2002–03 Swindon Town F.C. season

2002–03 Swindon Town F.C. season
Chairman	Willie Carson
Manager	Andy King
Ground	County Ground, Swindon
Division Two	10th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
FL Trophy	2nd Round (South)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sam Parkin (25); All: ; Sam Parkin (26)
Highest home attendance	8,629; (vs. Bristol City)
Lowest home attendance	1,747; (vs. Southend United)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2002–03 season was Swindon Town's third season in the Division Two since their relegation from the second tier of English football in 2000. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town will also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Nationwide League Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigan Athletic	46	14	7	2	37	16	15	6	2	31	9	68	25	+43	100
2	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	29	19	14	6	3	47	21	76	40	+36	86
3	Bristol City	46	15	5	3	43	15	9	6	8	36	33	79	48	+31	83
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	4	5	38	19	10	7	6	31	26	69	45	+24	83
5	Oldham Athletic	46	11	6	6	39	18	11	10	2	29	20	68	38	+30	82
6	Cardiff City	46	12	6	5	33	20	11	6	6	35	23	68	43	+25	81
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	5	4	38	23	9	6	8	28	34	66	57	+9	80
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	6	6	39	24	6	8	9	24	28	63	52	+11	65
9	Luton Town	46	8	8	7	32	28	9	6	8	35	34	67	62	+5	65
10	Swindon Town	46	10	5	8	34	27	6	7	10	25	36	59	63	–4	60
11	Peterborough United	46	8	7	8	25	20	6	9	8	26	34	51	54	–3	58
12	Colchester United	46	8	7	8	24	24	6	9	8	28	32	52	56	–4	58
13	Blackpool	46	10	8	5	35	25	5	5	13	21	39	56	64	–8	58
14	Stockport County	46	8	8	7	39	38	7	2	14	26	32	65	70	–5	55
15	Notts County	46	10	7	6	37	32	3	9	11	25	38	62	70	–8	55
16	Brentford	46	8	8	7	28	21	6	4	13	19	35	47	56	–9	54
17	Port Vale	46	9	5	9	34	31	5	6	12	20	39	54	70	–16	53
18	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	7	8	39	38	5	6	12	20	28	59	66	–7	52
19	Barnsley	46	7	8	8	27	31	6	5	12	24	33	51	64	–13	52
20	Chesterfield	46	11	4	8	29	28	3	4	16	14	45	43	73	–30	50
21	Cheltenham Town	46	6	9	8	26	31	4	9	10	27	37	53	68	–15	48
22	Huddersfield Town	46	7	9	7	27	24	4	3	16	12	37	39	61	–22	45
23	Mansfield Town	46	9	2	12	38	45	3	6	14	28	52	66	97	–31	44
24	Northampton Town	46	7	4	12	23	31	3	5	15	17	48	40	79	–39	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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results and matchday squads

