2002–03 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 May 2020 Manchester City 2002–03 Publicly traded company David Bernstein (until 5 March 2003) John Wardle Kevin Keegan Maine Road Premier League 9th FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Nicolas Anelka (14 goals) Nicolas Anelka (14 goals) 34,564 35,141 (v. Liverpool, 28 September 2002) 21,820 (v. Crewe Alexandra, 1 October 2002) _mancityh0103 _mancityh0103 _mancityh0103 _mcfc_home_2002-03 _mancityh0103 008ed2 008ed2 008ed2 ffffff 008ed2 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 2001–02 2003–04 + Results summary - all competitions WinsDrawsLossesWin %Home102 9 47.6%Away6 4 1030.0%Both166 1939.0% + Results summary - Premier League WinsDrawsLossesWin %Home9 2 8 47.4%Away6 4 9 31.6%Both156 1739.5% The 2002–03 season was Manchester City Football Club's first season back playing in the Premier League again after having been relegated from it at the end of the 2000–01 season. This was the club's sixth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football ten years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, this was Manchester City's 111th season playing in any division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. It was also City's last season at Maine Road, their home since 1923. They moved to the City of Manchester (now Etihad) Stadium in the summer of 2003. Season review This season was the team's first one playing in the Premier League under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan who, having taken over the helm as manager from Joe Royle after the club had been relegated to the Football League First Division fifteen months earlier, had led the club to an immediate promotion back to the top flight. In fact, the previous season had seen Manchester City promoted in style, with the team breaking many prior club records as it became the new First Division champions. This successful campaign allowed Keegan to delve into the transfer market in the summer and he brought in a number of high-profile players - such as striker Nicolas Anelka, defender Sylvain Distin and goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel - in an effort to ensure that the team was strong enough to remain in the Premier League now that it was back there again. By spending the £13m transfer fee required to bring Anelka to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain the club broke its previous transfer record. Sylvain Distin also transferred over to Manchester City from PSG for £5m, while Peter Schmeichel joined the club on a free transfer from Aston Villa. Some of the other players Keegan brought in during the newly introduced summer transfer window were Marc-Vivien Foé, who joined the club on a season-long loan from Lyon, Vicente Matías Vuoso (from Independiente) and Mikkel Bischoff. Additionally, Robbie Fowler, David Sommeil and Djamel Belmadi were also signed by Keegan a few months later during the 2003 January transfer window. The new year would also see the man that had been the main impetus behind the hiring of Kevin Keegan, chairman David Bernstein, fall out with his new hire and leave the club following a boardroom dispute over finances and managerial structure that followed closely on the back of the previous week's resignation of the club's managing director. The initial cause of this dispute had occurred back in January concerning the protracted transfer saga of Robbie Fowler (which Bernstein had originally brokered).https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/have_your_say/2003/03/05/bernstein.shtml Bernstein quits: bad news for the Blues? 5 March 2003 25 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation He was succeeded as club chairman by former deputy chairman John Wardle.