2002–03 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

2002–03 season
Football League First Division	24th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round

The 2002–03 season saw Grimsby Town compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 24th position with 39 points and were relegated to the Second Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Coventry City	46	12	14	20	46	62	−16	50
21	Stoke City	46	12	14	20	45	69	−24	50
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	46	10	16	20	56	73	−17	46	Relegation to 2003–04 Second Division
23	Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	11	12	23	49	67	−18	45
24	Grimsby Town (R)	46	9	12	25	48	85	−37	39

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Grimsby Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Norwich City	A	0–4	19,869
2	13 August 2002	Wimbledon	H	0–0	4,625
3	17 August 2002	Derby County	H	1–2	5,810	Barnard
4	24 August 2002	Bradford City	A	0–0	10,914
5	26 August 2002	Portsmouth	H	0–1	5,770
6	31 August 2002	Millwall	A	0–2	6,677
7	14 September 2002	Coventry City	A	2–3	12,403	Kabba, Pouton
8	17 September 2002	Sheffield United	A	1–2	14,208	Robinson
9	21 September 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0–3	7,072
10	28 September 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–1	6,547	Barnard, Pouton
11	5 October 2002	Reading	H	0–3	5,528
12	8 October 2002	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	4,688	Kabba (2), Pouton
13	12 October 2002	Watford	A	0–2	13,821
14	19 October 2002	Rotherham United	H	0–0	6,418
15	26 October 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	23,875	Kabba
16	29 October 2002	Burnley	H	6–5	5,620	Kabba (2), Livingstone, Campbell, Pouton, Ford
17	2 November 2002	Gillingham	H	1–1	5,715	Oster
18	9 November 2002	Stoke City	A	2–1	11,488	Livingstone, Campbell
19	16 November 2002	Preston North End	H	3–3	5,774	Campbell, Ford, Mansaram
20	23 November 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	20,093
21	30 November 2002	Leicester City	H	1–2	7,310	Oster
22	7 December 2002	Walsall	A	1–3	5,888	Livingstone
23	14 December 2002	Preston North End	A	0–3	12,420
24	21 December 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	8,224	Mansaram, Santos
25	26 December 2002	Derby County	A	3–1	27,141	Oster (2), Soames
26	28 December 2002	Norwich City	H	1–1	8,306	Oster
27	11 January 2003	Wimbledon	A	3–3	1,336	Campbell, Boulding, Andersen
28	18 January 2003	Millwall	H	0–2	4,993
29	25 January 2003	Bradford City	H	1–2	5,582	Boulding
30	1 February 2003	Portsmouth	A	0–3	19,428
31	8 February 2003	Stoke City	H	2–0	5,657	Boulding, Thompson
32	15 February 2003	Gillingham	A	0–3	7,158
33	22 February 2003	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	24,118	Boulding, Groves
34	1 March 2003	Coventry City	H	0–2	5,736
35	4 March 2003	Sheffield United	H	1–4	6,897	Campbell
36	10 March 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	25,507	Pouton, Groves
37	15 March 2003	Watford	H	1–0	4,847	Groves
38	18 March 2003	Rotherham United	A	1–0	6,236	Oster
39	22 March 2003	Burnley	A	1–1	13,445	Campbell
40	5 April 2003	Leicester City	A	0–2	31,014
41	8 April 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	4,983
42	12 April 2003	Crystal Palace	H	1–4	4,707	Chettle
43	19 April 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	26,082
44	21 April 2003	Walsall	H	0–1	4,618
45	26 April 2003	Reading	A	1–2	20,273	Keane
46	4 May 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–2	6,393	Keane, Hughes

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Third round	4 January 2003	Burnley	H	2–2	5,320	Cooke, Mansaram
Third round replay	14 January 2003	Burnley	A	0–4	5,436

Football League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
First round	10 September 2002	Chesterfield	H	0–1	3,248

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Danny Coyne	46	0	2	0	1	0	49	0
2	DF	John McDermott	35	0	1	0	1	0	37	0
3	DF	Tony Gallimore	38	0	2	0	1	0	41	0
4	DF	Paul Groves	32(4)	3	2	0	1	0	35(4)	3
5	DF	Paul Raven	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	0
6	MF	Stacy Coldicott	26(5)	0	1	0	1	0	28(5)	0
7	MF	Alan Pouton	25	5	0	0	1	0	26	5
8	MF	Stuart Campbell	45	6	2	0	1	0	48	6
9	FW	Phil Jevons	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
10	FW	Steve Livingstone	21(9)	3	1	0	0	0	22(9)	3
11	MF	Terry Cooke	15(10)	0	2	1	1	0	17(10)	1
12	FW	Jonathan Rowan	2(7)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	2(9)	0
13	GK	Steve Croudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Chris Thompson	3(3)	1	0(2)	0	0	0	3(5)	1
15	MF	Chris Bolder	7(5)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	7(6)	0
16	DF	Iain Ward	9(2)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	9(4)	0
17	DF	Simon Ford	35(4)	2	1	0	0	0	36(4)	2
18	DF	Steve Chettle	18(2)	1	1(1)	0	1	0	20(3)	1
19	MF	Darren Barnard	21(8)	2	1	0	0	0	22(8)	2
20	FW	David Soames	0(10)	1	2	0	0	0	2(10)	1
20	FW	Paul Robinson	5(7)	1	0	0	1	0	6(7)	1
21	FW	Michael Boulding	10(2)	4	0	0	0	0	10(2)	4
21	FW	Robert Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	Jason Gavin	8(2)	0	0	0	0	0	8(2)	0
22	DF	Richard Hughes	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
22	FW	Steve Kabba	13	6	0	0	1	0	14	6
23	DF	Georges Santos	24(2)	1	1	0	0	0	25(2)	1
24	MF	Graham Hockless	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	Greg Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Stephen Downes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Wes Parker	1(4)	0	1	0	0	0	2(4)	0
28	FW	Darren Mansaram	21(13)	2	2	1	0(1)	0	23(14)	3
31	MF	Michael Keane	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
32	MF	John Oster	17	6	0	0	0	0	17	6
33	MF	Jake Sagare	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

External links

• Grimsby Town 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)