1902–03 Southern Football League

The 1902–03 Southern League season saw Southampton win Division One and Fulham finishing top of Division Two. No clubs applied to join the Football League.

1 Final tables
2 References
3 External links

Final tables

Division One

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 up 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

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 up 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

27 April 1903	Swindon Town	7 – 2	Fulham	Shepherd's Bush
				Shepherd's Bush

27 April 1903	Watford	3 – 5	Brighton & Hove Albion	Memorial Grounds, West Ham
				Memorial Grounds, West Ham

References

^ Fulham at the Football Club History Database

External links

Southern League

Premier Division	Arlesey Town AFC Totton Banbury United Barwell Bashley Bedford Town Brackley Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Evesham United Frome Town Hemel Hempstead Town Hitchin Town Leamington Oxford City Redditch United St. Albans City Stourbridge Swindon Supermarine Weymouth

Division One Central	Ashford Town AFC Hayes Aylesbury Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedfont Town Bedworth United Biggleswade Town Burnham Chalfont St. Peter Chertsey Town Daventry Town Fleet Town Leighton Town Marlow North Greenford United Northwood Rugby Town Slough Town St Neots Town Uxbridge Woodford United

Division One South & West	Abingdon United Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Cinderford Town Clevedon Town Didcot Town Gosport Borough Halesowen Town Hungerford Town Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Poole Town Sholing Stourport Swifts Taunton Town Thatcham Town Tiverton Town Wimborne Town Yate Town

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1902–03 in English football

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues	Football League (First Division • Second Division) • Southern League

Lower leagues	Northern League · The Combination · Western League

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