Season 2002-2003


Football League Division 1
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PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES

Date Opponents Venue Score Att. Notes
Jul            
16 F.  FC Copenhagen Malmo  1-1  2000  O'Donnell
18 F.  Trelleborgs Malmo  4-1    Sibon, Crane(2), Armstrong
20 F.  Ystads Malmo  3-0    Sibon(2), Crane
24 F.  Partick Thistle A  2-0  2500  Sibon, Knight
27 F. Kilmarnock A  1-2  2800  McLaren
30 F. Middlesbrough H  1-2  5940  Beswetherick
Aug            
3 F. Oldham Athletic A  2-1  5000  Donnelly, Sibon

 

Aug              
Sat 10 Aug H Stoke City 0-0 26,746  
Tue 13 Aug A Reading 1-2 13,638 TV Sibon, Quinn sent off
Sat 17 Aug A Nottingham Forest 0-4 21,129  Sibon sent off
Sat 24 Aug H Rotherham United 1-2 22,873 Armstrong
Mon 26 Aug A Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 27,096 Kuqi(2)
Sat 31 Aug H Sheffield United 2-0 27,075 TV Kuqi, Owusu
Sep              
Sat 7 Sep H Crystal Palace pp    
Wed 11 Sep H Rochdale (WC R1) 1-0 8,815 Sibon
Sat 14 Sep A Preston North End 2-2 13,632 Kuqi, McLaren
Wed 18 Sep A Coventry City 1-1 14,178 Knight
Sat 21 Sep H Leicester City 0-0 22,219  
Sat 7 Sep H Crystal Palace 0-0 16,112  
Sat 28 Sep A Walsall 0-1 6,792  
Oct              
Wed 2 Oct   Leicester City (WC R2) 1-2 10,472 aet Sibon
Leicester equalised in injury time.
Sat 5 Oct H Burnley 1-3 17,004

Donnelly
Sat 12 Oct A Ipswich Town

1-2

23,410

 Donnelly
Sat 19 Oct H Bradford City 2-1 17,191 Sibon(2), Maddix  sent off
Sat 26 Oct A Watford 0-1 15,058  
Wed 30 Oct H Millwall 0-1 16,791  
Yorath sacked - Chief Scout Bill Green and David Burrows in temporary charge.
Nov              
Sat 2 Nov H Derby County 1-3 19,747 Hamshaw
Chris Turner appointed manager
Sat 9 Nov A Norwich City 0-3 20,667  Kuqi sent off
Sat 16 Nov A Gillingham 1-1 8,028 Knight
Colin West becomes assistant manager
Sat 23 Nov H Portsmouth 1-3 16,602 TV Knight
Sat 30 Nov A Wimbledon 0-3 2,131 Bromby sent off
Dec              
Sat 7 Dec H Brighton & Hove Albion

1-1

18,008

 Kuqi
Wednesday take on 3 loan signings - Johnstone, Proudlock and Monk
Sat 14 Dec H Gillingham 0-2 17,715  
Sat 21 Dec A Grimsby Town 0-2 8,224  
Lee Bradbury on loan from Portsmouth
Thu 26 Dec H Nottingham Forest 2-0 26,362  Sibon, Johnstone
Sat 28 Dec A Stoke City 2-3   16,042 Sibon, Proudlock
Jan               
Wed 1 Jan A Rotherham United 2-0 11,480 Kuqi, Proudlock
Tue 7 Jan H Gillingham 1-4 6,434 Sibon
Sat 11 Jan H Reading 3-2 17,715  Quinn, Sibon, Johnston
Sibon signs for sc Heerenveen
Daryl Powell signed form Birmingham
Carl Robinson on loan from Portsmouth
Sat 18 Jan A Sheffield United  1-3  28,175  Quinn
Feb              
Brian Barry Murphy signs on a free from Preston N.E.
Michael Reddy joins on Loan from Sunderland
Sat 1 Feb H Wolverhampton W  0-4 21,381  
Sat 8 Feb H Norwich City  2-2 19,114  Quinn, Robinson
Sat 15 Feb A Derby County 2-2 26,311 o.g., Crane
Sat 22 Feb A Crystal Palace 0-0 16707  
Mar              
Sat 1 Mar H Preston North End 0-1 18912  
Wed 5 Mar H Coventry City 5-0 19536 Mclaren, Kuqi(2), Reddy, Bradbury
Sat 8 Mar A Leicester City 1-1  27463 McLaren
Sat 15 Mar H Ipswich Town 0-1 24726  
Tue 18 Mar A Bradford City 1-1 14452 Crane
Sat 22 Mar A Millwall 0-3  7338  
Richard Evans joins from Birmingham City and Grant Holt from Barrow
Kuqi and Quinn on International Duty
Sat 29 Mar H Watford 2-2 17086 Bradbury(pen), Maddix
Apr              
Sat 5 Apr H Wimbledon 4-2 17649 Reddy, Owusu(2), Bradbury
Sat 12 Apr A Portsmouth      
Sat 19 Apr H Grimsby Town         
Mon 21 Apr A Brighton & Hove Albion      
Sat 26 Apr A Burnley      
May              
Sun 4 May H Walsall        

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