During the 2002–03 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary The season turned out to be one of the most successful in Sheffield United's history. United reached the semi-finals of both the FA and League Cups before being eliminated by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively; both sides went on to win the respective cups. United also managed to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. United reached the play-off final after beating Nottingham Forest over two legs in the semi-final, but were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Final league table
Results
First Division
First Division play-offs
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSF 1st leg10 May 2003 Nottingham ForestA1–129,064Brown (pen)SF 2nd leg15 May 2003 Nottingham ForestH4–3 (won 5–4 on agg)30,212Brown, Kabba, Peschisolido, Walker (own goal)F26 May 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersN0–369,473
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 2003 Cheltenham TownH4–09,166Murphy, McGovern, Kabba (2)R425 January 2003 Ipswich TownH4–312,757Brown (2), Jagielka, PeschisolidoR515 February 2003 WalsallH2–017,510Mooney, NdlovuQF9 March 2003 Leeds UnitedH1–024,633KabbaSF13 April 2003 ArsenalN0–159,170
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR110 September 2002 York CityH1–04,675McGovernR21 October 2002 Wycombe WanderersH4–14,389Boulding, Brown (2), MontgomeryR36 November 2002 Leeds UnitedH2–126,663Jagielka, NdlovuR43 December 2002 SunderlandH2–027,068Murphy, AllisonR517 December 2002 Crystal PalaceH3–122,211Asaba, Peschisolido (2)SF 1st leg8 January 2003 LiverpoolH2–130,095Tonge (2)SF 2nd leg21 January 2003 LiverpoolA0–2 (lost 2–3 on agg)43,837
Players First-team squad
Left club during season
References
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