2002–03 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 December 2014 Blackburn Rovers 2002–03 Graeme Souness Premier League 6th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Semi-finals UEFA Cup Second round Damien Duff (9) Dwight Yorke (13)http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10303~200210303,00.html Blackburn Rovers | Match | Club Statistics | Goalscorers Rovers.co.uk 2012-08-03 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 30,475 (vs. Manchester United, 22 December 2002) 21,096 (vs. Fulham, 30 November 2002) 26,225http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10303~200210303,00.html Blackburn Rovers | Match | Club Statistics | Attendance Rovers.co.uk 2012-08-03 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 2001–02 2003–04 During the 2002–03 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary After a season of consolidation in the Premiership the previous season (capped with victory in the League Cup), Blackburn Rovers enjoyed their best season since winning the title in 1995, finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the second year in a row. While their UEFA Cup campaign was not especially impressive (only beating CSKA Sofia on away goals before being knocked out by eventual runners-up Celtic), their continued progress under Graeme Souness gave the fans much hope for the following season. Blackburn also embarked on another strong run in the League Cup for the second successive year, although they failed to defend their title after suffering a 4-2 aggregate defeat to Manchester United in the semi-finals. The star man for Blackburn this season was American goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who was named as the goalkeeper in the PFA Team of the Year. Final league table 2002–03 FA Premier League BLB First-team squad Squad at end of season 1 USA GK Brad Friedel 2 AUS DF Lucas Neill 3 TUR MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 4 ENG DF Andy Todd 6 ENG DF Craig Short 7 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft 8 ENG MF David Dunn 9 ENG FW Andy Cole 10 ENG FW Matt Jansen 11 IRL MF Damien Duff 12 ITA FW Corrado Grabbi 13 IRL GK Alan Kelly 14 SWE DF Nils-Eric Johansson 15 ENG FW Craig Hignett 16 IRL MF Alan Mahon 17 ENG DF John Curtis 18 NIR MF Keith Gillespie 19 TRI FW Dwight Yorke 20 ENG MF David Thompson 21 ENG DF Martin Taylor 22 NOR FW Egil Østenstad 23 GER DF Sebastian Pelzer 25 NOR DF Henning Berg 26 SVK DF Vratislav Greško on loan from Parma 29 IRL MF Jonathan Douglas 31 SCO FW Paul Gallagher 33 TUR FW Hakan Şükür 34 ENG DF Jay McEveley 35 ENG MF Neil Danns 36 ENG FW Marc Richards Left club during season 5 NOR DF Stig Inge Bjørnebye retired 10 ENG FW Matt Jansen on loan to Coventry City 20 TUR MF Hakan Ünsal to Galatasaray 27 ENG GK Alan Miller retired Reserve squad 24 ENG MF Darren Dunning 30 SCO DF Gordon Greer 32 ENG GK Ryan Robinson Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel GK USA 37 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 13 Alan Kelly GK IRL 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Lucas Neill DF AUS 34 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 4 Andy Todd DF ENG 7+5 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 6 Craig Short DF ENG 26+1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 14 Nils-Eric Johansson DF SWE 20+10 0 1+1 0 2+1 0 4 0 17 John Curtis DF ENG 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21 Martin Taylor DF ENG 29+4 2 3 0 3 0 3 0 23 Sebastian Pelzer DF GER 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 Henning Berg DF NOR 15+1 1 1 0 0 0 1+1 0 26 Vratislav Greško DF SVK 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Jay McEveley DF ENG 9 0 2 0 3+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 3 Tugay Kerimoğlu MF TUR 32+5 1 2+1 0 4 0 4 0 7 Garry Flitcroft MF ENG 33 2 2 2 3+1 0 1 0 8 David Dunn MF ENG 26+2 8 2 0 2 0 3+1 0 11 Damien Duff MF IRL 26 9 0 0 2 1 3 1 15 Craig Hignett MF ENG 1+2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 Alan Mahon MF IRL 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 Keith Gillespie MF NIR 10+15 0 0+2 0 2+2 0 0+3 0 20 David Thompson MF ENG 23 4 2 0 4 1 3 1 29 Jonathan Douglas MF IRL 0+1 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 35 Neil Danns MF ENG 1+1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Andy Cole FW ENG 32+2 7 2 2 4 4 2+1 0 10 Matt Jansen FW ENG 0+7 0 2 2 