Second Division 2002/2003 : Results, rankings and all statistics

Tier : 3

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 552

Goals scored : 1421 (2.57 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 65

Red cards : 4

43%
Home victories

27%
Draws

30%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.85 years

Number of players participating : 134

Promoted : Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Cheltenham, Plymouth

Relegated to lower tier : Bournemouth, Wrexham, Cambridge United, Bury

Promoted to higher tier : Stoke City, Reading, Brighton & Hove

Relegated from higher tier : Barnsley, Stockport, Crewe Alexandra

Second Division 2002/2003's fixtures and results

Round 25

General rankingLast updated on 03/05/2003

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Wigan	100	46	29	13	4	68	25	+43
2	Crewe Alexandra	86	46	25	11	10	76	40	+36
3	Bristol City	83	46	24	11	11	79	48	+31
4	QPR	83	46	24	11	11	69	45	+24
5	Oldham Athletic	82	46	22	16	8	68	38	+30
6	Cardiff City	81	46	23	12	11	68	43	+25
7	Tranmere Rovers	80	46	23	11	12	66	57	+9
8	Plymouth	65	46	17	14	15	63	52	+11
9	Luton Town	65	46	17	14	15	67	62	+5
10	Swindon Town	60	46	16	12	18	59	63	-4
11	Peterborough	58	46	14	16	16	51	54	-3
12	Colchester	58	46	14	16	16	52	56	-4
13	Blackpool	58	46	15	13	18	56	64	-8
14	Stockport	55	46	15	10	21	65	70	-5
15	Notts County	55	46	13	16	17	62	70	-8
16	Brentford	54	46	14	12	20	47	56	-9
17	Port Vale	53	46	14	11	21	54	70	-16
18	Wycombe	52	46	13	13	20	59	66	-7
19	Barnsley	52	46	13	13	20	51	64	-13
20	Chesterfield	50	46	14	8	24	43	73	-30
21	Cheltenham	48	46	10	18	18	53	68	-15
22	Huddersfield	45	46	11	12	23	39	61	-22
23	Mansfield Town	44	46	12	8	26	66	97	-31
24	Northampton Town	39	46	10	9	27	40	79	-39

Latest transfers

May 01, 2003
Kevin Dixon ( Doncaster)		Barnsley
Martyn Lee ( Cheltenham)		Wycombe
Kayode Odejayi ( Forest Green)		Cheltenham

April 30, 2003
Brian Murphy ( Man City U-23)		Peterborough
Tony Capaldi ( Birmingham B)		Plymouth

April 22, 2003
Lee Richardson mana.		Chesterfield

April 13, 2003
Ged Brannan ( Dunfermline)		Wigan

April 05, 2003
Duncan Roberts ( Bedford Town)		Oldham

March 29, 2003
Rob Jones ( Gateshead)		Stockport

March 27, 2003
Kieran McAnespie ( Fulham U-23)		Plymouth
Tom Youngs ( Cambridge)		Northampton
Glyn Thompson ( Fulham U-23)		Northampton
Paul Robinson ( Wimbledon)		Blackpool
Andre Boucaud ( Reading)		Peterborough

All transfers

One match scorers

Marco Gabbiadinihas scored 3 goals during the match Northampton Town 4-1 Colchester (17/09/2002)

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Tranmere Rovers	DLuton Town 0-0 05/04/2003	V 1-0 Wycombe12/04/2003	VNotts County 0-1 19/04/2003	V 4-0 Northampton Town21/04/2003	V 3-1 Mansfield Town29/04/2003	VStockport 2-3 03/05/2003
2	QPR	VCardiff City 1-2 05/04/2003	V 2-0 Luton Town12/04/2003	VBrentford 1-2 19/04/2003	V 2-0 Notts County21/04/2003	D 0-0 Crewe Alexandra26/04/2003	VColchester 0-1 03/05/2003
3	Wigan	VNorthampton Town 0-2 04/04/2003	V 2-0 Brentford12/04/2003	DHuddersfield 0-0 19/04/2003	V 3-1 Oldham Athletic21/04/2003	DCardiff City 0-0 26/04/2003	V 1-0 Barnsley03/05/2003
4	Peterborough	VBarnsley 1-2 12/04/2003	V 2-0 Cardiff City16/04/2003	V 1-0 Blackpool19/04/2003	DCheltenham 1-1 21/04/2003	V 1-0 Notts County26/04/2003	DBrentford 1-1 03/05/2003
5	Stockport	VWycombe 1-4 05/04/2003	V 2-1 Plymouth12/04/2003	VNorthampton Town 0-3 18/04/2003	V 2-1 Huddersfield21/04/2003	DLuton Town 1-1 26/04/2003	L 2-3 Tranmere Rovers03/05/2003
6	Bristol City	V 5-2 Mansfield Town12/04/2003	DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 15/04/2003	DLuton Town 2-2 19/04/2003	V 2-0 Cardiff City22/04/2003	LChesterfield 2-0 26/04/2003	V 2-0 Port Vale03/05/2003
7	Oldham Athletic	V 2-1 Barnsley05/04/2003	DCheltenham 1-1 12/04/2003	V 4-0 Chesterfield19/04/2003	LWigan 3-1 21/04/2003	V 4-0 Swindon Town26/04/2003	DHuddersfield 1-1 03/05/2003
8	Swindon Town	DPeterborough 1-1 05/04/2003	L 0-1 Huddersfield12/04/2003	VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 19/04/2003	V 2-0 Plymouth23/04/2003	LOldham Athletic 4-0 26/04/2003	V 2-1 Luton Town03/05/2003
9	Port Vale	VMansfield Town 0-1 05/04/2003	V 3-2 Northampton Town12/04/2003	LPlymouth 3-0 19/04/2003	D 1-1 Wycombe21/04/2003	V 5-1 Huddersfield26/04/2003	LBristol City 2-0 03/05/2003
10	Crewe Alexandra	VBlackpool 0-1 12/04/2003	D 1-1 Bristol City15/04/2003	L 0-1 Swindon Town19/04/2003	VBarnsley 1-2 21/04/2003	DQPR 0-0 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Cardiff City03/05/2003
11	Plymouth	D 0-0 Colchester05/04/2003	LStockport 2-1 12/04/2003	V 3-0 Port Vale19/04/2003	LSwindon Town 2-0 23/04/2003	DNorthampton Town 2-2 26/04/2003	V 1-0 Wycombe03/05/2003
12	Huddersfield	V 4-0 Chesterfield05/04/2003	VSwindon Town 0-1 12/04/2003	D 0-0 Wigan19/04/2003	LStockport 2-1 21/04/2003	LPort Vale 5-1 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Oldham Athletic03/05/2003
13	Notts County	V 3-1 Blackpool05/04/2003	DColchester 1-1 12/04/2003	L 0-1 Tranmere Rovers19/04/2003	LQPR 2-0 21/04/2003	LPeterborough 1-0 26/04/2003	V 1-0 Cheltenham03/05/2003
14	Cheltenham	D 2-2 Luton Town08/04/2003	D 1-1 Oldham Athletic12/04/2003	DWycombe 1-1 19/04/2003	D 1-1 Peterborough21/04/2003	V 3-0 Blackpool26/04/2003	LNotts County 1-0 03/05/2003
15	Barnsley	LOldham Athletic 2-1 05/04/2003	L 1-2 Peterborough12/04/2003	VMansfield Town 0-1 19/04/2003	L 1-2 Crewe Alexandra21/04/2003	V 1-0 Brentford26/04/2003	LWigan 1-0 03/05/2003
16	Luton Town	DCheltenham 2-2 08/04/2003	LQPR 2-0 12/04/2003	D 2-2 Bristol City19/04/2003	VColchester 0-5 21/04/2003	D 1-1 Stockport26/04/2003	LSwindon Town 2-1 03/05/2003
17	Colchester	DPlymouth 0-0 05/04/2003	D 1-1 Notts County12/04/2003	VCardiff City 0-3 19/04/2003	L 0-5 Luton Town21/04/2003	DWycombe 0-0 26/04/2003	L 0-1 QPR03/05/2003
18	Cardiff City	VChesterfield 0-3 13/04/2003	LPeterborough 2-0 16/04/2003	L 0-3 Colchester19/04/2003	LBristol City 2-0 22/04/2003	D 0-0 Wigan26/04/2003	DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 03/05/2003
19	Brentford	D 2-2 Cheltenham05/04/2003	LWigan 2-0 12/04/2003	L 1-2 QPR19/04/2003	VChesterfield 0-2 21/04/2003	LBarnsley 1-0 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Peterborough03/05/2003
20	Mansfield Town	L 0-1 Port Vale05/04/2003	LBristol City 5-2 12/04/2003	L 0-1 Barnsley19/04/2003	DBlackpool 3-3 21/04/2003	LTranmere Rovers 3-1 29/04/2003	V 2-1 Northampton Town03/05/2003
21	Chesterfield	LHuddersfield 4-0 05/04/2003	L 0-3 Cardiff City13/04/2003	LOldham Athletic 4-0 19/04/2003	L 0-2 Brentford21/04/2003	V 2-0 Bristol City26/04/2003	DBlackpool 1-1 03/05/2003
22	Wycombe	L 0-4 Cardiff City08/04/2003	LTranmere Rovers 1-0 12/04/2003	D 1-1 Cheltenham19/04/2003	DPort Vale 1-1 21/04/2003	D 0-0 Colchester26/04/2003	LPlymouth 1-0 03/05/2003
23	Blackpool	LNotts County 3-1 05/04/2003	L 0-1 Crewe Alexandra12/04/2003	LPeterborough 1-0 19/04/2003	D 3-3 Mansfield Town21/04/2003	LCheltenham 3-0 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Chesterfield03/05/2003
24	Northampton Town	L 0-2 Wigan04/04/2003	LPort Vale 3-2 12/04/2003	L 0-3 Stockport18/04/2003	LTranmere Rovers 4-0 21/04/2003	D 2-2 Plymouth26/04/2003	LMansfield Town 2-1 03/05/2003

