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SEASON: 2002-03

Prev Season: 2001-02
Next Season: 2003-04

DIVISION:: Nationwide League Division One (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Paul Hart
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (West Ham United (A) 2-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Walsall (H) 1-2)
Player Of The Year:: David Johnson

Top Goalscorer:: David Johnson (29 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	10 times	13 times	9 times	6 times	1 time
Conceded	17 times	15 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	8 times	3 times	6 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	13 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 29,725 (League - Derby County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,073 (League - Gillingham)
Average League Attendance:: 24,629
Highest Cup Attendance:: 6,343 (League Cup - Walsall)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 4,498 (League Cup - Kidderminster Harriers)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 15
Red cards:: 4
Yellow cards:: 69

END OF SEASON TABLE

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Portsmouth	46	29	11	6	97	45	17	3	3	52	22	12	8	3	45	23	52	98	Promoted as Champions	1-2	0-2
2	Leicester City	46	26	14	6	73	40	16	5	2	40	12	10	9	4	33	28	33	92	Promoted	2-2	0-1
3	Sheffield United	46	23	11	12	72	52	13	7	3	38	23	10	4	9	34	29	20	80		3-0	0-1
4	Reading	46	25	4	17	61	46	13	3	7	33	21	12	1	10	28	25	15	79		2-0	0-1
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	81	44	9	10	4	40	19	11	6	6	41	25	37	76	Promoted via playoffs	2-2	1-2
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	14	12	82	50	14	7	2	57	23	6	7	10	25	27	32	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	19	13	14	80	64	10	5	8	49	39	9	8	6	31	25	16	70		2-1	4-3
8	Norwich City	46	19	12	15	60	49	14	4	5	36	17	5	8	10	24	32	11	69		4-0	0-0
9	Millwall	46	19	9	18	59	69	11	6	6	34	32	8	3	12	25	37	-10	66		3-3	2-1
10	Wimbledon	46	18	11	17	76	73	12	5	6	39	28	6	6	11	37	45	3	65		2-0	3-2
11	Gillingham	46	16	14	16	56	65	10	6	7	33	31	6	8	9	23	34	-9	62		4-1	4-1
12	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	68	70	11	7	5	44	29	5	6	12	24	41	-2	61		2-2	1-1
13	Watford	46	17	9	20	54	70	11	5	7	33	26	6	4	13	21	44	-16	60		0-1	1-1
14	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	59	52	8	10	5	29	17	6	7	10	30	35	7	59		2-1	0-0
15	Rotherham United	46	15	14	17	62	62	8	9	6	27	25	7	5	11	35	37	0	59		3-2	2-2
16	Burnley	46	15	10	21	65	89	10	4	9	35	44	5	6	12	30	45	-24	55		2-0	0-1
17	Walsall	46	15	9	22	57	69	10	3	10	34	34	5	6	12	23	35	-12	54		1-1	1-2
18	Derby County	46	15	7	24	55	74	9	5	9	33	32	6	2	15	22	42	-19	52		3-0	0-0
19	Bradford City	46	14	10	22	51	73	7	8	8	27	35	7	2	14	24	38	-22	52		3-0	0-1
20	Coventry City	46	12	14	20	46	62	6	6	11	23	31	6	8	9	23	31	-16	50		1-1	1-0
21	Stoke City	46	12	14	20	45	69	9	6	8	25	25	3	8	12	20	44	-24	50		6-0	2-2
22	Sheffield Wednesday	46	10	16	20	56	73	7	7	9	29	32	3	9	11	27	41	-17	46	Relegated	4-0	0-2
23	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	11	12	23	49	67	7	6	10	29	31	4	6	13	20	36	-18	45	Relegated	3-2	0-1
