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Rangers
2002–03 season
ChairmanJohn McClelland
ManagerAlex McLeish
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
P38 W31 D4 L3 F101 A28
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
UEFA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Barry Ferguson
Ronald de Boer (16)

All:
Ronald de Boer (20)

The 2002–03 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season. They won their seventh domestic treble in manager Alex McLeish's first full season in charge, having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. The league championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6–1 win against Dunfermline Athletic. The club finished on +73 GD, just one ahead of Celtic.[1][2]

The League Cup was won with a 2–1 final win against Celtic[3] and the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win against Dundee.[4] Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov losing on the away goals rule.[5]

Players

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Squad information

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Transfers

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In

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
23 MF Spain Mikel Arteta 20 Barcelona Spain Transfer Summer 2006 £5.8m [6]
17 DF Australia Kevin Muscat 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers England Transfer Summer 2006 Free [7]
19 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 24 Dundee United Transfer Winter 2006 £0.2m [8]
16 DF France Jerome Bonnissel 29 Bordeaux France Transfer Winter 2003 Free [9]
25 DF Norway Dan Eggen 33 Alavés Spain Transfer Winter 2003 Free [10]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
Total spending: £6m

Out

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
22 FW Chile Sebastian Rozental 24 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a
29 DF Finland Tero Penttilä 27 HJK Finland End of contract Summer n/a [11]
FW Northern Ireland Lee Feeney 24 Linfield Northern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [12]
MF Finland Jani Kauppila 22 Tervarit Finland End of contract Summer n/a [6]
DF Austria Alexander Hauser 17 SC Bregenz Austria End of contract Summer n/a [6]
19 DF Scotland Scott Wilson 25 Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer n/a [13]
17 MF Russia Andrei Kanchelskis 33 Southampton England End of contract Summer n/a [14]
25 DF Australia Tony Vidmar 31 Middlesbrough England End of contract Summer n/a [15]
30 GK Denmark Jesper Christiansen 24 VfL Wolfsburg Germany Loan Summer n/a [16]
9 FW Norway Tore André Flo 29 Sunderland England Transfer Summer £6.75m [17]
28 MF Poland Dariusz Adamczuk 33 Free agent Contract terminated n/a Free [18]
16 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 33 Dundee United Transfer Winter Free [19]
20 MF Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 34 Dundee United Contract terminated Winter Free [20][21]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
Total spending: £6.75m

Player statistics

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Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup League Cup
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 50 50 38 2 6 4
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 46 46 3 35 3 2 5 4
3 DF Australia Craig Moore 51 44 4 35 3 2 5 1 2
4 DF Italy Lorenzo Amoruso 32 32 6 24 4 1 5 2 2
5 DF Netherlands Arthur Numan 35 35 1 26 1 1 5 3
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 48 48 18 36 16 2 6 2 4
7 FW Argentina Claudio Caniggia 14 36 12 26 8 2 4 1 4 3
8 MF Germany Christian Nerlinger 3 3
9 FW Norway Tore Andre Flo 1 4 4
10 FW Netherlands Michael Mols 30 35 14 27 13 1 4 1 3
11 MF Scotland Neil McCann 16 26 3 18 2 1 1 6 1
12 DF Scotland Robert Malcolm 26 33 1 24 1 1 6 2
14 MF Netherlands Ronald de Boer 43 43 20 33 16 2 2 5 1 3 1
15 DF Netherlands Bert Konterman 10 24 1 16 2 3 1 3
16 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 1 6 6
16 DF France Jérôme Bonnissel 3 4 3 1
17 DF Australia Kevin Muscat 26 29 22 2 4 1
19 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 1 11 2 8 2 3
20 MF Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 2 8 7 1
21 DF Scotland Maurice Ross 22 27 1 20 1 1 2 4
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor
23 MF Spain Mikel Arteta 34 35 5 27 4 1 3 1 4
24 FW Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 31 40 16 30 15 2 6 1 2
26 MF Denmark Peter Løvenkrands 27 33 12 27 9 2 1 1 3 2
27 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 7 16 1 12 1 2 2
36 FW Scotland Steven MacLean 4 3 1
53 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 1 1 1
Last updated: 9 May 2003
Source: [citation needed]
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers

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Disciplinary record

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Club

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Board of directors

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Coaching staff

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Other staff

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Matches

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Scottish Premier League

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 3 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 1 A Kilmarnock 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
13,972
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
80' McLaren
2 10 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 2 H Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,044
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Rangers Dundee
3 18 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 3 A Hibernian 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
11,633
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
35' Townsley
Yellow card 66' Red card Luna
89' O'Connor
4 25 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 4 H Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,219
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
30' de Boer
78' (pen.) Ferguson
Yellow card 78' Red card McNaughton
5 1 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 5 A Dunfermline Athletic 6–0
Report Report link
Kick off
Attendance
8,948
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
11' Caniggia
27' Arteta
41' Ricksen
57' (pen.) Ferguson
59' Caniggia
68' Caniggia
6 11 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 6 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
48,581
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
7 14 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 7 A Livingston 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,003
Referee
Livingston Rangers
Yellow card 58' Red card Mamam
61' Ross
87' (pen.) Ferguson
9 21 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 8 H Partick Thistle 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,696
Referee
Rangers Partick Thistle
10 28 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 9 A Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
10,013
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
12 6 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 10 A Celtic 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
14:15 BST
Attendance
59,027
Referee
Celtic Rangers
39' Larsson
53' Larsson
78' Sutton
13 19 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 11 H Motherwell 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,376
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
Red card 77' Partridge
15 27 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 12 H Kilmarnock 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,368
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
5' Mols
15' Mols
26' de Boer
34' Ferguson
67' Moore
71' (pen.) Ferguson
44' Fulton
16 2 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 13 A Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
10,124
Referee
Dundee Rangers
18 10 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 14 H Hibernian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,798
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
11' Mols
35' Arveladze
45' McManus
19 16 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 15 A Aberdeen 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
14,915
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
24' Numan
78' (pen.) Ferguson
56' Mike
74' Mackie
20 23 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 16 H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,431
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
60' McCann
81' Mols
83' Arveladze
Red card 60' Kilgannon
21 1 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 17 A Heart of Midlothian 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
12,156
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
Yellow card 58' Red card Maybury
52' Ricksen
79' (pen.) Ferguson
81' Ricksen
90' Hughes
22 4 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 18 H Livingston 4–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
45,992
Referee
Rangers Livingston
50' Zárate
72' Wilson
Yellow card 75' Red card Bollan
87' Zárate
23 7 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 19 H Celtic 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,022
Referee
Rangers Celtic
10' Moore
35' de Boer
40' Mols
1' Sutton
61' Hartson
24 14 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 20 H Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,639
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
13' Ferguson
56' Ferguson
Red card 60' Ricksen
86' (pen.) Ferguson
Red card 80' McIntyre
25 22 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 21 A Partick Thistle 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
8,022
Referee
Partick Thistle Rangers
7' Burns
Red card 72' Britton
70' Mols
79' de Boer
26 26 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 22 A Motherwell 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
11,234
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
27 29 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 23 A Kilmarnock 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
13,396
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
28 2 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,112
Referee
Rangers Dundee
23' Lovell
30 29 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 25 A Hibernian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
13,686
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
Yellow card 90' Red card Smith
31 1 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 26 H Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,667
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
37' Mols
77' Mols
75' Tosh
33 8 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 27 A Dunfermline Athletic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
8,754
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
38' McCann
71' Amoruso
90' Caniggia
34 15 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 28 H Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,459
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
41' (o.g.) Severin
36 2 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 29 A Livingston 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
10,004
Referee
Livingston Rangers
90' Dadi
37 8 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 30 A Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
58,787
Referee
Celtic Rangers
58' Hartson
39 19 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 31 H Motherwell 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
49,420
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
41 5 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 32 H Partick Thistle 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,472
Referee
Rangers Partick Thistle
70' Mols
75' Mols
43 13 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dundee United 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,271
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
71' Dodds
45 27 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,096
Referee
Rangers Celtic
57' de Boer
29' (pen.) Thompson
43' Hartson
46 4 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 35 A Dundee 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
9,204
Referee
Dundee Rangers
1' (o.g.) Wilkie
85' (pen.) Arteta
47 11 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 36 H Kilmarnock 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,036
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Rangers Kilmarnock
6' Mols
7' Mols
59' Arveladze
80' Caniggia
48 18 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 37 A Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
15,632
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
49 25 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 38 H Dunfermline Athletic 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,731
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
3' Mols
16' Caniggia
30' Arveladze
64' de Boer
67' Thompson
90' (pen.) Arteta
11' Dair

Last updated: 25 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
8 17 September 2002 UEFA Cup 1 A Czech Republic Viktoria ŽižkovCzech Republic 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
16:30 BST
Attendance
3,427
Referee
Viktoria Žižkov Rangers
7' Pikl
60' Stracený
11 3 October 2002 UEFA Cup 1 H Viktoria ŽižkovCzech Republic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
47,646
Referee
Rangers Viktoria Žižkov
43' de Boer
59' de Boer
97' McCann
100' Licka
Yellow card 118' Red card Buryan

