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SEASON: 1903-04

Total Season: 39Prev Season: 1902-03
League Season: 12This Season: 2025-26
Next Season: 1904-05

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Hallam
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 1-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (15 goals)

Competitive Games:: 37
Competitive Goals:: 62
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 31 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 45.6%

Highest League Attendance:: 15,000 (Sheffield United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,500 (West Bromwich Albion)
Average League Attendance:: 8,911
Highest Cup Attendance:: 13,000 (West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 13,000 (West Bromwich Albion)

Champions:: The Wednesday
FA Cup:: Manchester City

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-2 (Sat Nov 14, 1903, Derby County, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
5-0 (Sat Jan 23, 1904, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 7
3-7 (Sat Dec 19, 1903, Aston Villa, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
3-7 (Sat Dec 19, 1903, Aston Villa, Home, League Tier 1)
0-4 (Sat Feb 27, 1904, Everton, Home, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 7
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1903-04

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	The Wednesday	34	20	7	7	48	28	14	3	0	34	10	6	4	7	14	18	1.714	47		0-1	1-2
2	Manchester City	34	19	6	9	71	45	10	4	3	35	19	9	2	6	36	26	1.578	44		0-3	0-0
3	Everton	34	19	5	10	59	32	13	0	4	36	12	6	5	6	23	20	1.844	43		0-4	2-0
4	Newcastle United	34	18	6	10	58	45	12	3	2	31	13	6	3	8	27	32	1.289	42		1-0	1-3
5	Aston Villa	34	17	7	10	70	48	13	1	3	41	16	4	6	7	29	32	1.458	41		3-7	1-3
6	Sunderland	34	17	5	12	63	49	12	3	2	41	15	5	2	10	22	34	1.286	39		3-0	1-3
7	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	62	57	9	6	2	40	21	6	2	9	22	36	1.088	38		1-1	0-2
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	8	12	44	66	10	6	1	29	23	4	2	11	15	43	.667	36		5-0	2-3
9	Nottingham Forest	34	11	9	14	57	57	7	3	7	29	26	4	6	7	28	31	1.000	31
10	Middlesbrough	34	9	12	13	46	47	9	3	5	30	17	0	9	8	16	30	.979	30		1-1	1-1
11	Small Heath	34	11	8	15	39	52	8	5	4	25	19	3	3	11	14	33	.750	30		0-1	3-3
12	Bury	34	7	15	12	40	53	6	8	3	25	20	1	7	9	15	33	.755	29		2-2	2-2
13	Notts County	34	12	5	17	37	61	9	3	5	27	26	3	2	12	10	35	.607	29		0-1	3-1
14	Derby County	34	9	10	15	58	60	7	3	7	41	33	2	7	8	17	27	.967	28		5-1	6-2
15	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	6	17	48	60	7	5	5	29	23	4	1	12	19	37	.800	28		0-1	1-3
16	Stoke City	34	10	7	17	54	57	9	2	6	45	26	1	5	11	9	31	.947	27		4-2	3-2
17	Liverpool	34	9	8	17	49	62	7	5	5	24	20	2	3	12	25	42	.790	26	Relegated	2-1	0-0
18	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	10	17	36	60	4	8	5	19	19	3	2	12	17	41	.600	24	Relegated	2-0	1-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	12 times	6 times	6 times	1 time	3 times
Conceded	13 times	7 times	8 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	3 times	5 times	1 time	2 times	1 time
Lost By	6 times	6 times	1 time	2 times

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.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Sheffield United (1-1)
2		2	5	2	1	2	5	3	5	The Wednesday (1-2), Sunderland (3-0), The Wednesday (0-1), Newcastle United (1-0), Manchester City (0-0)
3		3	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Everton (2-0)
4		4	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Manchester City (0-3), Aston Villa (1-3)
5		5	1	-	-	1	3	7	0	Aston Villa (3-7)
6	5	6	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Sheffield United (0-2)
7		7	3	-	-	3	2	10	0	Newcastle United (1-3), Everton (0-4), Sunderland (1-3)
8	16	8	1	1	-	-	5	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-0)
9	54	9	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Blackburn Rovers (1-3)
10	50	10	2	1	1	-	5	3	3	Stoke City (4-2), Middlesbrough (1-1)
11	38	11	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Bury (2-2)
12	19	12	3	2	1	-	6	3	5	Liverpool (2-1), Notts County (3-1), Middlesbrough (1-1)
13	42	13	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Notts County (0-1)
14	15	14	3	1	1	1	6	3	3	Blackburn Rovers (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-1), Derby County (5-1)
15	3	15	3	1	1	1	7	7	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-3), Bury (2-2), Stoke City (3-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	3	-	2	1	3	4	2	Small Heath (3-3), Small Heath (0-1), Liverpool (0-0)
18		18	2	2	-	-	8	2	4	Derby County (6-2), West Bromwich Albion (2-0)

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Sep 05, 1903	3:00 pm	Liverpool	H	2-1	12,000	8	Morris (8'), Spouncer (37')
2	Mon Sep 07, 1903	7:45 pm	Small Heath	A	3-3	9,000	6	Morris (?), Sugden (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 12, 1903	3:00 pm	Bury	A	2-2	8,000	8	Sugden (20'), Craig (22')
4	Sat Sep 19, 1903	3:00 pm	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	8,000	8
5	Sat Sep 26, 1903	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-3	5,000	10	Sugden (1'), Morris (63')
6	Sat Oct 03, 1903	3:00 pm	The Wednesday	A	1-2	16,000	14	Shearman (15')
7	Sat Oct 10, 1903	3:00 pm	Sunderland	H	3-0	12,000	10	Morris (?), Timmins (?), Sugden (?)
8	Sat Oct 17, 1903	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	14,276	10	Spouncer (?)
9	Sat Oct 24, 1903	3:00 pm	Small Heath	H	0-1	7,000	13
10	Sat Oct 31, 1903	3:00 pm	Everton	A	2-0	15,000	11	Sugden (?, 89')
11	Sat Nov 14, 1903	3:00 pm	Derby County	A	6-2	7,000	10	Spouncer (?, ?), Shearman (?, ?), Morris (?), Sugden (?)
12	Sat Nov 21, 1903	3:00 pm	Manchester City	H	0-3	12,000	11
13	Wed Nov 25, 1903	7:45 pm	Stoke City	H	4-2	6,000	9	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
14	Sat Nov 28, 1903	3:00 pm	Notts County	A	3-1	6,000	9	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Warren (?)
15	Sat Dec 05, 1903	3:00 pm	Sheffield United	H	1-1	15,000	9	Davies (?)
16	Sat Dec 12, 1903	3:00 pm	Newcastle United	A	1-3	8,000	9	Calvey (?)
17	Sat Dec 19, 1903	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	H	3-7	8,000	9	Morris (7', 34'), Shearman (51')
18	Fri Dec 25, 1903	7:45 pm	Notts County	H	0-1	14,000	10
19	Sat Dec 26, 1903	3:00 pm	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	14,000	11	Morris (35')
20	Fri Jan 01, 1904	7:45 pm	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-3	20,000	12	Morris (?)
21	Sat Jan 02, 1904	3:00 pm	Liverpool	A	0-0	15,000	11
22	Sat Jan 09, 1904	3:00 pm	Bury	H	2-2	8,000	11	Morris (?), Calvey (?)
23	Sat Jan 23, 1904	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	8,000	10	Shearman (?, ?), Forman (?), Morris (?), Sugden (?)
24	Sat Jan 30, 1904	3:00 pm	The Wednesday	H	0-1	10,000	13
25	Sat Feb 27, 1904	3:00 pm	Everton	H	0-4	5,000	14
26	Sat Mar 05, 1904	3:00 pm	Stoke City	A	3-2	2,624	12	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Sugden (?)
27	Sat Mar 12, 1904	3:00 pm	Derby County	H	5-1	10,000	10	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?, ?), Craig (?), Griffiths (?)
28	Wed Mar 30, 1904	7:45 pm	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	2,500	9	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?)
29	Sat Apr 02, 1904	3:00 pm	Sheffield United	A	0-2	8,500	10
30	Mon Apr 04, 1904	7:45 pm	Sunderland	A	1-3	1,000	11	Henderson (?)
31	Sat Apr 09, 1904	3:00 pm	Newcastle United	H	1-0	9,000	9	Sugden (?)	Safe
32	Wed Apr 13, 1904	7:45 pm	Manchester City	A	0-0	5,000	9		Safe
33	Sat Apr 16, 1904	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	A	1-3	4,500	9	Sugden (?)	Safe
34	Sat Apr 23, 1904	3:00 pm	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	5,000	9	Sugden (64')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Feb 10, 1904	7:45 pm	West Bromwich Albion	1		A	1-1	10,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1904	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	H	3-1	13,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1904	3:00 pm	Blackburn Rovers	2		A	1-3	11,900	Morris (?)

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 14, 1903	3:00 pm	Blackpool	England	A	2-1	-	Sugden (?, 1')
Wed Sep 16, 1903	3:00 pm	Swindon Town	England	A	3-2	2,000	Morris (?), Iremonger (? pen), Sugden (?)
Thu Mar 17, 1904	3:00 pm	Shepherd's Bush	England	A	2-0	5,000	Shearman (?), Sugden (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1904	3:00 pm	Bradford City	England	A	1-1	5,000	Shearman (?)
Thu Mar 24, 1904	3:00 pm	Barrow	England	A	0-0	-
Sat Mar 26, 1904	3:00 pm	Distillery	Northern Ireland	A	4-0	3,000	Spouncer (?, ?), Shearman (?, ?)
Tue Apr 05, 1904	3:00 pm	Darlington	England	A	3-1	3,000	Spouncer (25', 48'), Sugden (88')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Sat Sep 05, 1903	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-1	12,000	Morris (8'), Spouncer (37')
Mon Sep 07, 1903	League Tier 1	Small Heath			A	3-3	9,000	Morris (?), Sugden (?, ?)
Sat Sep 12, 1903	League Tier 1	Bury			A	2-2	8,000	Sugden (20'), Craig (22')
Mon Sep 14, 1903	Friendly	Blackpool			A	2-1	-	Sugden (?, 1')
Wed Sep 16, 1903	Friendly	Swindon Town			A	3-2	2,000	Morris (?), Iremonger (? pen), Sugden (?)
Sat Sep 19, 1903	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	0-1	8,000
Sat Sep 26, 1903	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	2-3	5,000	Sugden (1'), Morris (63')
Sat Oct 03, 1903	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	1-2	16,000	Shearman (15')
Sat Oct 10, 1903	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	3-0	12,000	Morris (?), Timmins (?), Sugden (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1903	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-1	14,276	Spouncer (?)
Sat Oct 24, 1903	League Tier 1	Small Heath			H	0-1	7,000
Sat Oct 31, 1903	League Tier 1	Everton			A	2-0	15,000	Sugden (?, 89')
Sat Nov 14, 1903	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	6-2	7,000	Spouncer (?, ?), Shearman (?, ?), Morris (?), Sugden (?)
Sat Nov 21, 1903	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	0-3	12,000
Wed Nov 25, 1903	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	4-2	6,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Nov 28, 1903	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	3-1	6,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Warren (?)
Sat Dec 05, 1903	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	1-1	15,000	Davies (?)
Sat Dec 12, 1903	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-3	8,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Dec 19, 1903	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	3-7	8,000	Morris (7', 34'), Shearman (51')
Fri Dec 25, 1903	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-1	14,000
Sat Dec 26, 1903	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-1	14,000	Morris (35')
Fri Jan 01, 1904	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-3	20,000	Morris (?)
Sat Jan 02, 1904	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-0	15,000
Sat Jan 09, 1904	League Tier 1	Bury			H	2-2	8,000	Morris (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Jan 23, 1904	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	5-0	8,000	Shearman (?, ?), Forman (?), Morris (?), Sugden (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1904	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	0-1	10,000
Wed Feb 10, 1904	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	1		A	1-1	10,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1904	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	H	3-1	13,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1904	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	2		A	1-3	11,900	Morris (?)
Sat Feb 27, 1904	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-4	5,000
Sat Mar 05, 1904	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	3-2	2,624	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?), Sugden (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1904	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	5-1	10,000	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?, ?), Craig (?), Griffiths (?)
Thu Mar 17, 1904	Friendly	Shepherd's Bush			A	2-0	5,000	Shearman (?), Sugden (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1904	Friendly	Bradford City			A	1-1	5,000	Shearman (?)
Thu Mar 24, 1904	Friendly	Barrow			A	0-0	-
Sat Mar 26, 1904	Friendly	Distillery			A	4-0	3,000	Spouncer (?, ?), Shearman (?, ?)
Wed Mar 30, 1904	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	2-0	2,500	Spouncer (?), Shearman (?)
Sat Apr 02, 1904	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-2	8,500
Mon Apr 04, 1904	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-3	1,000	Henderson (?)
Tue Apr 05, 1904	Friendly	Darlington			A	3-1	3,000	Spouncer (25', 48'), Sugden (88')
Sat Apr 09, 1904	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-0	9,000	Sugden (?)	Safe
Wed Apr 13, 1904	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-0	5,000		Safe
Sat Apr 16, 1904	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-3	4,500	Sugden (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 23, 1904	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-1	5,000	Sugden (64')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Feb 10, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	1		A	1-1	10,000
Sat Feb 13, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	H	3-1	13,000
Sat Feb 20, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	2		A	1-3	11,900

