The English Football Belt · season
The 1902–03 season
34 belt games · 17 title changesBury carried the belt into the 1902–03 season. It changed hands 17 times among 14 franchises, and Aston Villa finished the season with it. Most defenses: Stoke City, 5.
Who held it, in order
Sheffield UtdBlackburnGrimsby TownSunderlandBuryStokeWest BromEvertonNotts CountySheffield WedMiddlesbroughWest BromNewcastleMiddlesbroughLiverpoolSheffield UtdAston Villa
Every belt game
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 416 | Sep 6, 1902 | Sheffield United beat Bury 1–0 | Title change |
| 417 | Sep 13, 1902 | Blackburn Rovers beat Sheffield United 2–0 | Title change |
| 418 | Sep 20, 1902 | Grimsby Town beat Blackburn Rovers 4–1 | Title change |
| 419 | Sep 27, 1902 | Sunderland beat Grimsby Town 5–1 | Title change |
| 420 | Oct 4, 1902 | Sunderland beat Aston Villa 1–0 | Defense |
| 421 | Oct 18, 1902 | Bury beat Sunderland 3–1 | Title change |
| 422 | Oct 25, 1902 | Stoke City beat Bury 1–0 | Title change |
| 423 | Nov 1, 1902 | Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers tied 1–1 | Tie · defense |
| 424 | Nov 8, 1902 | Stoke City and Sunderland tied 1–1 | Tie · defense |
| 425 | Nov 15, 1902 | Stoke City beat Derby County 2–0 | Defense |
| 426 | Nov 22, 1902 | Stoke City beat Everton 1–0 | Defense |
| 427 | Nov 29, 1902 | Stoke City beat Sheffield Wednesday 4–0 | Defense |
| 428 | Dec 6, 1902 | West Bromwich Albion beat Stoke City 2–1 | Title change |
| 429 | Dec 13, 1902 | Everton beat West Bromwich Albion 3–1 | Title change |
| 430 | Dec 20, 1902 | Notts County beat Everton 2–0 | Title change |
| 431 | Dec 26, 1902 | Notts County and Nottingham Forest tied 1–1 | Tie · defense |
| 432 | Dec 27, 1902 | Sheffield Wednesday beat Notts County 2–0 | Title change |
| 433 | Jan 1, 1903 | Sheffield Wednesday beat Aston Villa 4–0 | Defense |
| 434 | Jan 3, 1903 | Sheffield Wednesday beat Bolton Wanderers 3–0 | Defense |
| 435 | Jan 10, 1903 | Middlesbrough beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 | Title change |
| 436 | Jan 17, 1903 | West Bromwich Albion beat Middlesbrough 1–0 | Title change |
| 437 | Jan 24, 1903 | Newcastle United beat West Bromwich Albion 1–0 | Title change |
| 438 | Jan 31, 1903 | Newcastle United and Notts County tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 439 | Feb 14, 1903 | Middlesbrough beat Newcastle United 1–0 | Title change |
| 440 | Feb 28, 1903 | Liverpool beat Middlesbrough 2–0 | Title change |
| 441 | Mar 7, 1903 | Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3–0 | Defense |
| 442 | Mar 23, 1903 | Liverpool beat Derby County 3–1 | Defense |
| 443 | Mar 28, 1903 | Sheffield United beat Liverpool 4–2 | Title change |
| 444 | Mar 30, 1903 | Sheffield United beat Derby County 3–2 | Defense |
| 445 | Apr 10, 1903 | Sheffield United beat Notts County 3–0 | Defense |
| 446 | Apr 11, 1903 | Sheffield United beat Grimsby Town 3–0 | Defense |
| 447 | Apr 18, 1903 | Aston Villa beat Sheffield United 4–2 | Title change |
| 448 | Apr 25, 1903 | Aston Villa beat Grimsby Town 2–0 | Defense |
| 449 | Apr 27, 1903 | Aston Villa beat Middlesbrough 5–0 | Defense |