2002–03 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2002-03 season
Chairman	Martin George
Manager	Micky Adams
Stadium	Walkers Stadium
First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Dickov (17); All: Dickov (20)
Highest home attendance	32,082 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 28 September 2002)
Lowest home attendance	22,978 (vs. Reading, 24 August 2002)
Average home league attendance	29,230[1]

During the 2002-03 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division after being relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season. Despite being placed into administration, Leicester managed to regain promotion to the Premier League.

Season summary

In October 2002, Leicester went into administration with debts of £30 million. Some of the reasons were the loss of TV money (ITV Digital, itself in administration, had promised money to First Division clubs for TV rights), the large wage bill, lower fees for players transferred to other clubs than expected and the £37 million cost of the new stadium. Manager Micky Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, until the club was rescued by a takeover by a consortium led by former Leicester striker Gary Lineker. Adams guided Leicester to runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premiership with 92 points. After several First Division clubs complained to the Football League, the Football League introduced a ruling that any club placed in administration would be deducted ten points.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	17	3	3	52	22	12	8	3	45	23	97	45	+52	98
2	Leicester City	46	16	5	2	40	12	10	9	4	33	28	73	40	+33	92
3	Sheffield United	46	13	7	3	38	23	10	4	9	34	29	72	52	+20	80
4	Reading	46	13	3	7	33	21	12	1	10	28	25	61	46	+15	79
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	9	10	4	40	19	11	6	6	41	25	81	44	+37	76
6	Nottingham Forest	46	14	7	2	57	23	6	7	10	25	27	82	50	+32	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	10	5	8	49	39	9	8	6	31	25	80	64	+16	70
8	Norwich City	46	14	4	5	36	17	5	8	10	24	32	60	49	+11	69
9	Millwall	46	11	6	6	34	32	8	3	12	25	37	59	69	–10	66
10	Wimbledon	46	12	5	6	39	28	6	6	11	37	45	76	73	+3	65
11	Gillingham	46	10	6	7	33	31	6	8	9	23	34	56	65	–9	62
12	Preston North End	46	11	7	5	44	29	5	6	12	24	41	68	70	–2	61
13	Watford	46	11	5	7	33	26	6	4	13	21	44	54	70	–16	60
14	Crystal Palace	46	8	10	5	29	17	6	7	10	30	35	59	52	+7	59
15	Rotherham United	46	8	9	6	27	25	7	5	11	35	37	62	62	±0	59
16	Burnley	46	10	4	9	35	44	5	6	12	30	45	65	89	–24	55
17	Walsall	46	10	3	10	34	34	5	6	12	23	35	57	69	–12	54
18	Derby County	46	9	5	9	33	32	6	2	15	22	42	55	74	–19	52
19	Bradford City	46	7	8	8	27	35	7	2	14	24	38	51	73	–22	52
20	Coventry City	46	6	6	11	23	31	6	8	9	23	31	46	62	–16	50
21	Stoke City	46	9	6	8	25	25	3	8	12	20	44	45	69	–24	50
22	Sheffield Wednesday	46	7	7	9	29	32	3	9	11	27	41	56	73	–17	46
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7	6	10	29	31	4	6	13	20	36	49	67	–18	45
24	Grimsby Town	46	5	6	12	26	39	4	6	13	22	46	48	85	–37	39

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

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

Leicester City's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Watford	H	2-0	31,022	Deane (2)
14 August 2002	Stoke City	A	1-0	14,028	Scowcroft
18 August 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1-6	27,374	Stevenson
24 August 2002	Reading	H	2-1	22,978	Deane, Dickov (pen)
27 August 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	15,440
31 August 2002	Gillingham	H	2-0	30,067	Lewis, Dickov
7 September 2002	Wimbledon	A	3-2	2,165	Benjamin, Izzet (pen), Stewart
14 September 2002	Derby County	H	3-1	31,049	Izzet, Deane, Dickov
17 September 2002	Bradford City	H	4-0	24,651	Deane, Elliott, Dickov (pen), Scowcroft
21 September 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	22,219
28 September 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	32,082	Dickov (pen)
5 October 2002	Norwich City	A	0-0	20,952
19 October 2002	Burnley	H	0-1	26,254
26 October 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	2-2	29,497	Deane, Dickov
29 October 2002	Coventry City	H	2-1	27,139	Taggart, Deane
2 November 2002	Portsmouth	A	2-0	19,107	Scowcroft, Elliott
9 November 2002	Walsall	H	2-0	25,243	Heath, Scowcroft
16 November 2002	Millwall	A	2-2	10,772	Heath, Stewart
23 November 2002	Rotherham United	H	2-1	31,714	Dickov, Stewart
26 November 2002	Preston North End	A	0-2	13,048
30 November 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	7,310	Scowcroft, Izzet
7 December 2002	Sheffield United	H	0-0	26,718
14 December 2002	Millwall	H	4-1	31,904	Scowcroft (2), Elliott, Dickov
20 December 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-0	6,592	Deane
26 December 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	31,426	Dickov (pen)
28 December 2002	Watford	A	2-1	16,017	Elliott, Deane
11 January 2003	Stoke City	H	0-0	25,038
18 January 2003	Gillingham	A	2-3	8,609	Sinclair, Wright
28 January 2003	Reading	A	3-1	17,156	Dickov (2, 1 pen), Heath
1 February 2003	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	27,005	Dickov
8 February 2003	Walsall	A	4-1	8,741	Dickov, Scowcroft (2), Elliott
17 February 2003	Portsmouth	H	1-1	31,775	Benjamin
22 February 2003	Wimbledon	H	4-0	31,438	Dickov (3, 2 pens), Benjamin
1 March 2003	Derby County	A	1-1	24,307	Deane
4 March 2003	Bradford City	A	0-0	11,531
8 March 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	27,463	McLaren (own goal)
15 March 2003	Preston North End	H	2-1	30,713	Deane (2)
18 March 2003	Burnley	A	2-1	14,554	Dickov, Benjamin
22 March 2003	Coventry City	A	2-1	16,610	McKinlay
5 April 2003	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	31,014	Benjamin, Davidson
8 April 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	32,065	Wright
12 April 2003	Rotherham United	A	1-1	9,888	Benjamin
19 April 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2-0	31,909	Izzet, Stewart
21 April 2003	Sheffield United	A	1-2	21,277	Deane
27 April 2003	Norwich City	H	1-1	31,639	Benjamin
4 May 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	28,190	Benjamin (pen)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 2003	Bristol City	H	2-0	25,868	Elliott, Dickov
R4	25 January 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-4	28,164	Dickov (pen)

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 September 2002	Hull City	A	4-2 (a.e.t.)	7,061	Rogers (2), Dickov, Scowcroft
R2	2 October 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1 (a.e.t.)	10,472	Izzet, Benjamin
R3	5 November 2002	Manchester United	A	0-2	47,848

Squad

^[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	GK	Tim Flowers
2	DF	Andy Impey
3	DF	Frank Sinclair
4	DF	Gerry Taggart
6	MF	Muzzy Izzet
7	MF	Matt Jones
10	FW	James Scowcroft
12	GK	Simon Royce
13	GK	Michael Price
14	DF	Callum Davidson
15	DF	Alan Rogers
16	GK	Ian Walker
17	MF	Stefan Oakes
18	DF	Matt Elliott
19	GK	Paul Murphy

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Trevor Benjamin
21	MF	Martin Reeves
22	FW	Paul Dickov
23	DF	Jordan Stewart
24	DF	Matt Heath
25	MF	Jon Stevenson
26	DF	Junior Lewis
27	FW	Brian Deane
28	DF	Jon Ashton
29	FW	Chris O'Grady
30	FW	Tomi Petrescu
32	MF	Billy McKinlay
33	MF	Nicky Summerbee
34	MF	Tom Williamson
35	FW	Tommy Wright

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
8	MF	Lee Marshall (to West Bromwich Albion)
9	FW	Darren Eadie (retired)
11	MF	Dennis Wise (to Millwall)

No.	Position	Player
29	FW	Matt Piper (to Sunderland)
31	MF	Damien Delaney (to Hull City)
	DF	Jacob Laursen (released)

References

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[1] ↑

[2] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2002-2003/results

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d1/leicester.htm

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