1901–02 Southampton F.C. season
| 1901–02 season | |||
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| Chairman | Dr. Ernest Stancomb | ||
| Secretary | Ernest Arnfield | ||
| Stadium | The Dell | ||
| Southern League | Third | ||
| FA Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Albert Brown (25) All: Albert Brown (29) |
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| Highest home attendance | 20,000 vs Liverpool (8 February 1901) (FA Cup) | ||
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The 1901–02 season was the 17th since the foundation of Southampton F.C. and their eighth in league football, as members of the Southern League.
The club repeated their performance from two seasons earlier, again reaching the FA Cup Final, where they lost to the previous season's losing finalists, Sheffield United after a replay. In the League, they finished in third place behind local rivals Portsmouth and the FA Cup holders, Tottenham Hotspur.
In the summer of 1901, the Football Association introduced a "maximum wage" for footballers of £4 per week; as a result, players such as Jack Robinson and Harry Wood were forced to take a pay cut. Whilst this measure was of little immediate effect on the club, it would make it harder to entice players away from the Football League. With debts of £1,500, Southampton needed to trim their payroll, with Arthur Chadwick joining neighbours Portsmouth,Alf Milward joining New Brompton and Wilf Toman returning to Everton, while Jimmy Yates dropped down into non-league football.
Replacements included Tommy Bowman and Albert Brown from Aston Villa, and Alex McDonald and Joe Turner from Everton. Despite scoring five goals in the first three matches, McDonald quickly dropped out of favour, and left to join West Ham United in December before finishing the season at Portsmouth.
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