2002–03 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham's first season in the Premiership was a rollercoaster of a ride that resulted in the team finishing in 13th, although they were favourites to be relegated at the start of the season.

Once Birmingham had secured their states in the Premiership after beating Norwich City in the First Division playoff final the year before, manager Steve Bruce started to strengthen the squad. Internationals Robbie Savage of Wales, Kenny Cunningham and Clinton Morrison of Ireland, and Aliou Cissé of Senegal all joined the side.

Stern John's penalty in the 1–1 draw with Everton on 28 August 2002 was Birmingham's first goal in the Premiership, and first in the top flight since Robert Hopkins scored against Newcastle United back in the 1985–86 season. The next match secured Birmingham their first three points in the league, as they beat Leeds United 2–1 thanks to goals from Paul Devlin and Damien Johnson.

A highlight of the season was the 3–0 victory over local rivals Aston Villa. A first-half goal from Clinton Morrison saw Birmingham in control at half time, before a comedy of errors saw a throw-in by Olof Mellberg roll under the foot of Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman and into the net to gift the side a 2–0 lead. Geoff Horsfield added a third later in the game thanks to bad defending from Turkish defender Alpay.

By the New Year, Birmingham were in 15th position in the table, seven points clear of 18th-placed Sunderland. This did not stop Bruce spending in the winter transfer window, as Stephen Clemence, Jamie Clapham and Matthew Upson all joined the club. These transfers fall into insignificance compared to the impact that French World Cup-winning forward Christophe Dugarry would make.

A bad start to 2003 saw Birmingham fall to 16th in the table, only five points separating themselves and 18th-placed West Bromwich Albion. This was before Liverpool's visit to St Andrew's, when Birmingham took a two-goal lead through Clemence and Morrison before Michael Owen added a late consolation goal. This game was followed by the visit to Aston Villa. The game kicked into life when Villa striker Dion Dublin was sent off in the 51st minute for headbutting Savage. In the 74th minute, Australian Stan Lazaridis scored his first goal of the season, and three minutes later, a poor header back by Jlloyd Samuel allowed Horsfield to run onto the ball, beat Enckelman and score from close range. The game ended with another sending off, as Villa's Joey Guðjónsson lunged at Upson with a two-footed tackle.

Birmingham were not yet assured of safety by the time they played Sunderland on 12 April, but Bryan Hughes and Christophe Dugarry scored to give Birmingham a 2–0 win. Dugarry went on to score four goals in Birmingham's next three games, including a stunning effort against Middlesbrough where he beat the offside trap before calmly taking the ball out of the air with his knee and volleying it into the net.

The last game of the season saw the side entertain West Ham United, who were in real danger of relegation. Birmingham managed a 2–2 draw thanks to goals from Horsfield and John, but it was enough to send the Hammers down.

Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League

August

18 August 2002	Arsenal	2–0	Birmingham City	Highbury, London
16:05 BST (UTC+01)	Henry 9' Sylvain Wiltord 24'	^[3]	Cissé 74'	Attendance: 38,018 Referee: Mike Riley

24 August 2002	Birmingham City	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[3]	Yorke 13'	Attendance: 27,563 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

28 August 2002	Everton	1–1	Birmingham City	Goodison Park, Liverpool
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Unsworth 90' Stubbs 49'	^[3]	John 50' (pen.)	Attendance: 37,197 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

31 August 2002	Birmingham City	2–1	Leeds United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
12:00 BST (UTC+01)	Devlin 32' D. Johnson 58'	^[3]	Bowyer 40'	Attendance: 27,164 Referee: Paul Durkin

September

11 September 2002	Liverpool	2–2	Birmingham City	Anfield, Liverpool
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Murphy 25' Gerrard 49'	^[3]	Morrison 61', 90'	Attendance: 43,113 Referee: Neale Barry

16 September 2002	Birmingham City	3–0	Aston Villa	St Andrew's, Birmingham
20:00 BST (UTC+01)	Morrison 31' Enckelman 77' (o.g.) Horsfield 83'	^[3]		Attendance: 29,505 Referee: David Elleray

21 September 2002	Middlesbrough	1–0	Birmingham City	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Queudrue 29'	^[3]		Attendance: 29,869 Referee: Andy D'Urso

28 September 2002	Birmingham City	0–2	Newcastle United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
17:30 BST (UTC+01)	Solano 34' Ameobi 90'	^[3]		Attendance: 29,072 Referee: Steve Bennett

October

5 October 2002	Middlesbrough	1–2	Birmingham City	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Cole 17'	^[3]	John 4', 43'	Attendance: 35,010 Referee: Phil Dowd

19 October 2002	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Birmingham City	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Roberts 87'	^[3]	Moore 86' (o.g.) Tébily 82'	Attendance: 27,021 Referee: Graham Poll

26 October 2002	Birmingham City	0–2	Manchester City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[3]	Sun 24' Anelka 87'	Attendance: 28,316 Referee: Steve Bennett

November

2 November 2002	Birmingham City	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Purse 61' Savage 72' Horsfield 83'	^[3]	Okocha 72' Gardner 67'	Attendance: 27,224 Referee: Chris Foy

9 November 2002	Chelsea	3–0	Birmingham City	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Gudjohnsen 3', 31' Zola 42'	^[3]		Attendance: 35,237 Referee: D. Pugh

17 November 2002	Birmingham City	0–0	Fulham	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)		^[3]	Brevett 37' Marlet 79'	Attendance: 26,164 Referee: Matt Messias

23 November 2002	Sunderland	0–1	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light, Sunderland
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Morrison 89'	^[3]		Attendance: 38,803 Referee: Rob Styles

30 November 2002	Birmingham City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kenna 68'	^[3]	Sheringham 55'	Attendance: 29,505 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

December

7 December 2002	Southampton	2–0	Birmingham City	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Beattie 60' (pen.), 83'	^[3]		Attendance: 31,132 Referee: Jeff Winter

15 December 2002	Fulham	0–1	Birmingham City	Loftus Road, London
14:00 GMT (UTC)		^[3]	Kirovski 7' Purse 70'	Attendance: 14,962 Referee: Andy D'Urso

21 December 2002	Birmingham City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Devlin 67' (pen.) Horsfield 54'	^[3]	Jensen 37'	Attendance: 28,837 Referee: Rob Styles

26 December 2002	Birmingham City	1–1	Everton	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kirovski 45'	^[3]	Radzinski 45' Rooney 81'	Attendance: 29,505 Referee: David Elleray

28 December 2002	Manchester United	2–0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford, Manchester
15:00 GMT (UTC)		^[3]	Forlán 37' Beckham 73'	Attendance: 67,640 Referee: Mike Dean

January

1 January 2003	Leeds United	2–0	Birmingham City	Elland Road, Leeds
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bakke 6' Viduka 67'	^[3]		Attendance: 40,034 Referee: Phil Dowd

12 January 2003	Birmingham City	0–4	Arsenal	St Andrew's, Birmingham
16:05 GMT (UTC)		^[3]	Henry 6', 70' Pirès 29' Lauren 45'	Attendance: 29,505 Referee: Steve Bennett

18 January 2003	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Birmingham City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Duff 19' Todd 28'	^[3]	John 83'	Attendance: 23,331 Referee: Clive Wilkes

February

1 February 2003	Bolton Wanderers	4–2	Birmingham City	Reebok Stadium, Bolton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cunningham 12' (o.g.) Pedersen 46' Djorkaeff 84' Facey 87'	^[3]	Savage 44' Morrison 60'	Attendance: 24,288 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

4 February 2003	Birmingham City	0–1	Manchester United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45 GMT (UTC)		^[3]	Van Nistelrooy 56'	Attendance: 29,475 Referee: Steve Dunn

