1903–04 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1903–04
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (Division One) Bristol City Reserves (Division Two)
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

The 1903–04 season was the 12th in the history of the Western Football League.

Tottenham Hotspur were the champions of Division One for the first time, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions were newcomers Bristol City Reserves.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

One new club joined Division One, which remained at nine clubs after Millwall Athletic left the league.

Plymouth Argyle

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Tottenham Hotspur	16	11	3	2	32	12	2.67	25
2	Southampton	16	9	3	4	30	18	1.67	21
3	Plymouth Argyle	16	8	4	4	23	19	1.21	20
4	Portsmouth	16	7	2	7	24	22	1.09	16
5	Brentford	16	6	4	6	19	23	0.83	16
6	Queens Park Rangers	16	5	5	6	15	21	0.71	15
7	Reading	16	4	4	8	16	26	0.61	12
8	Bristol Rovers	16	4	3	9	29	29	1	11
9	West Ham United	16	2	4	10	13	31	0.42	8

Division Two

Four new clubs joined Division Two, which was increased from eight clubs to 10 after Cotham Amateurs and St George left the league.

Bristol City Reserves
Radstock Town, rejoining the league
Warmley, rejoining the league
Welton Rovers, joining from the Somerset Senior League

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City Reserves	18	15	2	1	64	17	3.76	32
2	Staple Hill	18	13	1	4	53	19	2.79	27
3	Swindon Town Reserves	18	10	3	5	50	30	1.67	23
4	Bristol Rovers Reserves	18	9	2	7	50	30	1.67	20
5	Bristol East	18	9	1	8	30	27	1.11	19
6	Paulton Rovers	18	9	1	8	37	46	0.8	19	Moved to the Somerset Senior League
7	Trowbridge Town	18	6	2	10	22	57	0.39	14
8	Warmley	18	3	3	12	32	52	0.61	9
9	Welton Rovers	18	3	3	12	32	67	0.48	9
10	Radstock Town	18	3	2	13	26	54	0.48	8

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

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

^{3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.}^[1]

References

1 2 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishops Lydeard Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1903–04 in English football

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol City Bolton Wanderers Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Manchester United Preston North End Stockport County Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Fulham Kettering Town Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Wellingborough West Ham United

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