2002–03 Wrexham F.C. season

2002–03 Wrexham F.C. season
Manager England Denis Smith
Stadium Racecourse Ground
Third Division 3rd (promoted)
FA Cup First round
League Cup Second round
Football League Trophy Northern quarter-finals
Top goalscorer Andy Morrell (34)
Highest home attendance 9,960 v Cambridge United[1]
Lowest home attendance 2,968
Average home league attendance 4,263[2]
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

During the 2002–03 English football season, Wrexham competed in the Football League Third Division.

Season summary

Wrexham finished third in the Third Division and thus gained automatic promotion to the Second Division.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 Wales GK Andy Dibble
2 Northern Ireland MF Jim Whitley[4]
3 Northern Ireland DF Shaun Holmes
4 Wales DF Stephen Roberts
5 Republic of Ireland DF Brian Carey
6 Trinidad and Tobago DF Dennis Lawrence
7 Trinidad and Tobago MF Carlos Edwards
8 Wales FW Lee Jones
9 England FW Lee Trundle
10 Scotland MF Darren Ferguson
11 England FW Andy Morrell
12 England MF Paul Barrett
13 England GK Kristian Rogers
No. Position Player
14 England DF Paul Edwards
15 Singapore DF Daniel Bennett
16 Wales MF Wayne Phillips
17 England FW Kevin Russell
18 Wales DF Shaun Pejic[5]
19 England FW Steve Thomas
21 Wales GK Paul Whitfield
23 Trinidad and Tobago FW Hector Sam
24 Wales DF Craig Morgan
25 England MF Mark Jones
26 Wales DF Simon Spender
29 England DF Scott Green

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
20 England MF Mark Evans (to Colwyn Bay)
No. Position Player
22 Wales MF Luke Campbell (to Colwyn Bay)

League table

Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1. Rushden & Diamonds 46 24 15 7 73 47  +26 87
2. Hartlepool United 46 24 13 9 71 51  +20 85
3. Wrexham 46 23 15 8 84 50  +34 84
4. Bournemouth 46 20 14 12 60 48  +12 74
5. Scunthorpe United 46 19 15 12 68 49  +19 72
6. Lincoln City 46 18 16 12 46 37  +9 70
7. Bury 46 18 16 12 57 56  +1 70
8. Oxford United 46 19 12 15 57 47  +10 69
9. Torquay United 46 16 18 12 71 71  0 66
10. York City 46 17 15 14 52 53  -1 66
11. Kidderminster Harriers 46 16 15 15 62 63  -1 63
12. Cambridge United 46 16 13 17 67 70  -3 61
13. Hull City 46 14 17 15 58 53  +5 59
14. Darlington 46 12 18 16 58 59  -1 54
15. Boston United 46 15 13 18 55 56  -1 54‡
16. Macclesfield Town 46 14 12 20 57 63  -6 54
17. Southend United 46 17 3 26 47 59  -12 54
18. Leyton Orient 46 14 11 21 51 61  -10 53
19. Rochdale 46 12 16 18 63 70  -7 52
20. Bristol Rovers 46 12 15 19 50 57  -7 51
21. Swansea City 46 12 13 21 48 65  -17 49
22. Carlisle United 46 13 10 23 52 78  -26 49
23. Exeter City 46 11 15 20 50 64  -14 48
24. Shrewsbury Town 46 9 14 23 62 92  -30 41

‡ - Boston United deducted four points due to financial irregularities

Leading goalscorer: Andy Morrell (Wrexham), 34

References

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