Football matches in December 1902

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England 1902/03, First division

06.12	Notts County	–	Sunderland	0:0
Nottingham Trent Bridge
06.12	Sheffield Wednesday	–	Everton	4:1
Sheffield Hillsborough
06.12	Newcastle United	–	Nottingham Forest	0:2
Newcastle upon Tyne St. James' Park
06.12	West Bromwich Albion	–	Stoke City	2:1
West Bromwich The Hawthorns
06.12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	–	Aston Villa	2:1
Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium
06.12	Bolton Wanderers	–	Blackburn Rovers	1:2
Bolton Burnden Park
06.12	Liverpool	–	Grimsby Town	9:2
Liverpool Anfield
06.12	Middlesbrough	–	Bury	1:1
Middlesbrough Linthorpe Road
06.12	Derby County	–	Sheffield United	1:0
Derby Baseball Ground
13.12	Sheffield Wednesday	–	Derby County	0:1
Sheffield Hillsborough
13.12	Nottingham Forest	–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2:0
Nottingham The City Ground
13.12	Sunderland	–	Bolton Wanderers	3:1
Sunderland Roker Park
13.12	Bury	–	Newcastle United	1:0
Bury Gigg Lane
13.12	Aston Villa	–	Liverpool	1:2
Birmingham Villa Park
13.12	Grimsby Town	–	Sheffield United	1:2
Cleethorpes Blundell Park
13.12	Everton	–	West Bromwich Albion	3:1
Liverpool Goodison Park
20.12	Sheffield United	–	Aston Villa	2:4
Sheffield Bramall Lane
20.12	Notts County	–	Everton	2:0
Nottingham Trent Bridge
20.12	Newcastle United	–	Blackburn Rovers	1:0
Newcastle upon Tyne St. James' Park
20.12	West Bromwich Albion	–	Sheffield Wednesday	2:3
West Bromwich The Hawthorns
20.12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	–	Bury	3:2
Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium
20.12	Bolton Wanderers	–	Stoke City	2:3
Bolton Burnden Park
20.12	Liverpool	–	Nottingham Forest	2:1
Liverpool Anfield
20.12	Middlesbrough	–	Sunderland	0:1
Middlesbrough Linthorpe Road
20.12	Grimsby Town	–	Derby County	4:1
Cleethorpes Blundell Park
25.12	Bury	–	Stoke City	2:1
Bury Gigg Lane
25.12	Blackburn Rovers	–	Sunderland	0:2
Blackburn Ewood Park
25.12	Liverpool	–	Bolton Wanderers	5:1
Liverpool Anfield
25.12	Grimsby Town	–	Everton	0:0
Cleethorpes Blundell Park
26.12	Sheffield United	–	Bolton Wanderers	7:1
Sheffield Bramall Lane
26.12	Notts County	–	Nottingham Forest	1:1
Nottingham Trent Bridge
26.12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	–	Middlesbrough	2:0
Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium
26.12	Stoke City	–	Blackburn Rovers	0:2
Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground
26.12	Aston Villa	–	Sheffield Wednesday	1:0
Birmingham Villa Park
27.12	Nottingham Forest	–	Sheffield United	2:2
Nottingham The City Ground
27.12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	–	Blackburn Rovers	2:0
Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium
27.12	Stoke City	–	Middlesbrough	0:2
Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground
27.12	Sheffield Wednesday	–	Notts County	2:0
Sheffield Hillsborough
27.12	Sunderland	–	Newcastle United	0:0
Sunderland Roker Park
27.12	Bury	–	Liverpool	3:1
Bury Gigg Lane
27.12	Aston Villa	–	Grimsby Town	2:2
Birmingham Villa Park
27.12	Everton	–	Bolton Wanderers	3:1
Liverpool Goodison Park
27.12	Derby County	–	West Bromwich Albion	1:0
Derby Baseball Ground

