2002–03 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

March 2015 March 2025 West Bromwich Albion 2002–03 Gary Megson Jeremy Peace The Hawthorns Premier League 19th (relegated) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Daniele Dichio and Scott Dobie (5) Daniele Dichio (8) 26,776 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 season was West Bromwich Albion's first season in the Premier League, and their first season in the top division of English football since 1985–86. Season summary West Brom finished the season in 19th position in the Premier League table, meaning that they were relegated back to the First Division. In other competitions, West Brom reached the fourth round of the FA Cup and the third round of the League Cup. Danny Dichio was the top scorer for Albion with 8 goals in all competitions, while his five league goals saw him finish as joint top league scorer along with Scott Dobie. Final league table 2002–03 FA Premier League WBA Premier League 2002–03 FA Premier League 1 17 August 2002 Manchester United 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Solskjær 78 McInnes 0 63 Manchester Old Trafford 67,645 (3,100 away) L 2 24 August 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Leeds United Marshall 90 Kewell 39Bowyer 53Viduka 71 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,618 (2,594 away) L 3 27 August 2002 Arsenal 5–2 West Bromwich Albion Cole 3Lauren 21Wiltord 24 77Aliadière 90 Dobie 51Roberts 87 Highbury London 37,920 (2,900 away) L 4 31 August 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Fulham Moore 49 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 25,461 (1,757 away fans) W 5 11 September 2002 West Ham United 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Roberts 28 Boleyn Ground London 34,957 (3,000 away fans) W 6 14 September 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Southampton Gregan 79 Williams 0 74 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,383 W 7 21 September 2002 Liverpool 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Baroš 56Riise 90 Hoult 0 33 Anfield Liverpool 43,830 (3,000 away) L 8 30 September 2002 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Yorke 72 pen.Duff 76 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 25,170 (1,452 away) L 9 5 October 2002 Newcastle United 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Shearer 45 69 Bališ 27 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 52,142 (3,000 away) L 10 19 October 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Birmingham City Roberts 87 Tébily 0 81Moore 86 o.g. The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,021 (2,600 away) D 11 26 October 2002 Chelsea 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Hasselbaink 30Le Saux 55 Stamford Bridge London 40,893 (2,650 away) L 12 2 November 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Manchester City Clement 62 Anelka 51Goater 71 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,044 L 13 9 November 2002 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 West Bromwich Albion N'Gotty 0 19Frandsen 89 Dobie 17 Reebok Stadium Bolton 23,630 (2,300 away) D 14 16 November 2002 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Aston Villa The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,091 (2,600 away) D 15 23 November 2002 Everton 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Radzinski 55 Goodison Park Liverpool 40,113 (3,000 away) L 16 30 November 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Middlesbrough Dichio 72 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,029 W 17 8 December 2002 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 West Bromwich Albion Ziege 3Keane 29Poyet 80 Dobie 73 White Hart Lane London 35,958 (2,900 away) L 18 14 December 2002 Aston Villa 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Vassell 16Staunton 0 67Hitzlsperger 90 Koumas 29 Villa Park Birmingham 40,391 (3,400 away) L 19 21 December 2002 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Sunderland Dichio 26Koumas 32 Phillips 56 64 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,703 D 20 26 December 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Arsenal Dichio 3 Jeffers 48Henry 85 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,025 (2,588 away) L 21 28 December 2002 Charlton Athletic 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Lisbie 6 The Valley London 26,196 L 22 11 January 2003 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Manchester United Koumas 6 van Nistelrooy 7Scholes 22Solskjær 55 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,129 (2,600 away) L 23 18 January 2003 Leeds United 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Johnson 0 72 Elland Road Leeds 39,708 (3,050 away) D 24 29 January 2003 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Charlton Athletic Bartlett 60 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,113 (953 away) L 25 1 February 2003 Manchester City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Gilchrist 22 o.g. Clement 17Moore 71Roberts 0 80 Maine Road Manchester 34,765 (2,800 away) W 26 8 February 2003 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Johnson 90 Pedersen 18 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,933 D 27 19 February 2003 Fulham 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Saha 72Wome 74Malbranque 77 pen. Loftus Road London 15,799 L 28 23 February 2003 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 West Ham United Dichio 50 Sinclair 45 67 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,042 (2,595 away) L 29 1 March 2003 Southampton 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Beattie 7 St Mary's Stadium Southampton 31,915 (3,200 away) L 30 16 March 2003 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Chelsea Stanic 38Zola 55 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,024 L 31 22 March 2003 Birmingham City 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Horsfield 90 St Andrews Birmingham 29,449 (2,700 away) L 32 5 April 2003 Middlesbrough 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Christie 36Greening 76Németh 87 Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 30,187 (2,077 away) L 33 12 April 2003 