2002–03 Shelbourne F.C. season

In the 2002–03 season, Shelbourne finished 2nd in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Shelbourne

2002–03 season
Chairman	Ollie Byrne
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Premier Division	2nd
UEFA Champions League	First Qualifying Round
FAI Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Stephen Geoghegan (8) All: Stuart Byrne (9) Stephen Geoghegan (9)
Home colours Away colours
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Managerial/backroom staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon

2002–03 squad members

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   WAL Steve Williams — GK   SCO Chris Bennion — DF   IRL Owen Heary (Captain) — DF   IRL Jim Gannon — DF   IRL Kevin Doherty — DF   IRL Barry Prenderville — DF   IRL Tony McCarthy — DF   IRL David Crawley — DF   IRL Clive Ross — MF   IRL Richie Baker — MF   IRL Stuart Byrne — MF   IRL Jim Crawford — MF   IRL Davy Byrne

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IRL Pat Fenlon — MF   IRL Wes Hoolahan — MF   IRL Ollie Cahill — FW   IRL Stephen Geoghegan — FW   SCO Mark Roberts — FW   ENG Alex Nesovic — FW   ENG Paul Beavers — FW   IRL Tony Sheridan — FW   IRL Trevor Molloy — FW   IRL Dessie Baker — FW   IRL Ger Rowe — FW   IRL Alan Murphy — FW   USA Kevin Jones

Results/league tables

eircom League Premier Division

Cork City v Shelbourne

5 July 2002	Cork City	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST	George O'Callaghan   15' John O'Flynn   44'   77'	Report	Trevor Molloy   49'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

11 July 2002	Shelbourne	3 – 3	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Gary Cronin   6' (o.g.) Stuart Byrne   37' Trevor Molloy   53'	Report	Derek Delaney   36'   43' Stuart Taylor   69'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

UCD v Shelbourne

2 August 2002	UCD	1 – 3	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Tony McDonnell   80'	Report	Stuart Byrne   45' Tony McCarthy   58' Stephen Geoghegan   69'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

5 August 2002	Bray Wanderers	1 – 5	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
14.00 IST	Jason Byrne   59' Eddie Gormley   71'	Report	Jim Crawford   29' Barry Prenderville   63' David Crawley   71' (pen.) Stuart Byrne   83' Mark Roberts   89'

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

9 August 2002	Shelbourne	1 – 2	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ollie Cahill   79'	Report	Martin Russell   18' (pen.) Tony Bird   70'

Shelbourne v Longford Town

23 August 2002	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stuart Byrne   36' Ollie Cahill   47' Jim Crawford   71'	Report		Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

2 September 2002	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report

Shelbourne v Bohemians

13 September 2002	Shelbourne	1 – 2	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Richie Baker   80'	Report	Paul Keegan   29' Glen Crowe   43'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Derry City v Shelbourne

19 September 2002	Derry City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Gareth McGlynn   33'	Report

Shelbourne v Cork City

27 September 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jim Gannon   58' Stephen Geoghegan   88'	Report	John O'Flynn   45'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

4 October 2002	Drogheda United	0 – 3	Shelbourne	o2 Park, Drogheda
20.00 IST	Declan O'Brien   90+1' (pen.)	Report	Mark Roberts   33' Barry Prenderville   55' David Crawley   83' (pen.) Stephen Geoghegan   73' (pen.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

11 October 2002	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Paul Marney   30' Colm Foley   53'	Report	Stephen Geoghegan   31'   86'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v UCD

18 October 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Mark Roberts   36' Davy Byrne   37'	Report	Robbie Doyle   27'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

26 October 2002	Longford Town	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 IST	Eric Lavine   14'	Report	Ollie Cahill   52' Mark Roberts   64'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

1 November 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Shane Robinson   59'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

Bohemians v Shelbourne

8 November 2002	Bohemians	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
20.10 GMT	Glen Crowe   90+5'	Report	David Crawley   19' (pen.) Stephen Geoghegan   85'	Referee: John Feighrey (Dublin)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

22 November 2002	Bray Wanderers	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 GMT	Graham O'Hanlon   52'	Report	Stuart Byrne   22' Paul Beavers   84'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

Cork City v Shelbourne

29 November 2002	Cork City	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 GMT	George O'Callaghan   16' John O'Flynn   47' (pen.)	Report	Stephen Geoghegan   23' Jim Gannon   60'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Derry City

2 December 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.05 GMT	Mark Roberts   41' Stuart Byrne   44'	Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

6 December 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Gannon   81' Stephen Geoghegan   90'	Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

