2002–03 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 2002–03 football season
During the 2002–03 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division after being relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season . Despite being placed into administration, Leicester managed to regain promotion to the Premier League.
Season summary [ edit ] In October 2002, Leicester went into administration with debts of £30 million. Some of the reasons were the loss of TV money (ITV Digital , itself in administration, had promised money to First Division clubs for TV rights), the large wage bill, lower fees for players transferred to other clubs than expected and the £37 million cost of the new stadium. Manager Micky Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, until the club was rescued by a takeover by a consortium led by former Leicester striker Gary Lineker . Adams guided Leicester to runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premiership with 92 points. After several First Division clubs complained to the Football League, the Football League introduced a ruling that any club placed in administration would be deducted ten points.
Final league table [ edit ] Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 46 26 14 6 73 40 +33 92 16 5 2 40 12 +28 10 9 4 33 28 +5
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H A Result W W L W D W W W W D W D L D W W W D W L W D W W L W D L W W W D W D D D W W W W W D W L D D Position 5 1 8 6 7 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
Results [ edit ] Leicester City's score comes first [2]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 10 August 2002 Watford H 2–0 31,022 Deane (2) 14 August 2002 Stoke City A 1–0 14,028 Scowcroft 18 August 2002 Ipswich Town A 1–6 27,374 Stevenson 24 August 2002 Reading H 2–1 22,978 Deane , Dickov (pen) 27 August 2002 Crystal Palace A 0–0 15,440 31 August 2002 Gillingham H 2–0 30,067 Lewis , Dickov 7 September 2002 Wimbledon A 3–2 2,165 Benjamin , Izzet (pen), Stewart 14 September 2002 Derby County H 3–1 31,049 Izzet , Deane , Dickov 17 September 2002 Bradford City H 4–0 24,651 Deane , Elliott , Dickov (pen), Scowcroft 21 September 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 22,219 28 September 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 32,082 Dickov (pen) 5 October 2002 Norwich City A 0–0 20,952 19 October 2002 Burnley H 0–1 26,254 26 October 2002 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 29,497 Deane , Dickov 29 October 2002 Coventry City H 2–1 27,139 Taggart , Deane 2 November 2002 Portsmouth A 2–0 19,107 Scowcroft , Elliott 9 November 2002 Walsall H 2–0 25,243 Heath , Scowcroft 16 November 2002 Millwall A 2–2 10,772 Heath , Stewart 23 November 2002 Rotherham United H 2–1 31,714 Dickov , Stewart 26 November 2002 Preston North End A 0–2 13,048 30 November 2002 Grimsby Town A 2–1 7,310 Scowcroft , Izzet 7 December 2002 Sheffield United H 0–0 26,718 14 December 2002 Millwall H 4–1 31,904 Scowcroft (2), Elliott , Dickov 20 December 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–0 6,592 Deane 26 December 2002 Ipswich Town H 1–2 31,426 Dickov (pen) 28 December 2002 Watford A 2–1 16,017 Elliott , Deane 11 January 2003 Stoke City H 0–0 25,038 18 January 2003 Gillingham A 2–3 8,609 Sinclair , Wright 28 January 2003 Reading A 3–1 17,156 Dickov (2, 1 pen), Heath 1 February 2003 Crystal Palace H 1–0 27,005 Dickov 8 February 2003 Walsall A 4–1 8,741 Dickov , Scowcroft (2), Elliott 17 February 2003 Portsmouth H 1–1 31,775 Benjamin 22 February 2003 Wimbledon H 4–0 31,438 Dickov (3, 2 pens), Benjamin 1 March 2003 Derby County A 1–1 24,307 Deane 4 March 2003 Bradford City A 0–0 11,531 8 March 2003 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 27,463 McLaren (own goal) 15 March 2003 Preston North End H 2–1 30,713 Deane (2) 18 March 2003 Burnley A 2–1 14,554 Dickov , Benjamin 22 March 2003 Coventry City A 2–1 16,610 McKinlay 5 April 2003 Grimsby Town H 2–0 31,014 Benjamin , Davidson 8 April 2003 Nottingham Forest H 1–0 32,065 Wright 12 April 2003 Rotherham United A 1–1 9,888 Benjamin 19 April 2003 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–0 31,909 Izzet , Stewart 21 April 2003 Sheffield United A 1–2 21,277 Deane 27 April 2003 Norwich City H 1–1 31,639 Benjamin 4 May 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 28,190 Benjamin (pen)
League Cup [ edit ] [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ edit ] Transfers in: £0 Transfers out: £4,250,000 Total spending: £4,250,000 References [ edit ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Isthmian League (Two ) Combined Counties League (level 8 only ) Eastern Counties League (Premier , One ) Essex Senior League (level 9 only ) Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West ) Kent League (level 8 only ) Midland Alliance (level 8 only ) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only ) North West Counties League (One , Two ) Northern Counties East League (Premier , One ) Northern League (One , Two ) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One ) Sussex County League (One , Two ) United Counties League (Premier , One ) Wessex League (level 8 only ) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only ) Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions