2002–03 Southend United F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Southend United's compete in the Football League Third Division.

Southend United

2002–03 season
Manager	Rob Newman, Stewart Robson, Steve Wignall
Football League Third Division	17th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	Tesfaye Bramble & Mark Rawle (9)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Boston United	46	15	13	18	55	56	−1	54
16	Macclesfield Town	46	14	12	20	57	63	−6	54
17	Southend United	46	17	3	26	47	59	−12	54
18	Leyton Orient	46	14	11	21	51	61	−10	53
19	Rochdale	46	12	16	18	63	70	−7	52

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Notes:

Results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Hull City	A	2–2	10,449	Jenkins 62', Bramble 90'
2	13 August 2002	Carlisle United	H	0–1	3,881
3	17 August 2002	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–3	3,150	Jenkins 9', Bramble 81' (pen)
4	24 August 2002	Oxford United	A	1–0	5,162	Rawle 20'
5	26 August 2002	Cambridge United	H	2–1	4,462	Broad 7', Smith 30'
6	31 August 2002	Rochdale	A	2–1	2,852	Rawle 36', Bramble 83'
7	7 September 2002	Rushden & Diamonds	A	0–3	4,176
8	14 September 2002	Macclesfield Town	H	1–0	3,249	Cort 26'
9	17 September 2002	Kidderminster Harriers	H	0–2	2,959
10	21 September 2002	Lincoln City	A	1–2	3,151	Jenkins 76'
11	28 September 2002	Exeter City	H	1–0	3,364	Jones 43'
12	28 September 2002	Bury	A	3–1	3,301	Jones 67', Jenkins 79', Bramble 84'
13	12 October 2002	York City	H	1–0	4,411	Belgrave 90'
14	19 October 2002	Swansea City	A	0–1	3,623
15	25 October 2002	Hartlepool United	A	0–1	5,168
16	29 October 2002	Leyton Orient	A	1–2	5,343	Belgrave 73'
17	2 November 2002	Wrexham	H	0–1	3,727
18	9 November 2002	Bristol Rovers	A	1–0	5,691	Bramble 78'
19	23 November 2002	Bournemouth	H	0–1	4,221
20	30 November 2002	Darlington	A	1–2	2,820	Bramble 90'
21	14 December 2002	Boston United	H	4–2	3,245	Cort (3) 7' 23', 88', Rawle 39'
22	21 December 2002	Torquay United	A	1–3	2,244	Bramble 60'
23	26 December 2002	Cambridge United	A	1–1	6,237	Rawle 10'
24	29 December 2002	Scunthorpe United	H	1–2	4,248	Cort 39'
25	4 January 2003	Carlisle United	A	0–1	4,016
26	14 January 2003	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–0	2,699	Smith 20'
27	18 January 2003	Rochdale	H	1–0	3,645	Bramble 89'
28	21 January 2003	Oxford United	H	2–1	3,203	Rawle 45', Bramble 70'
29	25 January 2003	Scunthorpe United	A	1–4	3,096	Smith 17'
30	1 February 2003	Hull City	H	3–0	4,534	Smith (2) 22', 45', Rawle 41'
31	8 February 2003	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	4,708	Belgrave 36', Maher 76'
32	15 February 2003	Wrexham	A	0–3	3,109
33	22 February 2003	Rushden & Diamonds	A	2–1	6,453	Rawle 4', Searle 6'
34	1 March 2003	Macclesfield Town	A	1–2	1,917	Rawle 4', Searle 6'
35	4 March 2003	Kidderminster Harriers	A	0–1	2,006
36	8 March 2003	Lincoln City	H	0–1	3,912
37	15 March 2003	Hartlepool United	A	1–2	4,868	Sutch 74'
38	18 March 2003	Swansea City	H	0–2	2,832
39	22 March 2003	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	4,148	Salter 5'
40	29 March 2003	York City	A	0–2	4,312
41	5 April 2003	Darlington	H	2–0	3,053	Maher 40', Jenkins 42'
42	12 April 2003	Bournemouth	A	0–1	6,767
43	19 April 2003	Torquay United	H	3–0	3,594	Rawle (2) 2', 40', Jenkins 88'
44	21 April 2003	Boston United	A	0–1	3,247
45	26 April 2003	Bury	A	1–2	4,707	Cort 13'
46	3 May 2003	Exeter City	A	0–1	9,036

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	16 November 2002	Hartlepool United	H	1–1	4,984	Lee (o.g.) 3'
R1 Replay	26 November 2002	Hartlepool United	A	2–1	4,080	Bramble 88', Cort 89'
R2	7 December 2002	Bournemouth	H	1–1	5,721	Rawle 53'
R2 Replay	17 December 2002	Bournemouth	A	2–3	5,456	Bramble 42', Rawle 45'

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	10 September 2002	Wimbledon	H	1–4	2,634	Rawle 82'

League Trophy

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	22 October 2002	Swindon Town	A	1–6	1,747	Jones 23'

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Darryl Flahavan	41	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	47	0
2	DF	Stephen Broad	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
3	DF	Damon Searle	39(5)	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	45(5)	1
4	DF	Leon Cort	46	6	4	1	1	0	1	0	52	7
5	DF	Phil Whelan	13(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	14(2)	0
6	DF	Dave McSweeney	15(2)	0	4	0	0	0	0(1)	0	19(3)	0
7	MF	Stuart Thurgood	7(20)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	1	0	9(22)	0
8	MF	Kevin Maher	42	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	46	2
9	FW	Tesfaye Bramble	31(3)	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	36(3)	10
10	FW	Barrington Belgrave	6(15)	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	8(15)	3
11	MF	Mark Rawle	33(1)	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	37(1)	12
12	MF	Steven Clark	20(13)	0	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	22(17)	0
13	GK	Danny Gay	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
14	MF	Danny Maye	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
15	DF	Mark Beard	29(7)	0	4	0	1	0	0(1)	0	34(8)	0
16	MF	Steve Tilson	2(1)	0	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	3(3)	0
17	MF	Gavin Strachan	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	0
17	FW	Dan Marney	13(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13(4)	0
18	DF	Daryl Sutch	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
18	MF	Ian Selley	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
19	DF	Neil Jenkins	29(5)	7	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	31(6)	7
20	DF	Ronnie Henry	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW	Graeme Jones	18(3)	2	2(1)	0	1	0	1	1	22(4)	3
21	DF	Rob Newman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Jay Smith	30(1)	5	3(1)	0	1	0	1	0	35(2)	5
23	DF	Tom Jordan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0
24	FW	Mark Salter	5(8)	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	5(9)	1
25	MF	Tony Scully	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
25	DF	Stephen Kelly	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
26	MF	Brett Darby	6(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6(4)	0
26	FW	Dominic Foley	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	MF	Michael Kightly	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0

References

• Southend 2002–03 at statto.com
• Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive