2002–03 Middlesbrough F.C. season

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Middlesbrough
2002–03 season
ChairmanSteve Gibson
ManagerSteve McClaren
FA Premier League11th
FA CupThird Round
League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Massimo Maccarone (9)
All: Massimo Maccarone (9)
Highest home attendance34,814 v Newcastle United (Premier League)
Away: 67,464 v Manchester United (Premier League)
Lowest home attendance27,433 v Southampton (Premier League)
Away: 7,558 v Brentford (League Cup)

During the 2002–03 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Kit[]

Middlesbrough had a new sponsor, Dial-a-Phone, for the 2002–03 season. The team's kit was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a plain red shirt, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of white shirts with black piping, plain white shorts and white socks with navy blue trim.[1]

Season review[]

Despite losing the new £6 million signing of the returning Juninho, Boro made a promising start to the 2002–03 season, peaking at third in early October. The signings of Maccarone and Boateng, along with the loan of Geremi, gave the fans real hope of a top-six finish. However, following a fantastic 3–0 win away at Spurs at the end of September which sent the club 3rd, Middlesbrough seemed to press the self-destruct button, losing the next 8 games away from home without scoring; although they remained undefeated in this period at home, this saw them sink to 12th position. This persuaded Steve McClaren to make changes, and during the January transfer window he brought in Chris Riggott and Malcolm Christie from Derby County, Michael Ricketts from Bolton Wanderers and Doriva on loan from Celta Vigo. This, coupled with the return of the now-fit Juninho, stopped the bad run of form and the results picked up a bit. Middlesbrough hovered around 14th for a few weeks before finishing 11th. Again, the season was regarded as a disappointment after the promising start.

Both cups were also a disappointment for Boro. They went out of the FA Cup in the third round, losing 1–0 at Chelsea. They fared slightly better in the League Cup, beating Brentford 4–1 in the second round but then losing to lower league opposition in the form of Ipswich Town, 3–1 away.

Final league table[]

Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Manchester City 38 15 6 17 47 54 −7 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 51 62 −11 50
11 Middlesbrough 38 13 10 15 48 44 +4 49
12 Charlton Athletic 38 14 7 17 45 56 −11 49
13 Birmingham City 38 13 9 16 41 49 −8 48
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

First-team squad[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia AUS Mark Schwarzer 39 0 38 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Robbie Stockdale 15 0 12+2 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF France FRA Franck Queudrue 33 2 29+2 1 1 0 1 1
4 DF England ENG Ugo Ehiogu 32 3 31+1 3 0 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Chris Riggott 5 2 4+1 2 0 0 0 0
6 DF England ENG Gareth Southgate 37 2 36 2 1 0 0 0
7 MF Netherlands NED George Boateng 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Slovakia SVK Szilárd Németh 28 6 15+13 6 0 0 0 0
9 FW Italy ITA Massimo Maccarone 34 9 26+8 9 0 0 0 0
10 MF Brazil BRA Juninho 10 3 9+1 3 0 0 0 0
11 FW Croatia CRO Alen Bokšić 19 2 13+5 2 0+1 0 0 0
12 MF England ENG Jonathan Greening 39 2 38 2 1 0 0 0
14 MF Cameroon CMR Geremi 34 7 33 7 1 0 0 0
15 DF Australia AUS Tony Vidmar 15 0 9+3 0 1 0 2 0
16 FW Cameroon CMR Joseph-Désiré Job 29 4 22+6 4 1 0 0 0
17 MF England ENG Stewart Downing 3 1 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 1
18 MF England ENG Mark Wilson 9 3 4+2 2 1 0 2 1
19 FW England ENG Malcolm Christie 12 4 11+1 4 0 0 0 0
20 MF Brazil BRA Doriva 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England ENG Dean Windass 4 0 0+2 0 1 0 1 0
21 FW England ENG Michael Ricketts 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0
23 MF Argentina ARG Carlos Marinelli 9 1 3+4 0 0 0 2 1
25 GK Wales WAL Mark Crossley 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 FW England ENG Noel Whelan 17 2 2+13 1 0+1 0 1 1
27 MF England ENG John Eustace 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF England ENG Colin Cooper 23 0 14+6 0 0+1 0 2 0
29 DF England ENG Jason Gavin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF England ENG Stuart Parnaby 22 0 21 0 0 0 1 0
31 DF Australia AUS Luke Wilkshire 16 0 7+7 0 0 0 2 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 DF England ENG David Murphy 8 0 4+4 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK England ENG Sam Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK Australia AUS Brad Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Northern Ireland NIR Brian Close 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
38 DF England ENG Andrew Davies 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
39 MF England ENG Craig Dove 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
41 MF England ENG Jamie Cade 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
42 FW England ENG Phil Gulliver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Discipline[]

