2002–03 FA Cup

2002–03 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (9th title)
Runner-up	Southampton
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Nigel Jemson; (5 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 FA Cup was the 122nd staging of the world's oldest cup competition, the FA Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal with a 1–0 victory in the final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff against Southampton, courtesy of a Robert Pirès goal.

Calendar

Round	Date (weekend of)
Extra Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round
First Round Qualifying
Second Round Qualifying
Third Round Qualifying	Saturday 12 October 2002
Fourth Round Qualifying	Saturday 26 October 2002
First Round Proper	Saturday 16 November 2002
Second Round	Saturday 7 December 2002
Third Round	Saturday 4 January 2003
Fourth Round	Saturday 25 January 2003
Fifth Round	Saturday 15 February 2003
Sixth Round	Saturday 8 March 2003
Semi-finals	Sunday 13 April 2003
Final	Saturday 17 May 2003

Early rounds

First Round Proper

At this stage the 48 Second and Third Division clubs joined the 32 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds.

The matches were scheduled to be played on the weekend of Saturday, 16 November 2002, with replays in the week commencing 25 November.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date	Attendance	Summary
1	Chesterfield	1 – 2	Morecambe	16 November 2002	3,703	[1]
2	Bournemouth	2 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	16 November 2002	5,371	[2]
3	Barrow	2 – 0	Moor Green	16 November 2002	2,650	[3]
4	Bury	0 – 3	Plymouth Argyle	16 November 2002	2,987	[4]
5	Rochdale	3 – 2	Peterborough United	16 November 2002	2,566	[5]
6	Yeovil Town	0 – 2	Cheltenham Town	16 November 2002	6,455	[6]
7	Vauxhall Motors	0 – 0	Queen's Park Rangers	16 November 2002	3,507	[7]
Replay	Queen's Park Rangers	1 – 1	Vauxhall Motors	26 November 2002	5,336	[8]
Vauxhall Motors won 4 – 3 on penalties
8	Northwich Victoria	0 – 3	Scunthorpe United	16 November 2002	1,724	[9]
9	Luton Town	4 – 0	Guiseley	16 November 2002	5,248	[10]
10	Swindon Town	1 – 0	Huddersfield Town	16 November 2002	4,210	[11]
11	Scarborough	0 – 0	Cambridge United	16 November 2002	2,084	[12]
Replay	Cambridge United	2 – 1	Scarborough	26 November 2002	3,373	[13]
12	Shrewsbury Town	4 – 0	Stafford Rangers	16 November 2002	5,114	[14]
13	Wrexham	0 – 2	Darlington	16 November 2002	3,442	[15]
14	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 2	Cardiff City	16 November 2002	5,592	[16]
Replay	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	26 November 2002	6,853	[17]
15	Stockport County	4 – 1	St Albans City	16 November 2002	3,303	[18]
16	Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 4	Brentford	16 November 2002	5,673	[19]
17	Kidderminster Harriers	2 – 2	Rushden & Diamonds	16 November 2002	3,079	[20]
Replay	Rushden & Diamonds	2 – 1	Kidderminster Harriers	26 November 2002	3,391	[21]
18	Barnsley	1 – 4	Blackpool	16 November 2002	6,857	[22]
19	Bristol Rovers	0 – 0	Runcorn Halton	16 November 2002	4,135	[23]
Replay	Runcorn Halton	1 – 3	Bristol Rovers	26 November 2002	2,444	[24]
20	Northampton Town	3 – 2	Boston United	16 November 2002	4,373	[25]
21	Hull City	0 – 3	Macclesfield Town	16 November 2002	7,803	[26]
22	Carlisle United	2 – 1	Lincoln City	16 November 2002	4,388	[27]
23	Oldham Athletic	2 – 2	Burton Albion	16 November 2002	5,802	[28]
Replay	Burton Albion	2 – 2	Oldham Athletic	27 November 2002	3,416	[29]
Oldham Athletic won 5 – 4 on penalties
24	Southend United	1 – 1	Hartlepool United	16 November 2002	4,984	[30]
Replay	Hartlepool United	1 – 2	Southend United	26 November 2002	4,080	[31]
25	Port Vale	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	16 November 2002	5,507	[32]
26	Southport	4 – 2	Notts County	16 November 2002	3,519	[33]
27	Torquay United	5 – 0	Boreham Wood	16 November 2002	2,739	[34]
28	York City	2 – 1	Swansea City	26 November 2002^[1]	2,948	[35]
29	Hereford United	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	16 November 2002	4,005	[36]
30	Tiverton Town	1 – 1	Crawley Town	16 November 2002	1,840	[37]
Replay	Crawley Town	3 – 2	Tiverton Town	26 November 2002	3,907	[38]
31	Colchester United	0 – 1	Chester City	16 November 2002	2,901	[39]
32	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Margate	16 November 2002	3,605	[40]
Replay	Margate	1 – 0	Leyton Orient	26 November 2002	2,048	[41]
33	Slough Town	1 – 2	Harrogate Railway Athletic	16 November 2002	1,687	[42]
34	Farnborough Town	5 – 1	Harrogate Town	16 November 2002	1,090	[43]
35	Forest Green Rovers	0 – 0	Exeter City	17 November 2002	2,147	[44]
Replay	Exeter City	2 – 1	Forest Green Rovers	26 November 2002	2,951	[45]
36	Heybridge Swifts	0 – 7	Bristol City	16 November 2002	2,046	[46]
37	Stevenage Borough	1 – 0	Hastings United	16 November 2002	1,821	[47]
38	Dover Athletic	0 – 1	Oxford United	16 November 2002	4,186	[48]
39	Dagenham & Redbridge	3 – 2	Havant & Waterlooville	16 November 2002	1,546	[49]
40	Team Bath	2 – 4	Mansfield Town	16 November 2002	5,469	[50]

Second Round Proper

The matches were scheduled to be played on the weekend of Saturday, 7 December 2002, with replays in the week commencing 16 December.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date	Attendance	Summary
1	Blackpool	3 – 1	Torquay United	7 December 2002	5,014	[51]
2	Darlington	4 – 1	Stevenage Borough	7 December 2002	3,351	[52]
3	Macclesfield Town	2 – 0	Vauxhall Motors	7 December 2002	2,972	[53]
4	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 0	Mansfield Town	7 December 2002	4,563	[54]
5	Shrewsbury Town	3 – 1	Barrow	7 December 2002	4,210	[55]
6	Stockport County	0 – 3	Plymouth Argyle	7 December 2002	3,571	[56]
7	Bristol Rovers	1 – 1	Rochdale	7 December 2002	4,369	[57]
Replay	Rochdale	3 – 2	Bristol Rovers	17 December 2002	2,206	[58]
8	Oldham Athletic	1 – 2	Cheltenham Town	7 December 2002	4,416	[59]
9	Southend United	1 – 1	Bournemouth	7 December 2002	5,721	[60]
Replay	Bournemouth	3 – 2	Southend United	17 December 2002	5,456	[61]
10	Exeter City	3 – 1	Rushden & Diamonds	7 December 2002	2,277	[62]
11	Scunthorpe United	0 – 0	Carlisle United	7 December 2002	3,590	[63]
Replay	Carlisle United	0 – 1	Scunthorpe United	23 December 2002^[2]	6,809	[64]
12	Margate	0 – 3	Cardiff City	7 December 2002	1,362	[65]
13	Southport	0 – 3	Farnborough Town	7 December 2002	2,534	[66]
14	Morecambe	3 – 2	Chester City	7 December 2002	4,293	[67]
15	York City	1 – 2	Brentford	7 December 2002	3,517	[68]
16	Wigan Athletic	3 – 0	Luton Town	7 December 2002	4,544	[69]
17	Cambridge United	2 – 2	Northampton Town	7 December 2002	5,076	[70]
Replay	Northampton Town	0 – 1	Cambridge United	17 December 2002	4,591	[71]
18	Harrogate Railway Athletic	1 – 3	Bristol City	8 December 2002	3,500	[72]
19	Crawley Town	1 – 2	Dagenham & Redbridge	7 December 2002	4,516	[73]
20	Oxford United	1 – 0	Swindon Town	8 December 2002	11,645	[74]

Third Round Proper

This round was the first in which Division 1 and Premier League (top-flight) teams entered the competition. The matches were scheduled to be played on the weekend of Saturday, 4 January 2003, with replays in the week commencing 13 January.

