2002–03 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
	2002–03 season
Chairman	Peter Heard
Manager	Steve Whitton; (Until 29 January 2003); Geraint Williams (Caretaker); (29 January 2003 to; 25 February 2003); Phil Parkinson; (From 25 February 2003)
Division Two	12th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League:; Joe Keith (9); All:; Joe Keith; Scott McGleish (9)
Highest home attendance	5,047 (QPR)
Lowest home attendance	2,721 (Wigan Athletic)
Average home league attendance	3,386
	Home colours
	Home colours
← 2001–02	2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Colchester United's fifth consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season Review

Manager Steve Whitton was content with the way he was progressing the club but the supporters were not, with the U's recording a 15th position finish the previous season, 17th and 18th prior to that. One fan noted that it would take another fourteen years before they could expect promotion to the second tier at that rate.

The collapse of ITV Digital spelt disaster for many clubs who had spent their money on players or new facilities before it had reached them. Prudently, Chairman Peter Heard never budgeted more than his club could afford.

Whitton was unable to bolster his squad to push on quicker and after losing to Conference side Chester in the FA Cup at Layer Road and seven games without a win he left by 'mutual consent' in January 2003. This was very much the Peter Heard way, but Whitton insisted he was sacked. Assistant Geraint Williams took caretaker charge, fared well, and put himself forward as a candidate. However, with his many contacts at FA Board level, Heard introduced a surprise when he appointed Reading's player-coach Phil Parkinson as United's new boss. Parkinson saved United from relegation certainty to 12th place, their highest position for 23 years. The season did finish with a record-equalling 5-0 home defeat to Luton but Parkinson was experimenting, rather too much, with his squad.^[2]

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Simon Brown
2	DF	Joe Dunne
3	DF	Joe Keith
4	DF	Gavin Johnson
5	DF	Scott Fitzgerald
6	MF	Thomas Pinault
7	MF	Karl Duguid
8	DF	Mark Warren
9	FW	Scott McGleish
10	MF	Kemal Izzet
11	FW	Dean Morgan
12	FW	Kevin Rapley
14	MF	Chris Keeble

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Adrian Coote
16	MF	Marc Canham
17	MF	Bobby Bowry
19	DF	Alan White
20	MF	Mick Stockwell
21	FW	Mvondo Atangana
23	MF	Leke Odunsi
24	DF	Pat Baldwin
25	DF	Sam Stockley
27	DF	Greg Halford
29	DF	Mike Edwards
31	GK	Richard McKinney
32	GK	Dean Gerken

Player Info

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Simon Brown	Chelmsford	5 December 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free
2	Joe Dunne	Dublin	25 May 1973	Dover Athletic	15 December 1999	Free
3	Joe Keith	London	1 October 1978	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free
4	Gavin Johnson	Stowmarket	10 October 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free
5	Scott Fitzgerald	Westminster	13 August 1969	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free
6	Thomas Pinault	Grasse	4 December 1981	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free
7	Karl Duguid	Hitchin	21 March 1978	Youth Team	16 July 1995	Free
8	Mark Warren	Lower Clapton	12 November 1974	Notts County	6 August 2002	Free
9	Scott McGleish	Barnet	10 February 1974	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
10	Kemal Izzet	Whitechapel	29 September 1980	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free
11	Dean Morgan	Edmonton	3 October 1983	Youth Team	1 August 2000	Free
12	Kevin Rapley	Reading	21 September 1977	Notts County	1 August 2001	Free
14	Chris Keeble	Colchester	17 September 1978	Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free
15	Adrian Coote	Belton	30 September 1978	Norwich City	21 December 2001	£50,000
16	Marc Canham	Wegberg	11 September 1982	Youth Team	1 August 2001	Free
17	Bobby Bowry	Croydon	19 May 1971	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free
19	Alan White	Darlington	22 March 1976	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free
20	Mick Stockwell	Chelmsford	14 February 1965	Ipswich Town	23 July 2000	Free
21	Mvondo Atangana	Yaoundé	10 July 1979	Dundee United	16 November 2002	Undisclosed
23	Leke Odunsi	Walworth	5 December 1980	Millwall	15 August 2002	Free
24	Pat Baldwin	London	12 November 1982	Chelsea	31 August 2002	Free
25	Sam Stockley	Tiverton	5 September 1977	Oxford United	31 October 2002	Free
27	Greg Halford	Chelmsford	8 December 1984	Youth Team	1 August 2002	Free
29	Mike Edwards	Beverley	25 April 1980	Hull City	27 March 2003	Free
31	Richard McKinney	Ballymoney	18 May 1979	Swindon Town	10 August 2002	Free
32	Dean Gerken	Southend-on-Sea	22 May 1985	Youth Team	1 August 2002	Free

