1902–03 Football League

The 1902–1903 season was the 15th season of The Football League.

Final league tables^[1]^[2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.^[2]

League standings

Football League, First Division
Season	1902–03
Champions	The Wednesday (1st English title)
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers Grimsby Town
FA Cup winners	Bury (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sam Raybould (Liverpool), 31
Biggest home win	Liverpool – Grimsby Town 9–2 (6 Dec 1902) Aston Villa – Newcastle 7–0 (29 Nov 1902)
Biggest away win	Nottingham Forest – The Wednesday 1–4 (1 Nov 1902)
Highest scoring	Liverpool – Grimsby Town 9–2 (6 Dec 1902)
Longest winning run	6 matches West Bromwich Albion (18 Oct 1902 – 22 Nov 1902)
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Sunderland (29 Nov 1902 – 14 Mar 1903)
Longest losing run	10 matches Bolton Wanderers (18 Oct 1902 – 22 Nov 1902)
Highest attendance	50.000 Aston Villa -West Bromwich Albion (1 Nov 1902)
Lowest attendance	500 Derby County -Grimsby Town F.C. (22 Apr 1903)
Average attendance	11.656
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1902–1903 teams

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	The Wednesday	34	12	3	2	31	7	7	1	9	23	29	54	36	1.500	+18	42
2	Aston Villa	34	11	3	3	43	18	8	0	9	18	22	61	40	1.525	+21	41
3	Sunderland	34	10	5	2	27	11	6	4	7	24	25	51	36	1.417	+15	41
4	Sheffield United	34	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	6	22	22	58	44	1.318	+14	39
5	Liverpool	34	11	3	3	48	21	6	1	10	20	28	68	49	1.388	+19	38
6	Stoke	34	11	2	4	29	11	4	5	8	17	27	46	38	1.211	+8	37
7	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	2	5	37	27	6	2	9	17	26	54	53	1.019	+1	36
8	Bury	34	14	1	2	41	14	2	2	13	13	29	54	43	1.256	+11	35
9	Derby County	34	13	2	2	34	11	3	1	13	16	36	50	47	1.064	+3	35
10	Nottingham Forest	34	10	3	4	33	22	4	4	9	16	25	49	47	1.043	+2	35
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	12	2	3	34	17	2	3	12	14	40	48	57	0.842	–9	33
12	Everton	34	10	2	5	28	18	3	4	10	17	29	45	47	0.957	–2	32
13	Middlesbrough	34	10	3	4	27	16	4	1	12	14	34	41	50	0.820	–9	32
14	Newcastle United	34	12	1	4	31	11	2	3	12	10	40	41	51	0.804	–10	32
15	Notts County	34	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	11	16	33	41	49	0.837	–8	31
16	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	2	6	27	24	3	3	11	17	39	44	63	0.698	–19	29
17	Grimsby Town	34	6	5	6	28	22	2	4	11	15	40	43	62	0.694	–19	25
18	Bolton Wanderers	34	6	2	9	18	20	2	1	14	19	53	37	73	0.507	–36	19

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

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Liverpool !LIV	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Sheffield United !SHU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		5–0	4–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	5–0	7–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	3–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	0–2		4–2	0–3	2–4	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	0–1	1–2		1–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	4–1
Bury !Bury	0–1	1–1	3–0		1–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	4–0
Derby County !Derby County	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–0		0–1	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–0	3–1
Everton !Everton	0–1	0–3	3–1	3–0	2–1		4–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–0		3–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–4	0–1	4–0	1–2
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–1	5–2	5–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	9–2		5–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	4–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–2	4–0	4–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–2		1–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		0–2	6–1	0–0	5–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–4
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2		0–0	2–2	1–3	5–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Notts County !Notts County	2–1	4–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1		1–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	0–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	2–4	2–1	7–1	1–0	3–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0		1–3	1–0	2–3	1–2	3–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	5–0	3–2	0–2	0–1		1–1	4–0	3–0	3–0
Sunderland !Sunderland	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0		0–1	0–0	3–0
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0		3–1	1–1
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–2	5–3	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	6–1	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–1	0–3	2–3		2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–2