24	Grimsby Town	46	9	12	25	48	85	5	6	12	26	39	4	6	13	22	46	-37	39	Relegated	2-2	3-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 10, 2002	Portsmouth	A	0-2	Loss	18,910	19	Fratton Park
2	Wed Aug 14, 2002	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	18,065	19
3	Sat Aug 17, 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4-0	Win	21,129	9
4	Sat Aug 24, 2002	Walsall	A	1-2	Loss	5,096	12	Bescot Stadium
5	Wed Aug 28, 2002	Wimbledon	H	2-0	Win	16,431	10
6	Sat Aug 31, 2002	Coventry City	A	1-0	Win	13,732	6	Highfield Road
7	Sat Sep 14, 2002	Watford	H	0-1	Loss	17,865	11
8	Wed Sep 18, 2002	Gillingham	H	4-1	Win	16,073	8
9	Sat Sep 21, 2002	Grimsby Town	A	3-0	Win	7,072	7	Blundell Park
10	Wed Sep 25, 2002	Stoke City	A	2-2	Draw	14,554	7	Brittania Stadium
11	Sat Sep 28, 2002	Rotherham United	H	3-2	Win	25,089	4
12	Sat Oct 05, 2002	Millwall	A	2-1	Win	10,521	4	The Den
13	Sun Oct 20, 2002	Derby County	A	0-0	Draw	30,547	4	Pride Park
14	Sat Oct 26, 2002	Leicester City	H	2-2	Draw	29,497	6
15	Tue Oct 29, 2002	Norwich City	A	0-0	Draw	20,986	6	Carrow Road
16	Sat Nov 02, 2002	Sheffield United	H	3-0	Win	22,579	5
17	Sat Nov 09, 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	Draw	18,971	5	Selhurst Park
18	Sat Nov 16, 2002	Bradford City	H	3-0	Win	19,653	4
19	Sat Nov 23, 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	27,953	4	Molineux
20	Wed Nov 27, 2002	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	3-2	Win	29,137	3
21	Sat Nov 30, 2002	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	24,898	3
22	Sat Dec 07, 2002	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	13,869	3	Turf Moor
23	Sat Dec 14, 2002	Bradford City	A	0-1	Loss	12,245	3	Valley Parade
24	Sat Dec 21, 2002	Reading	H	2-0	Win	25,831	3
25	Thu Dec 26, 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	26,362	4	Hillsborough
26	Sat Dec 28, 2002	Portsmouth	H	1-2	Loss	28,165	5
27	Wed Jan 01, 2003	Walsall	H	1-1	Draw	28,441	4
28	Sat Jan 18, 2003	Coventry City	H	1-1	Draw	24,487	4
29	Sat Jan 25, 2003	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	13,508	4	Deepdale
30	Sat Feb 01, 2003	Wimbledon	A	3-2	Win	3,382	4	Selhurst Park
31	Sat Feb 08, 2003	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	Win	26,012	4
32	Sat Feb 22, 2003	Stoke City	H	6-0	Win	24,085	4
33	Sat Mar 01, 2003	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	17,934	5	Vicarage Road
34	Tue Mar 04, 2003	Gillingham	A	4-1	Win	7,277	3	Priestfield Stadium
35	Mon Mar 10, 2003	Grimsby Town	H	2-2	Draw	25,507	4
36	Sat Mar 15, 2003	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-1	Loss	6,830	5	Withdean Stadium
37	Wed Mar 19, 2003	Derby County	H	3-0	Win	29,725	5
38	Sat Mar 22, 2003	Norwich City	H	4-0	Win	27,296	5
39	Sat Apr 05, 2003	Ipswich Town	A	4-3	Win	29,503	4	Portman Road
40	Tue Apr 08, 2003	Leicester City	A	0-1	Loss	32,065	4	Walkers Stadium
41	Fri Apr 11, 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-2	Draw	27,209	4
42	Tue Apr 15, 2003	Sheffield United	A	0-1	Loss	23,317	5	Bramall Lane
43	Fri Apr 18, 2003	Reading	A	0-1	Loss	21,612	5	Madejski Stadium
44	Mon Apr 21, 2003	Burnley	H	2-0	Win	25,403	6
45	Sat Apr 26, 2003	Millwall	H	3-3	Draw	29,463	6
46	Sun May 04, 2003	Rotherham United	A	2-2	Draw	9,942	6	Millmoor