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
29 July 2002	DF	Danny Steele	Millwall	Football League Division One	Free
1 August 2002	GK	Dean Gerken	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 August 2002	DF	Greg Halford	Youth Team	N/A	Free
6 August 2002	DF	Mark Warren	Notts County	Football League Division Two	Free
10 August 2002	GK	Richard McKinney	Swindon Town	Football League Division Two	Free
15 August 2002	MF	Leke Odunsi	Millwall	Football League Division One	Free
31 August 2002	DF	Pat Baldwin	Chelsea	Premier League	Free
31 October 2002	DF	Sam Stockley	Oxford United	Football League Division Three	Free
16 November 2002	FW	Mvondo Atangana	Port Vale	Football League Division Two	Undisclosed
27 March 2003	DF	Mike Edwards	Hull City	Football League Division Three	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
31 May 2002	DF	Con Blatsis	Kocaelispor	TFF First League	Free
31 May 2002	DF	David Hadrava	Heybridge Swifts	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
1 August 2002	MF	David Gregory	Canvey Island	Isthmian League Premier Division	Undisclosed
1 August 2002	FW	Triston Chambers	Dagenham & Redbridge	Conference National	Free
12 August 2002	DF	Ross Johnson	Dagenham & Redbridge	Conference National	Free
15 August 2002	DF	Anthony Allman	Woking	Conference National	Free
25 October 2002	GK	Glenn Williamson	Released	N/A	Free
1 November 2002	DF	Danny Steele	Fisher Athletic	Southern League Division One East	Free
1 November 2002	FW	Lloyd Opara	Cambridge United	Football League Division Three	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
31 August 2002	DF	Sam Stockley	Oxford United	Football League Division Three	30 October 2002
22 October 2002	FW	Justin Richards	Bristol Rovers	Football League Division Three	10 December 2002
23 January 2003	FW	Gareth Williams	Crystal Palace	Football League Division One	19 March 2003
24 January 2003	DF	Liam Chilvers	Arsenal	Premier League	31 May 2003
10 March 2003	MF	Johnnie Jackson	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	4 May 2003
27 March 2003	FW	Ben May	Millwall	Football League Division One	4 May 2003

Loans Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
21 October 2002	FW	Adrian Coote	Bristol Rovers	Football League Division Three	9 February 2003

Results

Division Two Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Peterborough United	46	14	16	16	51	54	-3	58
12	Colchester United	46	14	16	16	52	56	-4	58
13	Blackpool	46	15	13	18	56	64	-8	58

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Division Two Results Round by Round

Round	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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L
Position	10	8	15	19	12	9	11	14	16	16	20	20	21	17	19	18	18	21	19	19	15	16	17	18	17	19	21	22	21	20	16	18	17	15	17	16	15	12	14	11	11	11	10	10	10	12

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Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Division Two Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10/08/2002	Stockport County	H	1-0	3,300	Pinault
13/08/2002	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	7,499	Keith
17/08/2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	5,138
24/08/2002	Brentford	H	0-1	3,135
26/08/2002	Peterborough United	A	1-0	4,203	Keith
31/08/2002	Wigan Athletic	H	1-0	2,721	Morgan
-07/09/2002	Cheltenham Town	H	1-1	2,845	Keith (pen.)
14/09/2002	Port Vale	A	0-1	3,328
17/09/2002	Northampton Town	A	1-4	3,663	Sampson (o.g.)
21/09/2002	Oldham Athletic	H	0-1	3,021
28/09/2002	QPR	A	0-2	12,906
05/10/2002	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0-1	3,252
12/10/2002	Swindon Town	A	2-2	4,152	McGleish, Pinault
18/10/2002	Chesterfield	H	2-0	3,211	Izzet (2)
26/10/2002	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	8.912	Rapley
29/10/2002	Barnsley	H	1-1	3,096	Stockley
01/11/2002	Mansfield Town	A	2-4	3,414	Keith (pen.), Rapley
09/11/2002	Bristol City	H	2-2	3,338	Pinault, Bowry
23/11/2002	Notts County	A	3-2	4,626	Morgan (2), McGleish
30/11/2002	Plymouth Argyle	H	0-0	3,714
14/12/2002	Luton Town	A	2-1	5,890	Duguid, Morgan
20/12/2002	Cardiff City	H	1-2	3,096	Stockwell
26/12/2002	Peterborough United	H	1-1	3,760	Izzet
28/12/2002	Blackpool	A	1-3	6,040	Izzet
04/01/2003	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	2,846	Scott McGleish, Keith (pen.)
11/01/2003	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2	2,959	Stockwell
18/01/2003	Wigan Athletic	A	1-2	5,792	Keith (pen.)
25/01/2003	Blackpool	H	0-2	3,305
01/02/2003	Stockport County	A	1-1	4,011	Keith
08/02/2003	Bristol City	A	2-1	11,107	McGleish, Pinault
14/02/2003	Mansfield Town	H	1-0	3,247	McGleish
22/02/2003	Cheltenham Town	A	1-1	3,607	Williams
01/03/2003	Port Vale	H	4-1	3,581	Williams (3), Keith
04/03/2003	Northampton Town	H	2-0	3,408	Williams, McGleish
08/03/2003	Oldham Athletic	A	0-2	5,223
11/03/2003	Brentford	A	1-1	3,990	Keith (pen.)
15/03/2003	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	3,835	Izzet, McGleish
18/03/2003	Chesterfield	A	4-0	3,226	Izzet, Williams, Payne (o.g.), Morgan
22/03/2003	Barnsley	A	1-1	9,154	McGleish
29/03/2003	Swindon Town	H	1-0	3,787	Izzet
05/04/2003	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-0	7.122
12/04/2003	Notts County	H	1-1	3,435	Duguid
19/04/2003	Cardiff City	A	3-0	12,633	Duguid, Izzet, Morgan
21/04/2003	Luton Town	H	0-5	3,967
26/04/2003	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0-0	6,283
03/05/2003	QPR	H	0-1	5,047

