2002-12-21

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Middlesbrough	Highbury	38,003
Campbell, Pires	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	1	Charlton Athletic	St Andrew's	28,837
Devlin (p)	Lineups		Jensen
Chelsea	2	0	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	38,288
Gudjohnsen, Lampard	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Southampton	Elland Road	36,687
Kewell	Lineups		Fernandes
Newcastle United	2	0	Fulham	St James' Park	51,576
Solano, Bellamy	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	26,448
Dichio, Koumas	Lineups		Phillips 2
West Ham United	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Upton Park	34,892
Pearce	Lineups		Ricketts

				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	Arsenal	19	9	0	1	24	8	3	3	3	15	12	19	39	W	D	L	W	L	2002-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	1	Chelsea	19	6	2	1	19	6	4	5	1	15	9	19	37	W	D	W	W	D	2002-12-26	Southampton	H
3	-1	Manchester United	18	8	1	1	19	6	2	4	2	11	11	13	35	W	W	W	W	D	2002-12-22	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	2	Newcastle United	18	8	0	1	18	6	2	2	5	11	18	5	32	W	D	W	W	L	2002-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	-1	Everton	18	6	2	1	14	9	4	0	5	8	12	1	32	W	L	L	W	W	2002-12-22	Liverpool	A
6	-1	Liverpool	18	5	3	1	15	7	4	1	4	13	12	9	31	L	L	L	L	D	2002-12-22	Everton	H
7	1	Southampton	19	5	5	0	15	7	2	2	5	7	12	3	28	D	D	W	W	W	2002-12-26	Chelsea	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	18	6	2	1	15	9	2	2	5	9	15	0	28	D	W	D	W	L	2002-12-23	Manchester City	A
9	0	Middlesbrough	19	6	4	0	18	8	1	1	7	4	10	4	26	L	D	D	L	W	2002-12-26	Manchester United	H
10	1	Charlton Athletic	19	3	2	4	12	14	4	2	4	9	9	-2	25	D	D	W	W	W	2002-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	-1	Blackburn Rovers	18	3	3	3	13	11	3	3	3	11	11	2	24	L	D	W	L	L	2002-12-22	Manchester United	H
12	0	Manchester City	18	4	1	3	11	11	3	2	5	11	14	-3	24	D	W	W	L	L	2002-12-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	0	Birmingham City	19	3	3	3	10	9	3	3	4	8	13	-4	24	D	W	L	D	W	2002-12-26	Everton	H
14	0	Fulham	19	5	2	3	13	9	1	2	6	9	16	-3	22	L	L	W	L	W	2002-12-26	West Ham United	A
15	0	Aston Villa	19	6	1	3	15	8	0	3	6	2	12	-3	22	L	W	L	L	W	2002-12-26	Manchester City	A
16	0	Leeds United	19	2	1	6	9	14	4	2	4	15	12	-2	21	D	W	L	L	L	2002-12-26	Sunderland	A
17	0	Sunderland	19	3	1	5	6	11	1	5	4	6	15	-14	18	D	W	L	L	L	2002-12-26	Leeds United	H
18	0	West Bromwich Albion	19	3	3	3	8	10	1	1	8	7	19	-14	16	D	L	L	W	L	2002-12-26	Arsenal	H
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	18	1	5	3	9	13	2	1	6	10	19	-13	15	D	L	D	L	D	2002-12-26	Newcastle United	H
20	0	West Ham United	19	0	4	6	8	15	3	1	5	10	20	-17	14	D	L	D	L	L	2002-12-26	Fulham	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	3	0	Derby County	Highfield Road	13,185
McAllister, Hignett, Bothroyd	Lineups
Gillingham	4	2	Burnley	Priestfield Stadium	7,905
Wallace, Shaw, Smith, King	Lineups		Taylor, Blake (p)
Grimsby Town	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park	8,224
Santos, Mansaram	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Den	9,091
Roberts	Lineups		Kennedy
Norwich City	2	1	Walsall	Carrow Road	19,872
MacKay, Mulryne	Lineups		Easton OG
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Reading	City Ground	25,831
Johnson, Harewood	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Ipswich Town	Fratton Park	19,130
Todorov	Lineups		Gaardsoe
Sheffield United	1	0	Preston North End	Bramall Lane	16,342
Alexander OG	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Bradford City	Vicarage Road	12,574
Cox (p)	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	1	Stoke City	Selhurst Park	1,697
Connolly	Lineups		Iwelumo

				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	Portsmouth	24	9	2	1	28	11	7	4	1	21	11	27	54	D	D	D	W	W	2002-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
2	0	Leicester City	24	10	1	1	24	6	5	5	2	14	15	17	51	W	W	D	W	L	2002-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	24	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	5	10	11	18	42	W	L	L	W	W	2002-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	0	Norwich City	24	9	2	1	23	5	3	4	5	13	16	15	42	W	L	L	W	L	2002-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	0	Sheffield United	23	6	4	1	15	9	6	2	4	21	15	12	42	W	W	D	W	W	2002-12-26	Walsall	A
6	0	Reading	23	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	4	10	8	6	39	L	L	D	W	W	2002-12-26	Coventry City	A
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	3	18	11	16	37	D	L	W	D	W	2002-12-26	Burnley	A
8	1	Watford	24	8	3	1	21	11	3	1	8	9	25	-6	37	W	L	L	W	L	2002-12-26	Wimbledon	A
9	3	Coventry City	24	5	3	4	16	14	5	3	4	16	16	2	36	W	W	W	L	L	2002-12-26	Reading	H
10	-2	Rotherham United	23	4	6	1	13	7	5	1	6	27	21	12	34	W	W	D	L	D	2002-12-22	Crystal Palace	H
11	5	Gillingham	24	4	4	4	14	16	5	3	4	16	15	-1	34	W	W	W	D	L	2002-12-26	Millwall	A
12	-2	Crystal Palace	23	5	4	3	19	10	3	5	3	15	16	8	33	W	W	L	L	W	2002-12-22	Rotherham United	A
13	-2	Derby County	24	6	2	4	19	15	4	1	7	9	16	-3	33	L	W	W	L	W	2002-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
14	1	Wimbledon	24	6	2	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	32	D	L	W	W	L	2002-12-26	Watford	H
15	-2	Burnley	24	6	2	4	16	18	3	3	6	19	27	-10	32	L	L	W	L	W	2002-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	-2	Preston North End	24	5	4	3	23	18	2	6	4	17	21	1	31	L	W	L	W	W	2002-12-26	Rotherham United	H
17	0	Millwall	24	5	4	3	15	17	3	2	7	10	19	-11	30	D	L	L	W	W	2002-12-26	Gillingham	H
18	1	Ipswich Town	23	4	2	5	20	16	3	5	4	11	13	2	28	D	W	D	L	L	2002-12-26	Leicester City	A
19	-1	Walsall	24	6	1	5	22	20	2	3	7	15	20	-3	28	L	W	W	L	W	2002-12-26	Sheffield United	H
20	0	Bradford City	24	3	6	3	15	20	2	1	9	8	22	-19	22	L	W	L	L	L	2002-12-26	Stoke City	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	24	3	4	5	17	20	2	1	9	9	27	-21	20	W	L	L	L	L	2002-12-26	Derby County	A
22	0	Stoke City	24	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	7	12	25	-18	17	D	D	L	D	L	2002-12-26	Bradford City	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	2	2	8	11	21	1	3	8	11	22	-21	14	L	L	D	D	L	2002-12-26	Norwich City	A
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	2	4	6	9	16	0	4	8	8	24	-23	14	L	L	D	L	L	2002-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Mansfield Town	Oakwell	10,495
	Lineups		White A
Blackpool	3	0	Peterborough United	Bloomfield Road	5,068
Grayson, Bullock, Walker	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Luton Town	Ashton Gate	14,057
Beadle	Lineups		Howard
