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2002–03 Newcastle United F.C. season

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Newcastle United
2002–03 season
ChairmanFreddie Shepherd
ManagerSir Bobby Robson
StadiumSt James' Park
Premier League3rd
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond group stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alan Shearer (17)

All:
Alan Shearer (25)
Highest home attendance52,181
(vs. Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance34,067
(vs. Željezničar)
Average home league attendance51,923

During the 2002–03 English football season, Newcastle United F.C. participated in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

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After a slow start, the club began putting together the wins and, by the end of March, were in a three-way title race with Manchester United and Arsenal. Consecutive defeats to a resurgent Everton and a 6–2 home thrashing by Alex Ferguson's side killed off Newcastle's title hopes, but Bobby Robson and his team was able to brush off the challenge from Chelsea to finish 3rd in the Premier League, entering the qualification rounds for the Champions League in the 2003–04 season.[1]

The 2002–03 season was a particularly colourful one for Newcastle on the European stage. In the first group stage, Newcastle lost their first three matches in a row, then, in an astonishing reversal, shocked Italian giants Juventus 1–0 at St James' Park.[2] They then controversially beat Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 in Newcastle[3] before winning the crucial last match, away to Feyenoord, 3–2 in injury time, with striker Craig Bellamy scoring the injury time winner. With Dynamo Kyiv losing at home to Juventus, Newcastle progressed to the second round,[4] in a 'group of death' with Internazionale, Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen.

Bellamy was sent off for lashing out at Inter defender Marco Materazzi in an off-the-ball incident during the opening minutes of the match. Bellamy was punished further by a three-match ban.[5] Compounding the disaster for Newcastle was the suspension of influential captain Alan Shearer for a similar incident, although the punishment was just a two-match ban.[6] Newcastle went on to lose 1–4 at home.[7]

Shearer returned in the fourth game in the 4-team group, scoring all three goals in a 3–1 demolition of Bayer Leverkusen at home.[8] Despite a superb performance against Inter in the famous San Siro, only to draw 2–2, Newcastle lost at home 2–0 to Barcelona and dropped out of the Champions League.[9]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 25 8 5 74 34 +40 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Arsenal 38 23 9 6 85 42 +43 78
3 Newcastle United 38 21 6 11 63 48 +15 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 68 38 +30 67
5 Liverpool 38 18 10 10 61 41 +20 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup via the league, their place in the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners reverted to the league and was awarded to Blackburn Rovers as the highest-placed team not already qualified for European competitions.

Team kit

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The team kit for the 2002–03 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was NTL.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
20 June 2002 MF Portugal Hugo Viana Portugal Sporting CP £8,500,000[10]
12 July 2002 DF England Titus Bramble England Ipswich Town £5,000,000[11]
13 February 2003 DF England Jonathan Woodgate England Leeds United £9,000,000[12]
25 March 2003 MF England Darren Ambrose England Ipswich Town £1,000,000[13]
  • Total spending: Decrease £23.5m

Out

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Date Pos. Name To Fee
April 2002 GK England Jonny Brain Unattached Free
April 2002 DF Scotland Ryan McGuffie Scotland Gretna Free
27 May 2002 MF England Mark Boyd England Port Vale Free[14]
April 2002 FW Scotland Colin McMenamin Scotland Livingston Free
3 July 2002 DF England James Coppinger England Exeter City Released[15]
30 August 2002 DF England David Cowan Scotland Motherwell Free[16]
February 2003 MF England Stuart Green England Hull City £150,000
January 2003 MF England Tommy English Scotland Livingston Released
January 2003 MF England Neale McDermott England Fulham Free
January 2003 MF Argentina Christian Bassedas Argentina Newell's Old Boys Released
March 2003 GK Netherlands John Karelse Netherlands AGOVV Apeldoorn Free
March 2003 MF Republic of Ireland Joe Kendrick Germany 1860 Munich Free
January 2003 MF England Damon Robson Unattached Free
  • Total spending: Increase £150,000

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[17]

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 Republic of Ireland IRL Shay Given
3 DF England ENG Robbie Elliott
4 MF Peru PER Nolberto Solano
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy O'Brien
6 MF Chile CHI Clarence Acuña
7 MF England ENG Jermaine Jenas
8 MF England ENG Kieron Dyer
9 FW England ENG Alan Shearer (captain)
10 FW Wales WAL Craig Bellamy
11 MF Wales WAL Gary Speed (vice-captain)
12 DF England ENG Andy Griffin
13 GK England ENG Steve Harper
14 DF England ENG Wayne Quinn
16 FW England ENG Carl Cort
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF England ENG Darren Ambrose
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Hughes
19 DF England ENG Titus Bramble
20 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Lomana LuaLua
22 MF England ENG Jamie McClen
23 FW Nigeria NGA Shola Ameobi
25 MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr
27 DF England ENG Jonathan Woodgate
28 FW England ENG Michael Chopra
30 DF Scotland SCO Steven Caldwell
32 MF France FRA Laurent Robert
34 DF Greece GRE Nikos Dabizas
35 DF France FRA Olivier Bernard
45 MF Portugal POR Hugo Viana

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Spain ESP Marcelino (to Poli Ejido)
17 MF Argentina ARG Christian Bassedas (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 MF England ENG Stuart Green (to Hull City)

Reserve squad

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The following players did not appear for the first-team this 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
21 MF Paraguay PAR Diego Gavilán
24 GK England ENG Tony Caig
29 GK Netherlands NED John Karelse
33 GK England ENG Adam Collin
36 DF Scotland SCO Gary Caldwell
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Calvin Zola
DF England ENG Bradley Orr
DF England ENG Steven Taylor
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan O'Brien
MF South Africa RSA Matty Pattison

Trialists

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Russell Howarth (on trial from York City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Nigeria NGA Isaac Okoronkwo (on trial from Shakhtar Donetsk)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager England Bobby Robson
Assistant manager England John Carver
First-team coach England Nigel Pearson
Goalkeeping coach England Andy Woodman
Development coach England Arthur Cox
Reserve team coach England Terry McDermott
Chief scout Scotland Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source: [2]

Appearances, goals and cards

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(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[18][19][20][21]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland Shay Given 38 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 51 0 0 0
3 DF England Robbie Elliott 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0 1+3 0 0 0
4 MF Peru Nolberto Solano 29+2 7 1 0 0+1 0 10+2 1 40+5 8 1 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Andy O'Brien 26 0 1 0 0 0 11+1 0 38+1 0 1 0
6 MF Chile Clarence Acuña 2+2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4+2 0 0 0
7 MF England Jermaine Jenas 23+9 6 1 1 0 0 8 0 31+9 7 1 0
8 MF England Kieron Dyer 33+2 2 0 0 1 2 11+1 2 45+3 6 1 0
9 FW England Alan Shearer 35 17 1 1 0 0 12 7 48 25 8 0
10 FW Wales Craig Bellamy 27+2 7 1 0 0 0 6 2 34+2 9 3 1
11 MF Wales Gary Speed 23+1 2 0 0 0 0 12 1 35+1 3 5 0
12 DF England Andy Griffin 22+5 1 1 0 1 0 11 1 35+5 2 7 1
13 GK England Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
14 DF England Wayne Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 FW England Carl Cort 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0 0
17 MF England Darren Ambrose 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
18 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 35 1 1 0 0 0 11+1 0 47+1 1 2 0
19 DF England Titus Bramble 13+3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 21+3 0 4 0
20 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua 5+6 2 0+1 0 1 0 5+4 2 11+11 4 3 0
22 MF England Jamie McClen 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
23 FW Nigeria Shola Ameobi 8+20 5 0+1 0 0 0 4+6 3 12+27 8 4 0
25 MF Scotland Brian Kerr 4+4 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 5+5 0 0 0
27 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
28 FW England Michael Chopra 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+4 0 0 0
30 DF Scotland Steven Caldwell 12+2 1 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 14+3 1 1 1
32 MF France Laurent Robert 25+2 5 1 0 0+1 0 9+2 0 35+5 5 3 1
34 DF Greece Nikos Dabizas 13+3 0 0+1 0 1 0 7+1 0 21+5 0 6 1
35 DF France Olivier Bernard 24+6 2 1 0 1 0 8+2 0 34+8 2 7 0
45 MF Portugal Hugo Viana 11+12 2 0 0 1 0 5+5 2 17+17 4 5 0

Matches

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Pre-season

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20 July 2002 Dutch Tour vv Capelle 0 – 4 Newcastle United Capelle aan den IJssel
Robert 29'
Ameobi 65'
Solano 83'
Griffin 88'
Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot
Attendance: 2,500
22 July 2002 Dutch Tour De Tubanters 0 – 9 Newcastle United Enschede
LuaLua 19'
Shearer 24', 29', 34'
Robert 48', 52' (pen.)
Marcelino 60'
Bollen 62' (o.g.)
Bassedas 75'
Attendance: 2,000
24 July 2002 Dutch Tour GVVV Veenendaal 0 – 4 Newcastle United Veenendaal
Dyer 11'
Viana 24', 37'
Robert 43'
Attendance: 2,500
26 July 2002 Dutch Tour UDI '19 Beter Bed 0 – 5 Newcastle United Uden
LuaLua 20', 28', 34'
Speed 21'
Shearer 38'
Attendance: 3,000
31 July 2002 Nottingham Forest 3 – 1 Newcastle United Nottingham
Johnson 16'
Lester 46'
Bopp 80'
Viana 26' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,191
Referee: Anthony Bates
31 July 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 – 2 Newcastle United Wolverhampton
LuaLua 5', 68' Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 14,973
Referee: Fraser Stretton
24 August 2002 Manchester City 1–0 Newcastle United Manchester
12:15 BST Huckerby 36' Report Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,776
Referee: Uriah Rennie
2 September 2002 Liverpool 2–2 Newcastle United Liverpool
20:00 BST Hamann 54'
Owen 73' (pen.)
Report Speed 80'
Shearer 88'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,241
Referee: Graham Poll
14 September 2002 Chelsea 3–0 Newcastle United London
15:00 BST Guðjohnsen 14', 58'
Zola 26'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,746
Referee: Barry Knight
21 September 2002 Newcastle United 2–0 Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
12:15 BST Bellamy 2'
Shearer 39'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,181
Referee: Mike Riley
28 September 2002 Birmingham City 0–2 Newcastle United Birmingham
17:30 Report Solano 34'
Ameobi 89'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,072
Referee: Steve Bennett
19 October 2002 Blackburn Rovers 5–2 Newcastle United Blackburn
15:00 Dunn 5' (pen.), 8'
Taylor 55', 74'
Griffin 65' (o.g.)
Report Dabizas Red card 4'
Shearer 36' (pen.), 48'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,307
Referee: Alan Wiley
9 November 2002 Arsenal 1–0 Newcastle United London
15:00 Wiltord 24' Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,121
Referee: Mike Dean
16 November 2002 Newcastle United 2–1 Southampton Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Ameobi 41'
Hughes 54'
Report Beattie 2' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,812
Referee: C. Wilkes
23 November 2002 Manchester United 5–3 Newcastle United Manchester
12:15 Scholes 25'
Van Nistelrooy 38', 45', 53'
Solskjær 55'
Report Bernard 35'
Shearer 52'
Bellamy 75'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,619
Referee: Steve Dunn
1 December 2002 Newcastle United 2–1 Everton Newcastle upon Tyne
14:15 Shearer 86'
Li Tie 89' (o.g.)
Report Campbell 17'
Yobo Red card 22'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,607
Referee: Mark Halsey
7 December 2002 Aston Villa 0–1 Newcastle United Birmingham
15:00 Report Shearer 82' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,446
Referee: Steve Bennett
14 December 2002 Southampton 1–1 Newcastle United Southampton
15:00 Marsden 52' Report Bellamy 50' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 32,061
Referee: Phil Dowd
21 December 2002 Newcastle United 2–0 Fulham Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano 8'
Bellamy 70'
Report Womé Red card 66' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,576
Referee: Alan Wiley
26 December 2002 Bolton Wanderers 4–3 Newcastle United Bolton
13:00 Okocha 5'
Gardner 9'
Ricketts 45', 63'
Report Shearer 8', 78'
Ameobi 72'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 27,314
Referee: Uriah Rennie
1 January 2003 Newcastle United 1–0 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Robert 17' Report Diao Yellow card 66' Red card Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,147
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
11 January 2003 West Ham United 2–2 Newcastle United London
15:00 Cole 14'
Defoe 45'
Report Bellamy 9'
Jenas 81'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,048
Referee: Jeff Winter
29 January 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Newcastle United London
19:45 Report Jenas 90' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,084
Referee: David Elleray
9 February 2003 Newcastle United 1–1 Arsenal Newcastle upon Tyne
16:05 Robert 53', Red card 58' Report Henry 35' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,157
Referee: Neale Barry
22 February 2003 Leeds United 0–3 Newcastle United Leeds
15:00 Report Dyer 17', 49'
Shearer 54'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,025
Referee: Alan Wiley
1 March 2003 Newcastle United 2–1 Chelsea Newcastle upon Tyne
12:30 Hasselbaink 31' (o.g.)
Bernard 53'
Report Lampard 37' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,157
Referee: Jeff Winter
15 March 2003 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Newcastle United London
15:00 Report Shearer 33' (pen.)
Solano 49'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,728
Referee: Steve Dunn
6 April 2003 Everton 2–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
16:00 Rooney 18'
Unsworth 65' (pen.)
Report Robert 61' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,031
Referee: Neale Barry
19 April 2003 Fulham 2–1 Newcastle United London
15:00 Lewinski 69'
Clark 86'
Report Shearer 39'
Griffin Red card 63'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,900
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
21 April 2003 Newcastle United 1–1 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano 37' Report Dublin 69' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,015
Referee: Jeff Winter
26 April 2003 Sunderland 0–1 Newcastle United Sunderland
15:00 Report Solano 42' (pen.) Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 45,067
Referee: Steve Bennett
14 August 2002 3rd qual rd. 1st leg Željezničar 0–1 Newcastle United Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:45 Report Dyer 56' Stadium: Grbavica Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
28 August 2002 3rd qual rd. 2nd leg Newcastle United 4–0
(5 – 0 agg.)
Željezničar Newcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Dyer 23'
LuaLua 37'
Viana 74'
Shearer 80'
Report Jahić Red card 69' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,067
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
18 September 2002 Group E Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Newcastle United Kyiv, Ukraine
19:45 Shatskikh 16'
Khatskevich 62'
Report Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: I. Gonzalez (Spain)
24 September 2002 Group E Newcastle United 0–1 Feyenoord Newcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Report Pardo 4' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,540
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)
1 October 2002 Group E Juventus 2–0 Newcastle United Turin, Italy
19:45 Del Piero 66', 81' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 41,424
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
23 October 2002 Group E Newcastle United 1–0 Juventus Newcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Griffin 62' Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 48,370
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
29 October 2002 Group E Newcastle United 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv Newcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Speed 58'
Shearer 69' (pen.)
Report Shatskikh 47' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,185
Referee: J.A.F. Marin (Spain)
13 November 2002 Group E Feyenoord 2–3 Newcastle United Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:45 Bombarda 65'
Lurling 71'
Report Bellamy 45', 90'
Viana 49'
Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Franz Wack (Germany)
27 November 2002 Group A Newcastle United 1–4 Internazionale Newcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Bellamy Red card 6'
Solano 58'
Report Morfeo 2'
Almeyda 35'
Crespo 45'
Recoba 81'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 50,108
Referee: Stephane Bre (France)
11 December 2002 Group A Barcelona 3–1 Newcastle United Barcelona, Spain
19:45 Dani 7'
Kluivert 39'
Motta 58'
Report Ameobi 24' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,100
26 February 2003 Group A Newcastle United 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Newcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Shearer 5', 11', 36' (pen.) Report Babić 73' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,508
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
19 March 2003 Group A Newcastle United 0–2 Barcelona Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Report Kluivert 60'
Motta 74'
Stadium: St James' Park, England
Attendance: 51,883
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

References

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  9. ^ Glendenning, Barry (19 March 2003). "Newcastle 0 - 2 Barcelona". The Guardian. London.
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  11. ^ "Bramble ties up Magpies move". BBC News. 12 July 2002.
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