2002–03 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Newport County's fourth consecutive season in the Southern League Premier Division. The club finished in 10th position in the league and reached their first FAW Premier Cup final.

Season review

League

Results summary

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Notes

Fri 19 Jul 2002

A

1–0

S.Walker (P)

Sat 20 Jul 2002

A

3–1

M.Rose, S.Walker, B.Clark

Mon 22 Jul 2002

H

1–3

R.Plant

Thu 25 Jul 2002

A

2–2

G.Sheppard, B.Clark

Sat 27 Jul 2002

A

2–2

A.Stevenson, S.Walker (P)

Mon 29 Jul 2002

Steaua Bucharest

|H

1–5

D.Robison

Billy Lucas Memorial Trophy

Wed 7 Aug 2002

H

3–1

M.Fowler, M.Dickeson, C.Belle

Sat 10 Aug 2002

A

1–1

M.Fowler

Mon 12 Aug 2002

H

5–0

G.Sheppard, M.Dickeson, M.Rose, R.Plant, S.Cowe

Southern League Premier

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Sat 17 Aug 2002

A

3–1

N.Davis 2, G.Shephard

375

Mon 19 Aug 2002

H

3–0

M.Rose, G.Shephard, M.Dickeson

906

Sat 24 Aug 2002

H

3–0

S.James, N.Davis, R.French

887

Mon 26 Aug 2002

A

1–2

OG

1,549

Sat 31 Aug 2002

H

1–2

S.Walker

884

Tue 3 Sep 2002

A

0–1

631

Sat 7 Sep 2002

A

0–2

1,041

Mon 9 Sep 2002

H

0–1

674

Sat 14 Sep 2002

A

1–1

G.Shephard

496

Mon 16 Sep 2002

H

3–1

N.Davis, A.Thomas 2

741

Sat 21 Sep 2002

H

1–1

N.Davis

789

Sat 5 Oct 2002

A

2–0

G.Shephard, D.D'Auria

344

Tue 8 Oct 2002

A

1–3

J.Eckhardt

697

Sat 19 Oct 2002

H

0–1

643

Sat 2 Nov 2002

H

0–0

571

Sat 9 Nov 2002

A

2–1

M.Fowler, G.Shephard

458

Sat 16 Nov 2002

H

1–0

G.Shephard

628

Sat 23 Nov 2002

A

0–0

1,006

Sat 7 Dec 2002

H

3–2

J.Eckhardt, G.Shephard, A.Thomas

571

Sat 14 Dec 2002

H

0–2

602

Sat 21 Dec 2002

A

3–4

M.Rose, M.Fowler, J.Eckhardt

898

Thu 26 Dec 2002

H

2–1

R.Plant, G.Shephard

927

Sat 28 Dec 2002

A

3–2

R.Ashington, J.Eckhardt, S.Walker

456

Sat 4 Jan 2003

H

3–2

M.Fowler, J.Luntala, G.Shephard

658

Sat 18 Jan 2003

A

0–0

1,067

Sat 25 Jan 2003

H

1–1

R.Plant

856

Sat 8 Feb 2003

H

1–1

N.Davies

667

Sat 15 Feb 2003

H

0–1

804

Sat 1 Mar 2003

A

0–2

823

Sat 8 Mar 2003

A

0–1

454

Tue 11 Mar 2003

A

0–1

349

Sat 15 Mar 2003

H

1–1

N.Davis

548

Tue 18 Mar 2003

A

2–1

G.Shephard, K. Dimond

555

Sat 22 Mar 2003

A

3–1

M.Rose, G.Shephard (P), R.Plant

390

Sun 30 Mar 2003

A

0–1

559

Tue 1 Apr 2003

A

0–1

312

Sat 5 Apr 2003

H

1–0

M.Rose

548

Sat 12 Apr 2003

H

3–3

K. Dimond, J.Fox, N.Davis

583

Sat 19 Apr 2003

A

2–1

N.Davies 2

254

Mon 21 Apr 2003

H

1–1

B.Clark

604

Sat 26 Apr 2003

A

0–0

1,396

Sat 3 May 2003

H

2–5

M.Dickeson, A.Stevenson

890

FA Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2Q

Sat 28 Sep 2002

A

1–1

N.Davis

774

2Qr

Mon 30 Sep 2002

H

4–0

N.Davis 2, S.Walker, Own Goal

619

3Q

Sat 12 Oct 2002

H

0–3

736

FA Trophy

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

2

Sat 30 Nov 2002

H

2–1

S.Cowe, G.Shephard

489

3

Sat 11 Jan 2003

A

2–3

S.Walker, R.Plant

1,128

Southern League Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

1

Mon 28 Oct 2002

H

2–0 a.e.t.

M.Rose, N.Davis

280

2

Tue 26 Nov 2003

A

1–2

N.Davis

92

FAW Premier Cup

Round

Date

Opponents

Venue

Result

Scorers

Attendance

Notes

Grp B

Tue 24 Sep 2002

A

1–1

B.Clark

182

Grp B

Mon 21 Oct 2002

H

1–0

R.French

305

Grp B

Mon 4 Nov 2002

H

1–1

S.Walker

258

Grp B

Tue 12 Nov 2002

A

0–3

168

Grp B

Mon 18 Nov 2002

H

1–1

S.Walker

345

Grp B

Tue 10 Dec 2002

A

1–1

G.Shephard

301

QF

Tue 28 Jan 2003

H

3–1

G.Shephard 2, R.Ashington

843

SF

Mon 24 Mar 2003

H

0–0 a.e.t.

1,160

Won 4–2 on penalties

F

Thu 8 May 2003

A

1–6

G.Shephard

4,014

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Notes |- ! style="background:#d0f0c0;"

1

42

26

10

6

73

32

+41

88

Promoted to Football Conference

2

42

21

12

9

76

40

+36

75

3

42

19

14

9

42

35

+7

71

4

42

19

12

11

60

43

+17

69

5

42

17

17

8

59

37

+22

68

6

42

18

13

11

60

39

+21

67

7

42

17

13

12

64

51

+13

64

8

42

15

15

12

67

64

+3

60

9

42

15

12

15

65

63

+2

57

10

42

15

11

16

53

52

+1

56

11

42

14

13

15

59

60

−1

55

12

42

13

14

15

49

58

−9

53

13

42

12

16

14

61

64

−3

52

14

42

13

13

16

50

61

−11

52

15

42

13

12

17

55

58

−3

51

16

42

14

9

19

59

65

−6

51

17

42

12

15

15

44

62

−18

51

18

42

13

10

19

54

56

−2

49

19

42

12

13

17

52

63

−11

49

Relegated

20

42

10

13

19

44

57

−13

43

Relegated

21

42

10

10

22

54

92

−38

40

Relegated

22

42

7

7

28

57

105

−48

28

Relegated

Key

Division Champions

Relegated

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