2002–03 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 11th season in the Premier League and 25th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

Tottenham Hotspur

2002–03 season
Owner	ENIC Group
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Keane (13) All: Robbie Keane Teddy Sheringham (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season summary

The 2002–03 campaign, manager Glenn Hoddle's second full season in charge of the team, was considered a major disappointment as the club finished in 10th place in the league table and exited both domestic cup competitions in the early rounds. Striker Robbie Keane, signed from Leeds United for £7,000,000 before the start of the season, was the team's top scorer in the Premier League with 13 goals, while club legend Teddy Sheringham, his final season with the club, scored a credible 13 goals in all competitions.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Neil Sullivan 2 DF  IRL Stephen Carr 3 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco 4 MF  GER Steffen Freund 5 DF  SCG Goran Bunjevčević 6 DF  ENG Chris Perry 7 MF  ENG Darren Anderton 10 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham 11 FW  UKR Serhiy Rebrov 12 DF  IRL Gary Doherty 13 GK  USA Kasey Keller 14 MF  URU Gus Poyet 15 MF  ENG Jamie Redknapp 16 FW  NOR Steffen Iversen 17 MF  IRL Mark Yeates 18 DF  WAL Ben Thatcher 20 MF  BEL Jonathan Blondel 21 MF  SVN Milenko Ačimovič

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  IRL Robbie Keane 23 MF  GER Christian Ziege 24 GK  CAN Lars Hirschfeld 25 FW  ENG Jamie Slabber 26 DF  ENG Ledley King 27 MF  ENG Rohan Ricketts 28 MF  ENG Matthew Etherington 29 MF  WAL Simon Davies 30 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner 31 DF  ENG Alton Thelwell 32 MF  ENG Johnnie Jackson 34 DF  IRL Stephen Kelly 36 DF  ENG Dean Richards 37 DF  ENG Ronnie Henry 40 MF  ENG Dean Marney 41 GK  ENG Rob Burch 44 MF  JPN Kazuyuki Toda (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

Transfers

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
25 January 2003	MF		Kazuyuki Toda	Shimizu S-Pulse	End of next season	[2]

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2002	MF		Jamie Redknapp	Liverpool	Free	[3]
1 July 2002	MF		Milenko Ačimovič	Red Star Belgrade	Free
6 July 2002	MF		Jonathan Blondel	Mouscron	£2,500,000	[4]
13 July 2002	MF		Rohan Ricketts	Arsenal	Free	[5]
31 August 2002	FW		Robbie Keane	Leeds United	£7,000,000	[6]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 August 2002	FW		Chris Armstrong	Bolton Wanderers	Free	[7]
30 August 2002	MF		Oyvind Leonhardsen	Aston Villa	Free	[8]
20 September 2002	MF		John Piercy	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[9]
10 January 2003	MF		Stephen Clemence	Birmingham City	£900,000	[10]
21 January 2003	FW		Les Ferdinand	West Ham United	Undisclosed	[11]
11 February 2003	MF		Tim Sherwood	Portsmouth	Free	[12]
1 July 2003	FW		Yannick Kamanan	Strasbourg	Free

Expenditure Summer: £9,500,000 Winter: £0 Total: £9,500,000

Income Summer: £0 Winter: £900,000 Total: £900,000

Net totals Summer: £9,500,000 Winter: £900,000 Total: £8,600,000

Trialists

• Qu Bo – unsuccessful^[13]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	17 August 2002	11 May 2003	Matchday 1	10th	38	14	8	16	51	62	−11	036.84
FA Cup	4 January 2003	4 January 2003	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
League Cup	1 October 2002	6 November 2002	Second round	Third round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					41	15	8	18	53	68	−15	036.59

Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	−3	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9	Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	−7	51	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	51	62	−11	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	+4	49
12	Charlton Athletic	38	14	7	17	45	56	−11	49

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.
2. Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Matches

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

17 August 2002 (2002-08-17) 1	Everton	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Walton
15:00 BST	Pembridge 37' Radzinski 81'	Report	Etherington 63' Ferdinand 74'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,120 Referee: Neale Barry

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

24 August 2002 (2002-08-24) 2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Aston Villa	Tottenham
15:00 BST	Redknapp 26'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,384 Referee: Clive Wilkes

Charlton Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur

27 August 2002 (2002-08-27) 3	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Charlton
19:30 BST		Report	Davies 8'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,461 Referee: Alan Wiley

Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton

31 August 2002 (2002-08-31) 4	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Southampton	Tottenham
	Ferdinand 10' Sheringham 90 pen'	Report	Taricco 28' (o.g.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,573 Referee: Mike Dean

Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur

11 September 2002 (2002-09-11) 5	Fulham	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Shepherd's Bush
	Inamoto 68' Malbranque 84' (pen.) Legwinski 90'	Report	Richards 36' Sheringham 44'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,757 Referee: Mark Halsey

