2002–03 Football League Trophy

2002–03 Football League Trophy
LDV Vans Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	60
Defending champions	Blackpool
Final positions
Champions	Bristol City
Runners-up	Carlisle United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	219 (3.59 per match)

The 2002–03 Football League Trophy, known as the 2002–03 LDV Vans Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Bristol City and the runners-up were Carlisle United.

The competition began on 22 October 2002 and ended with the final on 6 April 2003 at the Millennium Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. In addition to the 48 League teams, 12 teams from the Football Conference were also invited to participate in the competition.

First round

Northern Section

Barnsley and Macclesfield Town were given byes to the second round.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
22 October	Chesterfield	2–0	Halifax Town
22 October	Lincoln City	4–3	York City
22 October	Mansfield Town	0–4	Crewe Alexandra
22 October	Notts County	2–3	Wigan Athletic
22 October	Oldham Athletic	3–4	Carlisle United^[1]
22 October	Port Vale	3–1	Hull City
22 October	Rochdale	0–1	Bury
22 October	Scarborough	1–2	Doncaster Rovers^[1]
22 October	Scunthorpe United	2–3	Blackpool
22 October	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Morecambe
22 October	Southport	3–4	Leigh RMI
22 October	Stockport County	1–0	Darlington
22 October	Tranmere Rovers	5–0	Hartlepool United
22 October	Wrexham	2–1	Huddersfield Town

Southern Section

Cardiff City and Brentford were given byes to the second round.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
22 October	Cambridge United	4–0	Rushden & Diamonds
22 October	Cheltenham Town	4–1	Colchester United
22 October	Chester City	1–2	Plymouth Argyle
22 October	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–3	Kidderminster Harriers
22 October	Exeter City	1–0	Bristol Rovers
22 October	Hereford United	3–4	Northampton Town^[1]
22 October	Leyton Orient	3–2	Peterborough United
22 October	Oxford United	2–3	Bournemouth
22 October	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Bristol City^[1]
Bristol City won 5-4 on penalties
22 October	Stevenage	2–1	Swansea City
22 October	Swindon Town	6–1	Southend United
22 October	Torquay United	0–4	Wycombe Wanderers
22 October	Woking	0–2	Luton Town
23 October	Boston United	4–2	Yeovil Town

Second round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
12 November	Bury	1–0	Barnsley
12 November	Carlisle United	1–0	Stockport County^[1]
12 November	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Blackpool
12 November	Leigh RMI	3–4	Wrexham^[1]
12 November	Lincoln City	1–2	Shrewsbury Town^[1]
12 November	Macclesfield Town	1–2	Tranmere Rovers^[1]
12 November	Port Vale	1–1	Chesterfield^[1]
Port Vale won 4-3 on penalties
12 November	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Doncaster Rovers

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
12 November	Bournemouth	1–0	Leyton Orient
12 November	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers^[1]
12 November	Exeter City	0–3	Cardiff City
12 November	Kidderminster Harriers	3–2	Swindon Town^[1]
12 November	Northampton Town	2–4	Cambridge United
12 November	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Brentford
12 November	Stevenage	3–4	Luton Town
13 November	Boston United	1–2	Bristol City^[1]

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
10 December	Bury	2–0	Tranmere Rovers
10 December	Carlisle United	2–0	Wrexham
10 December	Crewe Alexandra	8–0	Doncaster Rovers
10 December	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Port Vale^[1]

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
10 December	Bournemouth	2–1	Cardiff City^[1]
10 December	Brentford	2–1	Kidderminster Harriers
10 December	Luton Town	1–2	Cambridge United^[1]
11 December	Bristol City	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
21 January	Carlisle United	3–2	Bury^[1]
29 January	Shrewsbury Town	4–2	Crewe Alexandra

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
21 January	Bournemouth	1–3	Bristol City
21 January	Brentford	1–2	Cambridge United^[1]

Area finals

Northern Area final

25 February 2003

Carlisle United	1–0	Shrewsbury Town
Rundle 22'	Report

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 5,163

4 March 2003

Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Carlisle United
	Report

Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Attendance: 6,273

Southern Area final

18 February 2003

Bristol City	4–2	Cambridge United
Doherty 21' Burnell 64' Murray 67' Robins 77'	Report	Kitson 34', 54'

Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 7,173

25 February 2003

Cambridge United	0–3	Bristol City
	Report	Carey 11' Murray 45' Roberts 80'

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Attendance: 3,956

Final

6 April 2003

13:30 BST

Bristol City	2–0	Carlisle United
Peacock 78' Rosenior 89'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 50,913

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

Bristol City

Carlisle United



GK	1	Steve Phillips
DF	2	Louis Carey
DF	5	Tony Butler
DF	19	Danny Coles
DF	3	Michael Bell	85'
MF	7	Scott Murray
MF	8	Joe Burnell
MF	4	Tommy Doherty (c)
MF	11	Brian Tinnion	81'
MF	18	Christian Roberts	62'
FW	10	Lee Peacock
Substitutes:
GK	14	Mike Stowell
DF	6	Matt Hill	85'
DF	26	Liam Rosenior	62'
MF	12	Aaron Brown	81'
FW	9	Peter Beadle
Manager:
Danny Wilson



GK	27	Matt Glennon
DF	5	Brian Shelley
DF	4	Paul Raven
DF	15	Darren Kelly		80'
DF	7	Peter Murphy
MF	24	Jon McCarthy
MF	17	Stuart Green
MF	25	Mark Summerbell	85'
FW	33	Adam Rundle
FW	9	Richie Foran
FW	34	Craig Farrell	75'
Substitute:
DF	3	Lee Maddison	80'
DF	13	Willo McDonagh	85'
MF	20	Brendan McGill
FW	11	Brian Wake	75'
FW	26	Craig Russell
Manager:
Roddy Collins

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Notes

General

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Specific

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