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (9) - £25				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Albert Jones	Bought			Harold Comery	Sold
	Billy Shearman	Bought			Harold Griffiths	Sold
	Bob Innes	Bought			John Calvey	Retired
	Harold Comery	Bought		Oct 1904	Ernest Wright	Sold
	Harold Griffiths	Bought
	Thomas Jones	Bought
	Tom Davies	Bought
Dec 1903	Ernest Wright	Bought
Feb 1904	Walter Anthony	Bought	£25

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Linacre	England	23	37	12	10	15
Defenders
D		Albert Jones	Wales	20	10	2	4	4
D		Bob Innes	Scotland	25	12	4	3	5
D		Charles Craig	Scotland	29	34	11	9	14	2
D		Fred Warren	England	24	19	6	5	8	1
D		James Iremonger	England	27	28	10	7	11
D		John Barnsdale	England	25	5	1	2	2
Midfielders
M		Billy Shearman	England	24	27	9	7	11	14
M		Bob Norris	England	28	25	8	7	10
M		Ernest Wright	England		6	1	1	4
M		Frank Forman	England	28	3	2		1	1
M		John Crawford	Scotland	23	7	3	1	3
M		Sid Sugden	England	22	28	11	6	11	13
M		Tom Davies	England	21	28	10	7	11	1
M		Walter Dudley	England	22	2	1		1
Forwards
F		Alf Spouncer	England	26	36	12	10	14	10
F		Alf Turner		24	3	1	2
F		George Henderson	Scotland	29	15	5	4	6	1
F		Grenville Morris	Wales	26	27	8	8	11	15
F		Harold Comery	England	18	1			1
F		Harold Griffiths	England	27	8	4	1	3	1
F		John Calvey	England	28	13	2	6	5	2
F		Sam Timmins	England		30	9	8	13	1
F		Thomas Jones	Wales	19	2		1	1
F		Walter Anthony	England	23	1		1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 12

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
15	Grenville Morris	27
14	Billy Shearman	27
13	Sid Sugden	28
10	Alf Spouncer	36
2	Charles Craig	34
2	John Calvey	13
1	Frank Forman	3
1	Fred Warren	19
1	George Henderson	15
1	Harold Griffiths	8
1	Sam Timmins	30
1	Tom Davies	28

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Derby County	Sat Nov 14, 1903	Away	6-2	Sat Mar 12, 1904	Home	5-1
Stoke City	Wed Nov 25, 1903	Home	4-2	Sat Mar 05, 1904	Away	3-2

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Dec 19, 1903	Home	3-7	Sat Apr 16, 1904	Away	1-3
Blackburn Rovers	Sat Sep 19, 1903	Home	0-1	Fri Jan 01, 1904	Away	1-3
The Wednesday	Sat Oct 03, 1903	Away	1-2	Sat Jan 30, 1904	Home	0-1