2002–03 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 July 2011 Nottingham Forest 2002–03 Paul Hart Nigel Doughty City Ground First Division 6th Play-offs Semi-finals FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round David Johnson (25) David Johnson (29) _whitelower _thinwhitesides _whitelower DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 greenlower _thingreensides thingreensides 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF DD0000 FFFFFF 2001–02 2003–04 During the 2002–03 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary Nottingham Forest rebounded from the previous season's disappointment to finish 6th in the First Division, setting up a play-off with third-placed Sheffield United. Forest were beaten 5–4 on aggregate over two epic semi-final legs, consigning the club to another season in English football's second tier. Final league table 2002–03 Football League First Division y NOT First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/d1/nottmf.htm FootballSquads - Nottingham Forest - 2002/03 1 WAL GK Darren Ward 2 FRA DF Matthieu Louis-Jean 3 CAN DF Jim Brennan 4 ENG DF Des Walker 5 NOR DF Jon Olav Hjelde 6 ENG MF Riccardo Scimeca 7 ENG MF Darren Huckerby on loan from Manchester City 8 SCO MF Gareth Williams 9 JAM FW David Johnson 10 ENG FW Jack Lester 11 ENG FW Marlon Harewood 12 IRL GK Barry Roche 14 SCO DF Chris Doig 15 IRL DF John Thompson 16 GER MF Eugen Bopp 17 ENG DF Michael Dawson 18 IRL MF Brian Cash 19 ENG FW Craig Westcarr 20 IRL MF Andy Reid 21 BEL DF Davy Oyen 22 SCO MF Eoin Jess 23 FRA MF Benjamin Gavanon on loan from Marseille 27 ENG MF Matt Bodkin 28 ENG DF James Biggins 29 ENG FW Richard Jeffrey 31 GER GK Pascal Formann 32 ENG DF Tony Vaughan 33 WAL DF Christian Edwards 34 FRA FW Mickael Antoine-Curier 35 SCO DF Gregor Robertson 36 ENG DF Wes Morgan Left club during season 7 ENG MF David Prutton to Southampton 21 ENG FW Gary Jones to Tranmere Rovers 23 ENG DF Marcus Hall to Southampton 30 ENG MF Keith Foy to Doncaster Rovers 34 IRL FW David Freeman Appearances Playoff stats are included under Division 1. Division 1 FA Cup Worthington Cup Darren Ward WAL 1 GK 47 0 1 0 2 0 Matthieu Louis-Jean FRA 2 DF 43 1 1 0 1 0 Jim Brennan CAN 3 DF 47 1 1 0 1 0 Des Walker ENG 4 DF 31+2 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Olav Hjelde NOR 5 DF 19+8 0 1 0 +1 0 Riccardo Scimeca ENG 6 MF 42 3 1 0 2 1 David Prutton ENG 7 MF 24 1 1 0 1 0 Darren Huckerby ENG 7 FW 11 5 0 0 0 0 Gareth Williams SCO 8 MF 41+1 3 0 0 1 0 David Johnson ENG 9 FW 42+2 27 1 0 2 2 Jack Lester ENG 10 MF 20+14 7 0 0 1 2 Marlon Harewood ENG 11 FW 44+2 20 1 1 2 0 Barry Roche IRL 12 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Doig SCO 14 DF 4+6 0 1 0 2 0 John Thompson IRL 15 DF 19+3 3 1 0 1+1 0 Eugen Bopp GER 16 MF 10+3 2 0 0 2 0 Michael Dawson ENG 17 DF 39 5 1 0 2 0 Brian Cash IRL 18 MF +1 0 0 0 +1 0 Craig Westcarr ENG 19 FW 2+9 1 0 0 1+1 0 Andy Reid IRL 20 MF 24+8 2 1 1 1+1 0 Davy Oyen BEL 21 DF +4 0 0 0 0 0 Eoin Jess SCO 22 MF 17+15 3 0 0 +1 0 Marcus Hall ENG 23 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 Benjamin Gavanon FRA 23 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Bodkin ENG 27 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Biggins ENG 28 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richard Jeffrey ENG 29 FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keith