1903–04 Small Heath F.C. season
| 1903–04 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Walter W. Hart | |
| Secretary-manager | Aston Villa) | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Billy Jones, Freddie Wilcox (8) All: Billy Jones, Freddie Wilcox (8) | |
| Highest home attendance | 25,000 vs Aston Villa, (19 September 1903) | |
| Lowest home attendance | 5,000 vs Stoke, (5 December 1903) | |
| Average home league attendance | 11,915 | |
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Aston Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup.[1]
Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Forward Charlie Athersmith played in 37 matches over the 38-match season. Billy Jones and Freddie Wilcox were joint leading scorers with eight goals, all of which came in the league.
Football League First Division
| Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1903 | 6th | Derby County |
A | L | 1–4 | Leonard | 5,000 |
| 5 September 1903 | 16th | Sheffield United | H | L | 1–3 | Wilcox | 12,000 |
| 7 September 1903 | 11th | Nottingham Forest |
H | D | 3–3 | Leonard, Wilcox, Athersmith | 9,000 |
| 12 September 1903 | 15th | Newcastle United |
H | L | 1–3 | Wilcox | 6,000 |
| 19 September 1903 | 14th | Aston Villa |
H | D | 2–2 | Wilcox, Robertson
|
25,000 |
| 26 September 1903 | 17th | Middlesbrough | A | L | 1–3 | Howard | 20,000 |
| 3 October 1903 | 18th | Liverpool | H | L | 1–2 | Wigmore | 10,000 |
| 10 October 1903 | 18th | Bury | A | L | 0–1 | 4,000 | |
| 17 October 1903 | 17th | Blackburn Rovers |
H | W | 2–1 | Windridge 2 | 10,000 |
| 24 October 1903 | 15th | Nottingham Forest |
A | W | 1–0 | Wilcox | 7,000 |
| 31 October 1903 | 15th | Sheffield Wednesday |
H | D | 0–0 | 12,000 | |
| 7 November 1903 | 17th | Sunderland | A | L | 1–3 | Wigmore | 14,000 |
| 14 November 1903 | 17th | West Bromwich Albion |
H | L | 0–1 | 12,563 | |
| 21 November 1903 | 17th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
A | L | 0–1 | 7,000 | |
| 28 November 1903 | 18th | Everton | A | L | 1–5 | Leonard | 5,000 |
| 5 December 1903 | 17th | Stoke | H | W | 1–0 | Robertson | 5,000 |
| 19 December 1903 | 18th | Manchester City | H | L | 0–3 | 15,000 | |
| 26 December 1903 | 18th | Notts County |
A | L | 0–2 | 12,000 | |
| 2 January 1904 | 18th | Sheffield United | A | D | 1–1 | Jones | 12,000 |
| 9 January 1904 | 17th | Newcastle United |
H | W | 3–0 | Beer 2, Jones | 8,000 |
| 16 January 1904 | 18th | Aston Villa |
A | D | 1–1 | Green | 20,000 |
| 23 January 1904 | 18th | Middlesbrough | H | D | 2–2 | Athersmith, Field | 11,000 |
| 30 January 1904 | 16th | Liverpool | A | W | 2–0 | Jones, Wilcox | 20,000 |
| 13 February 1904 | 16th | Blackburn Rovers |
A | D | 1–1 | Jones | 2,000 |
| 27 February 1904 | 18th | Sheffield Wednesday |
A | L | 2–3 | Jones 2 | 7,000 |
| 5 March 1904 | 16th | Sunderland | H | W | 2–1 | Beer 2 | 12,000 |
| 12 March 1904 | 15th | West Bromwich Albion |
A | W | 1–0 | Green | 22,760 |
| 19 March 1904 | 14th | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
H | W | 3–0 | Green, Beer, Wilcox | 12,000 |
| 26 March 1904 | 13th | Everton | H | D | 1–1 | Beer | 12,000 |
| 2 April 1904 | 15th | Stoke | A | L | 0–1 | 6,000 | |
| 4 April 1904 | 14th | Bury | H | W | 1–0 | Wilcox | 15,000 |
| 9 April 1904 | 13th | Derby County |
H | W | 1–0 | Jones | 8,000 |
| 16 April 1904 | 14th | Manchester City | A | L | 0–4 | 15,000 | |
| 23 April 1904 | 11th | Notts County |
H | W | 2–0 | Green, Jones | 8,000 |
League table (part)
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | Nottingham Forest |
34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 57 | 1.00 | 31 |
| 10th | Middlesbrough | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 47 | 0.98 | 30 |
| 11th | Small Heath | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 0.75 | 30 |
| 12th | Bury | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 53 | 0.76 | 29 |
| 13th | Notts County |
34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 61 | 0.61 | 33 |
| Key | Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average ; Pts = Points
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| Source | [2] | ||||||||
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate round | 12 December 1903 | Manchester United |
A | D | 1–1 | Wassell | 10,000 |
| Int. round replay | 16 December 1903 | Manchester United | H | D | 1–1 a.e.t |
Leonard | 4,000 |
| Int. round second replay | 21 December 1903 | Manchester United | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | D | 1–1 a.e.t |
Field | 5,000 |
| Int. round third replay | 11 January 1904 | Manchester United | Hyde Road, Manchester
|
L | 1–3 | Athersmith | 9,372 |
Appearances and goals
- Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
| Name | Position | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
| Jack Dorrington | Goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nat Robinson | Goalkeeper | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bill Bidmead | Full back |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Glover | Full back |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Archie Goldie | Full back |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Stokes | Full back |
26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Harold Wassell | Full back |
16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Billy Beer | Half back | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Fred Chaplin | Half back | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Dougherty | Half back | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ambrose Hartwell | Half back | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Hirons | Half back | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Howard | Half back | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Walter Wigmore | Half back | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| Charlie Athersmith | Forward | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 3 |
| Oakey Field | Forward | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| Benny Green | Forward | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| Billy Jones | Forward | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
| Forward | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | |
| Bob McRoberts | Forward | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Jimmy Robertson
|
Forward | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Freddie Wilcox | Forward | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8 |
| Jimmy Windridge | Forward | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
See also
- Birmingham City F.C. seasons
References
General
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. DB Publishing (Derby). ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
- Source for match dates and results: "Birmingham City 1903–1904: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 252–53. Note that attendance figures are estimated.
- Source for kit: "Birmingham City". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
Specific
- ^ "Birmingham Senior Cup". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005.
- ^ "Birmingham City 1903–1904: English Division One (old) Table" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 23 May 2012.