Blackpool F.C. season 1902-03

The 1902-03 season was Blackpool F.C.'s sixth season (third consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourteenth.

Walter Cookson and Geordie Anderson were the club's joint-top scorers, with eight goals apiece.

Harry Stirzaker retired at the end of the season, after nine years of service for Blackpool, his only professional club.

Blackpool opened the season with a trip to Burslem Port Vale on 6 September. Fred Heywood, on his debut for the club, netted Blackpool's goal in a 1–1 draw. Two other Blackpool players were given debuts: Teddy Duckworth and, from Bristol City, Walter Cookson.

Seven days later, the Seasiders hosted Barnsley at Bloomfield Road. Geordie Anderson scored a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw.

Three more draws followed: 0–0 at Gainsborough Trinity, 3–3 at home to Burton United (Anderson, Jack Parkinson and Duckworth getting the hosts' goals) and 2–2 at home to Glossop North End (Parkinson and Cookson).

Blackpool obtained their first win in their six-game unbeaten start to the campaign against on 25 October. Jack Birchall (his only goal of the season) and a Stockport own-goal were the decisive strikes.

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