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1902–03 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1902–03 season of Manchester City}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City F.C.

| season = 1902–03

| manager = Tom Maley

| league = Football League
Second Division

| league result = 1st (promoted)

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = First round

| league topscorer = Gillespie (29 goals)

| season topscorer = Gillespie (29 goals)

| highest attendance = 35,000 vs Small Heath
(10 January 1903)

| lowest attendance = 8,000 vs Glossop
(22 November 1902)
8,000 vs Barnsley
(24 November 1902)
8,000 vs Blackpool
(11 April 1903)

| pattern_b1 = _buttons

| leftarm1 = 87CEFA

| body1 = 87CEFA

| rightarm1 = 87CEFA

| shorts1 = FFFFFF

| socks1 = 000066

| prevseason = 1901–02

| nextseason = 1903–04

}}

The 1902–1903 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twelfth season of league football and 1st season back in the Second Division of the Football League. Managing an immediate promotion, the club gained their second minor league trophy in their then-short history.

Football League Second Division

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=Results summary=

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=Reports=

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Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 6 September 1902

| Lincoln City

| H

| Hyde Road

| 3 – 1

| McOustra (2), Bevan

| 16,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 September 1902

| Small Heath

| A

| Muntz Street

| 0 – 4

|

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 20 September 1902

| Leicester Fosse

| H

| Hyde Road

| 3 – 1

| Meredith, Gillespie, ? (o.g.)

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 September 1902

| Chesterfield Town

| A

| Recreation Ground

| 1 – 0

| Meredith

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 4 October 1902

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 1 – 1

| Miller

| 4,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 11 October 1902

| Preston North End

| H

| Hyde Road

| 1 – 0

| Gillespie

| 16,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 18 October 1902

| Burslem Port Vale

| A

| Athletic Ground

| 4 – 1

| Gillespie (2), Meredith, Drummond

| 5,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 22 October 1902

| Gainsborough Trinity

| A

| The Northolme

| 3 – 0

| Gillespie (2), Miller

| 4,000

bgcolor="#999999"

| 25 October 1902

| Barnsley

| H

| Hyde Road

| Abandoned
5 – 0

| Meredith, Gillespie, Drummond, Threlfall, ? (o.g.)

| 16,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 1 November 1902

| Woolwich Arsenal

| A

| Manor Ground

| 0 – 1

|

| 11,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 8 November 1902

| Burton United

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 0

| Gillespie, McOustra

| 13,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 15 November 1902

| Bristol City

| A

| St John's Lane

| 2 – 3

| Turnbull, Drummond

| 13,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 22 November 1902

| Glossop

| H

| Hyde Road

| 5 – 2

| Gillespie (3), Turnbull, ? (o.g.)

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 24 November 1902

| Barnsley

| H

| Hyde Road

| 3 – 2

| Gillespie (2), Meredith

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 6 December 1902

| Stockport County

| H

| Hyde Road

| 5 – 0

| Meredith (2), Turnbull (2), Gillespie

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 December 1902

| Blackpool

| A

| Bloomfield Road

| 3 – 0

| Meredith, Turnbull, Gillespie

| 5,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 20 December 1902

| Woolwich Arsenal

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 1

| Gillespie (3), Turnbull

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 25 December 1902

| Manchester United

| A

| Bank Street

| 1 – 1

| Bannister

| 40,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 26 December 1902

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 2 – 0

| Gillespie, Drummond

| 10,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 December 1902

| Doncaster Rovers

| A

| Intake Ground

| 2 – 1

| Hynds, Gillespie

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 1 January 1903

| Doncaster Rovers

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 1

| Bannister (2), Meredith, Turnbull

| 25,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 3 January 1903

| Lincoln City

| A

| Sincil Bank

| 0 – 1

|

| 6,000

bgcolor="#999999"