Cheltenham Town	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Whaddon Road	4,303
	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,052
	Lineups		Hall F
Port Vale	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Vale Park	4,892
Brooker	Lineups		Evans, Keith
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Brentford	Loftus Road	15,559
Bircham	Lineups		O'Connor
Swindon Town	1	3	Crewe Alexandra	County Ground	4,957
Parkin (p)	Lineups		Ashton, Foster, Jack
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Notts County	Prenton Park	8,275
Allen, Haworth	Lineups		Stallard 2 (1p)
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Wigan Athletic Stadium	6,013
De Vos	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	Wigan Athletic	22	7	3	1	19	9	8	2	1	18	4	24	50	W	W	W	W	W	2002-12-26	Port Vale	A
2	0	Cardiff City	22	8	1	2	19	7	6	3	2	18	11	19	46	W	L	W	W	L	2002-12-26	Luton Town	A
3	0	Bristol City	22	8	2	1	24	8	6	1	4	22	18	20	45	D	W	W	D	W	2002-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	0	Oldham Athletic	22	6	1	4	21	9	6	5	0	14	7	19	42	W	L	D	D	D	2002-12-26	Blackpool	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	1	3	14	6	5	4	2	21	12	17	41	W	W	D	W	W	2002-12-26	Cheltenham Town	A
6	0	Brentford	22	5	4	2	14	6	4	2	5	14	19	3	33	D	W	L	L	L	2002-12-26	Swindon Town	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	2	3	18	12	2	5	4	11	14	3	31	D	L	L	D	L	2002-12-26	Wycombe Wanderers	H
8	0	Luton Town	22	3	4	4	18	15	5	3	3	14	15	2	31	D	L	W	D	D	2002-12-26	Cardiff City	H
9	2	Blackpool	22	6	3	2	20	11	3	1	7	8	21	-4	31	W	L	D	L	L	2002-12-26	Oldham Athletic	A
10	0	Tranmere Rovers	22	6	3	2	15	12	3	1	7	13	23	-7	31	D	W	L	W	D	2002-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-2	Chesterfield	22	7	2	2	13	6	2	1	8	5	18	-6	30	L	L	W	L	L	2002-12-26	Northampton Town	A
12	1	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	4	3	17	15	3	4	4	13	15	0	29	W	D	D	W	D	2002-12-26	Bristol City	A
13	-1	Stockport County	22	5	3	3	21	15	3	0	8	9	16	-1	27	W	L	W	L	D	2002-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
14	0	Wycombe Wanderers	22	5	2	4	23	19	2	4	5	6	12	-2	27	D	W	L	L	D	2002-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	0	Port Vale	22	4	2	5	15	17	3	3	5	12	18	-8	26	L	L	W	L	D	2002-12-26	Wigan Athletic	H
16	0	Colchester United	22	3	4	4	9	9	3	3	5	13	20	-7	25	L	W	D	W	D	2002-12-26	Peterborough United	H
17	0	Northampton Town	22	5	2	4	16	11	2	2	7	5	22	-12	25	L	L	L	W	W	2002-12-26	Chesterfield	H
18	0	Swindon Town	22	3	3	5	13	14	3	3	5	13	20	-8	24	L	D	D	W	D	2002-12-26	Brentford	H
19	0	Barnsley	22	3	5	3	13	16	3	1	7	11	18	-10	24	L	L	D	W	W	2002-12-26	Notts County	A
20	0	Notts County	22	2	5	4	16	18	2	6	3	16	15	-1	23	D	W	L	D	L	2002-12-26	Barnsley	H
21	2	Cheltenham Town	22	3	3	5	10	14	2	4	5	10	15	-9	22	D	L	W	D	D	2002-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
22	-1	Peterborough United	22	4	2	5	14	11	1	4	6	12	22	-7	21	L	W	D	L	W	2002-12-26	Colchester United	A
23	-1	Huddersfield Town	22	3	5	3	12	11	2	1	8	5	15	-9	21	L	W	L	L	D	2002-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	22	4	0	7	22	27	2	3	6	15	26	-16	21	W	W	L	L	D	2002-12-26	Stockport County	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Hull City	Dean Court	6,098
	Lineups
Boston United	6	0	Shrewsbury Town	York Street	2,155
