1902–03 Manchester City F.C. season

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.

Manchester City F.C.

1902–03 season
Manager	Tom Maley
Football League Second Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Gillespie (29 goals) All: Gillespie (29 goals)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs Small Heath (10 January 1903)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs Glossop (22 November 1902) 8,000 vs Barnsley (24 November 1902) 8,000 vs Blackpool (11 April 1903)
Home colours

Football League Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester City	34	25	4	5	95	29	3.276	54	Division Champions, promoted
2	Small Heath	34	24	3	7	74	36	2.056	51	Promoted
3	Woolwich Arsenal	34	20	8	6	66	30	2.200	48
4	Bristol City	34	17	8	9	59	38	1.553	42
5	Manchester United	34	15	8	11	53	38	1.395	38

Source:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
34	25	4	5	95	29	3.276	54	15	1	1	64	15	31	10	3	4	31	14	23

Source: rsssf.com

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
6 September 1902	Lincoln City	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	McOustra (2), Bevan	16,000
13 September 1902	Small Heath	A	Muntz Street	0 – 4		12,000
20 September 1902	Leicester Fosse	H	Hyde Road	3 – 1	Meredith, Gillespie, ? (o.g.)	12,000
27 September 1902	Chesterfield Town	A	Recreation Ground	1 – 0	Meredith	15,000
4 October 1902	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	1 – 1	Miller	4,000
11 October 1902	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Gillespie	16,000
18 October 1902	Burslem Port Vale	A	Athletic Ground	4 – 1	Gillespie (2), Meredith, Drummond	5,000
22 October 1902	Gainsborough Trinity	A	The Northolme	3 – 0	Gillespie (2), Miller	4,000
25 October 1902	Barnsley	H	Hyde Road	Abandoned 5 – 0	Meredith, Gillespie, Drummond, Threlfall, ? (o.g.)	16,000
1 November 1902	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	0 – 1		11,000
8 November 1902	Burton United	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Gillespie, McOustra	13,000
15 November 1902	Bristol City	A	St John's Lane	2 – 3	Turnbull, Drummond	13,000
22 November 1902	Glossop	H	Hyde Road	5 – 2	Gillespie (3), Turnbull, ? (o.g.)	8,000
24 November 1902	Barnsley	H	Hyde Road	3 – 2	Gillespie (2), Meredith	8,000
6 December 1902	Stockport County	H	Hyde Road	5 – 0	Meredith (2), Turnbull (2), Gillespie	12,000
13 December 1902	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	3 – 0	Meredith, Turnbull, Gillespie	5,000
20 December 1902	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Gillespie (3), Turnbull	25,000
25 December 1902	Manchester United	A	Bank Street	1 – 1	Bannister	40,000
26 December 1902	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	2 – 0	Gillespie, Drummond	10,000
27 December 1902	Doncaster Rovers	A	Intake Ground	2 – 1	Hynds, Gillespie	30,000
1 January 1903	Doncaster Rovers	H	Hyde Road	4 – 1	Bannister (2), Meredith, Turnbull	25,000
3 January 1903	Lincoln City	A	Sincil Bank	0 – 1		6,000
10 January 1903	Small Heath	H	Hyde Road	Abandoned after 40 minutes 0 – 0		35,000
17 January 1903	Leicester Fosse	A	Filbert Street	1 – 1	Threlfall	7,000
24 January 1903	Chesterfield Town	H	Hyde Road	4 – 2	Meredith (3), Turnbull	15,000
31 January 1903	Burnley	H	Hyde Road	6 – 0	Meredith (2), Gillespie (2), Threlfall, Bannister	16,000
14 February 1903	Burslem Port Vale	H	Hyde Road	7 – 1	Bannister (2), Gillespie (2), Turnbull, Meredith, McOustra	12,000
23 February 1903	Small Heath	H	Hyde Road	4 – 0	Meredith (2), Gillespie, Threlfall	20,000
28 February 1903	Gainsborough Trinity	H	Hyde Road	9 – 0	Bannister (3), Gillespie (2), Turnbull (2), Meredith, Threlfall	15,000
7 March 1903	Burton United	A	Peel Croft	5 – 0	Bannister (2), Gillespie (2), Meredith	5,000
14 March 1903	Bristol City	H	Hyde Road	2 – 2	Meredith, Threlfall	20,000
21 March 1903	Glossop	A	North Road	1 – 0	Bannister	7,000
4 April 1903	Stockport County	A	Edgeley Park	2 – 0	Gillespie, Turnbull	10,000
10 April 1903	Manchester United	H	Hyde Road	0 – 2		30,000
11 April 1903	Blackpool	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Meredith (2)	8,000
14 April 1903	Barnsley	A	Oakwell	3 – 0	Meredith, Bannister, Gillespie	5,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 February 1903	First round	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	1 – 3	Turnbull	8,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Abandoned		Total
		Appareces	Goals	Apparecess	Goals	Appareceas	Goals	Appareces	Goals
GK	John Edmondson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Jack Hillman	31	0	1	0	2	0	34	0
DF	Tommy Hynds	31	0	1	0	2	0	34	0
FW	Jimmy Bannister	21	0	1	0	1	0	23	0
FW	Frank Booth	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
FW	Billie Gillespie	32	0	1	0	2	0	35	0
FW	Billy Meredith	34	0	1	0	2	0	37	0
FW	John Miller	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
FW	Sandy Turnbull	22	0	1	0	1	0	24	0
--	Fred Bevan	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
--	Robert Davidson	26	0	0	0	2	0	28	0
--	R. Dearden	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
--	Jimmy Drummond	14	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
--	Sammy Frost	30	0	1	0	1	0	32	0
--	Billy Holmes	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
--	Jamie Hosie	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
--	McMahon	17	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
--	Willie McOustra	32	0	0	0	2	0	34	0
--	Bobby Moffatt	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
--	Willie Orr	13	0	1	0	1	0	15	0
--	Percy Slater	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
--	Fred Threlfall	25	0	1	0	2	0	28	0

Scorers

All (incl. abandoned)

Scorer	Goals
Billie Gillespie	30
Billy Meredith	22
Jimmy Bannister	13
Sandy Turnbull
Fred Threlfall	5
Willie McOustra	4
Jimmy Drummond	3
John Miller	2
Fred Bevan	1
Tommy Hynds

League

Scorer	Goals
Billie Gillespie	29
Billy Meredith	21
Jimmy Bannister	13
Sandy Turnbull	12
Willie McOustra	4
Fred Threlfall
Jimmy Drummond	2
John Miller
Fred Bevan	1
Tommy Hynds

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Sandy Turnbull	1

Abandoned

Scorer	Goals
Jimmy Drummond	1
Billie Gillespie
Billy Meredith
Fred Threlfall

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site