2002–03 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
2002–03 season
ChairmanPeter Furneaux
ManagerPaul Groves
StadiumBlundell Park
Football League First Division24th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst 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.[1]

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
15 May 2002 GK England Bradley Hughes England Watford Free Transfer
5 July 2002 MF England Terry Cooke England Manchester City Free Transfer
1 August 2002 DF England Greg Young England Sheffield Wednesday Free Transfer
1 August 2002 MF England Stephen Downes England Ossett Albion Free Transfer
2 August 2022 DF England Steve Chettle England Barnsley Free Transfer
2 August 2002 MF Wales Darren Barnard England Barnsley Free Transfer
22 August 2002 FW England Robert Taylor England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free Transfer
27 September 2022 DF Cape Verde Georges Santos England Sheffield United Free Transfer
21 December 2002 GK England Andy Pettinger England Everton Free Transfer
13 January 2003 FW England Michael Boulding England Aston Villa Free Transfer
7 February 2003 FW United States Jake Sagare United States Portland Timbers Free Transfer

Loans in

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Date Pos Player Transferred from Date Until Ref
9 August 2002 FW England Paul Robinson England Newcastle United 27 October 2002
23 August 2002 FW England Steve Kabba England Crystal Palace 8 November 2002
31 August 2002 GK England Shaun Allaway England Leeds United 5 May 2003
31 October 2022 MF Wales John Oster England Sunderland 30 December 2002
2 November 2002 DF Republic of Ireland Jason Gavin England Middlesbrough 5 January 2003
10 January 2003 FW England Michael Boulding England Aston Villa 12 January 2003
21 February 2003 MF Wales John Oster England Sunderland 24 March 2003
22 February 2003 MF Scotland Richard Hughes England Portsmouth 5 May 2003
27 March 2003 MF Republic of Ireland Michael Keane England Preston North End 5 May 2003

Transfers out

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Date Pos Player Transferred To Fee Ref
31 May 2002 FW England Mike Jeffrey Retired Released
31 May 2002 MF England Gary Moran England Rugby United Released
1 June 2002 MF Netherlands Menno Willems Netherlands HFC Haarlem Released
1 July 2002 MF England David Smith Wales Swansea City Released
1 July 2002 MF England Ben Chapman England Boston United Released
3 July 2002 FW Scotland Willie Falconer Scotland Clyde Released
5 July 2002 DF England Danny Butterfield England Crystal Palace Free Transfer
8 July 2002 FW England Michael Boulding England Aston Villa Free Transfer
29 August 2002 FW England Bradley Allen England Peterborough United Released
9 September 2002 MF England Wayne Burnett England Woking Released
13 February 2003 DF England Paul Raven England Carlisle United Released
28 February 2003 MF England Robert Taylor England Scunthorpe United Released

Loans out

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Date Pos Player Transferred To Date Until Ref
5 September 2002 FW England Phil Jevons England Hull City 4 May 2003

Final league table

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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

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Grimsby Town's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Grimsby Town 2002/03". Statto. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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