Shrewsbury, who ended the season with relegation from the Football League, achieved the biggest upset of the round (if not the whole competition), with a surprise 2-1 win over an Everton side who were pushing for a place in Europe and featuring a 17-year-old striker called Wayne Rooney - one of the most promising young players in the game.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date	Attendance	Summary
1	Blackpool	1 – 2	Crystal Palace	4 January 2003	9,062	[75]
2	Darlington	2 – 3	Farnborough Town	4 January 2003	4,260	[76]
3	Bournemouth	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	4 January 2003	7,252	[77]
Replay	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Bournemouth	14 January 2003	4,540	[78]
Bournemouth won 3 – 1 on penalties
4	Preston North End	1 – 2	Rochdale	4 January 2003	8,762	[79]
5	Southampton	4 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	4 January 2003	25,589	[80]
6	Walsall	0 – 0	Reading	4 January 2003	5,987	[81]
Replay	Reading	1 – 1	Walsall	14 January 2003	8,767	[82]
Walsall won 4 – 1 on penalties
7	Gillingham	4 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	7 January 2003	6,434	[83]
8	Leicester City	2 – 0	Bristol City	4 January 2003	25,868	[84]
9	Aston Villa	1 – 4	Blackburn Rovers	4 January 2003	23,884	[85]
10	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Sunderland	4 January 2003	10,123	[86]
Replay	Sunderland	2 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	14 January 2003	14,550	[87]
11	Grimsby Town	2 – 2	Burnley	4 January 2003	5,350	[88]
Replay	Burnley	4 – 0	Grimsby Town	14 January 2003	5,436	[89]
12	Macclesfield Town	0 – 2	Watford	4 January 2003	4,244	[90]
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 – 2	Newcastle United	5 January 2003	27,316	[91]
14	West Bromwich Albion	3 – 1	Bradford City	4 January 2003	19,909	[92]
15	Shrewsbury Town	2 – 1	Everton	4 January 2003	7,800	[93]
16	Sheffield United	4 – 0	Cheltenham Town	4 January 2003	9,166	[94]
17	Ipswich Town	4 – 0	Morecambe	4 January 2003	18,529	[95]
18	Manchester City	0 – 1	Liverpool	5 January 2003	28,586	[96]
19	Fulham	3 – 1	Birmingham City	5 January 2003	9,203	[97]
20	Brentford	1 – 0	Derby County	4 January 2003	8,709	[98]
21	West Ham United	3 – 2	Nottingham Forest	4 January 2003	29,612	[99]
22	Manchester United	4 – 1	Portsmouth	4 January 2003	67,222	[100]
23	Norwich City	3 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 January 2003^[3]	17,205	[101]
24	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 2	Dagenham & Redbridge	4 January 2003	11,885	[102]
Replay	Dagenham & Redbridge	2 – 0	Plymouth Argyle	14 January 2003	4,530	[103]
25	Chelsea	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	4 January 2003	29,796	[104]
26	Scunthorpe United	0 – 2	Leeds United	4 January 2003	8,329	[105]
27	Cardiff City	2 – 2	Coventry City	4 January 2003	16,013	[106]
Replay	Coventry City	3 – 0	Cardiff City	15 January 2003	11,997	[107]
28	Charlton Athletic	3 – 1	Exeter City	4 January 2003	18,107	[108]
29	Arsenal	2 – 0	Oxford United	4 January 2003	35,432	[109]
30	Stoke City	3 – 0	Wigan Athletic	4 January 2003	9,618	[110]
31	Rotherham United	0 – 3	Wimbledon	4 January 2003	4,527	[111]
32	Cambridge United	1 – 1	Millwall	4 January 2003	6,864	[112]
Replay	Millwall	3 – 2	Cambridge United	14 January 2003	7,031	[113]

Fourth Round Proper

Matches played weekend of 25 January 2003
Four replays played week commencing 3 February 2003