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11/09/2002	R1	Coventry City	A	0-3	6,075

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14/10/2002	R1 (S)	Cheltenham Town	A	1-4	1,369	McGleish

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
08/11/2002	R1	Chester City	H	0-1	2,901

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Simon Brown	29	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Joe Dunne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Joe Keith	39	9	36	9	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Gavin Johnson	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Scott Fitzgerald	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Thomas Pinault	45	4	42	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Karl Duguid	27	3	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF		Mark Warren	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Scott McGleish	46	9	43	8	1	0	1	0	1	1
10	MF		Kemal Izzet	48	8	45	8	1	0	1	0	1	0
11	FW		Dean Morgan	39	6	37	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	FW		Kevin Rapley	24	2	21	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF		Chris Keeble	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Adrian Coote	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Marc Canham	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Bobby Bowry	38	1	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF		Liam Chilvers	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Alan White	43	0	41	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF		Mick Stockwell	41	2	39	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW		Mvondo Atangana	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Leke Odunsi	8	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF		Pat Baldwin	22	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Sam Stockley	35	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF		Johnnie Jackson	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Greg Halford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Ben May	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Mike Edwards	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Richard McKinney	23	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
32	GK		Dean Gerken	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
18	FW		Justin Richards	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Danny Steele	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Gareth Williams	8	6	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Lloyd Opara	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Scorers

^[4]

All

Scorer	Goals
Joe Keith	9
Scott McGleish	9
Kemal Izzet	8
Dean Morgan	6
Gareth Williams	6
Thomas Pinault	4
Karl Duguid	3
Kevin Rapley	2
Mick Stockwell	2
Bobby Bowry	1
Sam Stockley	1
Own goal	2

League

Scorer	Goals
Joe Keith	9
Kemal Izzet	8
Scott McGleish	8
Dean Morgan	6
Gareth Williams	6
Thomas Pinault	4
Karl Duguid	3
Kevin Rapley	2
Mick Stockwell	2
Bobby Bowry	1
Sam Stockley	1
Own goal	2

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals

League Cup

Scorer	Goals

League Trophy

Scorer	Goals
Scott McGleish	1

Assists

^[5]

Assistant	League	Cup	Total
Scott McGleish	5	0	5
Kemal Izzet	4		4
Mick Stockwell	3		3
Karl Duguid	2		2
Joe Keith
Sam Stockley
Gareth Williams
Pat Baldwin	1		1
Johnnie Jackson
Kevin Rapley
Alan White

Disciplinary record

^[6]

Pos.	Name	League		Cups		Total
Pos.	Name
DF	Pat Baldwin	3	0	1	0	4	0
MF	Bobby Bowry	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Liam Chilvers	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Adrian Coote	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Karl Duguid	4	1	0	0	4	1
DF	Scott Fitzgerald	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Kemal Izzet	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Johnnie Jackson	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Gavin Johnson	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Joe Keith	0	0	1	0	1	0
FW	Ben May	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Scott McGleish	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Thomas Pinault	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Kevin Rapley	1	1	1	0	2	1
DF	Danny Steele	1	1	0	0	1	1
DF	Sam Stockley	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Mick Stockwell	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Mark Warren	5	2	0	0	5	2
DF	Alan White	13	2	0	0	13	2

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4-5-1 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No.	Pos.	Name	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Simon Brown	26	0
25	DF	Sam Stockley	31	1
19	DF	Alan White	41	0
5	DF	Scott Fitzgerald	26	0
3	DF	Joe Keith	36	9
7	MF	Karl Duguid	26	3
17	MF	Bobby Bowry	33	1
10	MF	Kemal Izzet	43	8
6	MF	Thomas Pinault	32	4
20	MF	Mick Stockwell	30	2
9	FW	Scott McGleish	38	8

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2002–03 Colchester United F.C. season

Contents

Season Review

Squad

Player Info

Transfers

Transfers In

Transfers Out

Loans In

Loans Out

Results

Division Two Results Summary

Division Two Results Round by Round

Division Two Results

League Cup

League Trophy

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Scorers

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League

FA Cup

League Cup

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Assists

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Most Frequent Starting XI

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