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2002–03 Preston North End F.C. season

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Preston North End
2002–03 season
ManagerCraig Brown
StadiumDeepdale
Football League First Division12th
FA CupThird Round
League CupFourth Round

The 2002–03 season saw Preston North End compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 12th position with 61 points.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Wimbledon 46 18 11 17 76 73 +3 65
11 Gillingham 46 16 14 16 56 65 −9 62
12 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 68 70 −2 61
13 Watford 46 17 9 20 54 70 −16 60
14 Crystal Palace 46 14 17 15 59 52 +7 59
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Preston North End's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 10 August 2002 Crystal Palace H 1–2 14,663 Fuller
2 14 August 2002 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 18,065 Fuller, Etuhu
3 17 August 2002 Rotherham United A 0–0 6,885
4 24 August 2002 Stoke City H 4–3 15,422 Healy (2), Fuller, Cresswell
5 26 August 2002 Gillingham A 1–1 7,785 Cresswell
6 1 September 2002 Ipswich Town H 0–0 15,357
7 14 September 2002 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–2 13,652 Fuller, Cresswell
8 17 September 2002 Watford H 1–1 12,408 Cresswell
9 21 September 2002 Derby County A 2–0 29,257 Healy, Etuhu
10 24 September 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–4 23,695
11 28 September 2002 Norwich City H 1–2 13,550 Cresswell
12 5 October 2002 Bradford City A 1–1 13,215 Alexander
13 19 October 2002 Walsall A 3–3 6,832 Alexander, Healy, Lucketti
14 26 October 2002 Reading H 1–0 13,021 Cresswell
15 29 October 2002 Portsmouth A 2–3 18,367 Cresswell, Alexander
16 2 November 2002 Burnley H 3–1 16,046 Fuller (2), McKenna
17 9 November 2002 Millwall A 1–2 7,554 Fuller
18 16 November 2002 Grimsby Town A 3–3 5,774 Cresswell, Alexander, Etuhu
19 23 November 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–2 13,068 Cresswell, Lucketti
20 26 November 2002 Leicester City H 2–0 13,048 Fuller (2)
21 30 November 2002 Coventry City A 2–1 13,313 Cresswell, Lewis
22 7 December 2002 Wimbledon H 3–5 12,415 Leigertwood (o.g.), McKenna, Alexander
23 14 December 2002 Grimsby Town H 3–0 12,420 Alexander, Cresswell, Healy
24 21 December 2002 Sheffield United A 0–1 16,342
25 26 December 2002 Rotherham United H 0–2 15,542
26 28 December 2002 Crystal Palace A 0–2 18,484
27 1 January 2003 Stoke City A 1–2 14,862 Abbott
28 18 January 2003 Ipswich Town A 0–3 24,666
29 25 January 2003 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 13,503 Cartwright
30 1 February 2003 Gillingham H 3–0 12,121 Lewis, Alexander, Ashby (o.g.)
31 8 February 2003 Millwall H 2–1 13,117 Lewis, Cartwright
32 22 February 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–2 16,070
33 1 March 2003 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 18,912 Cresswell
34 4 March 2003 Watford A 1–0 11,101 Alexander
35 8 March 2003 Derby County H 4–2 14,003 Alexander, Etuhu, Koumantarakis, Cresswell
36 15 March 2003 Leicester City A 1–2 30,713 Lewis
37 18 March 2003 Walsall H 5–0 11,170 Alexander, Etuhu, Cresswell, Koumantarakis (2)
38 22 March 2003 Portsmouth H 1–1 16,665 McKenna
39 5 April 2003 Coventry City H 2–2 13,026 Cresswell, Abbott
40 8 April 2003 Burnley A 0–2 12,245
41 12 April 2003 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–0 6,669 Cresswell, Jackson
42 15 April 2003 Reading A 1–5 14,012 Mears
43 19 April 2003 Sheffield United H 2–0 14,793 Etuhu, Lewis
44 21 April 2003 Wimbledon A 0–2 1,053
45 26 April 2003 Bradford City H 1–0 13,652 Abbott
46 4 May 2003 Norwich City A 0–2 20,232

FA Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 4 January 2003 Rochdale H 1–2 8,762 Anderson

Football League Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 11 September 2002 Scunthorpe United H 2–1 5,594 Fuller, Alexander
R2 1 October 2002 Macclesfield Town A 2–1 2,036 Skora, Jackson
R3 5 November 2002 Birmingham City A 2–0 12,241 Fuller, Lewis
R4 4 December 2002 Aston Villa A 0–5 23,042

Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England David Lucas 19(2) 0 0 0 4 0 23(2) 0
2 DF Scotland Graham Alexander 45 10 1 0 4 1 50 11
3 DF Scotland Brian O'Neil 12(3) 0 0 0 0 0 12(3) 0
4 MF Nigeria Dickson Etuhu 33(6) 6 1 0 4 0 38(6) 6
5 DF England Michael Jackson 21(1) 1 0 0 1 1 22(1) 2
6 DF England Marlon Broomes 21(7) 0 1 0 3 0 25(7) 0
6 DF England Sean Gregan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF England Lee Cartwright 13(9) 2 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 13(12) 0
8 MF England Mark Rankine 11(7) 0 0 0 1(3) 0 12(10) 0
9 FW Jamaica Ricardo Fuller 18 9 0 0 1(1) 2 19(1) 11
10 FW South Africa George Koumantarakis 10 3 0 0 0 0 10 3
11 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 12(11) 5 1 0 4 0 17(11) 5
13 GK England Andy Lonergan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Northern Ireland Colin Murdock 24 0 1 0 1(1) 0 26(1) 0
15 DF Wales Rob Edwards 26 0 0 0 2 0 28 0
16 MF England Paul McKenna 39(2) 3 1 0 3 0 43(2) 3
17 MF United States Eddie Lewis 34(4) 5 1 0 3(1) 1 38(5) 6
18 FW Poland Pawel Abbott 6(10) 3 1 0 0 0 7(10) 3
19 MF Republic of Ireland Michael Keane 1(4) 0 0 1 0 0 2(4) 0
20 DF England Chris Lucketti 43 2 1 0 4 0 48 2
21 GK Finland Tepi Moilanen 14(1) 0 1 0 0(2) 0 15(3) 0
22 DF England Adam Eaton 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(10 0
23 FW England Mark Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Jamaica Tyrone Mears 11(11) 1 0(1) 0 1 0 12(12) 1
25 FW England Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW France Éric Skora 30(5) 0 1 0 2 1 33(5) 1
27 MF Republic of Ireland Alan McCormack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Republic of Ireland Brian Barry-Murphy 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 FW England Joe O'Neill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Republic of Ireland Kelham O'Hanlon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Scotland Iain Anderson 0(8) 0 0(1) 1 1 0 1(9) 1
34 FW Scotland Simon Lynch 6(11) 0 0 0 0 0 6(11) 0
40 GK Scotland Jonathan Gould 13(1) 0 0 0 0 0 13(1) 0

References

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  1. ^ "Preston North End 2002/03". Statto. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
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