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2002–03 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

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Queens Park Rangers
2002–2003 season
ManagerIan Holloway
StadiumLoftus Road
Second Division4th
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
LDV Vans TrophyFirst Round
PlayoffsFinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Kevin Gallen (17)
Highest home attendance17,201 14 May 2003 Oldham Athletic
Lowest home attendance4,722 22 October 2002 Bristol City
Average home league attendance13,206
Biggest win4-0 Vs Mansfield Town (7 September 2002), Port Vale (15 February 2003)
Biggest defeat0-4 Vs Cardiff City (29 November 2002)

During the 2002–2003 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

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After qualifying for the playoffs QPR were defeated at the Millennium Stadium by Cardiff City

In the FA Cup, QPR were knocked out of the FA cup by Vauxhall Motors.

Kit

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Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Retailer JD Sports continued as kit sponsors.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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
6 Cardiff City (O, P) 46 23 12 11 68 43 +25 81
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

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10 August 2002 1 Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Chesterfield London
Furlong 72'
Langley 88'
Gallen 90'
Ebdon 55' (pen.) Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,603
17 August 2002 3 Barnsley 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Barnsley
Lumsdon 57' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,626
24 August 2002 4 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Peterborough United London
Gallen 59', 70' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,510
31 August 2002 6 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Plymouth Argyle London
Thomas 69'
Pacquette 90'
Friio 33'
Hodges 59'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,001
7 September 2002 7 Mansfield Town 0–4 Queens Park Rangers Mansfield
Furlong 6'
Shittu 48'
Gallen 85'
Thomson 89'
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,581
14 September 2002 8 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Swindon Town London
Gallen 50'
Langley 56'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,619
21 September 2002 10 Bristol City 1–3 Queens Park Rangers Bristol
Murray 11' Connolly 23', 48'
Gallen 53'
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 12,221
28 September 2002 11 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Colchester United London
Connolly 39'
Gallen 72'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,906
5 October 2002 12 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Queens Park Rangers Crewe
Jones 29', 69' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 7,683
14 October 2002 13 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Blackpool London
Langley 18'
Clarke 66' (o.g.)
Taylor 63' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,335
26 October 2002 15 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Oldham Athletic London
Rose 2' Low 29'
Duxbury 38'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,491
29 October 2002 16 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Wigan
Liddell 29' Thomson 45' Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 6,241
2 November 2002 17 Port Vale 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Stoke on Trent
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,394
9 November 2002 18 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Northampton Town London
Trollope 61' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,947
23 November 2002 19 Luton Town 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Luton
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,477
29 November 2002 20 Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Cardiff City London
Earnshaw 59', 65', 87'
Campbell 90'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,345
14 December 2002 21 Notts County 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Nottingham
Liburd 7'
Fenton 14'
Allsopp 83'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,343
21 December 2002 22 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Brentford London
Bircham 18' O'Connor 30' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,559
26 December 2002 23 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers London
Rose 12'
Gallen 30'
Dixon 79' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,874
28 December 2002 24 Tranmere Rovers 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Birkenhead
Haworth 54'
Jones 60', 71'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8,434
4 January 2003 26 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Stockport County London
Gallen 89' (pen.) Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 10,387
11 January 2003 27 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Barnsley London
Pacquette 11' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,217
18 January 2003 28 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Plymouth
Pacquette 51' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 10,249
25 January 2003 29 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Tranmere Rovers London
Palmer 60' Robinson 80'
Haworth 90'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,249
2 February 2003 30 Chesterfield 2–4 Queens Park Rangers Chesterfield
Hurst 11'
Brandon 90'
Pacquette 13'
Shittu 22'
Furlong 83'
Thomson 89'
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,395
8 February 2003 31 Northampton Town 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Northampton
Rahim 16' Furlong 60' Stadium: Sixfields
Attendance: 5,859
15 February 2003 32 Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Port Vale London
Shittu 52'
Furlong 61'
Padula 79'
Gallen 89'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,703
22 February 2003 33 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Mansfield Town London
Furlong 20'
Gallen 89'
Christie 25', 50' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,942
1 March 2003 34 Swindon Town 3–1 Queens Park Rangers Swindon
Robinson 18'
Parkin 64'
Heywood 68'
Shittu 15' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,716
8 March 2003 36 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Bristol City London
Gallen 19' (pen.) Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,681
18 March 2003 38 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 Cheltenham Town London
Gallen 40'
Duff 45' (o.g.)
Cook 55'
Furlong 63'
Devaney 5' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,370
22 March 2003 39 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Wigan Athletic London
Ellington 47' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,703
29 March 2003 40 Blackpool 1–3 Queens Park Rangers Blackpool
Taylor 90' Langley 35', 65', 85' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8,162
5 April 2003 41 Cardiff City 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
Thorne 78' Furlong 64'
Langley 89'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,245
12 April 2003 42 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Luton Town London
McLeod 39', 83' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,786
19 April 2003 43 Brentford 1–2 Queens Park Rangers London
Peters 81' Shittu 8'
Bircham 90'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 9,168
21 April 2003 44 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Notts County London
Furlong 16'
Langley 90'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,585
26 April 2003 45 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Crewe Alexandra London
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,921

