1902–03 FA Cup

September 2023 1902–03 FA Cup EnglandWales Bury (2nd title) Derby County 1901–02 1903–04 The 1902–03 FA Cup was the 32nd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Bury won the competition for the second and (as of 2024) final time, beating Derby County 6–0 in the final at Crystal Palace. This scoreline stood as a record victory in an FA Cup final until Manchester City equalled it by beating Watford 6–0 on 18 May 2019. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. Calendar The format of the FA Cup for the season had a preliminary round, five qualifying rounds, an intermediate round, three proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. Round Date Preliminary round Saturday 20 September 1902 First round qualifying Saturday 4 October 1902 Second round qualifying Saturday 18 October 1902 Third round qualifying Saturday 1 November 1902 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 15 November 1902 Fifth round qualifying Saturday 29 November 1902 Intermediate Round Saturday 13 December 1902 First round proper Saturday 7 February 1903 Second round proper Saturday 21 February 1903 Third round proper Saturday 7 March 1903 Semi-finals Saturday 21 March 1903 Final Saturday 18 April 1903 Intermediate round the qualifying rounds 1902–03 FA Cup qualifying rounds The Intermediate Round featured ten ties played between the winners from the fifth qualifying round and ten teams given byes. First Division side Middlesbrough was entered into this round, as were Bristol City, Preston North End, Woolwich Arsenal, Burnley and Lincoln City from the Second Division and Reading, Bristol Rovers, West Ham United and Millwall Athletic from the Southern League. The other Second Division sides had to gain entry to this round through the qualifying rounds. Burton United, Blackpool and Stockport County were entered in the first qualifying round, while Barnsley, Burslem Port Vale, Chesterfield, Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop, Leicester Fosse and Manchester United were entered in the third qualifying round. Of these, Barnsley, Manchester United, Glossop and Burton United reached the Intermediate Round along with non-league sides Bishop Auckland, Kidderminster Harriers, Luton Town, Brentford, New Brompton and Swindon Town. Brentford qualified for the main competition for the first time, while Swindon Town had not appeared at this stage since losing to Old Brightonians in the first round of the 1887-88 tournament. The ten matches were played on 13 December 1902. Three matches went to replays, with Millwall Athletic and Bristol Rovers going to a second replay which was held at Villa Park. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City3–1Middlesbrough13 December 19022Reading1–0Burnley13 December 19023Lincoln City2–0West Ham United13 December 19024Luton Town3–0Kidderminster Harriers13 December 19025Bishop Auckland1–3Preston North End13 December 19026Barnsley4–0Swindon Town13 December 19027Brentford1–1Woolwich Arsenal13 December 1902ReplayWoolwich Arsenal5–0Brentford17 December 19028Bristol Rovers2–2Millwall Athletic13 December 1902ReplayMillwall Athletic0–0Bristol Rovers18 December 19022nd ReplayMillwall Athletic2–0Bristol Rovers22 December 19029Glossop2–1New Brompton13 December 190210Burton United1–1Manchester United13 December 1902ReplayManchester United3–1Burton United17 December 1902 First round proper The first round proper contained 16 ties between 32 teams. 17 of the 18 First Division sides were given a bye to this round, as were Manchester City and Small Heath from the Second Division, and Southern League teams Southampton, Portsmouth, and Tottenham Hotspur. They joined the ten teams who won in the intermediate round. The matches were played on Saturday, 7 February 1903. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek. One of these, the Notts County v Southampton match, went to a second replay, which Notts County won at Small Heath's St Andrew's ground. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bury1–0Wolverhampton Wanderers7 February 19032Preston North End3–1Manchester City7 February 19033Notts County0–0Southampton7 February 1903ReplaySouthampton2–2Notts County11 February 19032nd ReplayNotts County2–1Southampton16 February 19034Nottingham Forest0–0Reading7 February 1903ReplayReading3–6Nottingham Forest12 February 19035Blackburn Rovers0–0The Wednesday7 February 1903ReplayThe Wednesday0–1Blackburn Rovers12 February 19036Aston Villa4–1Sunderland7 February 19037Bolton Wanderers0–5Bristol City7 February 19038Grimsby Town2–1Newcastle United7 February 19039Derby County2–1Small Heath7 February 190310Everton5–0Portsmouth7 February 190311Millwall Athletic3–0Luton Town7 February 190312Woolwich Arsenal1–3Sheffield United7 February 190313Tottenham Hotspur0–0West Bromwich Albion7 February 1903ReplayWest Bromwich Albion0–2Tottenham Hotspur11 February 190314Barnsley2–0Lincoln City7 February 190315Glossop2–3Stoke7 February 190316Manchester United2–1Liverpool7 February 1903 Second round proper The eight Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 21 February 1903. There was one replay, between Nottingham Forest and Stoke City, played in the following midweek. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Nottingham Forest0–0Stoke21 February 1903ReplayStoke2–0Nottingham Forest26 February 19032Aston Villa4–1Barnsley21 February 19033Grimsby Town0–2Notts County21 February 19034Derby County2–0Blackburn Rovers21 February 19035Everton3–1Manchester United21 February 19036Sheffield United0–1Bury21 February 19037Millwall Athletic4–1Preston North End21 February 19038Tottenham Hotspur1–0Bristol City21 February 1903 Third round proper The four Third Round matches were played on Saturday 7 March 1903. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bury1–0Notts County7 March 19032Derby County3–0Stoke7 March 19033Millwall Athletic1–0Everton7 March 19034Tottenham Hotspur2–3Aston Villa7 March 1903 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played at neutral venues on Saturday 21 March 1903. Bury and Derby County won and went on to meet each other in the final. 21 March 1903 15:00 Bury 3–0 Aston Villa Goodison Park, Liverpool 21 March 1903 15:00 Derby County 3–0 Millwall Athletic Villa Park, Birmingham Final 1903 FA Cup Final The Final was contested by Bury and Derby County at Crystal Palace. Bury won 6–0, with goals from George Ross, Charlie Sagar, Joe Leeming (2), William Wood and Jack Plant. The scoreline was a record for the biggest winning margin in the FA Cup final until Manchester City equalled it in 2019. Match details 18 April 1903 15:00 GMT Bury 6–0 Derby County Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20080804184801/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1903.html 4 August 2008 Ross 20 Sagar 48 Leeming 56 76 Wood 57 Plant 59 Crystal Palace, London 63,102http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1903.html Sporting Chronicle – 1903 FA Cup Final 28 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20190314014123/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1903.html 14 March 2019 dead J. Adams 22AAFF 22AAFF 22AAFF 000077 000077 Bury FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 Derby Countyhttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html FA Cup Final kits, 1900–1909 28 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080925084712/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html 25 September 2008 dead See also FA Cup Final References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1902–03 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1902–03 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Association football 1902–03 Category:1902–03 in English men's football cups