2002–03 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season September 2021 Cardiff City 2002–03 Lennie Lawrence Sam Hammam Division Two 6th FA Cup Third round Carling Cup Second round LDV Vans Trophy Quarter-finals FAW Premier Cup Semi-finals Robert Earnshaw (31) Robert Earnshaw (35) 15,245 vs Queens Park Rangers (5 April 2003) 11,389 vs Notts County (8 March 2003) 13,049 2001–02 2003–04 During the 2002–03 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Division Two. They finished in six place and were promoted to Division One after beating Queens Park Rangers in the play-off final in Cardiff.this was helped by An ex Cardiff City employee, Neil MacNamara who triggered fire alarms at the hotel where the QPR team where staying at 3am of the day of the matchJames Stuart 2010-05-20 Cardiff City tighten hotel security amid fears of QPR fans' revenge https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/may/21/cardiff-city-qpr-fans-revenge 2026-03-21 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 The season also saw Robert Earnshaw break the 56-year record of 30 league goals held by Stan Richards and the record of Hughie Ferguson of 32 goals in all competitions.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/2855393.stm Earnie sends records tumbling BBC Sport 22 March 2003 17 March 2010 Squad ChampionshipIncludes play-off matches and goals FA Cup League Cup LDV Vans Trophy 1 Scotland GK Neil Alexander 43 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Wales DF Rhys Weston 42 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 3 Wales DF Andy Legg 38 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 4 England MF Gareth Whalley 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 England DF Spencer Prior 40 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 Wales DF Danny Gabbidon 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 England FW Andy Campbell 31 4 5 2 2 0 2 1 8 Republic of Ireland MF Graham Kavanagh 47 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 England FW Leo Fortune-West 19 2 5 1 2 0 2 1 10 Wales FW Robert Earnshaw 49 31 4 1 2 3 0 0 11 England FW Peter Thorne 49 14 4 1 1 1 1 0 12 Republic of Ireland MF Willie Boland 44 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 13 Wales GK Martyn Margetson 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 14 Wales FW Jason Bowen 11 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 15 England MF Mark Bonner 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 Wales MF Leyton Maxwell 16 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 17 Wales DF James Collins 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 18 Wales DF Scott Young 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 England MF Michael Simpkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 England MF Gareth Ainsworth 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 England FW Gavin Gordon 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 21 Wales MF David Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Wales GK Mark Walton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 England DF Chris Barker 43 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 24 Wales MF Gethin Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 England DF Des Hamilton 6 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 26 England DF Gary Croft 45 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 Wales DF Ryan Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 Wales DF Josh Low 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Republic of Ireland MF Alan Mahon 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Scotland