2002–03 Rotherham United F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Rotherham United compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 15th position with 45 points.

Rotherham United

2002–03 season
Football League First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Home colours

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Watford	46	17	9	20	54	70	−16	60
14	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	59	52	+7	59
15	Rotherham United	46	15	14	17	62	62	0	59
16	Burnley	46	15	10	21	65	89	−24	55
17	Walsall	46	15	9	22	57	69	−12	54

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

Rotherham United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Millwall	A	6–0	7,177	Byfield (4), McIntosh, Sedgwick
2	13 August 2002	Norwich City	H	1–1	7,867	Lee
3	17 August 2002	Preston North End	H	0–0	6,885
4	24 August 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	22,873	Lee, Garner
5	26 August 2002	Derby County	H	2–1	8,408	Lee (2)
6	31 August 2002	Bradford City	A	2–4	12,385	Barker, Robins
7	7 September 2002	Reading	H	0–0	6,154
8	14 September 2002	Sheffield United	A	0–1	19,948
9	17 September 2002	Walsall	A	4–3	4,648	Byfield (2), Lee (2)
10	21 September 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	6,696	Lee
11	28 September 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	2–3	25,089	Barker, Byfield
12	5 October 2002	Portsmouth	H	2–3	8,604	Byfield, Lee
13	12 October 2002	Gillingham	H	1–1	6,094	Ashby (o.g.)
14	19 October 2002	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	6,418
15	26 October 2002	Stoke City	H	4–0	7,078	Barker (2), Swailes, Lee
16	29 October 2002	Wimbledon	A	1–2	849	Lee
17	2 November 2002	Coventry City	A	1–2	13,179	Daws
18	9 November 2002	Watford	H	2–1	6,790	Barker, McIntosh
19	16 November 2002	Burnley	H	0–0	7,575
20	23 November 2002	Leicester City	A	1–2	31,714	McIntosh
21	30 November 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	6,736
22	7 December 2002	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	22,770	Barker, Talbot
23	14 December 2002	Burnley	A	6–2	14,121	Byfield (2), Lee (2), Mullin (2)
24	22 December 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	6,829	Byfield
25	22 December 2002	Preston North End	A	2–0	15,452	Barker, Robins
26	28 December 2002	Millwall	H	1–3	6,448	Hurst
27	1 January 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	11,480
28	11 January 2003	Norwich City	A	1–1	19,452	Garner
29	18 January 2003	Bradford City	H	3–2	6,939	Garner, McIntosh, Byfield
30	1 February 2003	Derby County	A	0–3	26,275
31	8 February 2003	Watford	A	2–1	15,025	McIntosh, Swailes
32	15 February 2003	Coventry City	H	1–0	6,524	Byfield
33	22 February 2003	Reading	A	0–3	14,816
34	28 February 2003	Sheffield United	H	1–2	10,797	Lee
35	4 March 2003	Walsall	H	0–0	5,792
36	8 March 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–2	6,468
37	15 March 2003	Gillingham	A	1–1	7,284	Warne
38	18 March 2003	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	6,239
39	22 March 2003	Wimbledon	H	2–1	5,896	Robins, Branston
40	5 April 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	25,944
41	9 April 2003	Stoke City	A	0–2	19,553
42	12 April 2003	Leicester City	H	1–1	9,888	Lee
43	19 April 2003	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	15,508
44	21 April 2003	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	7,519	Robins, Mullin
45	27 April 2003	Portsmouth	A	2–3	19,420	Branston, Swailes
46	4 May 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	2–2	9,942	Lee, Robins

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Third round	4 January 2003	Wimbledon	H	0–3	4,527

Football League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
First round	10 September 2002	Carlisle United	H	3–1	2,905	Monkhouse, Robins, Warne
Second round	1 October 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4–4 (4–2 pens)	5,064	Monkhouse, Robins, Barker, Swailes
Third round	5 November 2002	Wimbledon	A	3–1	664	Monkhouse, Barker, Lee
Fourth round	30 November 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–4	11,220

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Mike Pollitt	41	0	1	0	4	0	46	0
2	DF	Chris Beech	1(1)	0	0	0	1	0	2(1)	0
4	DF	Rob Scott	23	0	0	0	4	0	27	0
5	MF	Darren Garner	20(6)	3	0(1)	0	3	0	23(7)	3
6	DF	Marvin Bryan	12(4)	0	1	0	0(3)	0	13(7)	0
7	FW	Mark Robins	6(9)	5	0(1)	0	2(1)	2	8(11)	7
8	DF	Chris Swailes	43	3	1	0	4	1	48	4
9	FW	Alan Lee	38(3)	15	1	0	2	1	41(3)	16
10	MF	Paul Warne	21(19)	1	1	0	1(3)	1	23(22)	2
11	MF	Nick Daws	30(3)	1	1	0	3(1)	0	34(4)	1
12	MF	Stewart Talbot	8(7)	1	0	0	0	0	8(7)	1
14	FW	Will Hoskins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Martin McIntosh	42	5	1	0	2	0	45	5
16	DF	Paul Hurst	44	1	1	0	3	0	48	1
17	MF	John Mullin	31(3)	3	1	0	2	0	34(3)	3
19	MF	Gareth Farrelly	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20	FW	Andy Monkhouse	11(9)	0	0	0	4	3	15(9)	3
22	DF	Shaun Barker	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
23	FW	Darren Byfield	24(13)	13	0	0	0(1)	0	24(14)	13
24	FW	Chris Sedgwick	42(1)	1	1	0	3	0	46(1)	1
25	DF	Curtis Woodhouse	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
28	DF	Guy Branston	13(2)	2	0	0	2	0	15(2)	2
29	FW	Richie Barker	23(14)	7	1	0	4	2	28(14)	9
30	FW	Ian Gray	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0

External links

• Rotherham United 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)