2002–03 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 2002–03 football season
Leicester City 2002–03 season Chairman Martin George Manager Micky Adams Stadium Walkers Stadium First Division 2nd (promoted) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Top goalscorer League: Dickov (17) All: Dickov (20) Highest home attendance 32,082 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers , 28 September 2002) Lowest home attendance 22,978 (vs. Reading , 24 August 2002) Average home league attendance 29,230[1]
During the 2002–03 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division after being relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season . Despite being placed into administration, Leicester managed to regain promotion to the Premier League.
Season summary [ ]
In October 2002, Leicester went into administration with debts of £30 million. Some of the reasons were the loss of TV money (ITV Digital , itself in administration, had promised money to First Division clubs for TV rights), the large wage bill, lower fees for players transferred to other clubs than expected and the £37 million cost of the new stadium. Manager Micky Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, until the club was rescued by a takeover by a consortium led by former Leicester striker Gary Lineker . Adams guided Leicester to runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premiership with 92 points. After several First Division clubs complained to the Football League, the Football League introduced a ruling that any club placed in administration would be deducted ten points.
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Portsmouth (C, P)
46
29
11
6
97
45
+52
98
Promotion to 2003–04 FA Premier League
2
Leicester City (P)
46
26
14
6
73
40
+33
92
3
Sheffield United
46
23
11
12
72
52
+20
80
Qualification for First Division Playoffs
4
Reading
46
25
4
17
61
46
+15
79
5
Wolverhampton Wanderers (O, P)
46
20
16
10
81
44
+37
76
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion;
(O) Play-off winner;
(P) Promoted
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
26
14
6
73
40
+33
92
16
5
2
40
12
+28
10
9
4
33
28
+5
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H A Result W W L W D W W W W D W D L D W W W D W L W D W W L W D L W W W D W D D D W W W W W D W L D D Position 5 1 8 6 7 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
Results [ ]
Leicester City's score comes first [2]
Legend [ ]
[ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
10 August 2002
Watford
H
2–0
31,022
Deane (2)
14 August 2002
Stoke City
A
1–0
14,028
Scowcroft
18 August 2002
Ipswich Town
A
1–6
27,374
Stevenson
24 August 2002
Reading
H
2–1
22,978
Deane , Dickov (pen)
27 August 2002
Crystal Palace
A
0–0
15,440
31 August 2002
Gillingham
H
2–0
30,067
Lewis , Dickov
7 September 2002
Wimbledon
A
3–2
2,165
Benjamin , Izzet (pen), Stewart
14 September 2002
Derby County
H
3–1
31,049
Izzet , Deane , Dickov
17 September 2002
Bradford City
H
4–0
24,651
Deane , Elliott , Dickov (pen), Scowcroft
21 September 2002
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0–0
22,219
28 September 2002
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
1–0
32,082
Dickov (pen)
5 October 2002
Norwich City
A
0–0
20,952
19 October 2002
Burnley
H
0–1
26,254
26 October 2002
Nottingham Forest
A
2–2
29,497
Deane , Dickov
29 October 2002
Coventry City
H
2–1
27,139
Taggart , Deane
2 November 2002
Portsmouth
A
2–0
19,107
Scowcroft , Elliott
9 November 2002
Walsall
H
2–0
25,243
Heath , Scowcroft
16 November 2002
Millwall
A
2–2
10,772
Heath , Stewart
23 November 2002
Rotherham United
H
2–1
31,714
Dickov , Stewart
26 November 2002
Preston North End
A
0–2
13,048
30 November 2002
Grimsby Town
A
2–1
7,310
Scowcroft , Izzet
7 December 2002
Sheffield United
H
0–0
26,718
14 December 2002
Millwall
H
4–1
31,904
Scowcroft (2), Elliott , Dickov
20 December 2002
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
1–0
6,592
Deane
26 December 2002
Ipswich Town
H
1–2
31,426
Dickov (pen)
28 December 2002
Watford
A
2–1
16,017
Elliott , Deane
11 January 2003
Stoke City
H
0–0
25,038
18 January 2003
Gillingham
A
2–3
8,609
Sinclair , Wright
28 January 2003
Reading
A
3–1
17,156
Dickov (2, 1 pen), Heath
1 February 2003
Crystal Palace
H
1–0
27,005
Dickov
8 February 2003
Walsall
A
4–1
8,741
Dickov , Scowcroft (2), Elliott
17 February 2003
Portsmouth
H
1–1
31,775
Benjamin
22 February 2003
Wimbledon
H
4–0
31,438
Dickov (3, 2 pens), Benjamin
1 March 2003
Derby County
A
1–1
24,307
Deane
4 March 2003
Bradford City
A
0–0
11,531
8 March 2003
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1–1
27,463
McLaren (own goal)
15 March 2003
Preston North End
H
2–1
30,713
Deane (2)
18 March 2003
Burnley
A
2–1
14,554
Dickov , Benjamin
22 March 2003
Coventry City
A
2–1
16,610
McKinlay
5 April 2003
Grimsby Town
H
2–0
31,014
Benjamin , Davidson
8 April 2003
Nottingham Forest
H
1–0
32,065
Wright
12 April 2003
Rotherham United
A
1–1
9,888
Benjamin
19 April 2003
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
2–0
31,909
Izzet , Stewart
21 April 2003
Sheffield United
A
1–2
21,277
Deane
27 April 2003
Norwich City
H
1–1
31,639
Benjamin
4 May 2003
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
1–1
28,190
Benjamin (pen)
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
4 January 2003
Bristol City
H
2–0
25,868
Elliott , Dickov
R4
25 January 2003
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
1–4
28,164
Dickov (pen)
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1
10 September 2002
Hull City
A
4–2 (a.e.t. )
7,061
Rogers (2), Dickov , Scowcroft
R2
2 October 2002
Sheffield Wednesday
A
2–1 (a.e.t. )
10,472
Izzet , Benjamin
R3
5 November 2002
Manchester United
A
0–2
47,848
Squad [ ]
[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Out [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
To
Fee
30 July 2002
FW
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Dundee United
Free transfer[4]
14 August 2002
MF
Lee Marshall
West Bromwich Albion
£700,000[5]
21 August 2002
FW
Matt Piper
Sunderland
£3,500,000[6]
24 September 2002
MF
Dennis Wise
Millwall
Free transfer[7]
16 October 2002
FW
Damien Delaney
Hull City
£50,000[8]
Transfers in: £0
Transfers out: £4,250,000
Total spending: £4,250,000
References [ ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions