2002–03 Wrexham F.C. season
{{Short description|Season of football team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football club season
|manager={{flagicon|ENG}} Denis Smith
|chairman=
|stadium=Racecourse Ground
|league=Third Division
|league result=3rd (promoted)
|cup1=FA Cup
|cup1 result=First round
|cup2=League Cup
|cup2 result=Second round
|cup3=Football League Trophy
|cup3 result=Northern quarter-finals
|league topscorer=Andy Morrell (34)
|season topscorer=
|highest attendance=9,960 v Cambridge United{{Cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/wrexham-v-cambridge-united-26-april-2003-15830/|title = Wrexham v Cambridge United, 26 April 2003}}
|lowest attendance=2,968
|average attendance=4,263{{Cite web|url=http://www.emfootball.co.uk/attend2003.html|title = Football League Attendances 2002 - 2003}}
|pattern_la1=_whiteborder|pattern_b1=_whitearc|pattern_ra1=_whiteborder|leftarm1=ff0000|body1=ff0000|rightarm1=ff0000|shorts1=ffffff|socks1=ff0000
|prevseason=2001–02
|nextseason=2003–04
}}
During the 2002–03 English football season, Wrexham competed in the Football League Third Division.
Season summary
Wrexham finished third in the Third Division and thus gained automatic promotion to the Second Division.
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d3/wrexham.htm|title=FootballSquads - Wrexham - 2002/03}}
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=WAL|pos=GK|name=Andy Dibble}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Jim WhitleyWhitley was born in Ndola, Zambia.}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=Shaun Holmes}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Stephen Roberts}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Brian Carey}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=TRI|pos=DF|name=Dennis Lawrence}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=TRI|pos=MF|name=Carlos Edwards}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=Lee Jones}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Lee Trundle}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Darren Ferguson}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Andy Morrell}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Paul Barrett}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Kristian Rogers}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Paul Edwards}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Singapore|pos=DF|name=Daniel Bennett}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=Wayne Phillips}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Kevin Russell}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Shaun PejicPejic was born in Hereford, England.}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Steve Thomas}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=WAL|pos=GK|name=Paul Whitfield}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=TRI|pos=FW|name=Hector Sam}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Craig Morgan}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Mark Jones}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Simon Spender}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Scott Green}}
{{Fs end}}
=Left club during season=
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Mark Evans|other=to Colwyn Bay}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=Luke Campbell|other=to Colwyn Bay}}
{{Fs end}}
League table
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! Pos ! Team ! Pl ! W ! D ! L ! F ! A ! GD ! Pts |
style="background:#cfc;"
|1. |46 |24 |15 |7 |73 |47 | +26 |87 |
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|2. |46 |24 |13 |9 |71 |51 | +20 |85 |
style="background:#cfc;"
|3. |46 |23 |15 |8 |84 |50 | +34 |84 |
style="background:#cfc;"
|4. |46 |20 |14 |12 |60 |48 | +12 |74 |
style="background:#ccf;"
|5. |46 |19 |15 |12 |68 |49 | +19 |72 |
style="background:#ccf;"
|6. |46 |18 |16 |12 |46 |37 | +9 |70 |
style="background:#ccf;"
|7. |Bury |46 |18 |16 |12 |57 |56 | +1 |70 |
8.
|46 |19 |12 |15 |57 |47 | +10 |69 |
9.
|46 |16 |18 |12 |71 |71 | 0 |66 |
10.
|46 |17 |15 |14 |52 |53 | -1 |66 |
11.
|46 |16 |15 |15 |62 |63 | -1 |63 |
12.
|46 |16 |13 |17 |67 |70 | -3 |61 |
13.
|46 |14 |17 |15 |58 |53 | +5 |59 |
14.
|46 |12 |18 |16 |58 |59 | -1 |54 |
15.
|46 |15 |13 |18 |55 |56 | -1 |54‡ |
16.
|46 |14 |12 |20 |57 |63 | -6 |54 |
17.
|46 |17 |3 |26 |47 |59 | -12 |54 |
18.
|46 |14 |11 |21 |51 |61 | -10 |53 |
19.
|46 |12 |16 |18 |63 |70 | -7 |52 |
20.
|46 |12 |15 |19 |50 |57 | -7 |51 |
21.
|46 |12 |13 |21 |48 |65 | -17 |49 |
22.
|46 |13 |10 |23 |52 |78 | -26 |49 |
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|23. |46 |11 |15 |20 |50 |64 | -14 |48 |
style="background:#fcc;"
|24. |46 |9 |14 |23 |62 |92 | -30 |41 |
‡ - Boston United deducted four points due to financial irregularities
Leading goalscorer: Andy Morrell (Wrexham), 34
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Wrexham A.F.C. seasons}}
{{2002–03 in English football}}
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