2002–03 Yeovil Town F.C. season

Yeovil Town

2002–03 season
Chairman	John Fry
Manager	Gary Johnson
Stadium	The Avenue Stadium (Until September) Huish Park (From September)
Conference	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	First round
FA Trophy	Quarter-finals
FL Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Kirk Jackson (19) All: Kirk Jackson (20)
Highest home attendance	8,111 (26 April vs. Chester City, Conference, Huish Park)
Lowest home attendance	2,126 (21 September vs. Halifax Town, Conference, The Avenue Stadium)
Average home league attendance	4,741
Home colours Away colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Yeovil Town Football Club's 107th season in existence and their final in non-league football gaining promotion to the Football League by virtue of winning the Conference by a record points margin.

Playing staff

• Statistics include only competitive appearances and goals.
• Age given is at the start of Yeovil's first competitive match of the season (17 August 2002).

No.	Name	Nat.	Place of birth	Date of birth	Position	Club apps.	Club goals	Previous club	Date joined	Notes
1	Chris Weale		Yeovil	9 February 1982 (aged 20)	GK	86	0	Youth team graduate	May 2000
2	Adam Lockwood		Wakefield	26 October 1981 (aged 20)	DF	88	6	Reading	September 2001
4	Terry Skiverton		Mile End	26 June 1975 (aged 27)	DF	164	21	Welling United	May 1999	Captain
5	Colin Pluck		Edmonton	6 September 1978 (aged 23)	DF	74	6	Dover Athletic	July 2001
6	Darren Way		Plymouth	21 November 1979 (aged 22)	MF	133	16	Norwich City	August 2000
7	Adam Stansfield		Tiverton	10 September 1978 (aged 23)	FW	32	16	Elmore	November 2001
8	Lee Johnson		Newmarket	7 June 1981 (aged 21)	MF	93	9	Brighton & Hove Albion	July 2001
9	Kevin Gall		Merthyr Tydfil	4 February 1982 (aged 20)	FW	15	14	Bristol Rovers	February 2003
10	Nick Crittenden		Bracknell	11 November 1978 (aged 23)	MF	145	22	Chelsea	August 2000
11	Michael McIndoe		Edinburgh	2 December 1979 (aged 22)	MF	109	25	Hereford United	February 2001	Vice-captain
12	Chris Giles		Bridgend	16 April 1982 (aged 20)	FW, DF	57	11	Youth team graduate	May 2000
13	Jon Sheffield		Coventry	1 February 1969 (aged 33)	GK	23	0	Plymouth Argyle	July 2001
14	Roy O'Brien		Cork	27 November 1974 (aged 27)	DF	89	1	Dorchester Town	July 2000
15	Stephen Reed		Barnstaple	18 June 1985 (aged 17)	DF, MF	1	0	Youth team graduate	October 2002
16	Andy Lindegaard		Taunton	10 September 1980 (aged 21)	DF, MF	85	9	Youth team graduate	February 2000
17	Tom White		Bristol	26 January 1976 (aged 26)	DF	86	1	Bristol Rovers	August 2000
18	Kim Grant		Sekondi-Takoradi	25 September 1972 (aged 29)	FW	46	8	Scunthorpe United	October 2001
20	Gavin Williams		Merthyr Tydfil	20 July 1980 (aged 22)	MF	45	6	Hereford United	May 2002
21	Steve Thompson		Plymouth	12 January 1963 (aged 39)	MF	90	8	Woking	March 1998	Assistant Manager
22	Steve Collis		Harrow	18 March 1981 (aged 21)	GK	2	0	Nottingham Forest	August 2001
23	Neil Mustoe		Gloucester	5 November 1976 (aged 25)	MF	3	0	Stevenage Borough	February 2003
24	Abdou El-Kholti		Annemasse	7 October 1980 (aged 21)	DF, MF	33	3	Raja Casablanca	September 2002
25	Kirk Jackson		Barnsley	16 October 1976 (aged 25)	FW	27	20	Stevenage Borough	November 2002
26	Jimmy Aggrey		Hammersmith	26 October 1978 (aged 23)	DF	8	0	Harrow Borough	November 2002
Players who appeared in Yeovil Town's squad but finished the season not playing for Yeovil:
	Anthony Tonkin		Newlyn	17 January 1980 (aged 22)	DF	117	2	Youth team graduate	December 1998
	Howard Forinton		Boston	18 September 1975 (aged 26)	FW	40	28	Peterborough United	August 2002
	Carl Alford		Denton	11 February 1972 (aged 30)	FW	66	16	Doncaster Rovers	July 2001
	Abdoulaye Demba		Antwerp	2 November 1976 (aged 25)	FW	21	8	Oostende	July 2002
	Jason Blunt		Penzance	16 August 1977 (aged 25)	MF	1	0	Scarborough	February 2003	on loan from Scarborough

