2002-03-16

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	3	Derby County	Reebok Stadium	25,893
Gardner	Lineups		Christie, Ravanelli, Higginbotham (p)
Chelsea	4	0	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge	40,218
Gallas, Gudjohnsen, Forssell, Dalla Bona	Lineups
Everton	2	1	Fulham	Goodison Park	34,639
Unsworth, Ferguson	Lineups		Malbranque
Middlesbrough	1	2	Liverpool	Riverside Stadium	31,253
Southgate	Lineups		Heskey, Riise
Newcastle United	2	2	Ipswich Town	St James' Park	51,115
Robert, Shearer	Lineups		Bent M 2
Southampton	2	2	Leicester City	St Mary's Stadium	30,012
Pahars 2 (1p)	Lineups		Deane 2
West Ham United	3	5	Manchester United	Upton Park	35,281
Lomas, Kanoute, Defoe	Lineups		Beckham 2 (1p), Butt, Scholes, Solskjaer

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	31	11	1	4	40	15	9	3	3	38	25	38	64	W	W	D	W	W	2002-03-23	Middlesbrough	H
2	1	Liverpool	31	7	5	2	19	11	11	3	3	33	15	26	62	W	W	W	D	W	2002-03-24	Chelsea	H
3	-1	Arsenal	29	7	4	3	29	21	10	5	0	29	10	27	60	W	W	W	W	D	2002-03-17	Aston Villa	A
4	0	Newcastle United	30	9	2	4	27	19	8	3	4	27	21	14	56	D	L	L	W	W	2002-03-29	Everton	H
5	0	Chelsea	30	9	4	2	37	14	5	7	3	21	16	28	53	W	W	W	L	D	2002-03-24	Liverpool	A
6	0	Leeds United	29	6	6	2	22	15	6	6	3	17	14	10	48	W	D	D	D	L	2002-03-17	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	0	Aston Villa	29	7	6	2	18	12	3	5	6	16	22	0	41	L	W	L	D	D	2002-03-17	Arsenal	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	29	5	4	6	19	22	4	7	3	14	12	-1	38	D	W	D	L	D	2002-03-18	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	29	8	3	4	28	21	3	2	9	11	23	-5	38	L	L	W	W	L	2002-03-18	Charlton Athletic	H
10	0	West Ham United	30	8	4	3	22	12	2	3	10	13	37	-14	37	L	W	L	W	L	2002-03-30	Ipswich Town	H
11	1	Southampton	30	5	4	6	17	19	5	2	8	20	26	-8	36	D	D	W	D	L	2002-03-23	Sunderland	A
12	-1	Fulham	30	6	6	3	18	13	2	5	8	12	23	-6	35	L	L	L	L	L	2002-03-24	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	0	Middlesbrough	30	6	4	5	19	19	3	4	8	10	19	-9	35	L	D	W	L	W	2002-03-23	Manchester United	A
14	0	Sunderland	30	6	5	4	14	12	3	2	10	9	25	-14	34	L	W	L	L	W	2002-03-23	Southampton	H
15	1	Everton	30	7	3	6	20	18	1	6	7	9	18	-7	33	W	L	D	D	L	2002-03-23	Derby County	A
16	-1	Blackburn Rovers	29	6	4	5	26	18	2	4	8	12	20	0	32	W	W	D	L	L	2002-03-17	Leeds United	A
17	0	Ipswich Town	30	5	2	8	19	23	3	5	7	19	26	-11	31	D	L	L	L	L	2002-03-23	Aston Villa	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	30	3	6	6	12	25	3	6	6	20	22	-15	30	L	L	D	D	W	2002-03-23	Charlton Athletic	A
19	0	Derby County	30	5	4	6	15	17	3	1	11	11	30	-21	29	W	L	D	W	L	2002-03-23	Everton	H
20	0	Leicester City	30	1	6	7	9	27	2	4	10	12	26	-32	19	D	D	L	L	L	2002-03-23	Leeds United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Portsmouth	Gresty Road	7,170
Hulse	Lineups		Crouch
Gillingham	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Priestfield Stadium	8,928
King 2, Browning	Lineups		Lester
Manchester City	1	0	Crystal Palace	Maine Road	33,637
Horlock	Lineups
Millwall	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den	13,075
Dyche	Lineups		Donnelly 2
Rotherham United	1	1	Bradford City	Millmoor	7,182
Lee	Lineups		Jacobs
Sheffield United	0	3	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane	17,692	*
	Lineups		Dobie 2, McInnes
Walsall	2	1	Barnsley	Bescot Stadium	7,495
Byfield, Goodman	Lineups		Dyer
Watford	3	0	Coventry City	Vicarage Road	15,833
Brown 2, Gayle	Lineups
Wimbledon	3	1	Stockport County	Selhurst Park	5,224
Connolly 2, Ardley	Lineups		Daly
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Grimsby Town	Molineux	25,967
	Lineups		Todd
Footnotes
*Match Abandoned 82 mins.- Sheffield United down to 6 players after 3 had been sent off and 2 hauled off injured with no substitues available. Match ended in mass brawl
Stockport County relegated

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester City	39	16	3	1	52	17	10	2	7	38	29	44	83	W	W	W	W	W	2002-03-19	Stockport County	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	12	3	5	32	16	11	6	3	38	20	34	78	L	D	D	W	W	2002-03-23	Norwich City	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	3	4	26	8	8	4	7	19	18	19	67	D	W	L	W	L	2002-03-22	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Coventry City	40	12	3	5	32	16	8	2	10	25	27	14	65	L	W	W	L	L	2002-03-24	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Millwall	39	12	3	5	36	21	6	7	6	23	22	16	64	L	L	W	D	L	2002-03-19	Sheffield United	A
6	0	Burnley	38	8	6	4	31	24	10	4	6	29	26	10	64	W	L	D	L	W	2002-03-17	Preston North End	H
7	0	Birmingham City	39	11	3	5	34	18	7	6	7	23	26	13	63	W	W	D	L	L	2002-03-24	Coventry City	A
8	0	Preston North End	38	10	6	3	35	18	6	5	8	22	32	7	59	W	L	W	W	L	2002-03-17	Burnley	A
9	2	Wimbledon	39	7	8	4	26	19	8	5	7	30	28	9	58	W	W	D	W	L	2002-03-23	Grimsby Town	A
10	-1	Crystal Palace	40	11	2	7	38	22	7	2	11	27	36	7	58	L	L	D	L	W	2002-03-23	Walsall	H
11	-1	Norwich City	39	12	5	2	29	13	5	2	13	21	35	2	58	L	L	D	D	L	2002-03-19	Gillingham	H
12	0	Watford	40	10	4	6	36	24	5	6	9	22	22	12	55	W	W	D	L	W	2002-03-23	Barnsley	A
13	0	Gillingham	39	10	5	5	35	23	5	4	10	21	34	-1	54	W	D	W	L	L	2002-03-19	Norwich City	A
14	0	Nottingham Forest	40	7	10	3	22	15	4	7	9	21	25	3	50	L	D	D	W	L	2002-03-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	0	Sheffield United	38	6	8	4	28	23	6	6	8	14	20	-1	50	D	L	W	W	L	2002-03-19	Millwall	H
16	0	Portsmouth	40	9	4	7	35	29	4	7	9	22	35	-7	50	D	L	W	D	D	2002-03-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	0	Bradford City	39	9	1	10	39	37	4	6	9	23	33	-8	46	D	L	L	L	L	2002-03-20	Burnley	A
18	0	Rotherham United	40	7	10	3	29	26	3	5	12	19	33	-11	45	D	L	D	L	W	2002-03-23	Manchester City	H
19	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	5	6	9	24	32	6	5	9	20	31	-19	44	W	D	L	W	L	2002-03-23	Portsmouth	A
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	7	6	7	19	30	4	3	9	18	28	-21	42	D	L	W	W	L	2002-03-20	Preston North End	A
21	1	Grimsby Town	40	7	6	7	25	25	3	6	11	14	36	-22	42	W	D	L	W	W	2002-03-23	Wimbledon	H
22	1	Walsall	40	9	4	7	25	24	1	6	13	18	40	-21	40	W	D	W	D	L	2002-03-23	Crystal Palace	A
23	-2	Barnsley	40	7	9	4	33	30	1	6	13	19	45	-23	39	L	D	L	D	L	2002-03-23	Watford	H
24	0	Stockport County	39	2	1	16	12	39	1	7	12	23	52	-56	17	L	L	W	L	L	2002-03-19	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	4	0	Port Vale	Bloomfield Road	7,811
Murphy J 2, Walker, Bullock	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Griffin Park	7,165
Ingimarsson	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Bury	Withdean Stadium	6,609
Kenny OG, Zamora (p)	Lineups		Preece
Cambridge United	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Abbey Stadium	3,728
	Lineups		Knight
