Under Francis, Palace were unable to mount a serious promotion challenge and they finished mid-table in Division One. The main highlight of the season was in February 2003 when Palace knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in a fourth round replay at Anfield. Having drawn the first match 0–0 at Selhurst Park, Palace went to Anfield as the clear underdogs. A goal from Julian Gray and an own goal from Liverpool's Stephen Henchoz meant that Palace progressed to a 5th round where they played at home against Leeds United. They lost 2–1 in controversial circumstances, as Palace were denied a first half goal despite the ball clearly crossing the line. Francis resigned on 18 April after another difficult season, and was replaced by long-serving coach Steve Kember.
The end of Francis' tenure, however, saw the beginning of a remarkable, two-year-long transfer saga. Clinton Morrison, a youth team product who had been one of the team's most reliable goalscorers, headed to Birmingham for a £4 million fee in a part-exchange deal which saw Andrew Johnson come to Selhurst Park for £750,000, having been deemed surplus to requirements by Blues boss Steve Bruce. Johnson went on to become an even bigger success at Palace than Morrison, and helped take the club into the Premier League before eventually moving on to Everton for a fee of £8.6million in 2006; Morrison's return to Selhurst Park a year earlier cost Palace £2 million, meaning the club were left with the same player and a total profit of £9,850,000.
^Symons was born in Basingstoke, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992.
^Williams was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^Antwi was born in Epsom, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in 2003.
^Akinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999.
^Heeroo was born in Haringey, England, but also qualified to represent Mauritius internationally and made his international debut for Mauritius in 2002.
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2002, crystal, palace, season, during, 2002, english, football, season, crystal, palace, competed, football, league, first, division, crystal, palace2002, seasonchairmansimon, jordanmanagertrevor, francis, until, april, steve, kember, caretaker, from, april, s. During the 2002 03 English football season Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division Crystal Palace2002 03 seasonChairmanSimon JordanManagerTrevor Francis until 18 April Steve Kember caretaker from 18 April StadiumSelhurst ParkFirst Division14thFA CupFifth roundLeague CupFifth roundTop goalscorerLeague Johnson 11 2 All Johnson 14 1 Average home league attendance16 867 2001 022003 04 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Final league table 3 Players 3 1 First team squad 3 2 Left club during season 4 Reserve squad 5 References 6 NotesSeason summary EditUnder Francis Palace were unable to mount a serious promotion challenge and they finished mid table in Division One The main highlight of the season was in February 2003 when Palace knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in a fourth round replay at Anfield Having drawn the first match 0 0 at Selhurst Park Palace went to Anfield as the clear underdogs A goal from Julian Gray and an own goal from Liverpool s Stephen Henchoz meant that Palace progressed to a 5th round where they played at home against Leeds United They lost 2 1 in controversial circumstances as Palace were denied a first half goal despite the ball clearly crossing the line Francis resigned on 18 April after another difficult season and was replaced by long serving coach Steve Kember The end of Francis tenure however saw the beginning of a remarkable two year long transfer saga Clinton Morrison a youth team product who had been one of the team s most reliable goalscorers headed to Birmingham for a 4 million fee in a part exchange deal which saw Andrew Johnson come to Selhurst Park for 750 000 having been deemed surplus to requirements by Blues boss Steve Bruce Johnson went on to become an even bigger success at Palace than Morrison and helped take the club into the Premier League before eventually moving on to Everton for a fee of 8 6million in 2006 Morrison s return to Selhurst Park a year earlier cost Palace 2 million meaning the club were left with the same player and a total profit of 9 850 000 Final league table EditMain article 2002 03 Football League First Division Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts12 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 68 70 2 6113 Watford 46 17 9 20 54 70 16 6014 Crystal Palace 46 14 17 15 59 52 7 5915 Rotherham United 46 15 14 17 62 62 0 5916 Burnley 46 15 10 21 65 89 24 55Updated to match es played on 11 May 2003 Source SoccerwayRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored Players EditFirst team squad Edit Squad at end of season 3 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK ENG Matt Clarke2 DF IRL Curtis Fleming notes 1 3 DF ENG Danny Granville4 DF ENG Danny Butterfield5 DF WAL Kit Symons notes 2 6 DF AUS Tony Popovic7 MF ENG Hayden Mullins8 FW ENG Andy Johnson9 FW SCO Dougie Freedman10 MF ENG Shaun Derry11 MF ENG Julian Gray12 DF ENG Jamie Smith13 GK LVA Aleksandrs Kolinko14 MF SCO Steven Thomson15 MF FIN Aki Riihilahti No Pos Nation Player16 MF ENG Tommy Black22 MF ENG Wayne Routledge23 FW WAL Gareth Williams notes 3 24 DF GHA Will Antwi notes 4 26 MF ENG Ben Surey27 DF ENG David Hunt31 FW NGA Dele Adebola32 DF ENG Darren Powell33 GK FRA Cedric Berthelin35 FW ENG Noel Whelan on loan from Middlesbrough 38 DF ENG Gary Borrowdale42 MF ENG Ben Watson43 DF ENG Sam Togwell55 FW NGA Ade Akinbiyi notes 5 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 No Pos Nation Player17 FW LVA Andrejs Rubins released 18 DF ENG Dean Austin to Woking 20 FW ENG Steve Kabba to Sheffield United 21 DF ENG Andy Frampton to Brentford No Pos Nation Player25 DF USA Gregg Berhalter to Energie Cottbus 25 GK GER Sven Scheuer to Grazer AK 33 GK GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos on loan from Burnley Reserve squad EditNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player19 DF ENG Craig Harrison28 MF ENG Robert Smith No Pos Nation Player29 MF MRI Gavin Heeroo notes 6 30 GK ENG Lance CroninReferences Edit All Crystal Palace players 2003 Crystal Palace players League Division 1 2003 FootballSquads Crystal Palace 2002 03 Notes Edit Fleming was born in Manchester England but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in April 1996 Symons was born in Basingstoke England but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992 Williams was born in Johannesburg South Africa but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U 21 level Antwi was born in Epsom England but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in 2003 Akinbiyi was born in Hackney England but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999 Heeroo was born in Haringey England but also qualified to represent Mauritius internationally and made his international debut for Mauritius in 2002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 03 Crystal Palace F C season amp oldid 1058861644, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
