1902–03 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C
1902–03 season
Manager	Tom Watson
Stadium	Anfield
Football League	5th
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Raybould (31); All: Sam Raybould (32)

The 1902–03 Liverpool F.C. season was the 11th season in existence for Liverpool.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	ENG	John Carlin	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Edgar Chadwick	30	7	29	7	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Cox	30	9	29	9	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Davies	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Dunlop	29	0	28	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	George Fleming	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Glover	31	0	30	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Goddard	34	11	33	11	1	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Goldie	35	1	34	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Green	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Livingstone	32	4	31	4	1	0
	DF	SCO	Donald McCallum	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Dickie Morris	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Maurice Parry	32	0	31	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Perkins	13	0	12	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Peter Platt	22	0	22	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Raisbeck	28	1	27	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Sam Raybould	34	32	33	31	1	1
	DF	ENG	Charlie Wilson	12	2	12	2	0	0

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Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Sunderland	34	16	9	9	51	36	1.417	41
4	Sheffield United	34	17	5	12	58	44	1.318	39
5	Liverpool	34	17	4	13	68	49	1.388	38
6	Stoke	34	15	7	12	46	38	1.211	37
7	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	4	14	54	53	1.019	36

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Pre-season and friendlies

1 September 1902 (1902-09-01)	Liverpool	1–1	Celtic	Liverpool
	Cox	Report	Unknown	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Unknown

8 September 1902 (1902-09-08)	Liverpool	1–3	Hibernian	Liverpool
	Goddard	Report	Stewart Reid	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 500 Referee: Unknown

13 April 1903 (1903-04-13)	Bohemians	2–5	Liverpool	Dublin
	Unknown Unknown	Report	Smith Goldie Cox Chadwick Goddard	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Unknown

14 April 1903 (1903-04-14)	Distillery	2–3	Liverpool	Lisburn
	Unknown Unknown	Report	Morris Raybould Livingstone	Stadium: Grosvenor Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Unknown

Competitions

League Division 1

6 September 1902 (1902-09-06) 1	Liverpool	5–2	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Cox Raybould Livingstone	Report	Whittaker	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000 Referee: D. Hammond

13 September 1902 (1902-09-13) 2	Sunderland	2–1	Liverpool	Sunderland
	Miller Jackson	Report	Raybould (pen.)	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: F.T. Kirkham

20 September 1902 (1902-09-20) 3	Liverpool	1–1	Stoke	Liverpool
	Roose (o.g.)	Report	Forrest	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000 Referee: J.W. Bailey

27 September 1902 (1902-09-27) 4	Everton	3–1	Liverpool	Liverpool
	Young [[John Brearley \|Brearley]] Abbott	Report	Raybould (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: F.T. Kirkham

4 October 1902 (1902-10-04) 5	Liverpool	4–2	The Wednesday	Liverpool
	Livingstone Goddard Raybould (pen.)	Report	Spiksley Chapman	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 17,000 Referee: A.G. Kingscott

11 October 1902 (1902-10-11) 6	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Liverpool	West Bromwich
	McLean	Report	Raybould	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 20,000 Referee: A.G. Kingscott

18 October 1902 (1902-10-18) 7	Liverpool	0–2	Notts County	Liverpool
		Report	Green Ross	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 16,000 Referee: F. Bye

25 October 1902 (1902-10-25) 8	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Liverpool	Bolton
	Bell	Report	Raybould	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: T. Sutton

1 November 1902 (1902-11-01) 9	Liverpool	5–0	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
	Raybould 2', 15', 53' Chadwick 50' Cox 67'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000 Referee: A.J. Barker

8 November 1902 (1902-11-08) 10	Newcastle United	1–2	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Roberts	Report	Raybould Goddard	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: H. Boldison

15 November 1902 (1902-11-15) 11	Liverpool	4–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Cox Raybould Goddard Livingstone	Report	Miller	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000 Referee: D. Hammond

22 November 1902 (1902-11-22) 12	Derby County	2–1	Liverpool	Derby
	Goodall Richards	Report	Chadwick	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 10,000 Referee: P.R. Harrower

29 November 1902 (1902-11-29) 13	Sheffield United	2–0	Liverpool	Sheffield
	Winterhalder Wilkinson	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J.Lewis

