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SEASON: 1902-03

Prev Season: 1901-02
This Season: 1902-03
Next Season: 1903-04

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Harry Hallam
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Stoke City (A) 0-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (26 goals)

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%

Highest League Attendance:: 16,000 (Sheffield United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,000 (Liverpool)
Average League Attendance:: 9,000
Highest Cup Attendance:: 20,000 (Stoke City)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,000 (Reading)

Champions:: The Wednesday
FA Cup:: Bury

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-3 (Wed Feb 11, 1903, Reading, Away, FA Cup)

Biggest Winning Margin: 3
3-0 (Sat Jan 24, 1903, Bury, Home, League Tier 1)
6-3 (Wed Feb 11, 1903, Reading, Away, FA Cup)
5-2 (Mon Apr 13, 1903, Sunderland, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
1-4 (Sat Nov 01, 1902, The Wednesday, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
1-4 (Sat Nov 01, 1902, The Wednesday, Home, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 13
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:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1902-03

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	19	4	11	54	36	12	3	2	31	7	7	1	9	23	29	1.500	42		1-4	0-1
2	Aston Villa	34	19	3	12	61	40	11	3	3	43	18	8	0	9	18	22	1.525	41		2-0	1-3
3	Sunderland	34	16	9	9	51	36	10	5	2	27	11	6	4	7	24	25	1.417	41		5-2	1-0
4	Sheffield United	34	17	5	12	58	44	11	0	6	36	22	6	5	6	22	22	1.318	39		2-2	0-2
5	Liverpool	34	17	4	13	68	49	11	3	3	48	21	6	1	10	20	28	1.388	38		1-0	1-2
6	Stoke City	34	15	7	12	46	38	11	2	4	29	11	4	5	8	17	27	1.211	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	1.019	36		3-1	0-2
8	Bury	34	16	3	15	54	43	14	1	2	41	14	2	2	13	13	29	1.256	35		3-0	1-3
9	Derby County	34	16	3	15	50	47	13	2	2	34	11	3	1	13	16	36	1.064	35		2-3	1-0
10	Nottingham Forest	34	14	7	13	49	47	10	3	4	33	22	4	4	9	16	25	1.043	35
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	5	15	48	57	12	2	3	34	17	2	3	12	14	40	.842	33		2-0	1-2
12	Everton	34	13	6	15	45	47	10	2	5	28	18	3	4	10	17	29	.957	32		2-2	1-1
13	Middlesbrough	34	14	4	16	41	50	10	3	4	27	16	4	1	12	14	34	.820	32		1-0	0-2
14	Newcastle United	34	14	4	16	41	51	12	1	4	31	11	2	3	12	10	40	.804	32		3-2	2-0
15	Notts County	34	12	7	15	41	49	8	5	4	25	16	4	2	11	16	33	.837	31		0-0	1-1
16	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	5	17	44	63	9	2	6	27	24	3	3	11	17	39	.698	29		2-0	2-2
17	Grimsby Town	34	8	9	17	43	62	6	5	6	28	22	2	4	11	15	40	.694	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	.507	19	Relegated	1-2	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	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

