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2002–03 Everton F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Everton
season	2002–03
manager	David Moyes
chairman	Philip Carter
stadium	Goodison Park
league	Premier League
league result	[7th](2002-03-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Third Round](2002-03-fa-cup-third-round-proper)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Fourth Round](2002-03-football-league-cup-fourth-round)
league topscorer	Tomasz Radzinski (11)
season topscorer	Kevin Campbell (12)
prevseason	[2001–02](2001-02-everton-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2003–04](2003-04-everton-f-c-season)

The 2002-03 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 11th season in the Premier League (known as the Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons), and their 49th consecutive season in the top division of English football. This meant that they became the first club to play 100 seasons in the top flight.

Season summary

After spending the last few seasons struggling against relegation, Everton, revitalised under David Moyes, spent the season challenging for European qualification, at one stage going ahead of arch-rivals Liverpool, who had finished runners-up the previous season. Everton memorably ended Arsenal's unbeaten run in a match at Goodison Park which saw teenage striker Wayne Rooney score the winner, his debut Premiership goal. Rooney was later nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, but lost to Newcastle United's Jermaine Jenas.

The club had less luck in the FA Cup. They were surprisingly knocked out by Third Division (now League Two) side Shrewsbury Town in the third round.

Final league table

Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League

Results

Win	Draw	Loss

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	2–2	Pembridge 37', Radzinski 81'	40,120	Barry
	Sunderland	Away	1–0	Campbell 28'	37,698	Styles
	Birmingham City	Home	1–1	Cunningham 90' (o.g.)	37,197	Wolstenholme
	Manchester City	Away	1–3	Unsworth 31' (pen.)	34,835	Knight
	Southampton	Away	0–1		29,190	Bennett
	Middlesbrough	Home	2–1	Campbell 33', 77'	32,240	Messias
	Aston Villa	Away	2–3	Radzinski 50', Campbell 65'	30,023	Winter
	Fulham	Home	2–0	Gravesen 45', Campbell 45'	34,371	Dunn
	Manchester United	Away	0–3		67,629	Riley
	Arsenal	Home	2–1	Radzinski 22', Rooney 90'	39,038	Rennie
	West Ham United	Away	1–0	Carsley 70'	34,117	Wiley
	Leeds United	Away	1–0	Rooney 80'	40,161	Barry
	Charlton Athletic	Home	1–0	Radzinski 31'	37,621	Styles
	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1–0	Campbell 19'	26,496	Poll
	West Bromwich Albion	Home	1–0	Radzinski 35'	40,113	Winter
	Newcastle United	Away	1–2	Campbell 17'	51,607	Halsey
	Chelsea	Home	1–3	Naysmith 44'	39,396	Wolstenholme
	Blackburn Rovers	Home	2–1	Carsley 12', Rooney 25'	36,578	Barber
	Liverpool	Away	0–0		44,025	Poll
	Birmingham City	Away	1–1	Radzinski 45'	29,505	Elleray
	Bolton Wanderers	Home	0–0		39,480	Gallagher
	Manchester City	Home	2–2	Watson 6', Radzinski 90'	40,163	D'Urso
	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	3–4	McBride 10', Watson 58', Radzinski 74'	36,070	Dunn
	Sunderland	Home	2–1	McBride 51', 57'	37,409	Dowd
	Bolton Wanderers	Away	2–1	Watson 33', 38'	25,119	Styles
	Leeds United	Home	2–0	Unsworth 56' (pen.), Radzinski 68'	40,153	Halsey
	Charlton Athletic	Away	1–2	McBride 69'	26,623	Winter
	Southampton	Home	2–1	Radzinski 85', 90+2'	36,569	Elleray
	Middlesbrough	Away	1–1	Watson 23'	32,473	Rennie
	West Ham United	Home	0–0		40,158	Halsey
	Arsenal	Away	1–2	Rooney 56'	38,042	Wiley
	Newcastle United	Home	2–1	Rooney 18', Unsworth 65' (pen.)	40,031	Barry
	West Bromwich Albion	Away	2–1	Weir 22', Campbell 45'	27,039	Bennett
	Liverpool	Home	1–2	Unsworth 58' (pen.)	40,162	Durkin
	Chelsea	Away	1–4	Carsley 77'	40,875	Riley
	Aston Villa	Home	2–1	Campbell 59', Rooney 90'	40,167	Poll
	Fulham	Away	0–2		18,385	Barber
	Manchester United	Home	1–2	Campbell 8'	40,168	Riley

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
Third round		Shrewsbury Town	Away	1–2	Alexandersson 60'	7,800	Dunn

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
Second round		Wrexham	Away	3–0	Campbell 25', Rooney 83', 89'	13,428	Kaye
Third round		Newcastle United	Home	3–3
Campbell 11', Watson 85', Unsworth 112' (pen.)	34,584	Riley
Fourth round		Chelsea	Away	1–4	Naysmith 80'	32,322	Durkin

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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