2002–03 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City
2002–03 season
Chairman	Roger Munby
Manager	Nigel Worthington
Stadium	Carrow Road
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: McVeigh (14); All: McVeigh (15)
Average home league attendance	20,353

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

Season summary

In the 2002–03 season, the Canaries made an impressive start with just one defeat in their first 14 league games, picking up 29 points from the possible 42 which saw them amongst one of the candidates for promotion but an inconsistent run towards the end of the season saw Norwich miss out on a play-off spot after only 7 league wins at the end of Christmas.

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

Norwich City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Grimsby Town	H	4-0	19,869	Mulryne (2), McVeigh (2)
13 August 2002	Rotherham United	A	1-1	7,687	Nielsen
17 August 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2-0	6,730	McVeigh, Easton
24 August 2002	Gillingham	H	1-0	20,588	McVeigh
26 August 2002	Stoke City	A	1-1	13,931	Drury
31 August 2002	Watford	H	4-0	20,563	McVeigh, Roberts, Mulryne, Nielsen
7 September 2002	Sheffield United	H	2-3	20,074	McVeigh, Mackay
15 September 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	29,112	Mackay
18 September 2002	Reading	A	2-0	14,335	McVeigh, Mulryne
21 September 2002	Portsmouth	H	1-0	21,335	Roberts
28 September 2002	Preston North End	A	2-1	13,550	Nielsen, McVeigh
5 October 2002	Leicester City	H	0-0	20,952
19 October 2002	Millwall	H	3-1	20,448	Nielsen (2), Kenton
23 October 2002	Coventry City	A	1-1	16,409	McVeigh
26 October 2002	Bradford City	A	1-2	12,888	Abbey
29 October 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0-0	20,986
2 November 2002	Wimbledon	A	2-4	3,908	Henderson, Nielsen
9 November 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	20,667	Roberts (2, 1 pen), McVeigh
16 November 2002	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	20,907	McVeigh, Roberts
23 November 2002	Burnley	A	0-2	16,282
30 November 2002	Derby County	H	1-0	20,522	Mackay
7 December 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	25,753
14 December 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	16,791
21 December 2002	Walsall	H	2-1	19,872	Mackay, Mulryne
26 December 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-1	20,687
28 December 2002	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	8,306	Abbey
11 January 2003	Rotherham United	H	1-1	19,452	McVeigh
19 January 2003	Watford	A	1-2	13,338	Cox (own goal)
1 February 2003	Stoke City	H	2-2	20,186	Roberts, Mackay
8 February 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-2	19,114	Healy, Roberts
22 February 2003	Sheffield United	A	1-0	19,020	McVeigh
25 February 2003	Gillingham	A	0-1	7,935
2 March 2003	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	21,243
5 March 2003	Reading	H	0-1	18,970
12 March 2003	Portsmouth	A	2-3	19,221	Easton, Rivers
15 March 2003	Coventry City	H	2-0	20,099	Nedergaard, Drury
18 March 2003	Millwall	A	2-0	6,854	Mackay, Abbey
22 March 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	0-4	27,296
25 March 2003	Wimbledon	H	1-0	21,059	Healy
29 March 2003	Bradford City	H	3-2	18,536	Rivers (2, 1 pen), Abbey
5 April 2003	Derby County	A	1-2	23,643	McVeigh
12 April 2003	Burnley	H	2-0	20,026	Nedergaard, Abbey
19 April 2003	Walsall	A	0-0	7,018
21 April 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-3	20,843
27 April 2003	Leicester City	A	1-1	31,639	Rivers
4 May 2003	Preston North End	H	2-0	20,232	Mears (own goal), Mulryne

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	14 January 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3-1	17,205	Mulryne (2), McVeigh
R4	25 January 2003	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	1-0	21,164	Abbey
R5	15 February 2003	Southampton	A	0-2	31,103

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 September 2002	Cheltenham Town	H	0-3	13,285

Squad^[2]

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	Robert Green
2	MF	Darren Kenton
3	DF	Adam Drury
4	DF	Malky Mackay
5	DF	Craig Fleming
6	FW	David Nielsen
7	MF	Phil Mulryne
8	MF	Gary Holt
9	FW	Iwan Roberts
10	FW	Zema Abbey
11	MF	Chris Llewellyn
14	FW	Alex Notman
15	FW	David Healy (on loan from Preston North End)

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Steen Nedergaard
17	MF	Dean Sinclair
18	FW	Paul McVeigh
19	DF	Keith Briggs
20	DF	Paul Heckingbottom
21	MF	Darel Russell
22	FW	Ian Henderson
23	FW	Ryan Jarvis
24	MF	Clint Easton
25	DF	Jason Shackell
27	MF	Mark Rivers
28	GK	Paul Crichton

Left club during season