2002–03 Football Conference

April 2014 April 2014 Football Conference 2002–03Soccerbase Yeovil Town (1st Football Conference title) Direct promotion Yeovil Town Promoted through play-offs Doncaster Rovers FA Trophy winners Burscough(Northern Premier League Premier Division) (1st FA Trophy title) Relegated to Level 6 Kettering Town,Nuneaton Borough,Southport Paul Barnes (Doncaster Rovers), 25 Yeovil – Southport 6–0 (5 October 2002) Woking – Morecambe 0–6 (22 February 2003) Burton Albion – Telford 4–7 (8 February 2003) 462 1342 ? ? ? Yeovil Town v Chester City, 8,111 (26 April 2003) ? 1,616 (+ 18% compared with the previous season) 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Football Conference season was the 24th season of the Football Conference. Overview This season the number of teams promoted to the Football League Division Three was increased from one to two, and play-offs were introduced to determine the second team to be promoted, along with the Conference champions. The bottom three, as usual, were relegated to either the Northern Premier League, the Southern Premier League or the Isthmian League. Yeovil Town clinched the league title and won promotion to the Football League Division Three. Doncaster Rovers also earned promotion to Division Three following their 3–2 play-off win over Dagenham & Redbridge, during extra time with a sudden death goal in the 110th minute. The regular season began on 17 August 2002, and ended on 26 April 2003. Changes since the previous season Burton Albion (promoted 2001–02) Gravesend & Northfleet (promoted 2001–02) Halifax Town (relegated from the Football League 2001–02) Kettering Town (promoted 2001–02) Final league table main WDL 5 PR YEO Yeovil Town MOR Morecambe DON Doncaster Rovers CHE Chester City D&R Dagenham & Redbridge HER Hereford United SCA Scarborough HAL Halifax Town FGR Forest Green Rovers MAR Margate BAR Barnet STB Stevenage Borough FAR Farnborough Town NOR Northwich Victoria TEL Telford United BRT Burton Albion GRN Gravesend & Northfleet LEI Leigh RMI WOK Woking NUN Nuneaton Borough SOU Southport KET Kettering Town 28 11 3 100 37 23 9 10 86 42 22 12 8 73 47 21 12 9 59 31 21 9 12 71 59 19 7 16 64 51 18 10 14 63 54 18 10 14 50 51 17 8 17 61 62 15 11 16 60 66 13 14 15 65 68 14 10 18 61 55 13 12 17 57 56 13 12 17 66 72 14 7 21 54 69 13 10 19 52 77 12 12 18 62 73 14 6 22 44 71 11 14 17 52 81 13 7 22 51 78 11 12 19 54 69 8 7 27 37 73 CP OP R R R green1 Promotion to the Football League Third Division CP yellow1 Qualification for the Football Conference play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division RS red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division RN red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division RI complete Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003–2004. Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (eds.), Headline, 2003. Locations England left 400 Locations of the Football Conference 2002–2003 teams England 51.65 -0.19 right England 52.80 -1.68 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 51.54 0.14 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.31 -0.76 right England 51.70 -2.22 right England 51.44 0.37 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 53.50 -2.52 right England 51.39 1.38 right England 54.06 -2.88 right England 53.28 -2.47 right England 52.52 -1.44 right England 54.27 -0.42 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 51.90 -0.20 right England 52.68 -2.45 right England 51.32 -0.56 right England 50.95 -2.67 right Barnet Burton Albion Chester Dagenham & R Doncaster Farnborough Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & N Halifax Town Hereford United Kettering Town Leigh RMI Margate Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Scarborough Southport Stevenage Telford Woking Yeovil Town Greater London center 369 Locations of the Football Conference London teams 2002–2003 Greater London 51.65 -0.19 right Greater London 51.54 0.14 right Greater London 51.44 0.37 right Barnet Dagenham & Redbridge Gravesend & Northfleet Results main FBR grey BAR BRT CHE D&R DON FAR FGR GRN HAL HER KET LEI MAR MOR NOR NUN SCA SOU STB TEL WOK YEO Barnet 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–4 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 Burton Albion 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–7 0–2 1–1 Chester City 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 5–1 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 Farnborough Town 2–2 5–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 