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2002-03

2002-03 Unibond League Premier Division

2002-03 Unibond League Premier Division

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 17 H Runcorn FC Halton W 2-1 602 Mullin, Payne.
  20 A Colwyn Bay W 2-1 450 Carden. Mullin.
  24 A Marine W 3-0 361 Williams, Smith, Mullin.
  26 H Frickley Athletic W 2-1 936 Calcutt (2).
  31 A Harrogate Town W 2-0 706 Smith, Mullin.
Sept 4 H Vauxhall Motors W 2-1 1032 James (2).
  7 A Stalybridge Celtic W 4-1 790 Williams, Mullin, Cavanagh (2).
  11 H Barrow W 2-1 1334 Carden, Mullin.
  14 H Droylsden W 2-1 1195 Carden, James (pen).
  21 H Wakefield & Emley D 1-1 1455 James (pen).
  24 A Ashton United D 2-2 409 Mullin (2).
  28 H Billingham Town                                     (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round) W 2-0 747 Mullin, James (pen).
Oct 2 H Burscough W 4-2 1488 Calcutt, Carden (3).
  5 A Bradford Park Avenue D 1-1 760 Mullin.
  9 H Colwyn Bay W 2-0 1267 Sampson, Mullin.
  12 H Harrogate Town                                      (FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round) D 0-0 1112  
  15 A Harrogate Town                        (FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round Replay) L 2-3 602 Smith, Halford.
  19 H Worksop Town D 1-1 1134 Calcutt.
  26 A Frickley Athletic L 1-2 290 Cavanagh (pen).
Nov 2 A Barrow. L 0-1 1442  
  6 H Gateshead W 2-1 606 Cavanagh, Sertori.
  13 H Stalybridge Celtic W 4-1 892 James (2), Mullin, Knowles.
  16 H Hucknall Town W 2-0 942 Cavanagh, Mullin.
  19 A Barrow                                                              (Unibond League Cup R2) L 2-3 524 Mullin (2).
  24 A Hyde United D 3-3 652 Mullin, James (2) (1pen).
  30 A Tamworth                                                             (Umbro FA Trophy R1) L  1-4 951 Mullin.
Dec 4 H Ashton United W 4-1 665 Gouck, James (2) (1pen), Procter.
  7 A Wakefield & Emley D 0-0 452  
  14 H Bradford Park Avenue W 3-1 873 James (2) (2 pens), Mullin.
  17 A Ashton United                                         (Unibond Presidents Cup  R1) L 2-4 101 Black, Smith.
  21 A Hucknall Town L 1-2 332 Mullin.
  28 H Gainsborough Trinity W 3-0 1068 James (2), Mullin.
Jan 11 A Gateshead L 1-5 273 James.
  18 H Marine W 5-0 925 Smith, Procter (2), James (2) (1 pen).
  22 H Southport                                     (Marsden Lancashire Junior Cup R2) W 2-0 324 Carden, Halford.
  25 A Burscough W 1-0 576 Halford.
  29 H Lancaster City                            (Marsden Lancashire Junior Cup Q/F) W 3-1 360 James, Mullin (2).
Feb 1 A Runcorn FC Halton W 2-0 421 James (2) (2 pens).
  8 H Harrogate Town W 3-2 1074 Payne, Smith, Mullin.
  22 A Worksop Town W 4-1 1063 James (2) (1 pen), Mullin (2).
  26 H Kendal Town                              (Marsden Lancashire Junior Cup S/F) L   1-2 580 James (pen).
Mar 1 H Blyth Spartans W 3-2 1116 Procter, Mullin, James.
  11 A Altrincham D 1-1 600 Prendergast.
  15 A Lancaster City W 2-1 677 James (pen), Mullin.
  22 H Whitby Town D  1-1 1355 Smith.
Apr 1 A Blyth Spartans W 3-0 418 Mullin, Prendergast, Procter.
  5 A Droylsden D 2-2 539 James (2), (1pen).
  6 A Whitby Town W 3-0 566 James (2), Mullin.
  12 H Altrincham W 3-1 1263 James (2) (1pen), Halford.
  15 A Vauxhall Motors W 1-0 396 Prendergast.
  19 A Gainsborough Trinity W 5-1 420 Prendergast, James (3) (1pen), Mullin.
  21 H Lancaster City D 1-1 1318 James.
  26 H Hyde United W 1-0 1290 Calcutt.
May 3 H Marine                                                                              (Unibond Shield) W 2-0 552 Mullin (2).

Appearances & Goals

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Jimmy Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Black 4(2) 3(2) 7(4) 0 1 1
Mark Brennan (8) 2(3) 2(11) 0 0 0
Lee Buggie (Loaned to Clitheroe) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Calcutt 20(11) 5(1) 25(12) 5 0 5
Simon Carden (Loaned to Radcliffe Borough) 15(5) 5(1) 20(6) 6 1 7
Peter Cavanagh 38 5(1) 43(1) 5 0 5
John Coleman 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Flitcroft 6(2) 2(1) 8(3) 0 0 0
Andy Gouck (Loan from Morecambe) 10(6) 4(1) 14(7) 1 0 1
David Gray (Loaned to Nelson) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Halford 44 10 54 2 2 4
Steve Hollis 12 3 15 0 0 0
Paul Howarth 7(1) 4 11(1) 0 0 0
Lutel James 41 10 51 34 2 36
Michael Knowles 12(6) 4 16(6) 1 0 1
Mike Marsh 31 2 33 0 0 0
Steve McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Mullin 42 9 51 24 8 32
Russell Payne 27(6) 3(4) 30(10) 2 0 2
David Peirce                         (GK) 1 2 3 0 0 0
Rory Prendergast 17(1) 1(1) 18(2) 4 0 4
Andrew Procter 21(8) 5(3) 26(11) 5 0 5
David Robinson (Loaned to Witton Albion) 1(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0
Gary Sampson 2(1) 2(2) 4(3) 1 0 1
Mark Sertori 18(1) 4 32(1) 1 0 1
Barry Shuttleworth 5(5) 3 8(5) 0 0 0
Jonathan Smith 36(1) 6(1) 42(3) 5 2 7
James Speare                       (GK) 43 8 51 0 0 0
Daniel Thorpe                      (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Welch 1(6) 0 1(6) 0 0 0
Robert Williams 28(7) 7(2) 35(9) 2 0 2
Own Goals --------- -------- --------- 0 0 0

Final League

Pos   P W D L F A Pts
  1 Accrington Stanley 44 30 10 4 97 44 100
2 Barrow 44 24 12 8 84 52 84
3 Vauxhall Motors 44 22 10 12 81 46 76
4 Stalybridge Celtic 44 21 13 10 77 51 76
5 Worksop Town 44 21 9 14 82 67 72
6 Harrogate Town 44 21 8 15 75 63 71
7 Bradford Park Avenue 44 20 10 14 73 70 70
8 Hucknall Town 44 17 15 12 72 62 66
9 Droylsden 44 18 10 16 62 52 64
10 Whitby Town 44 17 12 15 80 69 63
11 Marine 44 17 10 17 63 60 61
12 Wakefield & Emley 44 14 18 12 46 49 60
13 Runcorn FC Halton 44 15 15 14 69 74 60
14 Altrincham 44 17 9 18 58 63 60
15 Gainsborough Trinity 44 16 11 17 67 66 59
16 Ashton United 44 15 13 16 71 79 58
17 Lancaster City 44 16 9 19 71 75 57
18 Burscough 44 14 9 21 44 51 51
19 Blyth Spartans 44 14 9 21 67 87 51
20 Frickley Athletic 44 13 8 23 45 78 47
21 Gateshead 44 10 11 23 60 81 41
22 Colwyn Bay 44 5 9 30 52 99 24
23 Hyde United 44 5 8 31 40 98 23

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