Disciplinary records for 2002–03 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.[2]

No. Nat. Player Yellow card.svg Yellow cards Red card.svg Red cards
1 Australia Mark Schwarzer 1 0
2 Scotland Robbie Stockdale 3 0
3 France Franck Queudrue 7 3
4 England Ugo Ehiogu 5 0
5 England Chris Riggott 1 0
6 England Gareth Southgate 3 0
7 Netherlands George Boateng 6 0
9 Italy Massimo Maccarone 2 0
10 Brazil Juninho Paulista 1 0
11 Croatia Alen Bokšić 2 0
12 England Jonathan Greening 5 0
14 Cameroon Geremi Njitap 2 0
15 Australia Tony Vidmar 1 0
16 Cameroon Joseph-Désiré Job 1 0
18 England Mark Wilson 3 1
21 England Michael Ricketts 1 0
23 Argentina Carlos Marinelli 2 0
26 England Noel Whelan 2 0
27 England John Eustace 1 0
30 England Stuart Parnaby 1 0
31 Australia Luke Wilkshire 2 1
37 Northern Ireland Brian Close 1 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Player Previous club Cost
4 June 2002 Italy Massimo Maccarone Italy Empoli £8,150,000[3]
25 July 2002 Cameroon Geremi Spain Real Madrid Season-long loan[4]
30 July 2002 Netherlands George Boateng Aston Villa £5,000,000
5 August 2002 Brazil Juninho Spain Atlético Madrid £6,000,000[5]
31 January 2003 England Malcolm Christie and Chris Riggott Derby County £5,000,000[6]
31 January 2003 England Michael Ricketts Bolton Wanderers £3,500,000[7]
31 January 2003 Brazil Doriva Spain Celta Vigo Loan[8]

Out[]

Date Player New club Cost
6 August 2002 England Paul Ince Wolverhampton Wanderers Free[9]
12 August 2002 Australia Paul Okon Leeds United Free[10]
22 August 2002 England Mark Summerbell Carlisle United Free[11]
29 August 2002 England Phil Stamp Scotland Hearts Free[12]
30 August 2002 England Robbie Mustoe Charlton Athletic Free[13]
15 January 2003 England Dean Windass Sheffield United Free[14]
21 March 2003 England Mark Hudson Chesterfield Free[15]
17 May 2003 England Anthony Ormerod Scarborough Free[16]
2 June 2003 Croatia Alen Bokšić Contract terminated -[17]

Results[]

Premier League[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHAAHA
ResultDDWLWLWWWLDLWLWLDDLWLLDLLDWDWWDWDLLLWL
Position1113101068733569676799108101312131415131312121111121313131011
Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A 		Attendance Boro Goalscorers Man of the Match
1 17 August 2002 A Southampton 0–0 28,341 Schwarzer
2 24 August 2002 H Fulham 2–2 28,588 Maccarone 32', 51'
3 31 August 2002 H Blackburn Rovers 1–0 28,270 Job 90' Southgate
4 3 September 2002 A Manchester United 0–1 67,464
5 10 September 2002 H Sunderland 3–0 32,155 Németh 17', 66' Maccarone 37'
6 14 September 2002 A Everton 1–2 32,240 Németh 11'
7 21 September 2002 H Birmingham City 1–0 29,869 Queudrue 29'
8 28 September 2002 A Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 36,082 Maccarone 33', Geremi 55', Job 58' Maccarone
9 5 October 2002 H Bolton Wanderers 2–0 31,005 Ehiogu 23', Geremi 68'
10 20 October 2002 A Charlton Athletic 0–1 26,271
11 26 October 2002 H Leeds United 2–2 34,723 Job 25', Southgate 83'
12 4 November 2002 A Newcastle United 0–2 51,558
13 9 November 2002 H Liverpool 1–0 34,747 Southgate 82' Greening
14 16 November 2002 A Chelsea 0–1 39,064
15 23 November 2002 H Manchester City 3–1 31,510 Ehiogu 53', Bokšić 62, Geremi 84'
16 30 November 2002 A West Bromwich Albion 0–1 27,029
17 7 December 2002 H West Ham United 2–2 28,283 Németh 58', Ehiogu 88'
18 14 December 2002 H Chelsea 1–1 29,160 Geremi 32'
19 21 December 2002 A Arsenal 0–2 38,003
20 26 December 2002 H Manchester United 3–1 34,673 Bokšić 44', Németh 48', Job 85'
21 28 December 2002 A Aston Villa 0–1 33,637
22 1 January 2003 A Blackburn Rovers 0–1 23,413
23 11 January 2003 H Southampton 2–2 27,443 Whelan 73', Maccarone 82'
24 19 January 2003 A Fulham 0–1 14,253
25 28 January 2003 H Aston Villa 2–5 27,546 Maccarone 33', Greening 35'
26 8 February 2003 A Liverpool 1–1 42,247 Geremi 38'
27 22 February 2003 A Sunderland 3–1 42,134 Riggott 21', 28', Christie 59'
28 1 March 2003 H Everton 1–1 32,473 Juninho 74'
29 5 March 2003 H Newcastle United 1–0 34,814 Geremi 62'
30 15 March 2003 A Leeds United 3–2 39,073 Maccarone 36', Juninho 45', Geremi 64'
31 22 March 2003 H Charlton Athletic 1–1 29,080 Christie 57'
32 5 April 2003 H West Bromwich Albion 3–0 30,187 Christie 36', Greening 76', Németh 87'
33 12 April 2003 A Manchester City 0–0 34,793
34 19 April 2003 H Arsenal 0–2 34,724
35 21 April 2003 A West Ham United 0–1 35,019
36 26 April 2003 A Birmingham City 0–3 28,821
37 3 May 2003 H Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 30,230 Christie 23', Juninho 26', Németh 28', Maccarone 51', 75'
38 11 May 2003 A Bolton Wanderers 1–2 27,241 Ricketts 61'

