2002–03 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2002–03 season
Chairman Derek Dooley
Manager Neil Warnock
Stadium Bramall Lane
First Division 3rd (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs Runners-up
FA Cup Semi-finals
League Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Brown (16)
All: Brown (22)[1]
Average home league attendance 18,113

During the 2002–03 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The season turned out to be one of the most successful in Sheffield United's history. United reached the semi-finals of both the FA and League Cups before being eliminated by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively; both sides went on to win the respective cups. United also managed to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. United reached the play-off final after beating Nottingham Forest over two legs in the semi-final, but were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Portsmouth 4617335222128345239745+5298
2 Leicester City 4616524012109433287340+3392
3 Sheffield United 4613733823104934297252+2080
4 Reading 46133733211211028256146+1579
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4691044019116641258144+3776
6 Nottingham Forest 4614725723671025278250+3274
7 Ipswich Town 461058493998631258064+1670
8 Norwich City 4614453617581024326049+1169
9 Millwall 4611663432831225375969–1066
10 Wimbledon 4612563928661137457673+365
11 Gillingham 461067333168923345665–962
12 Preston North End 4611754429561224416870–261
13 Watford 4611573326641321445470–1660
14 Crystal Palace 4681052917671030355952+759
15 Rotherham United 468962725751135376262±059
16 Burnley 4610493544561230456589 –2455
17 Walsall 46103103434561223355769–1254
18 Derby County 469593332621522425574–1952
19 Bradford City 467882735721424385173–2252
20 Coventry City 466611233168923314662–1650
21 Stoke City 469682525381220444569–2450
22 Sheffield Wednesday 467792932391127415673–1746
23 Brighton & Hove Albion 4676102931461320364967–1845
24 Grimsby Town 4656122639461322464885–3739
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

Sheffield United's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

First Division play-offs

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
SF 1st leg10 May 2003 Nottingham ForestA1-129,064Brown (pen)
SF 2nd leg15 May 2003 Nottingham ForestH4-3 (won 5-4 on agg)30,212Brown, Kabba, Peschisolido, Walker (own goal)
F26 May 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersN0-369,473

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R34 January 2003 Cheltenham TownH4-09,166Murphy, McGovern, Kabba (2)
R425 January 2003 Ipswich TownH4-312,757Brown (2), Jagielka, Peschisolido
R515 February 2003 WalsallH2-017,510Mooney, Ndlovu
QF9 March 2003 Leeds UnitedH1-024,633Kabba
SF13 April 2003 ArsenalN0-159,170

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R110 September 2002 York CityH1-04,675McGovern
R21 October 2002 Wycombe WanderersH4-14,389Boulding, Brown (2), Montgomery
R36 November 2002 Leeds UnitedH2-126,663Jagielka, Ndlovu
R43 December 2002 SunderlandH2-027,068Murphy, Allison
R517 December 2002 Crystal PalaceH3-122,211Asaba, Peschisolido (2)
SF 1st leg8 January 2003 LiverpoolH2-130,095Tonge (2)
SF 2nd leg21 January 2003 LiverpoolA0-2 (lost 2-3 on agg)43,837

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Simon Tracey
2 England DF Rob Kozluk
3 England DF Rob Ullathorne
4 England DF Steve Yates
5 Australia DF Shaun Murphy
6 Wales DF Rob Page (captain)
7 England MF Michael Brown
8 Scotland MF Stuart McCall (assistant manager)
9 England FW Carl Asaba
10 Canada FW Paul Peschisolido
11 Netherlands FW Laurens ten Heuvel
12 Scotland MF Nick Montgomery
14 England FW Wayne Allison
15 England DF Ben Doane
16 Zimbabwe FW Peter Ndlovu
17 England MF Phil Jagielka
18 England MF Michael Tonge
19 France DF Benoît Croissant
No. Position Player
20 France MF Jean-Philippe Javary
21 Republic of Ireland MF Colin Cryan
22 Scotland DF Grant Smith
23 Republic of Ireland GK Paddy Kenny
24 Republic of Ireland GK Gary Kelly
25 England FW Rob Nugent
26 England FW Mark Rankine (on loan from Preston North End)
27 England FW Lewis Killeen
28 Republic of Ireland FW Owen Morrison
29 England MF Adam Baum
30 England FW Tyrone Thompson
31 England FW Ryan Mallon
32 England FW Dean Windass
34 England FW Steve Kabba
36 England DF John Curtis (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
37 England DF Danny Wood
38 Netherlands MF Marcel Cas
39 Scotland FW Iffy Onoura

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
13 Netherlands GK Wilko de Vogt
14 England DF Shane Nicholson
24 England FW Tommy Mooney (on loan from Birmingham City)
24 Scotland MF Jon-Paul McGovern (on loan from Celtic)
26 England DF Jon Harley (on loan from Fulham)
No. Position Player
26 England DF Wayne Quinn (on loan from Newcastle United)
28 England MF Lee Featherstone
35 England MF Michael Boulding (on loan from Aston Villa)
36 England DF Richard Edghill

References

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