Middlesbrough F.C. season 2002-03

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Middlesbrough
Season 2002-03
League FA Premier League
Manager Steve McClaren
Chairman Steve Gibson
League position 11th
Top goalscorer League: Massimo Maccarone (9)
All: Massimo Maccarone (9)
Highest attendance Home: 34,747 v Liverpool (Premier League)
Away: 67,464 v Manchester United (Premier League)
Lowest attendance Home: 27,433 v Southampton (Premier League)
Away: 7,558 v Brentford (League Cup)
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup Third Round

During the 2002-03 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Contents

[edit] Team Kit and Sponsors

Middlesbrough had a new sponsor of Dial-A-Phone for the 2002-03 season, the team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a plain red shirt, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of white shirts with black piping, plain white shorts and white socks with a black trim.[1]

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[edit] Season review

[edit] League review

Despite losing the new £6 million signing of the returning Juninho, Boro made a promising start to the 2002-03 season - peaking at 3rd at the end of September and early October. The signings of Maccarone and Boateng, along with the loan of Geremi gave the fans real hope of a top 6 finish.

However, following a fantastic 3-0 win away at Spurs at the end of September, Middlesbrough seemed to press the self destruct button, losing the next 8 games away from home without scoring, and although they remained undefeated in this period at home, this saw them sink to 12th position.

This persuaded McClaren that changes needed to be made, and during the January transfer window, he brought in Chris Riggott and Malcolm Christie from Derby, Michael Ricketts from Bolton and Doriva on loan from Celta Vigo.

This (and the return of the now fit Juninho) seemed to stop the bad run of form, and the results picked up a bit. Middlesbrough hovered around 14th for a few weeks before finishing 11th. Again, the season was regarded as a disappointment after the promising start.

[edit] Domestic Cup review

Both cups were also a disappointment for Boro. They went out of the FA Cup in the 3rd round losing 1-0 at Chelsea.

They fared slightly better in the League Cup, beating Brentford in the 2nd round 4-1, but then losing to lower league opposition in the form of Ipswich 3-1 away.

[edit] Squad

[edit] Senior squad

The following are all the players who were involved the Middlesbrough F.C. first team at some point during the 2002-03 season.[2][3]

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Australia GK Mark Schwarzer
3 Flag of France DF Franck Queudrue
4 Flag of England DF Gareth Southgate (captain)
6 Flag of England DF Chris Riggott
7 Flag of the Netherlands MF George Boateng
8 Flag of Slovakia FW Szilard Nemeth
9 Flag of Italy FW Massimo Maccarone
10 Flag of Brazil MF Juninho
11 Flag of England FW Alen Boksic
12 Flag of England MF Jonathan Greening
14 Flag of Cameroon MF Geremi
15 Flag of Australia DF Tony Vidmar
16 Flag of Cameroon FW Joseph Desire-Job
17 Flag of England DF Ugo Ehiogu
20 Flag of Brazil MF Doriva
21 Flag of England DF Mark Wilson
24 Flag of England MF Phil Stamp
25 Flag of Wales GK Mark Crossley
No. Position Player
27 Flag of England DF Robbie Stockdale
28 Flag of England DF Colin Cooper
29 Flag of Ireland DF Jason Gavin
30 Flag of England MF Stuart Parnaby
31 Flag of Australia MF Luke Wilkshire
32 Flag of England DF Steve Baker
32 Flag of Scotland MF Allan Johnston
34 Flag of England GK Sam Russell
34 Flag of England MF Stewart Downing
35 Flag of Australia GK Brad Jones
Flag of England FW Michael Ricketts
Flag of England FW Malcolm Christie
Flag of Ireland DF Brian Close
Flag of England DF Andrew Davies
Flag of England DF David Murphy
Flag of England DF Craig Dove
Flag of England FW Dean Windass

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
4 June 2002 Flag of Italy Massimo Maccarone Empoli £8.15 million[4]
25 July 2002 Flag of Cameroon Geremi Real Madrid Loan[5]
30 July 2002 Flag of the Netherlands George Boateng Aston Villa £5 million
5 August 2002 Flag of Brazil Juninho Athletico Madrid £6 million[6]
31 January 2003 Flag of England Malcolm Christie and Chris Riggott Derby £5 million[7]
31 January 2003 Flag of England Michael Ricketts Bolton £3.5 million[8]
31 January 2003 Flag of Brazil Doriva Celta Vigo Loan[9]

[edit] Out

Date Player New Club Cost
6 August 2002 Flag of England Paul Ince Wolves Free[10]
12 August 2002 Flag of Australia Paul Okon Leeds Free[11]
22 August 2002 Flag of England Mark Summerbell Carlisle Free[12]
29 August 2002 Flag of England Phil Stamp Hearts Free[13]
30 August 2002 Flag of England Robbie Mustoe Charlton Free[14]
15 January 2003 Flag of England Dean Windass Sheffield United Free[15]
21 March 2003 Flag of England Mark Hudson Chesterfield Free[16]
17 May 2003 Flag of England Anthony Ormerod Scarborough Free[17]
2 June 2003 Flag of Croatia Alen Boksic Contract Terminated -[18]

