined from Leeds City, while forward George Garratt joined from West Bromwich Albion. Adam Haywood joined as a player-coach, playing in a forward role, mainly as an inside right. Charles McGibbon, a centre forward, came from New Brompton and Bill Lawrence returned for a second spell at the club. Jimmy Bauchop not only finished the season top-scorer, he also started it off by becoming the first player to be sent off in a Palace shirt, on 9 September 1908 in a London Challenge Cup tie against Croydon Common.King, 234-5 Southern Football League First Division DateOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance1 September 1908Coventry CityA 1 – 1 Bauchop5,0005 September 1908LeytonH 5 – 1Bauchop 2, Swann, Woodger, unknown10,00012 September 1908West Ham UnitedA 1 – 0Woodger10,00016 September 1908SouthamptonH 2 – 3Swann, Bauchop19 September 1908Brighton & Hove AlbionH 4 – 0McGibbon 3, Bauchop10,00026 September 1908Plymouth ArgyleA 0 – 08,00030 September 1908Norwich CityH 4 – 0Woodger, Haywood, McGibbon, Lawrence5,0003 October 1908BrentfordA 3 – 1Haywood, Barker, McGibbon6,0005 October 1908SouthamptonA 4 – 4McGibbon 3, Lawrence5,00010 October 1908Luton TownH 2 – 0McGibbon, Woodger10,00015 October 1908Norwich CityA 0 – 25,00017 October 1908Swindon TownA 0 – 47,00021 October 1908Queen's Park RangersH 3 – 0Garratt, Lawrence 26,00024 October 1908PortsmouthH 3 – 2Bauchop 39,50031 October 1908Exeter CityA 1 – 1McGibbon7,0007 November 1908Northampton TownH 2 – 3Swann 212,00014 November 1908New BromptonA 1 – 2McGibbon4,00021 November 1908MillwallH 2 – 1Swann, Bauchop10,00028 November 1908Southend UnitedA 0 – 16,00012 December 1908Bristol RoversA 2 – 2Ryan, Bauchop6,00019 December 1908WatfordH 3 – 1McGibbon 2, Swann8,00026 December 1908ReadingA 2 – 2Woodger11,0002 January 1909LeytonA 0 – 24,0009 January 1909West Ham UnitedH 2 – 2Bauchop, Woodger6,00023 January 1909Brighton & Hove AlbionA 3 – 05,00030 January 1909Plymouth ArgyleH 0 – 16,00013 February 1909Luton TownA 1 – 4Bauchop5,00020 February 1909Swindon TownH 1 – 1Swann7,00027 February 1909PortsmouthA 1 – 1Bauchop5,0006 March 1909Exeter CityH 0 – 01,50013 March 1909Northampton TownA 0 – 17,00017 March 1909Southend UnitedH 1 – 3Brearley20 March 1909New BromptonH 1 – 2Bauchop4,00027 March 1909Millwall 1 – 2Swann5,00031 March 1909BrentfordH 3 – 1Woodger 2, Bauchop2,0003 April 1909Queen's Park RangersA 1 – 1Swann5,00010 April 1909Coventry CityH 0 – 15,00012 April 1909ReadingH 0 – 05,00017 April 1909Bristol RoversH 4 – 1Lee 2, Swann, Bauchop4,00024 April 1909WatfordA 1 – 5Bauchop4,000 Division One CRY FA Cup Palace again entered the draw in the first round proper. They were drawn away to the winners of the previous season, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Bauchop, formerly of Celtic, secured a draw with two goals for Palace. In the replay, Wolves took the lead with barely a minute gone, before Palace equalised through Lawrence within 15 minutes. Bauchop then thought he had put Palace ahead, but was in an off-side position. Palace lost Ryan to an injury shortly before half-time and battled on with ten men, before Ryan re-entered the fray to help see them to the half-time whistle. Collins eventually put Palace ahead but they failed to hold onto the lead and a resurgent Wolves equalised with 8 minutes to play. The tie went to extra time, and Bauchop scored a third with Needham, covering at full back, putting the tie beyond Wolves in the final minute. The goal was recalled nearly forty years later by a letter writer to the Croydon Advertiser: "Needham playing at left back tackled and robbed a Wolves forward - a clever piece of play. Instead of passing the ball up field, he simply weaved his way through all the players and dribbled it right up to the Wolves' goal, putting in an unstoppable shot."Matthews, pp. 17-18. In the second round they drew Burnley, drawing at home and losing the replay 9–0 in. The defeat remains the club's heaviest loss in the FA Cup.King, p. 443 DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance16 January 1909First RoundWolverhampton WanderersA2 – 2Bauchop 218,65321 January 1909First Round ReplayWolverhampton WanderersH4 – 2Lawrence, Garratt, Bauchop, Needham12,3006 February 1909Second RoundBurnleyH0 – 017,06610 February 1909Second Round ReplayBurnleyA0 – 912,000 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Henry Balding200020GKENG Joshua Johnson38040420FBENG Harry Collyer27040310FBENG George Walker800080FBENG Edward Collins24030270HBENG Wilf Innerd (c)24040280HBENG Charles Ryan28140321HBENG Fred Lewis13010140HBENG John Brearley39140401HB James Thorpe17000170HBENG James Hullock500050HB Arthur Wilson100010FWENG George Garratt33141372FWENG George Woodger37940419FWENG Archie Needham24041281FWENG Dick Roberts200020FWSCO James Bauchop3517433920FWENG H. Higgins100010FWENG Herbert Swann2511002511FW Jack Kyle300030FWENG Adam Haywood920092FWENG Charles McGibbon1713001713FW H. Barker610061FW Bill Lawrence16441205FW Frank Lee620062 Notes upper-alpha References Bibliography King Ian Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905–2011 Derby Books Publishing Company Limited 2012 978-1-78091-221-9 Matthews, Tony (editor). We All Follow The Palace. Juma, 1998. 1-872204-55-4 Citations Category:Crystal Palace F.C. seasons Crystal Palace F.C.