8 February 2003	Birmingham City	1–3	Chelsea	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Savage 87' (pen.)	^[3]	Zola 44' Guðjohnsen 49' Hasselbaink 69' (pen.)	Attendance: 29,475 Referee: Mark Halsey

23 February 2003	Birmingham City	2–1	Liverpool	St Andrew's, Birmingham
16:05 GMT (UTC)	Clemence 34' Morrison 68'	^[3]	Owen 77'	Attendance: 29,449 Referee: Clive Wilkes

March

3 March 2003	Aston Villa	0–2	Birmingham City	Villa Park, Birmingham
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Dublin 51' Guðjónsson 81'	^[3]	Lazaridis 74' Horsfield 77'	Attendance: 42,602 Referee: Mark Halsey

16 March 2003	Manchester City	1–0	Birmingham City	Maine Road, Manchester
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Fowler 72' Jensen 77'	^[3]		Attendance: 34,596 Referee: Matt Messias

22 March 2003	Birmingham City	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's, Birmingham
12:00 GMT (UTC)	Horsfield 90'	^[3]		Attendance: 29,449 Referee: Paul Durkin

April

5 April 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Birmingham City	White Hart Lane, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Keane 7' Poyet 88'	^[3]	Devlin 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 36,058 Referee: David Elleray

12 April 2003	Birmingham City	2–0	Sunderland	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Hughes 43' Dugarry 60'	^[3]	Stewart 86'	Attendance: 29,132 Referee: Phil Dowd

19 April 2003	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Birmingham City	The Valley, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[3]	Dugarry 29' Savage 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 25,732 Referee: Neale Barry

21 April 2003	Birmingham City	3–2	Southampton	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Dugarry 75', 82' Hughes 79'	^[3]	Svensson 26' Ormerod 77'	Attendance: 29,115 Referee: Steve Bennett

26 April 2003	Birmingham City	3–0	Middlesbrough	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Dugarry 18' Clemence 40' Lazaridis 80'	^[3]		Attendance: 28,821 Referee: Mike Dean

May

3 May 2003	Newcastle United	1–0	Birmingham City	St James' Park, Newcastle
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Viana 42'	^[3]	Upson 41'	Attendance: 52,146 Referee: David Elleray

11 May 2003	Birmingham City	2–2	West Ham United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Horsfield 80' John 88'	^[3]	Ferdinand 66' Di Canio 89'	Attendance: 29,505 Referee: Graham Poll

League table (part)

Final Premier League table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
11th	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	+4	49
12th	Charlton Athletic	38	14	7	17	45	56	−11	49
13th	Birmingham City	38	13	9	16	41	49	−8	48
14th	Fulham	38	13	9	16	41	50	−9	48
15th	Leeds United	38	14	5	19	58	57	+1	47
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[4]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	9	16	41	49	−8	48	8	5	6	25	23	+2	5	4	10	16	26	−10

Source: ^[4]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D
Position	18	19	17	14	15	9	10	14	12	12	13	12	14	15	13	11	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	16	15	13	12	13	13

Source: ^[5]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Birmingham failed to get past the third round of the FA Cup, losing to Premiership side Fulham.

3rd 5 January 2003	Fulham	3–1	Birmingham City	Loftus Road, London
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Sava 11' Goldbæk 23' Saha 46'	^[3]	John 90'	Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Neale Barry

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Birmingham reached the third round of the League Cup before losing to Preston North End of the First Division.

