2002–03 Mansfield Town F.C. season

During the 2002–03 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 23rd position with 44 points, suffering an intimidate return to the fourth tier. Mansfield's downfall was their leaky defence as despite scoring 66 goals they conceded 97, the most of any team in 2002–03.

Final league table

Results Mansfield Town's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Second Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers110 August 2002Plymouth ArgyleH4–25,309White (2), Disley, Larkin213 August 2002Wigan AthleticA2–35,837Larkin (2)317 August 2002Wycombe WanderersA3–35,057Corden (2), Christie424 August 2002ChesterfieldH0–27,258526 August 2002Stockport CountyA0–25,190631 August 2002Crewe AlexandraH0–54,18377 September 2002Queens Park RangersH0–44,581814 September 2002Oldham AthleticA1–65,490Corden917 September 2002Luton TownA3–26,004Lawrence, Christie, Sellars1021 September 2002Cheltenham TownH0–24,1161128 September 2002Northampton TownA0–25,594125 October 2002Tranmere RoversH6–13,668Lawrence, Sellars, Larkin, MacKenzie, Christie (2)1312 October 2002Peterborough UnitedA0–05,0671419 October 2002Huddersfield TownH0–24,9981526 October 2002Swindon TownA1–24,136Lawrence1629 October 2002Cardiff CityH0–13,441171 November 2002Colchester UnitedH4–23,414Christie (4)189 November 2002Notts CountyA2–210,302Christie, Lawrence1923 November 2002Bristol CityH4–54,801Christie (2), Corden (2)2030 November 2002Port ValeA2–43,880Christie, Corden2114 December 2002BlackpoolH4–04,001Christie, Lawrence, Corden (2)2221 December 2002BarnsleyA1–010,495White2326 December 2002Stockport CountyH4–26,434Christie, Corden (2), Disley2428 December 2002BrentfordA0–15,844251 January 2003Crewe AlexandraA0–26,9312611 January 2003Wycombe WanderersH0–04,8112718 January 2003ChesterfieldA2–16,813Lawrence, Disley2828 January 2003Wigan AthleticH1–25,524Christie291 February 2003Plymouth ArgyleA1–38,030Lawrence304 February 2003BrentfordH0–03,735318 February 2003Notts CountyH3–28,134White, Corden, Mitchell3214 February 2003Colchester UnitedA0–13,2473322 February 2003Queens Park RangersA2–211,942Christie (2)341 March 2003Oldham AthleticH0–15,712354 March 2003Luton TownH3–24,829Christie, Corden, Day368 March 2003Cheltenham TownA1–33,881Lawrence3715 March 2003Swindon TownH2–14,471Corden, Mendes3818 March 2003Huddersfield TownA1–18,756Corden3922 March 2003Cardiff CityA0–113,0094029 March 2003Peterborough UnitedH1–55,653Corden415 April 2003Port ValeH0–14,5384212 April 2003Bristol CityA2–512,013Disley, Butler (o.g.)4319 April 2003BarnsleyH0–14,8734421 April 2003BlackpoolA3–36,173White, Larkin, Clarke4529 April 2003Tranmere RoversA1–310,418Lawrence463 May 2003Northampton TownH2–13,928Lawrence, White

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR116 November 2002Team BathA4–25,496Lawrence (2), Christie, Tisdale (o.g.)R27 December 2002Crewe AlexandraA0–34,563

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR110 September 2002Derby CountyH1–35,788Moore

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR122 October 2002Crewe AlexandraH0–41,874

Squad statistics

No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Kevin Pilkington3202010103602DF Bobby Hassell19(1)000000019(1)04DF Neil MacKenzie16(8)120101020(8)15DF Tom Curtis2300000002305DF Neil Moore1801(1)0111021(1)16DF Stuart Reddington5(2)00010006(2)06DF Matt Gadsby13(7)020000015(7)07MF Liam Lawrence40(3)1012101043(3)128MF Lee Williamson28(12)010101031(12)09FW Colin Little500000005010MF Craig Disley39(3)420100042(3)411MF Wayne Corden37(7)1320101041(7)1312MF Jamie Clarke15(5)120101019(5)114MF David Jervis4(1)00(1)000004(2)014DF Ben Doane11000000011015FW Andy White19(9)6000(1)00(1)019(11)616FW Danny Bacon0(6)01(1)00(1)00(1)01(8)017DF Adam Eaton20000000020018FW Junior Mendes18100000018119DF Rhys Day23110000024119DF Tony Vaughan400000004020DF Scott Sellars12(2)200000012(2)221FW Colin Larkin13(9)720001016(9)722FW Iyseden Christie29(8)1821101033(8)1923DF Mark Hurst10000(1)0102(1)024MF Danny Holyoak0(2)00000101(2)025FW Craig Mitchell3(12)10000003(12)125DF Mark Lever15010000016026DF Lee Glover0(2)00000000(2)026DF Jake Buxton3000000(1)03(1)027DF Alex John-Baptiste400000004027DF Damien Delaney700000007028MF Chris Beardsley1(4)00000001(4)028DF Peter Clark400010005029DF Keith Curle11(3)000000011(3)029GK Arjan van Heusden500000005030GK Jason White0(1)00000000(1)031MF Andy Jones0(1)00000000(1)032GK Keith Welch900000009032FW Dean Hankey0(1)00000000(1)0––Own goals–1–1–0–0–2

References General Mansfield Town 2002–03 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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