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2002–03 Southend United F.C. season

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Southend United

|season=2002–03

|manager= Rob Newman, Stewart Robson, Steve Wignall

|chairman=

|stadium=

|league=Football League Third Division

|league result=17th

|cup1=FA Cup

|cup1 result=Second round

|cup2=League Cup

|cup2 result=First round

|cup3=League Trophy

|cup3 result=First round

|league topscorer=Tesfaye Bramble & Mark Rawle (9)

|season topscorer=

|highest attendance=

|lowest attendance=

|average attendance=

|prevseason=2001–02

|nextseason=2003–04

}}

The 2002–03 season saw Southend United's compete in the Football League Third Division.

Final league table

{{:2002–03 Football League|transcludesection=Third Division|showteam=STD|only_totals=y}}

Results

=Legend=

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"|Win

|style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"|Draw

|style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"|Loss

=Football League Third Division=

{{Main|2002–03 Football League}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|1

10 August 2002Hull CityA2–210,449Jenkins 62', Bramble 90'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|2

13 August 2002Carlisle UnitedH0–13,881
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|3

17 August 2002Shrewsbury TownH2–33,150Jenkins 9', Bramble 81' (pen)
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|4

24 August 2002Oxford UnitedA1–05,162Rawle 20'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|5

26 August 2002Cambridge UnitedH2–14,462Broad 7', Smith 30'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|6

31 August 2002RochdaleA2–12,852Rawle 36', Bramble 83'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|7

7 September 2002Rushden & DiamondsA0–34,176
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|8

14 September 2002Macclesfield TownH1–03,249Cort 26'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|9

17 September 2002Kidderminster HarriersH0–22,959
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|10

21 September 2002Lincoln CityA1–23,151Jenkins 76'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|11

28 September 2002Exeter CityH1–03,364Jones 43'
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|12

28 September 2002BuryA3–13,301Jones 67', Jenkins 79', Bramble 84'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|13

12 October 2002York CityH1–04,411Belgrave 90'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|14

19 October 2002Swansea CityA0–13,623
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|15

25 October 2002Hartlepool UnitedA0–15,168
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|16

29 October 2002Leyton OrientA1–25,343Belgrave 73'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|17

2 November 2002WrexhamH0–13,727
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|18

9 November 2002Bristol RoversA1–05,691Bramble 78'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|19

23 November 2002BournemouthH0–14,221
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|20

30 November 2002DarlingtonA1–22,820Bramble 90'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|21

14 December 2002Boston UnitedH4–23,245Cort (3) 7' 23', 88', Rawle 39'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|22

21 December 2002Torquay UnitedA1–32,244Bramble 60'
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|23

26 December 2002Cambridge UnitedA1–16,237Rawle 10'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|24

29 December 2002Scunthorpe UnitedH1–24,248Cort 39'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|25

4 January 2003Carlisle UnitedA0–14,016
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|26

14 January 2003Shrewsbury TownA1–02,699Smith 20'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|27

18 January 2003RochdaleH1–03,645Bramble 89'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|28

21 January 2003Oxford UnitedH2–13,203Rawle 45', Bramble 70'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|29

25 January 2003Scunthorpe UnitedA1–43,096Smith 17'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|30

1 February 2003Hull CityH3–04,534Smith (2) 22', 45', Rawle 41'
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|31

8 February 2003Bristol RoversH2–24,708Belgrave 36', Maher 76'
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|32

15 February 2003WrexhamA0–33,109
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|33

22 February 2003Rushden & DiamondsA2–16,453Rawle 4', Searle 6'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|34

1 March 2003Macclesfield TownA1–21,917Rawle 4', Searle 6'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|35

4 March 2003Kidderminster HarriersA0–12,006
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|36

8 March 2003Lincoln CityH0–13,912
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|37

15 March 2003Hartlepool UnitedA1–24,868Sutch 74'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|38

18 March 2003Swansea CityH0–22,832
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|39

22 March 2003Leyton OrientH1–04,148Salter 5'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|40

29 March 2003York CityA0–24,312
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|41

5 April 2003DarlingtonH2–03,053Maher 40', Jenkins 42'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|42

12 April 2003BournemouthA0–16,767
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|43

19 April 2003Torquay UnitedH3–03,594Rawle (2) 2', 40', Jenkins 88'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|44

21 April 2003Boston UnitedA0–13,247
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|45

26 April 2003BuryA1–24,707Cort 13'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|46

3 May 2003Exeter CityA0–19,036

=FA Cup=

{{Main|2002–03 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #FFFFCC;"R116 November 2002Hartlepool UnitedH1–14,984Lee (o.g.) 3'
style="background: #CCFFCC;"R1 Replay26 November 2002Hartlepool UnitedA2–14,080Bramble 88', Cort 89'
style="background: #FFFFCC;"R27 December 2002BournemouthH1–15,721Rawle 53'
style="background: #FFCCCC;"R2 Replay17 December 2002BournemouthA2–35,456Bramble 42', Rawle 45'

=League Cup=

{{Main|2002–03 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #FFCCCC;"R110 September 2002WimbledonH1–42,634Rawle 82'

=League Trophy=

{{Main|2002–03 Football League Trophy}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #FFCCCC;"R122 October 2002Swindon TownA1–61,747Jones 23'

Squad statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|No.

!rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Trophy

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
align="left"|1align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Darryl Flahavan

|41

0401010470
align="left"|2align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Broad

|17

1001000180
align="left"|3align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Damon Searle

|39(5)

140101045(5)1
align="left"|4align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Leon Cort

|46

6411010527
align="left"|5align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Whelan

|13(1)

0000(1)01014(2)0
align="left"|6align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dave McSweeney

|15(2)

040000(1)019(3)0
align="left"|7align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Thurgood

|7(20)

01(1)000109(22)0
align="left"|8align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Maher

|42

2401000462
align="left"|9align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|MSR}} Tesfaye Bramble

|31(3)

942100036(3)10
align="left"|10align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Barrington Belgrave

|6(15)

31000108(15)3
align="left"|11align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Rawle

|33(1)

932110037(1)12
align="left"|12align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Clark

|20(13)

01(3)00(1)01022(17)0
align="left"|13align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Gay

|5

000000050
align="left"|14align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Maye

|0(2)

00000000(2)0
align="left"|15align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Beard

|29(7)

040100(1)034(8)0
align="left"|16align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Tilson

|2(1)

00(2)000103(3)0
align="left"|17align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Gavin Strachan

|6(1)

00000006(1)0
align="left"|17align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Marney

|13(4)

000000013(4)0
align="left"|18align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Daryl Sutch

|16

1000000161
align="left"|18align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Selley

|11

0000000110
align="left"|19align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Jenkins

|29(5)

71(1)0100031(6)7
align="left"|20align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Henry

|3

000000030
align="left"|20align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Jones

|18(3)

22(1)0101122(4)3
align="left"|21align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Rob Newman

|0

000000000
align="left"|22align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jay Smith

|30(1)

53(1)0101035(2)5
align="left"|23align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Jordan

|0(1)

00000101(1)0
align="left"|24align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Salter

|5(8)

100000(1)05(9)1
align="left"|25align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Tony Scully

|8

0400000120
align="left"|25align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Stephen Kelly

|10

0000000100
align="left"|26align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Brett Darby

|6(4)

00000006(4)0
align="left"|26align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Dominic Foley

|5

000000050
align="left"|27align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Kightly

|0(1)

00000000(1)0

References

  • [http://www.statto.com/football/teams/southend-united/2002-2003 Southend 2002–03] at statto.com
  • [http://www.enfa.co.uk/ Player information sourced from] The English National Football Archive

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