Transfers

In

Date	Name	From	Fee	Ref
10 May 2002	Williams, GavinGavin Williams	Hereford United	£22,500
1 July 2002	Demba, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Demba	Oostende	Free (released)
22 August 2002	Forinton, HowardHoward Forinton	Peterborough United	Free (released)
30 September 2002	El-Kholti, AbdouAbdou El-Kholti	Raja Casablanca	Free (released)
28 November 2002	Jackson, KirkKirk Jackson	Stevenage Borough	£20,000
28 November 2002	Aggrey, JimmyJimmy Aggrey	Harrow Borough	Free (released)
4 February 2003	Gall, KevinKevin Gall	Bristol Rovers	Free
14 February 2003	Mustoe, NeilNeil Mustoe	Stevenage Borough	Free

Out

Date	Name	To	Fee	Ref
10 August 2002	Brassart, OlivierOlivier Brassart	Scarborough	Free
26 September 2002	Tonkin, AnthonyAnthony Tonkin	Stockport County	£50,000
24 November 2002	Forinton, HowardHoward Forinton	Oxford City	Released
28 December 2002	Alford, CarlCarl Alford	Nuneaton Borough	Released
10 January 2003	Demba, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Demba	Oostende	Free
29 April 2003	Aggrey, JimmyJimmy Aggrey	TNS	Released
29 April 2003	Grant, KimKim Grant	Imortal	Released
29 April 2003	Mustoe, NeilNeil Mustoe	Gloucester City	Released
29 April 2003	Sheffield, JonJon Sheffield	Saltash United	Released
30 June 2003	White, TomTom White	Retired	Released

Loan in

Date	Name	From	End date	Ref
4 February 2003	Blunt, JasonJason Blunt	Scarborough	14 February 2003

Loan out

Date	Name	To	End date	Ref
8 August 2002	Collis, SteveSteve Collis	Tiverton Town	20 September 2002
22 August 2002	Giles, ChrisChris Giles	Weymouth	20 September 2002
11 December 2002	Giles, ChrisChris Giles	Gravesend & Northfleet	11 March 2003
3 February 2003	White, TomTom White	Woking	19 February 2003

