2002–03 Football League Trophy

The 2002–03 Football League Trophy, known as the 2002–03 LDV Vans Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Bristol City and the runners-up were Carlisle United.

2002–03 Football League Trophy

LDV Vans Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	60
Defending champions	Blackpool
Final positions
Champions	Bristol City
Runner-up	Carlisle United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	219 (3.59 per match)

The competition began on 22 October 2002 and ended with the final on 6 April 2003 at the Millennium Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. In addition to the 48 League teams, 12 teams from the Football Conference were also invited to participate in the competition.

First round

Northern Section

Barnsley and Macclesfield Town were given byes to the second round.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
22 October	Chesterfield	2–0	Halifax Town
22 October	Lincoln City	4–3	York City
22 October	Mansfield Town	0–4	Crewe Alexandra
22 October	Notts County	2–3	Wigan Athletic
22 October	Oldham Athletic	3–4	Carlisle United
22 October	Port Vale	3–1	Hull City
22 October	Rochdale	0–1	Bury
22 October	Scarborough	1–2	Doncaster Rovers
22 October	Scunthorpe United	2–3	Blackpool
22 October	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Morecambe
22 October	Southport	3–4	Leigh RMI
22 October	Stockport County	1–0	Darlington
22 October	Tranmere Rovers	5–0	Hartlepool United
22 October	Wrexham	2–1	Huddersfield Town

Southern Section

Cardiff City and Brentford were given byes to the second round.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
22 October	Cambridge United	4–0	Rushden & Diamonds
22 October	Cheltenham Town	4–1	Colchester United
22 October	Chester City	1–2	Plymouth Argyle
22 October	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–3	Kidderminster Harriers
22 October	Exeter City	1–0	Bristol Rovers
22 October	Hereford United	3–4	Northampton Town
22 October	Leyton Orient	3–2	Peterborough United
22 October	Oxford United	2–3	Bournemouth
22 October	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Bristol City
Bristol City won 5-4 on penalties
22 October	Stevenage	2–1	Swansea City
22 October	Swindon Town	6–1	Southend United
22 October	Torquay United	0–4	Wycombe Wanderers
22 October	Woking	0–2	Luton Town
23 October	Boston United	4–2	Yeovil Town

Second round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
12 November	Bury	1–0	Barnsley
12 November	Carlisle United	1–0	Stockport County
12 November	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Blackpool
12 November	Leigh RMI	3–4	Wrexham
12 November	Lincoln City	1–2	Shrewsbury Town
12 November	Macclesfield Town	1–2	Tranmere Rovers
12 November	Port Vale	1–1	Chesterfield
Port Vale won 4-3 on penalties
12 November	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Doncaster Rovers

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
12 November	Bournemouth	1–0	Leyton Orient
12 November	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers
12 November	Exeter City	0–3	Cardiff City
12 November	Kidderminster Harriers	3–2	Swindon Town
12 November	Northampton Town	2–4	Cambridge United
12 November	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Brentford
12 November	Stevenage	3–4	Luton Town
13 November	Boston United	1–2	Bristol City

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
10 December	Bury	2–0	Tranmere Rovers
10 December	Carlisle United	2–0	Wrexham
10 December	Crewe Alexandra	8–0	Doncaster Rovers
10 December	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Port Vale

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
10 December	Bournemouth	2–1	Cardiff City
10 December	Brentford	2–1	Kidderminster Harriers
10 December	Luton Town	1–2	Cambridge United
11 December	Bristol City	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
21 January	Carlisle United	3–2	Bury
29 January	Shrewsbury Town	4–2	Crewe Alexandra

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
21 January	Bournemouth	1–3	Bristol City
21 January	Brentford	1–2	Cambridge United

Area finals

Northern Area final

25 February 2003

Carlisle United	1–0	Shrewsbury Town
Rundle 22'	Report

Brunton Park, Carlisle

4 March 2003

Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Carlisle United
	Report

Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Southern Area final

18 February 2003

Bristol City	4–2	Cambridge United
Doherty 21' Burnell 64' Murray 67' Robins 77'	Report	Kitson 34', 54'

Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

25 February 2003

Cambridge United	0–3	Bristol City
	Report	Carey 11' Murray 45' Roberts 80'

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Final

See also: 2003 Football League Trophy Final

6 April 2003

13:30 BST

Bristol City	2–0	Carlisle United
Peacock 78' Rosenior 89'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 50,913

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

Bristol City

Carlisle United

GK 1 Steve Phillips DF 2 Louis Carey DF 5 Tony Butler DF 19 Danny Coles DF 3 Michael Bell  85' MF 7 Scott Murray MF 8 Joe Burnell MF 4 Tommy Doherty (c) MF 11 Brian Tinnion  81' MF 18 Christian Roberts  62' FW 10 Lee Peacock Substitutes: GK 14 Mike Stowell DF 6 Matt Hill  85' DF 26 Liam Rosenior  62' MF 12 Aaron Brown  81' FW 9 Peter Beadle Manager: Danny Wilson

GK 27 Matt Glennon DF 5 Brian Shelley DF 4 Paul Raven DF 15 Darren Kelly  80' DF 7 Peter Murphy MF 24 Jon McCarthy MF 17 Stuart Green MF 25 Mark Summerbell  85' FW 33 Adam Rundle FW 9 Richie Foran FW 34 Craig Farrell  75' Substitute: DF 3 Lee Maddison  80' DF 13 Willo McDonagh  85' MF 20 Brendan McGill FW 11 Brian Wake  75' FW 26 Craig Russell Manager: Roddy Collins

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Notes

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