2002–03 Leicester City F.C. season

2002–03 season of Leicester City March 2014 March 2014 Leicester City 2002–03 Micky Adams Martin George Walkers Stadium First Division 2nd (promoted) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Paul Dickov (17) Paul Dickov (20) 32,082 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 28 September 2002) 22,978 (vs. Reading, 24 August 2002) 29,230May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes _thindkbluesides 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff _thindkbluesides FFE025 FFE025 FFE025 FFE025 FFE025 2001–02 2003–04 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 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 2002–03 Football League First Division y LEI Results summary 16 5 2 40 12 10 9 4 33 28 2002-03 Football League First Division table March 2019 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 11v11.com: 2002-03 Leicester City results March 2019 Results Leicester City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2002-2003/results Leicester City results for the 2002-2003 season - Statto.com www.statto.com 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160910095301/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2002-2003/results 10 September 2016 live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 2002 WatfordH2–031,022Deane (2) 14 August 2002 Stoke CityA1–014,028Scowcroft 18 August 2002 Ipswich TownA1–627,374Stevenson 24 August 2002 ReadingH2–122,978Deane, Dickov (pen) 27 August 2002 Crystal PalaceA0–015,440 31 August 2002 GillinghamH2–030,067Lewis, Dickov 7 September 2002 WimbledonA3–22,165Benjamin, Izzet (pen), Stewart 14 September 2002 Derby CountyH3–131,049Izzet, Deane, Dickov 17 September 2002 Bradford CityH4–024,651Deane, Elliott, Dickov (pen), Scowcroft 21 September 2002 Sheffield WednesdayA0–022,219 28 September 2002 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–032,082Dickov (pen) 5 October 2002 Norwich CityA0–020,952 19 October 2002 BurnleyH0–126,254 26 October 2002 Nottingham ForestA2–229,497Deane, Dickov 29 October 2002 Coventry CityH2–127,139Taggart, Deane 2 November 2002 PortsmouthA2–019,107Scowcroft, Elliott 9 November 2002 WalsallH2–025,243Heath, Scowcroft 16 November 2002 MillwallA2–210,772Heath, Stewart 23 November 2002 Rotherham UnitedH2–131,714Dickov, Stewart 26 November 2002 Preston North EndA0–213,048 30 November 2002 Grimsby TownA2–17,310Scowcroft, Izzet 7 December 2002 Sheffield UnitedH0–026,718 14 December 2002 MillwallH4–131,904Scowcroft (2), Elliott, Dickov 20 December 2002 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–06,592Deane 26 December 2002 Ipswich TownH1–231,426Dickov (pen) 28 December 2002 WatfordA2–116,017Elliott, Deane 11 January 2003 Stoke CityH0–025,038 18 January 2003 GillinghamA2–38,609Sinclair, Wright 28 January 2003 ReadingA3–117,156Dickov (2, 1 pen), Heath 1 February 2003 Crystal PalaceH1–027,005Dickov 8 February 2003 WalsallA4–18,741Dickov, Scowcroft (2), Elliott 17 February 2003 PortsmouthH1–131,775Benjamin 22 February 2003 WimbledonH4–031,438Dickov (3, 2 pens), Benjamin 1 March 2003 Derby CountyA1–124,307Deane 4 March 2003 Bradford CityA0–011,531 8 March 2003 Sheffield WednesdayH1–127,463McLaren (own goal) 15 March 2003 Preston North EndH2–130,713Deane (2) 18 March 2003 BurnleyA2–114,554Dickov, Benjamin 22 March 2003 Coventry CityA2–116,610McKinlay, Scowcroft 5 April 2003 Grimsby TownH2–031,014Benjamin, Davidson 8 April 2003 Nottingham ForestH1–032,065Wright 12 April 2003 Rotherham UnitedA1–19,888Benjamin 19 April 2003 Brighton & Hove AlbionH2–031,909Izzet, Stewart 21 April 2003 Sheffield UnitedA1–221,277Deane 27 April 2003 Norwich CityH1–131,639Benjamin 4 May 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–128,190Benjamin (pen) FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 2003 Bristol CityH2–025,868Elliott, DickovR425 January 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–428,164Dickov (pen) League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR110 September 2002 Hull CityA4–2 7,061Rogers (2), Dickov, ScowcroftR22 October 2002 Sheffield WednesdayA2–1 10,472Izzet, BenjaminR35 November 2002 Manchester UnitedA0–247,848 Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d1/leicester.htm FootballSquads - Leicester City - 2002/03 1 ENG GK Tim Flowers 2 ENG DF Andy Impey 3 JAM DF Frank Sinclair 4 NIR DF Gerry Taggart 6 TUR MF Muzzy Izzet 7 WAL MF Matt Jones 10 ENG FW James Scowcroft 12 ENG GK Simon Royce 13 ENG GK Michael Price 14 SCO DF Callum Davidson 15 ENG DF Alan Rogers 16 ENG GK Ian Walker 17 ENG MF Stefan Oakes 18 SCO DF Matt Elliott captain 19 IRL GK Paul Murphy 20 JAM FW Trevor Benjamin 21 ENG MF Martin Reeves 22 SCO FW Paul Dickov 23 ENG DF Jordan Stewart 24 ENG DF Matt Heath 25 ENG MF Jon Stevenson 26 ENG DF Junior Lewis 27 ENG FW Brian Deane 28 ENG DF Jon Ashton 29 ENG FW Chris O'Grady 30 FIN FW Tomi Petrescu 32 SCO MF Billy McKinlay 33 ENG MF Nicky Summerbee 34 ENG MF Tom Williamson 35 ENG FW Tommy Wright Left club during season 8 ENG MF Lee Marshall to West Bromwich Albion 9 ENG FW Darren Eadie retired 11 ENG MF Dennis Wise to Millwall 29 ENG FW Matt Piper to Sunderland 31 IRL MF Damien Delaney to Hull City DEN DF Jacob Laursen released Transfers In DatePosNameFromFee8 August 2002MFENG Nicky SummerbeeNottingham ForestFree transfer8 August 2002MFSCO Billy McKinlayClydebankFree transfer Out DatePosNameToFee30 July 2002FWISL Arnar GunnlaugssonDundee UnitedFree transferGunnlaugsson joins Dundee United https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/2161944.stm BBC Sport 30 July 2002 1 August 201914 August 2002MFENG Lee MarshallWest Bromwich Albion£700,000Baggies land Marshall https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/2133174.stm BBC Sport 14 August 2002 1 August 201921 August 2002FWENG Matt PiperSunderland£3,500,000Sunderland bag Piper https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/2207206.stm BBC Sport 21 August 2002 1 August 201924 September 2002MFENG Dennis WiseMillwallFree transferWise joins Millwall https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/2278055.stm BBC Sport 24 September 2002 1 August 201916 October 2002FWIRL Damien DelaneyHull City£50,000Hull seal Delaney deal https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/2333757.stm BBC Sport 16 October 2002 1 August 2019 Transfers in: £0 Transfers out: £4,250,000 Total spending: £4,250,000 References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City