2002–03 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2002–2003 season
Manager	Ian Holloway
Stadium	Loftus Road
Second Division	4th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
LDV Vans Trophy	First Round
Playoffs	Final

During the 2002–2003 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Crewe Alexandra (P)	46	25	11	10	76	40	+36	86	Promoted
3	Bristol City	46	24	11	11	79	48	+31	83	Participated in play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	24	11	11	69	45	+24	83
5	Oldham Athletic	46	22	16	8	68	38	+30	82
6	Cardiff City (O, P)	46	23	12	11	68	43	+25	81

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Results

[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

10 August 2002 1	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	Chesterfield	London
	Furlong 72' Langley 88' Gallen 90'		Ebdon 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,603

13 August 2002 2	Stockport County	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Stockport
	Beckett 62'		Connolly 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,811

17 August 2002 3	Barnsley	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Barnsley
	Lumsdon 57'			Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,626

24 August 2002 4	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Peterborough United	London
	Gallen 59', 70'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,510

26 August 2002 5	Wycombe Wanderers	4–1	Queens Park Rangers	High Wycombe
	Faulconbridge 35' Rammell 47' Devine 61' Simpson 84'		Furlong 44'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 8,383

31 August 2002 6	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	London
	Thomas 69' Pacquette 90'		Friio 33' Hodges 59'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,001

7 September 2002 7	Mansfield Town	0–4	Queens Park Rangers	Mansfield
			Furlong 6' Shittu 48' Gallen 85' Thomson 89'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,581

14 September 2002 8	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Swindon Town	London
	Gallen 50' Langley 56'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,619

17 September 2002 9	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Huddersfield Town	London
	Shittu 4' Williams 32' Carlisle 73'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,010

21 September 2002 10	Bristol City	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Bristol
	Murray 11'		Connolly 23', 48' Gallen 53'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,221

28 September 2002 11	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Colchester United	London
	Connolly 39' Gallen 72'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,906

5 October 2002 12	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Crewe
	Jones 29', 69'			Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 7,683

14 October 2002 13	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Blackpool	London
	Langley 18' Clarke 66' (o.g.)		Taylor 63'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,335

19 October 2002 14	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cheltenham
	Devaney 64'		Thomas 11'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 6,382

26 October 2002 15	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Oldham Athletic	London
	Rose 2'		Low 29' Duxbury 38'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,491

29 October 2002 16	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wigan
	Liddell 29'		Thomson 45'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 6,241

2 November 2002 17	Port Vale	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Stoke on Trent
				Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,394

9 November 2002 18	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Northampton Town	London
			Trollope 61'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,947

23 November 2002 19	Luton Town	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Luton
				Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,477

29 November 2002 20	Queens Park Rangers	0–4	Cardiff City	London
			Earnshaw 59', 65', 87' Campbell 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,345

14 December 2002 21	Notts County	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Nottingham
	Liburd 7' Fenton 14' Allsopp 83'			Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,343

21 December 2002 22	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Brentford	London
	Bircham 18'		O'Connor 30'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,559

26 December 2002 23	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	London
	Rose 12' Gallen 30'		Dixon 79'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,874

28 December 2002 24	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Birkenhead
	Haworth 54' Jones 60', 71'			Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8,434

1 January 2003 25	Peterborough United	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Peterborough
			Carlisle 44' Langley 79'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,210

4 January 2003 26	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Stockport County	London
	Gallen 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,387

11 January 2003 27	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Barnsley	London
	Pacquette 11'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,217

18 January 2003 28	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Plymouth
			Pacquette 51'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,249

25 January 2003 29	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	London
	Palmer 60'		Robinson 80' Haworth 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,249

2 February 2003 30	Chesterfield	2–4	Queens Park Rangers	Chesterfield
	Hurst 11' Brandon 90'		Pacquette 13' Shittu 22' Furlong 83' Thomson 89'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4,395

8 February 2003 31	Northampton Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
	Rahim 16'		Furlong 60'	Stadium: Sixfields Attendance: 5,859

15 February 2003 32	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Port Vale	London
	Shittu 52' Furlong 61' Padula 79' Gallen 89'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,703

22 February 2003 33	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Mansfield Town	London
	Furlong 20' Gallen 89'		Christie 25', 50'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,942

1 March 2003 34	Swindon Town	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Swindon
	Robinson 18' Parkin 64' Heywood 68'		Shittu 15'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,716

4 March 2003 35	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Queens Park Rangers	Huddersfield
			Furlong 5', 90' Shittu 38'	Stadium: McAlpine Stadium Attendance: 8,695

8 March 2003 36	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Bristol City	London
	Gallen 19' (pen.)			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,681

15 March 2003 37	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7,242

18 March 2003 38	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Cheltenham Town	London
	Gallen 40' Duff 45' (o.g.) Cook 55' Furlong 63'		Devaney 5'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,370

22 March 2003 39	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Wigan Athletic	London
			Ellington 47'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,703

29 March 2003 40	Blackpool	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Blackpool
	Taylor 90'		Langley 35', 65', 85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,162

5 April 2003 41	Cardiff City	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Thorne 78'		Furlong 64' Langley 89'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,245

12 April 2003 42	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Luton Town	London
	McLeod 39', 83'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,786

19 April 2003 43	Brentford	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	London
	Peters 81'		Shittu 8' Bircham 90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,168

21 April 2003 44	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Notts County	London
	Furlong 16' Langley 90'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,585

26 April 2003 45	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,921

3 May 2003 46	Colchester United	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
			Furlong 52'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,047

Playoffs

10 May 2003 Semi Final First Leg	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Oldham
	Eyres 28'		Langley 47'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12,152

14 May 2003 Semi Final Second Leg	Queens Park Rangers	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Oldham Athletic	London
	Furlong 82'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,201

25 May 2003 Final	Cardiff City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Campbell 114'			Stadium: Millennium Stadium Attendance: 66,096

FA Cup

16 November 2002 1	Vauxhall Motors	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Chester
				Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 3,507

26 November 2002 1 Replay	Queens Park Rangers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Vauxhall Motors	London
	Thomson 18'		Brazier 22'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 5,336

League Cup

10 September 2002 1	Leyton Orient	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	London
	Campbell-Ryce 33' Thorpe 44' Taylor-Fletcher 76'		Thomson 71' (pen.) Gallen 89'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,981

LDV Vans Trophy

22 October 2002 1 Replay	Queens Park Rangers	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Bristol City	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 4,722

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Chris Day
2	DF	ENG	Forbes
3	DF	ARG	Gino Padula
4	DF	ENG	Steve Palmer
5	DF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle
6	DF	NGA	Danny Shittu
7	MF	ENG	Matthew Rose
8	MF	ENG	Marc Bircham[notes 1]
9	FW	ENG	Richard Langley[notes 2]
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen
11	MF	ENG	Karl Connolly
12	FW	FRA	Doudou
13	GK	ENG	Nick Culkin
14	FW	ENG	Chris Plummer
15	MF	ENG	Kevin McLeod (on loan from Everton)
16	DF	IRL	Danny Murphy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	IRL	Lyndon Duncan
18	MF	ENG	Oliver Burgess
19	MF	ENG	Brian Fitzgerald
20	FW	ENG	Dennis Oli
21	MF	ENG	Wesley Daly
22	MF	ENG	Marcus Bean[notes 3]
23	FW	ENG	Leroy Griffiths
24	FW	ENG	Richard Pacquette[notes 4]
25	MF	ENG	Patrick Gradley
26	MF	ENG	Benjamin Walshe
27	MF	ENG	Andy Thomson
28	MF	ENG	David Wattley
29	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong
31	FW	ENG	Brett Angell
32	DF	ENG	Stephen Kelly (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
33	MF	ENG	Tom Williams

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ENG	Gavin Peacock
15	FW	ENG	Steve Lovell
32	MF	ENG	Jerome Thomas (on loan from Arsenal)
34	MF	ENG	Calum Willock (on loan from Fulham)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	GK	ENG	Simon Royce (on loan from Leicester City)
43	GK	IRL	Owen Leonard
30	GK	ENG	Fraser Digby
15	FW	ENG	Lee Cook (on loan from Watford)

References

"Queens Park Rangers results for the 2002–2003 season – 11v11.com". Retrieved 3 October 2022.
"FootballSquads – Queens Park Rangers – 2002/03". Footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

Bircham was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally and made his international debut for Canada in 1999.
Langley was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
Bean was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2011.
Pacquette was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Dominica internationally and made his international debut for Dominica in 2008.

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[1] "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2002–2003 season – 11v11.com". Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[2] "FootballSquads – Queens Park Rangers – 2002/03". Footballsquads.co.uk.

[3] Bircham was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally and made his international debut for Canada in 1999.

[4] Langley was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.

[5] Bean was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2011.

[6] Pacquette was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Dominica internationally and made his international debut for Dominica in 2008.