1903–04 Football League

The Football League
Season	1903–04
Champions	The Wednesday
Relegated	Stockport County
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

The 1903–1904 season was the 16th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. 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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, 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.^[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season	1903–04
Champions	The Wednesday (2nd English title)
Relegated	Liverpool West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winners	Manchester City (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	939 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 20
Biggest home win	Middlesbrough – Manchester City 6–0 (24 Oct 1903) Sunderland – Bury 6–0 (23 Jan 1904)
Biggest away win	Nottingham Forest –Aston Villa 3–7 (19 Dec 1903) Nottingham Forest – Everton 0–4 (27 Feb 1904)
Highest scoring	Nottingham Forest – Aston Villa 3–7 (19 Dec 1903)
Longest winning run	8 matches Sheffield United (5 Sep 1903 – 24 Oct 1903)
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches Sheffield United (5 Sep 1903 – 24 Oct 1903) Manchester City (31 Oct 1903 – 19 Dec 1903; 1 Jan 1904 - 21 Mar 1904)
Longest losing run	5 matches Liverpool (5 Sep 1903 – 1 Oct 1903)
Highest attendance	40,000 Aston Villa -The Wednesday (26 Dec 1903) Everton -Liverpool (1 Apr 1904)
Lowest attendance	1,500 Nottingham Forest - Stoke (25 Nov 1903)
Average attendance	12,899
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	The Wednesday	34	14	3	0	34	10	6	4	7	14	18	48	28	1.714	+20	47
2	Manchester City	34	10	4	3	35	19	9	2	6	36	26	71	45	1.578	+26	44
3	Everton	34	13	0	4	36	12	6	5	6	23	20	59	32	1.844	+27	43
4	Newcastle United	34	12	3	2	31	13	6	3	8	27	32	58	45	1.289	+13	42
5	Aston Villa	34	13	1	3	41	16	4	6	7	29	32	70	48	1.458	+22	41
6	Sunderland	34	12	3	2	41	15	5	2	10	22	34	63	49	1.286	+14	39
7	Sheffield United	34	9	6	2	40	21	6	2	9	22	36	62	57	1.088	+5	38
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	10	6	1	29	23	4	2	11	15	43	44	66	0.667	–22	36
9	Nottingham Forest	34	7	3	7	29	26	4	6	7	28	31	57	57	1.000	±0	31
10	Middlesbrough	34	9	3	5	30	17	0	9	8	16	30	46	47	0.979	–1	30
11	Small Heath	34	8	5	4	25	19	3	3	11	14	33	39	52	0.750	–13	30
12	Bury	34	6	8	3	25	20	1	7	9	15	33	40	53	0.755	–13	29
13	Notts County	34	9	3	5	27	26	3	2	12	10	35	37	61	0.607	–24	29
14	Derby County	34	7	3	7	41	33	2	7	8	17	27	58	60	0.967	–2	28
15	Blackburn Rovers	34	7	5	5	29	23	4	1	12	19	37	48	60	0.800	–12	28
16	Stoke	34	9	2	6	45	26	1	5	11	9	31	54	57	0.947	–3	27
17	Liverpool	34	7	5	5	24	20	2	3	12	25	42	49	62	0.790	–13	26
18	West Bromwich Albion	34	4	8	5	19	19	3	2	12	17	41	36	60	0.600	–24	24

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Sheffield United !SHU	Small Heath !SMH	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		2–3	0–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	6–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	0–3		2–2	2–1	0–2	2–3	2–5	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–1
Bury !Bury	2–2	3–0		2–2	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Derby County !Derby County	2–2	3–0	2–2		0–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–3	2–6	0–1	3–5	4–1	5–0	7–2	0–2	4–2	2–1
Everton !Everton	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–1		5–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	5–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–0
Liverpool !Liverpool	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–2		2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	3–2		1–1	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	6–3	4–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	6–0		1–3	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–2	1–2
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–0	3–0
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	3–7	0–1	2–2	5–1	0–4	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	5–0
Notts County !Notts County	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	0–3	4–2	0–3	3–2	3–2	1–3		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–2
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	5–3	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	7–2
Small Heath !Small Heath	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	3–0	3–3	2–0	1–3		1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	2–0	6–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	5–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–3	0–2	3–4	1–0		3–1	3–1	5–0	5–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	6–1	2–0	6–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–0		0–1	1–1	2–1
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0		1–0	4–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–3	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1		1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	4–2	1–6	2–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stoke