DF Andy Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Wales MF Kevin Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Wales MF Martyn Giles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Wales GK Lee Kendall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Wales DF Steve Jenkins 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 China DF Fan Zhiyi 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |} Standings 2002–03 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A Result W/W/L/W/D/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/D/W/L/D/W/D/D/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/D/D Position ~/2/5/3/5/5/8/4/4/1/1/2/1/2/2/1/1/3/2/1/3/2/2/2/2/4/4/4/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/2/4/3/3/3/3/4/5/6 Points 3p/6p/6p/9p/10p/11p/14p/17p/20p/21p/24p/25p/28p/28p/31p/34p/37p/37p/40p/43p/43p/46p/46p/49p/50p/53p/53p/54p/57p/58p/59p/62p/63p/66p/66p/67p/70p/73p/73p/76p/79p/79p/79p/79p/80p/81p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl78.htm Cardiff City 2002-03 results Cardiff City Forum 31 January 2022 January 2022 Fixtures and results Division Two 2002 8 10 y 15:00 1 W Oldham Athletic Cardiff City 12 Lee Duxbury 90 21 Andy Campbell 84 Robert Earnshaw Boundary Park Oldham 8,033 Eddie Wolstenholme (Lancashire) 2002 8 13 y 2 W Cardiff City Port Vale 31 Peter Thorne 4 Leo Fortune-West 9 Andy Legg 69 40 pen Marc Bridge-Wilkinson Ninian Park Cardiff 13,296 Paul Rejer (Staffordshire) 2002 8 17 y 15:00 3 L Cardiff City Northampton Town 12 Graham Kavanagh 13 10 50 Marco Gabbiadini Ninian Park Cardiff 13,321 Lee Cable (Woking) 2002 8 24 y 15:00 4 W Swindon Town Cardiff City 01 28 Leo Fortune-West County Ground Swindon 7,564 Barry Knight (Kent) 2002 8 26 y 15:00 5 D Cardiff City Luton Town 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,564 Paul Danson (Leicester) 2002 8 31 y 15:00 6 D Cheltenham Town Cardiff City 11 Neil Howarth 32 11 Andy Campbell Whaddon Road Cheltenham 4,395 Graham Barber (Hertfordshire) 2002 9 14 y 15:00 7 W Cardiff City Stockport County 21 Robert Earnshaw 2 Graham Kavanagh 38 16 Luke Beckett Ninian Park Cardiff 11,546 Andy Hall (West Midlands) 2002 9 17 y 19:45 8 W Cardiff City Brentford 20 Andy Legg 28 Robert Earnshaw 73 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,062 Guy Stretton (West Bridgford) 2002 9 21 y 15:00 9 W Notts County Cardiff City 01 20 Gary Croft Meadow Lane Nottingham 6,118 Paul Robinson (East Yorkshire) 2002 9 24 y 19:45 10 D Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 22 Paul Wotton 8 Graham Coughlan 90 2 67 Robert Earnshaw Home Park Plymouth 11,606 Clive Wilkes (Oxford) 2002 9 28 y 11 W Cardiff City Crewe Alexandra 21 Robert Earnshaw 84 86 48 Rob Hulse Ninian Park Cardiff 13,208 Graham Salisbury (Lancashire) 2002 10 5 y 12 D Wigan Athletic Cardiff City 22 Tony Dinning 26 Nathan Ellington 28 20 86 Robert Earnshaw JJB Stadium Wigan 8,047 Eddie Wolstenholme (Lancashire) 2002 10 12 y 13 W Cardiff City Wycombe Wanderers 10 Graham Kavanagh 79 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,109 Trevor Parkes (West Midlands) 2002 10 19 y 14 L Blackpool Cardiff City 10 John Hills 52 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 7,744 Mike Riley (West Yorkshire) 2002 10 26 y 17:35 15 W Cardiff City Tranmere Rovers 40 Peter Thorne 29 82 Robert Earnshaw 42 pen Rhys Weston 90 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,096 Clive Penton (Sussex) 2002 10 29 y 16 W Mansfield Town Cardiff City 01 70 Peter Thorne Field Mill Mansfield 3,421 Neale Barry (Lincolnshire) 2002 11 2 y 17 W Cardiff City Peterborough United 30 Graham Kavanagh 