Chesterfield	0	2	Reading	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,145
	Lineups		Forster, Cureton
Colchester United	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road	4,903
Rapley 2, McGleish	Lineups		De Ornelas
Northampton Town	4	1	Wrexham	Sixfields Stadium	5,029
Hunt, Hunter 2 (2p), Parkin	Lineups		Trundle
Notts County	2	0	Bristol City	Meadow Lane	7,521
Cas, Heffernan	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	7	Cardiff City	Boundary Park	6,786
Balmer	Lineups		Campbell 3, Fortune-West 2, Young, Thorne
Stoke City	1	0	Peterborough United	Britannia Stadium	12,983
Gunnlaugsson	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Wigan Athletic	County Ground	6,226
Sabin	Lineups		Green
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Prenton Park	7,829
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Reading	40	12	4	4	32	16	11	5	4	28	17	27	78	W	D	D	D	W	2002-03-23	Oldham Athletic	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	16	3	1	38	13	5	10	5	18	25	18	76	W	W	D	W	L	2002-03-23	Notts County	H
3	0	Brentford	40	15	4	1	43	11	6	5	9	26	28	30	72	W	D	W	W	W	2002-03-19	Blackpool	A
4	0	Stoke City	40	13	4	3	39	12	7	6	7	22	24	25	70	W	L	W	W	W	2002-03-23	Chesterfield	H
5	1	Huddersfield Town	39	11	5	3	29	16	8	7	5	28	22	19	69	W	W	W	D	D	2002-03-23	Northampton Town	H
6	-1	Bristol City	39	12	4	4	32	17	7	4	8	24	22	17	65	L	W	L	L	W	2002-03-19	Chesterfield	A
7	1	Cardiff City	39	9	8	3	33	22	8	5	6	30	23	18	64	W	D	D	W	W	2002-03-22	Wrexham	H
8	-1	Oldham Athletic	40	12	5	3	42	24	4	8	8	27	34	11	61	L	L	D	W	W	2002-03-23	Reading	A
9	1	Tranmere Rovers	39	10	8	2	35	13	5	6	8	20	31	11	59	D	D	D	W	L	2002-03-19	Peterborough United	A
10	-1	Queens Park Rangers	40	9	9	2	31	16	6	4	10	21	28	8	58	L	D	D	W	D	2002-03-23	Peterborough United	H
11	0	Wycombe Wanderers	40	11	4	5	34	24	4	7	9	17	31	-4	56	L	L	W	L	L	2002-03-23	Colchester United	H
12	0	Wigan Athletic	40	7	6	7	30	20	6	9	5	26	24	12	54	D	W	W	D	D	2002-03-23	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	0	Port Vale	40	10	5	5	34	23	5	3	12	14	34	-9	53	L	D	L	L	L	2002-03-23	Bury	A
14	0	Swindon Town	40	9	6	5	24	19	4	6	10	18	32	-9	51	D	L	L	W	W	2002-03-30	Blackpool	H
15	0	Blackpool	40	6	9	5	30	27	6	5	9	26	34	-5	50	W	D	D	L	L	2002-03-19	Brentford	H
16	0	Colchester United	40	9	5	6	32	26	4	5	11	26	42	-10	49	W	L	L	L	D	2002-03-23	Wycombe Wanderers	A
17	1	Chesterfield	39	7	3	9	30	30	4	10	6	16	21	-5	46	L	D	D	D	W	2002-03-19	Bristol City	H
18	-1	Peterborough United	39	8	5	6	37	23	4	4	12	15	28	1	45	L	W	L	W	L	2002-03-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	2	Northampton Town	40	7	3	10	23	30	5	2	13	24	41	-24	41	W	L	L	W	L	2002-03-23	Huddersfield Town	A
20	2	Notts County	40	5	7	8	23	28	5	3	12	26	35	-14	40	W	W	W	W	D	2002-03-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	-2	Bury	40	5	8	7	22	28	5	2	13	16	38	-28	40	L	L	D	W	L	2002-03-23	Port Vale	H
22	-2	AFC Bournemouth	39	8	3	8	30	26	1	9	10	19	34	-11	39	D	W	D	L	D	2002-03-19	Cambridge United	H
23	0	Wrexham	40	5	6	9	21	30	4	3	13	25	50	-34	36	L	L	W	L	D	2002-03-22	Cardiff City	A
24	0	Cambridge United	39	5	7	8	22	30	0	3	16	12	48	-44	25	L	L	L	D	L	2002-03-19	AFC Bournemouth	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	0	3	Rushden & Diamonds	The Memorial Stadium	5,240
	Lineups		Lowe 2, Hanlon
Exeter City	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	St James Park	3,020
