2002–03 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

The 2002–03 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 99th consecutive season as a professional club. It began on 1 July 2002, and concluded on 30 June 2003, although competitive games were only played between August and May.

Plymouth Argyle
2002–03 season
ChairmanPaul Stapleton
ManagerPaul Sturrock
StadiumHome Park
Second Division8th
FA CupThird Round (eliminated by Dagenham & Redbridge)
League CupFirst Round (eliminated by Crystal Palace)
Football League TrophySecond Round (eliminated by Brentford)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marino Keith (11)

All:
Marino Keith (12)
Highest home attendance11,922 (vs Bristol City, 26 August 2002)
Lowest home attendance6,835 (vs Brentford, 22 March 2003)
Average home league attendance8,980

Season summary

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The club began the 2002–03 season in the Football League Second Division, following their promotion from the Third Division.[1] They finished in a creditable 8th position, with a record of 17 wins, 14 draws, and 15 defeats, from 46 games. Their leading goalscorer was Marino Keith with 12 goals in all competitions. The club reached the Third Round of the FA Cup, drawing 2–2 at home with Dagenham & Redbridge before losing the replay 2–0. They entered the League Cup at the First Round stage and were eliminated away to Crystal Palace 2–1 after extra-time. They also competed in the Football League Trophy where they reached the Second Round before being defeated 2–0 at home by Brentford. Notable players to begin their careers with the Pilgrims this season included David Norris, Tony Capaldi, Hasney Aljofree, and Nathan Lowndes.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Football League

