2002–03 Millwall F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Millwall compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 9th position with 66 points.[1]

Millwall
2002–03 season
ChairmanCyprus Theo Paphitis
ManagerScotland Mark McGhee
StadiumThe Den
First Division9th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerNeil Harris (12)
Average home league attendance8,512

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Ipswich Town 46 19 13 14 80 64 +16 70
8 Norwich City 46 19 12 15 60 49 +11 69
9 Millwall 46 19 9 18 59 69 −10 66
10 Wimbledon 46 18 11 17 76 73 +3 65
11 Gillingham 46 16 14 16 56 65 −9 62
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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Millwall'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 Rotherham United H 0 – 6 7,177
2 13 August 2002 Watford A 0 – 0 11,187
3 17 August 2002 Gillingham A 0 – 1 7,543
4 24 August 2002 Ipswich Town H 1 – 1 8,097 May
5 27 August 2002 Sheffield United A 1 – 3 13,024 Ifill
6 31 August 2002 Grimsby Town H 2 – 0 6,677 Claridge (2)
7 7 September 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1 – 0 8,822 Ward
8 14 September 2002 Portsmouth A 0 – 1 17,201
9 17 September 2002 Burnley A 2 – 2 11,878 Livermore, Davies
10 21 September 2002 Walsall H 0 – 3 7,525
11 28 September 2002 Coventry City A 3 – 2 13,562 Davies, Harris, Kinet
12 5 October 2002 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 2 10,521 Davies
13 12 October 2002 Wimbledon H 1 – 1 8,248 Nethercott
14 19 October 2002 Norwich City A 1 – 3 20,448 Claridge
15 26 October 2002 Derby County H 3 – 0 8,116 Wise, Harris (2)
16 30 October 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 1 – 0 16,791 Claridge
17 2 November 2002 Reading A 0 – 2 13,081
18 9 November 2002 Preston North End H 2 – 1 7,554 Wise, Ifill
19 16 November 2002 Leicester City H 2 – 2 10,772 Wise, Reid
20 23 November 2002 Stoke City A 1 – 0 13,776 Reid
21 30 November 2002 Bradford City H 1 – 0 8,510 Harris
22 7 December 2002 Crystal Palace A 0 – 1 19,301
23 14 December 2002 Leicester City A 1 – 4 31,904 Claridge
24 21 December 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 1 9,091 Roberts
25 26 December 2002 Gillingham A 2 – 2 10,947 Harris, Ryan
26 28 December 2002 Rotherham United A 3 – 1 6,448 Harris, Claridge, Reid
27 1 January 2003 Ipswich Town A 1 – 4 26,040 Reid
28 11 January 2003 Watford H 4 – 0 9,030 Claridge, Ryan, Ifill, Sweeney
29 18 January 2003 Grimsby Town A 2 – 0 4,993 Claridge (2)
30 1 February 2003 Sheffield United H 1 – 0 9,102 Ifill
31 8 February 2003 Preston North End A 1 – 2 13,117 Kinet
32 15 February 2003 Reading H 0 – 2 7,038
33 22 February 2003 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0 – 1 6,751
34 1 March 2003 Portsmouth H 0 – 5 9,676
35 4 March 2003 Burnley H 1 – 1 6,045 Sadlier
36 8 March 2003 Walsall A 2 – 1 6,647 Ifill, Harris
37 15 March 2003 Wimbledon A 0 – 2 2,952
38 18 March 2003 Norwich City H 0 – 2 6,854
39 22 March 2003 Sheffield Wednesday H 3 – 0 7,338 Ifill, Reid (2)
40 5 April 2003 Bradford City A 1 – 0 10,676 Harris
41 13 April 2003 Stoke City H 3 – 1 8,725 Harris, Roberts, Livermore
42 16 April 2003 Derby County A 2 – 1 21,014 Harris, McCammon
43 19 April 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 3 27,015
44 21 April 2003 Crystal Palace H 3 – 2 10,670 Harris, McCammon, Cahill
45 26 April 2003 Nottingham Forest A 3 – 3 29,463 Harris, Cahill, Nethercott
46 4 May 2003 Coventry City H 2 – 0 9,220 Cahill, Craig

FA Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 4 January 2003 Cambridge United A 1 – 1 6,864 Claridge
R3 Replay 14 January 2003 Cambridge United H 3 – 2 7,031 Claridge, Ifill, Robinson
R4 25 January 2003 Southampton A 1 – 1 23,809 Claridge
R4 Replay 5 February 2003 Southampton H 1 – 2 10,197 Reid

Football League Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 10 September 2002 Rushden & Diamonds A 0 – 0 (3 – 5 pens) 2,731