Match results

Conference

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
17 August 2002	7th	Gravesend and Northfleet	H^[A]	D	2–2	Crittenden, Skiverton	2,948	[1]
20 August 2002	15th	Barnet	A	L	1–2	Johnson	1,668	[2]
24 August 2002	11th	Morecambe	A	W	2–1	Alford, Forinton	1,343	[3]
26 August 2002	8th	Nuneaton Borough	H^[A]	W	3–2	McIndoe, Williams, Lockwood	2,504	[4]
31 August 2002	7th	Kettering Town	A	W	1–0	Skiverton	1,670	[5]
3 September 2002	4th	Farnborough Town	H^[A]	W	2–0	Crittenden, Johnson	2,231	[6]
7 September 2002	3rd	Northwich Victoria	H^[A]	W	2–1	Skiverton, Grant	2,154	[7]
14 September 2002	3rd	Stevenage Borough	A	D	2–2	Skiverton, Demba	1,879	[8]
17 September 2002	3rd	Hereford United	A	D	0–0		2,282	[9]
21 September 2002	2nd	Halifax Town	H^[A]	W	3–0	Crittenden (2 pen), Williams	2,126	[10]
24 September 2002	2nd	Woking	H	W	4–0	Demba, McIndoe, Skiverton, Forinton	4,003	[11]
28 September 2002	1st	Leigh RMI	A	W	4–2	Skiverton, McIndoe, Crittenden, Alford	415	[12]
5 October 2002	1st	Southport	H	W	6–0	Demba (3), Williams, Crittenden, El Kholti	4,727	[13]
8 October 2002	1st	Burton Albion	A	D	1–1	Demba	2,282	[14]
13 October 2002	1st	Telford United	A	W	5–0	Crittenden (pen), Lockwood, Lindegaard, Forinton, Williams	1,509	[15]
19 October 2002	1st	Doncaster Rovers	H	D	1–1	Williams	6,674	[16]
2 November 2002	1st	Chester City	A	D	2–2	Crittenden, Forinton	3,821	[17]
9 November 2002	1st	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	D	2–2	McIndoe, Smith (og)	4,289	[18]
23 November 2002	1st	Southport	A	W	1–0	McIndoe	1,602	[19]
30 November 2002	1st	Margate	H	W	2–1	El-Kholti, Crittenden (pen)	4,147	[20]
7 December 2002	1st	Scarborough	A	L	1–2	El-Kholti	1,470	[21]
14 December 2002	1st	Northwich Victoria	A	W	2–1	McIndoe, Jackson	691	[22]
21 December 2002	1st	Stevenage Borough	H	W	2–1	Jackson, Pluck	4,940	[23]
26 December 2002	1st	Forest Green Rovers	A	L	1–2	Skiverton	1,836	[24]
28 December 2002	1st	Barnet	H	D	0–0		4,850	[25]
1 January 2003	1st	Forest Green Rovers	H	W	1–0	Jackson	4,694	[26]
4 January 2003	1st	Gravesend and Northfleet	A	W	4–2	Jackson, Lindegaard (3)	1,404	[27]
18 January 2003	1st	Morecambe	H	W	2–0	Lindegaard, Jackson	4,353	[28]
25 January 2003	1st	Nuneaton Borough	A	D	1–1	Lindegaard	1,717	[29]
8 February 2003	1st	Kettering Town	H	W	4–0	Pluck, Gall, Jackson, McIndoe	4,738	[30]
15 February 2003	1st	Farnborough Town	A	W	4–2	Johnson, McIndoe (pen), Jackson (2)	2,114	[31]
1 March 2003	1st	Hereford United	H	W	4–0	Lockwood, Gall, Jackson, McIndoe (pen)	6,487	[32]
4 March 2003	1st	Halifax Town	A	W	3–2	Gall (3)	2,222	[33]
8 March 2003	1st	Woking	A	D	1–1	Jackson	3,332	[34]
11 March 2003	1st	Leigh RMI	H	W	3–1	Jackson (2), Gall	5,330	[35]
22 March 2003	1st	Margate	A	W	2–1	Jackson (2)	1,083	[36]
28 March 2003	1st	Scarborough	H	W	1–0	Jackson	7,008	[37]
5 April 2003	1st	Telford United	H	W	3–0	McIndoe (2), Jackson	7,558	[38]
12 April 2003	1st	Doncaster Rovers	A	W	4–0	Way, McIndoe (pen), Johnson, Gall	5,344	[39]
19 April 2003	1st	Burton Albion	H	W	6–1	Gall (4), Williams, Giles	5,691	[40]
21 April 2003	1st	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	W	4–0	Gall, Jackson (3)	2,588	[41]
26 April 2003	1st	Chester City	H	D	1–1	Gall	8,111	[42]

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Fourth round qualifying	27 October 2002	Bath City	A	D	1–1	Lockwood	3,470
Fourth round qualifying replay	29 October 2002	Bath City	H	W	3–1	Demba (2), McIndoe	4,393
First round proper	16 November 2002	Cheltenham Town	H	L	0–2		6,455	[43]

FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Third round	14 January 2003	Hereford United	A	W	2–1	Pluck, Lockwood	2,425
Fourth round	1 February 2003	Morecambe	H	W	2–1	Jackson, Skiverton	3,984
Fifth round	22 February 2003	Northwich Victoria	H	W	2–1	Lockwood, Gall	4,469
Quarter-final	15 March 2003	Burscough	H	L	0–2		4,934

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	23 October 2002	Boston United	A	L	2–4	Skiverton, Alford	1,323	[44]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Yeovil Town (C)	42	28	11	3	100	37	+63	95	Promotion to Football League Third Division
2	Morecambe	42	23	9	10	86	42	+44	78	Qualification to Conference play-offs
3	Doncaster Rovers (O)	42	22	12	8	73	47	+26	78
4	Chester City	42	21	12	9	59	31	+28	75
5	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	21	9	12	71	59	+12	72

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2003. Source: ^[45]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Statistics