Logan 2, Van Blerk og, Douglas, Redfearn, Gould	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Rochdale	Gigg Lane	5,827	Largest home gate 2002-03
Newby	Lineups		McEvilly
Cambridge United	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Abbey Stadium	7,505	Largest home gate 2002-03
Parker OG, Youngs, Kitson	Lineups		Allen
Darlington	0	0	Macclesfield Town	Feethams Ground	3,079
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Victoria Park	4,089
McCombie OG, Henderson	Lineups		Brough, Carruthers
Oxford United	2	2	Exeter City	Kassam Stadium	7,057
Steele, Bound	Lineups		Flack, Walker (p)
Rushden & Diamonds	1	1	Carlisle United	Nene Park	4,355
Lowe	Lineups		Farrell
Swansea City	0	1	Leyton Orient	Vetch Field	4,120
	Lineups		Tate
Torquay United	3	1	Southend United	Plainmoor	2,244
Osei-Kuffour, Dunning, Bedeau	Lineups		Bramble
Wrexham	0	2	Kidderminster Harriers	Racecourse Ground	3,734
	Lineups		Parrish, Melligan

				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	Hartlepool United	22	7	2	2	21	12	6	3	2	15	13	11	44	D	L	W	W	W	2002-12-26	Hull City	A
2	0	Rushden & Diamonds	22	8	2	1	21	6	4	5	2	13	14	14	43	D	W	W	W	W	2002-12-26	Scunthorpe United	A
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	22	6	4	1	15	8	4	4	3	13	15	5	38	D	D	W	W	L	2002-12-26	Oxford United	A
4	3	Cambridge United	22	7	2	2	23	12	4	2	5	19	20	10	37	W	D	W	W	L	2002-12-26	Southend United	H
5	-1	Bury	22	5	3	3	17	16	5	4	2	15	12	4	37	D	W	W	W	L	2002-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	-1	York City	22	6	4	1	18	12	4	2	5	9	12	3	36	D	W	W	W	W	2002-12-26	Boston United	A
7	1	Torquay United	22	6	4	1	22	15	4	2	5	16	23	0	36	W	L	D	D	D	2002-12-28	Darlington	A
8	-2	Wrexham	22	4	4	3	17	14	5	4	2	18	13	8	35	L	W	D	W	W	2002-12-26	Rochdale	A
9	0	Oxford United	21	4	4	3	12	10	5	2	3	12	8	6	33	D	W	W	W	L	2002-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	1	Kidderminster Harriers	21	3	4	3	11	12	5	4	2	18	11	6	32	W	L	L	D	L	2002-12-26	Leyton Orient	H
11	-1	Scunthorpe United	22	5	4	2	20	11	3	3	5	11	16	4	31	D	L	L	W	W	2002-12-26	Rushden & Diamonds	H
12	1	Hull City	22	4	5	2	17	10	2	6	3	10	11	6	29	D	L	D	W	D	2002-12-26	Hartlepool United	H
13	-1	Lincoln City	22	5	3	3	15	10	2	5	4	8	11	2	29	D	D	L	L	D	2002-12-26	Macclesfield Town	A
14	3	Leyton Orient	22	5	3	3	15	11	3	2	6	9	13	0	29	W	W	W	L	L	2002-12-26	Kidderminster Harriers	A
15	0	Rochdale	22	4	3	4	19	15	3	4	4	14	17	1	28	D	W	D	L	L	2002-12-26	Wrexham	H
16	-2	Southend United	22	5	0	6	11	12	4	1	6	13	17	-5	28	L	W	L	L	W	2002-12-26	Cambridge United	A
17	-1	Darlington	22	3	5	3	12	11	3	4	4	15	16	0	27	D	W	W	D	L	2002-12-26	Carlisle United	A
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	3	4	4	15	17	3	3	5	16	24	-10	25	L	D	L	D	W	2002-12-26	Bury	H
19	0	Macclesfield Town	22	3	3	5	15	16	3	1	7	12	17	-6	22	D	L	L	D	L	2002-12-26	Lincoln City	H
20	0	Exeter City	22	3	2	6	11	17	2	3	6	14	18	-10	20	D	W	L	L	L	2002-12-28	Macclesfield Town	H
21	1	Carlisle United	22	2	2	7	12	19	3	2	6	11	20	-16	19	D	L	L	L	W	2002-12-26	Darlington	H
22	2	Boston United	22	5	2	4	19	15	1	2	8	8	21	-9	18	W	L	L	L	L	2002-12-26	York City	H
23	-2	Swansea City	22	4	3	4	12	13	0	3	8	8	21	-14	18	L	L	W	L	W	2002-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
24	-1	Bristol Rovers	22	3	2	6	12	16	1	3	7	13	19	-10	17	L	L	L	L	L	2002-12-26	Swansea City	A