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Sheffield Wednesday	34	19	4	11	54-36	42
2.	Aston Villa	34	19	3	12	61-40	41
3.	Sunderland	34	16	9	9	51-36	41

4.	Sheffield United	34	17	5	12	58-44	39
5.	Liverpool	34	17	4	13	68-49	38
6.	Stoke City	34	15	7	12	46-38	37
7.	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	4	14	54-53	36
8.	Bury	34	16	3	15	54-43	35
9.	Derby County	34	16	3	15	50-47	35
10.	Nottingham Forest	34	14	7	13	49-47	35

England 1902/03, Second Division

02.12	Glossop North End	–	Burnley	2:0
Glossop North Road
06.12	Barnsley	–	Burton United	4:0
Barnsley Oakwell
06.12	Burnley	–	Manchester United	0:2
Burnley Turf Moor
06.12	Burslem Port Vale	–	Bristol City	2:0
Stoke-on-Trent Athletic Ground
06.12	Chesterfield	–	Gainsborough Trinity	0:1
Chesterfield Saltergate
06.12	Leicester Fosse	–	Blackpool	2:1
Leicester Filbert Street
06.12	Lincoln City	–	Doncaster Rovers	4:2
Lincoln Sincil Bank Stadium
06.12	Manchester City	–	Stockport County	5:0
Manchester Hyde Road
06.12	Preston North End	–	Glossop North End	0:0
Preston Deepdale
06.12	Small Heath	–	Woolwich Arsenal	2:0
Birmingham Muntz Street
09.12	Glossop North End	–	Burslem Port Vale	2:1
Glossop North Road
13.12	Blackpool	–	Manchester City	0:3
Blackpool Bloomfield Road
13.12	Doncaster Rovers	–	Small Heath	1:0
Doncaster Intake Ground
13.12	Stockport County	–	Burslem Port Vale	0:4
Stockport Edgeley Park Stadium
20.12	Barnsley	–	Glossop North End	0:1
Barnsley Oakwell
20.12	Burnley	–	Blackpool	1:1
Burnley Turf Moor
20.12	Burslem Port Vale	–	Manchester United	1:1
Stoke-on-Trent Athletic Ground
20.12	Burton United	–	Chesterfield	1:0
Burton upon Trent Peel Croft
20.12	Gainsborough Trinity	–	Bristol City	2:1
Gainsborough The Northolme Stadium
20.12	Leicester Fosse	–	Doncaster Rovers	0:1
Leicester Filbert Street
20.12	Manchester City	–	Woolwich Arsenal	4:1
Manchester Hyde Road
20.12	Preston North End	–	Stockport County	6:1
Preston Deepdale
20.12	Small Heath	–	Lincoln City	3:1
Birmingham Muntz Street
25.12	Blackpool	–	Doncaster Rovers	4:0
Blackpool Bloomfield Road
25.12	Bristol City	–	Barnsley	3:3
Bristol St John's Lane
25.12	Burton United	–	Woolwich Arsenal	2:1
Burton upon Trent Peel Croft
25.12	Glossop North End	–	Stockport County	3:1
Glossop North Road
25.12	Leicester Fosse	–	Gainsborough Trinity	4:1
Leicester Filbert Street
25.12	Lincoln City	–	Chesterfield	0:0
Lincoln Sincil Bank Stadium
25.12	Manchester United	–	Manchester City	1:1
Manchester Bank Street
26.12	Burton United	–	Leicester Fosse	2:3
Burton upon Trent Peel Croft
26.12	Lincoln City	–	Glossop North End	1:0
Lincoln Sincil Bank Stadium
26.12	Manchester United	–	Blackpool	2:2
Manchester Bank Street
26.12	Preston North End	–	Manchester City	0:2
Preston Deepdale
26.12	Small Heath	–	Chesterfield	2:1
Birmingham Muntz Street
27.12	Blackpool	–	Preston North End	2:2
Blackpool Bloomfield Road
27.12	Bristol City	–	Burton United	3:1
Bristol St John's Lane
27.12	Chesterfield	–	Small Heath	1:1
Chesterfield Saltergate
27.12	Doncaster Rovers	–	Manchester City	1:2
Doncaster Intake Ground
27.12	Glossop North End	–	Gainsborough Trinity	4:2
Glossop North Road
27.12	Lincoln City	–	Leicester Fosse	1:2
Lincoln Sincil Bank Stadium
27.12	Manchester United	–	Barnsley	2:1
Manchester Bank Street
27.12	Woolwich Arsenal	–	Burnley	5:1
London Manor Ground

