Third Division 2002/2003

Tier : 4

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 552

Goals scored : 1419 (2.57 goals per match )

42%
Home victories

30%
Draws

28%
Away victories

Promoted : Boston United

Relegated to lower tier : Halifax Town

Promoted to higher tier : Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Cheltenham, Plymouth

Relegated from higher tier : Bournemouth, Wrexham, Cambridge United, Bury FC

Third Division 2002/2003's fixtures and results

General rankingLast updated on 03/05/2003

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Rushden	87	46	24	15	7	73	47	+26
2	Hartlepool	86	47	24	14	9	71	51	+20
3	Wrexham	84	46	23	15	8	84	50	+34
4	Bournemouth	75	47	20	15	12	60	48	+12
5	Scunthorpe	72	46	19	15	12	68	49	+19
6	Lincoln City	70	46	18	16	12	46	37	+9
7	Bury FC	70	46	18	16	12	57	56	+1
8	Oxford United	69	46	19	12	15	57	47	+10
9	Torquay United	66	46	16	18	12	71	71	0
10	York City	66	46	17	15	14	52	53	-1
11	Kidderminster	63	46	16	15	15	62	63	-1
12	Cambridge United	61	46	16	13	17	67	70	-3
13	Hull City	59	46	14	17	15	58	53	+5
14	Darlington	54	46	12	18	16	58	59	-1
15	Boston United	54	46	15	13	18	55	56	-1
16	Macclesfield	54	46	14	12	20	57	63	-6
17	Southend	54	46	17	3	26	47	59	-12
18	Leyton Orient	53	46	14	11	21	51	61	-10
19	Rochdale	52	46	12	16	18	63	70	-7
20	Bristol Rovers	51	46	12	15	19	50	57	-7
21	Swansea	49	46	12	13	21	48	65	-17
22	Carlisle United	49	46	13	10	23	52	78	-26
23	Exeter City	48	46	11	15	20	50	64	-14
24	Shrewsbury Town	41	46	9	14	23	62	92	-30

Latest transfers

May 01, 2003
Scott Canham ( Woking)		Leyton Orient
Chris Murphy ( Stafford)		Shrewsbury
Steve Livingstone ( Grimsby)		Carlisle United

April 30, 2003
Mark Atkins entr.( Doncaster)		Shrewsbury

April 15, 2003
Warren Cummings ( Chelsea U-23)		Bournemouth

April 14, 2003
Daniel Webb ( Lincoln)		Hull City

April 10, 2003
Phil Whitehead ( Reading)		York City

April 03, 2003
Lee Harrison ( Barnet)		Leyton Orient

March 27, 2003
Greg Heald ( Barnet)		Leyton Orient
Niall McNamara ( Belper Town)		Lincoln
Hugh McAuley ( Cheltenham)		Kidderminster
Michael Taylor ( Blackburn B)		Rochdale
Steve Watts ( Leyton Orient)		Shrewsbury
Ronnie Henry ( Tottenham U-23)		Southend
Scott Partridge ( Rushden)		Shrewsbury

