2002–03 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion
	2002–03 season
Manager	Steve Coppell
Football League First Division	23rd
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
← 2001–02	2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season saw Brighton & Hove Albion compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 23rd position with 45 points and were relegated to the Second Division.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	29	11	6	97	45	+52	98
2	Leicester City	46	26	14	6	73	40	+33	92
3	Sheffield United	46	23	11	12	72	52	+20	80
4	Reading	46	25	4	17	61	46	+15	79
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	81	44	+37	76
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	14	12	82	50	+32	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	19	13	14	80	64	+16	70
8	Norwich City	46	19	12	15	60	49	+11	69
9	Millwall	46	19	9	18	59	69	–10	66
10	Wimbledon	46	18	11	17	76	73	+3	65
11	Gillingham	46	16	14	16	56	65	–9	62
12	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	68	70	–2	61
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
18	Derby County	46	15	7	24	55	74	–19	52
19	Bradford City	46	14	10	22	51	73	–22	52
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	46	10	16	20	56	73	–17	46
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	11	12	23	49	67	–18	45
24	Grimsby Town	46	9	12	25	48	85	–37	39

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Burnley	A	3 – 1	14,738	Melton, Brooker, Zamora
2	13 August 2002	Coventry City	H	0 – 0	6,816
3	17 August 2002	Norwich City	H	0 – 2	6,730
4	24 August 2002	Wimbledon	A	0 – 1	2,522
5	26 August 2002	Walsall	H	0 – 2	6,519
6	31 August 2002	Portsmouth	A	2 – 4	19,031	Cullip, Brooker
7	7 September 2002	Millwall	A	0 – 1	8,822
8	14 September 2002	Gillingham	H	2 – 4	6,733	Carpenter, Hart
9	17 September 2002	Stoke City	H	1 – 2	6,369	Carpenter
10	21 September 2002	Rotherham United	A	0 – 1	6,696
11	28 September 2002	Grimsby Town	H	1 – 2	6,547	Zamora
12	5 October 2002	Watford	A	0 – 1	15,305
13	19 October 2002	Sheffield United	H	2 – 4	6,810	Hart, Barrett
14	26 October 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0 – 5	21,769
15	2 November 2002	Bradford City	H	3 – 2	6,319	Zamora (2), Rodger
16	11 November 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 1	23,016	Zamora
17	16 November 2002	Derby County	H	1 – 0	6,845	Mayo
18	23 November 2002	Preston North End	A	2 – 2	13,068	Rodger, Sidwell
19	27 November 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	2 – 3	29,137	Sidwell, Jones
20	30 November 2002	Reading	H	0 – 1	6,817
21	7 December 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1 – 1	18,008	Hart
22	10 December 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1 – 1	6,377	Zamora
23	14 December 2002	Derby County	A	0 – 1	25,789
24	20 December 2002	Leicester City	H	0 – 1	6,592
25	26 December 2002	Norwich City	A	1 – 0	20,687	Sidwell
26	28 December 2002	Burnley	H	2 – 2	6,502	Sidwell (2)
27	11 January 2003	Coventry City	A	0 – 0	15,951
28	18 January 2003	Portsmouth	H	1 – 1	6,848	Zamora
29	1 February 2003	Walsall	A	0 – 1	8,413
30	4 February 2003	Wimbledon	H	2 – 3	6,111	Brooker, Zamora
31	8 February 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4 – 1	6,754	Brooker, Zamora, Hart, Blackwell
32	15 February 2003	Bradford City	A	1 – 0	11,520	Zamora
33	22 February 2003	Millwall	H	1 – 0	6,751	Rougier
34	1 March 2003	Gillingham	A	0 – 3	9,178
35	5 March 2003	Stoke City	A	0 – 1	21,023
36	8 March 2003	Rotherham United	H	2 – 0	6,468	Zamora, Hurst (o.g.)
37	15 March 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 0	6,830	Brooker
38	18 March 2003	Sheffield United	A	1 – 2	19,357	Carpenter
39	22 March 2003	Ipswich Town	A	2 – 2	26,078	Rougier, Marshall (o.g.)
40	25 March 2003	Crystal Palace	H	0 – 0	6,789
41	4 April 2003	Reading	A	2 – 1	16,133	Brooker, Kitson
42	12 April 2003	Preston North End	H	0 – 2	6,669
43	19 April 2003	Leicester City	A	0 – 2	31,909
44	21 April 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 1	6,928	Zamora
45	26 April 2003	Watford	H	4 – 0	6,841	Zamora, Blackwell, Kitson, Oatway
46	4 May 2003	Grimsby Town	A	2 – 2	6,369	Zamora, Cullip

FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	14 January 2003	Norwich City	A	1 – 3	17,205	Pethick

Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	11 September 2002	Exeter City	H	2 – 1	5,200	Wilkinson, Cullip
R2	24 September 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1 – 3	13,266	Hammond

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Michel Kuipers	21	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
2	DF	Paul Watson	45	0	1	0	2	0	48	0
3	DF	Kerry Mayo	41	1	1	0	1	0	43	1
4	DF	Danny Cullip	44	2	1	0	2	1	47	3
5	DF	Dean Blackwell	18(3)	2	0(1)	0	0	0	18(4)	2
6	DF	Guy Butters	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
7	MF	Geoff Pitcher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Paul Rogers	1(3)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(4)	0
9	FW	Gary Hart	27(9)	4	0	0	1	0	28(9)	4
10	MF	Charlie Oatway	18(11)	1	1	0	2	0	21(11)	1
11	MF	Paul Brooker	32(5)	6	1	0	2	0	35(5)	6
12	MF	Richard Carpenter	42(2)	3	1	0	2	0	45(2)	3
14	DF	Robbie Pethick	25(1)	0	1	1	1	0	27(1)	1
13	GK	Ben Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF	Nathan Jones	16(12)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	17(13)	1
16	DF	David Lee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Shaun Wilkinson	4(8)	0	0	0	1	1	5(8)	1
18	GK	Will Packham	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0
19	FW	Dan Marney	6(6)	0	0	0	1	0	7(6)	0
20	DF	Ívar Ingimarsson	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
20	MF	Steve Melton	6(2)	1	0	0	1(1)	0	7(3)	1
21	FW	Chris McPhee	0(2)	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0(4)	0
22	DF	Adam Virgo	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
23	MF	Dean Hammond	1(3)	0	0	1	1	0	2(3)	1
24	DF	Adam Hinshelwood	4(3)	0	0	0	0	0	4(3)	0
25	FW	Bobby Zamora	35	14	1	0	0	0	36	14
26	DF	Dan Harding	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
27	FW	Paul Kitson	7(3)	2	0	0	0	0	7(3)	2
28	FW	Graham Barrett	20(10)	1	1	0	0	0	21(10)	1
29	MF	John Piercy	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	2(4)	0
30	MF	Simon Rodger	27(2)	2	0	0	0	0	27(2)	2
30	GK	Andy Petterson	6(1)	0	0	0	2	0	8(1)	0
32	GK	John Keeley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	Dave Beasant	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
33	MF	Steve Sidwell	11(1)	5	0	0	0	0	11(1)	5
34	DF	Daniel Webb	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
34	MF	Tony Rougier	5(1)	2	0	0	0	0	5(1)	2

References

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External links

Brighton & Hove Albion 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

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2002–03 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Contents

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Squad statistics

References

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