The 2002–03 season saw Southend United's compete in the Football League Third Division.
Final league table
Results
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League Third Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers110 August 2002Hull CityA2–210,449Jenkins 62', Bramble 90'213 August 2002Carlisle UnitedH0–13,881317 August 2002Shrewsbury TownH2–33,150Jenkins 9', Bramble 81' (pen)424 August 2002Oxford UnitedA1–05,162Rawle 20'526 August 2002Cambridge UnitedH2–14,462Broad 7', Smith 30'631 August 2002RochdaleA2–12,852Rawle 36', Bramble 83'77 September 2002Rushden & DiamondsA0–34,176814 September 2002Macclesfield TownH1–03,249Cort 26'917 September 2002Kidderminster HarriersH0–22,9591021 September 2002Lincoln CityA1–23,151Jenkins 76'1128 September 2002Exeter CityH1–03,364Jones 43'1228 September 2002BuryA3–13,301Jones 67', Jenkins 79', Bramble 84'1312 October 2002York CityH1–04,411Belgrave 90'1419 October 2002Swansea CityA0–13,6231525 October 2002Hartlepool UnitedA0–15,1681629 October 2002Leyton OrientA1–25,343Belgrave 73'172 November 2002WrexhamH0–13,727189 November 2002Bristol RoversA1–05,691Bramble 78'1923 November 2002BournemouthH0–14,2212030 November 2002DarlingtonA1–22,820Bramble 90'2114 December 2002Boston UnitedH4–23,245Cort (3) 7' 23', 88', Rawle 39'2221 December 2002Torquay UnitedA1–32,244Bramble 60'2326 December 2002Cambridge UnitedA1–16,237Rawle 10'2429 December 2002Scunthorpe UnitedH1–24,248Cort 39'254 January 2003Carlisle UnitedA0–14,0162614 January 2003Shrewsbury TownA1–02,699Smith 20'2718 January 2003RochdaleH1–03,645Bramble 89' 2821 January 2003Oxford UnitedH2–13,203Rawle 45', Bramble 70' 2925 January 2003Scunthorpe UnitedA1–43,096Smith 17'301 February 2003Hull CityH3–04,534Smith (2) 22', 45', Rawle 41'318 February 2003Bristol RoversH2–24,708Belgrave 36', Maher 76'3215 February 2003WrexhamA0–33,1093322 February 2003Rushden & DiamondsA2–16,453Rawle 4', Searle 6'341 March 2003Macclesfield TownA1–21,917Rawle 4', Searle 6'354 March 2003Kidderminster HarriersA0–12,006368 March 2003Lincoln CityH0–13,9123715 March 2003Hartlepool UnitedA1–24,868Sutch 74'3818 March 2003Swansea CityH0–22,8323922 March 2003Leyton OrientH1–04,148Salter 5'4029 March 2003York CityA0–24,312415 April 2003DarlingtonH2–03,053Maher 40', Jenkins 42'4212 April 2003BournemouthA0–16,7674319 April 2003Torquay UnitedH3–03,594Rawle (2) 2', 40', Jenkins 88'4421 April 2003Boston UnitedA0–13,2474526 April 2003BuryA1–24,707Cort 13'463 May 2003Exeter CityA0–19,036
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR116 November 2002 Hartlepool UnitedH1–14,984Lee (o.g.) 3'R1 Replay26 November 2002 Hartlepool UnitedA2–14,080Bramble 88', Cort 89'R27 December 2002 BournemouthH1–15,721Rawle 53'R2 Replay17 December 2002 BournemouthA2–35,456Bramble 42', Rawle 45'
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR110 September 2002 WimbledonH1–42,634Rawle 82'
League Trophy
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR122 October 2002 Swindon TownA1–61,747Jones 23'
Squad statistics
No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Darryl Flahavan4104010104702DF Stephen Broad1710010001803DF Damon Searle39(5)140101045(5)14DF Leon Cort4664110105275DF Phil Whelan13(1)0000(1)01014(2)06DF Dave McSweeney15(2)040000(1)019(3)07MF Stuart Thurgood7(20)01(1)000109(22)08MF Kevin Maher4224010004629FW Tesfaye Bramble31(3)942100036(3)1010FW Barrington Belgrave6(15)31000108(15)311MF Mark Rawle33(1)932110037(1)1212MF Steven Clark20(13)01(3)00(1)01022(17)013GK Danny Gay500000005014MF Danny Maye0(2)00000000(2)015DF Mark Beard29(7)040100(1)034(8)016MF Steve Tilson2(1)00(2)000103(3)017MF Gavin Strachan6(1)00000006(1)017FW Dan Marney13(4)000000013(4)018DF Daryl Sutch16100000016118MF Ian Selley11000000011019DF Neil Jenkins29(5)71(1)0100031(6)720DF Ronnie Henry300000003020FW Graeme Jones18(3)22(1)0101122(4)321DF Rob Newman000000000022MF Jay Smith30(1)53(1)0101035(2)523DF Tom Jordan0(1)00000101(1)024FW Mark Salter5(8)100000(1)05(9)125MF Tony Scully8040000012025DF Stephen Kelly10000000010026MF Brett Darby6(4)00000006(4)026FW Dominic Foley500000005027MF Michael Kightly0(1)00000000(1)0
References
Southend 2002–03 at statto.com Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive