2002–03 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City
2002–03 season
Chairman	Mike McGinnity
Manager	Gary McAllister (player-manager)
Stadium	Highfield Road
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Bothroyd (8); All: Bothroyd (11)
Average home league attendance	14,813

During the 2002–03 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. It was the club's second consecutive season at that level.

Season summary

In the 2002–03 season, midway through the campaign, McAllister's men still stood a good chance of making the Division One play-offs, but they won only one league game after the turn of 2003 and finished 20th in the final table - just two places above the relegation zone.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	17	3	3	52	22	12	8	3	45	23	97	45	+52	98
2	Leicester City	46	16	5	2	40	12	10	9	4	33	28	73	40	+33	92
3	Sheffield United	46	13	7	3	38	23	10	4	9	34	29	72	52	+20	80
4	Reading	46	13	3	7	33	21	12	1	10	28	25	61	46	+15	79
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	9	10	4	40	19	11	6	6	41	25	81	44	+37	76
6	Nottingham Forest	46	14	7	2	57	23	6	7	10	25	27	82	50	+32	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	10	5	8	49	39	9	8	6	31	25	80	64	+16	70
8	Norwich City	46	14	4	5	36	17	5	8	10	24	32	60	49	+11	69
9	Millwall	46	11	6	6	34	32	8	3	12	25	37	59	69	–10	66
10	Wimbledon	46	12	5	6	39	28	6	6	11	37	45	76	73	+3	65
11	Gillingham	46	10	6	7	33	31	6	8	9	23	34	56	65	–9	62
12	Preston North End	46	11	7	5	44	29	5	6	12	24	41	68	70	–2	61
13	Watford	46	11	5	7	33	26	6	4	13	21	44	54	70	–16	60
14	Crystal Palace	46	8	10	5	29	17	6	7	10	30	35	59	52	+7	59
15	Rotherham United	46	8	9	6	27	25	7	5	11	35	37	62	62	±0	59
16	Burnley	46	10	4	9	35	44	5	6	12	30	45	65	89	–24	55
17	Walsall	46	10	3	10	34	34	5	6	12	23	35	57	69	–12	54
18	Derby County	46	9	5	9	33	32	6	2	15	22	42	55	74	–19	52
19	Bradford City	46	7	8	8	27	35	7	2	14	24	38	51	73	–22	52
20	Coventry City	46	6	6	11	23	31	6	8	9	23	31	46	62	–16	50
21	Stoke City	46	9	6	8	25	25	3	8	12	20	44	45	69	–24	50
22	Sheffield Wednesday	46	7	7	9	29	32	3	9	11	27	41	56	73	–17	46
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7	6	10	29	31	4	6	13	20	36	49	67	–18	45
24	Grimsby Town	46	5	6	12	26	39	4	6	13	22	46	48	85	–37	39

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Coventry City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Sheffield United	H	2-1	18,839	Bothroyd, McSheffrey
13 August 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-0	6,816
17 August 2002	Reading	A	2-1	14,712	Davenport, Bothroyd
24 August 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	15,526	Hughes (pen)
26 August 2002	Watford	A	2-5	11,136	McSheffrey, Eustace
31 August 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	13,732
14 September 2002	Grimsby Town	H	3-2	12,403	Mills, McSheffrey (pen), Bothroyd
18 September 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	14,178	Normann
21 September 2002	Wimbledon	A	1-0	2,077	McAllister (pen)
24 September 2002	Bradford City	A	1-1	11,655	Bothroyd
28 September 2002	Millwall	H	2-3	13,562	McSheffrey, Mills
5 October 2002	Gillingham	A	2-0	7,722	Bothroyd, Pipe
19 October 2002	Portsmouth	A	1-1	18,837	Davenport
23 October 2002	Norwich City	H	1-1	16,409	Partridge
26 October 2002	Walsall	H	0-0	14,544
29 October 2002	Leicester City	A	1-2	27,139	Partridge
2 November 2002	Rotherham United	H	2-1	13,179	McAllister (2)
9 November 2002	Burnley	A	1-3	13,470	McAllister (pen)
16 November 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-2	18,998
23 November 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	23,633	Eustace
30 November 2002	Preston North End	H	1-2	13,313	Davenport
7 December 2002	Stoke City	A	2-1	12,760	Bothroyd (2)
14 December 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-0	25,577	McAllister, Partridge
21 December 2002	Derby County	H	3-0	13,185	McAllister, Hignett, Bothroyd
26 December 2002	Reading	H	2-0	19,526	Hignett, Partridge
28 December 2002	Sheffield United	A	0-0	20,465
1 January 2003	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	17,362	McSheffrey
11 January 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-0	15,951
18 January 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	24,487	Sara
1 February 2003	Watford	H	0-1	17,393
8 February 2003	Burnley	H	0-1	13,659
15 February 2003	Rotherham United	A	0-1	6,524
22 February 2003	Bradford City	H	0-2	12,525
1 March 2003	Grimsby Town	A	2-0	5,736	Ford (own goal), Eustace (pen)
5 March 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-5	19,536	Joachim
8 March 2003	Wimbledon	H	2-2	11,796	Eustace, Joachim
15 March 2003	Norwich City	A	0-2	20,099
19 March 2003	Portsmouth	H	0-4	13,922
22 March 2003	Leicester City	H	1-2	16,610	Jansen
5 April 2003	Preston North End	A	2-2	13,026	Pead, Pipe
12 April 2003	Ipswich Town	H	2-4	13,968	Jansen, Gordon
15 April 2003	Walsall	A	0-0	7,337
19 April 2003	Derby County	A	0-1	23,921
21 April 2003	Stoke City	H	0-1	12,675
26 April 2003	Gillingham	H	0-0	14,795
4 May 2003	Millwall	A	0-2	9,220

