2002-12-26

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Everton	St Andrew's	29,505
Kirovski	Lineups		Radzinski
Bolton Wanderers	4	3	Newcastle United	Reebok Stadium	27,314
Okocha, Gardner, Ricketts 2	Lineups		Shearer 2, Ameobi
Chelsea	0	0	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	39,442
	Lineups
Liverpool	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Anfield Road	43,075
Riise	Lineups		Cole
Manchester City	3	1	Aston Villa	Maine Road	33,991
Foe 2, Benarbia	Lineups		Dublin
Middlesbrough	3	1	Manchester United	Riverside Stadium	34,673
Boksic, Nemeth, Job	Lineups		Giggs
Sunderland	1	2	Leeds United	Stadium of Light	44,029
Proctor	Lineups		Milner, Fowler
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Charlton Athletic	White Hart Lane	36,043
Keane, Iversen	Lineups		Euell 2
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	26,782
Dichio	Lineups		Jeffers, Henry
West Ham United	1	1	Fulham	Upton Park	35,025
Sinclair (p)	Lineups		Sava

				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	20	9	0	1	24	8	4	3	3	17	13	20	42	W	W	D	L	W	2002-12-29	Liverpool	H
2	0	Chelsea	20	6	3	1	19	6	4	5	1	15	9	19	38	D	W	D	W	W	2002-12-28	Leeds United	A
3	0	Manchester United	20	8	1	1	19	6	2	4	4	12	15	10	35	L	L	W	W	W	2002-12-28	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Everton	20	6	2	1	14	9	4	2	5	9	13	1	34	D	D	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Liverpool	20	5	5	1	16	8	4	1	4	13	12	9	33	D	D	L	L	L	2002-12-29	Arsenal	A
6	0	Newcastle United	19	8	0	1	18	6	2	2	6	14	22	4	32	L	W	D	W	W	2002-12-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20	6	3	1	17	11	3	2	5	12	17	1	32	D	W	D	W	D	2002-12-29	Newcastle United	A
8	2	Middlesbrough	20	7	4	0	21	9	1	1	7	4	10	6	29	W	L	D	D	L	2002-12-28	Aston Villa	A
9	-1	Southampton	20	5	5	0	15	7	2	3	5	7	12	3	29	D	D	D	W	W	2002-12-28	Sunderland	H
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	20	4	3	3	14	11	3	4	3	12	12	3	28	D	W	L	D	W	2002-12-28	West Ham United	H
11	1	Manchester City	20	5	1	4	16	15	3	2	5	11	14	-2	27	W	L	D	W	W	2002-12-28	Fulham	A
12	-1	Charlton Athletic	20	3	2	4	12	14	4	3	4	11	11	-2	26	D	D	D	W	W	2002-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	0	Birmingham City	20	3	4	3	11	10	3	3	4	8	13	-4	25	D	D	W	L	D	2002-12-28	Manchester United	A
14	2	Leeds United	20	2	1	6	9	14	5	2	4	17	13	-1	24	W	D	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Chelsea	H
15	-1	Fulham	20	5	2	3	13	9	1	3	6	10	17	-3	23	D	L	L	W	L	2002-12-28	Manchester City	H
16	-1	Aston Villa	20	6	1	3	15	8	0	3	7	3	15	-5	22	L	L	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
17	2	Bolton Wanderers	19	2	5	3	13	16	2	1	6	10	19	-12	18	W	D	L	D	L	2002-12-28	Everton	A
18	-1	Sunderland	20	3	1	6	7	13	1	5	4	6	15	-15	18	L	D	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Southampton	A
19	-1	West Bromwich Albion	20	3	3	4	9	12	1	1	8	7	19	-15	16	L	D	L	L	W	2002-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	West Ham United	20	0	5	6	9	16	3	1	5	10	20	-17	15	D	D	L	D	L	2002-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	4	2	Stoke City	Valley Parade	14,575
Gray 2 (1p), Handyside OG, Jorgensen	Lineups		Marteinsson, Henry
Burnley	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor	18,641	Largest home gate 2002-03
Taylor, West	Lineups		Butler
Coventry City	2	0	Reading	Highfield Road	19,526	Largest home gate 2002-03
Hignett, Partridge	Lineups
Derby County	1	3	Grimsby Town	Pride Park	27,141
Morris	Lineups		Oster 2, Soames
Leicester City	1	2	Ipswich Town	Leicester City Stadium	31,426
Dickov (p)	Lineups		Gaardsoe, Ambrose
Millwall	2	2	Gillingham	The Den	10,947	Largest home gate 2002-03
Ryan, Harris	Lineups		Saunders, King (p)
Norwich City	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Carrow Road	20,687
	Lineups		Sidwell
Portsmouth	1	1	Crystal Palace	Fratton Park	19,217
Merson	Lineups		Gray
Preston North End	0	2	Rotherham United	Deepdale	15,452
	Lineups		Robins, Barker R
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	26,362
Sibon, Johnston	Lineups
Walsall	0	1	Sheffield United	Bescot Stadium	10,459
	Lineups		Brown
Wimbledon	0	0	Watford	Selhurst Park	2,643
	Lineups

				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	25	9	3	1	29	12	7	4	1	21	11	27	55	D	D	D	D	W	2002-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Leicester City	25	10	1	2	25	8	5	5	2	14	15	16	51	L	W	W	D	W	2002-12-28	Watford	A
3	2	Sheffield United	24	6	4	1	15	9	7	2	4	22	15	13	45	W	W	W	D	W	2002-12-28	Coventry City	H
4	-1	Nottingham Forest	25	9	2	1	30	11	3	4	6	10	13	16	42	L	W	L	L	W	2002-12-28	Portsmouth	H
5	-1	Norwich City	25	9	2	2	23	6	3	4	5	13	16	14	42	L	W	L	L	W	2002-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
6	4	Coventry City	25	6	3	4	18	14	5	3	4	16	16	4	39	W	W	W	W	L	2002-12-28	Sheffield United	A
7	-1	Reading	24	6	2	4	14	10	6	1	5	10	10	4	39	L	L	L	D	W	2002-12-28	Derby County	H
8	0	Watford	25	8	3	1	21	11	3	2	8	9	25	-6	38	D	W	L	L	W	2002-12-28	Leicester City	H
9	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	3	3	22	13	4	4	4	19	13	15	37	L	D	L	W	D	2002-12-28	Bradford City	H
10	1	Rotherham United	25	4	6	2	14	10	6	1	6	29	21	12	37	W	L	W	W	D	2002-12-28	Millwall	H
11	-2	Crystal Palace	25	5	4	3	19	10	4	6	3	19	18	10	37	D	W	W	W	L	2002-12-28	Preston North End	H
12	0	Gillingham	25	4	4	4	14	16	5	4	4	18	17	-1	35	D	W	W	W	D	2003-01-11	Derby County	A
13	2	Burnley	25	7	2	4	18	19	3	3	6	19	27	-9	35	W	L	L	W	L	2002-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Wimbledon	25	6	3	4	21	16	3	3	6	18	23	0	33	D	D	L	W	W	2003-01-11	Grimsby Town	H
15	-2	Derby County	25	6	2	5	20	18	4	1	7	9	16	-5	33	L	L	W	W	L	2002-12-28	Reading	A
16	2	Ipswich Town	24	4	2	5	20	16	4	5	4	13	14	3	31	W	D	W	D	L	2002-12-28	Walsall	H
17	-1	Preston North End	25	5	4	4	23	20	2	6	4	17	21	-1	31	L	L	W	L	W	2002-12-28	Crystal Palace	A
18	-1	Millwall	25	5	5	3	17	19	3	2	7	10	19	-11	31	D	D	L	L	W	2002-12-28	Rotherham United	A
19	0	Walsall	25	6	1	6	22	21	2	3	7	15	20	-4	28	L	L	W	W	L	2002-12-28	Ipswich Town	A
20	0	Bradford City	25	4	6	3	19	22	2	1	9	8	22	-17	25	W	L	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	25	3	4	5	17	20	3	1	9	12	28	-19	23	W	W	L	L	L	2002-12-28	Norwich City	H
22	0	Stoke City	25	2	4	6	12	17	1	4	8	14	29	-20	17	L	D	D	L	D	2002-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	2	2	8	11	21	2	3	8	12	22	-20	17	W	L	L	D	D	2002-12-28	Burnley	H
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	3	4	6	11	16	0	4	8	8	24	-21	17	W	L	L	D	L	2002-12-28	Stoke City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate	18,085	Largest home & L 1 gate 2002-03
	Lineups
Cheltenham Town	0	4	Crewe Alexandra	Whaddon Road	5,548
	Lineups		Ashton, Vaughan, Jack, Brammer (p)
Colchester United	1	1	Peterborough United	Layer Road	3,760
Izzet	Lineups		Clarke A