Player details

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Position	Nationality	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
				League		FA Cup		FA Trophy		FL Trophy		Total
1	Goalkeeper	England	Weale, ChrisChris Weale	34	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	41	0
2	Defender	England	Lockwood, AdamAdam Lockwood	37 (4)	3	2	1	4	2	1	0	44 (4)	6
3	Defender	England	Tonkin, AnthonyAnthony Tonkin	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3	Midfielder	England	Blunt, JasonJason Blunt	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
4	Defender	England	Skiverton, TerryTerry Skiverton	34 (3)	7	3	0	3	1	1	1	41 (3)	9
5	Defender	England	Pluck, ColinColin Pluck	31 (5)	2	1	0	4	1	1	0	36 (5)	3
6	Midfielder	England	Way, DarrenDarren Way	40	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	48	1
7	Forward	England	Stansfield, AdamAdam Stansfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Midfielder	England	Johnson, LeeLee Johnson	41	4	2	0	4	0	1	0	48	4
9	Forward	England	Alford, CarlCarl Alford	3 (11)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	3 (15)	1
9	Forward	Wales	Gall, KevinKevin Gall	11 (2)	13	0	0	2	1	0	0	13 (2)	14
10	Midfielder	England	Crittenden, NickNick Crittenden	30 (5)	9	3	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	35 (6)	9
11	Midfielder	Scotland	McIndoe, MichaelMichael McIndoe	41	12	3	1	4	0	1	0	49	13
12	Forward	England	Giles, ChrisChris Giles	0 (7)	1	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (8)	1
13	Goalkeeper	England	Sheffield, JonJon Sheffield	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8 (1)	0
14	Defender	Ireland	O'Brien, RoyRoy O'Brien	20 (13)	0	3	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	25 (14)	0
15	Defender	England	Reed, StephenStephen Reed	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
16	Midfielder	England	Lindegaard, AndyAndy Lindegaard	13 (14)	6	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	1	0	17 (16)	6
17	Defender	England	White, TomTom White	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	Forward	Ghana	Grant, KimKim Grant	6 (7)	1	1 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	7 (12)	1
19	Forward	Mali	Demba, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Demba	11 (6)	6	2 (1)	2	0	0	1	0	14 (7)	8
20	Midfielder	Wales	Williams, GavinGavin Williams	38	6	2	0	4	0	1	0	45	6
21	Midfielder	England	Thompson, SteveSteve Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Goalkeeper	England	Collis, SteveSteve Collis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Forward	England	Forinton, HowardHoward Forinton	11 (3)	4	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	13 (4)	4
23	Midfielder	England	Mustoe, NeilNeil Mustoe	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
24	Defender	Morocco	El-Kholti, AbdouAbdou El-Kholti	15 (12)	3	1	0	3 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	19 (14)	3
25	Forward	England	Jackson, KirkKirk Jackson	23	19	0	0	4	1	0	0	27	20
26	Defender	England	Aggrey, JimmyJimmy Aggrey	2 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (6)	0

Season summary

Games played	50 (42 Conference, 3 FA Cup, 4 FA Trophy, 1 League Trophy)
Games won	32 (28 Conference, 1 FA Cup, 3 FA Trophy)
Games drawn	12 (11 Conference, 1 FA Cup)
Games lost	6 (3 Conference, 1 FA Cup, 1 FA Trophy, 1 League Trophy)
Goals scored	112 (100 Conference, 4 FA Cup, 6 FA Trophy, 2 League Trophy)
Goals conceded	50 (37 Conference, 4 FA Cup, 5 FA Trophy, 4 League Trophy)
Goal difference	+62 (+63 Conference, 0 FA Cup, +1 FA Trophy, −2 League Trophy)
Clean sheets	17 (17 League One)
Best result	6–0 (H) vs. Southport – Conference – 5 October 2012
Worst result	2–4 (H) vs. Boston United – League Trophy – 23 October 2012
Most appearances	Michael McIndoe, 49 (41 Conference, 3 FA Cup, 4 FA Trophy, 1 League Trophy)
Top scorer	Kirk Jackson, 20 (19 Conference, 1 League Trophy)
Points (League)	95

Footnotes

A. ^ Until the 24 September 2002, Yeovil played all of their home matches at Dorchester Town's The Avenue Stadium due to the relaying of the Huish Park pitch.

See also

• 2002–03 in English football
• List of Yeovil Town F.C. seasons

References

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