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10 August 2002 Mansfield Town 4–3 Plymouth Argyle Field Mill, Mansfield
White   32'   67'
Disley   51'
Larkin   55'
(Report) Evans   24'
Friio   86'
Lowndes   90'
Attendance: 5,309
Referee: G Frankland
13 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Huddersfield Town Home Park, Plymouth
Friio   58'
Wotton   90'
(Report) Thorrington   89' Attendance: 8,953
Referee: B Curson
17 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Luton Town Home Park, Plymouth
McGlinchey   57'
Wotton   82'
(Report) Howard   67' Attendance: 10,973
Referee: T Parkes
24 August 2002 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
Spencer   33' (Report) Coughlan   61'
Wotton   74'
Attendance: 4,713
Referee: K Hill
26 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Bristol City Home Park, Plymouth
Wotton   65' (pen.)
Coughlan   81'
(Report) Attendance: 11,922
Referee: W Jordan
31 August 2002 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Loftus Road, London
Thomas   69'
Pacquette   90'
(Report) Friio   33'
Hodges   59'
Attendance: 14,001
Referee: L Cable
14 September 2002 Barnsley 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Oakwell, Barnsley
Dyer   10' (Report) Sturrock   38' Attendance: 9,134
Referee: M Fletcher
17 September 2002 Peterborough United 2–0 Plymouth Argyle London Road, Peterborough
Clarke   58'
Green   84'
(Report) Attendance: 4,208
Referee: M Warren
21 September 2002 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Chesterfield Home Park, Plymouth
(Report) Ebdon   69' Attendance: 8,547
Referee: S Tomlin
24 September 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Cardiff City Home Park, Plymouth
Wotton   8'
Coughlan   90'
(Report) Earnshaw   2'   67' Attendance: 11,606
Referee: C Wilkes
28 September 2002 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Adams Park, Wycombe
Currie   28' (pen.), 68' (Report) Friio   60' Attendance: 6,708
Referee: P Danson
5 October 2002 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Northampton Town Home Park, Plymouth
(Report) Attendance: 8,530
Referee: A Bates
12 October 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Wigan Athletic Home Park, Plymouth
Stonebridge   18' (Report) Dinning   25'   58'
Ellington   90'
Attendance: 8,746
Referee: P Armstrong
19 October 2002 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Alexandra Stadium, Crewe
Norris   45' (Report) Attendance: 6,733
Referee: F Stretton
26 October 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Blackpool Home Park, Plymouth
Keith   60' (Report) Taylor   16'   40'
Murphy   87'
Attendance: 8,717
Referee: A Penn
2 November 2002 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Prenton Park, Tranmere
Roberts   87'
Hodges (og)   90'
(Report) Adams   6' Attendance: 7,083
Referee: S Dunn
12 November 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Oldham Athletic Home Park, Plymouth
Stonebridge   4'
Friio   7'
(Report) Eyres   74' (pen.)
Andrews   76'
Attendance: 8,216
Referee: P Crossley
23 November 2002 Plymouth Argyle 4–1 Stockport County Home Park, Plymouth
Goodwin (og)   6' (og)   60'
Keith   13'
Adams   42'
(Report) Wotton (og)   11' Attendance: 7,746
Referee: M Warren
30 November 2002 Colchester United 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Layer Road, Colchester
(Report) Attendance: 3,714
Referee: C Boyeson
14 December 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Swindon Town Home Park, Plymouth
Hodges   90' (pen.) (Report) Andy Gurney   77' Attendance: 8,111
Referee: R Olivier
21 December 2002 Port Vale 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
Brooker   26' (Report) Evans   2'
Keith   40'
Attendance: 4,892
Referee: P Prosser
26 December 2002 Bristol City 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
(Report) Attendance: 18,085
Referee: A Hall
28 December 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Notts County Home Park, Plymouth
Aljofree   61' (Report) Attendance: 11,901
Referee: J Ross
1 January 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–1 Cheltenham Town Home Park, Plymouth
Phillips   22'
Stonebridge   35'
Norris   53'
(Report) Worrell (og)   13' Attendance: 10,927
Referee: M Cooper
18 January 2003 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Home Park, Plymouth
(Report) Pacquette   51' Attendance: 10,249
Referee: P Walton
25 January 2003 Notts County 0–2 Plymouth Argyle Meadow Lane, Nottingham
(Report) Norris   38'   50' Attendance: 6,329
Referee: A D'Urso
1 February 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–1 Mansfield Town Home Park, Plymouth
Lawrence (og)   2'
Phillips   68'
Evans   84'
(Report) Lawrence   11' Attendance: 8,030
Referee: S Tomlin
4 February 2003 Huddersfield Town 1–0 Plymouth Argyle McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
Smith   82' (pen.) (Report) Attendance: 7,294
Referee: E Ilderton
8 February 2003 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Boundary Park, Oldham
(Report) Evans   39' Attendance: 6,657
Referee: H Webb
15 February 2003 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Home Park, Plymouth
(Report) Haworth   57' Attendance: 8,590
Referee: D Crick
21 February 2003 Cardiff City 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Ninian Park, Cardiff
Earnshaw   42' (Report) Wotton   86' Attendance: 14,006
Referee: M Warren
25 February 2003 Luton Town 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Kenilworth Road, Luton
Thorpe   50' (Report) Attendance: 7,589
Referee: T Bates
1 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Barnsley Home Park, Plymouth
Coughlan   14' (Report) Dyer   66' Attendance: 8,228
Referee: P Rejer
4 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 6–1 Peterborough United Home Park, Plymouth
Keith   9'
Burton (og)   25'
Gill (og)   42'
Wotton   45'
Friio   62'
Bent   72'
(Report) McKenzie   70' Attendance: 6,931
Referee: C Penton
8 March 2003 Chesterfield 3–2 Plymouth Argyle Saltergate, Chesterfield
Payne   10'
Reeves   17'   49'
(Report) Keith   15'   74' Attendance: 3,668
Referee: F Stretton
15 March 2003 Blackpool 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Taylor   40' (Report) Keith   29' Attendance: 8,772
Referee: C Wilkes
18 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Home Park, Plymouth
Stonebridge   47' (Report) Jack   4'
Ashton   13'   68'
Attendance: 7,777
Referee: L Cable
22 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Brentford Home Park, Plymouth
Keith   12'   48'
Smith   28'
(Report) Attendance: 6,835
Referee: M Fletcher
29 March 2003 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Plymouth Argyle JJB Stadium, Wigan
(Report) Keith   35' Attendance: 7,203
Referee: M Cooper
5 April 2003 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Colchester United Home Park, Plymouth
(Report) Attendance: 7,122
Referee: P Taylor
12 April 2003 Stockport County 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Edgeley Park, Stockport
Wilbraham   40'
Daly   86' (pen.)
(Report) Keith   72' Attendance: 5,484
Referee: M Ryan
19 April 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Port Vale Home Park, Plymouth
Coughlan   56'
Norris   67'
Wotton   77'
(Report) Attendance: 7,778
Referee: M Warren
23 April 2003 Swindon Town 2–0 Plymouth Argyle County Ground, Swindon
Invincible   38'
Parkin   68'
(Report) Attendance: 5,057
Referee: M Williamson
26 April 2003 Northampton Town 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Sixfields, Northampton
Stamp   66'
Morison   72'
(Report) Norris   19'
Stonebridge   55'
Attendance: 5,063
Referee: E Evans
3 May 2003 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Home Park, Plymouth
Lowndes   75' (Report) Attendance: 10,129
Referee: G Cain

