# 1907–08 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1907–08 season was Tottenham's twelfth season as a fully professional club and the 25th year in existence. They competed in two leagues, the main being the Southern Football League with a midweek game in the Western League along with competing in the FA Cup.
This was Tottenham's final season in these two leagues as they would be elected to the Football League for the 1908–09 season.
Tottenham appointed a referee Fred Kirkham as team manager right at the end of the previous season with two matches left to play in April 1907. Kirkham went to serve the club in this capacity for the 1907–08 season.
Tottenham had an uneventful campaign in the Southern League and finished in seventh place. The reserves fared much better in the Western League B table. The start of the campaign Tottenham beat Bristol Rovers in a whopping 10–0 affair and by the end of the season had finished in second place.
In the FA Cup Tottenham went away to Everton in the first round and lost 1–0.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Gordon Manning |
| — | GK | ENG | John Whitbourne |
| — | DF | ENG | Walter Bull |
| — | DF | ENG | Oliver Burton |
| — | DF | ENG | Arthur Dixon |
| — | DF | SCO | Jack Chaplin |
| — | DF | ENG | Ernie Coquet |
| — | DF | ENG | Jabez Darnell |
| — | DF | SCO | Danny Steel |
| — | DF | SCO | Sandy Tait |
| — | DF | SCO | John Watson |
| — | MF | ENG | Tom Morris |
| — | MF | ENG | Alfred Whyman |
| — | MF | ENG | James Gray |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Bert Middlemiss |
| — | MF | WAL | Ted Hughes |
| — | MF | GER | Max Seeburg |
| — | MF | ENG | Robert Walker |
| — | FW | ENG | Harold Stansfield |
| — | FW | ENG | George Payne |
| — | FW | ENG | Arthur Pickett |
| — | FW | GBR | Jimmy Pass |
| — | FW | ENG | Joe Walton |
| — | FW | SCO | William McNair |
| — | FW | ENG | Billy Minter |
| — | FW | ENG | Charlie Woodruff |
| — | FW | SCO | James Reid |
| — | FW | ENG | Vivian Woodward |

## Transfers

Gordon Manning was Kirkham's first signing in May 1907 and went on to play a total of 49 appearances for the club. He was then released at the end of the season. Bert Middlemiss was signed from Stalybridge Rovers however he had a signed professional contract with Stockport County and Tottenham had to pay an unknown fee to them.

### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| May 1907 | GK | Gordon Manning | Preston North End | Unknown |
| May 1907 | DF | Arthur Dixon | Burnley | Unknown |
| May 1907 | MF | James Gray | Rangers | Free |
| May 1907 | FW | William McNair | Falkirk | Unknown |
| May 1907 | FW | Jimmy Pass | Stockport County | Unknown |
| May 1907 | MF | Max Seeburg | Chelsea | Unknown |
| November 1907 | MF | Bert Middlemiss | Stockport County | Unknown |
| March 1908 | DF | Ernie Coquet | Reading | Unknown |
| March 1908 | FW | Billy Minter | Reading | Unknown |
| March 1908 | FW | Charlie Woodruff | Grantham Avenue | Unknown |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| March 1908 | FW | | Jimmy Pass | New Brompton | Unknown | |

## Competitions
### Southern League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 40 | 1.375 | 42 | |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 56 | 1.054 | 42 | |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 48 | 1.229 | 41 | Elected to the Football League Second Division |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 41 | 1.220 | 41 | |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 64 | 52 | 1.231 | 40 | |

#### Results
### Western League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Result |
| 1 | Millwall | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 2.067 | 20 | |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 2.000 | 14 | Elected to the Football League Second Division |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 29 | 0.759 | 14 | |
| 4 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 0.762 | 12 | |
| 5 | Reading | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 0.800 | 11 | |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0.941 | 10 | |
| 7 | West Ham United | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 0.593 | 3 | |