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

15 September 2002 (2002-09-15) 6	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	West Ham United	Tottenham
	Davies 62' Sheringham 71' Gardner 89'	Report	Kanouté 66' Sinclair 77'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,005 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

21 September 2002 (2002-09-21) 7	Manchester United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Trafford
	Van Nistlerooy 63 pen'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,611 Referee: Rob Styles

Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough

28 September 2002 (2002-09-28) 8	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Middlesbrough	Tottenham
		Report	Maccarone 33' Geremi 55' Job 58'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,082 Referee: Graham Poll

Blackburn Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur

6 October 2002 (2002-10-06) 9	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn
	Østenstad 59'	Report	Keane 6' Redknapp 89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,203 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers

20 October 2002 (2002-10-20) 10	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	Tottenham
	Keane 58', 73' Davies 90'	Report	Djorkaeff 64'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,909 Referee: Paul Durkin

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur

26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) 11	Liverpool	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
	Murphy 72' Owen 86 pen'	Report	Richards 82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,084 Referee: Mike Riley

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

3 November 2002 (2002-11-03) 12	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Chelsea	Tottenham
		Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,049 Referee: Rob Styles

Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur

10 November 2002 (2002-11-10) 13	Sunderland	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Sunderland
16:00 GMT	Phillips 60' Flo 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,024 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

16 November 2002 (2002-11-16) 14	Arsenal	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway
	Henry 13' Ljungberg 55' Wiltord 71'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,152 Referee: Mike Riley

Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United

24 November 2002 (2002-11-24) 15	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Leeds United	Tottenham
	Sheringham 12' Keane 41'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,718 Referee: Steve Bennett

Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur

30 November 2002 (2002-11-30) 16	Birmingham City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
	Kenna 68'	Report	Sheringham 55'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,505 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion

8 December 2002 (2002-12-08) 17	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	Tottenham
	Ziege 3' Keane 30' Poyet 80'	Report	Dobie 73'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,958 Referee: Alan Wiley

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

15 December 2002 (2002-12-15) 18	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Arsenal	Tottenham
	Ziege 11'	Report	Pires 45 pen'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,076 Referee: Neale Barry

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

23 December 2002 (2002-12-23) 19	Manchester City	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
	Howey 29' Benarbia 90'	Report	Perry 38' Davies 48' Poyet 83'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,563 Referee: Jeff Winter

Tottenham Hotspur v Charlton Athletic

26 December 2002 (2002-12-26) 20	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Tottenham
	Keane 68' Iversen 87'	Report	Euell 14', 49'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,043 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

29 December 2002 (2002-12-29) 21	Newcastle United	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle
	Speed 17' Shearer 58'	Report	Dabizas 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,145 Referee: Steve Bennett

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur

1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) 22	Southampton	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	Beattie 82'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,890 Referee: Mark Halsey

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

12 January 2003 (2003-01-12) 23	Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	Everton	Tottenham
	Poyet 14' Keane 50', 68', 83'	Report	McBride 10' Watson 58' Radzinski 74'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,070 Referee: Steve Dunn

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

18 January 2003 (2003-01-18) 24	Aston Villa	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
		Report	Sheringham 69'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,576 Referee: Neale Barry

Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United

29 January 2003 (2003-01-29) 25	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Newcastle United	Tottenham
		Report	Jenas 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,084 Referee: David Elleray

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

1 February 2003 (2003-02-01) 26	Chelsea	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham
	Zola 40'	Report	Sheringham 18'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,384 Referee: Paul Durkin

Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland

11 February 2003 (2003-02-11) 27	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Sunderland	Tottenham
	Poyet 14' Doherty 45' Davies 67' Sheringham 84'	Report	Phillips 26'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,075 Referee: Rob Styles

Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham

24 February 2003 (2003-02-24) 28	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Fulham	Tottenham
	Sheringham 40 pen'	Report	King 15' (o.g.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,704 Referee: Graham Barber

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

1 March 2003 (2003-03-01) 29	West Ham United	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park
	L.Ferdinand 31' Carrick 47'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 35,049 Referee: Neale Barry

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

16 March 2003 (2003-03-16) 30	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Liverpool	Tottenham
	Taricco 49' Sheringham 87'	Report	Owen 51' Heskey 72' Gerrard 82'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,077 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur

24 March 2003 (2003-03-24) 31	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bolton
	Okocha 90 pen'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,084 Referee: Graham Poll

Tottenham Hotspur v Birmingham City

5 April 2003 (2003-04-05) 32	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Birmingham City	Tottenham
	Keane 7' Poyet 88'	Report	Devlin 77 pen'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,058 Referee: David Elleray

Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur

12 April 2003 (2003-04-12) 33	Leeds United	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds
	Viduka 31', 76 pen'	Report	Sheringham 37' Keane 39'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,560 Referee: Rob Styles

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

18 April 2003 (2003-04-18) 34	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Manchester City	Tottenham
		Report	Sommeil 2' Barton 20'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,075 Referee: Mike Riley

West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur

21 April 2003 (2003-04-21) 35	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	West Bromwich
	Dichio 24' Clement 61'	Report	Keane 45', 85' Sheringham 63'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,899 Referee: Phil Dowd

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

27 April 2003 (2003-04-27) 36	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Manchester United	Tottenham
		Report	Scholes 68' van Nistelrooy 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,073 Referee: Jeff Winter

Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur

3 May 2003 (2003-05-03) 37	Middlesbrough	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough
	Christie 23' Juninho 26' Németh 26' Maccarone 51', 75'	Report	Redknapp 60'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,230 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers

11 May 2003 (2003-05-11) 38	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham
		Report	Yorke 5' Hignett 54' Duff 48' Cole 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,036 Referee: Andy D'Urso

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur

4 January 2003 (2003-01-04) Third round	Southampton	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	M.Svensson 13' Tessem 50' A.Svensson 56' Beattie 80'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 25,589 Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Tottenham Hotspur v Cardiff City

1 October 2002 (2002-10-01) Second round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Cardiff City	Tottenham
	Sheringham 30'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 23,723 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur

6 November 2002 (2002-11-06) Third round	Burnley	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
	Blake 57' Davis 61'	Report	Poyet 17'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 13,512 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	Kasey Keller	38	0	1	0	2	0	41	0
Defenders
2	DF	Stephen Carr	30	0	1	0	1	0	32	0
3	DF	Mauricio Taricco	21	1	1	0	1	0	23	1
5	DF	Goran Bunjevčević	31+4	0	0	0	2	0	33+4	0
6	DF	Chris Perry	15+3	1	1	0	1	0	17+3	1
12	DF	Gary Doherty	7+8	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	7+11	1
18	DF	Ben Thatcher	8+4	0	1	0	1	0	10+4	0
26	DF	Ledley King	25	0	1	0	0	0	26	0
30	DF	Anthony Gardner	11+1	1	0	0	1	0	12+1	1
36	DF	Dean Richards	26	2	0	0	1	0	27	2
Midfielders
4	MF	Steffen Freund	13+4	0	1	0	1	0	15+4	0
7	MF	Darren Anderton	18+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	18+4	0
14	MF	Gus Poyet	22+6	5	1	0	1	1	24+6	6
15	MF	Jamie Redknapp	14+3	3	0	0	0	0	14+3	3
20	MF	Jonathan Blondel	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	Milenko Ačimovič	4+13	0	0	0	1	0	5+13	0
23	MF	Christian Ziege	10+2	2	0	0	0	0	10+2	2
28	MF	Matthew Etherington	15+8	1	0	0	2	0	17+8	1
29	MF	Simon Davies	33+3	5	1	0	2	0	36+3	5
44	MF	Kazuyuki Toda	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
Forwards
10	FW	Teddy Sheringham	34+2	12	1	0	1	1	36+2	13
16	FW	Steffen Iversen	8+11	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	9+13	1
22	FW	Robbie Keane	29	13	1	0	1+1	0	31+1	13
25	FW	Jamie Slabber	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	MF	Les Ferdinand	4+7	2	0	0	1+1	0	5+8	2
25	MF	Stephen Clemence	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Teddy Sheringham	12	0	1	13
	FW	22	Robbie Keane	13	0	0	13
3	MF	14	Gus Poyet	5	0	1	6
4	MF	29	Simon Davies	5	0	0	5
5	MF	15	Jamie Redknapp	3	0	0	3
6	FW	9	Les Ferdinand	2	0	0	2
	MF	23	Christian Ziege	2	0	0	2
	DF	36	Dean Richards	2	0	0	2
9	DF	3	Mauricio Taricco	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Chris Perry	1	0	0	1
	DF	12	Gary Doherty	1	0	0	1
	FW	16	Steffen Iversen	1	0	0	1
	MF	28	Matthew Etherington	1	0	0	1
	DF	30	Anthony Gardner	1	0	0	1
Total					0	2	52

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	13	Kasey Keller	5	0	1	6
Total			5	0	1	6

References

1. "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 2002/03".
2. "Spurs land Toda". 27 January 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
3. "Redknapp signs for Spurs". 16 April 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
4. "Spurs land Blondel". 11 July 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
5. "Spurs sign Arsenal midfielder". 13 July 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
6. "Robbie Keane joins Spurs". 31 August 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
7. "Bolton seal Armstrong deal". 28 August 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
8. "Villa sign Leonhardsen". 30 August 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
9. "Seagulls land Piercy". 20 September 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
10. "Blues seal double deal". 10 January 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
11. "Ferdinand joins West Ham". 21 January 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
12. "Sherwood joins Pompey". 11 February 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
13. "Qu Bo blow for Spurs". 29 August 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2023.