Football League First Division 2002/03
master
Portsmouth FC
Climbers Portsmouth FC, Leicester City , Wolverhampton Wanderers (as play-off winners)
Relegated
Sheffield Wednesday , Brighton & Hove Albion , Grimsby Town
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,512 (ø 2.74 per game)
Top scorer
Swetoslaw Todorow Portsmouth FC )
← Football League First Division 2001/02
^ Premier League 2002/03
The Football League First Division 2002/03Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 100th second division season overall. It started on August 10, 2002 with the first game day and ended on May 26, 2003 with the playoff final.
The championship was won by Portsmouth FC , which at the same time secured participation in the 2003/04 Premier League season . Behind runners-up Leicester City , Wolverhampton Wanderers also rose as playoff winners in the Premier League. Sheffield Wednesday , Brighton & Hove Albion and Grimsby Town had to relegate to the Football League Second Division .
Closing table Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League in 2003/04
Promoted to the Premier League in 2003/04
defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 2003/04
Relegation to the Football League Second Division in 2003/04
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
BRC
BRI
BUR
COV
CRY
OF THE
GIL
GRI
IPS
LEI
Mil
NOR
NOF
POR
PNE
REA
RED
SHU
SHW
STO
WHALE
WAT
WIM
WOL
Bradford City
0: 1
2: 2
1: 1
2: 1
0-0
1: 3
0-0
2-0
0-0
0: 1
2: 1
1-0
0: 5
1: 1
0: 1
4: 2
0: 5
1: 1
4: 2
1: 2
2: 1
3: 5
0-0
Brighton & Hove Albion 3: 2
2: 2
0-0
0-0
1-0
2: 4
1: 2
1: 1
0: 1
1-0
0: 2
1-0
1: 1
0: 2
0: 1
2-0
2: 4
1: 1
1: 2
0: 2
4-0
2: 3
4: 1
Burnley FC 0: 2
1: 3
3: 1
0-0
2-0
2-0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2: 2
2-0
1-0
0: 3
2-0
2: 5
2: 6
0: 1
2: 7
2: 1
2: 1
4: 7
1-0
2: 1
Coventry City 0: 2
0-0
0: 1
1-0
3-0
0-0
3: 2
2: 4
1: 2
2: 3
1: 1
0: 1
0: 4
1: 2
2-0
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
0-0
0: 1
2: 2
0: 2
Crystal Palace 1: 1
5-0
1: 1
1: 1
0: 1
2: 2
2-0
1: 1
0-0
1-0
2-0
0-0
2: 3
2-0
0: 1
0-0
2: 2
0-0
1-0
2-0
0: 1
0: 1
4: 2
Derby County 1: 2
1-0
1: 2
1-0
0: 1
1: 1
1: 3
1: 4
1: 1
1: 2
2: 1
0-0
1: 2
0: 2
3-0
3-0
2: 1
2: 2
2-0
2: 2
3-0
3: 2
1: 4
Gillingham FC 1-0
3-0
4: 2
0: 2
2: 1
1-0
3-0
1: 3
3: 2
1-0
1-0
1: 4
1: 3
1: 1
0: 1
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0: 1
3-0
3: 3
0: 4
Grimsby Town 1: 2
2: 2
6: 5
0: 2
1: 4
1: 2
1: 1
3-0
1: 2
0: 2
1: 1
0: 3
0: 1
3: 3
0: 3
0-0
1: 4
2-0
2-0
0: 1
1-0
0-0
0: 1
Ipswich Town 1: 2
2: 2
2: 2
2: 1
1: 2
0: 1
0: 1
2: 2
6: 1
4: 1
1: 1
3: 4
3-0
3-0
3: 1
1: 2
3: 2
2: 1
0-0
3: 2
4: 2
1: 5
2: 4
Leicester City 4-0
2-0
0: 1
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
2-0
2-0
1: 2
4: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
0-0
2-0
2-0
4-0
1-0
Millwall FC 1-0
1-0
1: 1
2-0
3: 2
3-0
2: 2
2-0
1: 1
2: 2
0: 2
1: 2
0: 5
2: 1
0: 2
0: 6
1-0
3-0
3: 1
0: 3
4-0
1: 1
1: 1
Norwich City 3: 2
0: 1
2-0
2-0
2-0
1-0
1-0
4-0
0: 2
0-0
3: 1
0-0
1-0
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
2: 3
3-0
2: 2
2: 1
4-0
1-0
0: 3
Nottingham Forest 3-0
3: 2
2-0
1: 1
2: 1
3-0
4: 1
2: 2
2: 1
2: 2
3: 3
4-0
1: 2
2: 2
2-0
3: 2
3-0
4-0
6-0
1: 1
0: 1
2-0
2: 2
Portsmouth FC 3-0
4: 2
1-0
1: 1
1: 1
6: 2
1-0
3-0
1: 1
0: 2
1-0
3: 2
2-0
3: 2
3-0
3: 2
1: 2
1: 2
3-0
3: 2
3-0
4: 1
1-0
Preston North End 1-0
2: 2
3: 1
2: 2
1: 2
4: 2
3-0
3-0
0-0
2-0
2: 1
1: 2
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
0: 2
2-0
2: 2
4: 3
5-0
1: 1
3: 5
0: 2
Reading FC 1-0
1: 2
3-0
1: 2
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
3: 1
1: 3
2-0
0: 2
1-0
0-0
5: 1
3-0
0: 2
2: 1
1: 1
0-0
1-0
0: 1
0: 1
Rotherham United 3: 2
1-0
0-0
1-0
1: 3
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1: 3
1: 1
2: 2
2: 3
0-0
0-0
1: 2
0: 2
4-0
0-0
2: 1
2: 1
0-0
Sheffield United 3-0
2: 1
4: 2
0-0
2: 1
2-0
2: 2
2: 1
0-0
2: 1
3: 1
0: 1
1-0
1: 1
1-0
1: 3
1-0
3: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
3: 3
Sheffield Wednesday 2: 1
1: 1
1: 3
5: 1
0-0
1: 3
0: 2
0-0
0: 1
0-0
0: 1
2: 2
2-0
1: 3
0: 1
3: 2
1: 2
2-0
0-0
2: 1
2: 2
4: 2
0: 4
Stoke City 2: 1
1-0
0: 1
1: 2
1: 1
1: 3
0-0
1: 2
2: 1
0: 1
0: 1
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
2-0
0-0
3: 2
1-0
1: 2
2: 1
0: 2
Walsall FC 0: 1
1-0
3: 2
0-0
3: 4
3: 2
1-0
3: 1
0: 2
1: 4
1: 2
0-0
2: 1
1: 2
3: 3
0: 2
3: 4
0: 1
1-0
4: 2
2-0
2-0
0: 1
Watford FC 1-0
1-0
2: 1
5: 2
3: 3
2-0
0: 1
2-0
0: 2
1: 2
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
2: 2
0: 1
0: 3
1: 2
2-0
1-0
1: 2
2-0
3: 2
1: 1
Wimbledon FC 2: 2
1-0
2: 1
0: 1
2: 2
0: 2
0: 1
3: 3
0: 1
2: 3
2-0
4: 2
2: 3
2: 1
2-0
2-0
2: 1
1-0
3-0
1: 1
3: 2
0-0
3: 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: 2
1: 1
3-0
0: 2
4-0
1: 1
6-0
4: 1
1: 1
1: 1
3-0
1-0
2: 1
1: 1
4-0
0: 1
0-0
1: 3
2: 2
0-0
3: 1
0-0
1: 1
Play-off games
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 2002/2003 (Fussballdaten.de)
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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