2nd 2 October 2002	Leyton Orient	2–3	Birmingham City	Brisbane Road, London
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Nugent 60' Ibehre 82'	^[3]	John 16', 27', 77'	Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Tony Bates

3rd 5 November 2002	Birmingham City	0–2	Preston North End	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Horsfield 28'	^[3]	Fuller 59' Lewis 80'	Attendance: 12,241 Referee: Graham Poll

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
30 May 2002	Robbie Savage	Leicester City	£2.5m–£3m	^[6]
9 July 2002	Aliou Cissé	Montpellier	£4.5m	^[7]
16 July 2002	Kenny Cunningham	Wimbledon	Undisclosed	^[8]
30 July 2002	Clinton Morrison	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed club record^a	^[9]
15 August 2002	Jovan Kirovski	(Crystal Palace)	Free	^[10]
13 September 2002	Darryl Powell	(Derby County)	Free	^[11]
10 January 2003	Jamie Clapham	Ipswich Town	£1.3m	^[12]
10 January 2003	Stephen Clemence	Tottenham Hotspur	£900,000	^[12]
22 January 2003	Matthew Upson	Arsenal	£1.1m	^[13]
13 March 2003	Andy Marriott	Barnsley	Nominal	^[14]

Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

a. The total fee for Morrison to join Birmingham was officially an undisclosed club record^[9] The deal included Andrew Johnson moving to Crystal Palace as a makeweight; the fee for Morrison was reported as £4.25m and that for Johnson as £750,000.^[15]

Out

Date	Player	Fee	Joined	Ref
30 July 2002	Andrew Johnson	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed^a	^[9]
5 September 2002	Paul Furlong	(Queens Park Rangers)	Released	^[16]
21 October 2002	Nicky Eaden	Wigan Athletic	Nominal	^[17]
11 November 2002	Jerry Gill	Northampton Town	Free	^[18]
22 November 2002	Graham Hyde	(Bristol Rovers)	Released	^[19]
15 January 2003	Darryl Powell	(Sheffield Wednesday)	Released	^[20]
8 May 2003	Tony Capaldi	Plymouth Argyle	Free	^[21]
22 May 2003	Tommy Mooney	(Swindon Town)	Released	^[22]
30 June 2003	Clint Davies		Released	^[23]
30 June 2003	Andy Marriott		Released	^[24]
30 June 2003	Steve Vickers		Released	^[25]

Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

a. Johnson's move was included as a makeweight in Clinton Morrison's transfer in the other direction, the fee for which was described officially as an undisclosed club record.^[9] The fee for Morrison was reported as £4.25m and that for Johnson as £750,000.^[15]

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
1 January 2003	Ferdinand Coly	RC Lens	End of season	^[26]
2 January 2003	Christophe Dugarry	Bordeaux	End of season	^[27]
21 January 2003	Piotr Świerczewski	Marseille	End of season	^[28]

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
8 August 2002	Paul Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	One month	^[29]
8 August 2002	Jerry Gill	Northampton Town	Two months	^[30]^[18]
8 August 2002	Tom Williams	Queens Park Rangers	End of season	^[29]
13 September 2002	Tommy Mooney	Stoke City	Three months	^[31]^[18]
20 September 2002	Nicky Eaden	Wigan Athletic	One month	^[32]
20 September 2002	Graham Hyde	Peterborough United	Two months	^[33]^[19]
16 January 2003	Craig Fagan	Bristol City	One month	^[34]
17 January 2003	Tommy Mooney	Sheffield United	3 March 2003	^[35]
1 February 2003	Curtis Woodhouse	Rotherham United	End of season	^[36]
19 March 2003	Tommy Mooney	Derby County	End of season	^[35]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[37]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.

