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1902–03 Small Heath F.C. Season
The 1902–03 Football League season was Small Heath Football Club's 11th in the Football League and their 8th in the Football League Second Division, Second Division. Having been relegated in 1901–02, they reached the top two positions by mid-November and remained there for the rest of the season, finishing as runners-up in the 18-team league, so were promoted back to the Football League First Division, First Division at the first attempt. They also took part in the 1902–03 FA Cup, entering at the first round proper (round of 32) and losing in that round to Derby County. In locally organised competition, they lost to Aston Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup after two replay (sports), replays. Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Archie Goldie was ever-present over the 35-match season, his full-back partner Harold Wassell missed only one match, and six oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Jones (football Manager)
Alfred Jones (floruit, fl. 1885–1915) was Birmingham City F.C., Small Heath's first secretary-manager. Appointed in 1892, the year of their admission to the Football League, he oversaw the club winning the inaugural Football League Second Division championship, promotion to the Football League First Division, First Division the following year, and two further promotions before his retirement in 1908. Jones worked as a manufacturer of weighing scale, scales. He began acting as unpaid secretary for Small Heath Alliance F.C. in 1885, the year they turned professional. That season they reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, which brought money into the club and broadened popular awareness of it. He supervised their entry into organised league football in the Football Alliance which started in 1889, and their subsequent invitation to join the newly formed Football League Second Division, Second Division of the Football League. It was at this point that Jones became the club's first paid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |