1902–03 Southern Football League

The 1902-03 Southern Football League season was the 9th in the history of the Southern League, a football competition in England. The League comprised future Football League sides and non-league clubs. The teams in the League were divided into First and Second Divisions.

First Division teams

• Brentford
• Bristol Rovers
• Kettering
• Luton Town
• Millwall Athletic
• New Brompton
• Northampton Town
• Portsmouth
• Queen's Park Rangers
• Reading
• Southampton
• Swindon Town
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Watford
• Wellingborough
• West Ham United

Second Division teams

• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Chesham Town
• Fulham
• Grays United
• Southall
• Wycombe Wanderers

Division One final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Southampton	30	20	8	2	83	20	4.15	48
2	Reading	30	19	7	4	72	30	2.40	45
3	Portsmouth	30	17	7	6	69	32	2.16	40
4	Tottenham Hotspur	30	14	7	9	47	31	1.52	35
5	Bristol Rovers	30	13	8	9	46	34	1.35	34
6	New Brompton	30	11	11	8	37	35	1.06	33
7	Millwall Athletic	30	14	3	13	52	37	1.41	31
8	Northampton Town	30	12	6	12	39	48	0.81	30
9	Queen's Park Rangers	30	11	6	13	34	42	0.81	28
10	West Ham United	30	9	10	11	35	49	0.71	28
11	Luton Town	30	10	7	13	43	44	0.98	27
12	Swindon Town	30	10	7	13	38	46	0.83	27
13	Kettering	30	8	11	11	33	40	0.83	27
14	Wellingborough	30	11	3	16	36	56	0.64	25
15	Watford	30	6	4	20	35	87	0.40	16
16	Brentford	30	2	1	27	16	84	0.19	5

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Division Two final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average 1	Points 2
1	Fulham	10	7	1	2	27	7	3.86	15
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	7	1	2	34	11	3.09	15
3	Grays United	10	7	0	3	28	12	2.33	14
4	Wycombe Wanderers	10	3	3	4	13	19	0.68	9
5	Chesham Town	10	2	1	7	9	37	0.24	5
6	Southall	10	1	0	9	10	35	0.29	2

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Promotion and relegation

This season saw no First Division teams apply for election to the Football League, with Watford relegated despite being above Brentford in the table. They were replaced by Division Two champions Fulham, second-placed Brighton & Hove Albion and newly-elected Plymouth Argyle. In the Second Division the lack of teams meant that the Southern League had to incorporate reserve teams into the Second Division to expand its numbers. Six were accepted into the Division, comprising of teams from First Division Millwall, Swindon Town, Reading, Southampton, Fulham and Portsmouth.

External links

• Southern League First Division Tables at RSSSF
• Southern League Second Division Tables at RSSSF