 As a consequence, Sam Ormerod resigned as Manchester City manager and was succeeded by Tom Maley.Maley strengthened the team by purchasing Billy Lot Jones, Sandy Turnbull and Jimmy Bannister and they immediately earned promotion back into the first division in the 1902–03 football season by winning the Second Division championship.The team scored 95 goals in 34 games that season and Gillespie was the Second Division's top scorer with 30 goals.