Division Two                                                          
Sat 10 Aug  WYCOMBE WANDERERS      D  1-1   6 012    -   Cas
Tue 13      crewe alexandra        W  3-0   6 141    6   Allsopp 2,Stallard
Sat 17      stockport county       D  0-0   5 047    7
Sat 24      WIGAN ATHLETIC         L  0-2   6 302   13
Mon 26      barnsley               D  0-0  10 431   15
Sat 31      BRENTFORD              D  2-2   5 551   17   Stallard,Heffernan
Sat 07 Sep  OLDHAM ATHLETIC        L  1-3   5 435   20   Heffernan
Sat 14      luton town             D  2-2   6 456   19   Bolland,Allsopp
Tue 17      port vale              L  2-3   3 505   19   Bolland,Allsopp
Sat 21      CARDIFF CITY           L  0-1   6 118   22
Sat 28      cheltenham town        W  4-1   4 565   19   Stallard 2,Allsopp 2
Sat 05 Oct  PETERBOROUGH UNITED    D  2-2   6 548   19   Stallard,Cas
Sat 12      huddersfield town      L  0-3   9 984   20
Sat 19      NORTHAMPTON TOWN       W  2-1   6 009   18   Stallard,Heffernan
Sat 26      chesterfield           D  0-0   4 539   17
Tue 29      SWINDON TOWN           D  1-1   4 797   16   Bolland
Sat 09 Nov  MANSFIELD TOWN         D  2-2  10 302   19   Liburd,Caskey
Sat 23      COLCHESTER UNITED      L  2-3   4 626   20   Allsopp,Brough
Sat 30      blackpool              D  1-1   5 843   21   Baraclough
Tue 03 Dec  bristol city           L  2-3  10 690   21   Stallard 2
Sat 14      QUEENS PARK RANGERS    W  3-0   5 343   20   Liburd,Fenton,Allsopp
Sat 21      tranmere rovers        D  2-2   8 275   20   Stallard 2(1pen)
Thu 26      BARNSLEY               W  3-2   7 413   16   Stallard(pen),Richardson,Baraclough
Sat 28      plymouth argyle        L  0-1  11 901   17
Wed 01 Jan  wigan athletic         L  1-3   6 009   19   Stallard
Sat 18      brentford              D  1-1   5 112   19   Fenton
Tue 21      STOCKPORT COUNTY       W  3-2   4 392   15   Stallard,Heffernan,Caskey
Sat 25      PLYMOUTH ARGYLE        L  0-2   6 329   16
Sat 01 Feb  wycombe wanderers      L  1-3   5 690   17   Stallard
Tue 04      CREWE ALEXANDRA        D  2-2   3 875   15   Caskey(pen),Allsopp
Sat 08      mansfield town         L  2-3   8 134   18   Stallard 2
Sat 15      BRISTOL CITY           W  2-0   5 754   15   Stallard(pen),Heffernan
Sat 22      oldham athletic        D  1-1   5 765   16   Heffernan
Sat 01 Mar  LUTON TOWN             W  2-1   6 778   15   Heffernan 2
Tue 04      PORT VALE              W  1-0   6 302   14   Stallard
Sat 08      cardiff city           W  2-0  11 389   14   Stallard 2(1pen)
Sat 15      CHESTERFIELD           D  1-1   6 801   14   Stallard
Tue 18      northampton town       L  0-2   5 254   15
Sat 22      swindon town           L  0-5   4 246   17
Sat 29      HUDDERSFIELD TOWN      W  3-2   5 872   15   Heffernan,Stallard 2(2pens)
Sat 05 Apr  BLACKPOOL              W  3-1   5 551   13   Heffernan,Ireland,Fenton
Sat 12      colchester united      D  1-1   3 435   12   Stallard
Sat 19      TRANMERE ROVERS        L  0-1   5 715   14
Mon 21      queens park rangers    L  0-2  13 585   16
Sat 26      peterborough united    L  0-1   5 381   18
Sat 03 May  CHELTENHAM TOWN        W  1-0   9 710   15   Allsopp
F.A CUP
Sat 16 Nov  southport (round 1)    L  2-4   3 519        Allsopp 2
LEAGUE CUP
Tue 10 Sep  oldham athletic (r1)   L  2-3   4 205        Stallard,Heffernan
Football League Trophy
Tue 22 Oct  WIGAN ATHLETIC (r1)    L  2-3   1 020        Richardson,Bolland

