2002–03 Combined Counties Football League

Combined Counties
Football League
Season	2002–03
Champions	Withdean 2000
Matches played	552
Goals scored	2,036 (3.69 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Combined Counties Football League season was the 25th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England. It was AFC Wimbledon's first season as a fan owned club, having reformed after Wimbledon FC opted to move to Milton Keynes and became the MK Dons.

AFC Wallingford's 115 points without winning the league is considered the most points ever accumulated by a runner-up in any football league.^[1] AFC Wimbledon's 111 points is the second most points ever won by a non-winner in any football league competition.

League table

The league featured 21 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:

AFC Wimbledon, new club formed after Wimbledon F.C. was relocated to Milton Keynes
Frimley Green, joined from the Surrey County Senior League
North Greenford United

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Withdean 2000	46	40	4	2	143	32	+111	124
2	AFC Wallingford	46	37	4	5	129	33	+96	115
3	AFC Wimbledon	46	36	3	7	125	46	+79	111
4	Feltham	46	25	10	11	101	48	+53	85
5	Bedfont	46	25	5	16	106	73	+33	80
6	Sandhurst Town	46	23	9	14	86	57	+29	78
7	Godalming & Guildford	46	25	3	18	95	75	+20	78
8	Raynes Park Vale	46	24	5	17	101	79	+22	77
9	Ash United	46	23	5	18	110	83	+27	74
10	North Greenford United	46	22	7	17	104	87	+17	73
11	Hartley Wintney	46	23	4	19	88	84	+4	73
12	Southall	46	19	11	16	91	77	+14	68
13	Westfield	46	19	9	18	75	86	−11	66
14	Chessington & Hook United	46	18	9	19	96	80	+16	63
15	Reading Town	46	18	6	22	67	79	−12	60
16	Chipstead	46	16	10	20	92	87	+5	58
17	Merstham	46	16	10	20	61	80	−19	58
18	Walton Casuals	46	12	10	24	60	95	−35	46
19	Chessington United	46	13	6	27	54	84	−30	45
20	Frimley Green	46	13	5	28	65	98	−33	44
21	Cobham	46	11	10	25	61	108	−47	40^[a]
22	Farnham Town	46	5	9	32	45	130	−85	24
23	Cove	46	5	6	35	46	160	−114	21
24	Viking Greenford	46	3	2	41	35	175	−140	8^[b]	Club folded

Source: fchd.info
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Cobham were deducted three points.
^ Viking Greenford were deducted three points.

References

^ Ashdown, John (2011-05-25). "Who are the greatest runners-up ever?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

External links

Combined Counties League Official Site Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine

[table_hth_COB0.9217578032621-2] Cobham were deducted three points.

[table_hth_VIK0.9217578032621-3] Viking Greenford were deducted three points.

[1] Ashdown, John (2011-05-25). "Who are the greatest runners-up ever?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

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