2002–03 Coventry City F.C. season

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Coventry City
2002–03 season
Chairman Mike McGinnity
Manager Gary McAllister (player-manager)
Stadium Highfield Road
First Division 20th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Bothroyd (8)
All: Bothroyd (11)
Average home league attendance 14,813
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

During the 2002–03 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. It was the club's second consecutive season at that level.

Season summary

In the 2002-03 season, midway through the campaign, McAllister's men still stood a good chance of making the Division One play-offs, but they won only one league game after the turn of 2003 and finished 20th in the final table - just two places above the relegation zone.

Final league table

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Main article: 2002–03 Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Portsmouth 46 17 3 3 52 22 12 8 3 45 23 97 45 +52 98
2 Leicester City 46 16 5 2 40 12 10 9 4 33 28 73 40 +33 92
3 Sheffield United 46 13 7 3 38 23 10 4 9 34 29 72 52 +20 80
4 Reading 46 13 3 7 33 21 12 1 10 28 25 61 46 +15 79
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 9 10 4 40 19 11 6 6 41 25 81 44 +37 76
6 Nottingham Forest 46 14 7 2 57 23 6 7 10 25 27 82 50 +32 74
7 Ipswich Town 46 10 5 8 49 39 9 8 6 31 25 80 64 +16 70
8 Norwich City 46 14 4 5 36 17 5 8 10 24 32 60 49 +11 69
9 Millwall 46 11 6 6 34 32 8 3 12 25 37 59 69 –10 66
10 Wimbledon 46 12 5 6 39 28 6 6 11 37 45 76 73 +3 65
11 Gillingham 46 10 6 7 33 31 6 8 9 23 34 56 65 –9 62
12 Preston North End 46 11 7 5 44 29 5 6 12 24 41 68 70 –2 61
13 Watford 46 11 5 7 33 26 6 4 13 21 44 54 70 –16 60
14 Crystal Palace 46 8 10 5 29 17 6 7 10 30 35 59 52 +7 59
15 Rotherham United 46 8 9 6 27 25 7 5 11 35 37 62 62 ±0 59
16 Burnley 46 10 4 9 35 44 5 6 12 30 45 65 89 –24 55
17 Walsall 46 10 3 10 34 34 5 6 12 23 35 57 69 –12 54
18 Derby County 46 9 5 9 33 32 6 2 15 22 42 55 74 –19 52
19 Bradford City 46 7 8 8 27 35 7 2 14 24 38 51 73 –22 52
20 Coventry City 46 6 6 11 23 31 6 8 9 23 31 46 62 –16 50
21 Stoke City 46 9 6 8 25 25 3 8 12 20 44 45 69 –24 50
22 Sheffield Wednesday 46 7 7 9 29 32 3 9 11 27 41 56 73 –17 46
23 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 7 6 10 29 31 4 6 13 20 36 49 67 –18 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 5 6 12 26 39 4 6 13 22 46 48 85 –37 39
  • Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
  • NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Key
Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
Promoted to FA Premier League
Participated in play-offs
Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
Relegated

Results

Coventry City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 August 2002 Sheffield United H 2-1 18,839 Bothroyd, McSheffrey
13 August 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0-0 6,816
17 August 2002 Reading A 2-1 14,712 Davenport, Bothroyd
24 August 2002 Crystal Palace H 1-0 15,526 Hughes (pen)
26 August 2002 Watford A 2-5 11,136 McSheffrey, Eustace
31 August 2002 Nottingham Forest H 0-1 13,732
14 September 2002 Grimsby Town H 3-2 12,403 Mills, McSheffrey (pen), Bothroyd
18 September 2002 Sheffield Wednesday H 1-1 14,178 Normann
21 September 2002 Wimbledon A 1-0 2,077 McAllister (pen)
24 September 2002 Bradford City A 1-1 11,655 Bothroyd
28 September 2002 Millwall H 2-3 13,562 McSheffrey, Mills
5 October 2002 Gillingham A 2-0 7,722 Bothroyd, Pipe
19 October 2002 Portsmouth A 1-1 18,837 Davenport
23 October 2002 Norwich City H 1-1 16,409 Partridge
26 October 2002 Walsall H 0-0 14,544
29 October 2002 Leicester City A 1-2 27,139 Partridge
2 November 2002 Rotherham United H 2-1 13,179 McAllister (2)
9 November 2002 Burnley A 1-3 13,470 McAllister (pen)
16 November 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0-2 18,998
23 November 2002 Ipswich Town A 1-2 23,633 Eustace
30 November 2002 Preston North End H 1-2 13,313 Davenport
7 December 2002 Stoke City A 2-1 12,760 Bothroyd (2)
14 December 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2-0 25,577 McAllister, Partridge
21 December 2002 Derby County H 3-0 13,185 McAllister, Hignett, Bothroyd
26 December 2002 Reading H 2-0 19,526 Hignett, Partridge
28 December 2002 Sheffield United A 0-0 20,465
1 January 2003 Crystal Palace A 1-1 17,362 McSheffrey
11 January 2003 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0-0 15,951
18 January 2003 Nottingham Forest A 1-1 24,487 Sara
1 February 2003 Watford H 0-1 17,393
8 February 2003 Burnley H 0-1 13,659
15 February 2003 Rotherham United A 0-1 6,524
22 February 2003 Bradford City H 0-2 12,525
1 March 2003 Grimsby Town A 2-0 5,736 Ford (own goal), Eustace (pen)
5 March 2003 Sheffield Wednesday A 1-5 19,536 Joachim
8 March 2003 Wimbledon H 2-2 11,796 Eustace, Joachim
15 March 2003 Norwich City A 0-2 20,099
19 March 2003 Portsmouth H 0-4 13,922
22 March 2003 Leicester City H 1-2 16,610 Jansen
5 April 2003 Preston North End A 2-2 13,026 Pead, Pipe
12 April 2003 Ipswich Town H 2-4 13,968 Jansen, Gordon
15 April 2003 Walsall A 0-0 7,337
19 April 2003 Derby County A 0-1 23,921
21 April 2003 Stoke City H 0-1 12,675
26 April 2003 Gillingham H 0-0 14,795
4 May 2003 Millwall A 0-2 9,220

