The City Ground

SEASON: 1902-03

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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

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
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	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

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
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	1	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	Notes
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	Notes
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 (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
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		Alexander Newbigging	1			1
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	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