League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
2 1 October 2002 Brentford Away 4–1 7,558 Marinelli, Whelan, Wilson, Downing
3 6 November 2002 Ipswich Town Away 3–1 14,417 Queudrue

FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
3 4 January 2003 Chelsea Away 1–0 29,796

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Goalscoring statistics for 2002-03.[18]

Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Italy Massimo Maccarone 9 0 0 9
Slovakia Németh 7 0 0 7
Cameroon Geremi 7 0 0 7
Cameroon Job 4 0 0 4
England Ehiogu 3 0 0 3
England Christie 4 0 0 4
Brazil Juninho 3 0 0 3
Croatia Bokšić 2 0 0 2
England Greening 2 0 0 2
England Riggott 2 0 0 2
France Queudrue 1 0 1 2
England Whelan 1 0 1 2
England Ricketts 1 0 0 1
Argentina Marinelli 0 0 1 1
England Wilson 0 0 1 1
England Downing 0 0 1 1
England Southgate 2 0 0 2

Appearances and discipline[]

Appearance and disciplinary records for 2002-03 league and cup matches.

Name Appearances Yellow cards Red cards
Australia Schwarzer 39 1 0
Wales Crossley 2 0 0
England Parnaby 23 1 0
France Queudrue 33 7 3
England Ehiogu 32 5 0
England Riggott 5 1 0
England Southgate 37 3 0
Republic of Ireland Gavin 1 0 0
Republic of Ireland Close 1 1 0
Australia Vidmar 15 2 0
England Davies 2 0 0
England Stockdale 15 3 0
England Cooper 23 1 0
England Murphy 8 0 0
Netherlands Boateng 28 6 0
Brazil Juninho 10 1 0
England Downing 3 0 0
Cameroon Geremi 34 2 0
England Greening 39 6 0
Scotland Johnston 2 0 0
England Dove 2 0 0
England Eustace 1 1 0
England Wilson 9 3 1
Brazil Doriva 5 0 0
Argentina Marinelli 9 1 0
Australia Wilkshire 16 1 1
England Christie 12 0 0
Italy Maccarone 34 3 0
England Ricketts 9 1 0
England Whelan 17 3 0
England Windass 4 1 0
Slovakia Németh 30 0 0
Croatia Bokšić 19 2 0
Cameroon Job 29 1 0

References and notes[]

  1. ^ "1980-2006 Kits". kitclassics.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Middlesbrough Squad Statistics". soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com. ESPNsoccernet. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Maccarone joins Middlesbrough for £9 million". WorldSoccerNews.com. 4 June 2002. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Geremi granted Boro permit". 25 July 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Juninho heads back to Boro". 26 July 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Boro grab Derby pair". 13 February 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Ricketts seals Boro move". 13 February 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Players - Doriva". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2004.
  9. ^ "Players - Paul Ince". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  10. ^ "Players - Paul Okon". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2004.
  11. ^ "Players - Mark Summerbel". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2005.
  12. ^ "Players - Phil Stamp". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
  13. ^ "Players - Robbie Mustoe". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2004.
  14. ^ "Players - Dean Windass". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  15. ^ "Players - Mark Hudson". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004.
  16. ^ "Players - Anthony Ormerod". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  17. ^ "Players - Alen Boksic". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2005.
  18. ^ "BORO 2004-05 Premiership". boroscoreforecast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
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