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2821479.stm Man City chairman quits 5 March 2003 19 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation https://web.archive.org/web/20101223064552/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2821479.stm 23 December 2010 live This season's campaign would finally see Manchester City win its first Manchester Derby in over 13 years, allowing Peter Schmeichel to establish an exceptional record where he has never been on the losing side in a derby game. During his nine years playing with Manchester United the Reds were unbeaten against Manchester City, while in his single final season playing with the Blues, City won the derby game played at Maine Road and drew the one played at Old Trafford. This was also to be Manchester City's last season playing at its historic Maine Road ground before moving to its current home at City of Manchester Stadium. Consequently, the last game of the season was also the last game ever played at the club's old ground, and Marc-Vivien Foé would have the distinction of being recorded in the soccer annals as the player who scored the last ever goal for Manchester City at Maine Road. Team kit The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/apr/18/marketingandpr.football Man City takes First Advice in £5m shirt deal 18 April 2002 20 November 2010 The Guardian Guardian News and Media Limited none center _mancityh0103 _mancityh0103 _mancityh0103 _mcfc_home_2002-03 _mancityh0103 008ed2 008ed2 008ed2 008ed2 Home none center _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 _mcfc_away_2002-03 Away none center _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 _mcfc_third_2002-03 Third November 2010 First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/faprem/mancity.htm FootballSquads - Manchester City - 2002/03 1 DEN Peter Schmeichel GK 2 FRA 1974 David Sommeil DF 3 DEN Niclas Jensen DF 4 NED Gerard Wiekens DF 5 FRA 1974 Sylvain Distin DF 6 NIR Kevin Horlock MF 7 ENG Darren Huckerby FW 8 ALG Ali Benarbia MF 9 CRC Paulo Wanchope FW 10 BER Shaun Goater FW 11 ENG Jon Macken FW 12 ENG Nicky Weaver GK 13 FRA 1974 Christian Negouai MF 14 ISR Eyal Berkovic DF 15 NOR Alf-Inge Haaland DF 16 SCO Paul Ritchie DF 17 PRC Sun Jihai DF 19 AUS Danny Tiatto MF 20 ENG Carlo Nash GK 21 ARG Vicente Matías Vuoso FW 22 IRL Richard Dunne DF 23 CMR Marc-Vivien Foé MF on loan from Lyon 24 ENG Steve Howey DF 25 CMR Lucien Mettomo DF 27 DEN Mikkel Bischoff DF 28 NED Tyrone Loran DF 29 ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 30 IRL Paddy McCarthy DF 31 ALG Djamel Belmadi MF on loan from Marseille 32 DEN Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard GK 33 ENG Robbie Fowler FW 34 ENG Stephen Jordan DF 35 IRL Brian Murphy GK 36 IRL Glenn Whelan MF 39 FRA 1974 Nicolas Anelka FW 40 ENG Chris Shuker MF 41 ENG Joey Barton MF Left club during season 18 NIR Jeff Whitley MF released 31 FRA 1974 Laurent Charvet DF to Sochaux 33 NZL Chris Killen FW to Oldham Athletic 33 ENG Tim Flowers GK on loan from Leicester City 37 CAN Terry Dunfield MF to Bury 38 WAL Rhys Day MF to Mansfield Town 44 ALG Karim Kerkar MF released Historical league performance Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart–which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed). Games Premier League 2002–03 FA Premier League Position in final standings MCI Results summary 9 2 8 28 26 6 4 9 19 28 11 May 2003 (end of season) Premier League results 2002–03 November 2010 Points breakdown Points at home: 29 Points away from home: 22 Points against "Big Four" teams: 7 Points against promoted teams: 9 6 points: Birmingham City, Fulham, Sunderland 4 points: Everton, Manchester United 3 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Leeds United, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion 1 point: Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, West Ham United 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Southampton Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 4–1 vs. Fulham, 29 January 2003 Biggest home defeat: 1–5 vs. Arsenal, 22 February 2003 Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Sunderland, 9 December 2002 Biggest away defeat: 5–0 vs. Chelsea, 22 March 2003 Biggest home attendance: 35,141 vs. Liverpool, 28 September 2002 Smallest home attendance: 33,260 vs. Fulham, 29 January 2003 Biggest away attendance: 67,646 vs. Manchester United, 9 February 2003 Smallest away attendance: 17,937 vs. Fulham, 28 September 2002 Results by round table b Round Ground A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /A /H Result L /W /L /W /L /D /D /L /L /L /W /W /W /L /L /W /W /D /L /W /W /D /W /L /W /L /D /L /L /W /L /L /D /W /W /L /W /L Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss complete Premier League results 2002–03 November 2010 Individual match reports L 17 August 2002 15:00 Leeds United 3–0 Guardian report Manchester City Barmby 15 Viduka 45 Keane 80 Elland Road Leeds 40,195 W 24 August 2002 12:15 Manchester City 1–0 Guardian report Newcastle United Huckerby 36 Maine Road Manchester 34,776 L 28 August 2002 19:45 Aston Villa 1–0 Guardian report Manchester City Vassell 64 Villa Park Birmingham 33,494 W 31 August 2002 15:00 Manchester City 3–1 Guardian report Everton Radzinski 14 o.g. Anelka 16 85 29 pen. Unsworth Maine Road Manchester 34,835 L 10 September 2002 15:00 Arsenal 2–1 Guardian report Manchester City Wiltord 26 Henry 42 29 Anelka Highbury London 37,878 T 15 September 2002 15:00 Manchester City 2–2 Guardian report Blackburn Rovers Anelka 80Goater 90Tiatto 0 67 26 Thompson54 Cole Maine RoadManchester 34,130 T 21 September 2002 15:00 West Ham United 0–0 Guardian report Manchester City Boleyn Ground London 35,550 L 28 September 2002 15:00 Manchester City 0–3 Guardian report Liverpool 4 64 89 Owen Maine Road Manchester 35,141 L 5 October 2002 15:00 Southampton 2–0 Guardian report Manchester City Ormerod 2 43 St Mary's Stadium Southampton 31,009 L 19 October 2002 15:00 Manchester City 0–3 Guardian report Chelsea 69 84 Zola 85 Hasselbaink Maine Road Manchester 34,953 W 26 October 2002 15:00 Birmingham City 0–2 Guardian report Manchester City 24 Sun 87 Anelka St Andrew's Birmingham 29,316 W 2 November 2002 15:00 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Guardian report Manchester City Clement 62 51 Anelka 71 Goater The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,044 W 9 November 2002 12:15 Manchester City 3–1 Guardian report MCFC video Manchester United Anelka 5 Goater 26 51 8 Solskjær Maine Road Manchester 34,649 L 16 November 2002 15:00 Manchester City 0–1 Guardian report Charlton Athletic 79 Bartlett Maine Road Manchester 33,455 L 23 November 2002 15:00 Middlesbrough 3–1 Guardian report Manchester City Ehiogu 53 Bokšić 62 Geremi 84 68 Anelka 2 72 Wright-Phillips Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 31,510 W 30 November 2002 15:00 Manchester City 2–0 Guardian report Bolton Wanderers Howey 25 Berkovic 56 Maine Road Manchester 34,860 W 9 December 2002 19:45 Sunderland 0–3 Guardian report Manchester City 44 Foé 62 Sun 87 Goater Stadium of Light Sunderland 36,511 T 14 December 2002 15:00 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Guardian report Manchester City Euell 50 pen. Jensen 63 74 86 Foé The Valley London 26,434 L 23 December 2002 19:45 Manchester City 2–3 Guardian report Tottenham Hotspur Howey 29 Benarbia 90 38 Perry 48 Davies 83 Poyet 2 86 Ziege Maine Road Manchester 34,563 W 26 December 2002 15:00 Manchester City 3–1 Guardian report Aston Villa Foé 15 80 Benarbia 78 41 Dublin Maine Road Manchester 33,991 W 28 December 2002 15:00 Fulham 0–1 Guardian report Manchester City 15 Anelka Loftus Road London 17,937 T 1 January 2003 15:00 Everton 2–2 Guardian report Manchester City Watson 6 Radzinski 90 33 Anelka 82 Foé Goodison Park Liverpool 40,163 W 11 January 2003 15:00 Manchester City 2–1 Guardian report Leeds United Goater29 Jensen 50 90 Kewell Maine Road Manchester 34,884 L 18 January 2003 15:00 Newcastle United 2–0 Guardian report Manchester City Shearer 1 Bellamy 64 St James' Park Newcastle 52,152 Graham Poll W 29 January 2003 15:00 Manchester City 4–1 Guardian report Fulham Anelka 21 Benarbia 47 Foé 61 Wright-Phillips 70 2 Malbranque Maine Road Manchester 33,260 Steve Bennett L 1 February 2003 15:00 Manchester City 1–2 Guardian report West Bromwich Albion Gilchrist 22 o.g. 18 Clement 79 Gregan 0 81 Roberts Maine Road Manchester 34,765 Neale Barry T 9 February 2003 12:30 Manchester United 1–1 Guardian report Manchester City van Nistelrooy 18 86 Goater Old Trafford Manchester 67,646 Alan Wiley L 22 February 2003 15:00 Manchester City 1–5 Guardian