2002–03 Mansfield Town F.C. season

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Mansfield Town
2002–03 season
ManagerStuart Watkiss
Keith Curle
Football League Second Division23rd
FA CupSecond Round
League CupFirst Round
Football League TrophyFirst Round

During the 2002–03 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 23rd position with 44 points, suffering an intimidate return to the fourth tier. Mansfield's downfall was their leaky defence as despite scoring 66 goals they conceded 97, the most of any team in 2002–03.[1]

Final league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
20 Chesterfield 46 14 8 24 43 73 −30 50
21 Cheltenham Town (R) 46 10 18 18 53 68 −15 48 Relegated
22 Huddersfield Town (R) 46 11 12 23 39 61 −22 45
23 Mansfield Town (R) 46 12 8 26 66 97 −31 44
24 Northampton Town (R) 46 10 9 27 40 79 −39 39
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(R) Relegated

Results[]

Mansfield Town's score comes first

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division[]

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 10 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle H 4–2 5,309 White (2), Disley, Larkin
2 13 August 2002 Wigan Athletic A 2–3 5,837 Larkin (2)
3 17 August 2002 Wycombe Wanderers A 3–3 5,057 Corden (2), Christie
4 24 August 2002 Chesterfield H 0–2 7,258
5 26 August 2002 Stockport County A 0–2 5,190
6 31 August 2002 Crewe Alexandra H 0–5 4,183
7 7 September 2002 Queens Park Rangers H 0–4 4,581
8 14 September 2002 Oldham Athletic A 1–6 5,490 Corden
9 17 September 2002 Luton Town A 3–2 6,004 Lawrence, Christie, Sellars
10 21 September 2002 Cheltenham Town H 0–2 4,116
11 28 September 2002 Northampton Town A 0–2 5,594
12 5 October 2002 Tranmere Rovers H 6–1 3,668 Lawrence, Sellars, Larkin, MacKenzie, Christie (2)
13 12 October 2002 Peterborough United A 0–0 5,067
14 19 October 2002 Huddersfield Town H 0–2 4,998
15 26 October 2002 Swindon Town A 1–2 4,136 Lawrence
16 29 October 2002 Cardiff City H 0–1 3,441
17 1 November 2002 Colchester United H 4–2 3,414 Christie (4)
18 9 November 2002 Notts County A 2–2 10,302 Christie, Lawrence
19 23 November 2002 Bristol City H 4–5 4,801 Christie (2), Corden (2)
20 30 November 2002 Port Vale A 2–4 3,880 Christie, Corden
21 14 December 2002 Blackpool H 4–0 4,001 Christie, Lawrence, Corden (2)
22 21 December 2002 Barnsley A 1–0 10,495 White
23 26 December 2002 Stockport County H 4–2 6,434 Christie, Corden (2), Disley
24 28 December 2002 Brentford A 0–1 5,844
25 1 January 2003 Crewe Alexandra A 0–2 6,931
26 11 January 2003 Wycombe Wanderers H 0–0 4,811
27 18 January 2003 Chesterfield A 2–1 6,813 Lawrence, Disley
28 28 January 2003 Wigan Athletic H 1–2 5,524 Christie
29 1 February 2003 Plymouth Argyle A 1–3 8,030 Lawrence
30 4 February 2003 Brentford H 0–0 3,735
31 8 February 2003 Notts County H 3–2 8,134 White, Corden, Mitchell
32 14 February 2003 Colchester United A 0–1 3,247
33 22 February 2003 Queens Park Rangers A 2–2 11,942 Christie (2)
34 1 March 2003 Oldham Athletic H 0–1 5,712
35 4 March 2003 Luton Town H 3–2 4,829 Christie, Corden, Day
36 8 March 2003 Cheltenham Town A 1–3 3,881 Lawrence
37 15 March 2003 Swindon Town H 2–1 4,471 Corden, Mendes
38 18 March 2003 Huddersfield Town A 1–1 8,756 Corden
39 22 March 2003 Cardiff City A 0–1 13,009
40 29 March 2003 Peterborough United H 1–5 5,653 Corden
41 5 April 2003 Port Vale H 0–1 4,538
42 12 April 2003 Bristol City A 2–5 12,013 Disley, Butler (o.g.)
43 19 April 2003 Barnsley H 0–1 4,873
44 21 April 2003 Blackpool A 3–3 6,173 White, Larkin, Clarke
45 29 April 2003 Tranmere Rovers A 1–3 10,418 Lawrence
46 3 May 2003 Northampton Town H 2–1 3,928 Lawrence, White

FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 16 November 2002 Team Bath A 4–2 5,496 Lawrence (2), Christie, Tisdale (o.g.)
R2 7 December 2002 Crewe Alexandra A 0–3 4,563

League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 10 September 2002 Derby County H 1–3 5,788 Moore

Football League Trophy[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 22 October 2002 Crewe Alexandra H 0–4 1,874

Squad statistics[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Kevin Pilkington 32 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 36 0
2 DF England Bobby Hassell 19(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19(1) 0
4 DF England Neil MacKenzie 16(8) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 20(8) 1
5 DF England Tom Curtis 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
5 DF England Neil Moore 18 0 1(1) 0 1 1 1 0 21(1) 1
6 DF England Stuart Reddington 5(2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6(2) 0
6 DF England Matt Gadsby 13(7) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15(7) 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland Liam Lawrence 40(3) 10 1 2 1 0 1 0 43(3) 12
8 MF England Lee Williamson 28(12) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 31(12) 0
9 FW England Colin Little 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 MF England Craig Disley 39(3) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 42(3) 4
11 MF England Wayne Corden 37(7) 13 2 0 1 0 1 0 41(7) 13
12 MF England Jamie Clarke 15(5) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 19(5) 1
14 MF England David Jervis 4(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(2) 0
14 DF England Ben Doane 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
15 FW England Andy White 19(9) 6 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 19(11) 6
16 FW England Danny Bacon 0(6) 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 1(8) 0
17 DF England Adam Eaton 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
18 FW Montserrat Junior Mendes 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
19 DF Wales Rhys Day 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
19 DF England Tony Vaughan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 DF England Scott Sellars 12(2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12(2) 2
21 FW Republic of Ireland Colin Larkin 13(9) 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 16(9) 7
22 FW England Iyseden Christie 29(8) 18 2 1 1 0 1 0 33(8) 19
23 DF England Mark Hurst 1 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 2(1) 0
24 MF England Danny Holyoak 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0
25 FW England Craig Mitchell 3(12) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(12) 1
25 DF England Mark Lever 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
26 DF England Lee Glover 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
26 DF England Jake Buxton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3(1) 0
27 DF England Alex John-Baptiste 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
27 DF Republic of Ireland Damien Delaney 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
28 MF England Chris Beardsley 1(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(4) 0
28 DF England Peter Clark 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
29 DF England Keith Curle 11(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11(3) 0
29 GK Netherlands Arjan van Heusden 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
30 GK England Jason White 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
31 MF England Andy Jones 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
32 GK England Keith Welch 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
32 FW England Dean Hankey 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
Own goals 1 1 0 0 2

References[]

General

Mansfield Town 2002–03 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific
  1. ^ "Mansfield Town 2002/03". Statto. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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