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2002–03 Leicester City F.C. season

2002–03 season of Leicester City

Field	Value
club	Leicester City
season	2002–03
manager	Micky Adams
chairman	Martin George
stadium	Walkers Stadium
league	First Division
league result	2nd (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer
Paul Dickov (17)
season topscorer
Paul Dickov (20)
highest attendance	32,082 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 28 September 2002)
lowest attendance	22,978 (vs. Reading, 24 August 2002)
average attendance	29,230
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prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

Paul Dickov (17) Paul Dickov (20) During the 2002–03 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division after being relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season. Despite being placed into administration, Leicester managed to regain promotion to the Premier League.

Season summary

In October 2002, Leicester went into administration with debts of £30 million. Some of the reasons were the loss of TV money (ITV Digital, itself in administration, had promised money to First Division clubs for TV rights), the large wage bill, lower fees for players transferred to other clubs than expected and the £37 million cost of the new stadium. Manager Micky Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, until the club was rescued by a takeover by a consortium led by former Leicester striker Gary Lineker. Adams guided Leicester to runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premiership with 92 points. After several First Division clubs complained to the Football League, the Football League introduced a ruling that any club placed in administration would be deducted ten points.

Final league table

Main article: 2002–03 Football League First Division

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Watford	H	2–0	31,022	Deane (2)
14 August 2002	Stoke City	A	1–0	14,028	Scowcroft
18 August 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1–6	27,374	Stevenson
24 August 2002	Reading	H	2–1	22,978	Deane, Dickov (pen)
27 August 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	15,440
31 August 2002	Gillingham	H	2–0	30,067	Lewis, Dickov
7 September 2002	Wimbledon	A	3–2	2,165	Benjamin, Izzet (pen), Stewart
14 September 2002	Derby County	H	3–1	31,049	Izzet, Deane, Dickov
17 September 2002	Bradford City	H	4–0	24,651	Deane, Elliott, Dickov (pen), Scowcroft
21 September 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	22,219
28 September 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	32,082	Dickov (pen)
5 October 2002	Norwich City	A	0–0	20,952
19 October 2002	Burnley	H	0–1	26,254
26 October 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	29,497	Deane, Dickov
29 October 2002	Coventry City	H	2–1	27,139	Taggart, Deane
2 November 2002	Portsmouth	A	2–0	19,107	Scowcroft, Elliott
9 November 2002	Walsall	H	2–0	25,243	Heath, Scowcroft
16 November 2002	Millwall	A	2–2	10,772	Heath, Stewart
23 November 2002	Rotherham United	H	2–1	31,714	Dickov, Stewart
26 November 2002	Preston North End	A	0–2	13,048
30 November 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	7,310	Scowcroft, Izzet
7 December 2002	Sheffield United	H	0–0	26,718
14 December 2002	Millwall	H	4–1	31,904	Scowcroft (2), Elliott, Dickov
20 December 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–0	6,592	Deane
26 December 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	31,426	Dickov (pen)
28 December 2002	Watford	A	2–1	16,017	Elliott, Deane
11 January 2003	Stoke City	H	0–0	25,038
18 January 2003	Gillingham	A	2–3	8,609	Sinclair, Wright
28 January 2003	Reading	A	3–1	17,156	Dickov (2, 1 pen), Heath
1 February 2003	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	27,005	Dickov
8 February 2003	Walsall	A	4–1	8,741	Dickov, Scowcroft (2), Elliott
17 February 2003	Portsmouth	H	1–1	31,775	Benjamin
22 February 2003	Wimbledon	H	4–0	31,438	Dickov (3, 2 pens), Benjamin
1 March 2003	Derby County	A	1–1	24,307	Deane
4 March 2003	Bradford City	A	0–0	11,531
8 March 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	27,463	McLaren (own goal)
15 March 2003	Preston North End	H	2–1	30,713	Deane (2)
18 March 2003	Burnley	A	2–1	14,554	Dickov, Benjamin
22 March 2003	Coventry City	A	2–1	16,610	McKinlay
5 April 2003	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	31,014	Benjamin, Davidson
8 April 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	32,065	Wright
12 April 2003	Rotherham United	A	1–1	9,888	Benjamin
19 April 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	31,909	Izzet, Stewart
21 April 2003	Sheffield United	A	1–2	21,277	Deane
27 April 2003	Norwich City	H	1–1	31,639	Benjamin
4 May 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	28,190	Benjamin (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	4 January 2003	Bristol City	H	2–0	25,868	Elliott, Dickov
	R4	25 January 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	28,164	Dickov (pen)

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 September 2002	Hull City	A	4–2	7,061	Rogers (2), Dickov, Scowcroft
R2	2 October 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	10,472	Izzet, Benjamin
R3	5 November 2002	Manchester United	A	0–2	47,848

Squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
8 August 2002	MF	ENG Nicky Summerbee	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer
8 August 2002	MF	SCO Billy McKinlay	Clydebank	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
30 July 2002	FW	ISL Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Dundee United	Free transfer
14 August 2002	MF	ENG Lee Marshall	West Bromwich Albion	£700,000
21 August 2002	FW	ENG Matt Piper	Sunderland	£3,500,000
24 September 2002	MF	ENG Dennis Wise	Millwall	Free transfer
16 October 2002	FW	IRL Damien Delaney	Hull City	£50,000

:Transfers in: £0 :Transfers out: £4,250,000 :Total spending: £4,250,000

References

[http://www.lcfc.com/page/Attendance/0,,10274~200210274,00.html]{{Dead link. (May 2020)
"Leicester City results for the 2002-2003 season - Statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Leicester City - 2002/03".
(30 July 2002). "Gunnlaugsson joins Dundee United".
(14 August 2002). "Baggies land Marshall".
(21 August 2002). "Sunderland bag Piper".
(24 September 2002). "Wise joins Millwall".
(16 October 2002). "Hull seal Delaney deal".

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