2002–03 Wrexham F.C. season

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2002–03 Wrexham F.C. season
ManagerEngland Denis Smith
StadiumRacecourse Ground
Third Division3rd (promoted)
FA CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophyNorthern quarter-finals
Top goalscorerAndy Morrell (34)
Highest home attendance9,960 v Cambridge United[1]
Lowest home attendance2,968
Average home league attendance4,263[2]
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During the 2002–03 English football season, Wrexham competed in the Football League Third Division.

Season summary[]

Wrexham finished third in the Third Division and thus gained automatic promotion to the Second Division.

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[3]

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 Wales WAL Andy Dibble
2 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jim Whitley[4]
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Shaun Holmes
4 DF Wales WAL Stephen Roberts
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Carey
6 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Dennis Lawrence
7 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Carlos Edwards
8 FW Wales WAL Lee Jones
9 FW England ENG Lee Trundle
10 MF Scotland SCO Darren Ferguson
11 FW England ENG Andy Morrell
12 MF England ENG Paul Barrett
13 GK England ENG Kristian Rogers
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF England ENG Paul Edwards
15 DF Singapore SIN Daniel Bennett
16 MF Wales WAL Wayne Phillips
17 FW England ENG Kevin Russell
18 DF Wales WAL Shaun Pejic[5]
19 FW England ENG Steve Thomas
21 GK Wales WAL Paul Whitfield
23 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Hector Sam
24 DF Wales WAL Craig Morgan
25 MF England ENG Mark Jones
26 DF Wales WAL Simon Spender
29 DF England ENG Scott Green

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
20 MF England ENG Mark Evans (to Colwyn Bay)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Wales WAL Luke Campbell (to Colwyn Bay)

League table[]

Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1. Rushden & Diamonds 46 24 15 7 73 47  +26 87
2. Hartlepool United 46 24 13 9 71 51  +20 85
3. Wrexham 46 23 15 8 84 50  +34 84
4. Bournemouth 46 20 14 12 60 48  +12 74
5. Scunthorpe United 46 19 15 12 68 49  +19 72
6. Lincoln City 46 18 16 12 46 37  +9 70
7. Bury 46 18 16 12 57 56  +1 70
8. Oxford United 46 19 12 15 57 47  +10 69
9. Torquay United 46 16 18 12 71 71  0 66
10. York City 46 17 15 14 52 53  -1 66
11. Kidderminster Harriers 46 16 15 15 62 63  -1 63
12. Cambridge United 46 16 13 17 67 70  -3 61
13. Hull City 46 14 17 15 58 53  +5 59
14. Darlington 46 12 18 16 58 59  -1 54
15. Boston United 46 15 13 18 55 56  -1 54‡
16. Macclesfield Town 46 14 12 20 57 63  -6 54
17. Southend United 46 17 3 26 47 59  -12 54
18. Leyton Orient 46 14 11 21 51 61  -10 53
19. Rochdale 46 12 16 18 63 70  -7 52
20. Bristol Rovers 46 12 15 19 50 57  -7 51
21. Swansea City 46 12 13 21 48 65  -17 49
22. Carlisle United 46 13 10 23 52 78  -26 49
23. Exeter City 46 11 15 20 50 64  -14 48
24. Shrewsbury Town 46 9 14 23 62 92  -30 41

‡ - Boston United deducted four points due to financial irregularities

Leading goalscorer: Andy Morrell (Wrexham), 34

References[]

  1. ^ "Wrexham v Cambridge United, 26 April 2003".
  2. ^ "Football League Attendances 2002 - 2003".
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Wrexham - 2002/03".
  4. ^ Whitley was born in Ndola, Zambia.
  5. ^ Pejic was born in Hereford, England.
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