2002–03 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

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

Sheffield Wednesday

2002–03 season
Chairman	Geoff Hulley
Manager	Terry Yorath (until 31 October) Bill Green (caretaker until 7 November) 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
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Season summary

After the Owls made a terrible start to the 2002–03 season, manager Terry 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

Main article: 2002–03 Football League First Division

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

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

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

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

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football 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

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Kevin Pressman 3 DF  ENG Jon Beswetherick 4 MF  ENG Paul McLaren 5 DF  ENG Leigh Bromby 6 MF  NOR Trond Egil Soltvedt 7 MF  IRL Alan Quinn 9 FW  FIN Shefki Kuqi 10 FW  ENG Lloyd Owusu 11 FW  ENG Leon Knight (on loan from Chelsea) 12 DF  ENG Steve Haslam 13 GK  ENG Chris Stringer 14 DF  ENG Craig Armstrong 15 DF  ENG David Burrows 16 MF  ENG Matt Hamshaw 18 MF  SCO Simon Donnelly 19 DF  WAL Ryan Green

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

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  NGA Efan Ekoku (to Brentford) 28 FW  ENG Adam Proudlock (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 8 FW  NED Gerald Sibon (to SC Heerenveen) 2 DF  ENG Ian Hendon (to Peterborough United) 36 MF  WAL Carl Robinson (on loan from Portsmouth)

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