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2002–03 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the 94th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003. United finished the season in eighth place.

Dundee United F.C.
2002–03 season
ChairmanJim McLean (until 26 September)
Eddie Thompson (from 26 September)
ManagerAlex Smith (until 7 October)
Paul Hegarty (until 30 January as caretaker)
Ian McCall (from 30 January)
Bank of Scotland Premierleague11th
W:7 D:11 L:20 F:35 A:68 P:32
Tennent's Scottish CupThird round
CIS Insurance CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jim McIntyre (9)
All: Jim McIntyre, Steven Thompson (9)
Highest home attendance12,402 (vs Dundee, 31 August)
Lowest home attendance5,572 (vs Livingston, 19 October)

United were knocked out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup by Hibernian in the third round, and were beaten by Celtic in the CIS Insurance Cup semi-finals.

Review and events

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What had begun with optimism and hopes that United could continue the progress made the previous year would end up being statistically the club's worst season since before World War II. Eddie Thompson took over as chairman with the season barely a month old and quickly sacked Alex Smith, though a run of just two wins from the first ten games did not help the manager's cause. After a failed attempt to recruit Ian McCall, Paul Hegarty was put in charge provisionally until the end of the season. While the former club hero got off to a decent start with 7 points from five matches, a dismal run of ten weeks without a win followed, leading to Hegarty being dismissed at the end of January and McCall being successfully recruited.

The key factor in McCall's change of heart was that while his previous club Falkirk were runaway leaders of the First Division, it was by now evident that they were unlikely to be promoted as their ground did not meet the SPL's requirements. McCall still had the task of keeping United off the bottom of the table in the unlikely event that the SPL had a change of heart or one of the chasing pack overhauled Falkirk, and he ultimately managed this with an excellent run of form after the SPL split, leaving them to finish eleventh. However, this good finish could not mask what had been an extremely poor season by any measure, and left McCall facing a major reconstruction job.

Match results

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Dundee United played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season.[1] The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup in the third round, losing at home to Hibernian. Celtic knocked United out of the CIS Cup in the semi-finals.

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
3 August 2002 Partick Thistle A 0–0 6,375
10 August 2002 Kilmarnock H 1–2 6,366 Thompson
17 August 2002 Celtic A 0–5 56,907
25 August 2002 Motherwell H 1–1 5,795 McIntyre
31 August 2002 Dundee H 0–0 12,402
11 September 2002 Aberdeen A 2–1 10,724 Thompson (2)
14 September 2002 Dunfermline H 1–2 6,041 Lilley
21 September 2002 Hearts A 0–2 11,532
28 September 2002 Rangers H 0–3 10,013
5 October 2002 Hibernian A 1–2 11,532 Thompson
19 October 2002 Livingston H 2–3 5,572 Lilley, McIntyre
26 October 2002 Partick Thistle H 1–1 6,369 Thompson
2 November 2002 Kilmarnock A 2–1 5,417 Thompson, McIntyre
10 November 2002 Celtic H 0–2 10,664
16 November 2002 Motherwell A 2–1 5,381 Hamilton (2)
23 November 2002 Dundee A 2–3 11,539 Hamilton, McIntyre
30 November 2002 Aberdeen H 1–1 8,621 Hamilton
4 December 2002 Dunfermline A 1–4 4,342 McIntyre
7 December 2002 Hibernian H 1–1 5,673 Wilson
14 December 2002 Rangers A 0–3 47,639
21 December 2002 Hearts H 0–3 6,025
26 December 2002 Livingston A 0–3 5,103
29 December 2002 Partick Thistle A 0–0 5,109
2 January 2003 Kilmarnock H 2–2 7,183 Dodds, McIntyre
29 January 2003 Celtic A 0–2 55,204
1 February 2003 Motherwell H 2–1 6,672 Tod, Miller
9 February 2003 Dundee H 1–1 10,457
16 February 2003 Aberdeen A 0–3 9,146
1 March 2003 Dunfermline H 3–0 6,004 Craig Easton, Tod, Ogunmade
9 March 2003 Hibernian A 1–1 7,518 McIntyre
15 March 2003 Livingston H 0–1 6,247
5 April 2003 Hearts A 1–2 9,663 Griffin
13 April 2003 Rangers H 1–4 10,013 Dodds
26 April 2003 Hibernian H 1–2 6,758 McCracken
3 May 2003 Motherwell A 2–2 9,056 Miller, McIntyre
10 May 2003 Livingston A 2–1 6,314 McIntyre, Miller
17 May 2003 Partick Thistle A 1–0 6,357 Paterson
24 May 2003 Aberdeen H 0–2 8,516

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 January 2003 Hibernian H 2–3 8,986 O'Donnell, Hamilton

CIS Insurance Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
24 September 2002 Queen's Park H 4–1 3,600 O'Donnell (3), Thompson
29 October 2002 Airdrie United A 2–1 1,768 Thompson (2)
13 November 2002 Livingston A 2–0 3,592 Lilley (2)
6 February 2003 Celtic N 0–3 18,856

Player details

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During the 2002–03 season, United used 32 different players, with a further played named as a substitute who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Paul Gallacher 38 0 34 0 1 0 3 0
22 GK   SCO Alan Combe 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF   SCO Jamie McCunnie 21 0 17 0 1 0 3 0
3 DF   SCO Warren Cummings 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   NIR Danny Griffin 17 1 17 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF   SCO Kevin McGowne 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF   SCO Gary Bollan 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   SCO Jim Lauchlan 28 0 24 0 1 0 3 0
14 DF   ENG Hasney Aljofree 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   SCO David McCracken 30 1 25 1 1 0 4 0
27 DF   SCO Mark Wilson 31 1 26 1 1 0 4 0
35 DF   ITA Daniele Chiarini 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
18 DF   SCO Andy Tod 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO Craig Easton 41 1 36 1 1 0 4 0
8 MF   SCO Charlie Miller 38 4 34 4 1 0 3 0
11 MF   SCO Jim Paterson 38 1 33 1 1 0 4 0
15 MF   SCO Stuart Duff 38 0 34 0 0 0 4 0
16 MF   NIR Stephen Carson 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   GRE Tassos Venetis 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF   ISL Arnar Gunnlaugsson 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF   TRI Russell Latapy 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   SCO Stephen O'Donnell 14 4 11 0 1 1 2 3
9 FW   SCO Derek Lilley 37 4 33 2 0 0 4 2
10 FW   SCO Jim McIntyre 37 9 32 9 1 0 4 0
12 FW   SCO Allan Smart 18 0 17 0 0 0 1 0
14 FW   SCO Billy Dodds 16 2 14 2 1 0 1 0
17 FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 16 5 13 4 1 1 2 0
19 FW   SCO Steven Thompson 23 9 20 6 0 0 3 3
23 FW   SCO David Winters 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW   SCO Daniel Ogunmade 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
39 FW   SCO Stephen McGowan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
47 FW   SCO Aaron Conway 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Aberdeen 38 13 10 15 41 54 −13 49
9 Livingston 38 9 8 21 48 62 −14 35
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 11 19 37 58 −21 35
11 Dundee United 38 7 11 20 35 68 −33 32
12 Motherwell 38 7 7 24 45 71 −26 28 Spared from relegation[b]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.
  2. ^ As the First Division champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground for the SPL, bottom club Motherwell were spared from relegation.

Transfers

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Playing kit

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Home colours
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away colours
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Telewest for the last time.

Awards

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November 2002

See also

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References

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