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	7	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	West Bromwich Albion (0-2)
2	23	2	4	2	1	1	9	5	5	Notts County (1-1), The Wednesday (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-1), Sunderland (5-2)
3		3	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Sheffield United (2-2)
4		4	2	1	1	-	1	0	3	Notts County (0-0), Derby County (1-0)
5	7	5	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Stoke City (2-3), Liverpool (1-0)
6	16	6	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	The Wednesday (1-4), Liverpool (1-2)
7	40	7	2	1	-	1	5	3	2	Derby County (2-3), Bury (3-0)
8	52	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	45	9	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Sheffield United (0-2)
10	13	10	3	2	1	-	4	1	5	Everton (1-1), Middlesbrough (1-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0)
11	14	11	3	2	-	1	5	3	4	Aston Villa (2-0), Bury (1-3), Newcastle United (2-0)
12		12	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2)
13	21	13	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Aston Villa (1-3)
14		14	3	-	1	2	3	7	1	Everton (2-2), Stoke City (1-3), Middlesbrough (0-2)
15		15	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Newcastle United (3-2)
16		16	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Blackburn Rovers (2-2)
17		17	3	3	-	-	5	1	6	Grimsby Town (1-0), Blackburn Rovers (2-0), Grimsby Town (2-1)
18		18	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Bolton Wanderers (1-1), Bolton Wanderers (1-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sunderland (1-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Hallam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Mon Sep 01, 1902	Sunderland	A	1-0	15,000	2	Morris (?)
2	Tue Sep 09, 1902	Grimsby Town	A	1-0	5,000	2	Calvey (?)
3	Sat Sep 13, 1902	Aston Villa	H	2-0	15,000	1	Gara (?), Morris (?)
4	Sat Sep 20, 1902	Derby County	H	2-3	16,000	2	Norris (?), Calvey (?)
5	Sat Sep 27, 1902	Bury	A	1-3	1,000	6	Forman (?)
6	Thu Oct 02, 1902	Everton	H	2-2	6,000	5	Billy Balmer (49' OG), Forman (70')
7	Sat Oct 04, 1902	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	11,000	2	Forman (?), Morris (?)
8	Mon Oct 13, 1902	Sheffield United	A	0-2	5,144	7
9	Sat Oct 18, 1902	Stoke City	H	1-3	11,000	8	Morris (?)
10	Sat Oct 25, 1902	Everton	A	1-1	15,000	9	Warren (?)
11	Sat Nov 01, 1902	The Wednesday	H	1-4	8,000	13	Forman (?)
12	Sat Nov 08, 1902	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	6,000	13
13	Sat Nov 15, 1902	Notts County	H	0-0	15,000	13
14	Sat Nov 22, 1902	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	6,000	9	Morris (?)
15	Sat Nov 29, 1902	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	5,000	8	Morris (2')
16	Sat Dec 06, 1902	Newcastle United	A	2-0	12,000	8	Morris (?), Broughton (?)
17	Sat Dec 13, 1902	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	6,000	8	Calvey (?), Timmins (?)
18	Sat Dec 20, 1902	Liverpool	A	1-2	16,000	8	Morris (?)
19	Fri Dec 26, 1902	Notts County	A	1-1	18,000	9	Morris (75')
20	Sat Dec 27, 1902	Sheffield United	H	2-2	16,000	11	Morris (?, ?)
21	Sat Jan 03, 1903	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	6,000	10	Morris (?, ?)
22	Sat Jan 10, 1903	Aston Villa	A	1-3	20,000	11	Morris (?)
23	Sat Jan 17, 1903	Derby County	A	1-0	1,000	9	Morris (?)
24	Sat Jan 24, 1903	Bury	H	3-0	5,000	7	Morris (?, ?), Calvey (?)
25	Sat Jan 31, 1903	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	10,000	7	Forman (?), Morris (?)
26	Sat Feb 14, 1903	Stoke City	A	2-3	6,000	7	Timmins (?, ?)
27	Sat Feb 28, 1903	The Wednesday	A	0-1	8,000	8
28	Sat Mar 07, 1903	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	6,000	6	Morris (?, ?), Sugden (?)
29	Sat Mar 21, 1903	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	5,000	8	Spouncer (?)
30	Sat Mar 28, 1903	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	8,000	9
31	Sat Apr 04, 1903	Newcastle United	H	3-2	4,000	9	Morris (15', 35'), Sugden (20')	Safe
32	Sat Apr 11, 1903	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	6,000	10	Sugden (?)	Safe
33	Mon Apr 13, 1903	Sunderland	H	5-2	15,000	9	Morris (13', 70'), Spouncer (26', 38'), Iremonger (78' pen)	Safe
34	Sat Apr 18, 1903	Liverpool	H	1-0	3,000	6	Spouncer (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 07, 1903	Reading	1		H	0-0	15,000
Wed Feb 11, 1903	Reading	1	1	A	6-3	14,090	Iremonger (56' pen), Morris (58', 95'), Forman (65'), Calvey (97', 99')
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
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	Spouncer (?), Calvey (?, ?), Timmins (?)
Thu Mar 19, 1903	Bradford City	England	A	1-1	-	? (?)
Tue Mar 24, 1903	Barrow	England	A	0-0	-
Thu Mar 26, 1903	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 (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harry Hallam
