Football League Second Division 1903/04

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Football League Second Division 1903/04
Football League logo until 1988
master Preston North End
Climbers Preston North End, Woolwich Arsenal
Relegated Stockport County
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 942  (ø 3.08 per game)
Top scorer Percy Smith ( Preston North End )
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The Football League Second Division 1903/04 was the twelfth season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . Second division champion was Preston North End and also the second-placed Woolwich Arsenal rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1904/05, the two first division clubs FC Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion, ranked in the table below, took the places. Stockport County had to relegate from the Second Division . In addition, Glossop FC and Leicester Fosse feared that they would remain in the class, but then received enough votes in the re-election process of the League Association to be allowed to participate again in the Second Division in the following 1904/05 season. The place of Stockport County took in the following season promoted Doncaster Rovers .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Preston North End  34  20th  10  4th 062:240 2.58 50:18
 2. Woolwich Arsenal  34  21st  7th  6th 091:220 4.14 49:19
 3. Manchester United  34  20th  8th  6th 065:330 1.97 48:20
 4th Bristol City  34  18th  6th  10 073:410 1.78 42:26
 5. Burnley FC  34  15th  9  10 050:550 0.91 39:29
 6th Grimsby Town (A)  34  14th  8th  12 050:490 1.02 36:32
 7th Bolton Wanderers (A)  34  12  10  12 059:410 1.44 34:34
 8th. Barnsley FC  34  11  10  13 038:570 0.67 32:36
 9. Gainsborough Trinity  34  14th  3  17th 053:600 0.88 31:37
10. Bradford City (N)  34  12  7th  15th 045:590 0.76 31:37
11. Chesterfield FC  34  11  8th  15th 037:450 0.82 30:38
12. Lincoln City  34  11  8th  15th 041:580 0.71 30:38
13. Burslem Port Vale  34  10  9  15th 054:520 1.04 29:39
14th Burton United  34  11  7th  16 045:610 0.74 29:39
15th Blackpool FC  34  11  5  18th 040:670 0.60 27:41
16. Stockport County  34  8th  11  15th 040:720 0.56 27:41
17th FC Glossop  34  10  6th  18th 057:640 0.89 26:42
18th Leicester Fosse  34  6th  10  18th 042:820 0.51 22:46
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1904/05
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1904/05
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1902/03
    (N) Newcomers from the 1902/03 season

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1903/04 BAR BLP BOL BRA BRC BUR BPV BUU CHE GAI GLO GRI LEI LIN MNU PNE STC WOA
    Barnsley FC 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 FC 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 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 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 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 FC 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 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 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 FC 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 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
    FC 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 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 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 FC 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 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 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 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 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Percy Smith Preston North End 26th

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1903/04 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .