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2002–03 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	2002–03
chairman	David Taylor
manager	Mick Wadsworth (until 26 March 2003)
Mel Machin (from 27 March 2003)
stadium	Kirklees Stadium
league	Division Two
league result	22nd (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	First round
(knocked out by Swindon Town)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
(knocked out by Burnley)
cup3	League Trophy
cup3 result	First round
(knocked out by Wrexham)
league topscorer	Martin Smith (17)
season topscorer	Martin Smith (17)
highest attendance	13,769 vs Wigan Athletic (19 April 2003)
lowest attendance	3,810 vs Darlington (10 September 2002)
largest win	4–0 vs Chesterfield (5 April 2003)
largest loss	0–4 vs Oldham Athletic (28 September 2002)
0–4 vs Cardiff City (29 December 2003)
1–5 vs Port Vale (26 April 2003)
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prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

Mel Machin (from 27 March 2003) (knocked out by Swindon Town) (knocked out by Burnley) (knocked out by Wrexham) 0–4 vs Cardiff City (29 December 2003) 1–5 vs Port Vale (26 April 2003) leftarm1=000080|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=000080|shorts1=000080|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_thinbluesides|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FF0000|body2=FF0000|rightarm2=FF0000|shorts2=FF0000|socks2=FF0000| Huddersfield Town's 2002–03 campaign saw them relegated to the bottom division for the first time since the 1979–80 season. Huddersfield endured a dreadful season under Mick Wadsworth. That season saw Wadsworth sacked twice, but on the first attempt of him being sacked, he was re-hired because the club could not pay him off. Mel Machin took over for the last month of the season, but could not stop the Terriers relegating to the Football League Third Division. Town's main worry during the season was administration, which nearly saw the club liquidated.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

Mick Wadsworth was appointed manager of the Terriers during the close season with many people predicting Town would have as good a season as the previous season, which saw them lose in the play-offs to Brentford, but Wadsworth's new 4-3-3 formation wasn't pleasing fans and players alike. During the early part of the season, Town had a run of scoring 1 goal in 6 matches. The only highlight of the early part of the season was taking Division 1 Burnley to extra time in the second round of the Worthington Cup, before losing 1–0.

Christmas and New Year also bore little joy to the Terriers and went on a run of 5 losses from 6, before a mini revival which saw them unbeaten in 5 matches, before another dip which saw them lose another 5 in 6. That saw Wadsworth lose his job in late March, which then saw Mel Machin take over as caretaker manager and after managing to draw with eventual champions Wigan Athletic, many thought that Town might survive, but bad consecutive losses to Stockport County and Port Vale saw Town go down.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance	**League
position**
10 August 2002	Brentford	H	0 - 2		9,635	23rd
13 August 2002	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 - 2	Thorrington [89]	8,953	21st
17 August 2002	Peterborough United	A	1 - 0	Mattis [10]	5,205	19th
24 August 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 - 1	Booth [26]	8,467	18th
26 August 2002	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 - 2	McDonald [44]	7,534	19th
31 August 2002	Blackpool	H	0 - 0		9,506	20th
7 September 2002	Barnsley	H	1 - 0	Smith [59]	11,989	17th
14 September 2002	Northampton Town	A	0 - 0		4,679	17th
17 September 2002	Queens Park Rangers	A	0 - 3		11,010	18th
21 September 2002	Luton Town	H	0 - 1		9,249	21st
28 September 2002	Oldham Athletic	A	0 - 4		7,643	23rd
5 October 2002	Port Vale	H	2 - 2	Smith [12], Baldry [17]	9,091	22nd
12 October 2002	Notts County	H	3 - 0	Stead [15, 73], Moses [25]	9,984	19th
19 October 2002	Mansfield Town	A	2 - 0	Smith [53, 61]	4,998	17th
26 October 2002	Colchester United	H	1 - 1	Stead [90]	8,924	16th
29 October 2002	Bristol City	A	0 - 1		11,494	17th
2 November 2002	Cheltenham Town	A	0 - 1		4,322	19th
9 November 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0 - 0		8,695	20th
23 November 2002	Swindon Town	H	2 - 3	Smith [36], Stead [90]	8,334	22nd
30 November 2002	Chesterfield	A	0 - 1		4,194	23rd
14 December 2002	Stockport County	H	2 - 1	Smith [27, 83]	7,978	22nd
21 December 2002	Wigan Athletic	A	0 - 1		6,013	23rd
26 December 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 - 2	Smith [78]	11,002	24th
29 December 2002	Cardiff City	A	0 - 4		13,703	24th
1 January 2003	Blackpool	A	1 - 1	Booth [75]	7,184	24th
11 January 2003	Peterborough United	H	0 - 1		9,022	24th
18 January 2003	Crewe Alexandra	A	0 - 1		5,819	24th
25 January 2003	Cardiff City	H	1 - 0	Booth [80]	9,462	23rd
4 February 2003	Plymouth Argyle	H	1 - 0	Smith [82 (pen)]	7,294	24th
8 February 2003	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0 - 0		5,886	23rd
15 February 2003	Cheltenham Town	H	3 - 3	Irons [54], Smith [56, 59]	9,309	23rd
22 February 2003	Barnsley	A	1 - 0	Booth [26]	12,474	21st
25 February 2003	Brentford	A	0 - 1		4,366	21st
1 March 2003	Northampton Town	H	2 - 0	Baldry [44], Smith [45]	9,661	19th
4 March 2003	Queens Park Rangers	H	0 - 3		8,695	20th
8 March 2003	Luton Town	A	0 - 3		6,122	21st
15 March 2003	Colchester United	A	0 - 2		3,835	23rd
18 March 2003	Mansfield Town	H	1 - 1	Smith [51]	8,756	24th
22 March 2003	Bristol City	H	1 - 2	Smith [20 (pen)]	9,467	24th
29 March 2003	Notts County	A	2 - 3	Booth [19], Schofield [37]	5,872	24th
5 April 2003	Chesterfield	H	4 - 0	Smith [17, 53], Stead [23, 66]	9,098	22nd
12 April 2003	Swindon Town	A	1 - 0	Smith [87]	4,760	22nd
19 April 2003	Wigan Athletic	H	0 - 0		13,769	22nd
21 April 2003	Stockport County	A	1 - 2	Booth [3]	7,159	22nd
26 April 2003	Port Vale	A	1 - 5	Gavin [45]	5,925	22nd
3 May 2003	Oldham Athletic	H	1 - 1	Schofield [26]	11,271	22nd

[[FA Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
16 November 2002	Round 1	Swindon Town	A	0 - 1	4,210

[[Football League Cup|Worthington Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
10 September 2002	Round 1	Darlington	H	2 - 0	Baldry [3], Clarke [16 (og)]	3,810
1 October 2002	Round 2	Burnley	H	0 - 1 (aet, 90 mins: 0 - 0)		5,887

[[Football League Trophy|LDV Vans Trophy]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
22 October 2002	Round 1	Wrexham	A	1 - 2	Mattis [77]	1,350

Appearances and goals

Squad No.	Name	Position	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	Scott Bevan	GK	30	0	1	2	0	1	0	34	0
2	Steve Jenkins	DF	26	0	1	2	0	0	0	29	0
4	Nathan Clarke	DF	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
5	Adie Moses	DF	40	1	1	1	0	1	0	43	1
6	Chris Holland	MF	33 (1)	0	1	2	0	1	0	37 (1)	0
7	Danny Schofield	MF	25 (5)	2	1	2	0	0 (1)	0	28 (6)	2
8	Kenny Irons	MF	29 (6)	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	30 (7)	1
9	Andy Booth	FW	32 (1)	6	0	0	0	0	0	32 (1)	6
10	John Thorrington	MF	16 (15)	1	0 (1)	0 (1)	0	1	0	17 (17)	1
11	Simon Baldry	MF	14 (8)	2	0	2	1	1	0	17 (8)	3
12	Kevin Gallacher	FW	5 (2)	0	0	1	0	0	0	6 (2)	0
12	Gianfranco Labarthe Tome	FW	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
13	Lee Ashcroft	FW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	Jon Stead	FW	28 (14)	6	1	2	0	1	0	32 (14)	6
15	Jason Gavin	DF	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
15	Scott McDonald	FW	7 (6)	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	7 (7)	1
17	Eddie Youds	DF	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
19	Martin Smith	FW	35 (3)	17	1	1 (1)	0	1	0	38 (4)	17
20	Thomas Heary	DF	14 (6)	0	0	0	0	1	0	15 (6)	0
22	Kevin Sharp	DF	38 (1)	0	1	2	0	1	0	42 (1)	0
23	Jon Dyson	DF	2 (1)	0	0	2	0	0	0	4 (1)	0
27	Nat Brown	DF	36 (2)	0	1	1	0	1	0		39 (2)	0
28	Paul Scott	DF	2 (11)	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (12)	0
29	Jon Worthington	MF	10 (12)	0	1	0	0	0	0	11 (12)	0
31	Paul Macari	FW	0 (5)	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (6)	0
33	Dwayne Mattis	MF	27 (6)	1	1	1 (1)	0	1	1	30 (7)	2
35	Phil Senior	GK	16 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	16 (2)	0
37	John McCombe	DF	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
38	David Mirfin	DF	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0

References

"English Football Stats - English League Tables - 2002/03 - Tiers 1 - 4".

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