2002–03 Sheffield United F.C. season

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Sheffield United
2002–03 season
ChairmanDerek Dooley
ManagerNeil Warnock
StadiumBramall Lane
First Division3rd (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offsRunners-up
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Brown (16)
All: Brown (22)[1]
Average home league attendance18,113

During the 2002–03 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

The season turned out to be one of the most successful in Sheffield United's history. United reached the semi-finals of both the FA and League Cups before being eliminated by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively; both sides went on to win the respective cups. United also managed to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. United reached the play-off final after beating Nottingham Forest over two legs in the semi-final, but were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Final league table[]

Main article: 2002–03 Football League First Division
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[]

Sheffield United's score comes first[2]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

First Division play-offs[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st leg 10 May 2003 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 29,064 Brown (pen)
SF 2nd leg 15 May 2003 Nottingham Forest H 4–3 (won 5–4 on agg) 30,212 Brown, Kabba, Peschisolido, Walker (own goal)
F 26 May 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers N 0–3 69,473

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 2003 Cheltenham Town H 4–0 9,166 Murphy, McGovern, Kabba (2)
R4 25 January 2003 Ipswich Town H 4–3 12,757 Brown (2), Jagielka, Peschisolido
R5 15 February 2003 Walsall H 2–0 17,510 Mooney, Ndlovu
QF 9 March 2003 Leeds United H 1–0 24,633 Kabba
SF 13 April 2003 Arsenal N 0–1 59,170

League Cup[]

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 10 September 2002 York City H 1–0 4,675 McGovern
R2 1 October 2002 Wycombe Wanderers H 4–1 4,389 Boulding, Brown (2), Montgomery
R3 6 November 2002 Leeds United H 2–1 26,663 Jagielka, Ndlovu
R4 3 December 2002 Sunderland H 2–0 27,068 Murphy, Allison
R5 17 December 2002 Crystal Palace H 3–1 22,211 Asaba, Peschisolido (2)
SF 1st leg 8 January 2003 Liverpool H 2–1 30,095 Tonge (2)
SF 2nd leg 21 January 2003 Liverpool A 0–2 (lost 2–3 on agg) 43,837

Players[]

First-team 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
1 GK England ENG Simon Tracey
2 DF England ENG Rob Kozluk
3 DF England ENG Rob Ullathorne
4 DF England ENG Steve Yates
5 DF Australia AUS Shaun Murphy
6 DF Wales WAL Rob Page (captain)
7 MF England ENG Michael Brown
8 MF Scotland SCO Stuart McCall[notes 1] (assistant manager)
9 FW England ENG Carl Asaba
10 FW Canada CAN Paul Peschisolido
11 FW Netherlands NED Laurens ten Heuvel
12 MF Scotland SCO Nick Montgomery[notes 2]
14 FW England ENG Wayne Allison
15 DF England ENG Ben Doane
16 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Peter Ndlovu
17 MF England ENG Phil Jagielka
18 MF England ENG Michael Tonge
19 DF France FRA Benoît Croissant
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF France FRA Jean-Philippe Javary
21 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Colin Cryan
22 DF Scotland SCO Grant Smith
23 GK England ENG Paddy Kenny[notes 3]
24 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Kelly[notes 4]
25 FW England ENG Rob Nugent
26 FW England ENG Mark Rankine (on loan from Preston North End)
27 FW England ENG Lewis Killeen
28 FW Northern Ireland NIR Owen Morrison
29 MF England ENG Adam Baum
30 FW England ENG Tyrone Thompson
31 FW England ENG Ryan Mallon
32 FW England ENG Dean Windass
34 FW England ENG Steve Kabba
36 DF England ENG John Curtis (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
37 DF England ENG Danny Wood
38 MF Netherlands NED Marcel Cas
39 FW Scotland SCO Iffy Onuora

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. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Netherlands NED Wilko de Vogt (to RBC Roosendaal)
14 DF England ENG Shane Nicholson (to Tranmere Rovers)
24 FW England ENG Tommy Mooney (on loan from Birmingham City)
24 MF Scotland SCO Jon-Paul McGovern (on loan from Celtic)
26 DF England ENG Jon Harley (on loan from Fulham)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF England ENG Wayne Quinn (on loan from Newcastle United)
28 MF England ENG Lee Featherstone (to Scunthorpe United)
35 MF England ENG Michael Boulding (on loan from Aston Villa)
36 DF England ENG Richard Edghill (released)

References[]

  1. ^ "All Sheffield United players: 2003". www.11v11.com.
  2. ^ "Sheffield United results for the 2002-2003 season". statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

Notes[]

  1. ^ McCall was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1990.
  2. ^ Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Kenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004.
  4. ^ Kelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-21, U-23, and B level.
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