1902–03 in English football

The 1902–03 season was the 32nd season of competitive football in England.

Events

Aston Villa win 12 of their last 15 games to finish one point behind champions Sheffield Wednesday.

Honours

Competition	Winner
First Division	The Wednesday (1)
Second Division	Manchester City
FA Cup	Bury (2)
Home Championship	England,  Scotland &  Ireland

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League table

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	The Wednesday	34	19	4	11	54	36	1.500	42
2	Aston Villa	34	19	3	12	61	40	1.525	41
3	Sunderland	34	16	9	9	51	36	1.417	41
4	Sheffield United	34	17	5	12	58	44	1.318	39
5	Liverpool	34	17	4	13	68	49	1.388	38
6	Stoke	34	15	7	12	46	38	1.211	37
7	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	4	14	54	53	1.019	36
8	Bury	34	16	3	15	54	43	1.256	35
9	Derby County	34	16	3	15	50	47	1.064	35
10	Nottingham Forest	34	14	7	13	49	47	1.043	35
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	5	15	48	57	0.842	33
12	Everton	34	13	6	15	45	47	0.957	32
13	Middlesbrough	34	14	4	16	41	50	0.820	32
14	Newcastle United	34	14	4	16	41	51	0.804	32
15	Notts County	34	12	7	15	41	49	0.837	31
16	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	5	17	44	63	0.698	29
17	Grimsby Town	34	8	9	17	43	62	0.694	25
18	Bolton Wanderers	34	8	3	23	37	73	0.507	19

Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Manchester City	34	25	4	5	95	29	3.276	54
2	Small Heath	34	24	3	7	74	36	2.056	51
3	Woolwich Arsenal	34	20	8	6	66	30	2.200	48
4	Bristol City	34	17	8	9	59	38	1.553	42
5	Manchester United	34	15	8	11	53	38	1.395	38
6	Chesterfield	34	14	9	11	67	40	1.675	37
7	Preston North End	34	13	10	11	56	40	1.400	36
8	Barnsley	34	13	8	13	55	51	1.078	34
9	Burslem Port Vale	34	13	8	13	57	62	0.919	34
10	Lincoln City	34	12	6	16	46	53	0.868	30
11	Glossop	34	11	7	16	43	58	0.741	29
12	Gainsborough Trinity	34	11	7	16	41	59	0.695	29
13	Burton United	34	11	7	16	39	59	0.661	29
14	Blackpool	34	9	10	15	44	59	0.746	28
15	Leicester Fosse	34	10	8	16	41	65	0.631	28
16	Doncaster Rovers[1]	34	9	7	18	35	72	0.486	25
17	Stockport County	34	7	6	21	39	74	0.527	20
18	Burnley	34	6	8	20	30	77	0.390	20

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

References

1. Failed to be re-elected to the Football League