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 2003	Cardiff City	A	2-2	16,013	Mills, McAllister (pen)
R3R	15 January 2003	Cardiff City	H	3-0	11,997	Fowler, Holdsworth, Bothroyd
R4	25 January 2003	Rochdale	A	0-2	9,156

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	11 September 2002	Colchester United	H	3-0	6,075	McSheffrey, McAllister, Mills
R2	2 October 2002	Rushden & Diamonds	H	8-0	8,570	McSheffrey (3), Mills (2), Bothroyd (2), Betts (pen)
R3	6 November 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	8,102

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ENG	Craig Pead
3	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon
4	DF	BIH	Muhamed Konjić
5	DF	ENG	Richard Shaw
6	MF	ENG	John Eustace
8	FW	ENG	Julian Joachim
9	FW	ENG	Matt Jansen (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
10	MF	SCO	Gary McAllister (player-manager)
11	FW	MAR	Youssef Chippo
13	GK	FRA	Fabien Debec
14	MF	IRL	Barry Quinn
15	MF	MAR	Youssef Safri
17	MF	ENG	Tom Bates
18	FW	NIR	Ben Mackey
19	FW	ENG	Gary McSheffrey
20	MF	SCO	Gary Caldwell (on loan from Newcastle United)
21	FW	ENG	Jay Bothroyd


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	WAL	Lee Fowler
23	GK	DEN	Morten Hyldgaard
24	FW	ARG	Juan Sara (on loan from Dundee)
25	MF	ANG	Christian Yulu
26	MF	ENG	Robert Betts
27	MF	ESP	Vicente Engonga
28	DF	ENG	Calum Davenport
30	MF	ENG	Mark Noon
32	FW	ENG	Avun Jephcott
33	GK	ENG	Gary Montgomery
34	MF	WAL	David Pipe
35	MF	ENG	Eddie Stanford
37	DF	IRL	Sean Cooney
39	MF	ENG	Isaac Osbourne
40	DF	ENG	Andy Whing

Transfers

Transfers in

Player	From	Date	Fee	Ref.
Tom Bates		20 Feb 2003	Free	[4]

Transfers out

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	ENG	Lee Hughes (to West Bromwich Albion)
7	MF	ENG	David Thompson (to Blackburn Rovers)
17	DF	ENG	Steve Walsh (to Tamworth)
25	MF	NOR	Runar Normann (to SK Brann)
32	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero (to C.D. Motagua)
30	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez (to C.D. Motagua)
24	MF	BEL	Laurent Delorge (to Lierse SK)
17	MF	SCO	Brian Kerr (to Newcastle United)
25	MF	ENG	Jamie McMaster (on loan from Leeds United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	ENG	Ben Williams (on loan from Manchester United)
9	MF	ENG	Craig Hignett (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
27	MF	ITA	Marco Brancati (released)
12	FW	ENG	Lee Mills (to Stoke City)
18	MF	SCO	Gavin Strachan (to Peterborough United)
17	FW	ENG	Dean Holdsworth (to Rushden & Diamonds)
7	MF	IRL	Richie Partridge (on loan from Liverpool)
29	FW	ITA	Antonio Gallieri (released)

Reserve squad

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	MF	IRL	Keith O'Neill
29	GK	ENG	Richard Brush
31	MF	SCO	Brian Ford
36	DF	ENG	Kirk Miller
38	MF	ENG	Andrew Hall

References

http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2002-2003/results
http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d1/coventry.htm
"All Coventry City players: 2003". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
"Tom, 17, signs for City". 20 February 2003.

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2002-2003/results

[2] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d1/coventry.htm

[3] "All Coventry City players: 2003". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-21.

[4] "Tom, 17, signs for City". 20 February 2003.