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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 Haslam
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Stoke City (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (26 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1902-03								Home					Away								Results
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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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

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 16,000 (Derby County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,000 (Liverpool)
Average League Attendance:: 9,187
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:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
League

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

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 07, 1903	Reading	1			H	0-0	Draw	15,000
Wed Feb 11, 1903	Reading	1	Y	1	A	6-3	Win	14,090	Iremonger (?), Forman (?), Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Feb 21, 1903	Stoke City	2			H	0-0	Draw	20,000
Thu Feb 26, 1903	Stoke City	2	Y	1	A	0-2	Loss	24,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 06, 1902	Barrow	England	A	2-0	Win	-	Morris (?), Calvey (?)
Mon Sep 08, 1902	Blackpool	England	A	1-0	Win	1,500	Calvey (?)
Sat Mar 14, 1903	Cliftonville	Northern Ireland	A	4-0	Win	4,000	Calvey (?, ?), Timmins (?), Spouncer (?)
Thu Mar 19, 1903	Bradford City	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Tue Mar 24, 1903	Barrow	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Thu Mar 26, 1903	Belfast Distillery	Northern Ireland	A	4-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Wed Apr 29, 1903	Tottenham Hotspur	England	A	1-2	Loss	1,500	Calvey (?)
Thu Apr 30, 1903	Ilford	England	A	4-2	Win	2,000	? (?, ?, ?), Calvey (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Haslam
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	-	Forman (?), Balmer (? OG)
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 (?)
Sat Dec 06, 1902	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	2-0	12,000	Broughton (?), Morris (?)
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 (?)
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	Calvey (?), Morris (?, ?)
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 (?), Forman (?), Calvey (?, ?), Morris (?, ?)
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	Sugden (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Mar 14, 1903	Friendly	Cliftonville			A	4-0	4,000	Calvey (?, ?), Timmins (?), Spouncer (?)
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	Belfast 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	Sugden (?), Morris (?, ?)
Sat Apr 11, 1903	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	6,000	Sugden (?)
Mon Apr 13, 1903	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	5-2	15,000	Iremonger (?), Morris (?, ?), Spouncer (?, ?)
Sat Apr 18, 1903	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-0	3,000	Spouncer (?)
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 (9) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Charles Craig	Bought			Fred Forman	Retired
	Fred Warren	Bought			George Robinson	Sold
	James Stevenson	Bought			James Stevenson	Sold
	John Crawford	Bought			John White	Sold
	Ross Fielding	Bought			Matthew Broughton	Sold
	Sid Sugden	Bought			Ross Fielding	Sold
1902	Andrew Gara	Bought			Thomas Roberts	Sold
					Tom Forman	Sold
				1903	Andrew Gara	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Scotland	Alexander Newbigging	1			1
GK		England	Harry Linacre	37	15	9	13
Defenders
D		Scotland	Charles Craig	35	15	8	12
D			Fred Warren	8	2	1	5	1
D		England	James Iremonger	38	15	9	14	2
D			John White	3		1	2
Midfielders
M		Rep. of Ire.	Andrew Gara	6	3		3	1
M		England	Frank Forman	30	12	8	10	2
M		England	George Robinson	12	4	4	4
M			James Stevenson	6	1	3	2
M		England	John Calvey	33	13	9	11	6
M		Scotland	John Crawford	3	1		2
M		England	Matthew Broughton	12	5	2	5	1
M			Robert Norris	27	12	6	9	1
M		England	Ross Fielding	10	3	1	6
M		England	Sid Sugden	8	5		3	3
M			Thomas Roberts	5	2	2	1
M		England	Walter Dudley	1		1
Forwards
F		England	Alf Spouncer	30	12	7	11	4
F			Alf Turner	6	4		2
F		England	Fred Forman	21	7	9	5	4
F			George Henderson	27	10	7	10
F		Wales	Grenville Morris	37	15	9	13	26
F		England	Sam Timmins	21	9	3	9	3
F		England	Tom Forman	1			1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

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	Fred Warren	8
1	Matthew Broughton	12
1	Own Goals	38
1	Robert Norris	27

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