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat May 10, 2003	Sheffield United	Semi	1	H	1-1	Draw	29,064
Thu May 15, 2003	Sheffield United	Semi	2	A	3-4	Loss	30,212	Bramall Lane	Lost 5-4 on aggregate

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 04, 2003	West Ham United	3			A	2-3	Loss	29,612	Upton Park

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Sep 11, 2002	Kidderminster Harriers	1				H	4-0	Win	4,498
Wed Oct 02, 2002	Walsall	2				H	1-2	Loss	6,343

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Wed Jul 17, 2002	St Medard	France	A	4-0	Win	-
Fri Jul 19, 2002	Libourne	France	A	1-0	Win	-	Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix
Sat Jul 27, 2002	Mansfield Town	England	A	3-0	Win	3,819	Field Mill
Wed Jul 31, 2002	Newcastle United	England	H	3-1	Win	19,191
Sat Aug 03, 2002	Plymouth Argyle	England	A	2-2	Draw	4,361	Home Park
Tue Aug 06, 2002	Boston United	England	A	3-0	Win	1,611	York Street

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Jul 31, 2002	Burton Albion	Final	A	3-2	Win	-	Eton Park	Bass Charity Vase

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Scott Tynan
GK	1	Darren Ward	50	21	14	15						1
GK	12	Barry Roche	1		1							50
GK	31	Pascal Formann
D		Andy Haskins
D	4	Des Walker	33	12	11	10		4		4	2	2
D	14	Chris Doig	13	6	4	3		1			6	29
D	17	Michael Dawson	42	18	13	11	5	7	1	2
D	21	Davy Oyen	4	3	1						4	2
D	28	James Biggins
D	32	Tony Vaughan
D	36	Wes Morgan										1
M		David Prutton	26	10	9	7	1	6	1
M		James Perch
M	2	Matthieu Louis-Jean	45	20	11	14	1	8		4		1
M	3	Jim Brennan	49	21	14	14	1	1		3
M	5	Jon Olav Hjelde	28	13	6	9		3	1	2	8	13
M	6	Riccardo Scimeca	45	19	13	13	4	4		4
M	15	John Thompson	25	7	9	9	3	3		4	4	8
M	18	Brian Cash	2		1	1					2
M	23	Benjamin Gavanon											On loan from Marseille
M	27	Matt Bodkin										1
M	34	Mikael Antoine-Curier										2
M	35	Gregor Robertson										1
F		Liam Kearney
F		Marcus Hall	1			1
F	7	Darren Huckerby	11	4	3	4	5	3		2			On loan from Manchester City
F	8	Gareth Williams	43	20	12	11	3	3		3	1	1
F	9	David Johnson	47	20	12	15	29	4		20	2	1	Player Of The Year
F	10	Jack Lester	35	12	10	13	9	7	1	7	14	2
F	11	Marlon Harewood	48	20	14	14	21	6		7	2
F	16	Eugen Bopp	15	7	4	4	2	2		3	3	18
F	19	Craig Westcarr	13	4	5	4	1	1		1	10	10
F	20	Andy Reid	35	13	10	12	3	4		7	9	12
F	22	Eoin Jess	33	16	9	8	3	2		10	16	16
F	29	Richard Jeffrey
F	33	Christian Edwards

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
29	David Johnson	47
21	Marlon Harewood	48
9	Jack Lester	35
5	Darren Huckerby	11
5	Michael Dawson	42
4	Riccardo Scimeca	45
3	Andy Reid	35
3	Eoin Jess	33
3	Gareth Williams	43
3	John Thompson	25
2	Eugen Bopp	15
1	Craig Westcarr	13
1	David Prutton	26
1	Jim Brennan	49
1	Matthieu Louis-Jean	45

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2002-03

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Gillingham	Wed Sep 18, 2002	H	4-1	Tue Mar 04, 2003	A	4-1
Ipswich Town	Sat Nov 30, 2002	H	2-1	Sat Apr 05, 2003	A	4-3
Wimbledon	Wed Aug 28, 2002	H	2-0	Sat Feb 01, 2003	A	3-2