19 Robert Earnshaw 54 pen Rhys Weston 58 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,918 Paul Danson (Leicester) 2002 11 9 y 18 L Barnsley Cardiff City 32 Chris Morgan 22 64 Rory Fallon 30 23 42 Robert Earnshaw Oakwell Barnsley 10,894 Chris Foy (Lancashire) 2002 11 24 y 19 W Cardiff City Chesterfield 10 Peter Thorne 12 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,331 Richard Beeby (Northampton) 2002 11 29 y 20 W Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City 04 59 65 87 Robert Earnshaw 90 Andy Campbell Loftus Road London 14,345 Clive Wilkes (Oxford) 2002 12 14 y 17:35 21 L Cardiff City Bristol City 02 49 pen Brian Tinnion 76 Christian Roberts Ninian Park Cardiff 15,239 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) 2002 12 20 y 22 W Colchester United Cardiff City 12 Mick Stockwell 52 45 Robert Earnshaw 77 Robert Earnshaw Layer Road Colchester 3,096 Uriah Rennie (South Yorkshire) 2002 12 26 y 12:00 23 L Luton Town Cardiff City 20 Tony Thorpe 80 Steve Howard 90 Kenilworth Road Luton 7,805 Paul Armstrong (Berkshire) 2002 12 29 y 24 W Cardiff City Huddersfield Town 40 Jason Bowen 19 64 Robert Earnshaw 44 73 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,703 Scott Mathieson (Cheshire) 2003 1 1 y 15:00 25 D Cardiff City Swindon Town 11 Robert Earnshaw 89 70 Sam Parkin Ninian Park Cardiff 13,062 Andy Penn (West Midlands) 2003 1 18 y 15:00 26 W Cardiff City Cheltenham Town 21 Peter Thorne 8 Robert Earnshaw 36 19 John Finnigan Ninian Park Cardiff 11,607 Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire) 2003 1 25 y 15:00 27 L Huddersfield Town Cardiff City 10 Andy Booth 80 Kirklees Stadium Huddersfield 9,462 George Cain (Bootle, Merseyside) 2003 1 31 y 19:45 28 D Cardiff City Oldham Athletic 11 Jason Bowen 35 87 David Eyres Ninian Park Cardiff 12,579 Peter Walton (Northamptonshire) 2003 2 4 y 29 W Northampton Town Cardiff City 01 58 Robert Earnshaw Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,553 Ray Olivier (Sutton Coldfield) 2003 2 8 y 30 D Cardiff City Barnsley 11 Gavin Gordon 90 52 pen Bruce Dyer Ninian Park Cardiff 12,759 Guy Stretton (West Bridgford) 2003 2 21 y 31 D Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 11 Robert Earnshaw 42 86 Paul Wotton Ninian Park Cardiff 14,006 Mark Warren (Walsall) 2003 2 25 y 32 W Port Vale Cardiff City 02 35 Gavin Gordon 64 Peter Thorne Vale Park Port Vale 3,831 Paul Taylor (Middlesex) 2003 3 1 y 33 D Stockport County Cardiff City 11 Peter Clark 26 81 Peter Thorne Edgeley Park Stockport 5,385 Phil Dowd (Stoke-on-Trent) 2003 3 4 y 34 W Brentford Cardiff City 02 52 Scott Young 78 Robert Earnshaw Griffin Park London 5,727 Mick Thorpe (Suffolk) 2003 3 8 y 35 L Cardiff City Notts County 02 62 pen Mark Stallard 80 Mark Stallard Ninian Park Cardiff 11,389 Lee Cable (Woking) 2003 3 14 y 36 D Tranmere Rovers Cardiff City 33 Simon Haworth 47 Iain Hume 78 Gary Jones 89 35 68 90 Robert Earnshaw Prenton Park Birkenhead 9,367 Alan Butler (Cheshire) 2003 3 18 y 37 W Cardiff City Blackpool 21 Robert Earnshaw 44 Alan Mahon 51 37 Scott Taylor Ninian Park Cardiff 11,788 Scott Mathieson (Cheshire) 2003 3 21 y 38 W Cardiff City Mansfield Town 10 Robert Earnshaw 62 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,009 Grant Hegley (Hertfordshire) 2003 4 5 y 39 L Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers 12 Peter Thorne 78 64 Paul Furlong 89 Richard Langley Ninian Park Cardiff 15,235 Paul Armstrong (Berkshire) 2003 4 8 y 40 W Wycombe Wanderers Cardiff City 04 5 81 Peter Thorne 68 Alan Mahon 84 Andy Legg Adams Park High Wycombe 5,889 Clive Penton (Sussex) 2003 4 13 y 14:00 41 W Chesterfield Cardiff City 03 