2002–03 Middlesbrough F.C. season

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

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

Kit

Middlesbrough had a new sponsor, Dial-a-Phone, for the 2002-03 season. The team's kit 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 navy blue trim.[1]

Season review

Despite losing the new £6 million signing of the returning Juninho, Boro made a promising start to the 2002-03 season, peaking at third in early October. The signings of Maccarone and Boateng, along with the loan of Geremi, gave the fans real hope of a top-six 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; although they remained undefeated in this period at home, this saw them sink to 12th position. This persuaded Steve McClaren to make changes, and during the January transfer window he brought in Chris Riggott and Malcolm Christie from Derby County, Michael Ricketts from Bolton Wanderers and Doriva on loan from Celta Vigo. This, coupled with the return of the now-fit Juninho, stopped 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.

Both cups were also a disappointment for Boro. They went out of the FA Cup in the third round, losing 1-0 at Chelsea. They fared slightly better in the League Cup, beating Brentford 4-1 in the second round but then losing to lower league opposition in the form of Ipswich Town, 3-1 away.

First-team squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Mark Schwarzer 39 0 38 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Robbie Stockdale 15 0 12+2 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF France Franck Queudrue 33 2 29+2 1 1 0 1 1
4 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 32 3 31+1 3 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Chris Riggott 5 2 4+1 2 0 0 0 0
6 DF England Gareth Southgate 37 2 36 2 1 0 0 0
7 MF Netherlands George Boateng 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Slovakia Szilárd Németh 28 6 15+13 6 0 0 0 0
9 FW Italy Massimo Maccarone 34 9 26+8 9 0 0 0 0
10 MF Brazil Juninho 10 3 9+1 3 0 0 0 0
11 FW Croatia Alen Bokšić 19 2 13+5 2 0+1 0 0 0
12 MF England Jonathan Greening 39 2 38 2 1 0 0 0
14 MF Cameroon Geremi 34 7 33 7 1 0 0 0
15 DF Australia Tony Vidmar 15 0 9+3 0 1 0 2 0
16 FW Cameroon Joseph Desire-Job 29 4 22+6 4 1 0 0 0
17 MF England Stewart Downing 3 1 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 1
18 MF England Mark Wilson 9 3 4+2 2 1 0 2 1
19 FW England Malcolm Christie 12 4 11+1 4 0 0 0 0
20 MF Brazil Doriva 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England Dean Windass 4 0 0+2 0 1 0 1 0
21 FW England Michael Ricketts 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0
23 MF Argentina Carlos Marinelli 9 1 3+4 0 0 0 2 1
25 GK Wales Mark Crossley 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 FW England Noel Whelan 17 2 2+13 1 0+1 0 1 1
27 MF England John Eustace 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF England Colin Cooper 23 0 14+6 0 0+1 0 2 0
29 DF England Jason Gavin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF England Stuart Parnaby 22 0 21 0 0 0 1 0
31 DF Australia Luke Wilkshire 16 0 7+7 0 0 0 2 0
32 MF Scotland Allan Johnston 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 DF England David Murphy 8 0 4+4 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK England Sam Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK Australia Brad Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Northern Ireland Brian Close 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
38 DF England Andrew Davies 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
39 MF England Craig Dove 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
41 MF England Jamie Cade 11 0 0 0 0 0 0+11 0
42 FW England Phil Gulliver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Discipline

Disciplinary records for 2002–03 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.[2]

No. Nat. Player Yellow card.svg Yellow cards Red card.svg Red cards
1 Australia Mark Schwarzer 1 0
2 Scotland Robbie Stockdale 3 0
3 France Franck Queudrue 7 3
4 England Ugo Ehiogu 5 0
5 England Chris Riggott 1 0
6 England Gareth Southgate 3 0
7 Netherlands George Boateng 6 0
9 Italy Massimo Maccarone 2 0
10 Brazil Juninho Paulista 1 0
11 Croatia Alen Bokšić 2 0
12 England Jonathan Greening 5 0
14 Cameroon Geremi Njitap 2 0
15 Australia Tony Vidmar 1 0
16 Cameroon Joseph-Désiré Job 1 0
18 England Mark Wilson 3 1
21 England Michael Ricketts 1 0
23 Argentina Carlos Marinelli 2 0
26 England Noel Whelan 2 0
27 England John Eustace 1 0
30 England Stuart Parnaby 1 0
31 Australia Luke Wilkshire 2 1
37 Northern Ireland Brian Close 1 0

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous club Cost
4 June 2002 Italy Massimo Maccarone Italy Empoli £8,150,000[3]
25 July 2002 Cameroon Geremi Spain Real Madrid Season-long loan[4]
30 July 2002 Netherlands George Boateng Aston Villa £5,000,000
5 August 2002 Brazil Juninho Spain Atletico Madrid £6,000,000[5]
31 January 2003 England Malcolm Christie and Chris Riggott Derby County £5,000,000[6]
31 January 2003 England Michael Ricketts Bolton Wanderers £3,500,000[7]
31 January 2003 Brazil Doriva Spain Celta Vigo Loan[8]

Out

Date Player New club Cost
6 August 2002 England Paul Ince Wolverhampton Wanderers Free[9]
12 August 2002 Australia Paul Okon Leeds United Free[10]
22 August 2002 England Mark Summerbell Carlisle United Free[11]
29 August 2002 England Phil Stamp Scotland Hearts Free[12]
30 August 2002 England Robbie Mustoe Charlton Athletic Free[13]
15 January 2003 England Dean Windass Sheffield United Free[14]
21 March 2003 England Mark Hudson Chesterfield Free[15]
17 May 2003 England Anthony Ormerod Scarborough Free[16]
2 June 2003 Croatia Alen Bokšić Contract terminated -[17]

Results

Premier League

      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 Németh 17', 66' Maccarone 37'
6 14 September 2002 A Everton 1–2 32,240 Németh 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 Athletic 0–1 26,271
11 26 October 2002 H Leeds United 2–2 34,723 Job 25', Southgate 83'
12 4 November 2002 A Newcastle United 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', Bokšić 62, Geremi 84'
16 30 November 2002 A West Bromwich Albion 0–1 27,029
17 7 December 2002 H West Ham United 2–2 28,283 Németh 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 Bokšić 44', Németh 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 United 1–0 34,814 Geremi 62'
30 15 March 2003 A Leeds United 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 Bromwich Albion 3–0 30,187 Christie 36', Greening 76', Németh 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 United 0–1 35,019
36 26 April 2003 A Birmingham City 0–3 28,821
37 3 May 2003 H Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 30,230 Christie 23', Juninho 26', Németh 28', Maccarone 51', 75'
38 11 May 2003 A Bolton Wanderers 1–2 27,241 Ricketts 61'

League Cup

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

FA Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
3 4 January 2003 Chelsea Away 1-0 29,796

Statistics

Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2002-03.[18]

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

Appearances and discipline

Appearance and disciplinary records for 2002-03 league and cup matches.[19]

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

References and notes