League table

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Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 11 12 66 57 +9 80
8 Plymouth Argyle 46 17 14 15 63 52 +11 65
9 Luton Town 46 17 14 15 67 62 +5 65

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

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First Round

16 November 2002 Bury 0–3 Plymouth Argyle Gigg Lane, Bury
(Report) Evans   19'
Nelson (og)   32'
Wotton   86'
Attendance: 2,987
Referee: H Webb

Second Round

7 December 2002 Stockport County 0–3 Plymouth Argyle Edgeley Park, Stockport
(Report) Stonebridge   9'
Friio   14'
Wotton   72' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,571
Referee: A Butler

Third Round

4 January 2003 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Dagenham & Redbridge Home Park, Plymouth
Stonebridge   44'
Wotton   61'
(Report) Terry   13'
McDougald   67'
Attendance: 11,885
Referee: T Parkes

Third Round Replay

14 January 2003 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Victoria Road, Dagenham
Shipp   20'
McDougald   85'
(Report) Attendance: 4,530
Referee: T Parkes

Football League Cup

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First Round

10 September 2002 Crystal Palace 2–1 (a.e.t.) Plymouth Argyle Selhurst Park, London
Powell   22'
Johnson   113'
(Report) Sturrock   39' Attendance: 6,385
Referee: C Penton

Football League Trophy

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Southern Section First Round

22 October 2002 Chester City 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Deva Stadium, Chester
Guyett   29' (Report) Keith   34'
Evans   85'
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: G Salisbury

Southern Section Second Round

12 November 2002 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Brentford Home Park, Plymouth
(Report) Hunt   89' Attendance: 3,565
Referee: L Cable

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Romain Larrieu
2 DF   IRL David Worrell
3 DF   NIR Brian McGlinchey
4 MF   FRA David Friio
5 DF   IRL Graham Coughlan
6 DF   ENG Craig Taylor
7 MF   ENG David Beresford
8 FW   ENG Nathan Lowndes
9 FW   IRL Mickey Evans[notes 1]
10 FW   ENG Ian Stonebridge
11 MF   ENG Martin Phillips
12 MF   ENG Steve Adams
13 DF   SCO Kieran McAnespie][notes 2]
14 MF   ENG Lee Hodges
15 DF   ENG Paul Wotton
16 MF   FRA Osvaldo Lopes
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ENG Stewart Yetton
18 DF   ENG Hasney Aljofree
19 FW   SCO Marino Keith
20 MF   CAN Jason Bent
21 FW   SCO Blair Sturrock
22 MF   ENG Joe Broad
23 GK   ENG Luke McCormick
24 DF   ENG Stuart Malcolm
26 MF   ENG David Norris
27 DF   NIR Tony Capaldi[notes 3] (on loan from Birmingham City)
29 MF   SCO Paul Bernard
30 DF   ENG Paul Connolly
31 MF   ENG Marcus Martin
32 GK   ENG Jason Chapman
33 GK   ENG Kenny Schofield

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   SCO Martin Gritton (to Torquay United)
17 MF   ENG Kevin Wills (to Torquay United)
17 MF   SCO Grant Smith (on loan from Sheffield United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   ENG Neil Heaney (retired)
27 DF   ENG Tony Barras (on loan from Walsall)
29 GK   AUS Danny Milosevic (on loan to Leeds United)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Key

  † Permanent player left club during the season.
  ‡ On loan at Plymouth Argyle from another club during season.
  ¤ On loan to another club from Plymouth Argyle during season.
  * First appearance(s) for Plymouth Argyle.

# = Squad number; Pos = Playing position; P = Number of games played; G = Number of goals scored;   = Yellow cards;   = Red cards; GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward

Statistics do not include minor competitions or games played for other clubs. All players who were provided a squad number during the 2002–03 season are included.[3]

# Pos Name P G P G P G P G     Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline [4][5][6]
1 GK Romain Larrieu 43 0 4 0 1 0 48 0 0 0
2 DF David Worrell 43 0 4 0 1 0 48 0 4 0
3 DF Brian McGlinchey 19 1 2 0 0 0 21 1 4 1
4 MF David Friio 36 6 4 1 1 0 41 7 8 0
5 DF Graham Coughlan 42 5 4 0 1 0 47 5 3 0
6 DF Craig Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF David Beresford 15 0 0 0 0 0 15* 0 0 0
8 FW Nathan Lowndes 16 2 0 0 1 0 17* 2 4 0
9 FW Mickey Evans 42 4 4 1 1 0 47 5 3 0
10 FW Ian Stonebridge 37 5 4 2 1 0 42 7 1 0
11 MF Martin Phillips 24 2 2 0 1 0 27 2 3 0
12 MF Steve Adams 37 2 4 0 1 0 42 2 2 0
13 MF Kieran McAnespie 4 0 0 0 0 0 4* 0 0 0
14 MF Lee Hodges 39 2 3 0 1 0 43 2 0 0
15 DF Paul Wotton 43 8 4 3 1 0 48 11 6 0
16 MF Osvaldo Lopes 9 0 1 0 1 0 11* 0 0 0
17 MF Grant Smith 5 1 0 0 0 0 5* 1 1 0
17 FW Stewart Yetton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 DF Hasney Aljofree 19 1 1 0 1 0 21 1 3 0
19 FW Marino Keith 37 11 4 0 0 0 41 11 2 0
20 MF Jason Bent 25 1 2 0 0 0 27 1 2 1
21 FW Blair Sturrock 20 1 3 0 1 1 24 2 0 0
22 MF Joe Broad 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
23 GK Luke McCormick 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
24 DF Stuart Malcolm 3 0 0 0 0 0 3* 0 0 0
25 MF Neil Heaney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF David Norris 33 6 3 0 0 0 36* 6 4 0
27 DF Tony Barras 4 0 0 0 0 0 4* 0 0 0
27 MF Tony Capaldi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1* 0 0 0
29 MF Paul Bernard 10 0 0 0 0 0 10* 0 1 0
29 GK Danny Milosevic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1* 0 0 0
30 DF Paul Connolly 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
33 GK Danny Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

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In

Date Player From Fee
8 July 2002   David Beresford Hull City Free
8 July 2002   Nathan Lowndes Livingston Undisclosed
13 August 2002   Stuart Malcolm St Johnstone Free
30 August 2002   Hasney Aljofree Dundee United Free
14 December 2002   David Norris Bolton Wanderers £25,000
23 December 2002   Paul Bernard Barnsley Free
27 March 2003   Kieran McAnespie Fulham Free
30 April 2003   Tony Capaldi Birmingham City Free

Out

Date Player To Fee
6 September 2002   Martin Gritton Torquay United Free
9 September 2002   Sean Evers Woking Free
18 December 2002   Neil Heaney Free Agent Released
1 January 2003   Kevin Wills Torquay United Free
2 June 2003   Osvaldo Lopes Free Agent Released
13 June 2003   Craig Taylor Torquay United Free

Loans

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In

Start date Player To End date
9 October 2002   David Norris Bolton Wanderers 13 December 2002
6 November 2002   Danny Milosevic Leeds United 10 November 2002
20 November 2002   Tony Barras Walsall 1 January 2003
11 March 2003   Grant Smith Sheffield United 4 May 2003

Out In

Start date Player From End date
5 August 2002   Martin Gritton Torquay United 5 September 2002
29 November 2002   Kevin Wills Torquay United 29 December 2002
24 February 2003   Craig Taylor Torquay United 4 May 2003

Notes

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  1. ^ Evans was born in Plymouth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in October 1997.
  2. ^ McAnespie was born in Gosport, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented Scotland at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Capaldi was born in Porsgrunn, Norway, but also qualified to represent Scotland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father and grandmother respectively and represented Northern Ireland at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2004.

References

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  1. ^ GoS: 2002–03
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Plymouth Argyle - 2002/03".
  3. ^ Team Page
  4. ^ Appearances
  5. ^ Discipline
  6. ^ Soccerbase Statistics