The City Ground

SEASON: 2002-03

Prev Season: 2001-02
This Season: 2002-03
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 (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,725
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,073
Average League Attendance:: 24,629
Highest Cup Attendance:: 6,343
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 4,498

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 15
Red cards:: 4
Yellow cards:: 69
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	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	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 10, 2002	Portsmouth	A	0-2	Loss	18,910	19
2	Wed Aug 14, 2002	Preston North End	H	2-2	Draw	18,065	19	Johnson (69), Jess (83)
3	Sat Aug 17, 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4-0	Win	21,129	9	Johnson (3), Lester (47), Scimeca (69, 73)
4	Sat Aug 24, 2002	Walsall	A	1-2	Loss	5,096	12	Prutton (83)
5	Wed Aug 28, 2002	Wimbledon	H	2-0	Win	16,431	10	Johnson (16, 45)
6	Sat Aug 31, 2002	Coventry City	A	1-0	Win	13,732	6	Scimeca (16)
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	Harewood (4, 17 pen, 65), Johnson (39)
9	Sat Sep 21, 2002	Grimsby Town	A	3-0	Win	7,072	7	Johnson (17, 86 pen, 90)
10	Wed Sep 25, 2002	Stoke City	A	2-2	Draw	14,554	7	Dawson (35), Johnson (45)
11	Sat Sep 28, 2002	Rotherham United	H	3-2	Win	25,089	4	Johnson (3, 39), Bopp (18)
12	Sat Oct 05, 2002	Millwall	A	2-1	Win	10,521	4	Johnson (65, 85)
13	Sun Oct 20, 2002	Derby County	A	0-0	Draw	30,547	4
14	Sat Oct 26, 2002	Leicester City	H	2-2	Draw	29,497	6	Johnson (76 pen), Lester (90)
15	Tue Oct 29, 2002	Norwich City	A	0-0	Draw	20,986	6
16	Sat Nov 02, 2002	Sheffield United	H	3-0	Win	22,579	5	Lester (54, 61), Harewood (63)
17	Sat Nov 09, 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	Draw	18,971	5
18	Sat Nov 16, 2002	Bradford City	H	3-0	Win	19,653	4	Lester (18), Johnson (25), Louis-Jean (36)
19	Sat Nov 23, 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	27,953	4	Harewood (45)
20	Wed Nov 27, 2002	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	3-2	Win	29,137	3	Harewood (8), Johnson (45), Lester (76)
21	Sat Nov 30, 2002	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	24,898	3	Johnson (5, 63)
22	Sat Dec 07, 2002	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	13,869	3
23	Sat Dec 14, 2002	Bradford City	A	0-1	Loss	12,245	3
24	Sat Dec 21, 2002	Reading	H	2-0	Win	25,831	3	Johnson (4), Harewood (67)
25	Thu Dec 26, 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	26,362	4
26	Sat Dec 28, 2002	Portsmouth	H	1-2	Loss	28,165	5	Dawson (90)
27	Wed Jan 01, 2003	Walsall	H	1-1	Draw	28,441	4	Thompson (15)
28	Sat Jan 18, 2003	Coventry City	H	1-1	Draw	24,487	4	Williams (33)
29	Sat Jan 25, 2003	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	13,508	4	Johnson (16)
30	Sat Feb 01, 2003	Wimbledon	A	3-2	Win	3,382	4	Harewood (29, 32), Johnson (90)
31	Sat Feb 08, 2003	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	Win	26,012	4	Dawson (4), Harewood (59)
32	Sat Feb 22, 2003	Stoke City	H	6-0	Win	24,085	4	Harewood (13, 24, 28, 45 pen), Johnson (53), Jess (85)
33	Sat Mar 01, 2003	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	17,934	5	Huckerby (66)
34	Tue Mar 04, 2003	Gillingham	A	4-1	Win	7,277	3	Huckerby (7, 17), Harewood (46), Thompson (55)
35	Mon Mar 10, 2003	Grimsby Town	H	2-2	Draw	25,507	4	Reid (23), Williams (90)
36	Sat Mar 15, 2003	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-1	Loss	6,830	5
37	Wed Mar 19, 2003	Derby County	H	3-0	Win	29,725	5	Harewood (13, 49 pen), Huckerby (15)
38	Sat Mar 22, 2003	Norwich City	H	4-0	Win	27,296	5	Huckerby (11), Harewood (22), Williams (56), Brennan (82)
39	Sat Apr 05, 2003	Ipswich Town	A	4-3	Win	29,503	4	Thompson (27), Harewood (29, 75), Naylor Richard (33 OG)
40	Tue Apr 08, 2003	Leicester City	A	0-1	Loss	32,065	4
41	Fri Apr 11, 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-2	Draw	27,209	4	Johnson (40), Dawson (74)
42	Tue Apr 15, 2003	Sheffield United	A	0-1	Loss	23,317	5
43	Fri Apr 18, 2003	Reading	A	0-1	Loss	21,612	5
44	Mon Apr 21, 2003	Burnley	H	2-0	Win	25,403	6	Dawson (75), Johnson (90)
45	Sat Apr 26, 2003	Millwall	H	3-3	Draw	29,463	6	Jess (19), Bopp (22), Johnson (72)
46	Sun May 04, 2003	Rotherham United	A	2-2	Draw	9,942	6	Lester (66), Westcarr (66)

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat May 10, 2003	Sheffield United	Semi	1	H	1-1	Draw	29,064	Johnson (55)
Thu May 15, 2003	Sheffield United	Semi	2	A	3-4	Loss	30,212	Johnson (30), Reid (58), Page Robert (* OG)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 2003	West Ham United	3			A	2-3	Loss	29,612	Harewood (17), Reid (50)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 11, 2002	Kidderminster Harriers	1				H	4-0	Win	4,498	Lester (24, 71 pen), Scimeca (45), Johnson (51)
Wed Oct 02, 2002	Walsall	2				H	1-2	Loss	6,343	Johnson (79)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jul 17, 2002	Saint Medard	France	A	4-0	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Fri Jul 19, 2002	Libourne	France	A	1-0	Win	-	? (?)
Sat Jul 27, 2002	Mansfield Town	England	A	3-0	Win	3,819	? (?, ?, ?)
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	? (?, ?)
Tue Aug 06, 2002	Boston United	England	A	3-0	Win	1,611	? (?, ?, ?)

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jul 31, 2002	Burton Albion	Final	A	3-2	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11)				Out (4)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Andy Haskins	Bought			Liam Kearney	Released
	Benjamin Gavanon	Loan In			Mikael Antoine-Curier	Sold
	Matt Bodkin	Bought			Riccardo Scimeca	Sold
	Richard Jeffrey	Bought		Aug 03, 2002	Christian Edwards	Sold
	Scott Tynan	Bought
	Wes Morgan	Bought
Jul 01, 2002	Des Walker	Bought
Aug 03, 2002	Marcus Hall	Loan In
Aug 14, 2002	Eoin Jess	Bought
Feb 22, 2003	Davy Oyen	Bought
Mar 01, 2003	Darren Huckerby	Loan In

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