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2002–03 Derby County F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Derby County
season	2002–03
manager	John Gregory (until 21 March)
George Burley (from 31 March)
chairman	Lionel Pickering
stadium	Pride Park Stadium
league	First Division
league result	18th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer	Christie (8)
season topscorer	Christie (9)
highest attendance	33,016 (vs. Reading, 10 August 2002)
lowest attendance	21,014 (vs. Millwall, 16 April 2003)
average attendance	25,469
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

George Burley (from 31 March) During the 2002–03 English football season, Derby County competed in the Football League First Division, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

Derby were expected to make a bid for an immediate return to the Premiership, but struggled all season which resulted in manager John Gregory being sacked in March and replaced by former Ipswich Town manager George Burley, who led the team to a secure but disappointing 18th-place finish.

Kit

Derby retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by Italian company Erreà and sponsored by Pedigree.

Final league table

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Results

Derby County's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Reading	H	3–0	33,016	Lee, Ravanelli, Christie
13 August 2002	Gillingham	A	0–1	8,775
17 August 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	5,810	Bolder (2)
24 August 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–4	29,954	Christie
26 August 2002	Rotherham United	A	1–2	8,408	Strupar
31 August 2002	Stoke City	H	2–0	21,723	Christie (2)
7 September 2002	Burnley	H	1–2	22,343	Bolder
14 September 2002	Leicester City	A	1–3	31,049	Riggott
17 September 2002	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	14,948	Kinkladze
21 September 2002	Preston North End	H	0–2	29,257
28 September 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	24,439	Carbonari
5 October 2002	Walsall	H	2–2	25,247	Christie (2)
12 October 2002	Bradford City	A	0–0	13,385
20 October 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	30,547
26 October 2002	Millwall	A	0–3	8,116
30 October 2002	Sheffield United	H	2–1	23,525	McLeod, Burton
2 November 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	19,747	Morris (2), McLeod
9 November 2002	Portsmouth	H	1–2	26,587	Higginbotham (pen)
16 November 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	6,845
25 November 2002	Wimbledon	H	3–2	25,597	Elliott, Burton, Morris
30 November 2002	Norwich City	A	0–1	20,522
7 December 2002	Watford	H	3–0	21,653	Morris, Riggott, Burton
14 December 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	25,786	Higginbotham (pen)
21 December 2002	Coventry City	A	0–3	13,185
26 December 2002	Grimsby Town	H	1–3	27,141	Morris
28 December 2002	Reading	A	1–2	16,299	Burley (pen)
1 January 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	26,442	Christie
11 January 2003	Gillingham	H	1–1	22,769	Zavagno (pen)
18 January 2003	Stoke City	A	3–1	17,308	Christie, Zavagno, Morris
1 February 2003	Rotherham United	H	3–0	26,257	Kinkladze, Bolder, McLeod
8 February 2003	Portsmouth	A	2–6	19,503	Morris, Kinkladze (pen)
15 February 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–2	26,311	Bolder (2)
22 February 2003	Burnley	A	0–2	15,063
1 March 2003	Leicester City	H	1–1	24,307	Burley
5 March 2003	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	22,682
8 March 2003	Preston North End	A	2–4	14,003	Ravanelli (2)
15 March 2003	Bradford City	H	1–2	23,735	Morris
19 March 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	29,725
22 March 2003	Sheffield United	A	0–2	18,401
5 April 2003	Norwich City	H	2–1	23,643	Burley, Kenton (own goal)
12 April 2003	Wimbledon	A	2–0	1,934	Valakari, Boertien
16 April 2003	Millwall	H	1–2	21,014	Kinkladze
19 April 2003	Coventry City	H	1–0	23,921	Ravanelli
21 April 2003	Watford	A	0–2	11,909
26 April 2003	Walsall	A	2–3	8,416	Valakari, Ravanelli
4 May 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1–4	28,785	Lee

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	4 January 2003	Brentford	A	0–1	8,709

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1	10 September 2002	Mansfield Town	A	3–1	5,788	Morris, Christie, Evatt
	R2	2 October 2002	Oldham Athletic	H	1–2 (a.e.t.)	9,029	Higginbotham (pen)

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Paul Ritchie – Manchester City, loan
Tommy Mooney – Birmingham City, 19 March, loan
Nick Chadwick – Everton, loan

Out

Darryl Powell – released (later joined Birmingham City on 12 September)
Brian O'Neil – released, 27 November (later joined Preston North End)
Fiachra McArdle – released, 27 November
Deon Burton – Portsmouth, 11 December, £250,000
Mart Poom – Sunderland, 10 January, £2,500,000
Chris Riggott and Malcolm Christie– Middlesbrough, 31 January, £3,000,000 combined
Danny Higginbotham – Southampton, 31 January, £1,500,000
Bjørn Otto Bragstad – released (later joined SW Bregenz)
Horacio Carbonari – released (later joined Rosario Central)

Loan out

Deon Burton – Portsmouth, 9 August
François Grenet – Rennes, 29 August
Mart Poom – Sunderland, 15 November
Marvin Robinson – Tranmere Rovers, 29 November

References

Notes

References

"Derby County results for the 2002-2003 season - Statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Derby County - 2002/03".
(2003-03-19). "Mooney joins Derby". BBC Sport.
(12 September 2002). "Blues complete Powell signing".
(27 November 2002). "Rams release two more".
(2002-08-09). "Burton re-joins Pompey". BBC Sport.
(2003-01-10). "Sunderland seal Poom deal". BBC Sport.
(2003-02-13). "Boro grab Derby pair".
(13 February 2003). "Saints seal Higginbotham deal".
(2002-08-09). "Burton re-joins Pompey". BBC Sport.

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