Longest streaksLast updated on 09/03/2025 at 00:48

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Wigan	11
Bristol City	6
Oldham Athletic	6
Tranmere Rovers	5	5
QPR	5
Port Vale	5
Luton Town	5
Plymouth	4
Crewe Alexandra	4
Stockport	4
Peterborough	3
Mansfield Town	3
Cardiff City	3
Notts County	3
Northampton Town	3
Chesterfield	3
Colchester	2
Brentford	2
Swindon Town	2
Blackpool	2
Barnsley	2
Huddersfield	2
Wycombe	2
Cheltenham	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 09/03/2025 at 00:48

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Wigan	4	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	4	3	2	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Crewe Alexandra	11	20	13	16	11	4	5	9	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Bristol City	4	10	18	11	17	10	4	2	6	9	8	6	6	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	3	4	3
QPR	2	7	10	6	13	13	7	6	2	1	2	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	4
Oldham Athletic	17	14	12	9	8	14	10	5	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	6	3	5
Cardiff City	9	2	5	3	5	5	8	8	4	4	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	6
Tranmere Rovers	1	5	3	7	4	7	13	10	12	13	10	13	15	12	13	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	7	8	7	9	9	9	7	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Plymouth	15	12	6	4	3	2	3	7	10	12	11	10	13	11	12	14	15	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8
Luton Town	16	22	23	23	24	21	21	21	23	19	15	14	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	7	8	8	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9
Swindon Town	2	1	2	5	12	18	19	20	21	17	21	21	22	22	21	21	17	18	17	18	18	18	15	15	16	14	14	14	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	12	12	13	12	10	12	10
Peterborough	8	13	17	21	21	23	24	22	20	23	18	18	18	21	22	22	23	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	17	15	16	20	17	16	18	18	19	21	20	18	20	18	13	14	11	11
Colchester	10	8	15	19	14	8	11	14	16	16	20	20	21	19	19	18	20	21	19	19	15	16	17	18	20	17	21	21	22	21	20	16	18	17	15	17	15	12	13	11	11	11	10	11	10	12
Blackpool	21	9	9	7	7	11	6	3	7	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	9	11	9	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	13	13
Stockport	18	17	21	15	8	6	9	12	15	11	14	17	11	15	15	13	14	15	18	15	17	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	15	18	20	21	19	20	18	19	18	20	19	17	15	13	14	14
Notts County	11	6	7	13	15	17	20	19	19	22	19	19	20	18	17	16	18	19	20	21	20	20	16	17	19	20	19	19	16	17	18	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	17	15	13	12	14	16	18	15
Brentford	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	4	8	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	9	6	6	9	8	11	11	10	10	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	14	15	14	14	14	17	15	15	16
Port Vale	24	24	24	24	22	19	15	11	9	10	13	12	12	14	14	12	13	13	16	12	14	15	18	19	17	18	15	15	15	16	19	17	19	20	22	19	20	18	19	19	17	16	19	18	16	17
Wycombe	11	15	16	20	16	9	14	15	17	20	16	15	16	13	11	11	12	12	14	17	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	15	15	16	17	17	18
Barnsley	19	18	13	10	10	15	16	16	13	14	17	16	17	20	20	19	21	17	15	16	19	19	20	16	18	19	22	22	20	20	22	19	15	18	16	15	16	16	14	16	16	19	18	19	19	19
Chesterfield	19	23	20	12	6	12	12	13	11	8	5	8	7	8	9	10	9	9	10	8	9	11	10	11	9	9	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	17	16	17	17	16	17	18	20	20	20	20	20
Cheltenham	21	19	22	22	23	24	23	24	24	18	22	24	24	24	23	23	22	23	21	20	23	21	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Huddersfield	21	21	19	18	19	20	17	17	18	21	23	22	19	17	16	17	19	20	22	23	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	21	19	20	21	23	24	24	24	22	22	22	22	22	22
Mansfield Town	7	11	11	17	20	22	22	23	22	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	21	21	21	22	18	18	21	22	17	21	22	22	21	22	21	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23
Northampton Town	11	15	8	14	18	16	18	18	14	15	12	11	14	16	18	20	16	14	12	14	16	17	19	20	14	15	16	16	19	19	21	22	23	23	23	23	24	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24