report Arsenal Anelka 87 4 Bergkamp 12 Pires 15 Henry 19 Campbell 53 Vieira Maine Road Manchester 34,960 Paul Durkin L 1 March 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Guardian report Manchester City Dunn 13 Ewood ParkBlackburn 28,647 Steve Dunn W 16 March 2003 14:00 Manchester City 1–0 Guardian report Birmingham City Fowler 72 Jensen 0 79 Maine Road Manchester 34,596 Matt Messias L 22 March 2003 15:00 Chelsea 5–0 Guardian report Manchester City Hasselbaink 37 Terry 43 Stanić 58 Lampard 69 Gallas 79 2 90 Sun Stamford BridgeLondon 41,105 Phil Dowd L 5 April 2003 12:00 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Guardian report Manchester City Pedersen 32 Iván Campo 52 Reebok Stadium Bolton 26,949 Chris Wilkes T 12 April 2003 15:00 Manchester City 0–0 Guardian report Middlesbrough Maine Road Manchester 34,793 Andy D'Urso W 18 April 2003 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Guardian report Manchester City 3 Sommeil 21 Barton White Hart Lane London 36,075 Mike Riley W 21 April 2003 15:00 Manchester City 3–0 Guardian report MCFC video Sunderland Foé 36 80 Fowler 38 Maine Road Manchester 34,357 Graham Barber L 27 April 2003 14:00 Manchester City 0–1 Guardian report West Ham United 81 Kanoute Maine Road Manchester 34,815 Rob Styles W 3 May 2003 15:00 Liverpool 1–2 Guardian report MCFC video Manchester City Baroš 59 Anelka 74 pen. 90+3 Anfield Liverpool 44,220 Neale Barry L 11 May 2003 15:00 Manchester City 0–1 Guardian report Southampton 34 M. Svensson Maine Road Manchester 34,957 Mike Dean League Cup Second round W 1 October 2002 19:45 Manchester City 3–2 Guardian report Crewe Alexandra Berkovic 69 Walker 84 o.g. Huckerby 87 1 Jack 86 Hulse Maine Road Manchester 21,820 Roy Pearson Third round L 5 November 2002 20:00 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Guardian report Manchester City Roberts 35 JJB Stadium Wigan 15,007 Mike Dean FA Cup Third round L 5 January 2003 13:00 Manchester City 0–1 Guardian report Liverpool 47 pen. Murphy Maine Road Manchester 28,586 Uriah Rennie Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Peter Schmeichel GK DEN 29 0 1 0 1 0 20 Carlo Nash GK ENG 9 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 David Sommeil DF FRA 1974 14 1 0 0 0 0 3 Niclas Jensen DF DEN 32+1 1 1 0 2 0 4 Gerard Wiekens DF NED 5+1 0 1 0 0+1 0 5 Sylvain Distin DF FRA 1974 34 0 1 0 1 0 17 Sun Jihai DF PRC 25+3 2 1 0 2 0 22 Richard Dunne DF IRL 24+1 0 0 0 1 0 24 Steve Howey DF ENG 24 2 0 0 2 0 25 Lucien Mettomo DF CMR 3+1 0 1 0 1 0 27 Mikkel Bischoff DF DEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 Stephen Jordan DF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 6 Kevin Horlock MF NIR 22+8 0 1 0 1+1 0 8 Ali Benarbia MF ALG 21+12 3 1 0 2 0 14 Eyal Berkovic MF ISR 27 1 0+1 0 1 1 19 Danny Tiatto MF AUS 10+3 0 0 0 0 0 23 Marc-Vivien Foé MF CMR 35 9 1 0 2 0 31 Djamel Belmadi MF ALG 2+6 0 0 0 0 0 40 Chris Shuker MF ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 41 Joey Barton MF ENG 7 1 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 7 Darren Huckerby FW ENG 6+10 1 0+1 0 0+2 1 9 Paulo Wanchope FW CRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Shaun Goater FW BER 14+12 7 0+1 0 2 0 11 Jon Macken FW IRL 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 29 Shaun Wright-Phillips FW ENG 23+8 1 1 0 1+1 0 33 Robbie Fowler FW ENG 12+1 2 0 0 0 0 39 Nicolas Anelka FW FRA 1974 38 14 1 0 2 0 31 June 2003 https://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/tab/players/season/2003/comp/56/ Manchester City players: League Cup 2003https://www.football-lineups.com/team/Manchester_City/FA_Premier_League_2002-2003/Analysis/ Manchester City in FA Premier League 2002/2003 analysis and predictions November 2017 Goal scorers All competitions ScorerGoalsFRA 1974 Nicolas Anelka14CMR Marc-Vivien Foé9BER Shaun Goater7ALG Ali Benarbia3ISR Eyal Berkovic2ENG Robbie FowlerENG Steve HoweyENG Darren HuckerbyPRC Sun JihaiENG Joey Barton1DEN Niclas JensenGPE David SommeilENG Shaun Wright-Phillips Premier League ScorerGoalsFRA 1974 Nicolas Anelka14CMR Marc-Vivien Foé9BER Shaun Goater7ALG Ali Benarbia3ENG Robbie Fowler2ENG Steve