2002–03 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Grimsby Town compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 24th position with 39 points and were relegated to the Second Division.^[1]

Grimsby Town

2002–03 season
Chairman	Peter Furneaux
Manager	Paul Groves
Stadium	Blundell Park
Football League First Division	24th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
15 May 2002	GK	Bradley Hughes	Watford	Free Transfer
5 July 2002	MF	Terry Cooke	Manchester City	Free Transfer
1 August 2002	DF	Greg Young	Sheffield Wednesday	Free Transfer
1 August 2002	MF	Stephen Downes	Ossett Albion	Free Transfer
2 August 2022	DF	Steve Chettle	Barnsley	Free Transfer
2 August 2002	MF	Darren Barnard	Barnsley	Free Transfer
22 August 2002	FW	Robert Taylor	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free Transfer
27 September 2022	DF	Georges Santos	Sheffield United	Free Transfer
21 December 2002	GK	Andy Pettinger	Everton	Free Transfer
13 January 2003	FW	Michael Boulding	Aston Villa	Free Transfer
7 February 2003	FW	Jake Sagare	Portland Timbers	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Date Until	Ref
9 August 2002	FW	Paul Robinson	Newcastle United	27 October 2002
23 August 2002	FW	Steve Kabba	Crystal Palace	8 November 2002
31 August 2002	GK	Shaun Allaway	Leeds United	5 May 2003
31 October 2022	MF	John Oster	Sunderland	30 December 2002
2 November 2002	DF	Jason Gavin	Middlesbrough	5 January 2003
10 January 2003	FW	Michael Boulding	Aston Villa	12 January 2003
21 February 2003	MF	John Oster	Sunderland	24 March 2003
22 February 2003	MF	Richard Hughes	Portsmouth	5 May 2003
27 March 2003	MF	Michael Keane	Preston North End	5 May 2003

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Ref
31 May 2002	FW	Mike Jeffrey	Retired	Released
31 May 2002	MF	Gary Moran	Rugby United	Released
1 June 2002	MF	Menno Willems	HFC Haarlem	Released
1 July 2002	MF	David Smith	Swansea City	Released
1 July 2002	MF	Ben Chapman	Boston United	Released
3 July 2002	FW	Willie Falconer	Clyde	Released
5 July 2002	DF	Danny Butterfield	Crystal Palace	Free Transfer
8 July 2002	FW	Michael Boulding	Aston Villa	Free Transfer
29 August 2002	FW	Bradley Allen	Peterborough United	Released
9 September 2002	MF	Wayne Burnett	Woking	Released
13 February 2003	DF	Paul Raven	Carlisle United	Released
28 February 2003	MF	Robert Taylor	Scunthorpe United	Released

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date Until	Ref
5 September 2002	FW	Phil Jevons	Hull City	4 May 2003

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Coventry City	46	12	14	20	46	62	−16	50
21	Stoke City	46	12	14	20	45	69	−24	50
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	46	10	16	20	56	73	−17	46	Relegation to 2003–04 Second Division
23	Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	11	12	23	49	67	−18	45
24	Grimsby Town (R)	46	9	12	25	48	85	−37	39

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Grimsby Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Norwich City	A	0–4	19,869
2	13 August 2002	Wimbledon	H	0–0	4,625
3	17 August 2002	Derby County	H	1–2	5,810	Barnard
4	24 August 2002	Bradford City	A	0–0	10,914
5	26 August 2002	Portsmouth	H	0–1	5,770
6	31 August 2002	Millwall	A	0–2	6,677
7	14 September 2002	Coventry City	A	2–3	12,403	Kabba, Pouton
8	17 September 2002	Sheffield United	A	1–2	14,208	Robinson
9	21 September 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0–3	7,072
10	28 September 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–1	6,547	Barnard, Pouton
11	5 October 2002	Reading	H	0–3	5,528
12	8 October 2002	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	4,688	Kabba (2), Pouton
13	12 October 2002	Watford	A	0–2	13,821
14	19 October 2002	Rotherham United	H	0–0	6,418
15	26 October 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	23,875	Kabba
16	29 October 2002	Burnley	H	6–5	5,620	Kabba (2), Livingstone, Campbell, Pouton, Ford
17	2 November 2002	Gillingham	H	1–1	5,715	Oster
18	9 November 2002	Stoke City	A	2–1	11,488	Livingstone, Campbell
19	16 November 2002	Preston North End	H	3–3	5,774	Campbell, Ford, Mansaram
20	23 November 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	20,093
21	30 November 2002	Leicester City	H	1–2	7,310	Oster
22	7 December 2002	Walsall	A	1–3	5,888	Livingstone
23	14 December 2002	Preston North End	A	0–3	12,420
24	21 December 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	8,224	Mansaram, Santos
25	26 December 2002	Derby County	A	3–1	27,141	Oster (2), Soames
26	28 December 2002	Norwich City	H	1–1	8,306	Oster
27	11 January 2003	Wimbledon	A	3–3	1,336	Campbell, Boulding, Andersen
28	18 January 2003	Millwall	H	0–2	4,993
29	25 January 2003	Bradford City	H	1–2	5,582	Boulding
30	1 February 2003	Portsmouth	A	0–3	19,428
31	8 February 2003	Stoke City	H	2–0	5,657	Boulding, Thompson
32	15 February 2003	Gillingham	A	0–3	7,158
33	22 February 2003	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	24,118	Boulding, Groves
34	1 March 2003	Coventry City	H	0–2	5,736
35	4 March 2003	Sheffield United	H	1–4	6,897	Campbell
36	10 March 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	25,507	Pouton, Groves
37	15 March 2003	Watford	H	1–0	4,847	Groves
38	18 March 2003	Rotherham United	A	1–0	6,236	Oster
39	22 March 2003	Burnley	A	1–1	13,445	Campbell
40	5 April 2003	Leicester City	A	0–2	31,014
41	8 April 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	4,983
42	12 April 2003	Crystal Palace	H	1–4	4,707	Chettle
43	19 April 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	26,082
44	21 April 2003	Walsall	H	0–1	4,618
45	26 April 2003	Reading	A	1–2	20,273	Keane
46	4 May 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–2	6,393	Keane, Hughes

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Third round	4 January 2003	Burnley	H	2–2	5,320	Cooke, Mansaram
Third round replay	14 January 2003	Burnley	A	0–4	5,436

Football League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
First round	10 September 2002	Chesterfield	H	0–1	3,248

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Danny Coyne	46	0	2	0	1	0	49	0
2	DF	John McDermott	35	0	1	0	1	0	37	0
3	DF	Tony Gallimore	38	0	2	0	1	0	41	0
4	DF	Paul Groves	32(4)	3	2	0	1	0	35(4)	3
5	DF	Paul Raven	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	0
6	MF	Stacy Coldicott	26(5)	0	1	0	1	0	28(5)	0
7	MF	Alan Pouton	25	5	0	0	1	0	26	5
8	MF	Stuart Campbell	45	6	2	0	1	0	48	6
9	FW	Phil Jevons	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
10	FW	Steve Livingstone	21(9)	3	1	0	0	0	22(9)	3
11	MF	Terry Cooke	15(10)	0	2	1	1	0	17(10)	1
12	FW	Jonathan Rowan	2(7)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	2(9)	0
13	GK	Steve Croudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Chris Thompson	3(3)	1	0(2)	0	0	0	3(5)	1
15	MF	Chris Bolder	7(5)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	7(6)	0
16	DF	Iain Ward	9(2)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	9(4)	0
17	DF	Simon Ford	35(4)	2	1	0	0	0	36(4)	2
18	DF	Steve Chettle	18(2)	1	1(1)	0	1	0	20(3)	1
19	MF	Darren Barnard	21(8)	2	1	0	0	0	22(8)	2
20	FW	David Soames	0(10)	1	2	0	0	0	2(10)	1
20	FW	Paul Robinson	5(7)	1	0	0	1	0	6(7)	1
21	FW	Michael Boulding	10(2)	4	0	0	0	0	10(2)	4
21	FW	Robert Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	Jason Gavin	8(2)	0	0	0	0	0	8(2)	0
22	DF	Richard Hughes	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
22	FW	Steve Kabba	13	6	0	0	1	0	14	6
23	DF	Georges Santos	24(2)	1	1	0	0	0	25(2)	1
24	MF	Graham Hockless	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	Greg Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Stephen Downes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Wes Parker	1(4)	0	1	0	0	0	2(4)	0
28	FW	Darren Mansaram	21(13)	2	2	1	0(1)	0	23(14)	3
31	MF	Michael Keane	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
32	MF	John Oster	17	6	0	0	0	0	17	6
33	MF	Jake Sagare	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0