Football League First Division 1903/04

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Football League First Division 1903/04
Football League logo until 1988
master The Wednesday
Cup winners Manchester City
Relegated Liverpool FC , West Bromwich Albion
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 939  (ø 3.07 per game)
Top scorer Steve Bloomer ( Derby County )
← Football League First Division 1902/03

The Football League First Division 1903/04 was the 16th season of the highest English football league . It began on September 1, 1903 and ended on April 30, 1904.

The Wednesday defended last year's title and won the second English championship in the club's history with three points ahead of promoted Manchester City . In addition to Manchester City, Small Heath was also the second newcomer to receive the class. Instead, Liverpool FC and West Bromwich Albion had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Preston North End and Woolwich Arsenal .

A total of 417 players were used, with Wolverhampton Wanderers with 18 the fewest and Manchester City with 28 the most players in league games. 130 newcomers faced 111 footballers who last came into play in the 1903/04 season. 19 players were able to play all 34 league games in their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points EgS
 1. The Wednesday (M)  34  20th  7th  7th 048:280 1.71 47:21 22nd
 2. Manchester City (N)  34  19th  6th  9 071:450 1.58 44:24 28
 3. Everton FC  34  19th  5  10 059:320 1.84 43:25 20th
 4th Newcastle United  34  18th  6th  10 058:450 1.29 42:26 23
 5. Aston Villa  34  17th  7th  10 070:480 1.46 41:27 24
 6th Sunderland AFC  34  17th  5  12 063:490 1.29 39:29 23
 7th Sheffield United  34  15th  8th  11 062:570 1.09 38:30 26th
 8th. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34  14th  8th  12 044:660 0.67 36:32 18th
 9. Nottingham Forest  34  11  9  14th 057:570 1.00 31:37 25th
10. Middlesbrough FC  34  9  12  13 046:470 0.98 30:38 23
11. Small Heath (N)  34  11  8th  15th 039:520 0.75 30:38 23
12. Bury FC (P)  34  7th  15th  12 040:530 0.75 29:39 23
13. Notts County  34  12  5  17th 037:610 0.61 29:39 23
14th Derby County  34  9  10  15th 058:600 0.97 28:40 24
15th Blackburn Rovers  34  11  6th  17th 048:600 0.80 28:40 23
16. FC Stoke  34  10  7th  17th 054:570 0.95 27:41 26th
17th Liverpool FC  34  9  8th  17th 049:620 0.79 26:42 24
18th West Bromwich Albion  34  7th  10  17th 036:600 0.60 24:44 25th
  • English master
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division
    • (M) English champion 1902/03
    (P) FA Cup winner 1902/03
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1902/03
    EgS used players

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    AST BLA BUY OF THE EVE LIV MNC MID NEW NOF NOC SHU SMH STO SUN WED WBA WOL
    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 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 FC 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 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 FC 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 FC 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 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 FC 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 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 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 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 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 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
    FC Stoke 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 AFC 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 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 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 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Sp
    1 EnglandEngland Steve Bloomer Derby County 20th 29
    2 Wales 1807Wales Arthur Green Notts County 19th 30th
    3 ScotlandScotland Billy Gillespie Manchester City 18th 24
    EnglandEngland Arthur Brown Sheffield United 33
    5 EnglandEngland Billy Wooldridge Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th 30th
    6th EnglandEngland Cockles Appleyard Newcastle United 16 31
    ScotlandScotland Sandy Turnbull Manchester City 32
    8th EnglandEngland Joseph Bache Aston Villa 15th 27
    EnglandEngland Harry Chapman The Wednesday 34

    The Wednesday championship team

    The following table lists all players who were used in a league game for The Wednesday during the 1903/04 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. The Wednesday
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    Bill Bartlett * (4/0) | George Beech * (4/0) | Harry Burton (26/0) | Harry Chapman (34/15) | Tommy Crawshaw (32/2) | Harry Davis (32/5) | IJ Eyre * (1/0) | Bob Ferrier (31/0) | Bill Hemmingfield * (6/1) | George Hoyland * (1/0) | Richard Jarvis * (1/0) | Ambrose Langley * (8/1) | Willie Layton (34/0) | Jack Lyall (33/0) | Jock Malloch (25/3) | Matt Moralee * (1/0) | Herrod Ruddlesdin (30/0) | Joe Ryalls * (1/0) | George Simpson (24/5) | Vivien Simpson * (7/2) | Jimmy Stewart (10/1) | Andrew Wilson (29/10).

    Change of players during the season

    player from club Games to club Games
    Joe Hewitt Sunderland AFC 04th Liverpool FC 11
    Arthur Leonard Small Heath 16 FC Stoke 10
    Andy McCombie Sunderland AFC 23 Newcastle United 06th
    Dick Roberts Newcastle United 01 Middlesbrough FC 04th
    Robbie Robinson Sunderland AFC 08th Liverpool FC 09
    Mart Watkins Aston Villa 05 FC Stoke 19th

    Special occurrences

    • On December 28, 1903 Edgar Chadwick ended as the last player who had been active in the first season 1888/89, with a game for Liverpool FC his first division career after 344 first division appearances. His debut was on September 8, 1888 for Everton FC. In total, he played 270 games for Everton FC, 31 for Burnley FC and 43 for Liverpool FC.

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
    • Keith Farnsworth: Sheffield Wednesday. A Complete Record 1867-1987. Breedon, Derby 1987, ISBN 0-907969-25-9 .

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1903/1904 (Fussballdaten.de)