1902–03 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1902–03
Champions	Portsmouth (Division One) Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division Two)
← 1901–02 1903–04 →

The 1902–03 season was the 11th in the history of the Western Football League.

Like the previous two seasons, Portsmouth were the champions of Division One, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions were Bristol Rovers Reserves.

Final tables

Division One

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

• Brentford

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Portsmouth	16	10	4	2	34	14	2.43	24
2	Bristol Rovers	16	9	2	5	36	22	1.64	20
3	Southampton	16	7	6	3	32	20	1.6	20
4	Tottenham Hotspur	16	6	7	3	20	14	1.43	19
5	Millwall Athletic	16	6	3	7	23	29	0.79	15	Left league at end of season
6	Reading	16	7	0	9	20	21	0.95	14
7	Queens Park Rangers	16	6	2	8	18	31	0.58	14
8	Brentford	16	3	4	9	16	34	0.47	10
9	West Ham United	16	2	4	10	15	29	0.52	8

Division Two

No new clubs joined Division Two, which was reduced to eight clubs from nine after Weston-super-Mare left the league.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	14	10	2	2	45	10	4.5	22
2	St George	14	9	1	4	37	25	1.48	19	Left league at end of season
3	Swindon Town Reserves	14	8	0	6	59	24	2.46	16
4	Bristol East	14	6	3	5	23	27	0.85	15
5	Staple Hill	14	5	3	6	27	20	1.35	13
6	Paulton Rovers	14	6	1	7	27	27	1	13
7	Trowbridge Town	14	5	1	8	20	48	0.42	11
8	Cotham Amateurs	14	1	1	12	14	71	0.2	3	Left league at end of season

^{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.}