John Patten was a British footballer who played four matches, scoring twice, for Southampton in the Southern League in 1907.
[1] He had originally expected to play a reserve-team match at Ryde[1] but, because of an injury crisis which had sidelined Jack Hogg, Alex Glen and Bill Gray, he was included in the first-team for the Southern League match against Watford on 30 March 1907, which ended 0–0.
[1] He retained his place for the next two matches, scoring in a 3–2 defeat against West Ham United and a 4–2 victory at Northampton Town.
[2] Despite his record of two goals from four matches, Patten was not given a contract by Southampton and returned to Shrewsbury.
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