The City Ground

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:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (26 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

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

Position days		Record against teams (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1	2	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	West Bromwich Albion (0-2)
2	3	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	1	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	4	5	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Stoke City (2-3), Liverpool (1-0)
6	4	6	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	The Wednesday (1-4), Liverpool (1-2)
7	4	7	1	1	-	-	3	0	2	Bury (3-0)
8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	13	9	2	-	-	2	2	5	0	Derby County (2-3), Sheffield United (0-2)
10	6	10	3	2	1	-	4	1	5	Everton (1-1), Middlesbrough (1-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0)
11	4	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	3	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)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 16,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,000
Average League Attendance:: 9,187
Highest Cup Attendance:: 20,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1902-03)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								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	1.500	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		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		1-2	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Mon Sep 01, 1902	Sunderland	A	1-0	Win	15,000	3	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 (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (9)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
1902	Andrew Gara	Bought		1903	Andrew Gara	Sold
	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
					Thomas Roberts	Sold
					Tom Forman	Sold

SQUAD

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

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	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
Home and away victories for the season

1902-03

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Grimsby Town	Tue Sep 09, 1902	A	1-0	Sat Jan 03, 1903	H	2-1
Newcastle United	Sat Dec 06, 1902	A	2-0	Sat Apr 04, 1903	H	3-2
Sunderland	Mon Sep 01, 1902	A	1-0	Mon Apr 13, 1903	H	5-2