1903–04 Football League

The 19031904 season was the 16th 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]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season 1903–04
Champions The Wednesday (2nd English title)
Relegated Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winners Manchester City (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 939 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 20
Biggest home win MiddlesbroughManchester City 6–0 (24 Oct 1903)
SunderlandBury 6–0 (23 Jan 1904)
Biggest away win Nottingham ForestAston Villa 3–7 (19 Dec 1903)
Nottingham ForestEverton 0–4 (27 Feb 1904)
Highest scoring Nottingham ForestAston Villa 3–7 (19 Dec 1903)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Sheffield United (5 Sep 1903 – 24 Oct 1903)
Longest unbeaten run 8 matches
Sheffield United (5 Sep 1903 – 24 Oct 1903)
Manchester City (31 Oct 1903 – 19 Dec 1903; 1 Jan 1904 - 21 Mar 1904)
Longest losing run 5 matches
Liverpool (5 Sep 1903 – 1 Oct 1903)
Highest attendance 40.000
Aston Villa -The Wednesday (26 Dec 1903)
Everton -Liverpool (1 Apr 1904)
Lowest attendance 1.500
Nottingham Forest - Stoke (25 Nov 1903)
Average attendance 12.899
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1The Wednesday3414303410647141848281.714+2047
2Manchester City3410433519926362671451.578+2644
3Everton3413043612656232059321.844+2743
4Newcastle United3412323113638273258451.289+1342
5Aston Villa3413134116467293270481.458+2241
6Sunderland34123241155210223463491.286+1439
7Sheffield United349624021629223662571.088+538
8Wolverhampton Wanderers34106129234211154344660.667–2236
9Nottingham Forest347372926467283157571.000±031
10Middlesbrough349353017098163046470.979–130
11Small Heath3485425193311143339520.750–1330
12Bury346832520179153340530.755–1329
13Notts County3493527263212103537610.607–2429
14Derby County347374133278172758600.967–228
15Blackburn Rovers3475529234112193748600.800–1228
16Stoke349264526151193154570.947–327
17Liverpool3475524202312254249620.790–1326
18West Bromwich Albion3448519193212174136600.600–2424

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 AST BLB BRYDEREVELIVMCIMIDNEWNOTNTCSHUSMHSTKSUNWEDWBAWOL
Aston Villa 23 02 30 31 21 01 21 31 31 40 61 11 31 20 21 31 20
Blackburn Rovers 03 22 21 02 23 25 11 40 31 30 30 11 20 13 00 20 11
Bury 22 30 22 00 22 13 11 03 22 30 01 10 22 31 10 21 00
Derby County 22 30 22 01 20 23 22 13 26 01 35 41 50 72 02 42 21
Everton 10 31 21 01 52 10 20 41 02 31 20 51 01 01 20 40 20
Liverpool 11 12 30 31 22 22 10 10 00 21 30 02 00 21 13 13 12
Manchester City 10 10 30 21 13 32 11 13 00 30 01 40 22 21 11 63 41
Middlesbrough 21 02 10 00 30 10 60 13 11 10 41 31 20 23 01 22 12
Newcastle United 11 21 32 00 10 11 10 21 31 41 01 31 10 13 40 10 30
Nottingham Forest 37 01 22 51 04 21 03 11 10 01 11 01 42 30 01 20 50
Notts County 00 42 00 22 03 42 03 32 32 13 21 20 10 21 10 23 02
Sheffield United 12 22 00 32 21 21 53 30 22 20 31 11 11 12 11 40 72
Small Heath 22 21 10 10 11 12 03 22 30 33 20 13 10 21 00 01 30
Stoke City 20 62 41 11 23 52 12 00 23 23 02 34 10 31 31 50 51
Sunderland 61 20 60 03 20 21 11 31 11 31 41 21 31 30 01 11 21
The Wednesday 42 31 11 10 10 21 10 41 11 21 20 30 32 10 00 10 40
West Bromwich Albion 13 21 32 00 00 22 21 00 12 11 00 22 01 30 11 01 12
Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 10 00 22 22 42 16 22 32 32 11 10 10 00 21 21 10