1+2 0 0+1 0 12 Corrado Grabbi FW ITA 1+10 1 0+1 0 1+1 1 1 1 19 Dwight Yorke FW TRI 25+8 8 3 3 4 2 3 0 22 Egil Østenstad FW NOR 8+9 1 1+2 0 0+2 0 2+1 1 31 Paul Gallagher FW SCO 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Hakan Şükür FW TUR 7+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Marc Richards FW ENG 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 5 Stig Inge Bjørnebye DF NOR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 May 2003 https://www.11v11.com/teams/blackburn-rovers/tab/players/season/2003/ All Blackburn Rovers players: 2003 November 2017 Transfers In ENG Andy Todd - ENG Charlton Athletic, 22 May, £750,000 (rising to £1,000,000 depending on appearances)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2001828.stm Football | Teams | Blackburn Rovers | Todd signs for Blackburn BBC Sport 2002-05-22 2012-08-03 GER Sebastian Pelzer - GER 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, 25 June, undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2064823.stm Football | Teams | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn bag Pelzer BBC Sport 2002-06-25 2012-08-03 TRI Dwight Yorke - ENG Manchester United, 26 July, £2,000,000 (rising to £2,600,000 depending on appearances and team performance)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2153366.stm Football | Teams | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn sign Yorke BBC Sport 2002-07-26 2012-08-03 ENG David Thompson - ENG Coventry City, 29 August, £1,500,000 (rising to £2,500,000 depending on player and team performances)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2220674.stm Football | Teams | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn grab Thompson BBC Sport 2002-08-29 2012-08-03 TUR Hakan Şükür - unattached (last played for ITA Parma), 4 December, freeSouness on Sukur https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2544127.stm Football | Teams | Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn sign Sukur BBC Sport 2002-12-04 2012-08-03 SVK Vratislav Greško - ITA Parma, 11 February, four-month loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2691487.stm Football | Teams | Blackburn Rovers | Gresko seals Blackburn move BBC Sport 2003-02-11 2012-08-03 Out WAL Mark Hughes - released, 13 Mayhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1984515.stm Football | Hughes faces retirement BBC Sport 2002-05-13 2012-08-03 ENG Simon Grayson - ENG Blackpool, 19 July, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/2139080.stm Football | Teams | Blackpool | Blackpool sign Grayson BBC Sport 2002-07-19 2012-08-03 TUR Hakan Ünsal - TUR Galatasaray, 27 August, £650,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/896023.stm Football | Football Transfers BBC Sport 2002-08-01 2012-08-03 ENG Matt Jansen - ENG Coventry City, 18 February, four-month loanJohn Williams, Rovers chief executive https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/2757711.stm Football | Teams | Coventry City | Jansen completes Coventry move BBC Sport 2003-02-18 2012-08-03 NOR Stig Inge Bjørnebye - retired, 11 Marchhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2839393.stm Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Bjornebye quits football BBC Sport 2003-03-11 2012-08-03 ENG Alan Miller - retired, 7 Aprilhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2924601.stm Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Miller forced to retire BBC Sport 2003-04-07 2012-08-03 WAL James Thomas - released Results Premier League Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result D/W/D/L/L/D/W/W/L/W/W/D/D/L/L/W/D/L/W/D/D/W/D/D/L/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/D/W/D/W Position 10/9/9/10/15/14/10/9/10/8/8/8/8/8/9/9/10/10/9/10/11/8/10/9/11/12/11/9/8/7/8/7/7/7/7/7/7/6 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 blue1 red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 1 17 August 2002 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Report Sunderland Blackburn Ewood Park 27,122 David Elleray D 2 24 August 2002 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Birmingham City 0–1 W http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2209449.stm Blackburn Rovers Yorke 13 Birmingham St. Andrew's 28,563 Dermot Gallagher 3 28 August 2002 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Report Liverpool Dunn 15Grabbi 83 Murphy 31Riise 77 Blackburn Ewood Park 