2002–03 Millwall F.C. season explained

Club:	Millwall
Season:	2002–03
Manager:	Mark McGhee
Chairman:	Theo Paphitis
Stadium:	The Den
League:	First Division
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Neil Harris (12)
Average Attendance:	8,512
Prevseason:	2001–02
Nextseason:	2003–04

The 2002–03 season saw Millwall compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 9th position with 66 points.^[1]

Final league table

See main article: 2002–03 Football League First Division.

Results

Millwall's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

See main article: 2002–03 Football League.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Rotherham United	H	0 – 6	7,177
2	13 August 2002	Watford	A	0 – 0	11,187
3	17 August 2002	Gillingham	A	0 – 1	7,543
4	24 August 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1 – 1	8,097	May
5	27 August 2002	Sheffield United	A	1 – 3	13,024	Ifill
6	31 August 2002	Grimsby Town	H	2 – 0	6,677	Claridge (2)
7	7 September 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1 – 0	8,822	Ward
8	14 September 2002	Portsmouth	A	0 – 1	17,201
9	17 September 2002	Burnley	A	2 – 2	11,878	Livermore, Davies
10	21 September 2002	Walsall	H	0 – 3	7,525
11	28 September 2002	Coventry City	A	3 – 2	13,562	Davies, Harris, Kinet
12	5 October 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 2	10,521	Davies
13	12 October 2002	Wimbledon	H	1 – 1	8,248	Nethercott
14	19 October 2002	Norwich City	A	1 – 3	20,448	Claridge
15	26 October 2002	Derby County	H	3 – 0	8,116	Wise, Harris (2)
16	30 October 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1 – 0	16,791	Claridge
17	2 November 2002	Reading	A	0 – 2	13,081
18	9 November 2002	Preston North End	H	2 – 1	7,554	Wise, Ifill
19	16 November 2002	Leicester City	H	2 – 2	10,772	Wise, Reid
20	23 November 2002	Stoke City	A	1 – 0	13,776	Reid
21	30 November 2002	Bradford City	H	1 – 0	8,510	Harris
22	7 December 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0 – 1	19,301
23	14 December 2002	Leicester City	A	1 – 4	31,904	Claridge
24	21 December 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	9,091	Roberts
25	26 December 2002	Gillingham	A	2 – 2	10,947	Harris, Ryan
26	28 December 2002	Rotherham United	A	3 – 1	6,448	Harris, Claridge, Reid
27	1 January 2003	Ipswich Town	A	1 – 4	26,040	Reid
28	11 January 2003	Watford	H	4 – 0	9,030	Claridge, Ryan, Ifill, Sweeney
29	18 January 2003	Grimsby Town	A	2 – 0	4,993	Claridge (2)
30	1 February 2003	Sheffield United	H	1 – 0	9,102	Ifill
31	8 February 2003	Preston North End	A	1 – 2	13,117	Kinet
32	15 February 2003	Reading	H	0 – 2	7,038
33	22 February 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0 – 1	6,751
34	1 March 2003	Portsmouth	H	0 – 5	9,676
35	4 March 2003	Burnley	H	1 – 1	6,045	Sadlier
36	8 March 2003	Walsall	A	2 – 1	6,647	Ifill, Harris
37	15 March 2003	Wimbledon	A	0 – 2	2,952
38	18 March 2003	Norwich City	H	0 – 2	6,854
39	22 March 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3 – 0	7,338	Ifill, Reid (2)
40	5 April 2003	Bradford City	A	1 – 0	10,676	Harris
41	13 April 2003	Stoke City	H	3 – 1	8,725	Harris, Roberts, Livermore
42	16 April 2003	Derby County	A	2 – 1	21,014	Harris, McCammon
43	19 April 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0 – 3	27,015
44	21 April 2003	Crystal Palace	H	3 – 2	10,670	Harris, McCammon, Cahill
45	26 April 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	3 – 3	29,463	Harris, Cahill, Nethercott
46	4 May 2003	Coventry City	H	2 – 0	9,220	Cahill, Craig

FA Cup

See main article: 2002–03 FA Cup.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	4 January 2003	Cambridge United	A	1 – 1	6,864	Claridge
R3 Replay	14 January 2003	Cambridge United	H	3 – 2	7,031	Claridge, Ifill, Robinson
R4	25 January 2003	Southampton	A	1 – 1	23,809	Claridge
R4 Replay	5 February 2003	Southampton	H	1 – 2	10,197	Reid

Football League Cup

See main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Left club during season

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tony Warner	46	0	4	0	1	0	51	0
2	DF	Matthew Lawrence	31(2)	0	4	0	1	0	36(2)	0
3	DF	Robbie Ryan	36(5)	2	4	0	1	0	41(5)	2
4	MF	Tim Cahill	9(2)	3	0	0	0	0	9(2)	3
5	DF	Stuart Nethercott	34(2)	2	1	0	1	0	36(2)	2
6	DF	Joe Dolan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	Paul Ifill	45	6	4	1	1	0	50	7
8	MF	David Livermore	41	2	4	0	1	0	46	2
9	FW	Neil Harris	34(6)	12	1	0	0	0	35(6)	12
10	FW	Richard Sadlier	2(3)	1	0	0	0	0	2(3)	1
11	DF	Steven Reid	19(1)	6	4	1	0	0	23(1)	7
12	DF	Darren Ward	36(3)	1	4	0	1	0	41(3)	1
13	GK	Willy Gueret	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Andy Roberts	31(2)	2	0	0	1	0	32(2)	2
15	FW	Moses Ashikodi	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0
15	DF	Dave Tuttle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Christophe Kinet	10(10)	2	1(1)	0	1	0	12(11)	2
17	MF	Leke Odunsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Kevin Davies	6(3)	3	0	0	0	0	6(3)	3
19	MF	Dennis Wise	28(1)	3	3	0	0	0	31(1)	3
20	DF	Ronnie Bull	9(3)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	9(4)	0
21	MF	Kevin Grogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Kevin Braniff	5(5)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Mark McCammon	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
25	MF	Marvin Elliott	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
26	MF	Peter Sweeney	1(4)	1	0(1)	0	0	0	1(5)	1
27	DF	Alan Dunne	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0
28	DF	Mark Phillips	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
30	MF	Charley Hearn	6(3)	0	2(2)	0	0(1)	0	8(6)	0
31	DF	Matthew Rees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	Ben May	4(6)	1	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF	Glen Johnson	7(1)	0	0	0	0	0	7(1)	0
33	DF	Sergei Baltacha	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(2)	0
34	DF	Paul Robinson	12(2)	0	3(1)	1	0	0	15(3)	1
35	DF	Tony Craig	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
36	FW	Steve Claridge	31(13)	9	4	3	0(1)	0	35(14)	12
37	GK	Chad Harpur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

External links

• Millwall 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Millwall 2002/03. Statto. 12 July 2015.
2. Web site: FootballSquads - Millwall - 2002/03.