2002–03 Portsmouth F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Portsmouth 2002–03 Harry Redknapp Milan Mandarić Fratton Park First Division 1st (promoted) FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round Svetoslav Todorov (26) Svetoslav Todorov (26) 19,558 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (15 March 2003) 17,201 vs. Millwall (14 September 2002) 18,379 2001–02 2003–04 During the 2002–03 English football season, Portsmouth competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary Portsmouth led the First Division for most of the season, and eventually finished as champions, six points clear of second-placed Leicester City. As champions, Portsmouth gained promotion to the FA Premier League, returning to the top flight after an absence of 15 years. Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov silenced his critics by finishing top scorer in the division with 26 goals, overhauling Nottingham Forest's David Johnson with a hat-trick against Bradford City on the last day of the season, in the game that confirmed Portsmouth as Football League champions. Kit Portsmouth continue to produce their own kits under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport. Final league table 2002–03 Football League y POR Results Portsmouth's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2002-2003/results Portsmouth results for the 2002-2003 season - Statto.com 2 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160216083304/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2002-2003/results 16 February 2016 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 2002 Nottingham ForestH2–018,910Burton, Péricard 13 August 2002 Sheffield UnitedA1–116,093Burton 17 August 2002 Crystal PalaceA3–218,315Foxe, Crowe (2) 24 August 2002 WatfordH3–017,901Merson, Todorov, Burton 26 August 2002 Grimsby TownA1–05,770Burchill 31 August 2002 Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–219,031Taylor, Merson (pen), Todorov, Crowe 7 September 2002 GillinghamA3–18,717Merson, Burchill, O'Neil 14 September 2002 MillwallH1–017,201Todorov 17 September 2002 WimbledonH4–118,837Péricard, Todorov, Williams (own goal), Taylor 21 September 2002 Norwich CityA0–121,335 28 September 2002 Bradford CityH3–018,459Quashie (2), Péricard 5 October 2002 Rotherham UnitedA3–28,604Péricard, Todorov, Merson (pen) 19 October 2002 Coventry CityH1–118,837Péricard 26 October 2002 BurnleyA3–015,788Quashie, Todorov, Harper 29 October 2002 Preston North EndH3–218,637Stone, Merson, Taylor 2 November 2002 Leicester CityH0–219,107 6 November 2002 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–127,022Merson 9 November 2002 Derby CountyA2–126,587Todorov, Burchill 16 November 2002 Stoke CityH3–018,701Burchill, Péricard, Todorov 23 November 2002 Sheffield WednesdayA3–116,602Todorov (2), O'Neil 30 November 2002 WalsallH3–217,701Quashie, Todorov, Taylor 7 December 2002 ReadingA0–023,462 14 December 2002 Stoke CityA1–113,330Crowe 21 December 2002 Ipswich TownH1–119,130Todorov 26 December 2002 Crystal PalaceH1–119,217Merson 28 December 2002 Nottingham ForestA2–128,165Taylor, Péricard 1 January 2003 WatfordA2–215,048Burton, Harper 13 January 2003 Sheffield UnitedH1–218,872O'Neil 18 January 2003 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–16,848Todorov 1 February 2003 Grimsby TownH3–019,248Yakubu, Ford (own goal), Quashie 8 February 2003 Derby CountyH6–219,503Merson, Yakubu (2), Taylor, Todorov (2) 17 February 2003 Leicester CityA1–131,775Taylor 22 February 2003 GillinghamH1–019,521de Zeeuw 1 March 2003 MillwallA5–09,697Yakubu (2), Sherwood, Todorov, Merson (pen) 4 March 2003 WimbledonA1–210,356Merson 12 March 2003 Norwich CityH3–219,221Yakubu, Todorov (2) 15 March 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–019,558Stone 19 March 2003 Coventry CityA4–013,922Caldwell (own goal), Stone, Harper, Merson 22 March 2003 Preston North EndA1–116,665Yakubu 5 April 2003 WalsallA2–17,899Harper, Todorov 12 April 2003 Sheffield WednesdayH1–219,524Bradbury 15 April 2003 BurnleyH1–019,221Todorov 18 April 2003 Ipswich TownA0–329,396 21 April 2003 ReadingH3–019,535Péricard (2), Todorov 27 April 2003 Rotherham UnitedH3–219,420Merson (pen), Todorov (2) 4 May 2003 Bradford CityA5–019,088Festa, Todorov (3, 1 pen), Stone FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 2003 Manchester UnitedA1–467,222Stone League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR110 September 2002 Peterborough UnitedH2–08,581Quashie, PrimusR21 October 2002 WimbledonH1–311,754Péricard First-team squad 1 TRI GK Shaka HislopHislop was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999, having previously been an unused substitute for England. 2 ENG DF Jason Crowe 4 ENG DF Eddie Howe 5 AUS DF Hayden Foxe 6 NED DF Arjan de Zeeuw 7 SCO MF Kevin HarperHarper was born in Oldham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. 8 SCO FW Mark Burchill 9 BUL FW Svetoslav Todorov 10 ENG FW Paul Merson 11 SCO MF Nigel QuashieQuashie was born in Southwark, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in May 2004. 13 CIV MF Lassina Diabaté 14 ENG MF Matthew Taylor 16 WAL MF Carl Robinson 17 FRA 1974 FW Vincent PéricardPéricard was born in Efok, Cameroon, but was raised in France and represented them at U-21 level. on loan from Juventus 18 ENG FW Lee Bradbury 19 ENG MF Steve Stone 20 NGA FW Yakubu on loan from Maccabi Haifa 21 ENG DF Lewis Buxton 22 SCG GK Saša IlićIlić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1998. 23 ENG DF Carl Tiler 25 SCO MF Richard Hughes 26 ENG MF Gary O'Neil 29 JPN GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 30 ENG DF Linvoy Primus 34 JAM FW Deon BurtonBurton was born in Berkshire, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997. 35 ITA DF Gianluca Festa 38 ENG MF Tim Sherwood Left club during season 19 ENG FW Steve Lovell to Dundee 20 ENG FW Rory Allen released 22 ENG MF Tom Curtis to Mansfield Town 22 GRE DF Efstathios Tavlaridis on loan from Arsenal 24 ENG DF Scott Hiley to Exeter City 24 FIN DF Markus Heikkinen on loan from HJK Helsinki 38 SCO DF Paul Ritchie on loan from Manchester City Reserve squad The following players had squad numbers and/or professional contracts but did not make a first-team appearance during the seasonhttp://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2003 All Portsmouth players: 2003 3 ENG DF Jamie Vincent 15 ENG MF Courtney Pitt 27 ENG MF Neil Barrett 28 ENG DF Shaun Cooper 31 ENG FW Luke Nightingale 32 ENG FW Rowan Vine 33 ENG GK Chris Tardif 37 ENG MF Carl Pettefer 39 ENG MF Chris Clark ENG DF Justin Edinburgh Statistics Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitionshttp://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2003 All Portsmouth players: 2003 GK: #1, TRI Shaka Hislop, 49 RWB: #30, ENG Linvoy Primus, 42 CB: #4, AUS Hayden Foxe, 31 CB: #6, NED Arjan de Zeeuw, 26 CB: #35, ITA Gianluca Festa, 29 LWB: #14, ENG Matthew Taylor, 38 CM: #7, SCO Kevin Harper, 23 CM: #10, ENG Paul Merson, 47 CM: #11, SCO Nigel Quashie, 44 CF: #9, BUL Svetoslav Todorov, 46 CF: #17, FRA 1974 Vincent Péricard, 19 (#19, ENG Steve Stone, also has 19 starts, as a right wing-back) References Portsmouth 2002–03