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Kirklees Stadium	11,002
Smith	Lineups		Nicholson (p), Roberts
Luton Town	2	0	Cardiff City	Kenilworth Road	7,805
Thorpe, Howard	Lineups
Mansfield Town	4	2	Stockport County	Field Mill	6,434
Christie, Corden 2 (1p), Disley	Lineups		Day OG, Burgess (p)
Northampton Town	0	1	Chesterfield	Sixfields Stadium	5,282
	Lineups		Bradley
Notts County	3	2	Barnsley	Meadow Lane	7,413
Stallard (p), Richardson, Baraclough	Lineups		Betsy, Dyer
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Blackpool	Boundary Park	9,415	Largest home gate 2002-03
Haining	Lineups		Murphy
Port Vale	0	1	Wigan Athletic	Vale Park	6,395	Largest home gate 2002-03
	Lineups		De Vos
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Loftus Road	14,874
Rose, Gallen	Lineups		Dixon
Swindon Town	2	1	Brentford	County Ground	6,045
Gurney, Parkin	Lineups		Vine

				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	23	7	3	1	19	9	9	2	1	19	4	25	53	W	W	W	W	W	2002-12-28	Swindon Town	H
2	1	Bristol City	23	8	3	1	24	8	6	1	4	22	18	20	46	D	D	W	W	D	2002-12-28	Stockport County	A
3	-1	Cardiff City	23	8	1	2	19	7	6	3	3	18	13	17	46	L	W	L	W	W	2002-12-29	Huddersfield Town	H
4	1	Crewe Alexandra	23	7	1	3	14	6	6	4	2	25	12	21	44	W	W	W	D	W	2002-12-29	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Oldham Athletic	23	6	2	4	22	10	6	5	0	14	7	19	43	D	W	L	D	D	2002-12-29	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	2	Luton Town	23	4	4	4	20	15	5	3	3	14	15	4	34	W	D	L	W	D	2002-12-28	Wycombe Wanderers	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	7	2	3	20	13	2	5	4	11	14	4	34	W	D	L	L	D	2002-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	2	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	3	2	15	12	4	1	7	15	24	-6	34	W	D	W	L	W	2002-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	-3	Brentford	23	5	4	2	14	6	4	2	6	15	21	2	33	L	D	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Mansfield Town	H
10	1	Chesterfield	23	7	2	2	13	6	3	1	8	6	18	-5	33	W	L	L	W	L	2002-12-28	Cheltenham Town	H
11	-2	Blackpool	23	6	3	2	20	11	3	2	7	9	22	-4	32	D	W	L	D	L	2002-12-28	Colchester United	H
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	4	3	17	15	3	5	4	13	15	0	30	D	W	D	D	W	2002-12-28	Notts County	H
13	0	Stockport County	23	5	3	3	21	15	3	0	9	11	20	-3	27	L	W	L	W	L	2002-12-28	Bristol City	H
14	0	Wycombe Wanderers	23	5	2	4	23	19	2	4	6	7	14	-3	27	L	D	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Luton Town	H
15	3	Swindon Town	23	4	3	5	15	15	3	3	5	13	20	-7	27	W	L	D	D	W	2002-12-28	Wigan Athletic	A
16	4	Notts County	23	3	5	4	19	20	2	6	3	16	15	0	26	W	D	W	L	D	2002-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	-1	Colchester United	23	3	5	4	10	10	3	3	5	13	20	-7	26	D	L	W	D	W	2002-12-28	Blackpool	A
18	-3	Port Vale	23	4	2	6	15	18	3	3	5	12	18	-9	26	L	L	L	W	L	2002-12-28	Barnsley	A
19	-2	Northampton Town	23	5	2	5	16	12	2	2	7	5	22	-13	25	L	L	L	L	W	2002-12-28	Peterborough United	A
20	-1	Barnsley	23	3	5	3	13	16	3	1	8	13	21	-11	24	L	L	L	D	W	2002-12-28	Port Vale	H
21	3	Mansfield Town	23	5	0	7	26	29	2	3	6	15	26	-14	24	W	W	W	L	L	2002-12-28	Brentford	A
22	0	Peterborough United	23	4	2	5	14	11	1	5	6	13	23	-7	22	D	L	W	D	L	2002-12-28	Northampton Town	H
23	-2	Cheltenham Town	23	3	3	6	10	18	2	4	5	10	15	-13	22	L	D	L	W	D	2002-12-28	Chesterfield	A
24	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	3	5	4	13	13	2	1	8	5	15	-10	21	L	L	W	L	L	2002-12-29	Cardiff City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Boston United	3	0	York City	York Street	3,864
Douglas 2, Logan	Lineups
Cambridge United	1	1	Southend United	Abbey Stadium	4,758
Fleming	Lineups		Rawle
Carlisle United	2	2	Darlington	Brunton Park	6,016
Farrell (p), Hudson	Lineups		Offiong 2 (1p)
Hull City	2	0	Hartlepool United	KC Stadium	22,319	Largest home & L 2 gate 2002-03.*
Keates, Green	Lineups
Kidderminster Harriers	3	2	Leyton Orient	Aggborough Stadium	3,821
Bennett, Shilton, Henriksen	Lineups		Ibehre 2
Macclesfield Town	0	1	Lincoln City	Moss Rose	2,187
	Lineups		Gain
Oxford United	3	0	AFC Bournemouth	Kassam Stadium	8,349
Whitehead, Hunter, Oldfield	Lineups
Rochdale	2	2	Wrexham	Spotland	3,727
Connor 2	Lineups		Morrell 2
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Rushden & Diamonds	Glanford Park	4,096
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Bury	Gay Meadow	4,175
Wilding, Lowe 3	Lineups		Nugent
Swansea City	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	5,879
	Lineups		Tait
Notes
First match at KC Stadium

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Rushden & Diamonds	23	8	2	1	21	6	4	6	2	13	14	14	44	D	D	W	W	W	2002-12-28	Oxford United	H
2	-1	Hartlepool United	23	7	2	2	21	12	6	3	3	15	15	9	44	L	D	L	W	W	2002-12-28	Cambridge United	H
3	1	Cambridge United	23	7	3	2	24	13	4	2	5	19	20	10	38	D	W	D	W	W	2002-12-28	Hartlepool United	A
4	-1	AFC Bournemouth	23	6	4	1	15	8	4	4	4	13	18	2	38	L	D	D	W	W	2002-12-28	Rochdale	H
5	0	Bury	23	5	3	3	17	16	5	4	3	16	16	1	37	L	D	W	W	W	2002-12-29	Kidderminster Harriers	H
6	3	Oxford United	22	5	4	3	15	10	5	2	3	12	8	9	36	W	D	W	W	W	2002-12-28	Rushden & Diamonds	A
7	1	Wrexham	23	4	4	3	17	14	5	5	2	20	15	8	36	D	L	W	D	W	2003-01-01	Macclesfield Town	H
8	-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
9	-3	York City	23	6	4	1	18	12	4	2	6	9	15	0	36	L	D	W	W	W	2002-12-28	Hull City	H
10	0	Kidderminster Harriers	22	4	4	3	14	14	5	4	2	18	11	7	35	W	W	L	L	D	2002-12-29	Bury	A
11	1	Hull City	23	5	5	2	19	10	2	6	3	10	11	8	32	W	D	L	D	W	2002-12-28	York City	A
12	-1	Scunthorpe United	23	5	5	2	20	11	3	3	5	11	16	4	32	D	D	L	L	W	2002-12-29	Southend United	A
13	0	Lincoln City	23	5	3	3	15	10	3	5	4	9	11	3	32	W	D	D	L	L	2002-12-28	Swansea City	H
14	1	Rochdale	23	4	4	4	21	17	3	4	4	14	17	1	29	D	D	W	D	L	2002-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	-1	Leyton Orient	23	5	3	3	15	11	3	2	7	11	16	-1	29	L	W	W	W	L	2002-12-28	Carlisle United	H
16	0	Southend United	23	5	0	6	11	12	4	2	6	14	18	-5	29	D	L	W	L	L	2002-12-29	Scunthorpe United	H
17	0	Darlington	23	3	5	3	12	11	3	5	4	17	18	0	28	D	D	W	W	D	2002-12-28	Torquay United	H
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	23	4	4	4	19	18	3	3	5	16	24	-7	28	W	L	D	L	D	2003-01-01	Rushden & Diamonds	A
19	0	Macclesfield Town	23	3	3	6	15	17	3	1	7	12	17	-7	22	L	D	L	L	D	2002-12-28	Exeter City	A
20	2	Boston United	23	6	2	4	22	15	1	2	8	8	21	-6	21	W	W	L	L	L	2002-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
21	3	Bristol Rovers	23	3	2	6	12	16	2	3	7	14	19	-9	20	W	L	L	L	L	2002-12-28	Boston United	H
22	-2	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
23	-2	Carlisle United	23	2	3	7	14	21	3	2	6	11	20	-16	20	D	D	L	L	L	2002-12-28	Leyton Orient	A
24	-1	Swansea City	23	4	3	5	12	14	0	3	8	8	21	-15	18	L	L	L	W	L	2002-12-28	Lincoln City	A