2002–03 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

During the 2002–03 English football season, Oldham Athletic A.F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Oldham Athletic
2002–03 season
ChairmanDavid Brierley
ManagerIain Dowie
StadiumBoundary Park
Second Division5th
FA CupSecond round
League CupFourth round
Auto Windscreens ShieldFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Eyres (13)
All: David Eyres (16)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 2 F.A. Cup League Cup League Trophy D2 Play-Offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   ENG Dean Holden 7 2 2+4 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 MF   ENG Darren Sheridan 41 1 29+4 1 3+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   ENG Lee Duxbury 38 4 16+18 4 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
7 MF   ENG Paul Murray 34 1 29+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF   IRL John Sheridan 6 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   IRL Ben Burgess 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW   ENG John Eyre 39 2 27+4 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
11 MF   ENG Matty Appleby 12 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW   ENG Wayne Andrews 46 12 28+9 11 2+1 0 1+2 0 1+0 1 2+0 0
13 GK   NIR David Miskelly 15 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
14 DF   ENG Michael Clegg 10 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 DF   FRA Julien Baudet 28 2 21+3 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 GK   AUS Les Pogliacomi 43 0 37+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW   ENG Scott Vernon 10 3 2+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 2 0+0 0
18 MF   ENG Danny Boshell 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   CAN Carlo Corazzin 48 5 21+18 4 1+2 0 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
20 DF   ENG David Beharall 39 0 30+2 0 3+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF   ENG Fitz Hall 49 5 39+0 4 3+0 1 4+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
22 DF   ENG Danny Hall 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF   SCO Will Haining 31 3 25+1 2 0+1 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
24 FW   NZL Chris Killen 34 4 11+16 3 1+2 0 2+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   ENG David Eyres 49 16 40+0 13 3+0 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 1
29 DF   ENG Clint Hill 26 1 18+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
30 FW   ANG Luís Lourenço 10 1 1+6 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF   ENG Tony Carss 29 2 16+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
32 FW   NED Clyde Wijnhard 40 5 24+10 2 2+0 1 3+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 DF   ENG Chris Armstrong 41 1 33+0 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
34 MF   ENG Josh Low 27 4 19+2 3 2+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
3 Bristol City 46 15 5 3 43 15 9 6 8 36 33 +31 83 Participated in play-offs
4 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 4 5 38 19 10 7 6 31 26 +24 83
5 Oldham Athletic 46 11 6 6 39 18 11 10 2 29 20 +30 82
6 Cardiff City (O, P) 46 12 6 5 33 20 11 6 6 35 23 +25 81
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 5 4 38 23 9 6 8 28 34 +9 80
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Competitions edit

League Division 2 edit

10 August  2002 (2002 -08-10) 1 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Cardiff City Oldham
Baudet    27 '
Hall    37 '
Corazzin    65 '
Duxbury   90 '
Report Campbell   21 '
Earnshaw    82 '   84 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,033
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme
13 August  2002 (2002 -08-13) 2 Peterborough United 0–1 Oldham Athletic Peterborough
Green    69 ' Report Killen   62 '
Corazzin    76 '
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 5,204
Referee: Ray Olivier
17 August  2002 (2002 -08-17) 3 Brentford 0–0 Oldham Athletic Brentford
Report Appleby    34 '
Hall    35 '    60 '
Low    90 '
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Mick Fletcher
24 August  2002 (2002 -08-24) 4 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Oldham
Low    39 '
Hill    59 '   69 '
Hall    73 '
Wijnhard   77 '
Report Navarro    22 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,933
Referee: Graham Laws
26 August  2002 (2002 -08-26) 5 Blackpool 0–0 Oldham Athletic Blackpool
Report Clegg    25 '
Appleby   31 '    90 '
Eyres    43 '
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8,201
Referee: Tony Leake
31 August  2002 (2002 -08-31) 6 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers Oldham
Appleby    72 ' Report Bulman   5 '
Harris   85 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,963
Referee: Alan Kaye
7 September  2002 (2002 -09-07) 7 Notts County 1–3 Oldham Athletic Nottingham
Heffernan   28 '
Allsopp    60 '
Report Eyres   34 '
Sheridan   36 '
Hall    49 '
Killen   65 '
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Tony Bates
14 September  2002 (2002 -09-14) 8 Oldham Athletic 6–1 Mansfield Town Oldham
Wijnhard   10', 26' (pen.), 36', 70 '
Corazzin   80 '
Andrews   84' (pen.)
Report Corden   19 '
MacKenzie    80 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,490
Referee: Richard Beeby
17 September  2002 (2002 -09-17) 9 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Bristol City Oldham
Wijnhard   70 '
Duxbury    79 '
Report Doherty   52 '    59 '
Coles    72 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,583
Referee: Colin Webster
21 September  2002 (2002 -09-21) 10 Colchester United 0–1 Oldham Athletic Colchester
Warren    56 ' Report Hill    53 '
Wijnhard    57 '
Andrews   64 '
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Grant Hegley
28 September  2002 (2002 -09-28) 11 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Huddersfield Town Oldham
Wijnhard   1', 57 '
Eyres   18 '    59 '
Lourenço   80 '
Report Brown    20 '
Jenkins    62 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: David Pugh
5 October  2002 (2002 -10-05) 12 Swindon Town 0–1 Oldham Athletic Swindon
Gurney    88 ' Report Duxbury   6 '
Beharall    13 '
Eyre    17 '
Baudet    43 '
Eyres    76 '
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,326
Referee: Peter Walton
12 October  2002 (2002 -10-12) 13 Port Vale 1–1 Oldham Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
Collins    55 '
McPhee   66 '
Report Holden    5 '   49 '
Sheridan    22 '
Corazzin    57 '
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
19 October  2002 (2002 -10-19) 14 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Luton Town Oldham
Holden   4 '
Eyre    17 '
Carss    74 '
Report Fotiadis    8 '   33 '
Thorpe   58 '
Brković    66 '
Perrett    80 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,916
Referee: Carl Boyeson
26 October  2002 (2002 -10-26) 15 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Oldham Athletic London
Rose   2 '    43 ' Report Sheridan    14 '
Low   29 '    45 '
Duxbury   38 '
Hall    39 '
Eyre    89 '
Killen    90 '
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,491
Referee: Clive Wilkes
29 October  2002 (2002 -10-29) 16 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Northampton Town Oldham
Andrews   28 '
Corazzin   61 '
Eyres   71' (pen.)
Eyre   84 '
Report Hope    32 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,512
Referee: Roy Pearson
2 November  2002 (2002 -11-02) 17 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Stockport County Oldham
Hall   40 '
Vernon   90 '
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,251
Referee: Mike Pike
9 November  2002 (2002 -11-09) 18 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Oldham Athletic Plymouth
Stonebridge   4 '
Friio   7 '    13 '
Evans    45 '
McGlinchey    73 '
Report Eyres   74' (pen.)
Andrews   76 '
Killen    88 '
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 8,216
Referee: Phil Crossley
23 November  2002 (2002 -11-23) 19 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Cheltenham Town Oldham
Sheridan    24 '
Eyres    73 '
Report Finnigan    45 '
Victory    57 '
Devaney    89 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,575
Referee: Mike Ryan
30 November  2002 (2002 -11-30) 20 Barnsley 2–2 Oldham Athletic Barnsley
Sheron   28 '
Gibbs    34 '
Betsy    45 '
Dyer   89 '
Morgan    89 '
Report Baudet   27 '    34 '
Sheridan    47 '
Eyre    51 '
Killen   81 '
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Graham Salisbury
14 December  2002 (2002 -12-14) 21 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Wigan Athletic Oldham
Armstrong    24 '
Sheridan   27'   65 '
Eyres    63 '
Report Ellington   36 '
Kennedy    59 '
De Vos   60 '
Jarrett    63 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,269
Referee: Andy Hall
21 December  2002 (2002 -12-21) 22 Chesterfield 0–1 Oldham Athletic Chesterfield
Blatherwick    8 '
Payne    19 '
Booty    42 '
Report Murray    12 '
Andrews    19 '
Hall   22 '    45 '
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,052
Referee: Joe Ross
26 December  2002 (2002 -12-26) 23 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Blackpool Oldham
13:00 Baudet    30 '
Andrews    37 '
Haining   45 '
Duxbury    90 '
Report Murphy   17 '
Coid    37 '
Hendry    45 '
Richardson    66 '
Hills    73 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 9,415