All transfers

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Wrexham	V 3-2 Bristol Rovers12/04/2003	VKidderminster 0-2 19/04/2003	V 6-1 Carlisle United21/04/2003	V 5-0 Cambridge United26/04/2003	VLeyton Orient 0-1 29/04/2003	VBury FC 0-3 03/05/2003
2	Rushden	VBristol Rovers 1-2 05/04/2003	V 1-0 Lincoln City12/04/2003	VCarlisle United 1-2 19/04/2003	V 3-0 Macclesfield21/04/2003	DLeyton Orient 0-0 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Hartlepool03/05/2003
3	Boston United	LLeyton Orient 3-2 05/04/2003	L 0-1 Hull City12/04/2003	VShrewsbury Town 1-2 19/04/2003	V 1-0 Southend21/04/2003	V 2-1 Macclesfield26/04/2003	VCambridge United 1-2 03/05/2003
4	Bournemouth	VScunthorpe 0-2 05/04/2003	V 1-0 Southend12/04/2003	LHull City 3-1 19/04/2003	V 2-1 Shrewsbury Town21/04/2003	L 0-1 Lincoln City26/04/2003	VCarlisle United 0-2 03/05/2003
5	Scunthorpe	L 0-2 Bournemouth05/04/2003	DSwansea 1-1 12/04/2003	V 4-0 Hartlepool19/04/2003	DBury FC 0-0 21/04/2003	V 2-0 Oxford United26/04/2003	VShrewsbury Town 1-2 03/05/2003
6	Bristol Rovers	DRochdale 1-1 08/04/2003	LWrexham 3-2 12/04/2003	V 3-1 Cambridge United19/04/2003	VOxford United 0-1 21/04/2003	V 2-1 Darlington26/04/2003	DKidderminster 1-1 03/05/2003
7	Bury FC	VExeter City 1-2 05/04/2003	D 1-1 Carlisle United12/04/2003	VRochdale 1-2 18/04/2003	D 0-0 Scunthorpe21/04/2003	VSouthend 1-2 26/04/2003	L 0-3 Wrexham03/05/2003
8	Exeter City	L 1-2 Bury FC05/04/2003	LCambridge United 2-1 12/04/2003	D 2-2 Oxford United19/04/2003	VSwansea 0-1 21/04/2003	VYork City 0-2 26/04/2003	V 1-0 Southend03/05/2003
9	Macclesfield	DTorquay United 2-2 12/04/2003	VShrewsbury Town 2-3 15/04/2003	V 1-0 Darlington19/04/2003	LRushden 3-0 21/04/2003	LBoston United 2-1 26/04/2003	V 3-2 Rochdale03/05/2003
10	Oxford United	VLincoln City 0-1 05/04/2003	V 2-1 Kidderminster12/04/2003	DExeter City 2-2 19/04/2003	L 0-1 Bristol Rovers21/04/2003	LScunthorpe 2-0 26/04/2003	V 2-0 York City03/05/2003
11	Hartlepool	DKidderminster 2-2 05/04/2003	V 4-1 Leyton Orient12/04/2003	LScunthorpe 4-0 19/04/2003	D 2-2 Rochdale21/04/2003	V 3-0 Shrewsbury Town26/04/2003	DRushden 1-1 03/05/2003
12	Hull City	VBoston United 0-1 12/04/2003	V 3-1 Bournemouth19/04/2003	LDarlington 2-0 21/04/2003	V 4-1 Kidderminster26/04/2003	LRochdale 2-1 29/04/2003	LSwansea 4-2 03/05/2003
13	Swansea	DShrewsbury Town 0-0 05/04/2003	D 1-1 Scunthorpe12/04/2003	LLeyton Orient 3-1 19/04/2003	L 0-1 Exeter City21/04/2003	VRochdale 1-2 26/04/2003	V 4-2 Hull City03/05/2003
14	Lincoln City	L 0-1 Oxford United05/04/2003	LRushden 1-0 12/04/2003	V 1-0 York City19/04/2003	DCambridge United 0-0 22/04/2003	VBournemouth 0-1 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Torquay United03/05/2003
15	Darlington	LSouthend 2-0 05/04/2003	V 5-1 Shrewsbury Town12/04/2003	LMacclesfield 1-0 19/04/2003	V 2-0 Hull City21/04/2003	LBristol Rovers 2-1 26/04/2003	D 2-2 Leyton Orient03/05/2003
16	Carlisle United	D 1-1 York City15/04/2003	L 1-2 Rushden19/04/2003	LWrexham 6-1 21/04/2003	VTorquay United 2-3 26/04/2003	VShrewsbury Town 2-3 29/04/2003	L 0-2 Bournemouth03/05/2003
17	Leyton Orient	LHartlepool 4-1 12/04/2003	V 3-1 Swansea19/04/2003	DTorquay United 2-2 21/04/2003	D 0-0 Rushden26/04/2003	L 0-1 Wrexham29/04/2003	DDarlington 2-2 03/05/2003
18	Torquay United	VRochdale 0-2 05/04/2003	D 2-2 Macclesfield12/04/2003	LSouthend 3-0 19/04/2003	D 2-2 Leyton Orient21/04/2003	L 2-3 Carlisle United26/04/2003	DLincoln City 1-1 03/05/2003
19	Southend	V 2-0 Darlington05/04/2003	LBournemouth 1-0 12/04/2003	V 3-0 Torquay United19/04/2003	LBoston United 1-0 21/04/2003	L 1-2 Bury FC26/04/2003	LExeter City 1-0 03/05/2003
20	Kidderminster	LOxford United 2-1 12/04/2003	VRochdale 0-1 15/04/2003	L 0-2 Wrexham19/04/2003	DYork City 0-0 21/04/2003	LHull City 4-1 26/04/2003	D 1-1 Bristol Rovers03/05/2003
21	Cambridge United	DMacclesfield 1-1 05/04/2003	V 2-1 Exeter City12/04/2003	LBristol Rovers 3-1 19/04/2003	D 0-0 Lincoln City22/04/2003	LWrexham 5-0 26/04/2003	L 1-2 Boston United03/05/2003
22	Rochdale	L 0-1 Kidderminster15/04/2003	L 1-2 Bury FC18/04/2003	DHartlepool 2-2 21/04/2003	L 1-2 Swansea26/04/2003	V 2-1 Hull City29/04/2003	LMacclesfield 3-2 03/05/2003
23	York City	D 2-2 Rochdale12/04/2003	DCarlisle United 1-1 15/04/2003	LLincoln City 1-0 19/04/2003	D 0-0 Kidderminster21/04/2003	L 0-2 Exeter City26/04/2003	LOxford United 2-0 03/05/2003
24	Shrewsbury Town	L 2-3 Macclesfield15/04/2003	L 1-2 Boston United19/04/2003	LBournemouth 2-1 21/04/2003	LHartlepool 3-0 26/04/2003	L 2-3 Carlisle United29/04/2003	L 1-2 Scunthorpe03/05/2003

Longest streaksLast updated on 22/10/2026 at 00:24

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Wrexham	8	8
Rushden	6
Hartlepool	5
York City	4
Boston United	4	4
Oxford United	3
Torquay United	3
Lincoln City	3
Leyton Orient	3
Bury FC	3
Exeter City	3	3
Scunthorpe	3	2
Southend	3
Kidderminster	3
Bristol Rovers	3
Bournemouth	3
Darlington	2
Rochdale	2
Shrewsbury Town	2
Cambridge United	2
Carlisle United	2
Macclesfield	2
Swansea	2	2
Hull City	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 22/10/2026 at 00:24

Team \ Rd	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Rushden	7	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	5	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Hartlepool	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wrexham	12	6	9	2	6	12	16	9	6	7	4	5	7	10	13	12	9	5	5	7	5	8	7	9	11	12	11	9	10	9	10	7	6	8	10	6	8	6	6	8	4	3	3	3	3	3
Bournemouth	7	16	15	22	21	16	9	14	10	10	8	6	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	6	7	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Scunthorpe	12	16	20	14	19	20	23	21	18	14	14	13	14	14	7	8	10	8	7	9	10	11	12	11	7	7	3	5	3	4	9	8	8	5	5	7	4	4	4	6	10	9	7	6	6	5
Lincoln City	12	3	12	19	7	5	4	4	7	4	6	10	12	11	5	6	8	9	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	9	12	7	9	11	10	7	4	6	8	10	5	8	10	8	8	7	6
Bury FC	18	23	16	17	9	11	6	6	9	9	12	14	13	13	9	9	6	10	8	5	4	5	5	6	3	3	5	3	5	6	3	4	4	4	4	5	10	11	7	9	9	8	6	5	5	7
Oxford United	2	8	6	10	13	17	15	10	8	8	7	11	8	6	8	10	12	11	13	11	9	9	6	4	5	5	7	7	6	3	6	10	7	6	6	8	5	7	8	10	7	5	5	7	8	8
Torquay United	2	13	17	20	14	8	7	7	4	2	3	2	3	3	6	5	7	4	4	6	8	7	8	7	8	8	4	4	4	5	8	5	10	7	9	9	11	10	11	7	5	6	10	10	10	9
York City	12	5	2	4	3	2	5	5	3	5	9	7	10	12	14	13	14	12	10	8	6	6	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	5	6	5	9	11	10	7	5	5	4	6	7	9	9	9	10
Kidderminster	12	18	20	13	16	15	14	17	12	13	11	8	11	7	3	2	4	6	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	13	12	11	9	11	8	11	9	9	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Cambridge United	18	8	14	6	12	4	8	12	14	11	10	12	9	9	12	7	5	7	6	4	7	4	4	5	6	6	8	10	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Hull City	7	15	19	21	23	22	18	13	16	16	16	18	17	15	15	15	11	14	11	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	9	11	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Darlington	2	4	13	12	5	9	12	16	20	19	20	17	19	20	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	14
Boston United	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	23	21	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	22	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	23	20	18	18	19	19	19	22	20	18	19	19	20	19	19	17	15
Macclesfield	12	19	10	16	22	23	19	20	17	20	21	16	16	17	18	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	21	23	23	19	21	19	18	18	18	15	16	18	16
Southend	7	20	22	17	11	7	11	8	11	15	13	9	6	8	11	14	15	13	14	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	15	14	10	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	17
Leyton Orient	21	7	3	9	8	10	13	15	19	22	17	19	20	19	19	17	17	18	19	18	17	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	18
Rochdale	5	12	7	7	4	6	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	10	11	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	18	18	20	19
Bristol Rovers	18	20	23	23	17	19	21	19	15	12	15	15	15	16	16	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	21	21	21	22	23	20	21	22	24	23	23	23	20	20	20	22	20	21	23	22	20	20	19	20
Swansea	7	14	18	11	18	21	22	23	24	24	23	23	24	23	22	23	24	24	24	20	21	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	19	21	22	21	21	24	24	24	20	20	19	21	21	21	21
Carlisle United	23	11	7	8	15	18	20	22	22	21	22	22	22	24	24	24	23	20	20	21	22	21	23	23	23	21	21	23	22	19	19	21	20	20	22	22	21	19	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	22
Exeter City	21	22	11	15	20	13	17	18	21	18	19	21	21	22	23	22	21	22	22	23	20	20	22	22	22	23	22	21	20	21	22	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23
Shrewsbury Town	5	8	5	5	9	14	10	11	13	17	18	20	18	18	20	20	18	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	21	22	21	23	23	24	24	24

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 22/10/2026 at 00:24

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	41 times
1 - 0	106 times
1 - 1	78 times
2 - 0	59 times
2 - 1	101 times
2 - 2	42 times
3 - 0	22 times
3 - 1	37 times
3 - 2	22 times
3 - 3	6 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	9 times
4 - 1	9 times
4 - 2	4 times
4 - 3	5 times
5 - 0	2 times
5 - 1	4 times
5 - 2	3 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 1	1 times

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