FA Cup

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Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 2003 Cardiff City A 2-2 16,013 Mills, McAllister (pen)
R3R 15 January 2003 Cardiff City H 3-0 11,997 Fowler, Holdsworth, Bothroyd
R4 25 January 2003 Rochdale A 0-2 9,156

League Cup

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Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 11 September 2002 Colchester United H 3-0 6,075 McSheffrey, McAllister, Mills
R2 2 October 2002 Rushden & Diamonds H 8-0 8,570 McSheffrey (3), Mills (2), Bothroyd (2), Betts (pen)
R3 6 November 2002 Crystal Palace A 0-3 8,102

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 England DF Craig Pead
3 England DF Dean Gordon
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Muhamed Konjić
5 England DF Richard Shaw
6 England MF John Eustace
8 England FW Julian Joachim
9 England FW Matt Jansen (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
10 Scotland MF Gary McAllister (player-manager)
11 Morocco FW Youssef Chippo
13 France GK Fabien Debec
14 Republic of Ireland MF Barry Quinn
15 Morocco MF Youssef Safri
17 England MF Tom Bates
18 Northern Ireland FW Ben Mackey
19 England FW Gary McSheffrey
20 Scotland MF Gary Caldwell (on loan from Newcastle United)
21 England FW Jay Bothroyd
No. Position Player
22 Wales MF Lee Fowler
23 Denmark GK Morten Hyldgaard
24 Argentina FW Juan Sara (on loan from Dundee)
25 France MF Christian Yulu
26 England MF Robert Betts
27 Spain MF Vicente Engonga
28 England DF Calum Davenport
30 England MF Mark Noon
32 England FW Avun Jephcott
33 England GK Gary Montgomery
34 Wales MF David Pipe
35 England MF Eddie Stanford
37 Republic of Ireland DF Sean Cooney
39 England MF Isaac Osbourne
40 England DF Andrew Whing

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
9 England FW Lee Hughes (to West Bromwich Albion)
7 England MF David Thompson (to Blackburn Rovers)
17 England DF Steve Walsh (to Tamworth)
25 Norway MF Runar Normann (to SK Brann)
32 Honduras DF Iván Guerrero (to C.D. Motagua)
30 Honduras FW Jairo Martínez (to C.D. Motagua)
24 Belgium MF Laurent Delorge (to Lierse SK)
17 Scotland MF Brian Kerr (to Newcastle United)
25 England MF Jamie McMaster (on loan from Leeds United)
No. Position Player
30 England GK Ben Williams (on loan from Manchester United)
9 England MF Craig Hignett (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
27 Italy MF Marco Brancati (released)
12 England FW Lee Mills (to Stoke City)
18 Scotland MF Gavin Strachan (to Peterborough United)
17 England FW Dean Holdsworth (to Rushden & Diamonds)
7 Republic of Ireland MF Richie Partridge (on loan from Liverpool)
29 Italy FW Antonio Gallieri (released)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
16 Republic of Ireland MF Keith O'Neill
29 England GK Richard Brush
31 Scotland MF Brian Ford
36 England DF Kirk Miller
38 England MF Andrew Hall

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2002-2003/results
  2. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d1/coventry.htm
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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