2002–03 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Partick Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 10th position with 35 points.[1]

Partick Thistle
Scottish Premier League10th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupQuarter-final

Final 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.

Results

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Partick Thistle's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 3 August 2002 Dundee United H 0–0 6,375
2 10 August 2002 Motherwell A 1–1 5,788 Burns 81'
3 17 August 2002 Livingston H 2–2 4,255 Mitchell (2) 33', 64'
4 24 August 2002 Celtic A 0–1 8,053
5 1 September 2002 Aberdeen A 1–0 12,591 Lilley 31'
6 11 September 2002 Kilmarnock A 0–1 6,848
7 14 September 2002 Dundee H 1–1 4,552 Mitchell 41'
8 21 September 2002 Rangers A 0–3 48,969
9 28 September 2002 Heart of Midlothian H 2–2 6,111 Archibald (2) 28', 79'
10 5 October 2002 Dunfermline Athletic A 1–4 5,522 Mitchell 61'
11 19 October 2002 Hibernian H 0–3 5,946
12 26 October 2002 Dundee United A 1–1 6,369 Waddell 86'
13 2 November 2002 Motherwell H 2–0 5,405 Hardie 30', Burns 52'
14 9 November 2002 Livingston A 0–3 6,218
15 17 November 2002 Celtic A 0–4 57,839
16 23 November 2002 Aberdeen H 2–1 6,182 Lilley 32', Hardie 79'
17 30 November 2002 Kilmarnock H 3–0 5,055 Burns (3) 64', 79', 87'
18 4 December 2002 Dundee A 1–4 5,363 Britton 70'
19 7 December 2002 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–0 4,110 Britton 5', Burns (2) 45', 52'
20 14 December 2002 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 9,734
21 22 December 2002 Rangers H 1–2 10,022 Burns 7'
22 26 December 2002 Hibernian A 1–1 10,317 Burns 78'
23 29 December 2002 Dundee United H 0–0 5,109
24 2 January 2003 Motherwell A 2–2 6,262 Burns (2) 19', 49'
25 28 January 2003 Livingston H 1–3 3,541 Burns 39'
26 2 February 2003 Celtic H 0–2 7,119
27 8 February 2003 Aberdeen H 1–0 11,334 Burns 13'
28 23 February 2003 Kilmarnock A 0–1 5,651
29 1 March 2003 Dundee H 1–3 4,599 Buchan 31'
30 9 March 2003 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–0 4,746
31 15 March 2003 Hibernian H 0–1 4,511
32 5 April 2003 Rangers A 0–2 49,472
33 12 April 2003 Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 5,288 Mitchell 73'
34 26 April 2003 Motherwell H 3–0 4,870 Burns 29', Britton (2) 68', 90'
35 3 May 2003 Livingston A 1–3 5,349 Lilley 45'
36 10 May 2003 Aberdeen A 1–2 9,960 Burns 17'
37 17 May 2003 Dundee United H 0–1 6,357
38 24 May 2003 Hibernian A 3–2 9,286 Britton 29', Rowson 52', Burns 86'

Scottish Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 25 January 2003 Dundee H 0–2 4,825

Scottish League Cup

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 24 September 2002 Berwick Rangers A 3–0 563 Hardie (2) 19', 32', Buchan 35'
R3 22 October 2002 Dundee H 1–0 2,652 Hardie 86'
QF 6 November 2002 Celtic A 1–1 (4–5 pens) 26,333 Burns 50'

References

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  1. ^ "Scotland 2002/03". RSSSF.
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