2002–03 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Plymouth Argyle 2002–03 Paul Sturrock Paul Stapleton Home Park Second Division 8th FA Cup Third Round (eliminated by Dagenham & Redbridge) League Cup First Round (eliminated by Crystal Palace) Football League Trophy Second Round (eliminated by Brentford) Marino Keith (11) Marino Keith (12) 11,922 (vs Bristol City, 26 August 2002) 6,835 (vs Brentford, 22 March 2003) 8,980 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 99th consecutive season as a professional club. It began on 1 July 2002, and concluded on 30 June 2003, although competitive games were only played between August and May. Season summary The club began the 2002–03 season in the Football League Second Division, following their promotion from the Third Division.GoS: 2002–03 They finished in a creditable 8th position, with a record of 17 wins, 14 draws, and 15 defeats, from 46 games. Their leading goalscorer was Marino Keith with 12 goals in all competitions. The club reached the Third Round of the FA Cup, drawing 2–2 at home with Dagenham & Redbridge before losing the replay 2–0. They entered the League Cup at the First Round stage and were eliminated away to Crystal Palace 2–1 after extra-time. They also competed in the Football League Trophy where they reached the Second Round before being defeated 2–0 at home by Brentford. Notable players to begin their careers with the Pilgrims this season included David Norris, Tony Capaldi, Hasney Aljofree, and Nathan Lowndes. Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Football League more information Football League Second Division 10 August 2002 Mansfield Town 4–3 (Report) Plymouth Argyle White 32 67 Disley 51 Larkin 55 Evans 24 Friio 86 Lowndes 90 Field Mill, Mansfield 5,309 G Frankland L 13 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 (Report) Huddersfield Town Friio 58 Wotton 90 Thorrington 89 Home Park, Plymouth 8,953 B Curson W 17 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 (Report) Luton Town McGlinchey 57 Wotton 82 Howard 67 Home Park, Plymouth 10,973 T Parkes W 24 August 2002 Cheltenham Town 1–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Spencer 33 Coughlan 61 Wotton 74 Whaddon Road, Cheltenham 4,713 K Hill W 26 August 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 (Report) Bristol City Wotton 65 pen. Coughlan 81 Home Park, Plymouth 11,922 W Jordan W 31 August 2002 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Thomas 69 Pacquette 90 Friio 33 Hodges 59 Loftus Road, London 14,001 L Cable D 14 September 2002 Barnsley 1–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Dyer 10 Sturrock 38 Oakwell, Barnsley 9,134 M Fletcher D 17 September 2002 Peterborough United 2–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Clarke 58 Green 84 London Road, Peterborough 4,208 M Warren L 21 September 2002 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 (Report) Chesterfield Ebdon 69 Home Park, Plymouth 8,547 S Tomlin L 24 September 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 (Report) Cardiff City Wotton 8 Coughlan 90 Earnshaw 2 67 Home Park, Plymouth 11,606 C Wilkes D 28 September 2002 Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Currie 28 pen. 68 Friio 60 Adams Park, Wycombe 6,708 P Danson L 5 October 2002 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 (Report) Northampton Town Home Park, Plymouth 8,530 A Bates D 12 October 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 (Report) Wigan Athletic Stonebridge 18 Dinning 25 58 Ellington 90 Home Park, Plymouth 8,746 P Armstrong L 19 October 2002 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Norris 45 Alexandra Stadium, Crewe 6,733 F Stretton W 26 October 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 (Report) Blackpool Keith 60 Taylor 16 40 Murphy 87 Home Park, Plymouth 8,717 A Penn L 2 November 2002 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Roberts 87 Hodges (og) 90 Adams 6 Prenton Park, Tranmere 7,083 S Dunn L 12 November 2002 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 (Report) Oldham Athletic Stonebridge 4 Friio 7 Eyres 74 pen. Andrews 76 Home Park, Plymouth 8,216 P Crossley D 23 November 2002 Plymouth Argyle 4–1 (Report) Stockport County Goodwin (og) 6 (og) 60 Keith 13 Adams 42 Wotton (og) 11 Home Park, Plymouth 7,746 M Warren W 30 November 2002 Colchester United 0–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Layer Road, Colchester 3,714 C Boyeson D 14 December 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 (Report) Swindon Town Hodges 90 pen. Andy Gurney 77 Home Park, Plymouth 8,111 R Olivier D 21 December 2002 Port Vale 1–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Brooker 26 Evans 2 Keith 40 Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent 4,892 P Prosser W 26 December 2002 Bristol City 0–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol 18,085 A Hall D 28 December 2002 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 (Report) Notts County Aljofree 61 Home Park, Plymouth 11,901 J Ross W 1 January 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–1 (Report) Cheltenham Town Phillips 22 Stonebridge 35Norris 53 Worrell (og) 13 Home Park, Plymouth 10,927 M Cooper W 18 January 2003 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 (Report) Queens Park Rangers Pacquette 51 Home Park, Plymouth 10,249 P Walton L 25 January 2003 Notts County 0–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Norris 38 50 Meadow Lane, Nottingham 6,329 A D'Urso W 1 February 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–1 (Report) Mansfield Town Lawrence (og) 2 Phillips 68 Evans 84 Lawrence 11 Home Park, Plymouth 8,030 S Tomlin W 4 February 2003 Huddersfield Town 1–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Smith 82 pen. McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield 7,294 E Ilderton L 8 February 2003 Oldham Athletic 0–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Evans 39 Boundary Park, Oldham 6,657 H Webb W 15 February 2003 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 (Report) Tranmere Rovers Haworth 57 Home Park, Plymouth 8,590 D Crick L 21 February 2003 Cardiff City 1–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Earnshaw 42 Wotton 86 Ninian Park, Cardiff 14,006 M Warren D 25 February 2003 Luton Town 1–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Thorpe 50 Kenilworth Road, Luton 7,589 T Bates L 1 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 (Report) Barnsley Coughlan 14 Dyer 66 Home Park, Plymouth 8,228 P Rejer D 4 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 6–1 (Report) Peterborough United Keith 9 Burton (og) 25 Gill (og) 42 Wotton 45 Friio 62 Bent 72 McKenzie 70 Home Park, Plymouth 6,931 C Penton W 8 March 2003 Chesterfield 3–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Payne 10 Reeves 17 49 Keith 15 74 Saltergate, Chesterfield 3,668 F Stretton L 15 March 2003 Blackpool 1–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Taylor 40 Keith 29 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 8,772 C Wilkes D 18 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 (Report) Crewe Alexandra Stonebridge 47 Jack 4 Ashton 13 68 Home Park, Plymouth 7,777 L Cable L 22 March 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 (Report) Brentford Keith 12 48 Smith 28 Home Park, Plymouth 6,835 M Fletcher W 29 March 2003 Wigan Athletic 0–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Keith 35 JJB Stadium, Wigan 7,203 M Cooper W 5 April 2003 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 (Report) Colchester United Home Park, Plymouth 7,122 P Taylor D 12 April 2003 Stockport County 2–1 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Wilbraham 40 Daly 86 pen. Keith 72 Edgeley Park, Stockport 5,484 M Ryan L 19 April 2003 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 (Report) Port Vale Coughlan 56 Norris 67 Wotton 77 Home Park, Plymouth 7,778 M Warren W 23 April 2003 Swindon Town 2–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Invincible 38 Parkin 68 County Ground, Swindon 5,057 M Williamson L 26 April 2003 Northampton Town 2–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Stamp 66 Morison 72 Norris 19 Stonebridge 55 Sixfields, Northampton 5,063 E Evans D 3 May 2003 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 (Report) Wycombe Wanderers Lowndes 75 Home Park, Plymouth 10,129 G Cain W League table PosClubPldWDLGFGAGDPts7Tranmere Rovers462311126657+9808Plymouth Argyle461714156352+11659Luton Town461714156762+565 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points FA Cup more information 2002–03 FA Cup First Round 16 November 2002 Bury 0–3 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Evans 19 Nelson (og) 32 Wotton 86 Gigg Lane, Bury 2,987 H Webb W Second Round 7 December 2002 Stockport County 0–3 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Stonebridge 9 Friio 14 Wotton 72 pen. Edgeley Park, Stockport 3,571 A Butler W Third Round 4 January 2003 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 (Report) Dagenham & Redbridge Stonebridge 44 Wotton 61 Terry 13 McDougald 67 Home Park, Plymouth 11,885 T Parkes D Third Round Replay 14 January 2003 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–0 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Shipp 20 McDougald 85 Victoria Road, Dagenham 4,530 T Parkes L Football League Cup more information 2002–03 Football League Cup First Round 10 September 2002 Crystal Palace 2–1 y (Report) Plymouth Argyle Powell 22 Johnson 113 Sturrock 39 Selhurst Park, London 6,385 C Penton L Football League Trophy more information Football League Trophy Southern Section First Round 22 October 2002 Chester City 1–2 (Report) Plymouth Argyle Guyett 29 Keith 34 Evans 85 Deva Stadium, Chester 1,126 G Salisbury W Southern Section Second Round 12 November 2002 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 (Report) Brentford Hunt 89 Home Park, Plymouth 3,565 L Cable L Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d2/plymouth.htm FootballSquads - Plymouth Argyle - 2002/03 1 FRA GK Romain Larrieu 2 IRL DF David Worrell 3 NIR DF Brian McGlinchey 4 FRA MF David Friio 5 IRL DF Graham Coughlan 6 ENG DF Craig Taylor 7 ENG MF David Beresford 8 ENG FW Nathan Lowndes 9 IRL FW Mickey EvansEvans was born in Plymouth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in October 1997. 10 ENG FW Ian Stonebridge 11 ENG MF Martin Phillips 12 ENG MF Steve Adams 13 SCO DF Kieran McAnespie]McAnespie was born in Gosport, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented Scotland at U-21 level. 14 ENG MF Lee Hodges 15 ENG DF Paul Wotton 16 FRA MF Osvaldo Lopes 17 ENG FW Stewart Yetton 18 ENG DF Hasney Aljofree 19 SCO FW Marino Keith 20 CAN MF Jason Bent 21 SCO FW Blair Sturrock 22 ENG MF Joe Broad 23 ENG GK Luke McCormick 24 ENG DF Stuart Malcolm 26 ENG MF David Norris 27 NIR DF Tony CapaldiCapaldi was born in , Norway, but also qualified to represent Scotland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father and grandmother respectively and represented Northern Ireland at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2004. on loan from Birmingham City 29 SCO MF Paul Bernard 30 ENG DF Paul Connolly 31 ENG MF Marcus Martin 32 ENG GK Jason Chapman 33 ENG GK Kenny Schofield Left club during season 16 SCO FW Martin Gritton to Torquay United 17 ENG MF Kevin Wills to Torquay United 17 SCO MF Grant Smith on loan from Sheffield United 25 ENG MF Neil Heaney retired 27 ENG DF Tony Barras on loan from Walsall 29 AUS GK Danny Milosevic on loan to Leeds United Statistics Appearances and goals Key #87CEEB † Permanent player left club during the season. 1px solid #AAAAAA#faecc8 ‡ On loan at Plymouth Argyle from another club during season. 1px solid #AAAAAA#FFFF00 ¤ On loan to another club from Plymouth Argyle during season. 1px solid #AAAAAA#98FB98 * First appearance(s) for Plymouth Argyle. 1px solid #AAAAAA # = Squad number; Pos = Playing position; P = Number of games played; G = Number of goals scored; 13px|alt=A yellow card = Yellow cards; 13px|alt=A red card = Red cards; GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward Statistics do not include minor competitions or games played for other clubs. All players who were provided a squad number during the 2002–03 season are included.Team Page #PosNamePGPGPGPG13px|alt=A yellow card13px|alt=A red cardNotesLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalDisciplineAppearancesDisciplinehttp://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2036 Soccerbase Statistics 23 December 2009 23 May 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060523114327/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2036 dead 01 1GKRomain Larrieu43040104800002 2DFDavid Worrell43040104804003 3DFBrian McGlinchey19120002114104 4MFDavid Friio36641104178005 5DFGraham Coughlan42540104753006 6DFCraig Taylor Craig Taylor (footballer)†100000100007 7MFDavid Beresford150000015*00008 8FWNathan Lowndes162001017*24009 9FWMickey Evans Mickey Evans (Irish footballer)42441104753010FWIan Stonebridge37542104271011MFMartin Phillips Martin Phillips (footballer)24220102723012MFSteve Adams Steve Adams (footballer, born 1980)37240104222013MFKieran McAnespie4000004*00014MFLee Hodges Lee Hodges (footballer born 1973)39230104320015DFPaul Wotton438431048116016MFOsvaldo Lopes†90101011*00017MFGrant Smith Grant Smith (footballer, born 1980)‡5100005*11017FWStewart Yetton100000100018DFHasney Aljofree19110102113019FWMarino Keith3711400041112020MFJason Bent25120002712121FWBlair Sturrock20130112420022MFJoe Broad500000500023GKLuke McCormick Luke McCormick (footballer, born 1983)300000300024DFStuart Malcolm3000003*00025MFNeil Heaney†000000000026MFDavid Norris David Norris (footballer)‡336300036*64027DFTony Barras‡4000004*00027MFTony Capaldi1000001*00029MFPaul Bernard Paul Bernard (footballer)100000010*01029GKDanny Milosevic‡1000001*00030DFPaul Connolly footballer200000200033GKDanny Williams Danny Williams (footballer, born 1981)‡0000000000 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee 8 July 2002 England David Beresford Hull City Free 8 July 2002 England Nathan Lowndes Livingston Undisclosed 13 August 2002 Scotland Stuart Malcolm St Johnstone Free 30 August 2002 England Hasney Aljofree Dundee United Free 14 December 2002 England David Norris Bolton Wanderers £25,000 23 December 2002 Scotland Paul Bernard Barnsley Free 27 March 2003 Scotland Kieran McAnespie Fulham Free 30 April 2003 Northern Ireland Tony Capaldi Birmingham City Free Out DatePlayerToFee 6 September 2002 Scotland Martin Gritton Torquay United Free 9 September 2002 England Sean Evers Woking Free 18 December 2002 England Neil Heaney Free agent Released 1 January 2003 England Kevin Wills Torquay United Free 2 June 2003 France Osvaldo Lopes Free agent Released 13 June 2003 England Craig Taylor Torquay United Free Loans In Start datePlayerToEnd date 9 October 2002 England David Norris Bolton Wanderers 13 December 2002 6 November 2002 Australia Danny Milosevic Leeds United 10 November 2002 20 November 2002 England Tony Barras Walsall 1 January 2003 11 March 2003 Scotland Grant Smith Sheffield United 4 May 2003 Out In Start datePlayerFromEnd date 5 August 2002 Scotland Martin Gritton Torquay United 5 September 2002 29 November 2002 England Kevin Wills Torquay United 29 December 2002 24 February 2003 England Craig Taylor Torquay United 4 May 2003 Notes notes References Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons Plymouth Argyle