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Tony Warner[notes 1]
2 DF   ENG Matt Lawrence
3 DF   IRL Robbie Ryan
4 MF   SAM Tim Cahill[notes 2]
5 DF   ENG Stuart Nethercott
6 DF   NIR Joe Dolan[notes 3]
7 MF   ENG Paul Ifill[notes 4]
8 MF   ENG David Livermore
9 FW   ENG Neil Harris
10 FW   IRL Richard Sadlier
11 MF   IRL Steven Reid[notes 5]
12 DF   ENG Darren Ward
13 GK   GLP Willy Guéret
14 MF   ENG Andy Roberts
15 FW   ENG Moses Ashikodi[notes 6]
16 MF   BEL Christophe Kinet
19 MF   ENG Dennis Wise
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   ENG Ronnie Bull
22 FW   NIR Kevin Braniff
23 FW   ENG Mark McCammon[notes 7]
25 MF   ENG Marvin Elliott[notes 8]
26 MF   SCO Peter Sweeney
27 DF   IRL Alan Dunne
28 DF   ENG Mark Phillips
29 MF   ENG Stuart Booth
30 MF   ENG Charley Hearn
31 DF   WAL Matthew Rees
32 FW   ENG Ben May
33 DF   SCO Sergei Baltacha[notes 9]
34 DF   ENG Paul Robinson
35 DF   ENG Tony Craig
36 FW   ENG Steve Claridge
37 GK   RSA Chad Harpur
MF   AUS Daniel Severino

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   ENG Dave Tuttle (retired)
17 MF   ENG Leke Odunsi (to Kingstonian)
18 FW   ENG Kevin Davies (on loan from Southampton)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   IRL Kevin Grogan (released)
33 FW   NIR Mark Hicks (released)
33 DF   ENG Glen Johnson (on loan from West Ham United)

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   Tony Warner 46 0 4 0 1 0 51 0
2 DF   Matthew Lawrence 31(2) 0 4 0 1 0 36(2) 0
3 DF   Robbie Ryan 36(5) 2 4 0 1 0 41(5) 2
4 MF   Tim Cahill 9(2) 3 0 0 0 0 9(2) 3
5 DF   Stuart Nethercott 34(2) 2 1 0 1 0 36(2) 2
6 DF   Joe Dolan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF   Paul Ifill 45 6 4 1 1 0 50 7
8 MF   David Livermore 41 2 4 0 1 0 46 2
9 FW   Neil Harris 34(6) 12 1 0 0 0 35(6) 12
10 FW   Richard Sadlier 2(3) 1 0 0 0 0 2(3) 1
11 DF   Steven Reid 19(1) 6 4 1 0 0 23(1) 7
12 DF   Darren Ward 36(3) 1 4 0 1 0 41(3) 1
13 GK   Willy Gueret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Andy Roberts 31(2) 2 0 0 1 0 32(2) 2
15 FW   Moses Ashikodi 0(5) 0 0 0 0 0 0(5) 0
15 DF   Dave Tuttle 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF   Christophe Kinet 10(10) 2 1(1) 0 1 0 12(11) 2
17 MF   Leke Odunsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW   Kevin Davies 6(3) 3 0 0 0 0 6(3) 3
19 MF   Dennis Wise 28(1) 3 3 0 0 0 31(1) 3
20 DF   Ronnie Bull 9(3) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 9(4) 0
21 MF   Kevin Grogan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW   Kevin Braniff 5(5) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW   Mark McCammon 7 2 0 0 0 0 7 2
25 MF   Marvin Elliott 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
26 MF   Peter Sweeney 1(4) 1 0(1) 0 0 0 1(5) 1
27 DF   Alan Dunne 3(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0
28 DF   Mark Phillips 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
30 MF   Charley Hearn 6(3) 0 2(2) 0 0(1) 0 8(6) 0
31 DF   Matthew Rees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW   Ben May 4(6) 1 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF   Glen Johnson 7(1) 0 0 0 0 0 7(1) 0
33 DF   Sergei Baltacha 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
34 DF   Paul Robinson 12(2) 0 3(1) 1 0 0 15(3) 1
35 DF   Tony Craig 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
36 FW   Steve Claridge 31(13) 9 4 3 0(1) 0 35(14) 12
37 GK   Chad Harpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

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  1. ^ Warner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006.
  2. ^ Cahill was born in Sydney, Australia, but also qualified to represent Samoa, England, and the Republic of Ireland through his mother, father, and grandparents respectively, and represented Samoa (then called Western Samoa) at U-20 level, unsuccessfully attempted to overturn a FIFA ruling that prevented him from representing the Republic of Ireland during the 2001–02 season, changed his allegiance to Australia in 2003 following a change in FIFA's eligibility rules and made his international debut for Australia in March 2004.
  3. ^ Dolan was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented Northern Ireland at U-18 and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. ^ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented England at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  6. ^ Ashikodi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but was raised in England and also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally, and represented England at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level before making his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in September 2012.
  7. ^ McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and made his international debut for Barbados in 2006.
  8. ^ Elliott was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.
  9. ^ Baltacha was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but was raised in England between the ages of 9 and 11 and Scotland from the age of 11 and also qualified to represent Russia, Wales, and Northern Ireland internationally, and represented Scotland at U-21 level.

References

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  1. ^ "Millwall 2002/03". Statto. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Millwall - 2002/03".
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