HoweyPRC Sun JihaiENG Joey Barton1ISR Eyal BerkovicENG Darren HuckerbyDEN Niclas JensenGPE David SommeilENG Shaun Wright-Phillips League Cup and FA Cup ScorerGoalsISR Eyal Berkovic1ENG Darren Huckerby Information current as of 11 May 2003 (end of season) Transfers and loans Transfers in Date Position Player From club Transfer fee 20 May 2002 DF France 1974 Sylvain Distin FRA 1974 PSG £4,000,000Staff 2002-05-20 'Mercenary' Distin signs for Man City en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/20/newsstory.sport5 2023-04-12 0261-3077 24 May 2002 FW France 1974 Nicolas Anelka FRA 1974 PSG £13,000,000Burnton Simon 2002-05-24 Anelka agrees move to Maine Road en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/24/newsstory.sport 2023-04-12 0261-3077 June 2002 GK Denmark Peter Schmeichel ENG Aston Villa Free2002-04-13 Peter Schmeichel signs for Man City https://www.irishtimes.com/news/peter-schmeichel-signs-for-man-city-1.419970 2023-04-12 The Irish Times enSchmeichel in shock City move https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2235089/schmeichel-in-shock-city-move 2023-04-12 Sky Sports en August 2002 DF Netherlands Antilles Tyrone Loran NED Volendam £60,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2183021.stm Man City preview 13 August 2002 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 17 October 2002 DF FRA 1974 Laurent Charvet FRA 1974 Sochaux Releasedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2336719.stm Charvet leaves Maine Road 17 October 2002 1 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 7 March 2003 MF NIR Jeff Whitley ENG Sunderland Releasedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2830973.stm Whitley leaves Maine Road 7 March 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3122981.stm Whitley joins Sunderland 4 August 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 15 May 2003 GK DEN Peter Schmeichel Retiredhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2943837.stm Schmeichel announces retirement 13 April 2003 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Loans in Date from Date to Pos. Player From club 16 August 2002 16 November 2002 GK ENG Tim Flowers ENG Leicester Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2197146.stm Flowers joins Man City 16 August 2002 1 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 3 January 2003 11 May 2003 MF ALG Djamel Belmadi FRA 1974 Olympique de Marseillehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/africans_abroad/2622173.stm Belmadi makes Man City switch 3 January 2003 1 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Loans out Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 20 September 2002 22 December 2002 DF SCO Paul Ritchie ENG Portsmouthhttp://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9201 Paul Ritchie - Career 5 March 2011 soccerbase.com (Racing Post)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/2284187.stm Pompey eye Scots pair 26 September 2002 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 23 November 2002 22 February 2003 DF IRL Paddy McCarthy ENG Boston Unitedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/boston_united/2511735.stm Thompson seeks more signings 25 November 2002 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/boston_united/2795453.stm Boston bid for McCarthy 24 February 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 1 January 2003 31 May 2003 DF Netherlands Antilles Tyrone Loran ENG Tranmere Rovershttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/2619443.stm Tranmere snap up Loran 1 January 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 27 Mar. 2003 27 April 2003 DF IRL Paddy McCarthy ENG Notts Countyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2891031.stm Deadline-day transfers 27 March 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 27 Mar. 2003 5 May 2003 DF SCO Paul Ritchie ENG Derby County See also Manchester City F.C. seasons References Category:Manchester City F.C. seasons Manchester City Category:Articles which contain graphical timelines Category:2002 in sport in Manchester Category:2003 in sport in Manchester