2002–03 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2002–03 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Dario Gradi
Stadium	Gresty Road
Football League Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
League Trophy	Quarter Final
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season, their 80th in the English Football League, saw Crewe Alexandra compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 2nd position with 86 points, gaining automatic promotion to the First Division.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (C, P)	46	29	13	4	68	25	+43	100	Promotion to Football League First Division
2	Crewe Alexandra (P)	46	25	11	10	76	40	+36	86	Promotion to Football League First Division
3	Bristol City	46	24	11	11	79	48	+31	83	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	24	11	11	69	45	+24	83
5	Oldham Athletic	46	22	16	8	68	38	+30	82

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Northampton Town	A	1–1	5,694	Sorvel
2	13 August 2002	Notts County	H	0–3	6,141
3	17 August 2002	Colchester United	H	2–0	5,138	Hulse, Bell
4	24 August 2002	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	8,447	Hulse
5	27 August 2002	Cheltenham Town	H	1–0	5,488	Jack
6	31 August 2002	Mansfield Town	A	5–0	4,138	Walker, Jack, Hulse, Foster, Lunt
7	7 September 2002	Chesterfield	H	0–0	5,837
8	14 September 2002	Peterborough United	A	0–0	4,345
9	17 September 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	4,909	Hulse (2)
10	21 September 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	6,875	Hulse, Curtis (o.g.)
11	28 September 2002	Cardiff City	A	1–2	13,208	Hulse
12	5 October 2002	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	7,683	Jones (2)
13	12 October 2002	Stockport County	A	4–1	6,468	Lunt, Jones, Hulse (2)
14	19 October 2002	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1	6,733
15	26 October 2002	Port Vale	A	2–1	6,374	Hulse (2)
16	29 October 2002	Luton Town	H	0–1	6,030
17	2 November 2002	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2	7,086
18	9 November 2002	Brentford	H	2–1	5,663	Hulse (2)
19	23 November 2002	Blackpool	H	3–0	7,019	Hulse, Sodje, Tierney
20	30 November 2002	Bristol City	A	2–2	12,585	Hulse, Foster
21	14 December 2002	Barnsley	H	2–0	5,633	Jack, Foster
22	21 December 2002	Swindon Town	A	3–1	4,957	Foster, Ashton, Jack
23	26 December 2002	Cheltenham Town	A	4–0	5,548	Ashton, Jack, Brammer, Vaughan
24	29 December 2002	Oldham Athletic	H	1–2	9,006	Hulse
25	1 January 2003	Mansfield Town	H	2–0	6,931	Walton, Miles
26	11 January 2003	Colchester United	A	2–1	2,949	Jones (2)
27	18 January 2003	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	5,819	Jones
28	25 January 2003	Oldham Athletic	A	3–1	7,579	Hulse (2), Ashton
29	1 February 2003	Northampton Town	H	3–3	6,164	Jones (2), Vaughan
30	4 February 2003	Notts County	A	2–2	3,875	Jones (2), Hulse
31	8 February 2003	Brentford	A	2–1	5,424	Lunt (2)
32	22 February 2003	Chesterfield	A	2–0	3,956	Jack, Wright
33	25 February 2003	Wigan Athletic	H	0–1	8,917
34	1 March 2003	Peterborough United	H	0–1	5,704
35	4 March 2003	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–2	5,398	Lunt, Hulse, Ashton (2)
36	8 March 2003	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	8,670	Hulse
37	15 March 2003	Port Vale	H	1–1	8,146	Sorvel
38	18 March 2003	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–1	7,777	Jack, Ashton (2)
39	22 March 2003	Luton Town	A	4–0	6,607	Ashton (2), Jack, Vaughan
40	29 March 2003	Stockport County	H	1–0	7,336	Jack
41	12 April 2003	Blackpool	A	1–0	7,623	Lunt
42	15 April 2003	Bristol City	H	1–1	7,901	Lunt
43	19 April 2003	Swindon Town	H	0–1	6,384
44	21 April 2003	Barnsley	A	2–1	9,369	Sorvel, Hulse
45	26 April 2003	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	16,921
46	3 May 2003	Cardiff City	H	1–1	9,562	Walker

FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	16 November 2002	Port Vale	A	1–0	5,507	Ashton
R2	7 December 2002	Mansfield Town	H	3–0	4,563	Ashton, Brammer, Rix
R3	4 January 2003	Bournemouth	A	0–0	7,252
R3 Replay	14 January 2003	Bournemouth	H	2 – 2 (1 – 3 pens)	4,540	Jones, Sodje

Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	10 September 2002	Port Vale	A	2–0	3,765	Jack (2)
R2	1 October 2002	Manchester City	A	2–3	21,820	Jack, Hulse

Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	22 October 2002	Mansfield Town	A	4–0	1,874	Jack, Hulse (3)
R2	12 November 2002	Blackpool	H	2–0	2,600	Jack, Ashton
QF	10 December 2002	Doncaster Rovers	H	8–0	2,189	Vaughan, Ashton (3), Jack (2), Lunt, Jones
SF	29 January 2003	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–4	4,646	Hulse, Ashton

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ademola Bankole	2(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	4	0	6(2)	0
2	DF	David Wright	31	1	4	0	1	0	3(1)	0	39(1)	1
3	DF	Richard Walker	31(5)	2	1(1)	0	2	0	4	0	38(6)	2
4	MF	Kenny Lunt	46	7	4	0	2	0	4	2	56	9
5	DF	Dave Walton	27(1)	1	4	0	0(1)	0	0	0	31(2)	1
6	DF	Stephen Foster	35	4	3	0	1	0	4	0	43	4
7	FW	Colin Little	3(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4(3)	0
8	MF	Dave Brammer	41	1	4	1	2	0	2	0	49	1
9	FW	Rob Hulse	35(3)	22	1	0	1	1	2	4	39(3)	27
10	FW	Dean Ashton	24(14)	9	1(1)	2	1	0	3	5	34(15)	15
11	FW	Rodney Jack	35(3)	9	2	0	2	0	3	0	42(3)	9
12	MF	Neil Sorvel	39(4)	3	4	0	2	0	4	0	49(4)	3
13	GK	Clayton Ince	43	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	48	0
14	MF	David Vaughan	28(4)	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	35(4)	4
15	MF	Wayne Collins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
16	DF	Efe Sodje	23(6)	1	0(3)	1	2	0	2	0	27(9)	2
17	MF	Steve Jones	18(12)	9	2(1)	1	0(1)	0	2(2)	1	23(16)	11
18	DF	Chris McCready	6(2)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7(3)	0
19	MF	Ben Rix	17(6)	0	2(1)	1	0	0	1(1)	0	20(8)	0
20	MF	Lee Bell	3(13)	1	0(2)	0	0	0	1(3)	0	4(18)	0
21	FW	Paul Edwards	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
22	GK	Stuart Tomlinson	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
23	MF	Alex Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Sagi Burton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	James Robinson	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
25	FW	John Miles	0(5)	1	2	0	1	0	0(2)	0	3(7)	1
26	FW	Michael Higdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Adam Yates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	Andy White	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
29	DF	Paul Tierney	14(3)	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	19(3)	1
30	GK	Danny Milosevic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	Stefan Oakes	3(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(4)	0
33	FW	Luke Varney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	Jonathan Walters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Crewe Alexandra 2002/03". Statto. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

External links

Crewe Alexandra 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

[1] "Crewe Alexandra 2002/03". Statto. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

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