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SEASON: 1903-04

Prev Season: 1902-03
This Season: 1903-04
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:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (15 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1903-04								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	20	7	7	48	28	14	3	0	34	10	6	4	7	14	18	1.71429	47		0-1	1-2
2	Manchester City	34	19	6	9	71	45	10	4	3	35	19	9	2	6	36	26	1.57778	44		0-3	0-0
3	Everton	34	19	5	10	59	32	13	0	4	36	12	6	5	6	23	20	1.84375	43		0-4	2-0
4	Newcastle United	34	18	6	10	58	45	12	3	2	31	13	6	3	8	27	32	1.28889	42		1-0	1-3
5	Aston Villa	34	17	7	10	70	48	13	1	3	41	16	4	6	7	29	32	1.45833	41		3-7	1-3
6	Sunderland	34	17	5	12	63	49	12	3	2	41	15	5	2	10	22	34	1.28571	39		3-0	1-3
7	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	62	57	9	6	2	40	21	6	2	9	22	36	1.08772	38		1-1	0-2
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	8	12	44	66	10	6	1	29	23	4	2	11	15	43	.66667	36		5-0	2-3
9	Nottingham Forest	34	11	9	14	57	57	7	3	7	29	26	4	6	7	28	31	1.00000	31
10	Middlesbrough	34	9	12	13	46	47	9	3	5	30	17	0	9	8	16	30	.97872	30		1-1	1-1
11	Small Heath	34	11	8	15	39	52	8	5	4	25	19	3	3	11	14	33	.75000	30		0-1	3-3
12	Bury	34	7	15	12	40	53	6	8	3	25	20	1	7	9	15	33	.75472	29		2-2	2-2
13	Notts County	34	12	5	17	37	61	9	3	5	27	26	3	2	12	10	35	.60656	29		0-1	3-1
14	Derby County	34	9	10	15	58	60	7	3	7	41	33	2	7	8	17	27	.96667	28		5-1	6-2
15	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	6	17	48	60	7	5	5	29	23	4	1	12	19	37	.80000	28		0-1	1-3
16	Stoke City	34	10	7	17	54	57	9	2	6	45	26	1	5	11	9	31	.94737	27		4-2	3-2
17	Liverpool	34	9	8	17	49	62	7	5	5	24	20	2	3	12	25	42	.79032	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	.60000	24	Relegated	2-0	1-1

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Competitive Games:: 37
Competitive Goals:: 62
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 34
League Points:: 31 out of 68 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 45.6%

GOALS
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

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		1	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Sheffield United (1-1)
2		2	5	2	1	2	5	3	5	The Wednesday (1-2), Sunderland (3-0), The Wednesday (0-1), Newcastle United (1-0), Manchester City (0-0)
3		3	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Everton (2-0)
4		4	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Manchester City (0-3), Aston Villa (1-3)
5		5	1	-	-	1	3	7	0	Aston Villa (3-7)
6	5	6	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Sheffield United (0-2)
7		7	3	-	-	3	2	10	0	Newcastle United (1-3), Everton (0-4), Sunderland (1-3)
8	16	8	1	1	-	-	5	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-0)
9	54	9	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Blackburn Rovers (1-3)
10	50	10	2	1	1	-	5	3	3	Stoke City (4-2), Middlesbrough (1-1)
11	38	11	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Bury (2-2)
12	19	12	3	2	1	-	6	3	5	Liverpool (2-1), Notts County (3-1), Middlesbrough (1-1)
13	42	13	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Notts County (0-1)
14	15	14	3	1	1	1	6	3	3	Blackburn Rovers (0-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-1), Derby County (5-1)
15	3	15	3	1	1	1	7	7	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-3), Bury (2-2), Stoke City (3-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	3	-	2	1	3	4	2	Small Heath (3-3), Small Heath (0-1), Liverpool (0-0)
18		18	2	2	-	-	8	2	4	Derby County (6-2), West Bromwich Albion (2-0)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