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 1903–04
Champions Preston North End (1st title)
Failed re-election Stockport County
Matches played 306
Goals scored 942 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer Percy Smith (Preston North End), 26 [3]
Biggest home win Woolwich ArsenalBurton United 8–0 (19 Sept 1903)
Woolwich ArsenalLeicester Fosse 8–0 (26 Oct 1903)
Biggest away win BlackpoolBurnley 0–5 (13 Feb 1904)
GlossopManchester United 0–5 (19 Sept 1903)
Highest scoring Woolwich ArsenalBurton United 8–0 (19 Sept 1903)
Woolwich ArsenalLeicester Fosse 8–0 (26 Oct 1903)
GlossopBurnley 6–2 (21 Nov 1903)
Burslem Port ValeLeicester Fosse 6–2 (27 Feb 1904)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Woolwich Arsenal (5 Sep 1903 – 26 Oct 1903)
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Preston North End (5 Sep 1903 – 5 Dec 1903)
Longest losing run 5 matches
Burnley (29 Feb 1904 – 26 Mar 1904)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Preston North End3413403810764241462242.583+3850
2Woolwich Arsenal341520675656241791224.136+6949
3Manchester United3414214214665231965331.970+3248
4Bristol City3414215312449202973411.780+3242
5Burnley3412233120377193550550.909–539
6Grimsby Town34125039122312113750491.020+136
7Bolton Wanderers3410343811278213059411.439+1834
8Barnsley34105225121511134538570.667–1932
9Gainsborough Trinity34102534174112194353600.883–731
10Bradford City3485430254211153445590.763–1431
11Chesterfield3485422123311153337450.822–830
12Lincoln City3494425182411164041580.707–1730
13Burslem Port Vale34103444200611103254521.038+229
14Burton United3486333163113124545610.738–1629
15Blackpool3482725273311154040670.597–2727
16Stockport County[4]3477328231412124940720.556–3227
17Glossop3474642253212153957640.891–726
18Leicester Fosse3458426211214166142820.512–4022
  1. 1 2 "England 1903-04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. Upon failing to be re-elected to the Football League, Stockport County joined The Combination.
    Doncaster Rovers took their place for the following season.

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
New club in the league
Re-elected
Failed re-election

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLP BOLBRABRIBURBPVBURCHFGAIGLPGRILEILINMUNPNESTPWOO
Barnsley 22 10 12 20 11 10 21 00 20 40 31 11 21 02 10 00 21
Blackpool 02 14 01 01 05 10 41 00 21 32 30 12 21 21 03 41 22
Bolton Wanderers 51 30 10 11 11 50 30 40 50 01 40 31 12 00 02 01 21
Bradford City 31 02 33 10 30 11 30 26 13 21 10 40 21 33 11 00 03
Bristol City 20 50 20 11 60 21 40 32 21 50 40 40 31 11 31 60 04
Burnley 22 14 00 32 23 10 21 21 20 24 20 21 31 20 21 20 10
Burslem Port Vale 30 50 23 52 31 22 31 30 30 11 12 62 22 10 01 20 23
Burton United 11 11 21 02 23 12 00 40 21 20 10 00 52 22 00 70 31
Chesterfield 10 21 11 11 10 00 11 21 61 00 01 20 01 02 01 41 10
Gainsborough Trinity 42 31 31 30 31 12 30 12 10 01 42 40 00 01 20 22 02
Glossop 70 01 33 20 11 62 41 01 02 02 11 50 50 05 22 51 13
Grimsby Town 51 40 00 20 20 00 31 40 10 31 20 43 11 31 11 21 22
Leicester Fosse 20 51 22 12 10 00 11 13 00 22 42 11 22 01 14 30 00
Lincoln City 00 00 10 10 26 31 32 10 02 01 31 21 61 00 00 31 02
Manchester United 40 31 00 31 22 31 20 20 31 42 31 20 52 20 02 31 10
Preston North End 11 10 31 40 30 20 31 40 21 20 30 20 43 21 11 11 00
Stockport County 22 21 32 20 11 22 11 11 20 14 30 11 20 40 03 15 00
Woolwich Arsenal 30 30 30 41 20 40 00 80 60 60 21 51 80 40 40 00 52

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.

See also

References

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