1902–03 Southern Football League

The 1902–03 season was the ninth in the history of Southern League. Southampton won Division One for the 5th time in seven seasons. Fulham finished top of Division Two. No Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League.

Division One

Southern Football League Division One
Season	1902–03
Champions	Southampton (5th title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Watford
Matches played	240
Goals scored	715 (2.98 per match)
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

There were no new clubs in Division One this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Southampton	30	20	8	2	83	20	4.15	48
2	Reading	30	19	7	4	72	30	2.4	45
3	Portsmouth	30	17	7	6	69	32	2.16	41
4	Tottenham Hotspur	30	14	7	9	47	31	1.52	35
5	Bristol Rovers	30	13	8	9	46	34	1.35	34
6	New Brompton	30	11	11	8	37	35	1.06	33
7	Millwall Athletic	30	14	3	13	52	37	1.41	31	Changed name to Millwall at end of season
8	Northampton Town	30	12	6	12	39	48	0.81	30
9	Queens Park Rangers	30	11	6	13	34	42	0.81	28
10	West Ham United	30	9	10	11	35	49	0.71	28
11	Luton Town	30	10	7	13	43	44	0.98	27
12	Swindon Town	30	10	7	13	38	46	0.83	27
13	Kettering	30	8	11	11	33	40	0.83	27
14	Wellingborough	30	11	3	16	36	56	0.64	25
15	Watford	30	6	4	20	35	87	0.4	16	Relegation test matches
16	Brentford	30	2	1	27	16	84	0.19	5	Relegation test matches

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Division Two

Southern Football League Division Two
Season	1902–03
Champions	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham Brighton & Hove Albion
Relegated	none
Matches played	30
Goals scored	121 (4.03 per match)
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

There were also no new clubs in Division Two this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Fulham	10	7	1	2	27	7	3.86	15	Promotion test matches
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	7	1	2	34	11	3.09	15	Promotion test matches
3	Grays United	10	7	0	3	28	12	2.33	14
4	Wycombe Wanderers	10	3	3	4	13	19	0.68	9
5	Chesham Town	10	2	1	7	9	37	0.24	5
6	Southall	10	1	0	9	10	35	0.29	2

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Promotion-relegation test matches

At the end of the season, test matches were held between the bottom two clubs in Division One and the top two clubs in Division Two. Brentford beat Fulham 7-2 to retain their place in Division One, although Fulham were promoted anyway after Division One was expanded to 18 clubs.^[1] Brighton beat Watford 5-3 in the other match, which saw the two clubs swap divisions.

Division One clubs v Division Two clubs

Division One clubs	v	Division Two clubs

Brentford v Fulham

27 April 1903

Brentford	7 – 2	Fulham

Shepherd's Bush

Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion

27 April 1903

Watford	3 – 5	Brighton & Hove Albion

Memorial Grounds, West Ham

References

↑ Fulham at the Football Club History Database

External links

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

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

Second Division	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 Stockport County Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Brentford Bristol Rovers Kettering Town Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Watford Wellingborough West Ham United

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