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1903–04
Champions	Preston North End (1st title)
Failed re-election	Stockport County
Matches played	306
Goals scored	942 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Percy Smith (Preston North End), 26 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Woolwich Arsenal – Burton United 8–0 (19 Sept 1903) Woolwich Arsenal – Leicester Fosse 8–0 (26 Oct 1903)
Biggest away win	Blackpool – Burnley 0–5 (13 Feb 1904) Glossop – Manchester United 0–5 (19 Sept 1903)
Highest scoring	Woolwich Arsenal – Burton United 8–0 (19 Sept 1903) Woolwich Arsenal – Leicester Fosse 8–0 (26 Oct 1903) Glossop – Burnley 6–2 (21 Nov 1903) Burslem Port Vale – Leicester Fosse 6–2 (27 Feb 1904)
Longest winning run	8 matches Woolwich Arsenal (5 Sep 1903 – 26 Oct 1903)
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Preston North End (5 Sep 1903 – 5 Dec 1903)
Longest losing run	5 matches Burnley (29 Feb 1904 – 26 Mar 1904)
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	34	13	4	0	38	10	7	6	4	24	14	62	24	2.583	+38	50
2	Woolwich Arsenal	34	15	2	0	67	5	6	5	6	24	17	91	22	4.136	+69	49
3	Manchester United	34	14	2	1	42	14	6	6	5	23	19	65	33	1.970	+32	48
4	Bristol City	34	14	2	1	53	12	4	4	9	20	29	73	41	1.780	+32	42
5	Burnley	34	12	2	3	31	20	3	7	7	19	35	50	55	0.909	–5	39
6	Grimsby Town	34	12	5	0	39	12	2	3	12	11	37	50	49	1.020	+1	36
7	Bolton Wanderers	34	10	3	4	38	11	2	7	8	21	30	59	41	1.439	+18	34
8	Barnsley	34	10	5	2	25	12	1	5	11	13	45	38	57	0.667	–19	32
9	Gainsborough Trinity	34	10	2	5	34	17	4	1	12	19	43	53	60	0.883	–7	31
10	Bradford City	34	8	5	4	30	25	4	2	11	15	34	45	59	0.763	–14	31
11	Chesterfield	34	8	5	4	22	12	3	3	11	15	33	37	45	0.822	–8	30
12	Lincoln City	34	9	4	4	25	18	2	4	11	16	40	41	58	0.707	–17	30
13	Burslem Port Vale	34	10	3	4	44	20	0	6	11	10	32	54	52	1.038	+2	29
14	Burton United	34	8	6	3	33	16	3	1	13	12	45	45	61	0.738	–16	29
15	Blackpool	34	8	2	7	25	27	3	3	11	15	40	40	67	0.597	–27	27
16	Stockport County^[4]	34	7	7	3	28	23	1	4	12	12	49	40	72	0.556	–32	27
17	Glossop	34	7	4	6	42	25	3	2	12	15	39	57	64	0.891	–7	26
18	Leicester Fosse	34	5	8	4	26	21	1	2	14	16	61	42	82	0.512	–40	22

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bradford City !BRA	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton United !BUR	Chesterfield !CHF	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Manchester United !MUN	Preston North End !PNE	Stockport County !STP	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Barnsley !Barnsley		2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	0–2		1–4	0–1	0–1	0–5	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	4–1	2–2
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	5–1	3–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	0–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1
Bradford City !Bradford City	3–1	0–2	3–3		1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–6	1–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–3
Bristol City !Bristol City	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1		6–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	5–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	6–0	0–4
Burnley !Burnley	2–2	1–4	0–0	3–2	2–3		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–4	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Burslem Port Vale !Burslem Port Vale	3–0	5–0	2–3	5–2	3–1	2–2		3–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	6–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–3
Burton United !Burton United	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–0		4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–2	2–2	0–0	7–0	3–1
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		6–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	4–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–0		0–1	4–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–2
Glossop !Glossop	7–0	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	6–2	4–1	0–1	0–2	0–2		1–1	5–0	5–0	0–5	2–2	5–1	1–3
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	5–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0		4–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–2
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	2–0	5–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	4–2	1–1		2–2	0–1	1–4	3–0	0–0
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–6	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	6–1		0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2
Manchester United !Manchester United	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	5–2	2–0		0–2	3–1	1–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	1–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	1–1		1–1	0–0
Stockport County !Stockport County	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–4	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–3	1–5		0–0
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	8–0	6–0	6–0	2–1	5–1	8–0	4–0	4–0	0–0	5–2

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

↑ "England 1903-04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Upon failing to be re-elected to the Football League, Stockport County joined The Combination.
Doncaster Rovers took their place for the following season.

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

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Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol City Bolton Wanderers Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Manchester United Preston North End Stockport County Woolwich Arsenal

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1903–04 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

See also

References