SEASON: 1902-03
- DIVISION:
- English First Division (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Harry Hallam
- FA Cup:
- 2nd Round (Stoke City (A) 0-2)
- League Cup:
- Did not exist
- Top Goalscorer:
- Grenville Morris (26 goals)
TABLE
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1902-03
SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Result | Home | Away | |
1 | The Wednesday | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 1.50000 | 42 | 1-4 | 0-1 | ||
2 | Aston Villa | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 1.52500 | 41 | 2-0 | 1-3 | ||
3 | Sunderland | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 1.41667 | 41 | 5-2 | 1-0 | ||
4 | Sheffield United | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1.31818 | 39 | 2-2 | 0-2 | ||
5 | Liverpool | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 1.38776 | 38 | 1-0 | 1-2 | ||
6 | Stoke City | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 1.21053 | 37 | 1-3 | 2-3 | ||
7 | West Bromwich Albion | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1.01887 | 36 | 3-1 | 0-2 | ||
8 | Bury | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 1.25581 | 35 | 3-0 | 1-3 | ||
9 | Derby County | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 1.06383 | 35 | 2-3 | 1-0 | ||
10 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 1.04255 | 35 | ||||
11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 40 | .84211 | 33 | 2-0 | 1-2 | ||
12 | Everton | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | .95745 | 32 | 2-2 | 1-1 | ||
13 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 34 | .82000 | 32 | 1-0 | 0-2 | ||
14 | Newcastle United | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 40 | .80392 | 32 | 3-2 | 2-0 | ||
15 | Notts County | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 33 | .83673 | 31 | 0-0 | 1-1 | ||
16 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 39 | .69841 | 29 | 2-0 | 2-2 | ||
17 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 62 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 40 | .69355 | 25 | Relegated | 2-1 | 1-0 | |
18 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 37 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 53 | .50685 | 19 | Relegated | 1-2 | 1-1 |
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LEAGUE POSITIONS
- GAME COUNTS
- Competitive Games:
- 38
- Competitive Goals:
- 55
- Goals per game:
- 1.5
- League Games:
- 34
- League Points:
- 35 out of 68 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 51.5%
GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ goals | Scored | 15 times | 10 times | 3 times | 2 times | Conceded | 6 times | 12 times | 6 times | 1 time | Won By | 7 times | 5 times | 3 times | Lost By | 6 times | 7 times | 1 time |
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LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 16,000 (Derby County)
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 3,000 (Liverpool)
- Average League Attendance:
- 9,000
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- 20,000 (Stoke City)
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- 15,000 (Reading)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 13
- Yellow Cards:
- 0
- Red Cards:
- 0   
- Own goals (for):
- 1   (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- 0   (scored by us for opponents)   
- Penalties scored:
- 0
- Penalties conceded:
- 1
- Penalties missed:
- 1
- Penalties saved:
- 1
GAMES
 
Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League
FA Cup
Friendly
Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Feb 07, 1903 | Reading | 1 | H | 0-0 | 15,000 | ||
Wed Feb 11, 1903 | Reading | 1 | 1 | A | 6-3 | 14,090 | Iremonger (?), Forman (?), Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?, ?) |
Sat Feb 21, 1903 | Stoke City | 2 | H | 0-0 | 20,000 | ||
Thu Feb 26, 1903 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | A | 0-2 | 24,000 |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Sep 06, 1902 | Barrow | England | A | 2-0 | - | Morris (?), Calvey (?) |
Mon Sep 08, 1902 | Blackpool | England | A | 1-0 | 1,500 | Calvey (?) |
Sat Mar 14, 1903 | Cliftonville | Northern Ireland | A | 4-0 | 4,000 | Calvey (?, ?), Timmins (?), Spouncer (?) |
Thu Mar 19, 1903 | Bradford City | England | A | 1-1 | - | ? (?) |
Tue Mar 24, 1903 | Barrow | England | A | 0-0 | - | |
Thu Mar 26, 1903 | Belfast Distillery | Northern Ireland | A | 4-0 | - | ? (?, ?, ?, ?) |
Wed Apr 29, 1903 | Tottenham Hotspur | England | A | 1-2 | 1,500 | Calvey (?) |
Thu Apr 30, 1903 | Ilford | England | A | 4-2 | 2,000 | ? (?, ?, ?), Calvey (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (7) - £0 | Out (10) - £0 | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Charles Craig | Bought | Oct 1903 | Billy Matthews | Sold | James Stevenson | Bought | Fred Forman | Retired | John Crawford | Bought | George Robinson | Sold | Ross Fielding | Bought | James Stevenson | Sold | Sid Sugden | Bought | John White | Sold | Nov 16, 1901 | Fred Warren | Bought | Ross Fielding | Sold | 1902 | Andrew Gara | Bought | Thomas Roberts | Sold | Tom Forman | Sold | Nov 22, 1901 | Matthew Broughton | Sold | 1903 | Andrew Gara | Sold |
SQUAD
*Age = Player age on August 1st | Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | Country | Age* | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes | Goalkeepers |
GK | Alexander Newbigging | Scotland | 25 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
GK | Harry Linacre | England | 22 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | Defenders | ||||||||
D | Charles Craig | Scotland | 28 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||
D | Fred Warren | England | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
D | James Iremonger | England | 26 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||
D | John White | 3 | 1 | 2 | Midfielders | |||||||||||
M | Andrew Gara | Rep. of Ire. | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
M | Bob Norris | England | 27 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
M | Frank Forman | England | 27 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||
M | George Robinson | England | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
M | James Stevenson | Scotland | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
M | John Crawford | Scotland | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
M | Matthew Broughton | England | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
M | Ross Fielding | England | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
M | Sid Sugden | England | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
M | Thomas Roberts | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
M | Walter Dudley | England | 1 | 1 | Forwards | |||||||||||
F | Alf Spouncer | England | 25 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
F | Alf Turner | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
F | Fred Forman | England | 28 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
F | George Henderson | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||
F | Grenville Morris | Wales | 25 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 26 | ||||||||
F | John Calvey | England | 27 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||
F | Sam Timmins | England | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||
F | Tom Forman | England | 22 | 1 | 1 |
GOALSCORERS
Number of different scorers: 15
Goals (Pens) | Player | Games |
---|---|---|
26 | Grenville Morris | 37 |
6 | John Calvey | 33 |
4 | Alf Spouncer | 30 |
4 | Fred Forman | 21 |
3 | Sam Timmins | 21 |
3 | Sid Sugden | 8 |
2 | Frank Forman | 30 |
2 | James Iremonger | 38 |
1 | Andrew Gara | 6 |
1 | Bob Norris | 27 |
1 | Fred Warren | 8 |
1 | Matthew Broughton | 12 |
1 | Own Goals | 38 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score | |
Grimsby Town | Tue Sep 09, 1902 | Away | 1-0 | Sat Jan 03, 1903 | Home | 2-1 | |
Newcastle United | Sat Dec 06, 1902 | Away | 2-0 | Sat Apr 04, 1903 | Home | 3-2 | |
Sunderland | Mon Sep 01, 1902 | Away | 1-0 | Mon Apr 13, 1903 | Home | 5-2 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score | |
Stoke City | Sat Oct 18, 1902 | Home | 1-3 | Sat Feb 14, 1903 | Away | 2-3 | |
The Wednesday | Sat Nov 01, 1902 | Home | 1-4 | Sat Feb 28, 1903 | Away | 0-1 |