2002–03 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
2002–03 season
Chairman England Terry Brown
Manager England Glenn Roeder (until 17 April)
England Sir Trevor Brooking (caretaker)
Stadium Boleyn Ground
Premier League 18th (relegated)
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Paolo Di Canio (9)
All:
Jermain Defoe (11)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

During the 2002–03 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

West Ham was surprisingly relegated, following a disastrous season. This was despite the club boasting several players who were regulars or would be future regulars for the English national team, including David James, Trevor Sinclair, Joe Cole, Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson and Michael Carrick.

West Ham were poor all season, and a run of three wins from the opening 24 games saw West Ham bottom of the Premiership with only 16 points.[1] However, the poor league form was put into perspective when manager Glenn Roeder collapsed after a Premiership match against Middlesbrough; it was later revealed he was suffering from a non-malignant brain tumour, which was operated on successfully. United legend Sir Trevor Brooking was put named as caretaker manager, and a good run of form towards the end of the season saw West Ham go into the last day of the season with a chance of beating the drop. The last game of the season was against Birmingham City. They needed to at least better Bolton Wanderers' result at home against Middlesbrough, who were tied on points albeit with a superior goal difference. However, West Ham drew 2-2, with goals from Les Ferdinand and Paolo Di Canio, replying to Birmingham goals from Geoff Horsfield and Stern John, and were relegated.[2] A win would still have seen West Ham relegated as Bolton beat Middlesbrough 2-1.[3]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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 David James
2 Czech Republic DF Tomáš Řepka
3 England DF Nigel Winterburn
4 Scotland MF Don Hutchison[4]
5 England MF Lee Bowyer
6 England MF Michael Carrick
7 Scotland DF Christian Dailly
8 England MF Trevor Sinclair
9 England FW Jermain Defoe
10 Italy FW Paolo Di Canio
11 Northern Ireland MF Steve Lomas[5]
14 France FW Frédéric Kanouté[6]
No. Position Player
15 Republic of Ireland DF Gary Breen[7]
16 England MF John Moncur
19 England DF Ian Pearce
20 England DF Scott Minto
21 Australia MF Richard Garcia
22 England FW Les Ferdinand
23 England DF Glen Johnson
24 England DF Rufus Brevett
25 France MF Édouard Cissé (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
26 England MF Joe Cole (captain)
29 Guinea FW Titi Camara
30 France DF Sébastien Schemmel

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
5 Slovakia DF Vladimír Labant (on loan to Sparta Prague)
22 Trinidad and Tobago MF Brent Rahim (on loan from Levski Sofia)
28 France MF Laurent Courtois (to Istres)
No. Position Player
33 England FW Billy Mehmet[8] (to Dunfermline Athletic)
34 Northern Ireland MF Grant McCann (to Cheltenham Town)
35 England DF Louis Riddle (to Stevenage Borough)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
17 Netherlands GK Raimond van der Gouw
18 France FW Youssef Sofiane
27 Republic of Ireland DF Shaun Byrne[9]
28 England MF David Noble
31 Republic of Ireland GK David Forde
32 England GK Stephen Bywater
No. Position Player
34 Republic of Ireland DF Clive Delaney
35 England DF Anton Ferdinand
36 Republic of Ireland MF Daryl McMahon
37 England MF Leon Britton
38 England FW James Allen
39 England DF Ezomo Iriekpen

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Premier League

Topscorers

References

  1. ↑ West Ham United 2002-2003 Home - statto.com
  2. ↑ "West Ham relegated". BBC Sport. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bolton 2-1 Middlesboro". ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
  5. ↑ Lomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
  6. ↑ Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his father and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
  7. ↑ Breen was born in Hendon, England, but also qualified to represent Ireland internationally, and made his international debut for Ireland in June 1996.
  8. ↑ Mehmet was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Ireland, Cyprus and Turkey internationally, and made his international debut for Ireland at U-21 level in 2004.
  9. ↑ Byrne was born in Taplow, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-16 and U-21 level.
  10. ↑ "Roeder swoops for teenager". BBC News. 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  11. ↑ "Van der Gouw joins West Ham". BBC News. 2002-06-28. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  12. ↑ "Hammers land Breen". BBC News. 2002-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  13. ↑ "Hammers snap up Cisse". BBC News. 2002-08-06. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  14. ↑ "Rahim joins Hammers". BBC News. 16 August 2002.
  15. ↑ "Bowyer signs for Hammers". BBC News. 11 January 2003.
  16. ↑ "Ferdinand joins West Ham". BBC News. 21 January 2003.
  17. ↑ "Brevett joins Hammers". BBC News. 2003-01-31. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  18. ↑ "Song goes to Lens". BBC News. 27 June 2002.
  19. ↑ "Forrest forced to quit". BBC News. 25 July 2002.
  20. ↑ "Charles forced to retire". BBC News. 29 July 2002.
  21. ↑ "Brighton land Kitson". BBC News. 20 August 2002.
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