Division Two line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
10/08/02	Barnsley	H	3-1	Griemink	Edds	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Sabin	Davis₁	Reeves	Edwards	Young	Farr
13/08/02	Chesterfield	A	4-2	Griemink	Edds	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Hewlett₁	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Sabin	Davis₁	Reeves	Edwards	Young	Farr
17/08/02	Blackpool	A	0-0	Griemink	Edds	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Robinson	Davis	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Sabin₂	Edwards₁	Young₂	Dykes	Reeves	Farr
24/08/02	Cardiff City	H	0-1	Griemink	Edds	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Gurney	Davis	Miglioranzi	Sabin	Invincibile₂	Robinson₁	Parkin₁	Young₂	Reeves	Edwards	Farr
26/08/02	Brentford	A	1-3	Griemink	Edds	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Gurney	Davis	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Robinson₁	Invincibile₁	Dykes	Reeves	Edwards	Farr
31/08/02	Stockport County	H	0-1	Griemink	Edds	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Gurney	Davis	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Robinson₁	Willis₁	Cobian	Edwards	Young	Farr
07/09/02	Port Vale	H	1-2	Griemink	Edds₂	Duke	Reeves₁	Heywood	Gurney	Davis	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Robinson	Willis₁	Young₂	Hewlett	Dykes	Farr
14/09/02	QPR	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke₁	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett₂	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Jackson	Edds₁	Young₂	Cobian	Edwards	Farr
17/09/02	Cheltenham Town	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Edds	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Sabin	Parkin	Invincibile	Jackson	Miglioranzi	Dykes	Edwards	Young	Farr
21/09/02	Northampton Town	H	2-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₁	Sabin	Parkin	Invincibile	Jackson	Miglioranzi₁	Edds	Reeves	Young	Farr
28/09/02	Luton Town	A	0-3	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₁	Sabin	Parkin	Invincible₂	Jackson	Edds₁	Young₂	Reeves	Edwards	Farr
05/10/02	Oldham Athletic	H	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Willis	Miglioranzi₁	Sabin	Invincibile	Jackson	Edds₁	Cobian	Dykes	Bampton	Farr
12/10/02	Colchester United	H	2-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Davis	Robinson	Sabin	Invincibile	Jackson	Edds	Miglioranzi	Dykes	Young	Farr
19/10/02	Bristol City	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Davis	Miglioranzi₂	Sabin	Invincibile	Robinson	Young₁	Jackson₂	Edds	Willis	Farr
26/10/02	Mansfield Town	H	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Gurney	Hewlett	Davis₁	Miglioranzi₂	Parkin	Sabin	Jackson	Invincibile₁	Robinson₂	Edds	Willis	Farr
29/10/02	Notts County	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Sabin	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Jackson₂	Davis₁	Miglioranzi₂	Edds	Willis	Farr
02/11/02	Wycombe Wanderers	A	3-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Davis	Robinson	Parkin	Sabin₁	Jackson	Invincibile₁	Edds	Willis	Miglioranzi	Farr
09/11/02	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Davis	Robinson	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Jackson	Young₁	Edds	Willis	Miglioranzi	Farr
23/11/02	Huddersfield Town	A	3-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke₂	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Sabin₁	Invincibile	Jackson	Parkin₁	Edds₂	Willis	Young	Farr
30/11/02	Peterborough United	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett₁	Sabin	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Jackson	Robinson₁	Edds	Willis	Young	Farr
14/12/02	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₁	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Sabin	Bampton₁	Edds	Willis	Young	Farr
21/12/02	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-3	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Sabin₁	Sutton₁	Edds	Willis	Bampton	Farr
26/12/02	Brentford	H	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Nightingale₁	Sabin₁	Edds	Marney	Willis	Judge
28/12/02	Wigan Athletic	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Marney	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₂	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Nightingale₁	Sabin₁	Willis₂	Edds	Halliday	Judge
01/01/03	Cardiff City	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Marney	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₂	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Duke	Sabin₁	Willis₂	Edds	Nightingale	Smith
04/01/03	Chesterfield	H	3-0	Griemink	Gurney	Marney	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₁	Miglioranzi₂	Parkin	Invincibile	Duke	Willis₁	Sabin₂	Edds	Nightingale	Smith
18/01/03	Stockport County	A	5-2	Griemink	Gurney	Marney	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin₂	Invincibile₁	Duke	Sabin₁	Nightingale₂	Edds	Willis	Farr
22/01/03	Blackpool	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Marney₂	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Duke	Sabin₁	Edds₂	Willis	Nightingale	Farr
25/01/03	Wigan Athletic	H	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Marney₁	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Duke	Willis₁	Edds	Sabin	Young	Farr
01/02/03	Barnsley	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Willis₁	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Duke	Ifil₁	Sabin	Young	Taylor	Farr
08/02/03	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-0	Griemink	Gurney	Marney	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₂	Duke₁	Ifil₁	Sabin₂	Edds	Taylor	Farr
15/02/03	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0-3	Griemink	Gurney	Marney₂	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett₁	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Duke	Ifil₁	Sabin₂	Dykes	Edwards	Farr
22/02/03	Port Vale	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Ifil₁	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₂	Duke	Marney₁	Sabin₂	Beswetherick	Young	Farr
01/03/03	QPR	H	3-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Beswetherick₁	Ifil	Dykes	Edwards	Young	Farr
08/03/03	Northampton Town	A	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Beswetherick₁	Invincibile₁	Ifil	Dykes	Taylor	Farr
12/03/03	Cheltenham Town	H	0-3	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Beswetherick	Sabin₁	Ifil	Dykes	Taylor	Farr
15/03/03	Mansfield Town	A	1-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi₁	Parkin	Invincibile	Ifil	Sabin₁	Beswetherick	Dykes	Taylor	Farr
19/03/03	Bristol City	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Ifil	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Lewis	Hewlett	Dykes	Young	Taylor	Farr
22/03/03	Notts County	H	5-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Ifil	Robinson₃	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₂	Lewis₁	Hewlett₁	Sabin₂	Young₃	Edwards	Farr
29/03/03	Colchester United	A	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ifil₃	Heywood	Hewlett	Lewis	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Sabin₂	Dykes₁	Young₂	Reeves₃	Robinson	Farr
05/04/03	Peterborough United	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke₁	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Sabin	Lewis₂	Invincibile₁	Edwards₂	Dykes	Young	Farr
12/04/03	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Dykes₁	Lewis	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi₃	Parkin	Invincibile	Sabin₂	Edds₁	Edwards₂	Young	Herring	Smith
19/04/03	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-0	Griemink	Herring	Duke₁	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile	Lewis	Taylor₁	Draycott	Halliday	Young	Farr
23/04/03	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Farr	Herring₁	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi₂	Parkin	Invincibile₃	Lewis	Bampton₁	Taylor₂	Young₃	Draycott	Griemink
26/04/03	Oldham Athletic	A	0-4	Farr	Gurney₃	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson₁	Miglioranzi₂	Parkin	Invincibile	Lewis	Herring₁	Taylor₂	Garrard₃	Draycott	Griemink
03/05/03	Luton Town	H	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Lewis	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Miglioranzi₃	Parkin	Invincibile₂	Sabin₁	Herring₁	Bampton₂	Taylor₃	Garrard	Farr

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

FA Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
16/11/02	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Robinson	Sabin	Parkin	Invincibile	Jackson	Edds	Willie	Miglioranzi	Young	Farr
11/09/02	Oxford United	A	0-1	Griemink	Edds₁	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	Miglioranzi	Sabin₃	Parkin	Invincibile	Jackson₂	Willis₁	Bampton₂	Young₃	Halliday	Farr

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16
11/09/02	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1-2		Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis₃	Heywood	Hewlett	Davis₁	Miglioranzi₂	Parkin	Sabin	Robinson		Dykes₁	Edds₂	Reeves₃	Young	Farr

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

Football League Trophy line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
22/10/02	Southend United	H	6-1	Griemink₃	Gurney	Duke	Edds	Heywood	Willis	Davis₂	Miglioranzi	Parkin	Invincibile₁	Jackson	Sabin₁	Dykes₂	Hewlett	Reeves	Farr₃
15/11/02	Kidderminster Harriers	H	2-3	Farr	Edds₃	Willis	Reeves	Heywood	Robinson	Dykes₂	Miglioranzi	Young	Invincibile	Jackson₁	Duke₁	Parkin₂	Gurney₃	Hewlett	Griemink

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

References

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Swindon Town Football Club
Club	History Players Managers Seasons Records Current season Ladies
Ground	County Ground
Rivalries	Bristol Rovers