The City Ground

SEASON: 1903-04

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Next Season: 1904-05

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Harry Haslam
FA Cup:: 2nd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (15 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	12 times	6 times	6 times	1 time	3 times
Conceded	13 times	7 times	8 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	3 times	5 times	1 time	2 times	1 time
Lost By	6 times	6 times	1 time	2 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 15,000 (League - Everton)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,500 (League - West Bromwich Albion)
Average League Attendance:: 8,911
Highest Cup Attendance:: 13,000 (FA Cup - West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 13,000 (FA Cup - West Bromwich Albion)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 7
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 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	20	7	7	48	28	14	3	0	34	10	6	4	7	14	18	1.714	47		0-1	1-2
2	Manchester City	34	19	6	9	71	45	10	4	3	35	19	9	2	6	36	26	1.578	44		0-3	0-0
3	Everton	34	19	5	10	59	32	13	0	4	36	12	6	5	6	23	20	1.844	43		0-4	2-0
4	Newcastle United	34	18	6	10	58	45	12	3	2	31	13	6	3	8	27	32	1.289	42		1-0	1-3
5	Aston Villa	34	17	7	10	70	48	13	1	3	41	16	4	6	7	29	32	1.458	41		3-7	1-3
6	Sunderland	34	17	5	12	63	49	12	3	2	41	15	5	2	10	22	34	1.286	39		3-0	1-3
7	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	62	57	9	6	2	40	21	6	2	9	22	36	1.088	38		1-1	0-2
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	8	12	44	66	10	6	1	29	23	4	2	11	15	43	.667	36		5-0	2-3
9	Nottingham Forest	34	11	9	14	57	57	7	3	7	29	26	4	6	7	28	31	1.000	31
10	Middlesbrough	34	9	12	13	46	47	9	3	5	30	17	0	9	8	16	30	.979	30		1-1	1-1
11	Small Heath	34	11	8	15	39	52	8	5	4	25	19	3	3	11	14	33	.750	30		0-1	3-3
12	Bury	34	7	15	12	40	53	6	8	3	25	20	1	7	9	15	33	.755	29		2-2	2-2
13	Notts County	34	12	5	17	37	61	9	3	5	27	26	3	2	12	10	35	.607	29		0-1	3-1
14	Derby County	34	9	10	15	58	60	7	3	7	41	33	2	7	8	17	27	.967	28		5-1	6-2
15	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	6	17	48	60	7	5	5	29	23	4	1	12	19	37	.800	28		0-1	1-3
16	Stoke City	34	10	7	17	54	57	9	2	6	45	26	1	5	11	9	31	.947	27		4-2	3-2
17	Liverpool	34	9	8	17	49	62	7	5	5	24	20	2	3	12	25	42	.790	26	Relegated	2-1	0-0
18	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	10	17	36	60	4	8	5	19	19	3	2	12	17	41	.600	24	Relegated	2-0	1-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Sep 05, 1903	Liverpool	H	2-1	Win	12,000	7
2	Mon Sep 07, 1903	Small Heath	A	3-3	Draw	9,000	6	Muntz Street
3	Sat Sep 12, 1903	Bury	A	2-2	Draw	8,000	8	Gigg Lane
4	Sat Sep 19, 1903	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss	8,000	8
5	Sat Sep 26, 1903	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	5,000	10	Molineux
6	Sat Oct 03, 1903	The Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	16,000	14	Hillsborough
7	Sat Oct 10, 1903	Sunderland	H	3-0	Win	12,000	10
8	Sat Oct 17, 1903	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	14,276	10	The Hawthorns
9	Sat Oct 24, 1903	Small Heath	H	0-1	Loss	7,000	13
10	Sat Oct 31, 1903	Everton	A	2-0	Win	15,000	11	Goodison Park
11	Sat Nov 14, 1903	Derby County	A	6-2	Win	7,000	10	Baseball Ground
12	Sat Nov 21, 1903	Manchester City	H	0-3	Loss	12,000	11
13	Wed Nov 25, 1903	Stoke City	H	4-2	Win	6,000	9
14	Sat Nov 28, 1903	Notts County	A	3-1	Win	6,000	9	Trent Bridge
15	Sat Dec 05, 1903	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	9
16	Sat Dec 12, 1903	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	8,000	9	St. James Park (Newcastle)
17	Sat Dec 19, 1903	Aston Villa	H	3-7	Loss	8,000	9
18	Fri Dec 25, 1903	Notts County	H	0-1	Loss	14,000	10
19	Sat Dec 26, 1903	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	14,000	11	Ayresome Park
20	Fri Jan 01, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-3	Loss	20,000	12	Ewood Park
21	Sat Jan 02, 1904	Liverpool	A	0-0	Draw	15,000	11	Anfield
22	Sat Jan 09, 1904	Bury	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	11
23	Sat Jan 23, 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	Win	8,000	10
24	Sat Jan 30, 1904	The Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	10,000	13		James Iremonger benefit
25	Sat Feb 27, 1904	Everton	H	0-4	Loss	5,000	14
26	Sat Mar 05, 1904	Stoke City	A	3-2	Win	2,624	12	Victoria Ground
27	Sat Mar 12, 1904	Derby County	H	5-1	Win	10,000	10
28	Wed Mar 30, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	Win	2,500	9
29	Sat Apr 02, 1904	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	8,500	10	Bramall Lane
30	Mon Apr 04, 1904	Sunderland	A	1-3	Loss	1,000	11	Roker Park
31	Sat Apr 09, 1904	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	9,000	9
32	Wed Apr 13, 1904	Manchester City	A	0-0	Draw	5,000	9	Hyde Road
33	Sat Apr 16, 1904	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	4,500	9	Villa Park
34	Sat Apr 23, 1904	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	9

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Wed Feb 10, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	1			A	1-1	Draw	10,000	The Hawthorns
Sat Feb 13, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	1	Y	1	H	3-1	Win	13,000
Sat Feb 20, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	2			A	1-3	Loss	11,900	Ewood Park

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att
Mon Sep 14, 1903	Blackpool	England	A	2-1	Win	-
Wed Sep 16, 1903	Swindon Town	England	A	3-1	Win	-
Thu Mar 17, 1904	Shepherd's Bush	England	A	2-0	Win	5,000
Sat Mar 19, 1904	Bradford City	England	A	1-1	Draw	5,000
Thu Mar 24, 1904	Barrow	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Mar 26, 1904	Belfast Distillery	Northern Ireland	A	4-0	Win	3,000
Tue Apr 05, 1904	Darlington	England	A	3-1	Win	3,000

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	12	10	15
D		Albert Jones	10	2	4	4
D		Bob Innes	12	4	3	5
D		Charles Craig	34	11	9	14	2
D		Fred Warren	19	6	5	8	1
D		James Iremonger	28	10	7	11
D		John Barnsdale	5	1	2	2
M		Ernest Wright	6	1	1	4
M		Frank Forman	3	2		1	1
M		John Calvey	13	2	6	5	2
M		John Crawford	7	3	1	3
M		Robert Norris	25	8	7	10
M		Sid Sugden	28	11	6	11	13
M		Tom Davies	28	10	7	11	1
M		Walter Dudley	2	1		1
M		William Shearman	27	9	7	11	14
F		Alf Spouncer	36	12	10	14	10
F		Alf Turner	3	1	2
F		George Henderson	15	5	4	6	1
F		Grenville Morris	27	8	8	11	15
F		Harold Comery	1			1
F		Harold Griffiths	8	4	1	3	1
F		Sam Timmins	30	9	8	13	1
F		Thomas Jones	2		1	1
F		Walter Anthony	1		1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
15	Grenville Morris	27
14	William Shearman	27
13	Sid Sugden	28
10	Alf Spouncer	36
2	Charles Craig	34
2	John Calvey	13
1	Frank Forman	3
1	Fred Warren	19
1	George Henderson	15
1	Harold Griffiths	8
1	Sam Timmins	30
1	Tom Davies	28

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1903-04

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Derby County	Sat Nov 14, 1903	A	6-2	Sat Mar 12, 1904	H	5-1
Stoke City	Wed Nov 25, 1903	H	4-2	Sat Mar 05, 1904	A	3-2