2002–03 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2002–03 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Keane (13); All: Robbie Keane; Teddy Sheringham (13)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 11th season in the Premier League and 25th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

Season summary[]

The 2002–03 campaign, manager Glenn Hoddle's second full season in charge of the team, was considered a major disappointment as the club finished in 10th place in the league table and exited both domestic cup competitions in the early rounds. Striker Robbie Keane, signed from Leeds United for £7,000,000 before the start of the season, was the team's top scorer in the Premier League with 13 goals, while club legend Teddy Sheringham, his final season with the club, scored a credible 13 goals in all competitions.

Squad[]

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	SCO	Neil Sullivan
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr
3	DF	ARG	Mauricio Taricco
4	MF	GER	Steffen Freund
5	DF	SCG	Goran Bunjevčević
6	DF	ENG	Chris Perry
7	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham
11	FW	UKR	Serhiy Rebrov
12	DF	IRL	Gary Doherty
13	GK	USA	Kasey Keller
14	MF	URU	Gus Poyet
15	MF	ENG	Jamie Redknapp
16	FW	NOR	Steffen Iversen
17	MF	IRL	Mark Yeates
18	DF	WAL	Ben Thatcher
20	MF	BEL	Jonathan Blondel
21	MF	SVN	Milenko Ačimovič


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	IRL	Robbie Keane
23	MF	GER	Christian Ziege
24	GK	CAN	Lars Hirschfeld
25	FW	ENG	Jamie Slabber
26	DF	ENG	Ledley King
27	MF	ENG	Rohan Ricketts
28	MF	ENG	Matthew Etherington
29	MF	WAL	Simon Davies
30	DF	ENG	Anthony Gardner
31	DF	ENG	Alton Thelwell
32	MF	ENG	Johnnie Jackson
34	DF	IRL	Stephen Kelly
36	DF	ENG	Dean Richards
37	DF	ENG	Ronnie Henry
40	MF	ENG	Dean Marney
41	GK	ENG	Rob Burch
44	MF	JPN	Kazuyuki Toda (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

Transfers[]

In[]

Jamie Redknapp – Liverpool, 16 April, free^[2]
Milenko Ačimovič – Red Star Belgrade, 11 May, free
Rohan Ricketts – Arsenal, 13 July, free^[3]
Robbie Keane – Leeds United, 31 August, £7,000,000^[4]
Kazuyuki Toda – Shimizu S-Pulse, 27 January, loan^[5]
Jonathan Blondel – Mouscron, 11 July, £2,500,000^[6]

Out[]

Chris Armstrong – Bolton Wanderers, 28 August, free^[7]
Oyvind Leonhardsen – Aston Villa, 30 August, free^[8]
John Piercy – Brighton & Hove Albion, 20 September, free^[9]
Stephen Clemence – Birmingham City, 10 January, £900,000^[10]
Les Ferdinand – West Ham United, 21 January, undisclosed^[11]
Tim Sherwood – Portsmouth, 11 February, free^[12]
Yannick Kamanan – Strasbourg

Transfers in:

£9,500,000

Transfers out:

£900,000

Total spending:

£8,600,000

Trialists[]

Qu Bo – unsuccessful^[13]

Competitions Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
Premier League	38	14	8	16	51	62	036.84
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	4	000.00
League Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Total	41	15	8	18	53	68	036.59

Results[]

Premier League[]

17 August 2002 (2002-08-17) 1	Everton	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
15.00	Pembridge 37' Radzinski 81'	Report	Etherington 63' Ferdinand 74'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,120 Referee: Neale Barry

24 August 2002 (2002-08-24) 2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Aston Villa	London
15.00	Redknapp 26'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,384 Referee:

27 August 2002 (2002-08-27) 3	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
19.30		Report	Davies 8'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,461 Referee: Alan Wiley

31 August 2002 (2002-08-31) 4	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Southampton	London
	Ferdinand 10' Sheringham 90 pen'	Report	Taricco 28' (o.g.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,573 Referee: Mike Dean

11 September 2002 (2002-09-11) 5	Fulham	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Inamoto 68' Malbranque 84' (pen.) Legwinski 90'	Report	Richards 36' Sheringham 44'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,757 Referee: Mark Halsey

15 September 2002 (2002-09-15) 6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	West Ham United	London
	Davies 62' Sheringham 71' Gardner 89'	Report	Kanouté 66' Sinclair 77'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,005 Referee: Uriah Rennie

21 September 2002 (2002-09-21) 7	Manchester United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
	Van Nistlerooy 63 pen'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,611 Referee: Rob Styles

28 September 2002 (2002-09-28) 8	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Middlesbrough	London
		Report	Maccarone 33' Geremi 55' Job 58'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,082 Referee: Graham Poll

6 October 2002 (2002-10-06) 9	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn
	Østenstad 59'	Report	Keane 6' Redknapp 89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,203 Referee: Andy D'Urso