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1902–03
Champions	Manchester City (2nd title)
Failed re-election	Doncaster Rovers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	940 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billie Gillespie, (Manchester City), 30 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Small Heath – Doncaster Rovers 12–0 (11 Apr 1903)
Biggest away win	Burton United – Manchester City 0–5 (7 Mar 1903)
Highest scoring	Small Heath – Doncaster Rovers 12–0 (11 Apr 1903)
Longest winning run	6 matches Manchester City F.C. (24 Jan 1903 – 7 Mar 1903)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Manchester City F.C. (17 Jan 1903 – 4 Apr 1903) Woolwich Arsenal (27 Dec 1902 – 7 Mar 1903)
Longest losing run	5 matches Barnsley (11 Oct 1902 – 24 Nov 1902) Stockport County (6 Dec 1902 – 1 Jan 1903) Leicester Fosse (7 Feb 1903 – 7 Mar 1903)
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stockport County

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1902–1903 teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	34	15	1	1	64	15	10	3	4	31	14	95	29	3.276	+66	54
2	Small Heath	34	17	0	0	57	11	7	3	7	17	25	74	36	2.056	+38	51
3	Woolwich Arsenal	34	14	2	1	46	9	6	6	5	20	21	66	30	2.200	+36	48
4	Bristol City	34	12	3	2	43	18	5	5	7	16	20	59	38	1.553	+21	42
5	Manchester United	34	9	4	4	32	15	6	4	7	21	23	53	38	1.395	+15	38
6	Chesterfield	34	11	4	2	43	10	3	5	9	24	30	67	40	1.675	+27	37
7	Preston North End	34	10	5	2	39	12	3	5	9	17	28	56	40	1.400	+16	36
8	Barnsley	34	9	4	4	32	13	4	4	9	23	38	55	51	1.078	+4	34
9	Burslem Port Vale	34	11	5	1	36	16	2	3	12	21	46	57	62	0.919	–5	34
10	Lincoln City	34	8	3	6	30	22	4	3	10	16	31	46	53	0.868	–7	30
11	Glossop	34	9	1	7	26	19	2	6	9	17	38	43	58	0.741	–15	29
12	Gainsborough Trinity	34	9	4	4	28	14	2	3	12	13	45	41	59	0.695	–18	29
13	Burton United	34	9	4	4	26	20	2	3	12	13	39	39	59	0.661	–20	29
14	Blackpool	34	7	5	5	32	24	2	5	10	12	35	44	59	0.746	–15	28
15	Leicester Fosse	34	5	5	7	20	23	5	3	9	21	42	41	65	0.631	–24	28
16	Doncaster Rovers^[4]	34	8	5	4	27	17	1	2	14	8	55	35	72	0.486	–37	25
17	Stockport County	34	6	4	7	26	24	1	2	14	12	50	39	74	0.527	–35	20
18	Burnley	34	6	7	4	25	25	0	1	16	5	52	30	77	0.390	–47	20

1 2 "England 1902-03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Doncaster Rovers had entered the league in 1901 only to be voted out now, two years later,
to be replaced by Bradford City. They were back again for the 1904–05 season, only to be voted
out at the end of the season again. A third stint came from 1923 on.

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton United !BUR	Chesterfield !CHF	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Preston North End !PNE	Small Heath !SMH	Stockport County !STP	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Barnsley !Barnsley		6–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	3–3		0–1	2–0	2–5	3–3	2–1	4–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	3–3	0–1		3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	6–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	7–1	1–0
Burnley !Burnley	1–2	1–1	0–0		3–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–3
Burslem Port Vale !Burslem Port Vale	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1		4–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Burton United !Burton United	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	0–5	3–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	2–1
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0		1–1	0–1	10–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	2–2
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–4		0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–0		1–1	5–1	4–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Glossop !Glossop	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	4–2		1–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–2
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	3–2		0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–2		1–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	3–2	2–0	2–2	6–0	7–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	9–0	5–2	3–1	3–1		0–2	1–0	4–0	5–0	4–1
Manchester United !Manchester United	2–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–1	1–2	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	3–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–1		2–1	6–1	2–2
Small Heath !Small Heath	2–1	5–1	2–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	12–0	1–0	3–1	4–3	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–1		2–0	2–0
Stockport County !Stockport County	4–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2		0–1
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	4–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	6–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	6–1	3–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

The Football League seasons

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1902–03 in English football

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Liverpool Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Manchester City Manchester United Preston North End Small Heath Stockport County Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Brentford Bristol Rovers Kettering Town Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Watford Wellingborough West Ham United

1902–03 in European football

« 1901–02 1903–04 »

Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Germany Hungary '02 '03 Italy '02 '03 Netherlands Ireland Scotland Switzerland

Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Norway '02 '03 Scotland Spain '02 '03 Wales

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