29,207 Steve Bennett D 4 31 August 2002 Middlesbrough 1–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2224514.stm Blackburn Rovers Job 90 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium L 5 11 September 2002 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2245840.stm Chelsea David Dunn 18 pen.David Thompson 45 Jesper Grønkjær 38Gianfranco Zola 52 80 Blackburn Ewood Park L 6 15 September 2002 15:00 Manchester City 2–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Anelka 80Goater 90Tiatto 0 67 Thompson 26Cole 54 Maine Road Manchester 34,130 D 7 22 September 2002 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Report Leeds United Flitcroft 24 Blackburn Ewood Park 25,415 Graham Poll W 8 30 September 2002 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2272639.stm Blackburn Rovers Dwight Yorke 72 pen.Damien Duff 76 The Hawthorns West Bromwich W 9 6 October 2002 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2286193.stm Tottenham Hotspur Egil Østenstad 59 Robbie Keane 6Jamie Redknapp 89 Blackburn Ewood Park L 10 19 October 2002 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 5–2 W Report Newcastle United Dunn 5 pen. 8Taylor 55 74Griffin 65 o.g. Dabizas 0 4Shearer 36 pen. 48 Ewood Park Blackburn 27,307 Alan Wiley 11 2002 10 26 y 15:00 BST Arsenal 1–2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2342425.stm Blackburn Rovers Edu 45Henry 83 Edu 6 o.g.Østenstad 37Johansson 45Yorke 51Flitcroft 2 70 79 Highbury London 38,064 Graham Barber W 12 3 November 2002 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2373313.stm Aston Villa Blackburn Ewood Park D 13 9 November 2002 Southampton 1–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2388569.stm Blackburn Rovers James Beattie 38 pen. Andy Cole 90 St Mary's Stadium Southampton D 14 17 November 2002 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2430523.stm Everton Kevin Campbell 19 Blackburn Ewood Park L 15 24 November 2002 Charlton Athletic 3–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2487951.stm Blackburn Rovers Paul Konchesky 59Richard Rufus 74Jason Euell 90 David Thompson 60 The Valley Charlton, London L 16 30 November 2002 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2503647.stm Fulham Dwight Yorke 36Rufus Brevett 77 o.g. Steve Marlet 60 Blackburn Ewood Park 21,096 W 17 7 December 2002 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2535767.stm Blackburn Rovers Jay-Jay Okocha 8 Craig Short 90 University of Bolton Stadium Horwich D 18 14 December 2002 Everton 2–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2553071.stm Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 12Wayne Rooney 25 Andy Cole 6 Goodison Park Walton, Liverpool L 19 22 December 2002 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2575489.stm Manchester United Garry Flitcroft 40 Blackburn Ewood Park W 20 26 December 2002 Liverpool 1–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Riise 17 Cole 77 Liverpool Anfield 43,075 Neale Barry D 21 28 December 2002 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2596991.stm West Ham United Damien Duff 4Andy Cole 78 Martin Taylor 24 o.g.Jermain Defoe 86 Blackburn Ewood Park D 22 1 January 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2606713.stm Middlesbrough Dwight Yorke 57 Blackburn Ewood Park W 23 11 January 2003 Sunderland 0–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2617937.stm Blackburn Rovers Sunderland Stadium of Light D 24 18 January 2003 15:00 GMT (UTC) Blackburn Rovers 1–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2648635.stm Birmingham City Duff 19Todd 0 28 John 83 Blackburn Ewood Park 23,331 Clive Wilkes D 25 29 January 2003 West Ham United 2–1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2684747.stm Blackburn Rovers Paolo Di Canio 58 pen.Jermain Defoe 89 Dwight Yorke 38 Boleyn Ground Upton Park, London L 26 2 February 2003 Aston Villa 3–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2694033.stm Blackburn Rovers Dion Dublin 2 40Gareth Barry 81 Villa Park Aston, Birmingham L 27 8 February 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2742309.stm Southampton David Thompson 26 Blackburn Ewood Park W 28 22 February 2003 Chelsea 1–2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2762181.stm Blackburn Rovers Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 90 Dwight Yorke 86David Dunn 90 Stamford Bridge Fulham, London W 29 1 March 