1902-03 season

1902-03 season
General information
Manager	Tom Watson
Captain	Alex Raisbeck
Performance
Division 1	5th
FA Cup	1st round
Top scorers
Attendances
Average	15,470
←1901-02	1903-04→

The 1902-03 season was Liverpool's 11th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Peter Platt
• GK. Bill Perkins
• DF. Billy Dunlop
• DF. Maurice Parry
• DF. Alex Raisbeck
• DF. George Fleming
• DF. Charlie Wilson
• DF. William Goldie
• DF. John Glover
• DF. Donald McCallum
• MF. Arthur Goddard
• MF. Jack Cox
• FW. Sam Raybould
• FW. John Carlin
• FW. Richard Morris
• FW. Edgar Chadwick
• FW. George Livingstone
• FW. Thomas Green
• FW. John Davies
• FW. Andy McGuigan

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 September 1902	Celtic	1-1	Cox

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
8 September 1902	Hibernian	1-3	Goddard
20 October 1902	Man Utd	2-3	?, ?
13 April 1903	Bohemians	5-2	Smith, Goldie, Cox, Chadwick, Goddard
14 April 1903	Distillery	3-2	Morris, Carlin, Raybould

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
6 September 1902	Blackburn	5-2	Raybould 2, Cox (23, 48), Livingstone
13 September 1902	Sunderland	1-2	Raybould (pen 73)
20 September 1902	Stoke	1-1	Roose (og 2)
27 September 1902	Everton	1-3	Raybould (pen 35)
4 October 1902	Sheffield Wednesday	4-2	Raybould (pen 43, 45), Livingstone (80), Goddard (81)
11 October 1902	West Brom	2-1	Raybould (3, 65)
18 October 1902	Notts County	0-2
25 October 1902	Bolton	1-1	Raybould
1 November 1902	Middlesbrough	5-0	Raybould 3, Chadwick, Cox
8 November 1902	Newcastle	2-1	Raybould (20), Goddard (75)
15 November 1902	Wolves	4-1	Livingstone (2), Cox (7), Goddard (8), Raybould (11)
22 November 1902	Derby	1-2	Chadwick (80)
29 November 1902	Sheffield United	0-2
6 December 1902	Grimsby	9-2	Livingstone (2), Raybould 4 (1 pen), Chadwick 2, Goddard 2
13 December 1902	Aston Villa	2-1	Goddard (40), Raybould
20 December 1902	Nottingham Forest	2-1	Goddard (15), Cox (25)
25 December 1902	Bolton	5-1	Wilson 2, Cox, Raybould (pen), Chadwick (89)
27 December 1902	Bury	1-3	Raybould (83)
1 January 1903	West Brom	0-2
3 January 1903	Blackburn	1-3	Green (2)
17 January 1903	Stoke	0-1
31 January 1903	Sheffield Wednesday	1-3	Goddard
14 February 1903	Notts County	2-1	Goddard (14, 50)
28 February 1903	Middlesbrough	2-0	Raybould (5), Chadwick (89)
7 March 1903	Newcastle	3-0	Raybould (10, 20), Raisbeck
23 March 1903	Derby	3-1	Goldie (5), Raybould (6), Cox (46)
28 March 1903	Sheffield United	2-4	Cox, Raybould
30 March 1903	Sunderland	1-1	Raybould
4 April 1903	Grimsby	1-3	Chadwick (9)
10 April 1903	Everton	0-0
11 April 1903	Aston Villa	2-1	Goddard, Raybould
18 April 1903	Nottingham Forest	0-1
25 April 1903	Bury	2-0	Raybould (35, 70)
27 April 1903	Wolves	2-0	Raybould (35), Cox (88)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1	7 February 1903	Man Utd	1-2	Raybould

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
4	Sheffield United	34	17	5	12	58	44	1.32	39
5	Liverpool	34	17	4	13	68	49	1.39	38
6	Stoke	34	15	7	12	46	38	1.21	37

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Peter Platt	Blackburn	Unknown	1902
George Latham	Free Transfer	Free	1902
Arthur Goddard	Glossop	£460	24 February 1902
Edgar Chadwick	Burnley	£35	May 1902
George Livingstone	Celtic	Unknown	30 May 1902

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
William White	Sandyford	Unknown	1902
John Walker	Rangers	Unknown	1902
Tom Robertson	Hearts	£150	May 1902
John Thomas Robertson	Southampton	Unknown	May 1902
John Hunter	Hearts	£150	May 1902
John Davies	Blackpool	Unknown	1903
Donald McCallum	Greenock Morton	Unknown	1903