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2002–03 AFC Wimbledon season

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AFC Wimbledon
2002–03 season
ChairmanKris Stewart
ManagerTerry Eames
StadiumKingsmeadow
Combined Counties League3rd
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Cooper (37)
All: Kevin Cooper (38)
Highest home attendance4,560 v Raynes Park Vale (5 May 2003)
Lowest home attendance2,338 v Merstham (26 March 2003)
Average home league attendance3,003

The 2002–03 season was the inaugural season for AFC Wimbledon following the FA's decision to allow the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes. Former Wimbledon F.C. player Terry Eames was appointed as AFC Wimbledon's first manager on 13 June 2002. The club competed in the Combined Counties League Premier Division.[1] The new team attracted a crowd of 4,657 supporters for their first ever game, a pre-season friendly against Sutton United on 10 July 2002 in which they were beaten 4–0.[2] Glenn Mulcaire, known as "Trigger" by fans, scored AFC Wimbledon's first ever goal in a pre-season friendly against Bromley on 17 July 2002, which ultimately ended as a 2–1 defeat.[3] Kevin Cooper scored the team's first ever league goal in the first game of the season in a 2–1 away victory at Sandhurst Town, with an attendance of 2,449 on 17 August 2002.[4] The first home game of the season against Chipstead, ending in a 2–1 defeat on 21 August 2002, had an attendance of 4,142.[1] The team started slowly but won their last eleven league games of the season, finishing third in the league, and only narrowly missing out on promotion to the Isthmian League First Division.[5] Their average home attendance at league fixtures exceeded 3,000 – higher than the average attendance in the same season of Wimbledon F.C., who were still playing in the First Division (now the Football League Championship).[6]

League table[edit]

2002–03 Combined Counties Football League

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 36 3 7 125 46  +79 111 18 2 3 62 26  +36 18 1 4 63 20  +43

Last updated: 5 May 2003.
Source: AFC Wimbledon

Match results[edit]

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

Combined Counties League Premier Division[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

Combined Counties Premier Challenge Cup[edit]

First Round[edit]

Second Round[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

As of 5 May 2003
No. Pos Nat Player Total CCL Premier Division League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Ray Merry 18 0 18 0 0 0
DF England Keith Ward 45 5 36+7 5 2 0
DF England Danny Oakins 41 11 39+1 11 0+1 0
DF England Sean Daly 19 1 19 1 0 0
DF England Matt Everard 18 10 18 10 0 0
DF England Sim Johnston 12 2 10 2 1+1 0
DF England Dave Towse 10 0 8+2 0 0 0
DF England Daniel Couch 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Bobby English 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Lee Sidwell 46 11 44 11 1+1 0
MF England Andy Sullivan 45 7 41+2 7 2 0
MF Republic of Ireland Gavin Bolger 30 7 26+3 7 1 0
MF England Simon Bassey 24 0 17+5 0 2 0
MF England Noel Frankum 15 1 7+8 1 0 0
MF Northern Ireland Gareth Graham 9 0 6+3 0 0 0
MF England Ben Canham 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Dwayne Townsend 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Kevin Cooper 46 38 43+2 37 1 1
FW England Joe Sheerin 33 9 31+2 9 0 0
FW England Ally Russell 31 7 11+19 7 1 0
Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season:
GK England Glyn Shimell 25 0 24 0 1 0
GK England Andy Bell 5 0 4 0 1 0
GK England Matt Burton 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Andy Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Mark Keeper 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Aiden Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Brett Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Peter Ngonge 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Mark Nicholas 24 3 15+7 3 2 0
DF England Tony Readings 21 0 18+2 0 1 0
DF England Danny Roberts 12 0 9+1 0 2 0
DF England Steve Lawson 2 0 2+0 0 0 0
DF England Akin Gallimore 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Paul Blackford 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Stuart May 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Daniel Couden 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Jake Hain 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Tom Pinkerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Kevin Tilley 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Drew Watkins 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Lee Passmore 41 3 25+14 3 1+1 0
MF England Neil Robson 35 6 27+7 6 0+1 0
MF England Dave Fry 5 0 0+5 0 0 0
MF England Luke Milner 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
MF England Ben Garner 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
MF England Mehmet Mehmet 2 0 0+1 0 1 0
MF England Carlo Castronovo 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Craig Carley 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Steven Reyes 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Daniel Scottow 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Andy Petty 10 3 3+7 3 0 0
FW England Glenn Mulcaire 8 0 1+6 0 1 0
FW England Sean Marshall 6 1 2+4 1 0 0
FW England Chris Theodore 4 1 0+3 0 0+1 1
FW England Robbie Burns 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
FW England Brendan Farrell 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Andy Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Tony Finnan 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Daniel Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Julian King 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Austin Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Neil Northcott 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Tony Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Steve Spence 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Position Nation Player CCL Premier Division League Cup Total
1 FW England Kevin Cooper 37 1 38
2 DF England Danny Oakins 11 0 11
= MF England Lee Sidwell 11 0 11
3 DF England Matt Everard 10 0 10
4 FW England Joe Sheerin 9 0 9
5 FW England Ally Russell 7 0 7
= MF England Andy Sullivan 7 0 7
= MF Republic of Ireland Gavin Bolger 7 0 7
6 MF England Neil Robson 6 0 6
7 DF England Keith Ward 5 0 5
8 FW England Andy Petty 3 0 3
= MF England Lee Passmore 3 0 3
= DF England Mark Nicholas 3 0 3
9 DF England Sim Johnston 2 0 2
10 FW England Sean Marshall 1 0 1
= MF England Noel Frankum 1 0 1
= DF England Sean Daly 1 0 1
= FW England Chris Theodore 0 1 1
= N/A N/A Own Goal 1 0 1
TOTALS 125 2 127

Disciplinary record[edit]

Position Nation Name CCL Premier Division League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
GK England Glyn Shimell 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Keith Ward 3 1 0 0 3 1
DF England Danny Oakins 9 0 0 0 9 0
DF England Danny Roberts 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Matt Everard 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF England Steve Lawson 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Mark Nicholas 1 0 1 0 2 0
DF England Sean Daly 8 2 0 0 8 2
DF England Tony Readings 4 0 0 0 4 0
MF England Neil Robson 5 1 0 0 5 1
MF England Lee Passmore 5 0 1 0 6 0
MF Republic of Ireland Gavin Bolger 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Lee Sidwell 4 0 1 0 5 0
MF England Glenn Mulcaire 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Simon Bassey 8 1 1 0 9 1
MF England Andy Sullivan 9 0 0 0 9 0
FW England Joe Sheerin 8 1 0 0 8 1
FW England Andy Petty 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Robbie Burns 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Ally Russell 2 0 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 76 6 4 0 80 6

Transfers[edit]

Players Transferred In
Date Position Nation Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
30 August 2002 GK England Glyn Shimmel ? Unattached [7]
? FW England Ally Russell Forest Row Free [8]
10 October 2002 MF Republic of Ireland Gavin Bolger Unattached Free [9]
10 October 2002 DF England Mark Nicholas Whyteleafe Free [10]
18 October 2002 GK England Ray Merry Netherne Village Free [11]
18 October 2002 FW England Conrad Kane Tooting & Mitcham United Free [12]
8 November 2002 MF England Luke Milner Kingstonian Free [13]
22 November 2002 DF England Sean Daly Sutton United Free [14]
27 November 2002 FW England Andy Petty Whyteleafe Free [15]
27 November 2002 FW England Robbie Burns Walton Casuals Free [16]
10 January 2003 MF England Noel Frankum Tooting & Mitcham United Free [17]
16 January 2003 DF England Steve Lawson Tooting & Mitcham United Free [18]
16 January 2003 DF England Stuart May Carshalton Athletic Free [19]
24 January 2003 MF England Ben Garner Chipstead Free [20]
31 January 2003 FW England Matthew McDonnell Marlow Town Free [21]
31 January 2003 MF Northern Ireland Gareth Graham Whyteleafe Free [22]
11 February 2003 DF England Matt Everard Ash United Free [23]
27 March 2003 MF England Peter Smith Unattached Free [24]
Players Loaned In
Date from Position Nation Name From Date to Ref.
Players Loaned Out
Date from Position Nation Name To Date to Ref.
Players Transferred Out
Date Position Nation Name Subsequent club Fee Ref
MF England Carlo Castronovo Walton Casuals Free [25]
MF England Craig Carley Walton Casuals Free [26]
FW England Julian King Free [27]
29 October 2002 FW England Conrad Kane Free [28]
5 November 2002 FW England Sean Marshall Unattached Free [29]
27 November 2002 MF England Luke Milner Free [30]
30 January 2003 DF England Tony Readings North Shore United Free [31]

References[edit]

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  23. "Squad announced". wimbledonheritage.co.uk. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  24. "Popstars reject signs for football team". bbc.co.uk. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  25. "Transfer News". wimbledonheritage.co.uk. 10 October 2002. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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