Foy IRL 30 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pascal Formann GER 31 GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Vaughan ENG 32 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Christian Edwards WAL 33 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mickael Antoine-Curier FRA 34 FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gregor Robertson SCO 35 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wes Morgan ENG 36 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |} Results WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 2002 PortsmouthA0–218,910 14 August 2002 Preston North EndH2-218,065 Johnson, Jess 17 August 2002 Sheffield WednesdayH4–021,129Harewood, Lester, Scimeca (2) 24 August 2002 WalsallA1–25,096Prutton 28 August 2002 WimbledonH2–016,431Johnson (2) 31 August 2002 Coventry CityA1–013,732Scimeca 14 September 2002 WatfordH0–117,865 18 September 2002 GillinghamH4–116,073Harewood (3), Johnson 21 September 2002 Grimsby TownA3–07,072Johnson (3) 25 September 2002 Stoke CityA2–214,554Dawson, Johnson 28 September 2002 Rotherham UnitedH3–225,089Johnson (2), Bopp 5 October 2002 MillwallA2–110,521Johnson (2) 20 October 2002 Derby CountyA0–030,547 26 October 2002 Leicester CityH2–229,497Johnson, Lester 29 October 2002 Norwich CityA0–020,986 2 November 2002 Sheffield UnitedH3–022,579Lester (2), Johnson 9 November 2002 Crystal PalaceA0–018,971 16 November 2002 Bradford CityH3–019,653Lester, Johnson, Louis-Jean 23 November 2002 WolvesA1–227,953Harewood 27 November 2002 BrightonH3–229,137Harewood, Johnson, Lester 30 November 2002 Ipswich TownH2–024,898Johnson (2), 7 December 2002 BurnleyA0–113,869 14 December 2002 Bradford CityA0–112,245 21 December 2002 ReadingH2–025,831 Johnson, Harewood, 26 December 2002 Sheffield WednesdayA0–226,362 28 December 2002 PortsmouthH1–228,165Dawson 1 January 2003 WalsallH1–128,441 Thompson 18 January 2003 Coventry CityH1–124,487 Williams 25 January 2003 Preston North EndA1–113,508Johnson 1 February 2003 WimbledonA3–23,382Harewood (2), Johnson, 8 February 2003 Crystal PalaceH2–126,012Dawson, Harewood 22 February 2003 Stoke CityH6–024,085Harewood (4), Johnson, Jess 1 March 2003 WatfordA1–117,934Huckerby 4 March 2003 GillinghamA4–17,277Huckerby (2), Harewood, Thompson 10 March 2003 Grimsby TownH2–225,507Reid, Williams 15 March 2003 BrightonA0–16,830 19 March 2003 Derby CountyH3–029,725Harewood (2), Huckerby 22 March 2003 Norwich CityH4–027,296Huckerby, Harewood, Williams, Brennan 5 April 2003 Ipswich TownA4–329,503Harewood (2), Thompson, OG 8 April 2003 Leicester CityA0–132,065 11 April 2003 WolvesH2–227,209Johnson, Dawson 15 April 2003 Sheffield UnitedA0-123,317 18 April 2003 ReadingA0–121,612 21 April 2003 BurnleyH2–025,403Dawson, Johnson 26 April 2003 MillwallH3–329,763Jess, Bopp, Johnson 4 May 2003 Rotherham UnitedA2–29,942Lester, Westcarr Play Offs +DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers10 May 2003 Sheffield UnitedH1–1 29,064Johnson15 May 2003 Sheffield UnitedA4–3 24,477 Johnson, Reid, OG FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 2003 West Ham UnitedA2–311,843Reid, Harewood League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR111 September 2002 Kidderminster HarriersH4–0 4,950Lester (2), Johnson, ScimecaR22 October 2002 WalsallA1–2 4,477 Johnson References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest