1902–03 FA Cup

1902–03 FA Cup

Country	England
Champions	Bury
Runners-up	Derby County
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

The 1902–03 FA Cup was the 32nd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Bury won the competition for the second and (as of 2009) final time, beating Derby County 6–0 in the final at Crystal Palace. This scoreline still stands as a record victory in an FA Cup final.

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

Calendar

The format of the FA Cup for the season had a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, an intermediate round, three proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.

Round	Date
Preliminary Round	Saturday 20 September 1902
First Round Qualifying	Saturday 4 October 1902
Second Round Qualifying	Saturday 18 October 1902
Third Round Qualifying	Saturday 1 November 1902
Fourth Round Qualifying	Saturday 15 November 1902
Fifth Round Qualifying	Saturday 29 November 1902
Intermediate Round	Saturday 13 December 1902
First Round Proper	Saturday 7 February 1903
Second Round Proper	Saturday 21 February 1903
Third Round Proper	Saturday 7 March 1903
Semi-Finals	Saturday 21 March 1903
Final	Saturday 18 April 1903

Intermediate Round

The Intermediate Round featured ten games, played between the ten winners of the Fifth Qualifying Round, and ten teams given byes. First Division Middlesbrough, along with Bristol City, Preston North End, Woolwich Arsenal, Burnley and Lincoln City from the Second Division were entered automatically into this round, as were non-league Reading, Bristol Rovers, West Ham United and Millwall Athletic.

The other Second Division sides had to gain entry to this round through the earlier qualifying rounds. Burton United, Blackpool and Stockport County were entered at the First Qualifying Round, while the others, Burslem Port Vale, Chesterfield, Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Leicester Fosse and Manchester United, were entered in the Third Qualifying Round. Of these, only Manchester United, Glossop and Burton United reached the Intermediate Round. They were joined by seven other non-league sides.

The ten matches were played on 13 December 1902. Three matches went to replays, with one of these going to a second replay (held at Villa Park).

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bristol City	3–1	Middlesbrough	13 December 1902
2	Reading	1–0	Burnley	13 December 1902
3	Lincoln City	2–0	West Ham United	13 December 1902
4	Luton Town	3–0	Kidderminster Harriers	13 December 1902
5	Bishop Auckland	1–3	Preston North End	13 December 1902
6	Barnsley	4–0	Swindon Town	13 December 1902
7	Brentford	1–1	Woolwich Arsenal	13 December 1902
Replay	Woolwich Arsenal	5–0	Brentford	17 December 1902
8	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Millwall Athletic	13 December 1902
Replay	Millwall Athletic	0–0	Bristol Rovers	18 December 1902
2nd Replay	Millwall Athletic	2–0	Bristol Rovers	22 December 1902
9	Glossop	2–1	New Brompton	13 December 1902
10	Burton United	1–1	Manchester United	13 December 1902
Replay	Manchester United	3–1	Burton United	17 December 1902

First round proper

The First Round Proper contained 16 ties between 32 teams. 17 of the 18 First Division sides were given a bye to this round, as were Manchester City and Small Heath from the Second Division, and Southern League teams Southampton, Portsmouth, and Tottenham Hotspur. They joined the ten teams who won in the intermediate round.

The matches were played on Saturday, 7 February 1903. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek. One of these, the Notts County v Southampton match, went to a second replay, which Notts County won at Small Heath's St Andrew's ground.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bury	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7 February 1903
2	Preston North End	3–1	Manchester City	7 February 1903
3	Notts County	0–0	Southampton	7 February 1903
Replay	Southampton	2–2	Notts County	11 February 1903
2nd Replay	Notts County	2–1	Southampton	16 February 1903
4	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Reading	7 February 1903
Replay	Reading	3–6	Nottingham Forest	12 February 1903
5	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	7 February 1903
Replay	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	12 February 1903
6	Aston Villa	4–1	Sunderland	7 February 1903
7	Bolton Wanderers	0–5	Bristol City	7 February 1903
8	Grimsby Town	2–1	Newcastle United	7 February 1903
9	Derby County	2–1	Small Heath	7 February 1903
10	Everton	5–0	Portsmouth	7 February 1903
11	Millwall Athletic	3–0	Luton Town	7 February 1903
12	Woolwich Arsenal	1–3	Sheffield United	7 February 1903
13	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	7 February 1903
Replay	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	11 February 1903
14	Barnsley	2–0	Lincoln City	7 February 1903
15	Glossop	2–3	Stoke	7 February 1903
16	Manchester United	2-1	Liverpool	7 February 1903

Second Round Proper

The eight Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 21 February 1903. There was one replay, between Nottingham Forest and Stoke City, played in the following midweek.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Stoke	21 February 1903
Replay	Stoke	2–0	Nottingham Forest	26 February 1903
2	Aston Villa	4–1	Barnsley	21 February 1903
3	Grimsby Town	0–2	Notts County	21 February 1903
4	Derby County	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	21 February 1903
5	Everton	3–1	Manchester United	21 February 1903
6	Sheffield United	0–1	Bury	21 February 1903
7	Millwall Athletic	4–1	Preston North End	21 February 1903
8	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Bristol City	21 February 1903

Third round proper

The four Third Round matches were played on Saturday 7 March 1903. There were no replays.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bury	1–0	Notts County	7 March 1903
2	Derby County	3–0	Stoke	7 March 1903
3	Millwall Athletic	1–0	Everton	7 March 1903
4	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Aston Villa	7 March 1903

Semi-Finals

The semi-final matches were played at neutral venues on Saturday 21 March 1903. Bury and Derby County won and went on to meet each other in the final.

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Final

The Final was contested by Bury and Derby County at Crystal Palace. Bury won 6–0, with goals from George Ross, Charlie Sagar, Joe Leeming (2), William Wood and John Plant. The scoreline remains a record for the biggest winning margin in the FA Cup final.

Match details

Bury	Derby County [3]

See also

• FA Cup Final Results 1872-

References

General

• Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com
• 1902-03 FA Cup at rsssf.com
• 1902-03 FA Cup at soccerbase.com

Specific

FA Cup Seasons 1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Qualifying Rounds 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Finals 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 History Trophy List of finals Bronze finals Semi-finals Final referees Winning managers Scottish clubs Non-league clubs in the 5th Round

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