Goals per quarterLast updated on 09/03/2025 at 00:48

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	7
Best scorer : Marco Gabbiadini - 2 Goals
16 - 30	7
Best scorer : Peter Clarke - 2 Goals
31 - 45+	9
46 - 60	8
Best scorer : John Hills - 2 Goals
61 - 75	7
Best scorer : Scott Taylor - 2 Goals
76 - 90+	15
Best scorer : Peter Clarke - 2 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 09/03/2025 at 00:48

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	45 times
1 - 0	106 times
1 - 1	74 times
2 - 0	66 times
2 - 1	82 times
2 - 2	26 times
3 - 0	28 times
3 - 1	36 times
3 - 2	26 times
3 - 3	5 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	22 times
4 - 1	13 times
4 - 2	6 times
4 - 3	1 times
5 - 0	5 times
5 - 1	3 times
5 - 2	4 times
5 - 4	1 times
6 - 1	3 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 09/03/2025 at 00:48

General statistics by teamLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 20:30

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Port Vale	22	13	11	Adrian Littlejohn (3 goals)
Blackpool	19	14	9	Scott Taylor (6 goals)
Northampton Town	17	5	4	Marco Gabbiadini (4 goals)
Huddersfield	14	1
Plymouth	14	1
Swindon Town	12	1	2	Johnnie Jackson (1 goals)
Brentford	12	1	2	Ibrahima Sonko (1 goals)
Colchester	12	1
Mansfield Town	12	1
Cheltenham	1	1

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 20:30

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Cheltenham	20.5	Damian Spencer (20 years)	Damian Spencer (20 years)
Brentford	22.6	Jamie Fullarton (27 years)	Rowan Vine (19 years)
Port Vale	24.4	John Durnin (36 years)	Ryan Brown (16 years)
Blackpool	24.4	Simon Grayson (32 years)	Jamie Burns (17 years)
Plymouth	24.7	Micky Evans (28 years)	Ian Stonebridge (20 years)
Swindon Town	24.8	Bart Griemink (29 years)	Johnnie Jackson (19 years)
Colchester	25	Mick Stockwell (36 years)	Lloyd Opara (17 years)
Mansfield Town	25.7	Scott Sellars (36 years)	Colin Larkin (19 years)
Huddersfield	25.8	Kevin Gallacher (35 years)	Scott McDonald (18 years)
Northampton Town	27.1	Marco Gabbiadini (33 years)	Chris Carruthers (18 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 09/03/2025 at 00:48

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	456	94	44
Scotland	42	8	2
Republic of Ireland	25	10	1
Wales	19	4	1
France	8	3	1
Ghana	6	1	1
Northern Ireland	3	2	0
Netherlands	2	2	0
Australia	2	2	0
Montserrat	1	1	0
Canada	1	1	0
Senegal	1	1	1
United States	1	1	0
Brazil	1	1	0
Martinica	1	1	0
Barbados	1	1	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0

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