McGibbon was chauffeured to each home game from his barracks in London in a car paid for by New Brompton's chairman, James Barnes.

He noted that the team's defence had performed well in the previous season and that results should improve with "a more virile forward line".

[14] Three days later Pickering scored twice in a 2–2 draw away to Queens Park Rangers (QPR),[15] and he repeated the feat on 9 September as New Brompton beat Southampton 2–1 in the first game of the season at their own ground, Priestfield Road.

[12] The team achieved a second consecutive home win on 14 September, securing a 1–0 victory over Bristol Rovers just ten days after conceding nine goals against the same opponents.

[12] Even though his team lost, New Brompton's goalkeeper, John Martin, was praised by a reporter for The Sunday People, who wrote that he "saved in brilliant style several times".

[23] A reporter for the Athletic News singled out the veteran Smith for praise, saying that he had given spectators "a glimpse of his form of ten years ago" and that "few wing men in the country could have equalled his placing, which led up to all of the visitors' goals".

[24] New Brompton's first two games of November both resulted in 2–1 wins, away to Luton Town and at home to Norwich City, after which they were in sixth place in the league table.

[28] New Brompton ended the month with a 5–2 defeat away to Portsmouth; Harry Metherell played in goal in place of Martin, who was absent from the team for the first time in over a year.

[29][30] On 14 December, New Brompton played Bradford (Park Avenue), who had been accepted into the Southern League at the start of the season despite being based in Yorkshire, more than 130 miles further north than any other team in the division.

[31] In what a writer for The Daily Telegraph called a "remarkable game", seven goals were scored in the first half and Bradford led 5–2 at the interval.

[38][39] New Brompton's three-game unbeaten run ended in the first game of 1908 at home to QPR, who won 4–0; all the goals were scored in the first half.

[43] On 15 February, goals from Jimmy Hartley and Spriggs secured a 2–2 draw at home to Crystal Palace,[12][44] and a week later New Brompton drew 1–1 away to Watford, another team near the foot of the league table.

[45] The results took New Brompton back up to 16th place,[45] but they ended February by once again losing to a team below them in the table as Luton Town secured a 1–0 victory at Priestfield Road.

[12] One day after beating West Ham, they lost 3–0 at home to Plymouth Argyle, a result which the Western Morning News called an "easy victory" for the visitors.

[57] McGibbon scored three times as New Brompton beat their amateur opponents 6–0 at Priestfield Road to reach the first round proper.

[59] It was the first time New Brompton had played a team from the First Division in a competitive match at Priestfield Road and it drew a record attendance for the ground of 10,620.

[59] Previewing the game, an uncredited writer for The Daily Telegraph noted that New Brompton were of "very ordinary ability" and would need to "play far above their normal form to avoid disaster".

[61][62] The result was considered a significant upset and the greatest victory in New Brompton's history to date, one newspaper reporting that among the home fans "hats and sticks were wildly flung into the air".

The team defended their lead for much of the second half but Lot Jones scored a late equaliser for Manchester City and the game ended 1–1.

[68][69] The replay at Priestfield Road set another attendance record for the venue, with the crowd reported at 12,000 and the gate receipts at over £450 (equivalent to £60,000 in 2023).

[12] FW = Forward, HB = Half-back, GK = Goalkeeper, FB = Full-back Despite finishing 20th in the table, New Brompton were reprieved from relegation to Division Two, which was at the time not automatic.

Instead, the two clubs were told that they must "retire" from Division One but would be included on a ballot to fill the two vacant places and three further vacancies created by teams leaving the Southern League altogether.

[75][76] At the club's own annual general meeting in June, the chairman reported a deficit on the balance sheet of £1,277 (equivalent to £170,000 in 2023), although this was a significant improvement on the position a year earlier.