2002–03 Hull City A.F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Hull City compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 13th position with 59 points.^[1] It was also Hull's final season at Boothferry Park as they moved to the KC Stadium in December 2002.

Hull City

2002–03 season
Chairman	Adam Pearson
Manager	Jan Mølby (until October) Billy Russell (caretaker) Peter Taylor
Stadium	Boothferry Park (until December 2002) KC Stadium (from December 2002)
Football League Third Division	12th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	First round
Home colours Away colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Kidderminster Harriers	46	16	15	15	62	63	−1	63
12	Cambridge United	46	16	13	17	67	70	−3	61
13	Hull City	46	14	17	15	58	53	+5	59
14	Darlington	46	12	18	16	58	59	−1	54
15	Boston United	46	15	13	18	55	56	−1	54[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Notes:

1. Boston United had 4 points deducted for financial irregularities.^[2]

Results

Hull City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Southend United	H	2–2	10,446	Green, Elliott
2	13 August 2002	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	7,501	Johnson
3	17 August 2002	Exeter City	A	1–3	4,257	Green
4	24 August 2002	Bury	H	1–1	8,804	Johnson
5	26 August 2002	Hartlepool United	A	0–2	4,236
6	31 August 2002	Leyton Orient	H	1–1	7,684	Keates
7	7 September 2002	Cambridge United	A	2–1	4,258	Whittle, Smith
8	14 September 2002	Carlisle United	H	4–0	8,461	Alexander (3), Dudfield
9	17 September 2002	Macclesfield Town	H	1–3	8,703	Green
10	21 September 2002	Oxford United	A	0–0	5,445
11	28 September 2002	Swansea City	H	1–1	8,070	Jevons
12	5 October 2002	Kidderminster Harriers	A	0–1	3,787
13	12 October 2002	Rochdale	H	3–0	9,057	Jevons, Branch (2)
14	19 October 2002	Torquay United	A	4–1	3,607	Jevons, Ashbee, Anderson, Green
15	26 October 2002	Rushden & Diamonds	H	1–1	10,695	Green
16	29 October 2002	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	3,089	Elliott
17	2 November 2002	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	11,885	Branch, Alexander
18	9 November 2002	Lincoln City	A	1–1	6,271	Alexander
19	23 November 2002	Boston United	H	1–0	9,460	Delaney
20	30 November 2002	Wrexham	A	0–0	4,412
21	14 December 2002	Darlington	H	0–1	14,162
22	21 December 2002	Bournemouth	A	0–0	6,098
23	26 December 2002	Hartlepool United	H	2–0	22,319	Green, Keates
24	28 December 2002	York City	A	1–1	7,856	Keates
25	1 January 2003	Bury	A	0–1	4,290
26	4 January 2003	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	14,913	Alexander
27	11 January 2003	Exeter City	H	2–2	13,667	Elliott (2)
28	18 January 2003	Leyton Orient	A	0–2	5,125
29	25 January 2003	York City	H	0–0	18,437
30	1 February 2003	Southend United	A	0–3	4,537
31	8 February 2003	Lincoln City	H	0–1	13,728
32	15 February 2003	Scunthorpe United	A	1–3	6,284	Forrester
33	22 February 2003	Cambridge United	H	1–1	15,607	Forrester
34	1 March 2003	Carlisle United	A	5–1	4,678	Walters (2), Elliott (2), Forrester
35	4 March 2003	Macclesfield Town	A	1–0	2,229	Elliott
36	8 March 2003	Oxford United	H	0–0	17,404
37	15 March 2003	Rushden & Diamonds	A	2–4	4,713	Walters, Otsemobor
38	18 March 2003	Torquay United	H	1–1	13,310	Elliott
39	22 March 2003	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	13,253	Otsemobor, Keates
40	5 April 2003	Wrexham	H	1–2	15,002	Otsemobor
41	12 April 2003	Boston United	A	1–0	3,782	Elliott
42	19 April 2003	Bournemouth	H	3–1	15,816	Elliott (2), Walters
43	21 April 2003	Darlington	A	0–2	3,487
44	26 April 2003	Kidderminster Harriers	H	4–1	14,544	Burgess (3), Walters
45	29 April 2003	Rochdale	A	1–2	2,225	Burgess
46	3 May 2003	Swansea City	A	2–4	9,585	Elliott, Reeves

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	16 November 2002	Macclesfield Town	H	0–3	7,803

Football League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	10 September 2002	Leicester City	H	2–4	7,061	Alexander, Ashbee

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	22 October 2002	Port Vale	A	1–3	2,621	Donaldson

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Alan Fettis	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
1	GK	Matt Glennon	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
2	DF	Mike Edwards	3(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(3)	0
3	DF	Shaun Smith	17(5)	1	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	18(6)	1
4	DF	Ian Ashbee	31	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	32	2
5	DF	John Anderson	42(1)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	44(1)	1
6	DF	Greg Strong	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Stuart Elliott	30(6)	12	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	30(7)	12
8	FW	Lawrie Dudfield	7(14)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(14)	1
9	FW	Jonathan Walters	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5
9	FW	Gary Alexander	21(4)	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	24(4)	7
10	MF	Stuart Green	27(1)	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	28(1)	6
11	MF	Richard Appleby	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
12	DF	Ben Petty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	Michael Price	1(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	2(2)	0
14	GK	Paul Musselwhite	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
15	DF	Justin Whittle	34(5)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	36(5)	1
16	MF	Lee Philpott	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0
17	MF	Steve Melton	19(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19(6)	0
17	DF	Neil Mann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Martin Reeves	5(3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(3)	1
18	MF	Scott Kerr	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	FW	Jamie Forrester	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3
19	DF	Matthew Bloomer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Ryan Williams	14(9)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	17(9)	0
21	DF	Nathan Peat	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1(2)	0
22	DF	Jon Otsemobor	8(1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(1)	3
22	FW	Gary Bradshaw	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3(3)	0
23	FW	Phil Jevons	13(11)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	15(11)	3
23	DF	Mark Greaves	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24	DF	Andy Holt	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0
25	DF	Daniel Webb	4(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(8)	0
25	DF	Nicky Mohan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	Owen Morrison	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
25	FW	Michael Branch	6(1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	3
26	DF	Steve Burton	2(9)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4(9)	0
27	FW	Ben Burgess	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
27	DF	Matt Wicks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Damien Delaney	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
28	MF	Simon Johnson	4(8)	2	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	5(8)	2
29	DF	Carl Regan	33(5)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	35(5)	1
30	MF	Dean Keates	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	37	4
33	FW	Clayton Donaldson	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	1	0(3)	1
35	MF	Simon Russell	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0
36	MF	Russell Fry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
39	DF	Marc Joseph	22(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22(1)	0

References

1. "Hull City 2002/03". Statto. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
2. "League newcomers docked points". BBC Sport. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

External links

• Hull City 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)