20 October 2002 (2002-10-20) 10	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
	Keane 58', 73' Davies 90'	Report	Djorkaeff 64'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,909 Referee: Paul Durkin

26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) 11	Liverpool	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
	Murphy 72' Owen 86 pen'	Report	Richards 82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,084 Referee: Mike Riley

3 November 2002 (2002-11-03) 12	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Chelsea	London
		Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,049 Referee: Rob Styles

10 November 2002 (2002-11-10) 13	Sunderland	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Sunderland
16.00	Phillips 60' Flo 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,024 Referee: Uriah Rennie

16 November 2002 (2002-11-16) 14	Arsenal	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Henry 13' Ljungberg 55' Wiltord 71'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,152 Referee: Mike Riley

24 November 2002 (2002-11-24) 15	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Leeds United	London
	Sheringham 12' Keane 41'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,718 Referee: Steve Bennett

30 November 2002 (2002-11-30) 16	Birmingham City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
	Kenna 68'	Report	Sheringham 55'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,505 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

8 December 2002 (2002-12-08) 17	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	London
	Ziege 3' Keane 30' Poyet 80'	Report	Dobie 73'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,958 Referee: Alan Wiley

15 December 2002 (2002-12-15) 18	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Arsenal	London
	Ziege 11'	Report	Pires 45 pen'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,076 Referee: Neale Barry

23 December 2002 (2002-12-23) 19	Manchester City	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
	Howey 29' Benarbia 90'	Report	Perry 38' Davies 48' Poyet 83'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,563 Referee: Jeff Winter

26 December 2002 (2002-12-26) 20	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Charlton Athletic	London
	Keane 68' Iversen 87'	Report	Euell 14', 49'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,043 Referee: Andy D'Urso

29 December 2002 (2002-12-29) 21	Newcastle United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle
	Speed 17' Shearer 58'	Report	Dabizas 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,145 Referee: Steve Bennett

1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) 22	Southampton	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	Beattie 82'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,890 Referee: Mark Halsey

12 January 2003 (2003-01-12) 23	Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	Everton	London
	Poyet 14' Keane 50', 68', 83'	Report	McBride 10' Watson 58' Radzinski 74'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,070 Referee: Steve Dunn

18 January 2003 (2003-01-18) 24	Aston Villa	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
		Report	Sheringham 69'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,576 Referee: Neale Barry

29 January 2003 (2003-01-29) 25	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Newcastle United	London
		Report	Jenas 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,084 Referee: David Elleray

1 February 2003 (2003-02-01) 26	Chelsea	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Zola 40'	Report	Sheringham 18'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,384 Referee: Paul Durkin

11 February 2003 (2003-02-11) 27	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Sunderland	London
	Poyet 14' Doherty 45' Davies 67' Sheringham 84'	Report	Phillips 26'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,075 Referee: Rob Styles

24 February 2003 (2003-02-24) 28	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Fulham	London
	Sheringham 40 pen'	Report	King 15' (o.g.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,704 Referee: Graham Barber

1 March 2003 (2003-03-01) 29	West Ham United	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	L.Ferdinand 31' Carrick 47'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 35,049 Referee: Neale Barry

16 March 2003 (2003-03-16) 30	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Liverpool	London
	Taricco 49' Sheringham 87'	Report	Owen 51' Heskey 72' Gerrard 82'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,077 Referee: Uriah Rennie

24 March 2003 (2003-03-24) 31	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bolton
	Okocha 90 pen'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,084 Referee: Graham Poll

5 April 2003 (2003-04-05) 32	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Birmingham City	London
	Keane 7' Poyet 88'	Report	Devlin 77 pen'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,058 Referee: David Elleray

12 April 2003 (2003-04-12) 33	Leeds United	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds
	Viduka 31', 76 pen'	Report	Sheringham 37' Keane 39'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,560 Referee: Rob Styles

18 April 2003 (2003-04-18) 34	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Manchester City	London
		Report	Sommeil 2' Barton 20'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,075 Referee: Mike Riley

21 April 2003 (2003-04-21) 35	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	West Bromwich
	Dichio 24' Clement 61'	Report	Keane 45', 85' Sheringham 63'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,899 Referee: Phil Dowd

27 April 2003 (2003-04-27) 36	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Manchester United	London
		Report	Scholes 68' van Nistelrooy 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,073 Referee: Jeff Winter

3 May 2003 (2003-05-03) 37	Middlesbrough	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough
	Christie 23' Juninho 26' Németh 26' Maccarone 51', 75'	Report	Redknapp 23'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,230 Referee: Uriah Rennie

11 May 2003 (2003-05-11) 38	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Blackburn Rovers	London
		Report	Yorke 5' Hignett 54' Duff 48' Cole 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,036 Referee: Andy D'Urso

League Cup[]

1 October 2002 (2002-10-01) 2nd Round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Cardiff City	London
	Sheringham 30'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 23,723 Referee: Scott Mathieson

6 November 2002 (2002-11-06) 3rd Round	Burnley	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
	Blake 57' Davis 61'	Report	Poyet 17'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 13,512 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

FA Cup[]

4 January 2003 (2003-01-04) 3rd round	Southampton	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	M.Svensson 13' Tessem 50' A.Svensson 56' Beattie 80'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 25,589 Referee: Mike Dean

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	−3	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
9	Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	−7	51	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.
^ 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.