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2790019.stm Manchester City Dunn 13 Blackburn Ewood Park 28,647 Steve Dunn W 30 15 March 2003 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2830411.stm Arsenal Duff 22Tugay 52 Blackburn Ewood Park W 31 22 March 2003 15:00 Newcastle United 5–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Solano 24Robert 61Jenas 85Gresko 89 o.g.Bellamy 90 Duff 54 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 52,106 Neale Barry L 32 7 April 2003 Fulham 0–4 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2895729.stm Blackburn Rovers David Dunn 37 pen.Hakan Şükür 42 54 Damien Duff 53 Loftus Road White City, London W 33 12 April 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2917297.stm Charlton Athletic Damien Duff 34 Blackburn Ewood Park W 34 19 April 2003 Manchester United 3–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Ruud van Nistelrooy 20Paul Scholes 42 61 Henning Berg 24 Old Trafford Old Trafford, Manchester L 35 21 April 2003 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Blackburn Ewood Park 28,862 Mike Dean D 36 26 April 2003 Leeds United 2–3 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2960629.stm Blackburn Rovers Viduka 21Smith 90 Dunn 38 pen.A. Cole 69Todd 78 Leeds, West Yorkshire Elland Road W 37 3 May 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Report West Bromwich Albion Damien Duff 11 Jason Koumas 54 Blackburn Ewood Park D 38 11 May 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 Report Blackburn Rovers Dwight Yorke 5 Craig Hignett 45 Damien Duff 48 Andy Cole 60 White Hart Lane Tottenham, London W FA Cup 3 4 January 2003 Aston Villa 1–4 Blackburn Rovers Juan Pablo Angel 41 Matt Jansen17 60Dwight Yorke52 71 23,884 W 4 25 January 2003 Blackburn Rovers 3–3 Sunderland Andy Cole 14 73Dwight Yorke90 Marcus Stewart 2Michael Proctor 52Kevin Phillips 70 Blackburn Ewood Park 14,315 D 4R 5 February 2003 Sunderland 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Kevin Phillips 10Gavin McCann 79 Garry Flitcroft 50 90 15,745 L Kevin Phillips Kevin Kilbane Jody Craddock Gavin McCann 3-0 David Thompson Andy Cole Corrado Grabbi League Cup 3 6 November 2002 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Walsall Corrado Grabbi 45Ian Roper 105 o.g. Zigor Aranalde 67 pen.David Zdrilic 98 Ewood Park Blackburn W John Curtis Corrado Grabbi David Dunn Alan Mahon Marc Richards 5–4 Danny Sonner Tony Barras Darren Wrack Darren Bazeley David Zdrilic 4 4 December 2002 Blackburn Rovers 4–0 Rotherham United Yorke 12 39Cole 16Duff 43 Ewood Park Blackburn 11,220 Matt Messias W 5 17 December 2002 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Cole 16 80 JJB Stadium Wigan 16,922 Andy D'Urso W Semi FinalLeg 1 7 January 2003 20:00 Manchester United 1–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Scholes 58 Thompson 61 Old Trafford Manchester 62,740 Uriah Rennie D Semi FinalLeg 2 22 January 2003 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Report Manchester United Cole 12 Scholes 30 42van Nistelrooy 77 pen. Ewood Park Blackburn 29,048 Jeff Winter L UEFA Cup Round 1Leg 1 19 September 2002 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 CSKA Sofia Corrado Grabbi 27 Velizar Dimitrov 23 Blackburn Ewood Park Bruno Coué (France) D Round 1Leg 2 3 October 2002 CSKA Sofia 3–3 Blackburn Rovers Emil Gargorov 66 88 pen.Agnaldo 69 David Thompson 30Egil Østenstad 56Damien Duff 58 Alon Yefet (Israel) D Round 2Leg 1 31 October 2002 Celtic 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Henrik Larsson 85 Hermann Albrecht (Germany) L Round 2Leg 2 14 November 2002 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Celtic Henrik Larsson 15Chris Sutton 68 Blackburn Ewood Park Cosimo Bolognino (Italy) L Scores Overview #BBF3BB Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFBB Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleArsenal2–02–14–1Aston Villa0–00–30–3Birmingham City1–11–01–0Bolton Wanderers0–01–11–1Charlton Athletic1–01–32–3Chelsea2–32–14–4Everton0–11–21–3Fulham2–14–06–1Leeds United1–03–24–2Liverpool2–21–13–3Manchester City1–02–23–2Manchester United1–01–32–3Middlesbrough1–00–11–1Newcastle United5–21–56–7Southampton1–01–12–1Sunderland0–00–00–0Tottenham Hotspur1–24–05–2West Bromwich Albion1–12–03–1West Ham United2–21–23–4 References External links FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 2002/03 Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Black