[edit] Premier League Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A
Attendance Boro Goalscorers Man of the Match
1 17 August 2002 A Southampton 0–0 28,341 Schwarzer
2 24 August 2002 H Fulham 2–2 28,588 Maccarone 32', 51'
3 31 August 2002 H Blackburn Rovers 1–0 28,270 Job 90' Southgate
4 3 September 2002 A Manchester United 0–1 67,464
5 10 September 2002 H Sunderland 3–0 32,155 Nemeth 17', 66' Maccarone 37'
6 14 September 2002 A Everton 1–2 32,240 Nemeth 11'
7 21 September 2002 H Birmingham City 1–0 29,869 Queudrue 29'
8 28 September 2002 A Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 36,082 Maccarone 33', Geremi 55', Job 58' Maccarone
9 5 October 2002 H Bolton Wanderers 2–0 31,005 Ehiogu 23', Geremi 68'
10 20 October 2002 A Charlton 0–1 26,271
11 26 October 2002 H Leeds 2–2 34,723 Job 25', Southgate 83'
12 4 November 2002 A Newcastle 0–2 51,558
13 9 November 2002 H Liverpool 1–0 34,747 Southgate 82' Greening
14 16 November 2002 A Chelsea 0–1 39,064
15 23 November 2002 H Manchester City 3–1 31,510 Ehiogu 53', Boksic 62, Geremi 84'
16 30 November 2002 A West Brom 0–1 27,029
17 7 December 2002 H West Ham 2–2 28,283 Nemeth 58', Ehiogu 88'
18 14 December 2002 H Chelsea 1–1 29,160 Geremi 32'
19 21 December 2002 A Arsenal 0–2 38,003
20 26 December 2002 H Manchester United 3–1 34,673 Boksic 44', Nemeth 48', Job 85'
21 28 December 2002 A Aston Villa 0–1 33,637
22 1 January 2003 A Blackburn Rovers 0–1 23,413
23 11 January 2003 H Southampton 2–2 27,443 Whelan 73', Maccarone 82'
24 19 January 2003 A Fulham 0–1 14,253
25 28 January 2003 H Aston Villa 2–5 27,546 Maccarone 33', Greening 35'
26 8 February 2003 A Liverpool 1–1 42,247 Geremi 38'
27 22 February 2003 A Sunderland 3–1 42,134 Riggott 21', 28', Christie 59'
28 1 March 2003 H Everton 1–1 32,473 Juninho 74'
29 5 March 2003 H Newcastle 1–0 34,814 Geremi 62'
30 15 March 2003 A Leeds 3–2 39,073 Maccarone 36', Juninho 45', Geremi 64'
31 22 March 2003 H Charlton Athletic 1–1 29,080 Christie 57'
32 5 April 2003 H West Brom 3–0 30,187 Christie 36', Greening 76', Nemeth 87'
33 12 April 2003 A Manchester City 0–0 34,793
34 19 April 2003 H Arsenal 0–2 34,724
35 21 April 2003 A West Ham 0–1 35,019
36 26 April 2003 A Birmingham 0–3 28,821
37 3 May 2003 H Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 30,230 Christie 23', Juninho 26', Nemeth 28', Maccarone 51', 75'
38 11 May 2003 A Bolton Wanderers 1–2 27,241 Ricketts 61'


[edit] Cup Results

[edit] League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
2 1 October 2002 Brentford Away Won 4-1 7,558 Marinelli, Whelan, Wilson, Downing
3 6 November 2002 Ipswich Away Lost 3-1 14,417 Queudrue

[edit] FA Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
3 4 January 2004 Chelsea Away Lost 1-0 29,796

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2002-03.[19]

Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Flag of Italy Massimo Maccarone 9 0 0 9
Flag of Slovakia Nemeth 7 0 0 7
Flag of Cameroon Geremi 6 0 0 6
Flag of Cameroon Job 4 0 0 4
Flag of England Ehiogu 3 0 0 3
Flag of England Christie 3 0 0 3
Flag of Brazil Juninho 3 0 0 3
Flag of Croatia Boksic 2 0 0 2
Flag of England Greening 2 0 0 2
Flag of England Riggott 2 0 0 2
Flag of France Queudrue 1 0 1 2
Flag of England Whelan 1 0 1 2
Flag of England Ricketts 1 0 0 1
Flag of Argentina Marinelli 0 0 1 1
Flag of England Wilson 0 0 1 1
Flag of England Downing 0 0 1 1

[edit] Appearances / Discipline

Appearance and disciplinary records for 2002-03 league and cup matches.[2]

Name Appearances Yellow cards Red cards
Flag of Australia Schwarzer 39 1 0
Flag of Wales Crossley 2 0 0
Flag of England Parnaby 23 1 0
Flag of France Queudrue 33 7 3
Flag of England Ehiogu 32 5 0
Flag of England Riggott 5 1 0
Flag of England Southgate 37 3 0
Flag of Ireland Gavin 1 0 0
Flag of Ireland Close 1 1 0
Flag of Australia Vidmar 15 2 0
Flag of England Davies 2 0 0
Flag of England Stockdale 15 3 0
Flag of England Cooper 23 1 0
Flag of England Murphy 8 0 0
Flag of the Netherlands Boateng 28 6 0
Flag of Brazil Juninho 10 1 0
Flag of England Downing 3 0 0
Flag of Cameroon Geremi 34 2 0
Flag of England Greening 39 6 0
Flag of Scotland Johnston 2 0 0
Flag of England Dove 2 0 0
Flag of England Eustace 1 1 0
Flag of England Wilson 9 3 1
Flag of Brazil Doriva 5 0 0
Flag of Argentina Marinelli 9 1 0
Flag of Australia Wilkshire 16 1 1
Flag of England Christie 12 0 0
Flag of Italy Maccarone 34 3 0
Flag of England Ricketts 9 1 0
Flag of England Whelan 17 3 0
Flag of England Windass 4 1 0
Flag of Slovakia Nemeth 30 0 0
Flag of Croatia Boksic 19 2 0
Flag of Cameroon Job 29 1 0

[edit] References and Notes