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date	Attendance
1	Rochdale	2 – 0	Coventry City	25 January 2003	9,156
2	Southampton	1 – 1	Millwall	25 January 2003	23,809
Replay	Millwall	1 – 2	Southampton	5 February 2003	10,197
3	Watford	1 – 0	West Bromwich Albion	25 January 2003	16,975
4	Walsall	2 – 0	Wimbledon	25 January 2003	6,693
5	Gillingham	1 – 1	Leeds United	25 January 2003	11,093
Replay	Leeds United	2 – 1	Gillingham	4 February 2003	29,359
6	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 3	Sunderland	25 January 2003	14,315
Replay	Sunderland	2 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	5 February 2003	15,745
Sunderland won 3 – 0 on penalties
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 – 1	Leicester City	25 January 2003	28,164
8	Shrewsbury Town	0 – 4	Chelsea	26 January 2003	7,950
9	Sheffield United	4 – 3	Ipswich Town	25 January 2003	12,757
10	Fulham	3 – 0	Charlton Athletic	26 January 2003	12,203
11	Brentford	0 – 3	Burnley	25 January 2003	9,563
12	Manchester United	6 – 0	West Ham United	26 January 2003	67,181
13	Norwich City	1 – 0	Dagenham & Redbridge	25 January 2003	21,164
14	Crystal Palace	0 – 0	Liverpool	26 January 2003	26,054
Replay	Liverpool	0 – 2	Crystal Palace	5 February 2003	35,109
15	Farnborough Town	1 – 5	Arsenal	25 January 2003	35,108^[4]
16	Stoke City	3 – 0	Bournemouth	26 January 2003	12,004

Fifth Round Proper

Matches played weekend of 15 February 2003
One replay played 26 February 2003

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date	Attendance	Summary
1	Southampton	2 – 0	Norwich City	15 February 2003	31,103	[114]
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 – 1	Rochdale	16 February 2003	23,921	[115]
3	Sunderland	0 – 1	Watford	15 February 2003	26,916	[116]
4	Sheffield United	2 – 0	Walsall	15 February 2003	17,510	[117]
5	Fulham	1 – 1	Burnley	16 February 2003	13,062	[118]
Replay	Burnley	3 – 0	Fulham	26 February 2003	11,635	[119]
6	Manchester United	0 – 2	Arsenal	15 February 2003	67,209	[120]
7	Crystal Palace	1 – 2	Leeds United	16 February 2003	24,512	[121]
8	Stoke City	0 – 2	Chelsea	16 February 2003	26,615	[122]

Final rounds

Holders Arsenal moved closer to retaining the trophy by beating Chelsea 3-1 in a replay that followed a 2-2 draw. They were paired in the semi-finals with Sheffield United, while the other semi-final would be contested between Southampton and Watford.

Sixth Round Proper

8 March 2003

17:15

Arsenal	2 – 2	Chelsea
Jeffers 36' Henry 45'	(Summary)	Terry 3' Lampard 83'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 38,104

Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

9 March 2003

11:30

Sheffield United	1 – 0	Leeds United
Kabba 78'	(Summary)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 24,633

Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

9 March 2003

13:30

Watford	2 – 0	Burnley
Smith 74' Glass 80'	(Summary)

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 20,336

Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

9 March 2003

16:00

Southampton	2 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Marsden 56' Butler 81' (o.g.)	(Summary)

St Mary's, Southampton

Attendance: 31,715

Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)

Replay

25 March 2003

19:45

Chelsea	1 – 3	Arsenal
Terry 79'	(Summary)	Terry 25' (o.g.) Wiltord 34' Lauren 82'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 41,456

Referee: David Elleray (Middlesex)

Semi-finals

For the 11th season running, the FA Cup final would be contested by top division clubs - Arsenal and Southampton. However, their opponents (Sheffield United and Watford respectively) were both Division One sides.

13 April 2003

13:30

Arsenal	1 – 0	Sheffield United
Ljungberg 34'	(Summary)

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 59,170

Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)

13 April 2003

16:30

Watford	1 – 2	Southampton
Gayle 88'	(Summary)	Ormerod 43' Robinson 80' (o.g.)

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 42,602

Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)

Final

The final took place on Saturday, 17 May 2003 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and ended 1–0 with a goal by Robert Pirès separating the sides.

It was the third consecutive year the final was played at the Millennium Stadium, due to the ongoing reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the final's usual venue. There were 73,726 spectators at the game. Arsenal retained the trophy, winning it for the ninth time in their history - a record second only to that of Manchester United.

It was also Southampton's first FA Cup final since 1976, when they won the trophy for the only time to date.

17 May 2003

15:00 BST

Arsenal	1 – 0	Southampton
Pirès 38'	(Report)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 73,726

Referee: Graham Barber (Hertfordshire)

Notes

^ Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
^ Match postponed due to frozen pitch
^ Original match postponed because of power failure
^ Played at Highbury

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the second consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the fifteenth consecutive season.^{[citation needed]}

External links

[1] Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

[2] Match postponed due to frozen pitch

[3] Original match postponed because of power failure

[4] Played at Highbury

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