1903–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1903–04 season was Tottenham's eighth season as a fully professional club and the 21st year in existence. They competed in two leagues, the main being the Southern Football League with a midweek game in the Western League along with competing in the FA Cup.

In the Southern League Tottenham began the season poorly and didn't manage a win until 10 October when they came up against Wellingborough. There was a bit of improvement in November, but the form took a drop in December. After the turn of the year Tottenham improved dramatically and were unbeaten in 12 games. This included a remarkable 7–4 home game against Reading. It wasn't till April when Tottenham went away to Portsmouth they lost 1–0. This was Spurs only loss in the second half of the season and they rose up the table to finish in second place.

The campaign in the Western League was a very successful one as Tottenham only lost twice all season. Those two losses were away games to Queens Park Rangers and Southampton. After winning 11 games, and drawing three they were crowned champions.

In the FA Cup they progressed past Everton in the first round winning 2–1. In the second round they were drawn at home to play Aston Villa. During that game with the Villa being 1–0 up, there was crowd trouble that occurred that escalated into a pitch invasion and the match was abandoned after 38 minutes.^[1] The FA fined the club £350 and ordered the match to be replayed at Villa Park.^[2] Tottenham managed to overcome Villa winning 1–0 with a goal from Jack Jones. The next round was a draw against The Wednesday (now Sheffield Wednesday). The first match was a home tie which finished 1–1 and needed a replay. At Hillsborough Spurs lost 2–0 and were kicked out of the cup.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Charlie Williams — GK  ENG Frederick Mearns — DF  SCO Charles Brown — DF  ENG John Burton — DF  SCO John Watson — DF  ENG Harold Milton — DF  ENG Percy Mapley — DF  SCO Sandy Tait — DF  ENG Oliver Burton — DF  SCO Harry Erentz — MF  SCO Patrick Gilhooley — MF  WAL Ted Hughes — MF  NIR Jack Kirwan — MF  SCO James McNaught

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Archie Turner — MF  ENG Alf Warner — MF  SCO John McConnachie — MF  IRL David Quinn — MF  ENG Tom Morris — MF  SCO James Chalmers — MF  WAL Jack Jones — MF  ENG John Jones — FW  ENG Joe Walton — FW  ENG John Brearley — FW  ENG William Berry — FW  SCO David Copeland — FW  ENG Vivian Woodward —  ENG Allan Leach-Lewis

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1903	FW		John Brearley	Everton	Unknown	[3]
May 1903	FW		Joe Walton	Preston North End	Unknown	[4]
Jan 1904	MF		Archie Turner	Newcastle United	Unknown	[5]
Feb 1904	DF		Harold Milton	New Crusaders	Amateur contract	[6][7][a]
Feb 1904	DF		Percy Mapley	West Ham United	Unknown	[8]
March 1904	Unknown		Allan Leach-Lewis	Cambridge University	Amateur contract	[9][b]

Competitions

Southern League

Table

Results

Tottenham Hotspur v Plymouth Argyle

26 September 1903 5	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Tottenham, London
			Anderson Leech	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 17,000

Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford

12 March 1904 23	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Brentford	Tottenham, London
			Buchanan	Stadium: White Hart Lane

Western League

Table

Results

Tottenham Hotspur v Plymouth Argyle

29 February 1904 11	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Plymouth Argyle	Tottenham, London
			Fitchett	Stadium: White Hart Lane

FA Cup

Results

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

6 February 1904 First round	Everton	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
			Woodward og' Balmer	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 25,000

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

25 February 1904 Second round reply	Aston Villa	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston, Birmingham
			Jones	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,000

Tottenham Hotspur v The Wednesday

5 March 1904 Third round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	The Wednesday	Tottenham, London
	Jones			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 15,500

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
• Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.