5–0 2–4 Forest Green Rovers 4–4 2–0 0–2 5–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 4–1 5–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 4–2 2–4 Halifax Town 2–4 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–5 3–1 2–1 3–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 Hereford United 4–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 0–0 Kettering Town 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–4 0–3 0–1 Leigh RMI 4–2 4–2 0–4 1–3 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–4 Margate 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 Morecambe 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 Northwich Victoria 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 Nuneaton Borough 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 Scarborough 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–5 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 Southport 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–3 0–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 0–1 Stevenage Borough 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 Telford United 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 4–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–5 Woking 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–5 0–6 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–5 3–0 1–1 Yeovil Town 0–0 6–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 Soccerbase Play-offs 2003 Football Conference play-off Final The Conference National play-offs determine the second team that will be promoted to the Football League Division Three. The teams placed second through fifth qualify for the play-offs. The semi-finals are played in a two-leg, home and away format, while the final is played as one leg, and this season it was held on 10 May 2003 at Britannia Stadium, Stoke, before a crowd of 13,092. 2/1 y y Semi-finals 1st leg – 1 May 2003; 2nd leg – 5 May 2003 Final at Britannia Stadium,Stoke-on-Trent 10 May 2003 3rd Doncaster Rovers (pen.) 1 1 2 (4) 4th Chester City 1 1 2 (3) 2nd Morecambe 1 2 3 (2) 5th Dagenham & Redbridge (pen.) 2 1 3 (3) 3rd Doncaster Rovers , golden goal) 3 5th Dagenham & Redbridge 2 Source: Semifinals 1 May 2003 1st Leg Doncaster Rovers 1–1 https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/97609 Chester City Whitman 90 McIntyre 37 Belle Vue Doncaster 6,857 5 May 2003 2nd Leg Chester City 1–1 Y https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chester-city-1-1-doncaster-5309627 Doncaster Rovers Hatswell 31 Barnes 57 Clare Quayle Davies McIntyre Cameron 3–4 Paterson Blundell Blunt Morley Ryan Deva Stadium Chester Atkinson 5,702 Doncaster Rovers win 4–3 on penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate. 1 May 2003 1st Leg Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/97608 Morecambe Stein 7 66 pen. Goodwin 29 o.g. Victoria Road Dagenham 3,447 5 May 2003 2nd Leg Morecambe 2–1 y https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/97611 Dagenham & Redbridge West 58 o.g. Rigoglioso 86 Terry 89 McKearney Murphy Drummond 2–3 Stein Shipp Mustafa Terry Matthews Christie Park Morecambe Foster 5,405 Dagenham & Redbridge win 3–2 on penalties after tying 3–3 on Aggregate. Play-Off Final 10 May 2003 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–3 y Doncaster Rovers Stein 63 Mustafa 78 Green 39 Morley 55 Tierney 110 Britannia Stadium Stoke Andre Marriner 13,092 Top scorers in order of league goals Rank Player Club League Play-offs FA Cup FA Trophy LDV Total1 ENG Paul Barnes Doncaster Rovers 251200282 ENG Kirk Jackson Yeovil Town 240111273 ENG Gregg Blundell Doncaster Rovers 200020224 GHA Junior Agogo Barnet 200000205 ENG Wayne Curtis Morecambe 180000186 TUN Dino Maamria Stevenage Borough 17010018= IRL Daryl Clare Chester City 170000178 ENG Mark Stein Dagenham & Redbridge 16302021= ENG Christian Moore Burton Albion 16020018= ENG Steve West Dagenham & Redbridge 16001017= ENG David Brown Telford United 1600101712 ENG Neil Grayson Forest Green Rovers 15005020= ENG Mark Quayle Chester City 1501001614 ENG Warren Patmore Woking 14002016= ENG Paul Moore Telford United 1400101516 NGA Kayode Odejayi Forest Green Rovers 13012016= ENG Lee Elam Morecambe 13011015= WAL Kevin Gall Yeovil Town 13001014= ENG Steve Guinan Hereford United 13000013 Footballtransfers.co.uk contains information on many players on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia. Source: References External links Official Football Conference Website 2002–03 5 England