2002–03 Sheffield United F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Sheffield United 2002–03 Neil Warnock Derek Dooley Bramall Lane First Division 3rd (qualified for play-offs) Play-offs Runners-up FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Semi-finals Brown (16) Brown (22)https://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-united/tab/players/season/2003/ All Sheffield United players: 2003 www.11v11.com 18,113 2001–02 2003–04 During the 2002–03 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary The season turned out to be one of the most successful in Sheffield United's history. United reached the semi-finals of both the FA and League Cups before being eliminated by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively; both sides went on to win the respective cups. United also managed to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. United reached the play-off final after beating Nottingham Forest over two legs in the semi-final, but were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Final league table 2002–03 Football League First Division SHU Results First Division 10 August 2002 1 15:00 Coventry City 2–1 Sheffield United Bothroyd 16 McSheffrey 40 Asaba 13 Highfield Road 18,839 L 13 August 2002 2 19:45 Sheffield United 1–1 Portsmouth Ndlovu 12 Burton 25 Bramall Lane 16,093 D 17 August 2002 3 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Walsall McGovern 40 Corica 23 Bramall Lane 14,011 D 24 August 2002 4 15:00 Burnley 0–1 Sheffield United Onuora 35 Turf Moor 12,868 W 27 August 2002 5 19:45 Sheffield United 3–1 Millwall Asaba 77 Tonge 82 Ndlovu 90 Ifill 89 Bramall Lane 13,024 W 1 September 2002 6 12:00 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Sheffield United Owusu 73 Kuqi 82 Hillsborough 27,075 L 7 September 2002 7 15:00 Norwich City 2–3 Sheffield United McVeigh 85 Mackay 90 Brown 1 Tonge 6 Asaba 31 Carrow Road 20,074 W 14 September 2002 8 15:00 Sheffield United 1–0 Rotherham United Ndlovu 74 Bramall Lane 19,948 W 17 September 2002 9 19:45 Sheffield United 2–1 Grimsby Town Allison 82 Tonge 89 Robinson 8 Bramall Lane 14,208 W 21 September 2002 10 15:00 Gillingham 1–1 Sheffield United Shaw 16 Allison 60 Priestfield Stadium 7,497 D 28 September 2002 11 15:00 Sheffield United 1–2 Watford Allison 10 Cox 36 pen. Helguson 37 Bramall Lane 16,301 L 5 October 2002 12 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Sheffield United Ullathorne 35 o.g. Tonge 45 50 Allison 50 Molineux 24,625 W 19 October 2002 13 15:00 Brighton and Hove Albion 2–4 Sheffield United Hart 23 Barrett 34 Brown 70 Asaba 77 86 pen. 88 pen. Withdean Stadium 6,810 W 23 October 2002 14 19:45 Sheffield United 2–1 Stoke City Handyside 62 o.g Brown 70 pen. Greenacre 84 Bramall Lane 15,163 W 26 October 2002 15 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Wimbledon Asaba 90 Connolly 12 Bramall Lane 17,372 D 30 October 2002 16 19:45 Derby County 2–1 Sheffield United McLeod 36 Burton 86 Murphy 23 Pride Park 23,525 L 2 November 2002 17 15:00 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Sheffield United Lester 54 61 Harewood 63 City Ground 22,579 L 9 November 2002 18 15:00 Sheffield United 0–0 Ipswich Town Bramall Lane 15,884 D 19 23 November 2002 15:00 Bradford City 0–5 Sheffield United Uhlenbeek 0 56 Kabba 14 Windass 40 Murphy 59 Brown 80 pen. Asab 88 Valley Parade 13,364 W 30 November 2002 20 15:00 Sheffield United 2–1 Crystal Palace Windass 45 Allison 89 Riihilahti 69 Bramall Lane 16,686 W First Division play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSF 1st leg10 May 2003 Nottingham ForestA1–129,064Brown (pen)SF 2nd leg15 May 2003 Nottingham ForestH4–3 (won 5–4 on agg)30,212Brown, Kabba, Peschisolido, Walker (own goal)F26 May 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersN0–369,473 FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 2003 Cheltenham TownH4–09,166Murphy, McGovern, Kabba (2)R425 January 2003 Ipswich TownH4–312,757Brown (2), Jagielka, PeschisolidoR515 February 2003 WalsallH2–017,510Mooney, NdlovuQF9 March 2003 Leeds UnitedH1–024,633KabbaSF13 April 2003 ArsenalN0–159,170 League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR110 September 2002 York CityH1–04,675McGovernR21 October 2002 Wycombe WanderersH4–14,389Boulding, Brown (2), MontgomeryR36 November 2002 Leeds UnitedH2–126,663Jagielka, NdlovuR43 December 2002 SunderlandH2–027,068Murphy, AllisonR517 December 2002 Crystal PalaceH3–122,211Asaba, Peschisolido (2)SF 1st leg8 January 2003 LiverpoolH2–130,095Tonge (2)SF 2nd leg21 January 2003 LiverpoolA0–2 (lost 2–3 on agg)43,837 Players First-team squad 1 ENG GK Simon Tracey 2 ENG DF Rob Kozluk 3 ENG DF Rob Ullathorne 4 ENG DF Steve Yates 5 AUS DF Shaun Murphy 6 WAL DF Rob Page captain 7 ENG MF Michael Brown 8 SCO MF Stuart McCallMcCall was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1990. assistant manager 9 ENG FW Carl Asaba 10 CAN FW Paul Peschisolido 11 NED FW Laurens ten Heuvel 12 SCO MF Nick MontgomeryMontgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. 14 ENG FW Wayne Allison 15 ENG DF Ben Doane 16 ZIM FW Peter Ndlovu 17 ENG MF Phil Jagielka 18 ENG MF Michael Tonge 19 FRA DF Benoît Croissant 20 FRA MF Jean-Philippe Javary 21 IRL MF Colin Cryan 22 SCO DF Grant Smith 23 ENG GK Paddy KennyKenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004. 24 IRL GK Gary KellyKelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-21, U-23, and B level. 25 ENG FW Rob Nugent 26 ENG FW Mark Rankine on loan from Preston North End 27 ENG FW Lewis Killeen 28 NIR FW Owen Morrison 29 ENG MF Adam Baum 30 ENG FW Tyrone Thompson 31 ENG FW Ryan Mallon 32 ENG FW Dean Windass 34 ENG FW Steve Kabba 36 ENG DF John Curtis on loan from Blackburn Rovers 37 ENG DF Danny Wood 38 NED MF Marcel Cas 39 SCO FW Iffy Onuora Left club during season 13 NED GK Wilko de Vogt to RBC Roosendaal 14 ENG DF Shane Nicholson to Tranmere Rovers 24 ENG FW Tommy Mooney on loan from Birmingham City 24 SCO MF Jon-Paul McGovern on loan from Celtic 26 ENG DF Jon Harley on loan from Fulham 26 ENG DF Wayne Quinn on loan from Newcastle United 28 ENG MF Lee Featherstone to Scunthorpe United 35 ENG MF Michael Boulding on loan from Aston Villa 36 ENG DF Richard Edghill released References Notes notes 32em Sheffield United Category:Sheffield United F.C. seasons