Competition 

Date 

Opposition 

Score 

Goals 

Bookings 

 Pre-season

 13th July 2002

 (a)Cascia

 0-8

 -

- 

Pre-season 

 27th July 2002

 (a)Portsmouth

1-3 

 1

 -

 Pre-season

 31st July 2002

 (a)Wycombe

0-1 

 -

- 

 Pre-season

 5th August 2002

 (a)Aldershot

 1-5

 -

- 

Pre-season Birra Moretti Tournament 

7th August 2002 - Bari, Italy 

Juventus 

 0-2 (penalites)

 -

 -

Pre-season Birra Moretti Tournament 

7th August 2002 - Bari, Italy 

Inter Milan 

0-3 

 -

- 

Pre-season 

 10th August 2002

 (a)Roda JC

3-3 

 -

 -

Premiership

17th August 2002

(a)Charlton Athletic

2-3

1

-

Premiership

23rd August 2002

(h)Manchester United

2-2

-

-

Premiership

28th August 2002

(a)Southampton

1-1

1

-

Premiership

1st September 2002

(h)Arsenal

1-1

-

yellow

Premiership

11th September 2002

(a)Blackburn Rovers

2-3

-

-

Premiership

14th September 2002

(h)Newcastle United

3-0

-

-

UEFA Cup

19th September 2002

(h)Viking Stavanger

2-1

-

-

Premiership

23rd September 2002

(a)Fulham

0-0

-

-

Premiership

28th September 2002

(h)West Ham United

2-3

-

-

UEFA Cup

3rd October 2002

(a)Viking Stavanger

4-2

1

-

Premiership

6th October 2002

(a)Liverpool

1-0

-

-

Premiership

19th October 2002

(a)Manchester City

0-3

-

yellow

Premiership

26th October 2002

(h)West Bromwich Albion

2-0

-

-

Premiership

3rd November 2002

(a)Tottenham Hotspur

0-0

-

-

League Cup

6th November 2002

(h)Gillingham

2-1

-

-

Premiership

9th November 2002

(h)Birmingham City

3-0

-

-

Premiership

16th November 2002

(h)Middlesborough

1-0

-

-

Premiership

23rd November 2002

(a)Bolton Wanderers

1-1

-

-

Premiership

30th November 2002

(h)Sunderland

3-0

-

-

League Cup

4th December 2002

(h)Everton

4-1

-

-

Premiership

7th December 2002

(a)Everton

1-3

-

yellow

Premiership

14th December 2002

(a)Middlesborough

1-1

-

-

League Cup

17th December 2002

(a)Manchester United

1-0

-

-

Premiership

21st December 2002

(h)Aston Villa

2-0

1

-

Premiership

26th December 2002

(h)Southampton

0-0

-

-

Premiership

28th December 2002

(a)Leeds United

2-0

-

-

Premiership

1st January 2003

(a)Arsenal

3-2

-

-

FA Cup

4th January 2003

(h)Middlesborough

1-0

-

-

Premiership

11th January 2003

(h)Charlton Athletic

4-1

-

-

Premiership

18th January 2003

(a)Manchester United

2-1

-

-

FA Cup

26th January 2003

(a)Shrewsbury Town

0-4

-

-

Premiership

28th January 2003

(h)Leeds United

3-2

1

-

Premiership

1st February 2003

(h)Tottenham Hotspur

1-1

-

-

Premiership

8th February 2003

(a)Birmingham City

1-3

-

-

FA Cup 5th Round

16th February 2003

(a)Stoke City

0-2

-

-

Premiership

22nd February 2003

(h)Blackburn Rovers

1-2

-

-

Premiership

1st March 2003

(a)Newcastle United

2-1

1

-

FA Cup

8th March 2003

(a)Arsenal

2-2

1

-

Premiership

16 March 2003

(a)West Bromwich Albion

0-2

-

-

Premiership

22nd March 2003

(h)Manchester City

5-0

1

-

FA Cup (replay)

25th March 2003

(h)Arsenal

1-3

-

-

Premiership

5th April 2003

(a)Sunderland

1-2

-

-

Premiership

12th April 2003

(h)Bolton Wanderers

1-0

-

-

Premiership

19th April 2003

(a)Aston Villa

2-1

-

-

Premiership

21st April 2003

(h)Everton

4-1

-

-

Premiership

26th April 2003

(h)Fulham

1-1

-

-

Premiership

11th May 2003

(h)Liverpool

2-1

-

-