Final League Table           W   D   L   GD Pts   
 1. Wigan Athletic          29  13   4  +43  100 
 2. Crewe Alexandra         25  11  10  +36  86 
 3. Bristol City            24  11  11  +31  83 
 4. Queens Park Rangers     24  11  11  +24  83 
 5. Oldham Athletic         22  16   8  +30  82 
 6. Cardiff City            23  12  11  +25  81 
 7. Tranmere Rovers         23  11  12  +9   80 
 8. Plymouth Argyle         17  14  15  +11  65 
 9. Luton Town              17  14  15  +5   65 
10. Swindon Town            16  12  18  -4   60 
11. Peterborough United     14  16  16  -3   58 
12. Colchester United       14  16  16  -4   58 
13. Blackpool               15  13  18  -8   58 
14. Stockport County        15  10  21  -5   55 
15. Notts County            13  16  17  -8   55 
16. Brentford               14  12  20  -9   54 
17. Port Vale               14  11  21  -16  53 
18. Wycombe Wanderers       13  13  20  -7   52 
19. Barnsley                13  13  20  -13  52 
20. Chesterfield            14   8  24  -30  50 
21. Cheltenham Town         10  18  18  -15  48 
22. Huddersfield Town       11  12  23  -22  45 
23. Mansfield Town          12   8  26  -31  44 
24. Northampton Town        10   9  27  -39  39

Manager
Billy Dearden
Goalkeepers           Age  League Apps.
Steve Mildenhall       23      21 (0)
Stuart Garden          30      18 (0)
Saul Deeney            19      7  (0)
Defenders
Nick Fenton            23      40 (0)
Craig Ireland          27      35 (2)  Released after end of season and then joined Barnsley
Kevin Nicholson        22      34 (3)
Ian Richardson         32      30 (4)
Simon Ramsden (loan)   21      21 (11) Loaned from Sunderland on 16th August for the whole season
Danny Stone            ??      11 (4)  Released after end of season and then joined Southport
Duncan Jupp (loan)     27      6  (2)  Loaned from Wimbledon on 8th November to 1st February
Patrick McCarthy (loan)19      6  (0)  Loaned from Manchester City from 27th March until end of season
Jon Ashton (loan)      20      4  (0)  Loaned from Leicester City on 8th November for one month
Richard Holmes         22      2  (2)  Released after end of season then joined Harrowby United
Paul Riley             20      2  (1)
Midfield
Darren Caskey          28      33 (6)
Ian Baraclough         32      33 (1)
Paul Bolland           23      27 (2)
Richard Liburd         29      26 (6)  Released after end of season and then joined Lincoln City
Michael Brough         21      26 (5)
Marcel Cas             30      10 (8)  Left for Sheffield United on February 4th
Jeff Whitley (loan)    27      12 (0)  Loaned from Manchester City October 18th - January 18th
Willis Francis         17      2  (8)
Shaun Harrad           18      0  (5)
Forwards
Mark Stallard          28      43 (2)
Danny Allsopp          24      28 (5)  Left for Hull City after end of season
Paul Heffernan         21      25 (11)
Tony Hackworth         22      4  (5)

Notts County FC 2002/03
Back row; Hackworth, Stone, Richardson, Ireland, Fenton, Baraclough, Nicholson
Middle; Cleary(Physio), Gaunt(Coach), Holmes, Brough, Garden, Mildenhall, Deeney, Liburd, Bolland, Fox(GK coach), Brazil(Head coach)
Front; Allsopp, Caskey, Riley, Dearden(Manager), Heffernan, Stallard, Cas

Home colours
Manufactured and designed by Uhlsport - Notts returned to something approaching a traditional look with their 4th new home strip in 4 seasons. Though from behind the shirt appeared to be white with black sleeves, it did have stripes on the front and was garnished with amber piping. The shorts were black, the stockings black with white turnovers.
A certain property business (who's name is best forgotten) took it upon themselves to sponsor the shirts as well as the ground and insisted on a large red (yes RED!!!) logo, but the company collapsed before the season began and Notts were spared the indignity of ever having to wear it. County quickly found a new sponsor in Paragon interiors who's name was added to the shirts after just a couple of sponsorless outings.

Change colours
Yellow shirts with two white stripes from shoulder to waist, yellow collar flaps and black trimmings.
Yellow shorts with white stripes down the sides, yellow stockings.

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