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|  | Southern League Champions 1907-08 Season
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Southern League Champions 1907-08
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Charlie Shaw (Goalkeeper) Jabez White (Right-back)
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Joe Fidler (Full-Back) Jack McLean (Centre-Half)
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Archie Mitchell (Half-Back) Sam Downing (Half-Back)
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Fred Pentland (Winger) Sidney Sugden (Inside-Forward)
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Albert Walker (Centre-Forward) Alf Gittens (Inside-Forward)
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William Barnes (Winger) Bill Yenson (Half-Back)
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James Cowan (Manager)
Rangers started the season playing at the Royal Agricultural Society Ground at Park Royal which had a ground capacity of 40,000. They moved to the Park Royal Stadium, built by The Great Western Railway Company. Opened in November 1907, held 60,000 including 9,000 under cover 4,000 seated and had it's own train station.
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Drawing of the stadium
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Train station to the right
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Rangers supporters getting off the train at Park Royal
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Formal opening of the grandstand 2nd November 1907.
Lord Kinnard and members of the F. A. arrived by special train. The Rangers directors posed with the members of the F. A. before the game against Millwall
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Rangers finished the season as champions with 21 wins, 9 draws, & 8 defeats with 82 goals for & 57 against with a total of 51 pts, two points ahead of Plymouth Argyle. Top joint scorers were Albert Walker 16 goals from 30 games & Alf Gittens 16 goals from 39 games.
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Faces come out of the rain
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When you're strange
When you're strange
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