2002–03 Coventry City F.C. season

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Coventry City
2002–03 season
ChairmanMike McGinnity
ManagerGary McAllister (player-manager)
StadiumHighfield Road
First Division20th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bothroyd (8)
All: Bothroyd (11)
Average home league attendance14,813

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Player From Date Fee Ref.
England Tom Bates 20 Feb 2003 Free [4]

Transfers out[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW England ENG Lee Hughes (to West Bromwich Albion)
7 MF England ENG David Thompson (to Blackburn Rovers)
17 DF England ENG Steve Walsh (to Tamworth)
25 MF Norway NOR Runar Normann (to SK Brann)
32 DF Honduras HON Iván Guerrero (to C.D. Motagua)
30 FW Honduras HON Jairo Martínez (to C.D. Motagua)
24 MF Belgium BEL Laurent Delorge (to Lierse SK)
17 MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr (to Newcastle United)
25 MF England ENG Jamie McMaster (on loan from Leeds United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK England ENG Ben Williams (on loan from Manchester United)
9 MF England ENG Craig Hignett (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
27 MF Italy ITA Marco Brancati (released)
12 FW England ENG Lee Mills (to Stoke City)
18 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Strachan (to Peterborough United)
17 FW England ENG Dean Holdsworth (to Rushden & Diamonds)
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Partridge (on loan from Liverpool)
29 FW Italy ITA 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. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith O'Neill
29 GK England ENG Richard Brush
31 MF Scotland SCO Brian Ford
36 DF England ENG Kirk Miller
38 MF England ENG Andrew Hall

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2002-2003/results
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Coventry City - 2002/03".
  3. ^ "All Coventry City players: 2003". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
  4. ^ "Tom, 17, signs for City". 20 February 2003.
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