UCD v Shelbourne

13 December 2002	UCD	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Stephen Geoghegan   12' Alex Nesovic   54'

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

22 December 2002	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
15.00 GMT		Report	Mark Roberts   56'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

Derry City v Shelbourne

2 January 2003	Derry City	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 GMT		Report	Ollie Cahill   33'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

Shelbourne v Longford Town

7 January 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Gannon   41'	Report	Sean Francis   13'

Shelbourne v Bohemians

12 January 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
16.00 GMT		Report	Bobby Ryan   89'

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

20 January 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Andy Myler   53' (pen.) Declan O'Brien   47'	Referee: Jim O'Neill (Waterford)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

24 January 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Wes Charles   4' (o.g.) Jim Gannon   73' Ollie Cahill   82'	Report	Philip Keogh   83'

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bohemians (C)	27	15	9	3	47	27	+20	54	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Shelbourne	27	15	4	8	44	26	+18	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Shamrock Rovers	27	12	7	8	42	29	+13	43	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Cork City	27	11	6	10	37	34	+3	39
5	Longford Town^[a]	27	8	11	8	25	29	−4	35

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Longford Town had 9 points deducted for fielding Avery John against Cork City, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers but this decision was revoked on appeal.

League 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
27	15	4	8	44	26	+18	49	6	2	5	20	14	+6	9	2	3	24	12	+12

Last updated: 24 January 2003.
Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2003. Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

First Qualifying Round

Hibernians v Shelbourne

17 July 2002	Hibernians	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Ta' Qali Stadium, Malta
18.30 IST	Ndubisi Chukunyere   7' Adrian Pulis   37'	Report	Stuart Byrne   6' Jim Gannon   67'	Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Shelbourne v Hibernians

24 July 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Hibernians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.05 IST		Report	Ndubisi Chukunyere   90'	Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

Hibernians won 3 – 2 on aggregate

FAI Cup

Second round

Shelbourne v Rockmount

27 July 2002	Shelbourne	8 – 0	Rockmount	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Trevor Molloy   18' Richie Baker   32'   45' Ollie Cahill   46' Stuart Byrne   53' Wes Hoolahan   59' Stephen Geoghegan   67' Barry Prenderville   68'	Report	Pat Keane   80'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Third round

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

16 August 2002	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Martin Russell   33' (pen.) Paul Osam   90'	Report	Stuart Byrne   87'

2002–03 season statistics

Player appearances/goals

As of 24 January 2003.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Champions Lge		FAI Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	IRL	Dessie Baker	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Richie Baker	31	3	27	1	2	0	2	2
	FW	ENG	Paul Beavers	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Chris Bennion	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	IRL	Davy Byrne	20	1	19	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	IRL	Stuart Byrne	28	9	24	6	2	1	2	2
	MF	IRL	Ollie Cahill	30	6	26	5	2	0	2	1
	GK	IRL	Morgan Cranley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Jim Crawford	20	2	18	2	0	0	2	0
	DF	IRL	David Crawley	31	3	27	3	2	0	2	0
	DF	IRL	Kevin Doherty	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Pat Fenlon	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	IRL	Jim Gannon	25	5	22	4	2	1	1	0
	FW	IRL	Stephen Geoghegan	24	9	23	8	0	0	1	1
	DF	IRL	Owen Heary	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	IRL	Wes Hoolahan	26	1	23	0	1	0	2	1
	FW	USA	Kevin Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Tony McCarthy	15	1	11	1	2	0	2	0
	FW	IRL	Trevor Molloy	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	1
	FW	IRL	Alan Murphy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alex Nesovic	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	Barry Prenderville	18	3	14	2	2	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Mark Roberts	27	6	23	6	2	0	2	0
	DF	IRL	Clive Ross	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	IRL	Ger Rowe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRL	Tony Sheridan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	Steve Williams	21	0	19	0	2	0	0	0

Top goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	Premier Division	Champions Lge	FAI Cup
1	Stuart Byrne	9	6	1	2
	Stephen Geoghegan	9	8	0	1
3	Ollie Cahill	6	5	0	1
	Mark Roberts	6	6	0	0
5	Jim Gannon	5	4	1	0
6	Richie Baker	3	1	0	2
	David Crawley	3	3	0	0
	Barry Prenderville	3	2	0	1
9	Jim Crawford	2	2	0	0
	Trevor Molloy	2	1	0	1
11	Paul Beavers	1	1	0	0
	Davy Byrne	1	1	0	0
	Wes Hoolahan	1	0	0	1
	Tony McCarthy	1	1	0	0
	Alex Nesovic	1	1	0	0

References