Tomlinson, Roscoe	Lineups		Rodgers, Redmile
Halifax Town	4	1	Cheltenham Town	The Shay	1,870
Midgley, Fitzpatrick, Harsley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Victory
Lincoln City	0	1	Southend United	Sincil Bank	2,328
	Lineups		Clark S
Luton Town	1	0	Kidderminster Harriers	Kenilworth Road	6,488
Hughes	Lineups
Macclesfield Town	0	2	Torquay United	Moss Rose	2,085
	Lineups		Graham 2
Oxford United	1	0	Hull City	Kassam Stadium	5,952
Brooks	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Leyton Orient	Home Park	9,438
Coughlan, Stonebridge, Evans	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	Hartlepool United	Spotland	3,219
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Carlisle United	Glanford Park	4,109
Jeffrey, Hodges	Lineups		McDonagh
Swansea City	2	0	Mansfield Town	Vetch Field	3,527
Watkin (p), Romo	Lineups
York City	2	0	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	3,903
Basham, Proctor	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	17	1	2	38	11	8	7	3	20	14	33	83	W	W	D	W	W	2002-03-23	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Luton Town	40	13	4	3	40	15	12	2	6	37	29	33	81	W	W	W	W	W	2002-03-23	Halifax Town	H
3	0	Mansfield Town	38	14	3	2	42	19	7	3	9	19	26	16	69	L	W	L	W	W	2002-03-19	Leyton Orient	A
4	0	Scunthorpe United	40	13	4	3	40	19	5	8	7	30	30	21	66	W	W	W	L	D	2002-03-23	Southend United	A
5	1	Cheltenham Town	37	8	10	1	34	18	9	3	6	23	23	16	64	L	W	W	W	D	2002-03-23	Rochdale	H
6	-1	Rochdale	38	9	8	1	29	15	8	5	7	22	25	11	64	D	D	W	W	L	2002-03-23	Cheltenham Town	A
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	40	12	4	4	35	16	5	6	9	24	30	13	61	D	W	W	L	L	2002-03-23	Rushden & Diamonds	A
8	1	Rushden & Diamonds	40	12	5	3	33	18	4	7	9	20	29	6	60	W	L	W	D	D	2002-03-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	-1	Hull City	39	12	5	3	36	11	4	5	10	16	28	13	58	L	L	W	L	L	2002-03-23	Leyton Orient	A
10	0	Kidderminster Harriers	39	12	5	3	32	15	4	3	12	16	26	7	56	L	L	W	D	W	2002-03-23	York City	A
11	0	Hartlepool United	39	10	6	4	44	20	4	5	10	13	24	13	53	D	D	D	L	L	2002-03-19	Carlisle United	A
12	0	Southend United	40	10	5	5	31	19	3	6	11	15	30	-3	50	W	L	D	D	D	2002-03-23	Scunthorpe United	H
13	2	Swansea City	40	7	7	6	23	20	6	3	11	26	40	-11	49	W	L	L	W	D	2002-03-23	Darlington	A
14	0	Exeter City	39	6	7	6	22	28	7	2	11	21	37	-22	48	D	L	L	L	W	2002-03-19	York City	H
15	-2	Macclesfield Town	40	5	6	9	20	24	7	5	8	14	23	-13	47	L	L	W	D	L	2002-03-22	Hartlepool United	A
16	0	Oxford United	40	8	6	6	31	23	3	7	10	18	29	-3	46	W	L	D	D	W	2002-03-23	Carlisle United	A
17	1	Carlisle United	37	9	4	5	26	14	1	9	9	16	30	-2	43	L	D	W	D	L	2002-03-19	Hartlepool United	H
18	-1	Darlington	39	9	5	5	29	20	2	5	13	18	41	-14	43	L	L	L	D	L	2002-03-23	Swansea City	H
19	0	Lincoln City	39	8	3	9	23	23	2	9	8	16	30	-14	42	L	L	L	D	W	2002-03-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	1	Leyton Orient	39	9	4	6	34	24	2	5	13	16	42	-16	42	L	W	W	L	W	2002-03-19	Mansfield Town	H
21	1	Torquay United	40	7	5	8	22	27	3	7	10	16	30	-19	42	W	W	L	L	D	2002-03-23	Mansfield Town	H
22	1	York City	36	7	4	6	17	18	4	4	11	25	42	-18	41	W	L	L	L	W	2002-03-19	Exeter City	A
23	-3	Bristol Rovers	39	7	5	8	25	26	3	5	11	11	24	-14	40	L	D	D	L	L	2002-03-23	Exeter City	H
24	0	Halifax Town	40	5	8	7	20	20	2	3	15	11	44	-33	32	W	W	L	L	L	2002-03-23	Luton Town	A