| 10 January 1903

| Small Heath

| H

| Hyde Road

| Abandoned after 40 minutes
0 – 0

|

| 35,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 17 January 1903

| Leicester Fosse

| A

| Filbert Street

| 1 – 1

| Threlfall

| 7,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 24 January 1903

| Chesterfield Town

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 2

| Meredith (3), Turnbull

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 31 January 1903

| Burnley

| H

| Hyde Road

| 6 – 0

| Meredith (2), Gillespie (2), Threlfall, Bannister

| 16,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 14 February 1903

| Burslem Port Vale

| H

| Hyde Road

| 7 – 1

| Bannister (2), Gillespie (2), Turnbull, Meredith, McOustra

| 12,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 23 February 1903

| Small Heath

| H

| Hyde Road

| 4 – 0

| Meredith (2), Gillespie, Threlfall

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 28 February 1903

| Gainsborough Trinity

| H

| Hyde Road

| 9 – 0

| Bannister (3), Gillespie (2), Turnbull (2), Meredith, Threlfall

| 15,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 7 March 1903

| Burton United

| A

| Peel Croft

| 5 – 0

| Bannister (2), Gillespie (2), Meredith

| 5,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 14 March 1903

| Bristol City

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 2

| Meredith, Threlfall

| 20,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 21 March 1903

| Glossop

| A

| North Road

| 1 – 0

| Bannister

| 7,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 4 April 1903

| Stockport County

| A

| Edgeley Park

| 2 – 0

| Gillespie, Turnbull

| 10,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 10 April 1903

| Manchester United

| H

| Hyde Road

| 0 – 2

|

| 30,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 11 April 1903

| Blackpool

| H

| Hyde Road

| 2 – 0

| Meredith (2)

| 8,000

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 14 April 1903

| Barnsley

| A

| Oakwell

| 3 – 0

| Meredith, Bannister, Gillespie

| 5,000

FA Cup

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 7 February 1903

| First round

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 1 – 3

| Turnbull

| 8,000

Squad statistics

=Squad=

Appearances for competitive matches only

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|Abandoned

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

Appearances

!Goals

!Appearances

!Goals

!Appearances

!Goals

! Appearances

!Goals

align="left"|GKalign="left"|John Edmondson

|3

0000030
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Hillman

|31

01020340
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Tommy Hynds

|31

01020340
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Bannister

|21

01010230
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Booth

|9

0000090
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie

|32

01020350
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith

|34

01020370
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Miller

|8

0001090
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Turnbull

|22

01010240
align="left"
-align="left"|Fred Bevan

|6

0100070
align="left"
-align="left"|Robert Davidson

|26

00020280
align="left"
-align="left"|R. Dearden

|3

0000030
align="left"
-align="left"|Jimmy Drummond

|14

00010150
align="left"
-align="left"|Sammy Frost

|30

01010320
align="left"
-align="left"|Billy Holmes

|11

01000120
align="left"
-align="left"|Jamie Hosie

|3

0000030
align="left"
-align="left"|McMahon

|17

00010180
align="left"
-align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie McOustra

|32

00020340
align="left"
-align="left"|Bobby Moffatt

|1

0001020
align="left"
-align="left"|Willie Orr

|13

01010150
align="left"
-align="left"|Percy Slater

|2

0000020
align="left"
-align="left"|Fred Threlfall

|25

01020280

=Scorers=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

==All (incl. abandoned)==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie

|align=center|30

{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith

|align=center|22

{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Bannister

|rowspan="2" align=center|13

{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Turnbull
Fred Threlfall

|align=center|5

{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie McOustra

|align=center|4

Jimmy Drummond

|align=center|3

{{flagicon|SCO}} John Miller

|align=center|2

Fred Bevan

|rowspan="2" align=center|1

{{flagicon|SCO}} Tommy Hynds

{{col-4}}

==League==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie

|align=center|29

{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith

|align=center|21

{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Bannister

|align=center|13

{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Turnbull

|align=center|12

{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie McOustra

|rowspan="2" align=center|4

Fred Threlfall
Jimmy Drummond

|rowspan="2" align=center|2

{{flagicon|SCO}} John Miller
Fred Bevan

|rowspan="2" align=center|1

{{flagicon|SCO}} Tommy Hynds

{{col-4}}

==FA Cup==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Turnbull

|align=center|1

{{col-4}}

==Abandoned==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

Jimmy Drummond

|rowspan="4" align=center|1

{{flagicon|ENG}} Billie Gillespie
{{flagicon|WAL}} Billy Meredith
Fred Threlfall

{{col-4}}

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.mcfcstats.com/ Extensive Manchester City statistics site]

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1902–03 in English football}}

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1902-03

Category:English football clubs 1902–03 season