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

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 7
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:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harry Haslam
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 05, 1903	Liverpool	H	2-1	Win	12,000	8	Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
2	Mon Sep 07, 1903	Small Heath	A	3-3	Draw	9,000	6	Sugden (?, ?), Morris (?)
3	Sat Sep 12, 1903	Bury	A	2-2	Draw	8,000	8	Sugden (?), Craig (?)
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	Sugden (?), Morris (?)
6	Sat Oct 03, 1903	The Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	16,000	14	Shearman (?)
7	Sat Oct 10, 1903	Sunderland	H	3-0	Win	12,000	10	Timmins (?), Sugden (?), Morris (?)
8	Sat Oct 17, 1903	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	14,276	10	Spouncer (?)
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	Sugden (?, ?)
11	Sat Nov 14, 1903	Derby County	A	6-2	Win	7,000	10	Shearman (?, ?), Sugden (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?, ?)
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	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?), Spouncer (?)
14	Sat Nov 28, 1903	Notts County	A	3-1	Win	6,000	9	Warren (?), Shearman (?), Spouncer (?)
15	Sat Dec 05, 1903	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	9	Davies (?)
16	Sat Dec 12, 1903	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	8,000	9	Calvey (?)
17	Sat Dec 19, 1903	Aston Villa	H	3-7	Loss	8,000	9	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
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	Morris (?)
20	Fri Jan 01, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-3	Loss	20,000	12	Morris (?)
21	Sat Jan 02, 1904	Liverpool	A	0-0	Draw	15,000	11
22	Sat Jan 09, 1904	Bury	H	2-2	Draw	8,000	11	Calvey (?), Morris (?)
23	Sat Jan 23, 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	Win	8,000	10	Forman (?), Shearman (?, ?), Sugden (?), Morris (?)
24	Sat Jan 30, 1904	The Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	10,000	13
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	Shearman (?), Sugden (?), Spouncer (?)
27	Sat Mar 12, 1904	Derby County	H	5-1	Win	10,000	10	Shearman (?, ?), Griffiths (?), Spouncer (?), Craig (?)
28	Wed Mar 30, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	Win	2,500	9	Shearman (?), Spouncer (?)
29	Sat Apr 02, 1904	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	8,500	10
30	Mon Apr 04, 1904	Sunderland	A	1-3	Loss	1,000	11	Henderson (?)
31	Sat Apr 09, 1904	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	9,000	9	Sugden (?)
32	Wed Apr 13, 1904	Manchester City	A	0-0	Draw	5,000	9
33	Sat Apr 16, 1904	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	4,500	9	Sugden (?)
34	Sat Apr 23, 1904	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	9	Sugden (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Feb 10, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	1			A	1-1	Draw	10,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1904	West Bromwich Albion	1	Y	1	H	3-1	Win	13,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1904	Blackburn Rovers	2			A	1-3	Loss	11,900	Morris (?)

Friendly

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Harry Haslam
Sat Sep 05, 1903	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-1	12,000	Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Mon Sep 07, 1903	League Tier 1	Small Heath			A	3-3	9,000	Sugden (?, ?), Morris (?)
Sat Sep 12, 1903	League Tier 1	Bury			A	2-2	8,000	Sugden (?), Craig (?)
Mon Sep 14, 1903	Friendly	Blackpool			A	2-1	-	Sugden (?, ?)
Wed Sep 16, 1903	Friendly	Swindon Town			A	3-1	2,000	Sugden (?), Iremonger (? pen), Morris (?)
Sat Sep 19, 1903	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	0-1	8,000
Sat Sep 26, 1903	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	2-3	5,000	Sugden (?), Morris (?)
Sat Oct 03, 1903	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			A	1-2	16,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1903	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	3-0	12,000	Timmins (?), Sugden (?), Morris (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1903	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-1	14,276	Spouncer (?)
Sat Oct 24, 1903	League Tier 1	Small Heath			H	0-1	7,000
Sat Oct 31, 1903	League Tier 1	Everton			A	2-0	15,000	Sugden (?, ?)
Sat Nov 14, 1903	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	6-2	7,000	Shearman (?, ?), Sugden (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?, ?)
Sat Nov 21, 1903	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	0-3	12,000
Wed Nov 25, 1903	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	4-2	6,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Nov 28, 1903	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	3-1	6,000	Warren (?), Shearman (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Dec 05, 1903	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	1-1	15,000	Davies (?)
Sat Dec 12, 1903	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-3	8,000	Calvey (?)
Sat Dec 19, 1903	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	3-7	8,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?, ?)
Fri Dec 25, 1903	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	0-1	14,000
Sat Dec 26, 1903	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-1	14,000	Morris (?)
Fri Jan 01, 1904	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-3	20,000	Morris (?)
Sat Jan 02, 1904	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-0	15,000
Sat Jan 09, 1904	League Tier 1	Bury			H	2-2	8,000	Calvey (?), Morris (?)
Sat Jan 23, 1904	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	5-0	8,000	Forman (?), Shearman (?, ?), Sugden (?), Morris (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1904	League Tier 1	The Wednesday			H	0-1	10,000
Wed Feb 10, 1904	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	1		A	1-1	10,000	Shearman (?)
Sat Feb 13, 1904	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	H	3-1	13,000	Shearman (?), Morris (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Feb 20, 1904	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	2		A	1-3	11,900	Morris (?)
Sat Feb 27, 1904	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-4	5,000
Sat Mar 05, 1904	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	3-2	2,624	Shearman (?), Sugden (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1904	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	5-1	10,000	Shearman (?, ?), Griffiths (?), Spouncer (?), Craig (?)
Thu Mar 17, 1904	Friendly	Shepherd's Bush			A	2-0	5,000	Sugden (?), Shearman (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1904	Friendly	Bradford City			A	1-1	5,000	Shearman (?)
Thu Mar 24, 1904	Friendly	Barrow			A	0-0	-
Sat Mar 26, 1904	Friendly	Belfast Distillery			A	4-0	3,000	Spouncer (?, ?), Shearman (?, ?)
Wed Mar 30, 1904	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	2-0	2,500	Shearman (?), Spouncer (?)
Sat Apr 02, 1904	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-2	8,500
Mon Apr 04, 1904	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-3	1,000	Henderson (?)
Tue Apr 05, 1904	Friendly	Darlington			A	3-1	3,000	Spouncer (?, ?), Sugden (?)
Sat Apr 09, 1904	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-0	9,000	Sugden (?)
Wed Apr 13, 1904	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-0	5,000
Sat Apr 16, 1904	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	1-3	4,500	Sugden (?)
Sat Apr 23, 1904	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-1	5,000	Sugden (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (9) - £25				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Albert Jones	Bought			Harold Comery	Sold
	Bob Innes	Bought			Harold Griffiths	Sold
	Harold Comery	Bought			John Calvey	Retired
	Harold Griffiths	Bought		Oct 1904	Ernest Wright	Sold
	Thomas Jones	Bought
	Tom Davies	Bought
	William Shearman	Bought
Dec 1903	Ernest Wright	Bought
Feb 1904	Walter Anthony	Bought	£25

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		England	Harry Linacre	37	12	10	15
Defenders
D		Wales	Albert Jones	10	2	4	4
D		Scotland	Bob Innes	12	4	3	5
D		Scotland	Charles Craig	34	11	9	14	2
D			Fred Warren	19	6	5	8	1
D		England	James Iremonger	28	10	7	11
D		England	John Barnsdale	5	1	2	2
Midfielders
M			Ernest Wright	6	1	1	4
M		England	Frank Forman	3	2		1	1
M		England	John Calvey	13	2	6	5	2
M		Scotland	John Crawford	7	3	1	3
M			Robert Norris	25	8	7	10
M		England	Sid Sugden	28	11	6	11	13
M		England	Tom Davies	28	10	7	11	1
M		England	Walter Dudley	2	1		1
M			William Shearman	27	9	7	11	14
Forwards
F		England	Alf Spouncer	36	12	10	14	10
F			Alf Turner	3	1	2
F			George Henderson	15	5	4	6	1
F		Wales	Grenville Morris	27	8	8	11	15
F			Harold Comery	1			1
F			Harold Griffiths	8	4	1	3	1
F		England	Sam Timmins	30	9	8	13	1
F		Wales	Thomas Jones	2		1	1
F		England	Walter Anthony	1		1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	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 (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Dec 19, 1903	Home	3-7	Sat Apr 16, 1904	Away	1-3
Blackburn Rovers	Sat Sep 19, 1903	Home	0-1	Fri Jan 01, 1904	Away	1-3
The Wednesday	Sat Oct 03, 1903	Away	1-2	Sat Jan 30, 1904	Home	0-1