Last updated: 3 October 2002
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
29 25 January 2003 Scottish Cup 3 A Arbroath 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
17:35 GMT
Attendance
4,125
Referee
Arbroath Rangers
27' Ferguson
32' Moore
58' Arveladze
35 22 February 2003 Scottish Cup 4 A Ayr United 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,608
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Ayr United Rangers
79' de Boer
40 23 March 2003 Scottish Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,875
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
31' Caniggia
Red card 89' Ferguson
23' Grondin
42 9 April 2003 Scottish Cup QF R H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
24,752
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
44 19 April 2003 Scottish Cup SF N Motherwell 4–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
29,352
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
2' Konterman
56' Mols
60' Amoruso
73' (o.g.) Partridge
15' Craig
27' McFadden
90' Adams
50 31 May 2003 Scottish Cup F N Dundee 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,136
Referee
Dundee Rangers
66' Amoruso

Last updated: 31 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
14 24 October 2002 League Cup 3 A Hibernian 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
8,016
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
6' Murray
72' O'Connor
Yellow card 87' Red card Smith
17 7 November 2002 League Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GMT
Attendance
8,415
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
32 4 February 2003 League Cup SF N Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
31,609
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
27' de Boer
38 16 March 2003 League Cup F N Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
52,000
Referee
Celtic Rangers
57' Larsson
Yellow card 88' Red card Lennon

Last updated: 16 March 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 11 July 2002 Friendly N NJC All Stars United States 3–0
Report Report link
Attendance
500
NJC All Stars Rangers
20' Amoruso
42' Mols
55' Konterman
2 13 July 2002 Friendly N River Plate Argentina 2–3
3 17 July 2002 Friendly N Reading Rage United States 4–1
4 20 July 2002 Friendly N Santos Brazil 0–1
Kick off
16:00 EDT
Attendance
13,200
Referee
Santos Rangers
5 28 July 2002 Friendly H Milan Italy 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
40,411
Rangers Milan
15' de Boer
42' Caniggia
6 30 July 2002 Friendly A Linfield Northern Ireland 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
18,000
Linfield Rangers
29' Dodds
70' Flo
7 7 August 2002 Friendly H Leeds United England 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
32,497
Rangers Leeds United
49' (pen.) Arveladze
17' Smith
8 18 January 2003 Friendly N Energie Cottbus Germany 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GST
Attendance
3,000
Rangers Energie Cottbus
90' (pen.) Muscat

Last updated: 18 January 2003
Source: [citation needed]
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 1st 3 August 25 May
UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Round 17 September 3 October
Scottish League Cup 3rd Round Winners 24 October 16 March
Scottish Cup 3rd Round Winners 25 January 31 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Rangers (C) 38 31 4 3 101 28 +73 97 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 31 4 3 98 26 +72 97 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 9 11 57 51 +6 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 16 9 13 47 56 −9 57
5 Dunfermline Athletic 38 13 7 18 54 71 −17 46
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 31 4 3 101 28  +73 97 18 0 1 55 12  +43 13 4 2 46 16  +30

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHHAAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWWWWWWDWWWWDWWWWWWLWWWWWWWLWWWLDWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2003. Source: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

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  1. ^ "Rangers win to clinch title". BBC Sport. 25 May 2003.
  2. ^ "Rangers crowned SPL champions". BBC Sport. 26 May 2003.
  3. ^ "Rangers retain CIS Cup". BBC Sport. 16 March 2003.
  4. ^ "Rangers complete Treble". BBC Sport. 31 May 2003.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Rangers crash out". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 October 2002.
  6. ^ a b c "Transfers - June, 2002". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2002.
  7. ^ "Muscat eyes fresh start". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 May 2002.
  8. ^ "Rangers get Thompson". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 December 2002.
  9. ^ "Bonnissel signs for Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2003.
  10. ^ "Gers seal Eggen signing". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2003.
  11. ^ "EBT beneficiaries". BBC News. BBC. 1 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Feeney back at Windsor". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 June 2002.
  13. ^ "Pars sign Wilson". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 August 2002.
  14. ^ "Saints sign Kanchelskis". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2002.
  15. ^ "Boro sign Vidmar". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2002.
  16. ^ "Dane leaves Ibrox on loan". BBC Sport. 23 July 2002.
  17. ^ "Flo joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 30 August 2002.
  18. ^ "Adamczuk leaves Rangers". BBC Sport. 17 November 2002.
  19. ^ "Dodds completes Tannadice move". BBC Sport. 30 December 2002.
  20. ^ "Gers to pay off Latapy". BBC Sport. 14 January 2003.
  21. ^ "Latapy joins United". BBC Sport. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2024.