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Everton Bališ 18 pen. Hoult 23 o.g.Campbell 45 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,039 (2,594 away) L 34 19 April 2003 Sunderland 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Stewart 70 McInnes 39 42 Stadium of Light Sunderland 36,025 (2,798 away) W 35 21 April 2003 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Dichio 24 pen.Clement 61 Keane 45 84Sheringham 62 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,899 (2,593 away) L 36 26 April 2003 West Bromwich Albion 0–6 Liverpool Owen 15 49 61 67Baroš 47 84 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,128 (2,597 away) L 37 3 May 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Duff 12 Koumas 54 Ewood Park Blackburn 27,470 (3,000 away) D 38 11 May 2003 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Newcastle United Dobie 57 72 Jenas 44Viana 80 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,036 (2,596 away) D FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup Round 3 4 January 2003 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Bradford City Dichio 4 11 19 Danks 79 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 19,909 W Round 4 25 January 2003 Watford 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Helguson 80 Vicarage Road Watford 16,975 L League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup Round 2 2 October 2002 Wigan Athletic 3–1 West Bromwich Albion Ellington 31 61 80 Hughes 89 JJB Stadium Wigan 6,558 L Players First-team squad 1 ENG GK Russell Hoult 2 SVK DF Igor Bališ 3 ENG DF Neil Clement 4 SCO MF Derek McInnes 5 JAM DF Darren MooreMoore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999. 6 ENG DF Phil Gilchrist 7 ENG MF Ronnie Wallwork 9 ENG FW Daniele Dichio 10 WAL MF Andy JohnsonJohnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998. 11 Grenada FW Jason RobertsRoberts was born in Park Royal, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father and made his international debut for Grenada in 1998. 12 SCO FW Scott DobieDobie was born in Workington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2002. 14 ENG MF Sean Gregan 15 ENG FW Bob Taylor 16 ENG MF Lee Marshall 17 ISL DF Lárus Sigurðsson 18 WAL MF Jason Koumas 19 ENG FW Lee Hughes 20 POR MF JordãoJordão was born in Malanje, Portuguese Angola (now Angola), but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-21 level. 21 DEN GK Brian Jensen 22 ENG DF James Chambers 23 ENG DF Adam Chambers on loan from PAOK Thessaloniki 24 NGA DF Ifeanyi Udeze 25 ENG DF Des Lyttle 31 IRL GK Joe Murphy 34 ENG MF Lloyd Dyer Left club during season 24 ENG DF Tony Butler to Bristol City 30 ENG GK Chris Adamson to St. Patrick's Athletic Reserve squad 8 ENG MF Michael Appleton 27 ENG DF Ross Adams 28 ENG FW Matthew Turner 29 ENG MF Mark Briggs 32 ENG DF Matt Collins 33 ENG FW Mark Scott 35 ENG MF Tamika MkandawireMkandawire was born in Mzuzu, Malawi, but held United Kingdom citizenship and was ineligible to represent Malawi internationally. Transfers Transfers in DatePos. PositionNameFromFeeRef. Reference1 July 2002GKJoe MurphyTranmere Rovers£250,0001 July 2002MFRonnie WallworkManchester UnitedFree1 July 2002 Wallwork makes Baggies move en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/2067670.stm 2 December 20233 August 2002MFSean GreganPreston North End£2,000,0003 August 2002 West Brom land Gregan en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/2159195.stm 2 December 202314 August 2002MFLee MarshallLeicester City£700,00014 August 2002 Baggies land Marshall en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/2133174.stm 2 December 202329 August 2002FWLee HughesCoventry City£2,500,00029 August 2002 Baggies clinch Hughes deal en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/2212007.stm 2 December 202329 August 2002MFJason KoumasTranmere Rovers£2,250,00029 August 2002 West Brom tie up Koumas deal en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/2208534.stm 2 December 2023 Loans in Date fromPos. PositionNameFromDate untilRef. Reference12 January 2003DFIfeanyi UdezePAOKEnd of seasonUEFA.com 12 January 2003 West Brom seal Udeze deal Inside UEFA https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0f90800b3404-08cd9b5bc888-1000--west-brom-seal-udeze-deal/ 2 December 2023 UEFA en Transfers out DatePos. PositionNameToFeeRef. Reference24 April 2002MFRuel FoxNoneReleased24 April 2002 Fox to leave Baggies en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/1948752.stm 2 December 202330 April 2002FWJames QuinnWillem IIFree30 April 2002 Quinn goes Dutch en-GB BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/1959957.stm 2 December 20231 July 2002MFAdam OliverReleasedN/A1 July 2002GKElliot MorrisGlentoranFree Statistics Overview CompetitionRecordP Games playedW Games wonD Games drawnL Games lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceWin % Winning percentage Premier League 38 6 8 24 29 65 yes FA Cup 2 1 0 1 3 2 yes League Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 yes Total 41 7 8 26 33 70 yes Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Russell Hoult GK ENG 37 0 2 0 0 0 31 Joe Murphy GK IRL 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Igor Bališ DF SVK 27+1 2 0+1 0 0 0 3 Neil Clement DF ENG 34+2 3 2 0 0+1 0 5 Darren Moore DF ENG 29 2 2 0 0 0 6 Phil Gilchrist DF ENG 22 0 1+1 0 0 0 17 Lárus Sigurðsson DF ISL 23+6 0 1+1 0 1 0 22 James Chambers DF ENG 2+6 0 0 0 1 0 24 Ifeanyi Udeze DF NGA 7+4 0 0 0 0 0 25 Des Lyttle DF ENG 2+2 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 4 Derek McInnes MF SCO 28+1 2 1 0 0 0 7 Ronnie Wallwork MF ENG 23+4 0 2 0 1 0 10 Andy Johnson MF WAL 30+2 1 2 0 0 0 14 Sean Gregan MF ENG 36 1 2 0 0 0 16 Lee Marshall MF ENG 4+5 1 0 0 1 0 18 Jason Koumas MF WAL 27+5 4 2 0 1 0 20 Jordão MF POR 0+3 0 0 0 1 0 23 Adam Chambers MF ENG 10+3 0 1+1 0 0 0 34 Lloyd Dyer MF ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Danny Dichio FW ENG 19+9 5 2 3 1 0 11 Jason Roberts FW GRN 31+1 3 2 0 0 0 12 Scott Dobie FW SCO 10+21 5 0+2 0 0+1 0 15 Bob Taylor FW ENG 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 19 Lee Hughes FW ENG 14+9 0 0 0 1 1 |} See also West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons Notes notes 32em References Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons West Brom