Mon Sep 01, 1902	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-0	15,000	Morris (?)
Sat Sep 06, 1902	Friendly	Barrow			A	2-0	-	Morris (?), Calvey (?)
Mon Sep 08, 1902	Friendly	Blackpool			A	1-0	1,500	Calvey (?)
Tue Sep 09, 1902	League Tier 1	Grimsby Town			A	1-0	5,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1902	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-0	15,000	Gara (?), Morris (?)
Sat Sep 20, 1902	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	2-3	16,000	Norris (?), Calvey (?)
Sat Sep 27, 1902	League Tier 1	Bury			A	1-3	1,000	Forman (?)
Thu Oct 02, 1902	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-2	6,000	Billy Balmer (49' OG), Forman (70')
Sat Oct 04, 1902	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	2-0	11,000	Forman (?), Morris (?)
Mon Oct 13, 1902	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-2	5,144
Sat Oct 18, 1902	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	1-3	11,000	Morris (?)
Sat Oct 25, 1902	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-1	15,000	Warren (?)
Sat Nov 01, 1902	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	1-4	8,000	Forman (?)
Sat Nov 08, 1902	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-2	6,000
Sat Nov 15, 1902	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-0	15,000
Sat Nov 22, 1902	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	1-1	6,000	Morris (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1902	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-0	5,000	Morris (2')
Sat Dec 06, 1902	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	2-0	12,000	Morris (?), Broughton (?)
Sat Dec 13, 1902	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	2-0	6,000	Calvey (?), Timmins (?)
Sat Dec 20, 1902	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-2	16,000	Morris (?)
Fri Dec 26, 1902	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	1-1	18,000	Morris (75')
Sat Dec 27, 1902	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	2-2	16,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Jan 03, 1903	League Tier 1	Grimsby Town			H	2-1	6,000	Morris (?, ?)
Sat Jan 10, 1903	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-3	20,000	Morris (?)
Sat Jan 17, 1903	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	1-0	1,000	Morris (?)
Sat Jan 24, 1903	League Tier 1	Bury			H	3-0	5,000	Morris (?, ?), Calvey (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1903	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-2	10,000	Forman (?), Morris (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1903	FA Cup	Reading	1		H	0-0	15,000
Wed Feb 11, 1903	FA Cup	Reading	1	1	A	6-3	14,090	Iremonger (56' pen), Morris (58', 95'), Forman (65'), Calvey (97', 99')
Sat Feb 14, 1903	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	2-3	6,000	Timmins (?, ?)
Sat Feb 21, 1903	FA Cup	Stoke City	2		H	0-0	20,000
Thu Feb 26, 1903	FA Cup	Stoke City	2	1	A	0-2	24,000
Sat Feb 28, 1903	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	0-1	8,000
Sat Mar 07, 1903	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-1	6,000	Morris (?, ?), Sugden (?)
Sat Mar 14, 1903	Friendly	Cliftonville			A	4-0	4,000	Spouncer (?), Calvey (?, ?), Timmins (?)
Thu Mar 19, 1903	Friendly	Bradford City			A	1-1	-	? (?)
Sat Mar 21, 1903	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	1-2	5,000	Spouncer (?)
Tue Mar 24, 1903	Friendly	Barrow			A	0-0	-
Thu Mar 26, 1903	Friendly	Distillery			A	4-0	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Mar 28, 1903	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	0-2	8,000
Sat Apr 04, 1903	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	3-2	4,000	Morris (15', 35'), Sugden (20')	Safe
Sat Apr 11, 1903	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	6,000	Sugden (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 13, 1903	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	5-2	15,000	Morris (13', 70'), Spouncer (26', 38'), Iremonger (78' pen)	Safe
Sat Apr 18, 1903	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-0	3,000	Spouncer (?)	Safe
Wed Apr 29, 1903	Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-2	1,500	Calvey (?)
Thu Apr 30, 1903	Friendly	Ilford			A	4-2	2,000	? (?, ?, ?), Calvey (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (10) - £0
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)
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	England	25	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	27	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	England	23	5	2	2	1
M		Walter Dudley	England	21	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	Scotland	28	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	Num 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
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
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