Referee: Mike Jones
29 December  2002 (2002 -12-29) 24 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Oldham Athletic Crewe
Hulse   56 '    71 '
Foster   61 '   68 '
Wright    79 '
Report Baudet    23 '
Corazzin   26 '
Eyres    36 '   61' (pen.)
Eyre    60 '
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 9,006
Referee: David Elleray
1 January  2003 (2003 -01-01) 25 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Oldham Athletic Birkenhead
Jones    32 '
Roberts    37 '
Haworth   59 '
Jackson    74 '
Report Eyres   37' (pen.)
Armstrong    54 '
Hall    69 '
Baudet   76 '
Sheridan    90 '
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 9,795
Referee: Chris Foy
4 January  2003 (2003 -01-04) 26 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Peterborough United Oldham
Report Burton    89 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,922
Referee: Mark Cowburn
14 January  2003 (2003 -01-14) 27 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Brentford Oldham
Hall   22 '    65 '
Duxbury    31 '   46 '
Baudet    51 '
Killen    53 '
Burgess    66 '
Pogliacomi    90 '
Report O'Connor   28 '
Frampton    56 '
McCammon    59 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,039
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
18 January  2003 (2003 -01-18) 28 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Oldham Athletic Wycombe
Ryan    50 '
Harris   71 '
Brown   83' (pen.)
Report Andrews   26 '
Baudet    47 '
Armstrong    82 '
Carss   84 '
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 6,226
Referee: Clive Penton
25 January  2003 (2003 -01-25) 29 Oldham Athletic 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Oldham
Hall    28 '
Armstrong   64 '
Andrews    68 '
Report Hulse   60', 86 '
Ashton   88 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7,597
Referee: Alan Butler
31 January  2003 (2003 -01-31) 30 Cardiff City 1–1 Oldham Athletic Cardiff
Bowen   35 '
Gordon    90 '
Weston    90 '
Report Eyres   87 ' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,579
Referee: Peter Walton
8 February  2003 (2003 -02-08) 31 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Oldham
Andrews    90 '
Haining    90 '
Report Evans   39 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,657
Referee: Howard Webb
15 February  2003 (2003 -02-15) 32 Stockport County 1–2 Oldham Athletic Stockport
Daly   46 '    78 ' Report Murray   9 '
Carss    82 '
Eyres   89 '
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,168
Referee: Phil Prosser
22 February  2003 (2003 -02-22) 33 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Notts County Oldham
Andrews   44 ' Report Richardson    43 '
Heffernan   85 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,657
Referee: Graham Salisbury
1 March  2003 (2003 -03-01) 34 Mansfield Town 0–1 Oldham Athletic Mansfield
Day    16 '
Lawrence    21 '
Christie    37 '
Curtis    44 '
Eaton    64 '
Curle    90 '
Report Eyres    34 '
Hall    41 '
Haining    44 '
Hall   88' (pen.)
Murray    90 '
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 5,712
Referee: Paul Taylor
4 March  2003 (2003 -03-04) 35 Bristol City 2–0 Oldham Athletic Bristol
Murray   54 '
Roberts   90 '
Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 11,194
Referee: Trevor Parkes
8 March  2003 (2003 -03-08) 36 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Colchester United Oldham
Eyre   13 '    73 '
Eyres   19 '
Report White    45 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,223
Referee: Paul Danson
15 March  2003 (2003 -03-15) 37 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Oldham
Wijnhard    50 '
Sheridan    82 '
Report Furlong    16 '
Langley    38 '
Cook    64 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7,242
Referee: Andy Hall
18 March  2003 (2003 -03-18) 38 Luton Town 0–0 Oldham Athletic Luton
Thorpe    44 '
Hillier    90 '
Howard    90 '
Report Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 6,142
Referee: Rob Styles
22 March  2003 (2003 -03-22) 39 Northampton Town 0–2 Oldham Athletic Northampton
Report Low    55 '
Andrews   67', 89 '
Murray    86 '
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,646
Referee: Steve Tomlin
29 March  2003 (2003 -03-29) 40 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Port Vale Oldham
Eyres   28 ' Report Durnin    31 '
Cummins   36 '
McPhee    90 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7,209
Referee: Paul Rejer
5 April  2003 (2003 -04-05) 41 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Barnsley Oldham
Andrews   4 '    61 '
Low   56 '
Report Mulligan   21 '
Austin    41 '
Lumsdon    61 '
Neil    63 '
Morgan    78 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,191
Referee: Alan Butler
12 April  2003 (2003 -04-12) 42 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Oldham Athletic Cheltenham
Yates   2 '    15 ' Report Eyres   31 ' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 4,439
Referee: Steve Baines
19 April  2003 (2003 -04-19) 43 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Chesterfield Oldham
Andrews   20 '
Wijnhard   26', 75 '
Eyres   79 '
Report Hurst    12 '
Folan    71 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,885
Referee: Paul Robinson
21 April  2003 (2003 -04-21) 44 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Oldham Athletic Wigan
Roberts   9', 80 '
Bullard   71 '
Teale    86 '
Report Andrews   1 '    55 '
Baudet    60 '
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 12,783
Referee: Paul Danson
26 April  2003 (2003 -04-26) 45 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Swindon Town Oldham
Low   27 '
Eyres   31 '
Haining   79 '
Corazzin   83 '
Report Robinson    19 '
Gurney    71 '
Reeves    77 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,873
Referee: Alan Kaye
3 May  2003 (2003 -05-03) 46 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Oldham Athletic Huddersfield
Schofield   26 ' Report Carss   68 ' Stadium: McAlpine Stadium
Attendance: 11,271
Referee: Mike Ryan

League Division 2 Play-Offs edit

20 May  2003 (2003 -05-20) 1 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Oldham
Sheridan    12 '
Eyres   28 '
Andrews    32 '
Report Rose    24 '
Bircham    38 '
Langley   41 '   79 '    80 '
Shittu    51 '
Forbes    68 '
Pacquette    90 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12,152
Referee: Steve Bennett
14 May  2003 (2003 -05-14) 1 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Oldham Athletic London
Gallen    63 '
Furlong   82 '
Report Eyre    65 '
Andrews    90 '
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,201
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

F.A. Cup edit

16 November  2002 (2002 -11-16) 1 Oldham Athletic 2–2 Burton Albion Oldham
Low   18 '
Hall    22 '   90 '
Eyres    38 '
Report Hoyle
Webster   42' (pen.)
Kirkwood    58 '
Dudley   59 '    60 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,802
Referee: Mike Jones
27 November  2002 (2002 -11-27) 2 Burton Albion 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Oldham Athletic Burton upon Trent
Kirkwood    29 '
Clough    80 '
Moore   84', 110 '    85 '
Report Wijnhard   59 '
Armstrong    59 '
Andrews    72 '
Eyres   116 '
Stadium: Eton Park
Attendance: 3,416
Referee: Mike Jones
Penalties
Webster  
Sinton  
Anderson  
Stride  
Clough  
Glasser  
Reddington  
Wijnhard  
Eyres  
Killen  
Hall  
Sheridan  
Hill  
Corazzin  
7 December  2002 (2002 -12-07) 3 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Cheltenham Town Oldham
Eyres    50 '
Haining   83 '
Report Yates   17 '
Brough    19 '
Brayson   20 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,416
Referee: Graham Laws


Football League Cup edit

10 September  2002 (2002 -09-10) 1 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Notts County Oldham
Killen   10 '
Carss   45 '
Wijnhard   81 '
Report Stallard   16 '
Allsopp    55 '
Caskey    57 '
Heffernan   75 '
Liburd    80 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,205
Referee: Paul Rejer
2 October  2002 (2002 -10-02) 2 Derby County 1–2 (a.e.t.) Oldham Athletic Derby
Higginbotham   17' (pen.)
Christie    30 '
Riggott    76 '
Poom    94'    105 '
Morris    120 '
Report Eyres   18 '
Wijnhard   95' (pen.)
Holden    111 '
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 9,029
Referee: Brian Curson
6 November  2002 (2002 -11-06) 3 West Ham United 0–1 Oldham Athletic London
Dailly    44 '
Defoe    59 '
Schemmel    67 '
Camara    90 '
Pearce    90 '
Report Corazzin   42 '
Murray    60 '
Hill    89 '
Hall    90 '
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 21,919
Referee: Uriah Rennie
3 December  2002 (2002 -12-03) 4 Crystal Palace 2–0 Oldham Athletic London
Black   11', 74 '
Granville    45 '
Report Sheridan    76 '
Eyres    83 '
Andrews    87 '
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 7,431
Referee: Chris Foy

Football League Trophy (LDV Vans Trophy) edit

22 October  2002 (2002 -10-22) 1 Oldham Athletic 3–4 (a.e.t.) Carlisle United Oldham
Andrews   19 '
Vernon   77', 79 '
Report Osman   25', 59 '
Kelly    35 '
Farrell   63', 97 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,821
Referee: Steve Baines

References edit

https://www.11v11.com/teams/oldham-athletic/tab/matches/season/2003/