Season 1902-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Southern League
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1903						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Bury	6	0	Derby County	D 1	The Crystal Palace, London	63,102
	Ross, Sagar, Leeming 2, Wood, Plant

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1903						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Bury	3	0	Aston Villa	D 1	Goodison Park, Liverpool	50,000
	Plant, Sagar, Richards
D 1	Derby County	3	0	Millwall Athletic	SL	Villa Park, Birmingham	40,500
	Warren, Boag, Richards

Final Table for Season 1902-03

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	8	The Wednesday	34	12	3	2	31	7	7	1	9	23	29	1.500	42	Rd 1
2	6	Aston Villa	34	11	3	3	43	18	8	0	9	18	22	1.525	41	SF
3	-2	Sunderland	34	10	5	2	27	11	6	4	7	24	25	1.417	41	Rd 1
4	6	Sheffield United	34	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	6	22	22	1.318	39	Rd 2
5	6	Liverpool	34	11	3	3	48	21	6	1	10	20	28	1.388	38	Rd 1
6	10	Stoke	34	11	2	4	29	11	4	5	8	17	27	1.211	37	Rd 3
7	D 2	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	2	5	37	27	6	2	9	17	26	1.019	36	Rd 1
8	-1	Bury	34	14	1	2	41	14	2	2	13	13	29	1.256	35	Win
9	-3	Derby County	34	13	2	2	34	11	3	1	13	16	36	1.064	35	Final
10	-5	Nottingham Forest	34	10	3	4	33	22	4	4	9	16	25	1.043	35	Rd 2
11	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	12	2	3	34	17	2	3	12	14	40	0.842	33	Rd 1
12	-10	Everton	34	10	2	5	28	18	3	4	10	17	29	0.957	32	Rd 3
13	D 2	Middlesbrough	34	10	3	4	27	16	4	1	12	14	34	0.820	32	Q IR
14	-11	Newcastle United	34	12	1	4	31	11	2	3	12	10	40	0.804	32	Rd 1
15	-2	Notts County	34	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	11	16	33	0.837	31	Rd 3
16	-12	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	2	6	27	24	3	3	11	17	39	0.698	29	Rd 2
17	-2	Grimsby Town	34	6	5	6	28	22	2	4	11	15	40	0.694	25	Rd 2
18	-6	Bolton Wanderers	34	6	2	9	18	20	2	1	14	19	53	0.507	19	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	D 1	Manchester City	34	15	1	1	64	15	10	3	4	31	14	3.276	54	Rd 1
2	D 1	Small Heath	34	17	0	0	57	11	7	3	7	17	25	2.056	51	Rd 1
3	1	Woolwich Arsenal	34	14	2	1	46	9	6	6	5	20	21	2.200	48	Rd 1
4	2	Bristol City	34	12	3	2	43	18	5	5	7	16	20	1.553	42	Rd 2
5	10	Manchester United	34	9	4	4	32	15	6	4	7	21	23	1.395	38	Rd 2
6	10	Chesterfield Town	34	11	4	2	43	10	3	5	9	24	30	1.675	37	Q4
7	-4	Preston North End	34	10	5	2	39	12	3	5	9	17	28	1.400	36	Rd 2
8	3	Barnsley	34	9	4	4	32	13	4	4	9	23	38	1.078	34	Rd 2
9	3	Burslem Port Vale	34	11	5	1	36	16	2	3	12	21	46	0.919	34	Q4
10	-5	Lincoln City	34	8	3	6	30	22	4	3	10	16	31	0.868	30	Rd 1
11	-3	Glossop	34	9	1	7	26	19	2	6	9	17	38	0.754	29	Rd 1
12	6	Gainsborough Trinity	34	9	4	4	28	14	2	3	12	13	45	0.695	29	Q5
13	-3	Burton United	34	9	4	4	26	20	2	3	12	13	39	0.661	29	Q IR
14	-1	Blackpool	34	7	5	5	32	24	2	5	10	12	35	0.746	28	Q2
15	-1	Leicester Fosse	34	5	5	7	20	23	5	3	9	21	42	0.631	28	Q4
16	-9	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	5	4	27	17	1	2	14	8	55	0.486	25	Q3
17	0	Stockport County	34	6	4	7	26	24	1	2	14	12	50	0.514	20	Q1
18	-9	Burnley	34	6	7	4	25	25	0	1	16	5	52	0.390	20	Q IR

				Home					Away
Southern League Division 1
Ptn		Southern League Div 1	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Southampton	30	12	2	1	53	7	8	6	1	30	13	4.15	48	Rd 1
2	3	Reading	30	12	2	1	47	14	7	5	3	25	16	2.4	45	Rd 1
3	-2	Portsmouth	30	11	2	2	36	13	6	5	4	33	19	2.16	41	Rd 1
4	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	10	5	0	34	9	4	2	9	13	22	1.52	35	Rd 3
5	4	Bristol Rovers	30	9	5	1	33	12	4	3	8	13	22	1.35	34	Q IR
6	4	New Brompton	30	9	4	2	24	9	2	7	6	13	26	1.06	33	Q IR
7	-1	Millwall Athletic	30	9	2	4	33	16	5	1	9	19	21	1.41	31	SF
8	3	Northampton Town	30	7	3	5	23	19	5	3	7	16	29	0.81	30	Q3
9	3	Queens Park Rangers	30	8	3	4	25	16	3	3	9	9	26	0.81	28	Q3
10	-6	West Ham United	30	8	5	2	25	14	1	5	9	10	35	0.71	28	Q IR
11	-4	Luton Town	30	8	3	4	28	14	2	4	9	15	30	0.98	27	Rd 1
12	4	Swindon Town	30	8	5	2	24	13	2	2	11	14	33	0.83	27	Q IR
13	-5	Kettering	30	5	8	2	19	12	3	3	9	14	28	0.83	27	Q4
14	0	Wellingborough	30	9	2	4	27	15	2	1	12	9	41	0.64	25	Q5
15	-2	Watford	30	5	1	9	22	33	1	3	11	13	54	0.4	16	Q3
16	-1	Brentford	30	2	1	12	10	36	0	0	15	6	48	0.19	5	Q IR

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1903 Election to the Second Division of the Football League
NRU	Bradford City		DNE	30	Elected
D 2	Stockport County	3,529	Q1	20	Re-elected
D 2	Burnley	1,500	Rd IR	19	Re-elected
D 2	Doncaster Rovers	2,918	Q3	14	Not Re-elected
Bir	Crewe Alexandra		Q3	7	Failed
Lan	Southport Central		Q5	7	Failed
NL	West Hartlepool		DNE	4	Failed
NA	Willington Athletic		Q1	1	Failed
Notes
Bradford City - Though they campaigned for their Second Division place as Bradford City, they didn't offically change their name from Manningham FC, a Northern Rugby Union (Rugby League) club until after they had won their place.