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	Kasey Keller	38	0	1	0	2	0	41	0
Defenders
2	DF	Stephen Carr	30	0	1	0	1	0	32	0
3	DF	Mauricio Taricco	21	1	1	0	1	0	23	1
5	DF	Goran Bunjevčević	31+4	0	0	0	2	0	33+4	0
6	DF	Chris Perry	15+3	1	1	0	1	0	17+3	1
12	DF	Gary Doherty	7+8	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	7+11	1
18	DF	Ben Thatcher	8+4	0	1	0	1	0	10+4	0
26	DF	Ledley King	25	0	1	0	0	0	26	0
30	DF	Anthony Gardner	11+1	1	0	0	1	0	12+1	1
36	DF	Dean Richards	26	2	0	0	1	0	27	2
Midfielders
4	MF	Steffen Freund	13+4	0	1	0	1	0	15+4	0
7	MF	Darren Anderton	18+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	18+4	0
14	MF	Gus Poyet	22+6	5	1	0	1	1	24+6	6
15	MF	Jamie Redknapp	14+3	3	0	0	0	0	14+3	3
20	MF	Jonathan Blondel	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	Milenko Ačimovič	4+13	0	0	0	1	0	5+13	0
23	MF	Christian Ziege	10+2	2	0	0	0	0	10+2	2
28	MF	Matthew Etherington	15+8	1	0	0	2	0	17+8	1
29	MF	Simon Davies	33+3	5	1	0	2	0	36+3	5
44	MF	Kazuyuki Toda	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
Forwards
10	FW	Teddy Sheringham	34+2	12	1	0	1	1	36+2	13
16	FW	Steffen Iversen	8+11	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	9+13	1
22	FW	Robbie Keane	29	13	1	0	1+1	0	31+1	13
25	FW	Jamie Slabber	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	MF	Les Ferdinand	4+7	2	0	0	1+1	0	5+8	2
25	MF	Stephen Clemence	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Goal scorers[]

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Teddy Sheringham	12	1	13
1	FW	22	Robbie Keane	13	0	13
3	MF	14	Gus Poyet	5	1	6
4	MF	29	Simon Davies	5	0	5
5	MF	15	Jamie Redknapp	3	0	3
6	FW	9	Les Ferdinand	2	0	2
	MF	23	Christian Ziege	2	0	2
	DF	36	Dean Richards	2	0	2
9	DF	3	Mauricio Taricco	1	0	1
	DF	6	Chris Perry	1	0	1
	DF	12	Gary Doherty	1	0	1
	FW	16	Steffen Iversen	1	0	1
	MF	28	Matthew Etherington	1	0	1
	DF	30	Anthony Gardner	1	0	1
TOTALS				50	2	52

Clean sheets[]

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	13	Kasey Keller	5	0	1	6
TOTALS			5	0	1	6

References[]

^ "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 2002/03".
^ "Redknapp signs for Spurs". 16 April 2002.
^ "Spurs sign Arsenal midfielder". 13 July 2002.
^ "Robbie Keane joins Spurs". 31 August 2002.
^ "Spurs land Toda". 27 January 2003.
^ "Spurs land Blondel". 11 July 2002.
^ "Bolton seal Armstrong deal". 28 August 2002.
^ "Villa sign Leonhardsen". 30 August 2002.
^ "Seagulls land Piercy". 20 September 2002.
^ "Blues seal double deal". 10 January 2003.
^ "Ferdinand joins West Ham". 21 January 2003.
^ "Sherwood joins Pompey". 11 February 2003.
^ "QU Bo".

[table_note_res_SOU0.085789450018569-14] Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

[table_note_res_UCQ0.085789450018569-15] 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.

[1] "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 2002/03".

[2] "Redknapp signs for Spurs". 16 April 2002.

[3] "Spurs sign Arsenal midfielder". 13 July 2002.

[4] "Robbie Keane joins Spurs". 31 August 2002.

[5] "Spurs land Toda". 27 January 2003.

[6] "Spurs land Blondel". 11 July 2002.

[7] "Bolton seal Armstrong deal". 28 August 2002.

[8] "Villa sign Leonhardsen". 30 August 2002.

[9] "Seagulls land Piercy". 20 September 2002.

[10] "Blues seal double deal". 10 January 2003.

[11] "Ferdinand joins West Ham". 21 January 2003.

[12] "Sherwood joins Pompey". 11 February 2003.

[13] "QU Bo".

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