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1902–03 Football League

15th season of the Football League

Field	Value
competition	The Football League
season	[1902–03](1902-03-in-english-football)
winners	The Wednesday
relegated	Doncaster Rovers
prevseason	[1901–02](1901-02-football-league)
nextseason	[1903–04](1903-04-football-league)

The 1902–03 season was the 15th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.

First Division

1st English title Bolton Wanderers (31 goals) (29 November 1902) Liverpool 9–2 Grimsby Town (6 December 1902) (1 November 1902) (6 December 1902) West Bromwich Albion Sunderland Bolton Wanderers Aston Villa 0–3 West Bromwich Albion (1 November 1902) Derby County 2–2 Grimsby Town (22 April 1903)

Results

Maps

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Liverpool Middlesbrough Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Second Division Manchester City (24 Jan 1903 – 7 Mar 1903) Manchester City (17 Jan 1903 – 4 Apr 1903) Woolwich Arsenal (27 Dec 1902 – 7 Mar 1903) Barnsley (11 Oct 1902 – 24 Nov 1902) Stockport County (6 Dec 1902 – 1 Jan 1903) Leicester Fosse (7 Feb 1903 – 7 Mar 1903)

Results

Maps

Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Manchester City Manchester United Preston North End Small Heath (Birmingham) Stockport County Woolwich Arsenal

Attendances

Source:

Division One

No.	Club	Average
1	Aston Villa FC	19,790
2	Newcastle United FC	17,450
3	Liverpool FC	15,645
4	Everton FC	15,430
5	Sunderland AFC	15,305
6	West Bromwich Albion FC	14,465
7	The Wednesday	14,015
8	Middlesbrough FC	12,670
9	Sheffield United FC	11,160
10	Bolton Wanderers FC	10,530
11	Derby County FC	9,735
12	Bury FC	9,540
13	Notts County FC	9,440
14	Nottingham Forest FC	8,470
15	Blackburn Rovers FC	8,080
16	Stoke City FC	8,050
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6,855
18	Grimsby Town FC	5,055

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

"English League Leading Goalscorers". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1903.htm

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