2002–03 Football Conference

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The 2002–03 Football Conference season was the 24th season of the Football Conference.

Season2002–03[1][2]
ChampionsYeovil Town (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotionYeovil Town
Promoted through play-offsDoncaster Rovers
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Football Conference
Season2002–03[1][2]
ChampionsYeovil Town (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotionYeovil Town
Promoted through play-offsDoncaster Rovers
FA Trophy winnersBurscough
(Northern Premier League Premier Division) (1st FA Trophy title)
Relegated to Level 6Kettering Town,
Nuneaton Borough,
Southport
Matches462
Goals1,342 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerPaul Barnes (Doncaster Rovers), 25
Biggest home winYeovil – Southport 6–0 (5 October 2002)
Biggest away winWoking – Morecambe 0–6 (22 February 2003)
Highest scoringBurton Albion – Telford 4–7 (8 February 2003)
Longest winning run?
Longest unbeaten run?
Longest losing run?
Highest attendanceYeovil Town v Chester City, 8,111 (26 April 2003)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,616 (+ 18% compared with the previous season)
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Overview

This season the number of teams promoted to the Football League Division Three was increased from one to two, and play-offs were introduced to determine the second team to be promoted, along with the Conference champions. The bottom three, as usual, were relegated to either the Northern Premier League, the Southern Premier League or the Isthmian League.

Yeovil Town clinched the league title and won promotion to the Football League Division Three.

Doncaster Rovers also earned promotion to Division Three following their 3–2 play-off win over Dagenham & Redbridge, during extra time with a sudden death goal in the 110th minute.

The regular season began on 17 August 2002, and ended on 26 April 2003.

Changes since the previous season

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Yeovil Town (C, P) 42 28 11 3 100 37 +63 95 Promotion to the Football League Third Division
2 Morecambe 42 23 9 10 86 42 +44 78 Qualification for the Football Conference play-offs
3 Doncaster Rovers (O, P) 42 22 12 8 73 47 +26 78
4 Chester City 42 21 12 9 59 31 +28 75
5 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 21 9 12 71 59 +12 72
6 Hereford United 42 19 7 16 64 51 +13 64
7 Scarborough 42 18 10 14 63 54 +9 64
8 Halifax Town 42 18 10 14 50 51 −1 64
9 Forest Green Rovers 42 17 8 17 61 62 −1 59
10 Margate 42 15 11 16 60 66 −6 56
11 Barnet 42 13 14 15 65 68 −3 53
12 Stevenage Borough 42 14 10 18 61 55 +6 52
13 Farnborough Town 42 13 12 17 57 56 +1 51
14 Northwich Victoria 42 13 12 17 66 72 −6 51
15 Telford United 42 14 7 21 54 69 −15 49
16 Burton Albion 42 13 10 19 52 77 −25 49
17 Gravesend & Northfleet 42 12 12 18 62 73 −11 48
18 Leigh RMI 42 14 6 22 44 71 −27 48
19 Woking 42 11 14 17 52 81 −29 47
20 Nuneaton Borough (R) 42 13 7 22 51 78 −27 46 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division
21 Southport (R) 42 11 12 19 54 69 −15 45 Relegation to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
22 Kettering Town (R) 42 8 7 27 37 73 −36 31 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division
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Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Locations

Locations of the Football Conference 2002–2003 teams
Locations of the Football Conference London teams 2002–2003

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAR ...
Home \ Away BAR BRT CHE D&R DON FAR FGR GRN HAL HER KET LEI MAR MOR NOR NUN SCA SOU STB TEL WOK YEO
Barnet 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–4 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–1
Burton Albion 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–7 0–2 1–1
Chester City 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–2
Dagenham & Redbridge 5–1 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–4
Doncaster Rovers 2–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–4
Farnborough Town 2–2 5–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 5–0 2–4
Forest Green Rovers 4–4 2–0 0–2 5–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 2–1
Gravesend & Northfleet 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 4–1 5–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 4–2 2–4
Halifax Town 2–4 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–5 3–1 2–1 3–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–3
Hereford United 4–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 0–0
Kettering Town 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–4 0–3 0–1
Leigh RMI 4–2 4–2 0–4 1–3 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–4
Margate 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Morecambe 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 1–2
Northwich Victoria 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2
Nuneaton Borough 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Scarborough 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–5 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–1
Southport 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–3 0–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 0–1
Stevenage Borough 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–2
Telford United 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 4–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–5
Woking 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–5 0–6 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–5 3–0 1–1
Yeovil Town 0–0 6–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 4–0
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Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Main article: 2003 Football Conference play-off Final

The Conference National play-offs determine the second team that will be promoted to the Football League Division Three. The teams placed second through fifth qualify for the play-offs. The semi-finals are played in a two-leg, home and away format, while the final is played as one leg, and this season it was held on 10 May 2003 at Britannia Stadium, Stoke, before a crowd of 13,092.

Semi-finals
1st leg – 1 May 2003; 2nd leg – 5 May 2003 		Final at Britannia Stadium,
Stoke-on-Trent 10 May 2003
        
3rd Doncaster Rovers (pen.) 1 1 2 (4)
4th Chester City 1 1 2 (3)
3rd Doncaster Rovers (a.e.t.), golden goal) 3
5th Dagenham & Redbridge 2
2nd Morecambe 1 2 3 (2)
5th Dagenham & Redbridge (pen.) 2 1 3 (3)

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Semifinals

1st Leg
More information Doncaster Rovers, 1–1 ...
Doncaster Rovers1–1Chester City
  • Whitman 90'
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Attendance: 6,857
2nd Leg
More information Chester City, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Chester City1–1 (a.e.t.)Doncaster Rovers
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Penalties
 3–4
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Attendance: 5,702
Referee: Atkinson

Doncaster Rovers win 4–3 on penalties after tying 2–2 on Aggregate.

1st Leg
More information Dagenham & Redbridge, 2–1 ...
Dagenham & Redbridge2–1Morecambe
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Attendance: 3,447
2nd Leg
More information Morecambe, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Morecambe2–1 (a.e.t.)Dagenham & Redbridge
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Penalties
 2–3
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Attendance: 5,405
Referee: Foster

Dagenham & Redbridge win 3–2 on penalties after tying 3–3 on Aggregate.

Play-Off Final

More information Dagenham & Redbridge, 2–3 (a.e.t.) ...
Dagenham & Redbridge2–3 (a.e.t.)Doncaster Rovers
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Attendance: 13,092

Top scorers in order of league goals

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club League Play-offs FA Cup FA Trophy LDV Total
1Paul Barnes Doncaster Rovers 25120028
2Kirk JacksonYeovil Town24011127
3Gregg BlundellDoncaster Rovers20002022
4Junior AgogoBarnet20000020
5Wayne CurtisMorecambe18000018
6Dino MaamriaStevenage Borough17010018
=Daryl ClareChester City17000017
8Mark SteinDagenham & Redbridge16302021
=Christian MooreBurton Albion16020018
=Steve WestDagenham & Redbridge16001017
=David BrownTelford United16001017
12Neil GraysonForest Green Rovers15005020
=Mark QuayleChester City15010016
14Warren PatmoreWoking14002016
=Paul MooreTelford United14001015
16Kayode OdejayiForest Green Rovers13012016
=Lee ElamMorecambe13011015
=Kevin GallYeovil Town13001014
=Steve GuinanHereford United13000013
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