English Football League Tables

Season 1902-03

 
Cup Competition
FA Cup Final 1903 Venue Gate Notes
D 1 Bury 6 0 Derby CountyD 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 VillaD 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
First Division
Home Away
Ptn Change from last Season First Division Pld W D L F A W D L F A G AvePts 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 41SF
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
Second Division
Home Away
Ptn Change from last Season Second Division Pld W D L F A W D L F A G AvePts 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
Southern League Division 1
Home Away
Ptn Change from last Season 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 31SF
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

 

1903 Election to the Second Division of the Football League
League Clubs Ave Gate FA Cup Ballot Result
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.