6 December 1902 (1902-12-06) 14	Liverpool	9–2	Grimsby Town	Liverpool
	Goddard Chadwick Raybould (pen.) Livingstone	Report	Appleyard Hogg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J. Adams

13 December 1902 (1902-12-13) 15	Aston Villa	1–2	Liverpool	Aston
	Bache	Report	Raybould Goddard	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: J.Lewis

20 December 1902 (1902-12-20) 16	Liverpool	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool
	Goddard Cox	Report	Morris	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 16,000 Referee: F.T. Kirkham

25 December 1902 (1902-12-25) 17	Liverpool	5–1	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Wilson Cox Chadwick Raybould (pen.)	Report	Freebairn	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Unknown

27 December 1902 (1902-12-27) 18	Bury	3–1	Liverpool	Bury
	Sagar Raisbeck (o.g.)	Report	Raybould	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 11,000 Referee: F.T. Kirkham

1 January 1903 (1903-01-01) 19	Liverpool	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
		Report	Dorsett Lee	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Unknown

3 January 1903 (1903-01-03) 20	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Liverpool	Blackburn
	Whittaker Monks Bow	Report	Green	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: D.Hammond

17 January 1903 (1903-01-17) 21	Stoke	1–0	Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent
	Johnson	Report		Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J.W. Bailey

31 January 1903 (1903-01-31) 22	The Wednesday	3–1	Liverpool	Sheffield
	Chapman (pen.) Davis	Report	Goddard	Stadium: Owlerton Attendance: 15,000 Referee: A.G. Kingscott

14 February 1903 (1903-02-14) 23	Notts County	1–2	Liverpool	Nottingham
	Bull	Report	Goddard	Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 7,000 Referee: F. Bye

28 February 1903 (1903-02-28) 24	Middlesbrough	0–2	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
		Report	Raybould 5' Chadwick 87'	Stadium: Linthorpe Road Attendance: 15,000 Referee: A.J. Barker

7 March 1903 (1903-03-07) 25	Liverpool	3–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Raisbeck Raybould	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000 Referee: H. Boldison

23 March 1903 (1903-03-23) 26	Liverpool	3–1	Derby County	Liverpool
	Cox Goldie Raybould	Report	May	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Unknown

28 March 1903 (1903-03-28) 27	Liverpool	2–4	Sheffield United	Liverpool
	Cox Raybould	Report	Brown Lipsham Needham (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000 Referee: J. Lewis

30 March 1903 (1903-03-30) 28	Liverpool	1–1	Sunderland	Liverpool
	Raybould	Report	Hewitt	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Unknown

4 April 1903 (1903-04-04) 29	Grimsby Town	3–1	Liverpool	Cleethorpes
	Ronaldson Rouse	Report	Chadwick	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: A. Hall

10 April 1903 (1903-04-10) 30	Liverpool	0–0	Everton	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 28,000 Referee: J. Lewis

11 April 1903 (1903-04-11) 31	Liverpool	2–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
	Raybould Goddard	Report	Garraty (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15,000 Referee: J. Lewis

18 April 1903 (1903-04-18) 32	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Liverpool	Nottingham
	Spouncer	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: F.T. Kirkham

25 April 1903 (1903-04-25) 33	Liverpool	2–0	Bury	Liverpool
	Raybould	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000 Referee: F.T. Kirkham

27 April 1903 (1903-04-27) 34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
		Report	Cox Raybould	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Unknown

F.A. Cup

7 February 1903 (1903-02-07) 1	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Peddie 25', 40' Stafford 65'	Report	Raybould 60'	Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 15,000 Referee: A. Millward

Lancashire Senior Cup

29 September 1902 (1902-09-29) 1	Blackpool	0–0	Liverpool	Blackpool
		Report	Raybould	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Unknown

6 October 1902 (1902-10-06) 1	Liverpool	3–3	Blackpool	Liverpool
	Morris Goldie Cox	Report	Unknown Unknown Unknown	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

13 October 1902 (1902-10-13) 1	Blackpool	1–1	Liverpool	Manchester
	Unknown	Report	Raybould	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Unknown

20 October 1902 (1902-10-20) 1	Blackpool	3–2	Liverpool	Preston
	Unknown Unknown Unknown	Report	McGuigan 31' Goddard 77'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Unknown

References

^ "Appearances for the 1902–03 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "11v11".
^ "ENFA".

[1] "Appearances for the 1902–03 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[2] "11v11".

[3] "ENFA".

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