Derby were expected to make a bid for an immediate return to the Premiership, but struggled all season which resulted in manager John Gregory being sacked in March and replaced by former Ipswich Town manager George Burley, who led the team to a secure but disappointing 18th-place finish.
Kit
Derby retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by Italian company Erreà and sponsored by Pedigree.
^Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.
^Higginbotham was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Gibraltar internationally through his maternal grandmother and would make his international debut for Gibraltar in November 2013.
^Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
January 20, 2023
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During the 2002 03 English football season Derby County competed in the Football League First Division following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season Derby County2002 03 seasonChairmanLionel PickeringManagerJohn Gregory until 21 March George Burley from 31 March StadiumPride Park StadiumFirst Division18thFA CupThird roundLeague CupSecond roundTop goalscorerLeague Christie 8 All Christie 9 Highest home attendance33 016 vs Reading 10 August 2002 Lowest home attendance21 014 vs Millwall 16 April 2003 Average home league attendance25 469 2001 022003 04 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Kit 3 Final league table 4 Results 4 1 Legend 4 2 Football League First Division 4 3 FA Cup 4 4 League Cup 5 Players 5 1 First team squad 5 2 Left club during season 6 Transfers 6 1 In 6 2 Out 6 3 Loan out 7 References 8 NotesSeason summary EditDerby were expected to make a bid for an immediate return to the Premiership but struggled all season which resulted in manager John Gregory being sacked in March and replaced by former Ipswich Town manager George Burley who led the team to a secure but disappointing 18th place finish Kit EditDerby retained the previous season s home kit manufactured by Italian company Errea and sponsored by Pedigree Final league table EditMain article 2002 03 Football League Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts16 Burnley 46 15 10 21 65 89 24 5517 Walsall 46 15 9 22 57 69 12 5418 Derby County 46 15 7 24 55 74 19 5219 Bradford City 46 14 10 22 51 73 22 5220 Coventry City 46 12 14 20 46 62 16 50Updated to match es played on 11 May 2003 Source SoccerwayRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored Results EditDerby County s score comes first 1 Legend Edit Win Draw LossFootball League First Division Edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers10 August 2002 Reading H 3 0 33 016 Lee Ravanelli Christie13 August 2002 Gillingham A 0 1 8 77517 August 2002 Grimsby Town A 2 1 5 810 Bolder 2 24 August 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 4 29 954 Christie26 August 2002 Rotherham United A 1 2 8 408 Strupar31 August 2002 Stoke City H 2 0 21 723 Christie 2 7 September 2002 Burnley H 1 2 22 343 Bolder14 September 2002 Leicester City A 1 3 31 049 Riggott17 September 2002 Crystal Palace A 1 0 14 948 Kinkladze21 September 2002 Preston North End H 0 2 29 25728 September 2002 Ipswich Town A 1 0 24 439 Carbonari5 October 2002 Walsall H 2 2 25 247 Christie 2 12 October 2002 Bradford City A 0 0 13 38520 October 2002 Nottingham Forest H 0 0 30 54726 October 2002 Millwall A 0 3 8 11630 October 2002 Sheffield United H 2 1 23 525 McLeod Burton2 November 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 3 1 19 747 Morris 2 McLeod9 November 2002 Portsmouth H 1 2 26 587 Higginbotham pen 16 November 2002 Brighton amp Hove Albion A 0 1 6 84525 November 2002 Wimbledon H 3 2 25 597 Elliott Burton Morris30 November 2002 Norwich City A 0 1 20 5227 December 2002 Watford H 3 0 21 653 Morris Riggott Burton14 December 2002 Brighton amp Hove Albion H 1 0 25 786 Higginbotham pen 21 December 2002 Coventry City A 0 3 13 18526 December 2002 Grimsby Town H 1 3 27 141 Morris28 December 2002 Reading A 1 2 16 299 Burley pen 1 January 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 1 26 442 Christie11 January 2003 Gillingham H 1 1 22 769 Zavagno pen 18 January 2003 Stoke City A 3 1 17 308 Christie Zavagno Morris1 February 2003 Rotherham United H 3 0 26 257 Kinkladze Bolder McLeod8 February 2003 Portsmouth A 2 6 19 503 Morris Kinkladze pen 15 February 2003 Sheffield Wednesday H 2 2 26 311 Bolder 2 22 February 2003 Burnley A 0 2 15 0631 March 2003 Leicester City H 1 1 24 307 Burley5 March 2003 Crystal Palace H 0 1 22 6828 March 2003 Preston North End A 2 4 14 003 Ravanelli 2 15 March 2003 Bradford City H 1 2 23 735 Morris19 March 2003 Nottingham Forest A 0 3 29 72522 March 2003 Sheffield United A 0 2 18 4015 April 2003 Norwich City H 2 1 23 643 Burley Kenton own goal 12 April 2003 Wimbledon A 2 0 1 934 Valakari Boertien16 April 2003 Millwall H 1 2 21 014 Kinkladze19 April 2003 Coventry City H 1 0 23 921 Ravanelli21 April 2003 Watford A 0 2 11 90926 April 2003 Walsall A 2 3 8 416 Valakari Ravanelli4 May 2003 Ipswich Town H 1 4 28 785 LeeFA Cup Edit Main article 2002 03 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR3 4 January 2003 Brentford A 0 1 8 709League Cup Edit Main article 2002 03 Football League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 10 September 2002 Mansfield Town A 3 1 5 788 Morris Christie EvattR2 2 October 2002 Oldham Athletic H 1 2 a e t 9 029 Higginbotham pen Players EditFirst team squad Edit Squad at end of season 2 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player2 DF ENG Warren Barton3 DF ARG Luciano Zavagno5 DF ENG Steve Elliott6 DF SCO Paul Ritchie on loan from Manchester City 7 MF ENG Rob Lee9 FW BEL Branko Strupar notes 1 10 FW ENG Tommy Mooney on loan from Birmingham City 11 FW ENG Lee Morris13 GK ENG Lee Grant14 DF ENG Richard Jackson16 MF SCO Craig Burley17 DF ENG Paul Boertien18 MF GEO Georgi Kinkladze21 FW ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli22 MF ENG Adam Murray23 FW ENG Marvin Robinson24 GK ENG Andy Oakes No Pos Nation Player25 DF ENG Ian Evatt26 MF ENG Adam Bolder28 DF FRA Youl Mawene31 DF ENG Chris Palmer32 MF ENG Matt O Halloran33 MF FIN Simo Valakari34 FW ENG Marcus Tudgay35 MF ENG Lewis Hunt36 MF SCO Lewis Green37 DF ENG Pablo Mills38 MF FIN Kris Weckstrom39 MF IRL Barry Molloy40 FW ENG Izale McLeod41 DF ENG Tom Huddlestone44 MF ENG Lee Holmes45 GK ENG Lee Camp notes 2 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 Player1 GK EST Mart Poom to Sunderland 4 DF ENG Danny Higginbotham notes 3 to Southampton 6 DF ENG Chris Riggott to Middlesbrough 8 FW ENG Nick Chadwick on loan from Everton 10 FW ENG Malcolm Christie to Middlesbrough 15 MF SCO Brian O Neil to Preston North End No Pos Nation Player20 FW JAM Deon Burton notes 4 to Portsmouth 27 DF FRA Francois Grenet to Rennes 29 DF NOR Bjorn Otto Bragstad to SW Bregenz 30 DF ARG Horacio Carbonari to Rosario Central 31 MF IRL Fiachra McArdle released Transfers EditIn Edit Paul Ritchie Manchester City loan Tommy Mooney Birmingham City loan Nick Chadwick Everton loanOut Edit Darryl Powell released later joined Birmingham City on 12 September 3 Brian O Neil released 27 November 4 later joined Preston North End Fiachra McArdle released 27 November Deon Burton Portsmouth 11 December 250 000 Mart Poom Sunderland 10 January 2 500 000 5 Danny Higginbotham Southampton 31 January 1 500 000 6 Bjorn Otto Bragstad released later joined SW Bregenz Horacio Carbonari released later joined Rosario Central Loan out Edit Deon Burton Portsmouth 9 August Francois Grenet Rennes 29 August Mart Poom Sunderland 15 November Marvin Robinson Tranmere Rovers 29 November Chris Riggott Middlesbrough 31 January Malcolm Christie Middlesbrough 31 JanuaryReferences Edit Derby County results for the 2002 2003 season Statto com Archived from the original on 6 September 2015 Retrieved 2 December 2012 FootballSquads Derby County 2002 03 Blues complete Powell signing 12 September 2002 Rams release two more 27 November 2002 Sunderland seal Poom deal 10 January 2003 Saints seal Higginbotham deal 13 February 2003 Notes Edit Strupar was born in Zagreb SFR Yugoslavia now Croatia but became a naturalised Belgian citizen and made his international debut for Belgium in 1999 Camp was born in Derby England and represented them at U 21 level but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011 Higginbotham was born in Manchester England but also qualified to represent Gibraltar internationally through his maternal grandmother and would make his international debut for Gibraltar in November 2013 Burton was born in Reading England but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 03 Derby County F C season amp oldid 1108416243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,