2002–03 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2002–03 season
Chairman	Geoff Hulley
Manager	Terry Yorath (until 31 October) ; Chris Turner (from 7 November)
Stadium	Hillsborough
First Division	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Kuqi (8); All: Sibon (9)
Average home league attendance	20,327

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

Season summary

After the Owls made a terrible start to the 2002-03 season, Yorath resigned in October^[1] and Hartlepool manager Chris Turner - a former Owls goalkeeper - was appointed as his replacement.^[2] Turner made a big effort to rejuvenate the side and there were some impressive results during the final weeks of the season, but a failure to beat Brighton in the penultimate game of the season condemned them to relegation.^[3]

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

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Stoke City	H	0-0	26,746
13 August 2002	Reading	A	1-2	13,638	Sibon
17 August 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	0-4	21,129
24 August 2002	Rotherham United	H	1-2	22,873	Armstrong
27 August 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	27,096	Kuqi (2)
1 September 2002	Sheffield United	H	2-0	27,075	Owusu, Kuqi
14 September 2002	Preston North End	A	2-2	13,632	Kuqi, McLaren
18 September 2002	Coventry City	A	1-1	14,178	Knight
21 September 2002	Leicester City	H	0-0	22,219
25 September 2002	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	16,112
28 September 2002	Walsall	A	0-1	6,792
5 October 2002	Burnley	H	1-3	17,004	Donnelly
12 October 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	23,410	Donnelly
19 October 2002	Bradford City	H	2-1	17,191	Sibon (2, 1 pen)
26 October 2002	Watford	A	0-1	15,058
30 October 2002	Millwall	H	0-1	16,791
2 November 2002	Derby County	H	1-3	19,747	Hamshaw
9 November 2002	Norwich City	A	0-3	20,667
16 November 2002	Gillingham	A	1-1	8,028	Knight
23 November 2002	Portsmouth	H	1-3	16,602	Knight
30 November 2002	Wimbledon	A	0-3	2,131
7 December 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-1	18,008	Kuqi
14 December 2002	Gillingham	H	0-2	17,715
21 December 2002	Grimsby Town	A	0-2	8,224
26 December 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	2-0	26,362	Sibon, Johnston
28 December 2002	Stoke City	A	2-3	16,042	Sibon, Proudlock
1 January 2003	Rotherham United	A	2-0	11,480	Kuqi, Proudlock
11 January 2003	Reading	H	3-2	17,715	Quinn, Sibon, Johnston
17 January 2003	Sheffield United	A	1-3	28,179	Quinn
1 February 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-4	21,381
8 February 2003	Norwich City	H	2-2	19,114	Robinson, Quinn
15 February 2003	Derby County	A	2-2	26,311	Barton (own goal), Crane
22 February 2003	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	16,707
1 March 2003	Preston North End	H	0-1	18,912
5 March 2003	Coventry City	H	5-1	19,536	Reddy, Kuqi (2), McLaren, Bradbury
8 March 2003	Leicester City	A	1-1	27,463	McLaren
15 March 2003	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	24,726
18 March 2003	Bradford City	A	1-1	14,452	Crane
22 March 2003	Millwall	A	0-3	7,338
29 March 2003	Watford	H	2-2	17,086	Bradbury (pen), Maddix
5 April 2003	Wimbledon	H	4-2	17,649	Reddy, Owusu (2), Bradbury
12 April 2003	Portsmouth	A	2-1	19,524	Westwood, Reddy
19 April 2003	Grimsby Town	H	0-0	26,082
21 April 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-1	6,928	Holt
26 April 2003	Burnley	A	7-2	17,435	McLaren, Westwood, Wood, R Evans, Haslam, Gnohéré (own goal), Quinn
4 May 2003	Walsall	H	2-1	20,864	Owusu, Quinn

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2003	Gillingham	A	1-4	6,434	Sibon

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	11 September 2002	Rochdale	H	1-0	8,815	Sibon
R2	2 October 2002	Leicester City	H	1-2 (a.e.t.)	10,472	Sibon

Squad

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	Kevin Pressman
3	DF	Jon Beswetherick
4	MF	Paul McLaren
5	DF	Leigh Bromby
6	MF	Trond Egil Soltvedt
7	MF	Alan Quinn
9	FW	Shefki Kuqi
10	FW	Lloyd Owusu
11	FW	Leon Knight (on loan from Chelsea)
12	DF	Steve Haslam
13	GK	Chris Stringer
14	DF	Craig Armstrong
15	DF	David Burrows
16	MF	Matt Hamshaw
18	MF	Simon Donnelly
19	DF	Ryan Green

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Tony Crane
21	DF	Ashley Westwood
22	DF	Derek Geary
23	GK	Paul Evans
24	MF	Phil O'Donnell
25	DF	Danny Maddix
26	FW	Michele Di Piedi
28	FW	Grant Holt
32	FW	Jon Shaw
33	DF	Richard Wood
34	MF	Matt Shaw
35	MF	Darryl Powell
37	FW	Michael Reddy (on loan from Sunderland)
38	MF	Brian Barry-Murphy
39	DF	Dean Smith
40	MF	Richard Evans

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
28	FW	Efan Ekoku (to Brentford)
28	FW	Adam Proudlock (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
8	FW	Gerald Sibon (to SC Heerenveen)
2	DF	Ian Hendon (to Peterborough United)
36	MF	Carl Robinson (on loan from Portsmouth)

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Owen Morrison (to Sheffield United)
27	DF	Garry Monk (on loan from Southampton)
30	FW	Lee Bradbury (on loan from Portsmouth)
29	MF	Allan Johnston (on loan from Middlesbrough)

References

↑ "Yorath quits Wednesday". BBC Sport. 31 October 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
↑ "Turner handed Owls post". BBC Sport. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
↑ "Brighton 1-1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport. 21 April 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2002-2003/results

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[1] "Yorath quits Wednesday". BBC Sport. 31 October 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[2] "Turner handed Owls post". BBC Sport. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[3] "Brighton 1-1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport. 21 April 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[4] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2002-2003/results

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