Players included in matchday squads
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League^[38]		FA Cup^[39]		League Cup^[40]		Total		Discipline^[41]
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ian Bennett	10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0
2	DF	IRE	Jeff Kenna	36 (1)	1	1	0	1	0	38 (1)	1	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Martin Grainger	8 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	9 (1)	0	3	0
4	DF	ENG	Steve Vickers	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Darren Purse	19 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	20 (1)	1	7	1
6	MF	SEN	Aliou Cissé	21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	11	0
7	MF	SCO	Paul Devlin	20 (12)	3	1	0	0	0	12 (12)	3	4	0
8	MF	WAL	Robbie Savage	33	4	1	0	0	0	34	4	10	0
9	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield	15 (16)	5	0	0	2	0	17 (16)	5	1	2
10	MF	ENG	Bryan Hughes	10 (12)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	11 (13)	2	3	0
11	MF	AUS	Stan Lazaridis	17 (13)	2	0	0	2	0	19 (13)	2	1	0
12	DF	IRE	Kenny Cunningham	31	0	0	0	1	0	32	0	1	0
14	FW	TRI	Stern John	20 (10)	5	0 (1)	1	1	3	21 (11)	9	2	0
15	FW	USA	Jovan Kirovski	5 (12)	2	1	0	1 (1)	0	7 (13)	2	1	0
16	FW	ENG	Tommy Mooney	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0
17	FW	JAM	Michael Johnson	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0
18	GK	BEL	Nico Vaesen	27	0	1	0	0	0	28	0	0	0
19	FW	IRE	Clinton Morrison	24 (4)	6	1	0	1	0	26 (4)	6	6	0
21	DF	ENG	Nicky Eaden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	FRA	Christophe Dugarry*	16	5	0	0	0	0	16	5	4	0
22	MF	NIR	Damien Johnson	28 (2)	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	29 (3)	1	6	0
23	DF	ENG	Jamie Clapham	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0
24	MF	ENG	Darren Carter	3 (9)	0	0	0	1	0	4 (9)	0	0	0
25	MF	JAM	Darryl Powell	3 (8)	0	1	0	2	0	6 (8)	0	3	0
25	DF	ENG	Matthew Upson	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	1
26	DF	CIV	Olivier Tébily	12	0	0	0	1	0	13	0	5	1
27	DF	ENG	Joey Hutchinson	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Curtis Woodhouse	0 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Craig Fagan	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0 (4)	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Mat Sadler	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0
32	MF	ENG	Stephen Clemence	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2	3	0
33	DF	SEN	Ferdinand Coly*	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
34	MF	POL	Piotr Świerczewski*	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0
35	GK	AUS	Clint Davies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	WAL	Andy Marriott	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos	Nat	Name
13	MF	ENG	Graham Hyde
13	DF	NIR	Tony Capaldi
20	MF	ENG	Tom Williams
23	DF	ENG	Jerry Gill
25	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong
31	MF	FRA	Christophe Grondin

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and Football League	Premier League · Football League (First Division · Second Division · Third Division) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Play-offs (First Division Final · Second Division Final · Third Division Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference

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Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification (Group 7) · Sven Goran Eriksson

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Everton · Fulham · Leeds United · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Southampton · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United

First Division	Bradford City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Grimsby Town · Gillingham · Ipswich Town · Leicester City · Millwall · Norwich City · Nottingham Forest · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Reading · Rotherham United · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Stoke City · Walsall · Watford · Wimbledon · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley · Blackpool · Brentford · Bristol City · Cardiff City · Cheltenham Town · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Huddersfield Town · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Queens Park Rangers · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Wigan Athletic · Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Boston United · Bournemouth · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Cambridge United · Carlisle United · Darlington · Exeter City · Hartlepool United · Hull City · Kidderminster Harriers · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Oxford United · Rochdale · Rushden & Diamonds · Scunthorpe United · Shrewsbury Town · Southend United · Swansea City · Torquay United · Wrexham · York City

Football Conference	Barnet · Burton Albion · Chester City · Dagenham & Redbridge · Doncaster Rovers · Farnborough Town · Forest Green Rovers · Halifax Town · Hereford United · Kettering Town · Leigh RMI · Margate · Morecambe · Northwich Victoria · Nuneaton Borough · Scarborough · Southport · Stevenage Borough · Telford United · Woking · Yeovil Town

Others	Gateshead · Newport County

Summer 2002 transfers · Winter 2002–03 transfers · Summer 2003 transfers