Playoffs

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10 May 2003 Semi Final First Leg Oldham Athletic 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Oldham
Eyres 28' Langley 47' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12,152
14 May 2003 Semi Final Second Leg Queens Park Rangers 1–0
(2-1 agg.)
Oldham Athletic London
Furlong 82' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,201

FA Cup

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16 November 2002 1 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Chester
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 3,507
26 November 2002 1 Replay Queens Park Rangers 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Vauxhall Motors London
Thomson 18' Brazier 22' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,336

League Cup

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LDV Vans Trophy

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22 October 2002 1 Replay Queens Park Rangers 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Bristol City London
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,722


Squad

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Position Nationality Name League Appearances League Goals Cup Appearances League.Cup Goals F.A.Cup Goals Total Appearances Total Goals
GK  ENG Nick Culkin 17 17
GK  ENG Chris Day 15 15
GK  ENG Simon Royce 16 1 17
GK  ENG Fraser Digby 1 3 5
DF  ENG Steve Palmer 49 1 4 53 1
DF  ENG Terrell Forbes 39 3 43
DF  ENG Marcus Bean 4 8
DF  ENG Matthew Rose 27 2 3 33 2
DF  IRE Stephen Kelly 9 9
DF  ENG Danny Murphy 4 12
DF  ENG Chris Plummer 2
DF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 36 2 3 41 2
DF  ARG Gino Padula 19 1 1 25 1
DF  NIG Danny Shittu 46 7 2 48 7
MF  ENG Ben Walshe 1 1
MF  ENG Wes Daly 3 1 7
MF  ENG Tom Williams 23 1 4 32 1
MF  ENG Jerome Thomas 5 2 6 2
MF  ENG Oliver Burgess 2 3 8
MF  ENG Marc Bircham 37 2 2 41 2
MF  ENG Kevin McLeod 11 2 11 2
MF  ENG Richard Langley 38 10 3 42 10
FW  ENG Karl Connolly 12 4 3 20 4
FW  ENG Andy Thomson 8 2 4 1 1 25 4
FW  ENG Paul Furlong 30 14 1 38 14
FW  ENG Lee Cook 13 1 13 1
FW  ENG Dennis Oli 8 2 22
FW  FRA Aziana Ebele Mbombo 3 13
FW  ENG Richard Pacquette 5 4 1 15 4
FW  ENG Leroy Griffiths 3 6
FW  ENG Brett Angell 8 13
FW  SKN Callum Willock 3 3
FW  ENG Kevin Gallen 44 13 1 47 14

Transfers Out

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Name from Date Fee Date Club Fee
Marcus Bignot Bristol Rovers March 2001 August 2002 Rushden & Diamonds
Christer Warren Queens Park Rangers Juniors June 2000 September 2002 Bristol Rovers
Chris Plummer Queens Park Rangers Juniors July 1994 November 2002 Bristol Rovers Loan
Carl Leaburn Wimbledon December 2001 January 2003 Grays Athletic FC
Fraser Digby Huddersfield Town October 2001 January 2003 Purfleet
Brett Angell Port Vale November 2002 July 2003
Andy Thomson Gillingham March 2001 Free July 2003 Partick Thistle
Oliver Burgess Queens Park Rangers Juniors July 2001 July 2003 Northampton Town
Chris Plummer Queens Park Rangers Juniors July 1994 July 2003 Barnet
Danny Murphy Queens Park Rangers Juniors December 1999 July 2003 Swindon Town

Transfers In

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Name from Date Fee
Jerome Thomas Arsenal August 2002 Loan
Simon Royce Leicester City August 2002 Loan
Tom Williams Birmingham City August 2002 Loan
Paul Furlong Birmingham City August 2002
Brett Angell Port Vale November 2002
Lee Cook Watford November 2002 Loan
Calum Willock Fulham November 2002 Loan
Stephen Kelly Tottenham Hotspur March 2003 Loan
Kevin McLeod Everton March 2003 Loan
Éric Sabin Swindon Town July 2003
Scott Mulholland Queens Park Rangers Juniors July 2003
Gareth Ainsworth Cardiff City July 2003

References

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  1. ^ "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2002–2003 season – 11v11.com". Retrieved 3 October 2022.

Notes

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