1902–03 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1902–03
Champions	Portsmouth (Division One) Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division Two)
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

The 1902–03 season was the 11th in the history of the Western Football League.

Like the previous two seasons, Portsmouth were the champions of Division One, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions were Bristol Rovers Reserves.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

One new club joined Division One, which remained at nine clubs after Swindon Town left the league.

Brentford

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Portsmouth	16	10	4	2	34	14	2.43	24
2	Bristol Rovers	16	9	2	5	36	22	1.64	20
3	Southampton	16	7	6	3	32	20	1.6	20
4	Tottenham Hotspur	16	6	7	3	20	14	1.43	19
5	Millwall Athletic	16	6	3	7	23	29	0.79	15	Left league at end of season
6	Reading	16	7	0	9	20	21	0.95	14
7	Queens Park Rangers	16	6	2	8	18	31	0.58	14
8	Brentford	16	3	4	9	16	34	0.47	10
9	West Ham United	16	2	4	10	15	29	0.52	8

Division Two

No new clubs joined Division Two, which was reduced to eight clubs from nine after Weston-super-Mare left the league.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	14	10	2	2	45	10	4.5	22
2	St George	14	9	1	4	37	25	1.48	19	Left league at end of season
3	Swindon Town Reserves	14	8	0	6	59	24	2.46	16
4	Bristol East	14	6	3	5	23	27	0.85	15
5	Staple Hill	14	5	3	6	27	20	1.35	13
6	Paulton Rovers	14	6	1	7	27	27	1	13
7	Trowbridge Town	14	5	1	8	20	48	0.42	11
8	Cotham Amateurs	14	1	1	12	14	71	0.2	3	Left league at end of season

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

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

References

↑ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Bishop Sutton Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Slimbridge Street Willand Rovers Winterbourne United

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Barnstaple Town Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Cribbs Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Wells City Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 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 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 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 1999–2000 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

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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

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