2002–03 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
2002–03 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	John Gregory (until 21 March); George Burley (from 31 March)
Stadium	Pride Park Stadium
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Christie (8); All: Christie (9)
Highest home attendance	33,016 (vs. Reading, 10 August 2002)
Lowest home attendance	21,014 (vs. Millwall, 16 April 2003)
Average home league attendance	25,469

During the 2002–03 English football season, Derby County competed in the Football League First Division, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

Derby were expected to make a bid for an immediate return to the Premiership, but struggled all season which resulted in manager John Gregory being sacked in March and replaced by former Ipswich Town manager George Burley, who led the team to a secure but disappointing 18th-place finish.

Kit

Derby retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by Italian company Erreà and sponsored by Pedigree.

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

Derby County's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Reading	H	3-0	33,016	Lee, Ravanelli, Christie
13 August 2002	Gillingham	A	0-1	8,775
17 August 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	5,810	Bolder (2)
24 August 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-4	29,954	Christie
26 August 2002	Rotherham United	A	1-2	8,408	Strupar
31 August 2002	Stoke City	H	2-0	21,723	Christie (2)
7 September 2002	Burnley	H	1-2	22,343	Bolder
14 September 2002	Leicester City	A	1-3	31,049	Riggott
17 September 2002	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	14,948	Kinkladze
21 September 2002	Preston North End	H	0-2	29,257
28 September 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	24,439	Carbonari
5 October 2002	Walsall	H	2-2	25,247	Christie (2)
12 October 2002	Bradford City	A	0-0	13,385
20 October 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0-0	30,547
26 October 2002	Millwall	A	0-3	8,116
30 October 2002	Sheffield United	H	2-1	23,525	McLeod, Burton
2 November 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	19,747	Morris (2), McLeod
9 November 2002	Portsmouth	H	1-2	26,587	Higginbotham (pen)
16 November 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-1	6,845
25 November 2002	Wimbledon	H	3-2	25,597	Elliott, Burton, Morris
30 November 2002	Norwich City	A	0-1	20,522
7 December 2002	Watford	H	3-0	21,653	Morris, Riggott, Burton
14 December 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-0	25,786	Higginbotham (pen)
21 December 2002	Coventry City	A	0-3	13,185
26 December 2002	Grimsby Town	H	1-3	27,141	Morris
28 December 2002	Reading	A	1-2	16,299	Burley (pen)
1 January 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	26,442	Christie
11 January 2003	Gillingham	H	1-1	22,769	Zavagno (pen)
18 January 2003	Stoke City	A	3-1	17,308	Christie, Zavagno, Morris
1 February 2003	Rotherham United	H	3-0	26,257	Kinkladze, Bolder, McLeod
8 February 2003	Portsmouth	A	2-6	19,503	Morris, Kinkladze (pen)
15 February 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-2	26,311	Bolder (2)
22 February 2003	Burnley	A	0-2	15,063
1 March 2003	Leicester City	H	1-1	24,307	Burley
5 March 2003	Crystal Palace	H	0-1	22,682
8 March 2003	Preston North End	A	2-4	14,003	Ravanelli (2)
15 March 2003	Bradford City	H	1-2	23,735	Morris
19 March 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	0-3	29,725
22 March 2003	Sheffield United	A	0-2	18,401
5 April 2003	Norwich City	H	2-1	23,643	Burley, Kenton (own goal)
12 April 2003	Wimbledon	A	2-0	1,934	Valakari, Boertien
16 April 2003	Millwall	H	1-2	21,014	Kinkladze
19 April 2003	Coventry City	H	1-0	23,921	Ravanelli
21 April 2003	Watford	A	0-2	11,909
26 April 2003	Walsall	A	2-3	8,416	Valakari, Ravanelli
4 May 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1-4	28,785	Lee

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 2003	Brentford	A	0-1	8,709

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 September 2002	Mansfield Town	A	3-1	5,788	Morris, Christie, Evatt
R2	2 October 2002	Oldham Athletic	H	1-2 (a.e.t.)	9,029	Higginbotham (pen)

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Warren Barton
3	DF	Luciano Zavagno
5	DF	Steve Elliott
6	DF	Paul Ritchie (on loan from Manchester City)
7	MF	Rob Lee
9	FW	Branko Strupar[notes 1]
10	FW	Tommy Mooney (on loan from Birmingham City)
11	FW	Lee Morris
13	GK	Lee Grant
14	DF	Richard Jackson
16	MF	Craig Burley
17	DF	Paul Boertien
18	MF	Georgi Kinkladze
21	FW	Fabrizio Ravanelli
22	MF	Adam Murray
23	FW	Marvin Robinson
24	GK	Andy Oakes

No.	Position	Player
25	DF	Ian Evatt
26	MF	Adam Bolder
28	DF	Youl Mawéné
31	DF	Chris Palmer
32	MF	Matt O'Halloran
33	MF	Simo Valakari
34	FW	Marcus Tudgay
35	MF	Lewis Hunt
36	MF	Lewis Green
37	DF	Pablo Mills
38	MF	Kris Weckstrom
39	MF	Barry Molloy
40	FW	Izale McLeod
41	DF	Tom Huddlestone
44	MF	Lee Holmes
45	GK	Lee Camp[notes 2]

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
1	GK	Mart Poom (to Sunderland)
4	DF	Danny Higginbotham[notes 3] (to Southampton)
6	DF	Chris Riggott (to Middlesbrough)
8	FW	Nick Chadwick (on loan from Everton)
10	FW	Malcolm Christie (to Middlesbrough)
15	MF	Brian O'Neil (to Preston North End)

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Deon Burton[notes 4] (to Portsmouth)
27	DF	François Grenet (to Rennes)
29	DF	Bjørn Otto Bragstad (to SW Bregenz)
30	DF	Horacio Carbonari (to Rosario Central)
31	MF	Fiachra McArdle (released)

Transfers

In

Paul Ritchie - Manchester City, loan
Tommy Mooney - Birmingham City, loan
Nick Chadwick - Everton, loan

Out

Darryl Powell - released (later joined Birmingham City on 12 September)[3]
Brian O'Neil - released, 27 November[4] (later joined Preston North End)
Fiachra McArdle - released, 27 November
Deon Burton - Portsmouth, 11 December, £250,000
Mart Poom - Sunderland, 10 January, £2,500,000[5]
Danny Higginbotham - Southampton, 31 January, £1,500,000[6]
Bjørn Otto Bragstad - released (later joined SW Bregenz)
Horacio Carbonari - released (later joined Rosario Central)

Loan out

Deon Burton - Portsmouth, 9 August
François Grenet - Rennes, 29 August
Mart Poom - Sunderland, 15 November
Marvin Robinson - Tranmere Rovers, 29 November
Chris Riggott - Middlesbrough, 31 January
Malcolm Christie - Middlesbrough, 31 January

References

Notes

Strupar was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999.
Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.
Higginbotham was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Gibraltar internationally through his maternal grandmother and would make his international debut for Gibraltar in November 2013.
Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/derby-county/2002-2003/results

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

[7] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2197482.stm

[8] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/2520801.stm

[9] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/2482425.stm

[10] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/2712493.stm

[3] Strupar was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999.

[4] Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.

[5] Higginbotham was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Gibraltar internationally through his maternal grandmother and would make his international debut for Gibraltar in November 2013.

[6] Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.

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