2002–03 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Grimsby Town compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 24th position with 39 points and were relegated to the Second Division.[1]

Grimsby Town
2002–03 season
ChairmanPeter Furneaux
ManagerPaul Groves
StadiumBlundell Park
Football League First Division24th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
15 May 2002 GK   Bradley Hughes   Watford Free Transfer
5 July 2002 MF   Terry Cooke   Manchester City Free Transfer
1 August 2002 DF   Greg Young   Sheffield Wednesday Free Transfer
1 August 2002 MF   Stephen Downes   Ossett Albion Free Transfer
2 August 2022 DF   Steve Chettle   Barnsley Free Transfer
2 August 2002 MF   Darren Barnard   Barnsley Free Transfer
22 August 2002 FW   Robert Taylor   Wolverhampton Wanderers Free Transfer
27 September 2022 DF   Georges Santos   Sheffield United Free Transfer
21 December 2002 GK   Andy Pettinger   Everton Free Transfer
13 January 2003 FW   Michael Boulding   Aston Villa Free Transfer
7 February 2003 FW   Jake Sagare   Portland Timbers Free Transfer

Loans in edit

Date Pos Player Transferred from Date Until Ref
9 August 2002 FW   Paul Robinson   Newcastle United 27 October 2002
23 August 2002 FW   Steve Kabba   Crystal Palace 8 November 2002
31 August 2002 GK   Shaun Allaway   Leeds United 5 May 2003
31 October 2022 MF   John Oster   Sunderland 30 December 2002
2 November 2002 DF   Jason Gavin   Middlesbrough 5 January 2003
10 January 2003 FW   Michael Boulding   Aston Villa 12 January 2003
21 February 2003 MF   John Oster   Sunderland 24 March 2003
22 February 2003 MF   Richard Hughes   Portsmouth 5 May 2003
27 March 2003 MF   Michael Keane   Preston North End 5 May 2003

Transfers out edit

Date Pos Player Transferred To Fee Ref
31 May 2002 FW   Mike Jeffrey Retired Released
31 May 2002 MF   Gary Moran   Rugby United Released
1 June 2002 MF   Menno Willems   HFC Haarlem Released
1 July 2002 MF   David Smith   Swansea City Released
1 July 2002 MF   Ben Chapman   Boston United Released
3 July 2002 FW   Willie Falconer   Clyde Released
5 July 2002 DF   Danny Butterfield   Crystal Palace Free Transfer
8 July 2002 FW   Michael Boulding   Aston Villa Free Transfer
29 August 2002 FW   Bradley Allen   Peterborough United Released
9 September 2002 MF   Wayne Burnett   Woking Released
13 February 2003 DF   Paul Raven   Carlisle United Released
28 February 2003 MF   Robert Taylor   Scunthorpe United Released

Loans out edit

Date Pos Player Transferred To Date Until Ref
5 September 2002 FW   Phil Jevons   Hull City 4 May 2003

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
20 Coventry City 46 12 14 20 46 62 −16 50
21 Stoke City 46 12 14 20 45 69 −24 50
22 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 46 10 16 20 56 73 −17 46 Relegation to 2003–04 Second Division
23 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 46 11 12 23 49 67 −18 45
24 Grimsby Town (R) 46 9 12 25 48 85 −37 39
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Grimsby Town's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division edit

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 10 August 2002 Norwich City A 0–4 19,869
2 13 August 2002 Wimbledon H 0–0 4,625
3 17 August 2002 Derby County H 1–2 5,810 Barnard
4 24 August 2002 Bradford City A 0–0 10,914
5 26 August 2002 Portsmouth H 0–1 5,770
6 31 August 2002 Millwall A 0–2 6,677
7 14 September 2002 Coventry City A 2–3 12,403 Kabba, Pouton
8 17 September 2002 Sheffield United A 1–2 14,208 Robinson
9 21 September 2002 Nottingham Forest H 0–3 7,072
10 28 September 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–1 6,547 Barnard, Pouton
11 5 October 2002 Reading H 0–3 5,528
12 8 October 2002 Ipswich Town H 3–0 4,688 Kabba (2), Pouton
13 12 October 2002 Watford A 0–2 13,821
14 19 October 2002 Rotherham United H 0–0 6,418
15 26 October 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–4 23,875 Kabba
16 29 October 2002 Burnley H 6–5 5,620 Kabba (2), Livingstone, Campbell, Pouton, Ford
17 2 November 2002 Gillingham H 1–1 5,715 Oster
18 9 November 2002 Stoke City A 2–1 11,488 Livingstone, Campbell
19 16 November 2002 Preston North End H 3–3 5,774 Campbell, Ford, Mansaram
20 23 November 2002 Crystal Palace A 0–2 20,093
21 30 November 2002 Leicester City H 1–2 7,310 Oster
22 7 December 2002 Walsall A 1–3 5,888 Livingstone
23 14 December 2002 Preston North End A 0–3 12,420
24 21 December 2002 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–0 8,224 Mansaram, Santos
25 26 December 2002 Derby County A 3–1 27,141 Oster (2), Soames
26 28 December 2002 Norwich City H 1–1 8,306 Oster
27 11 January 2003 Wimbledon A 3–3 1,336 Campbell, Boulding, Andersen
28 18 January 2003 Millwall H 0–2 4,993
29 25 January 2003 Bradford City H 1–2 5,582 Boulding
30 1 February 2003 Portsmouth A 0–3 19,428
31 8 February 2003 Stoke City H 2–0 5,657 Boulding, Thompson
32 15 February 2003 Gillingham A 0–3 7,158
33 22 February 2003 Ipswich Town A 2–2 24,118 Boulding, Groves
34 1 March 2003 Coventry City H 0–2 5,736
35 4 March 2003 Sheffield United H 1–4 6,897 Campbell
36 10 March 2003 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 25,507 Pouton, Groves
37 15 March 2003 Watford H 1–0 4,847 Groves
38 18 March 2003 Rotherham United A 1–0 6,236 Oster
39 22 March 2003 Burnley A 1–1 13,445 Campbell
40 5 April 2003 Leicester City A 0–2 31,014
41 8 April 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–1 4,983
42 12 April 2003 Crystal Palace H 1–4 4,707 Chettle
43 19 April 2003 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 26,082
44 21 April 2003 Walsall H 0–1 4,618
45 26 April 2003 Reading A 1–2 20,273 Keane
46 4 May 2003 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–2 6,393 Keane, Hughes

FA Cup edit

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Third round 4 January 2003 Burnley H 2–2 5,320 Cooke, Mansaram
Third round replay 14 January 2003 Burnley A 0–4 5,436

Football League Cup edit

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
First round 10 September 2002 Chesterfield H 0–1 3,248

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Danny Coyne 46 0 2 0 1 0 49 0
2 DF   John McDermott 35 0 1 0 1 0 37 0
3 DF   Tony Gallimore 38 0 2 0 1 0 41 0
4 DF   Paul Groves 32(4) 3 2 0 1 0 35(4) 3
5 DF   Paul Raven 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0
6 MF   Stacy Coldicott 26(5) 0 1 0 1 0 28(5) 0
7 MF   Alan Pouton 25 5 0 0 1 0 26 5
8 MF   Stuart Campbell 45 6 2 0 1 0 48 6
9 FW   Phil Jevons 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0(3) 0
10 FW   Steve Livingstone 21(9) 3 1 0 0 0 22(9) 3
11 MF   Terry Cooke 15(10) 0 2 1 1 0 17(10) 1
12 FW   Jonathan Rowan 2(7) 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 2(9) 0
13 GK   Steve Croudson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Chris Thompson 3(3) 1 0(2) 0 0 0 3(5) 1
15 MF   Chris Bolder 7(5) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 7(6) 0
16 DF   Iain Ward 9(2) 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 9(4) 0
17 DF   Simon Ford 35(4) 2 1 0 0 0 36(4) 2
18 DF   Steve Chettle 18(2) 1 1(1) 0 1 0 20(3) 1
19 MF   Darren Barnard 21(8) 2 1 0 0 0 22(8) 2
20 FW   David Soames 0(10) 1 2 0 0 0 2(10) 1
20 FW   Paul Robinson 5(7) 1 0 0 1 0 6(7) 1
21 FW   Michael Boulding 10(2) 4 0 0 0 0 10(2) 4
21 FW   Robert Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 DF   Jason Gavin 8(2) 0 0 0 0 0 8(2) 0
22 DF   Richard Hughes 12 1 0 0 0 0 12 1
22 FW   Steve Kabba 13 6 0 0 1 0 14 6
23 DF   Georges Santos 24(2) 1 1 0 0 0 25(2) 1
24 MF   Graham Hockless 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF   Greg Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF   Stephen Downes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF   Wes Parker 1(4) 0 1 0 0 0 2(4) 0
28 FW   Darren Mansaram 21(13) 2 2 1 0(1) 0 23(14) 3
31 MF   Michael Keane 7 2 0 0 0 0 7 2
32 MF   John Oster 17 6 0 0 0 0 17 6
33 MF   Jake Sagare 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Grimsby Town 2002/03". Statto. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

External links edit