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Manchester City	34	25	4	5	95-29	54
2.	Small Heath	34	24	3	7	74-36	51

3.	Woolwich Arsenal	34	20	8	6	66-30	48
4.	Bristol City	34	17	8	9	59-38	42
5.	Manchester United	34	15	8	11	53-38	38
6.	Chesterfield	34	14	9	11	67-40	37
7.	Preston North End	34	13	10	11	56-40	36
8.	Barnsley	34	13	8	13	55-51	34
9.	Burslem Port Vale	34	13	8	13	57-62	34
10.	Lincoln City	34	12	6	16	46-53	30

FA Cup 1902/03. Intermediate Round

22.12	Millwall Athletic	–	Bristol Rovers	2:0*

17.12	Woolwich Arsenal	–	Brentford	5:0*

17.12	Manchester United	–	Burton United	3:1*

18.12	Millwall Athletic	–	Bristol Rovers	0:0 aet*

13.12	Bristol City	–	Middlesbrough	3:1

13.12	Reading	–	Burnley	1:0

13.12	Lincoln City	–	West Ham United	2:0

13.12	Luton Town	–	Kidderminster Harriers	3:0

13.12	Bishop Auckland	–	Preston North End	1:3

13.12	Barnsley	–	Swindon Town	4:0

13.12	Brentford	–	Woolwich Arsenal	1:1

13.12	Bristol Rovers	–	Millwall Athletic	2:2

13.12	Glossop	–	New Brompton	2:1

13.12	Manchester United	–	Burton United	1:1

FA Cup 1902/03. Fifth Qualifying Round

Scotland 1902/03, Division 1

06.12	Partick Thistle	–	Celtic	0:0

06.12	Dundee	–	Rangers	3:1

06.12	Greenock Morton	–	Hibernian	0:1

06.12	Hearts	–	Kilmarnock	1:1

06.12	Third Lanark	–	St. Mirren	6:0

13.12	St. Mirren	–	Celtic	3:1

13.12	Kilmarnock	–	Dundee	0:2

13.12	Queen's Park	–	Partick Thistle	4:1

13.12	Rangers	–	Port Glasgow Athletic	4:2

13.12	Greenock Morton	–	Third Lanark	0:3

20.12	Queen's Park	–	Dundee	0:0

20.12	Kilmarnock	–	Rangers	0:0

20.12	Celtic	–	Greenock Morton	1:1

20.12	Port Glasgow Athletic	–	Hearts	0:3

20.12	Partick Thistle	–	Hibernian	0:2

20.12	St. Mirren	–	Third Lanark	1:2

27.12	Hearts	–	Greenock Morton	3:0

27.12	Dundee	–	Partick Thistle	3:0

27.12	Third Lanark	–	Queen's Park	3:2

27.12	Kilmarnock	–	St. Mirren	2:3

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Hibernian	22	16	5	1	48-18	37
2.	Dundee	22	13	5	4	31-12	31
3.	Rangers	22	12	5	5	56-30	29

4.	Hearts	22	11	6	5	46-27	28
5.	Celtic	22	8	10	4	36-30	26
6.	St. Mirren	22	7	8	7	39-40	22
7.	Third Lanark	22	8	5	9	34-27	21
8.	Partick Thistle	22	6	7	9	34-50	19
9.	Kilmarnock	22	6	4	12	24-43	16
10.	Queen's Park	22	5	5	12	33-48	15

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