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Hull City
2002–03 season
Chairman	Adam Pearson
Manager	Jan Mølby (until October); Billy Russell (caretaker); Peter Taylor
Stadium	Boothferry Park (until December 2002); KC Stadium (from December 2002)
Football League Third Division	12th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	First round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season saw Hull City compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 13th position with 59 points.^[1] It was also Hull's final season at Boothferry Park as they moved to the KC Stadium in December 2002.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Kidderminster Harriers	46	16	15	15	62	63	−1	63
12	Cambridge United	46	16	13	17	67	70	−3	61
13	Hull City	46	14	17	15	58	53	+5	59
14	Darlington	46	12	18	16	58	59	−1	54
15	Boston United	46	15	13	18	55	56	−1	54^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Notes:

^ Boston United had 4 points deducted for financial irregularities.^[2]

Results

Hull City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	10 August 2002	Southend United	H	2–2	10,446	Green, Elliott
2	13 August 2002	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	7,501	Johnson
3	17 August 2002	Exeter City	A	1–3	4,257	Green
4	24 August 2002	Bury	H	1–1	8,804	Johnson
5	26 August 2002	Hartlepool United	A	0–2	4,236
6	31 August 2002	Leyton Orient	H	1–1	7,684	Keates
7	7 September 2002	Cambridge United	A	2–1	4,258	Whittle, Smith
8	14 September 2002	Carlisle United	H	4–0	8,461	Alexander (3), Dudfield
9	17 September 2002	Macclesfield Town	H	1–3	8,703	Green
10	21 September 2002	Oxford United	A	0–0	5,445
11	28 September 2002	Swansea City	H	1–1	8,070	Jevons
12	5 October 2002	Kidderminster Harriers	A	0–1	3,787
13	12 October 2002	Rochdale	H	3–0	9,057	Jevons, Branch (2)
14	19 October 2002	Torquay United	A	4–1	3,607	Jevons, Ashbee, Anderson, Green
15	26 October 2002	Rushden & Diamonds	H	1–1	10,695	Green
16	29 October 2002	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	3,089	Elliott
17	2 November 2002	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	11,885	Branch, Alexander
18	9 November 2002	Lincoln City	A	1–1	6,271	Alexander
19	23 November 2002	Boston United	H	1–0	9,460	Delaney
20	30 November 2002	Wrexham	A	0–0	4,412
21	14 December 2002	Darlington	H	0–1	14,162
22	21 December 2002	Bournemouth	A	0–0	6,098
23	26 December 2002	Hartlepool United	H	2–0	22,319	Green, Keates
24	28 December 2002	York City	A	1–1	7,856	Keates
25	1 January 2003	Bury	A	0–1	4,290
26	4 January 2003	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	14,913	Alexander
27	11 January 2003	Exeter City	H	2–2	13,667	Elliott (2)
28	18 January 2003	Leyton Orient	A	0–2	5,125
29	25 January 2003	York City	H	0–0	18,437
30	1 February 2003	Southend United	A	0–3	4,537
31	8 February 2003	Lincoln City	H	0–1	13,728
32	15 February 2003	Scunthorpe United	A	1–3	6,284	Forrester
33	22 February 2003	Cambridge United	H	1–1	15,607	Forrester
34	1 March 2003	Carlisle United	A	5–1	4,678	Walters (2), Elliott (2), Forrester
35	4 March 2003	Macclesfield Town	A	1–0	2,229	Elliott
36	8 March 2003	Oxford United	H	0–0	17,404
37	15 March 2003	Rushden & Diamonds	A	2–4	4,713	Walters, Otsemobor
38	18 March 2003	Torquay United	H	1–1	13,310	Elliott
39	22 March 2003	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	13,253	Otsemobor, Keates
40	5 April 2003	Wrexham	H	1–2	15,002	Otsemobor
41	12 April 2003	Boston United	A	1–0	3,782	Elliott
42	19 April 2003	Bournemouth	H	3–1	15,816	Elliott (2), Walters
43	21 April 2003	Darlington	A	0–2	3,487
44	26 April 2003	Kidderminster Harriers	H	4–1	14,544	Burgess (3), Walters
45	29 April 2003	Rochdale	A	1–2	2,225	Burgess
46	3 May 2003	Swansea City	A	2–4	9,585	Elliott, Reeves

FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	16 November 2002	Macclesfield Town	H	0–3	7,803

Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	10 September 2002	Leicester City	H	2–4	7,061	Alexander, Ashbee

Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	22 October 2002	Port Vale	A	1–3	2,621	Donaldson

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Alan Fettis	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
1	GK	Matt Glennon	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
2	DF	Mike Edwards	3(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(3)	0
3	DF	Shaun Smith	17(5)	1	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	18(6)	1
4	DF	Ian Ashbee	31	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	32	2
5	DF	John Anderson	42(1)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	44(1)	1
6	DF	Greg Strong	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Stuart Elliott	30(6)	12	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	30(7)	12
8	FW	Lawrie Dudfield	7(14)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(14)	1
9	FW	Jonathan Walters	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5
9	FW	Gary Alexander	21(4)	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	24(4)	7
10	MF	Stuart Green	27(1)	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	28(1)	6
11	MF	Richard Appleby	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
12	DF	Ben Petty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	Michael Price	1(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	2(2)	0
14	GK	Paul Musselwhite	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
15	DF	Justin Whittle	34(5)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	36(5)	1
16	MF	Lee Philpott	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0
17	MF	Steve Melton	19(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19(6)	0
17	DF	Neil Mann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Martin Reeves	5(3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(3)	1
18	MF	Scott Kerr	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	FW	Jamie Forrester	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3
19	DF	Matthew Bloomer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Ryan Williams	14(9)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	17(9)	0
21	DF	Nathan Peat	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1(2)	0
22	DF	Jon Otsemobor	8(1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(1)	3
22	FW	Gary Bradshaw	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3(3)	0
23	FW	Phil Jevons	13(11)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	15(11)	3
23	DF	Mark Greaves	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24	DF	Andy Holt	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0
25	DF	Daniel Webb	4(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(8)	0
25	DF	Nicky Mohan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	Owen Morrison	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
25	FW	Michael Branch	6(1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	3
26	DF	Steve Burton	2(9)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4(9)	0
27	FW	Ben Burgess	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
27	DF	Matt Wicks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Damien Delaney	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
28	MF	Simon Johnson	4(8)	2	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	5(8)	2
29	DF	Carl Regan	33(5)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	35(5)	1
30	MF	Dean Keates	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	37	4
33	FW	Clayton Donaldson	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	1	0(3)	1
35	MF	Simon Russell	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0
36	MF	Russell Fry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
39	DF	Marc Joseph	22(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22(1)	0