24 Graham Kavanagh 35 82 Peter Thorne Saltergate Chesterfield 4,398 Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire) 2003 4 16 y 15:00 42 L Peterborough United Cardiff City 20 Matt Gill 38 Leon McKenzie 70 London Road Peterborough 4,984 Eddie Evans (Manchester) 2003 4 19 y 43 L Cardiff City Colchester United 03 4 Karl Duguid 61 Kem Izzet 73 Dean Morgan Ninian Park Cardiff 12,633 Steve Tomlin (Lewes) 2003 4 22 y 44 L Bristol City Cardiff City 20 Brian Tinnion 55 pen Christian Roberts 73 Ashton Gate Bristol 15,615 Rob Styles (Dorset) 2003 4 26 y 45 D Cardiff City Wigan Athletic 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 14,702 David Crick (Surrey) 2003 5 3 y 46 D Crewe Alexandra Cardiff City 11 Richard Walker 45 64 Robert Earnshaw Gresty Road Crewe 9,562 Roy Pearson (Durham) Play-Offs 2003 5 10 y 15:00 Semi Final (First leg) W Cardiff City Bristol City 10 Peter Thorne 74 Ninian Park Cardiff BBC report 19,146 Howard Webb (Yorkshire) 2003 5 13 y 19:45 Semi Final (Second leg) D Bristol City Cardiff City 00 01 Ashton Gate Bristol 11v11 report 16,307 Jeff Winter (Middlesbrough) 2003 5 25 y 15:00 Final W Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City 01 yes 114 Andy Campbell Millennium Stadium Cardiff BBC reportSky report 66,096 Howard Webb (Yorkshire) League Cup 2002 9 11 y Round 1 W Boston United Cardiff City 15 Paul Ellender 52 25 36 42 Robert Earnshaw 45 Chris Barker 67 Peter Thorne York Street Boston 2,280 Mick Fletcher (Worcestershire) 2002 10 1 y Round 2 L Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff City 10 Teddy Sheringham 30 White Hart Lane Tottenham 23,723 Scott Mathieson (Cheshire) FA Cup 2002 11 18 y Round 1 D Tranmere Rovers Cardiff City 22 Stuart Barlow 7 Simon Haworth 62 34 James Collins 44 Graham Kavanagh Prenton Park Birkenhead 5,592 Mick Fletcher (Worcestershire) 2002 11 26 y Round 1 (Replay) W Cardiff City Tranmere Rovers 21 Andy Campbell 60 James Collins 68 45 Micky Mellon Ninian Park Cardiff 6,853 Mick Fletcher (Worcestershire) 2002 12 7 y Round 2 W Margate Cardiff City 03 28 Peter Thorne 34 Willie Boland 88 Leo Fortune-West Crabble Athletic Ground Margate 1,362 Ray Olivier (Sutton Coldfield) 2003 1 4 y Round 3 D Cardiff City Coventry City 22 Robert Earnshaw 76 Andy Campbell 90 27 Lee Mills 55 pen Gary McAllister Ninian Park Cardiff 16,101 Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) 2003 1 15 y Round 3 (Replay) L Coventry City Cardiff City 30 Lee Fowler 21 Dean Holdsworth 57 Jay Bothroyd 89 Highfield Road Coventry 11,997 Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) LDV Vans Trophy 2002 11 12 y Round 2 W Exeter City Cardiff City 03 49 Jason Bowen 61 pen Andy Campbell 90 Leo Fortune-West St James Park Exeter 1,360 Peter Walton (Northamptonshire) 2002 12 10 y Round 3 L Bournemouth Cardiff City 21 yes Wade Elliott 79 James Hayter 114 81 Gavin Gordon Dean Court Bournemouth 3,615 Paul Taylor (Middlesex) FAW Premier Cup 2003 1 28 y Quarter Final W Total Network Solutions Cardiff City 13 Steve Anthrobus Gavin Gordon Gavin Gordon Stuart Fleetwood Park Hall Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain 500 2003 3 24 y Semi Final D Newport County Cardiff City 00 yes 42 Newport Stadium Newport 1,160 Steve Hames (Aberdare) References Bibliography The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Richard Shepherd Tony Brown 2002 1-899-46817-X Rothmans Football Yearbook 2003-2004 Glenda Rollin Jack Rollin Headline Book Publishing 2002 0-7553-1228-7 See also Cardiff City F.C. seasons 2002–03 in English football 2003 Football League Second Division play-off final Category:Cardiff City F.C. seasons Cardiff City Cardiff City