# 2002–03 Southend United F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Southend United's compete in the Football League Third Division.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Boston United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 54 |
| 16 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 54 |
| 17 | Southend United | 46 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 54 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 53 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 63 | 70 | −7 | 52 |
* ↑ Boston United had 4 points deducted for financial irregularities.

## Results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 10 August 2002 | Hull City | A | 2–2 | 10,449 | Jenkins 62', Bramble 90' |
| 2 | 13 August 2002 | Carlisle United | H | 0–1 | 3,881 | |
| 3 | 17 August 2002 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 2–3 | 3,150 | Jenkins 9', Bramble 81' (pen) |
| 4 | 24 August 2002 | Oxford United | A | 1–0 | 5,162 | Rawle 20' |
| 5 | 26 August 2002 | Cambridge United | H | 2–1 | 4,462 | Broad 7', Smith 30' |
| 6 | 31 August 2002 | Rochdale | A | 2–1 | 2,852 | Rawle 36', Bramble 83' |
| 7 | 7 September 2002 | Rushden & Diamonds | A | 0–3 | 4,176 | |
| 8 | 14 September 2002 | Macclesfield Town | H | 1–0 | 3,249 | Cort 26' |
| 9 | 17 September 2002 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 0–2 | 2,959 | |
| 10 | 21 September 2002 | Lincoln City | A | 1–2 | 3,151 | Jenkins 76' |
| 11 | 28 September 2002 | Exeter City | H | 1–0 | 3,364 | Jones 43' |
| 12 | 28 September 2002 | Bury | A | 3–1 | 3,301 | Jones 67', Jenkins 79', Bramble 84' |
| 13 | 12 October 2002 | York City | H | 1–0 | 4,411 | Belgrave 90' |
| 14 | 19 October 2002 | Swansea City | A | 0–1 | 3,623 | |
| 15 | 25 October 2002 | Hartlepool United | A | 0–1 | 5,168 | |
| 16 | 29 October 2002 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–2 | 5,343 | Belgrave 73' |
| 17 | 2 November 2002 | Wrexham | H | 0–1 | 3,727 | |
| 18 | 9 November 2002 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–0 | 5,691 | Bramble 78' |
| 19 | 23 November 2002 | Bournemouth | H | 0–1 | 4,221 | |
| 20 | 30 November 2002 | Darlington | A | 1–2 | 2,820 | Bramble 90' |
| 21 | 14 December 2002 | Boston United | H | 4–2 | 3,245 | Cort (3) 7' 23', 88', Rawle 39' |
| 22 | 21 December 2002 | Torquay United | A | 1–3 | 2,244 | Bramble 60' |
| 23 | 26 December 2002 | Cambridge United | A | 1–1 | 6,237 | Rawle 10' |
| 24 | 29 December 2002 | Scunthorpe United | H | 1–2 | 4,248 | Cort 39' |
| 25 | 4 January 2003 | Carlisle United | A | 0–1 | 4,016 | |
| 26 | 14 January 2003 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–0 | 2,699 | Smith 20' |
| 27 | 18 January 2003 | Rochdale | H | 1–0 | 3,645 | Bramble 89' |
| 28 | 21 January 2003 | Oxford United | H | 2–1 | 3,203 | Rawle 45', Bramble 70' |
| 29 | 25 January 2003 | Scunthorpe United | A | 1–4 | 3,096 | Smith 17' |
| 30 | 1 February 2003 | Hull City | H | 3–0 | 4,534 | Smith (2) 22', 45', Rawle 41' |
| 31 | 8 February 2003 | Bristol Rovers | H | 2–2 | 4,708 | Belgrave 36', Maher 76' |
| 32 | 15 February 2003 | Wrexham | A | 0–3 | 3,109 | |
| 33 | 22 February 2003 | Rushden & Diamonds | A | 2–1 | 6,453 | Rawle 4', Searle 6' |
| 34 | 1 March 2003 | Macclesfield Town | A | 1–2 | 1,917 | Rawle 4', Searle 6' |
| 35 | 4 March 2003 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 0–1 | 2,006 | |
| 36 | 8 March 2003 | Lincoln City | H | 0–1 | 3,912 | |
| 37 | 15 March 2003 | Hartlepool United | A | 1–2 | 4,868 | Sutch 74' |
| 38 | 18 March 2003 | Swansea City | H | 0–2 | 2,832 | |
| 39 | 22 March 2003 | Leyton Orient | H | 1–0 | 4,148 | Salter 5' |
| 40 | 29 March 2003 | York City | A | 0–2 | 4,312 | |
| 41 | 5 April 2003 | Darlington | H | 2–0 | 3,053 | Maher 40', Jenkins 42' |
| 42 | 12 April 2003 | Bournemouth | A | 0–1 | 6,767 | |
| 43 | 19 April 2003 | Torquay United | H | 3–0 | 3,594 | Rawle (2) 2', 40', Jenkins 88' |
| 44 | 21 April 2003 | Boston United | A | 0–1 | 3,247 | |
| 45 | 26 April 2003 | Bury | A | 1–2 | 4,707 | Cort 13' |
| 46 | 3 May 2003 | Exeter City | A | 0–1 | 9,036 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 16 November 2002 | Hartlepool United | H | 1–1 | 4,984 | Lee (o.g.) 3' |
| R1 Replay | 26 November 2002 | Hartlepool United | A | 2–1 | 4,080 | Bramble 88', Cort 89' |
| R2 | 7 December 2002 | Bournemouth | H | 1–1 | 5,721 | Rawle 53' |
| R2 Replay | 17 December 2002 | Bournemouth | A | 2–3 | 5,456 | Bramble 42', Rawle 45' |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 10 September 2002 | Wimbledon | H | 1–4 | 2,634 | Rawle 82' |

### League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 22 October 2002 | Swindon Town | A | 1–6 | 1,747 | Jones 23' |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Darryl Flahavan | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Stephen Broad | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Damon Searle | 39(5) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45(5) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Leon Cort | 46 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | Phil Whelan | 13(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14(2) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Dave McSweeney | 15(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19(3) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Stuart Thurgood | 7(20) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(22) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kevin Maher | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Tesfaye Bramble | 31(3) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36(3) | 10 |
| 10 | FW | Barrington Belgrave | 6(15) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(15) | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Mark Rawle | 33(1) | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37(1) | 12 |
| 12 | MF | Steven Clark | 20(13) | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(17) | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Danny Gay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Danny Maye | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Mark Beard | 29(7) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 34(8) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Steve Tilson | 2(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Gavin Strachan | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Dan Marney | 13(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(4) | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Daryl Sutch | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Ian Selley | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Neil Jenkins | 29(5) | 7 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31(6) | 7 |
| 20 | DF | Ronnie Henry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Graeme Jones | 18(3) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22(4) | 3 |
| 21 | DF | Rob Newman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jay Smith | 30(1) | 5 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35(2) | 5 |
| 23 | DF | Tom Jordan | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Mark Salter | 5(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 5(9) | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Tony Scully | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Stephen Kelly | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Brett Darby | 6(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(4) | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Dominic Foley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Michael Kightly | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |