# 1902–03 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1902–03 season was Tottenham's seventh season as a fully professional club and the 20th year in existence. They competed in three leagues, the main being the Southern Football League along with the Western League and London League, along with the FA Cup.
Tottenham's only success was in the London League where they went on to win the trophy. All seasons after this one only the Tottenham reserves competed in the London League. In the FA Cup they made it to the third round and were drawn at home to Aston Villa but were knocked out after the match finished 3–2 in Villa's favour.

## 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 | George Clawley |
| — | GK | ENG | Charlie Williams |
| — | DF | SCO | Charles Brown |
| — | DF | ENG | John Burton |
| — | DF | SCO | Harry Erentz |
| — | DF | SCO | Sandy Tait |
| — | DF | SCO | John Watson |
| — | MF | SCO | Willie Dryburgh |
| — | MF | SCO | Patrick Gilhooley |
| — | MF | ENG | Tom Morris |
| — | MF | NIR | Jack Kirwan |
| — | MF | SCO | James Chalmers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SCO | James McNaught |
| — | MF | ENG | Alf Warner |
| — | MF | ENG | George Fredericks |
| — | MF | WAL | Ted Hughes |
| — | MF | WAL | John Leonard Jones |
| — | MF | ENG | John Thomas Jones |
| — | MF | ENG | Alan Haig-Brown |
| — | FW | ENG | Vivian Woodward |
| — | FW | SCO | Bob Houston |
| — | FW | SCO | David Copeland |
| — | FW | ENG | John Barlow |
| — | FW | SCO | John Cameron |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1902 | MF | John Thomas Jones | Bristol Rovers | Unknown |
| April 1902 | MF | George Fredericks | Chelmsford | Unknown |
| May 1902 | FW | Bob Houston | Heart of Midlothian | Unknown |
| May 1902 | MF | Alf Warner | Notts County | Unknown |
| May 1902 | DF | John Watson | Everton | Unknown |
| May 1902 | MF | James Chalmers | Watford | Unknown |
| May 1902 | GK | Charlie Williams | Free agent | Unknown |
| December 1902 | MF | Willie Dryburgh | Cowdenbeath | Unknown |

## Competitions
### Southern League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 2 | Reading | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 30 | 2.400 | 45 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 69 | 32 | 2.156 | 41 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 31 | 1.516 | 35 |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 1.353 | 34 |
| 6 | New Brompton | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 1.057 | 33 |

#### Results
### Western League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 2.429 | 24 | |
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 1.636 | 20 | |
| 3 | Southampton | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 1.600 | 20 | |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1.429 | 19 | |
| 5 | Millwall Athletic | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 0.793 | 15 | Left league at end of season |
| 6 | Reading | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 0.952 | 14 | |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 0.581 | 14 | |
| 8 | Brentford | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 0.471 | 10 | |
| 9 | West Ham United | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 0.517 | 8 | |

#### Results
### London League
#### Table

| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | West Ham United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Woolwich Arsenal | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | Millwall | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| 6 | Brentford | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 3 |