2002–03 Gateshead F.C. season

Gateshead
2002–03 season
Chairman	Mike Coulson
Manager	Derek Bell
Northern Premier League Premier Division	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Second Qualifying Round
FA Trophy	First Round
League Challenge Cup	Runners-Up
Durham Challenge Cup	Quarter-finalists
Top goalscorer	League: Dave Colvin (9); All: Rob Jones & Dave Colvin (12)
Highest home attendance	495 vs Blyth Spartans (26 December 2002)
Lowest home attendance	61 vs Consett (23 October 2002)
Average home league attendance	218
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Gateshead's fifth consecutive season in the Northern Premier League Premier Division since relegation from the Football Conference in 1998, and their 15th season in total since their reformation in 1977.

Gateshead ended the season in 21st position and were relegated after defeat to Chorley in a play-off.

The final four home games of the season were played at South Shields's Filtrona Park while a new athletics track was installed at Gateshead International Stadium.^[1]^[2]

Squad statistics[edit]

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League (inc. Playoff)		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	David Campbell	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
GK	Adam Clementson	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
GK	Adam Dowell	2	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	4 (1)	0
GK	Jon Kennedy	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
GK	Marc Riches	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
GK	Richard Siddall	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
GK	Graeme Waind	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17	0
DF	Ben Cattanach	18	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
DF	Kenny Cramman	15 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	20 (3)	0
DF	Glen Downey	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9 (1)	0
DF	David Goodchild	10 (3)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	11 (3)	2
DF	Steve Harrison	36 (4)	1	1	0	1	0	10	0	48 (4)	1
DF	Rob Jones	35	7	0	0	1	0	7	5	43	12
DF	Dylan Kerr	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Nicky Mohan	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
DF	David Morgan	28 (5)	0	1	0	0	0	5 (1)	1	34 (6)	1
DF	James Boyle	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Martin Reed	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9 (1)	0
DF	Neil Shotton	16 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	22 (1)	1
DF	Mark Sunley	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
DF	Lewis Tait	9 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11 (4)	0
DF	Simon Tonge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	John Watson	5 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	6 (5)	0
MF	Steve Agnew	6 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (2)	0
MF	Neal Bishop	8 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	8 (3)	2
MF	Derek Bell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (2)	0
MF	Neil Blades	4 (8)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	6 (10)	0
MF	Dave Colvin	33 (11)	9	0 (1)	0	1	0	10	3	44 (12)	12
MF	Andy Cuthbertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Ian Dixon	11 (3)	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16 (3)	1
MF	Keith Douglas	9 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	10 (3)	1
MF	Alex Lawson	4 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	0
MF	Gareth McAlindon	39 (3)	5	1	0	1	0	10	1	51 (3)	6
MF	Anthony March	7 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	8 (3)	0
MF	Neil Radigan	17	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	22	0
MF	David Southern	1 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (2)	1	4 (6)	1
MF	Dale Telfer	6 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	7 (6)	0
MF	David Turner	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
MF	George Weatherley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0
MF	David Yale	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
FW	Michael Chilton	6 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8 (1)	2
FW	Craig Coates	1 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	5 (2)	7
FW	Michael Dickinson	22 (2)	6	0	0	0	0	8	3	30 (2)	9
FW	Lee Flannigan	11 (1)	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	13 (1)	4
FW	Willie Moat	27 (4)	7	0	0	1	0	5 (1)	1	33 (5)	8
FW	Steve Preen	17	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	18	9
FW	Paul Thompson	15 (2)	6	0	0	0	0	5	4	20 (2)	10

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

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Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
? ? 2002	Crook Town	Millfield	3–1	?
? ? 2002	Brandon United	Welfare Ground	2–1	?
? ? 2002	Tow Law Town	Ironworks Road	2–2	?
? ? 2002	Middlesbrough XI	?	0–1
? ? 2002	Guisborough Town	King George V Ground	2–3	?
9 August 2002	Newcastle United	Gateshead International Stadium	0–8		4,650
10 August 2002	Scarborough	McCain Stadium	?–?	?

Northern Premier League Premier Division[edit]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 2002	Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	0–2		323
21 August 2002	Wakefield & Emley	Gateshead International Stadium	0–1		176
26 August 2002	Altrincham	Moss Lane	0–4		540
31 August 2002	Gainsborough Trinity	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Mohan	182
3 September 2002	Lancaster City	Giant Axe	1–2	Preen	253
7 September 2002	Ashton United	Gateshead International Stadium	0–1		187
10 September 2002	Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	0–1		121
14 September 2002	Runcorn FC Halton	Halton Stadium	1–1	Preen	227
18 September 2002	Hyde United	Gateshead International Stadium	2–1	Preen, Flannigan	146
21 September 2002	Colwyn Bay	Llanelian Road	3–2	Bishop, Preen, Flannigan	237
25 September 2002	Droylsden	Gateshead International Stadium	0–2		173
1 October 2002	Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	3–1	Mohan, Preen, Bishop	317
8 October 2002	Wakefield & Emley	Belle Vue	1–2	McAlindon	271
12 October 2002	Burscough	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Goodchild	167
16 October 2002	Lancaster City	Gateshead International Stadium	3–3	Jones, Preen, Colvin	125
19 October 2002	Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	4–4	Jones, Preen (2), Flannigan	522
26 October 2002	Ashton United	Hurst Cross	1–3	Moat	205
6 November 2002	Accrington Stanley	Crown Ground	1–2	Jones	606
9 November 2002	Harrogate Town	Gateshead International Stadium	2–3	Dickinson (2)	343
16 November 2002	Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	2–2	Moat, Dickinson	275
23 November 2002	Barrow	Gateshead International Stadium	2–2	Turner, McAlindon	254
30 November 2002	Hucknall Town	Gateshead International Stadium	1–5	McAlindon	163
7 December 2002	Colwyn Bay	Gateshead International Stadium	2–2	Jones, Colvin	176
14 December 2002	Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	0–3		222
21 December 2002	Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	2–0	Moat (2)	171
26 December 2002	Blyth Spartans	Gateshead International Stadium	3–0	McAlindon, Colvin, Dickinson	495
28 December 2002	Worksop Town	Sandy Lane	0–2		636
11 January 2003	Accrington Stanley	Gateshead International Stadium	5–1	Jones, Moat, Dickinson, Colvin, ? (o.g.)	273
18 January 2003	Vauxhall Motors	Gateshead International Stadium	3–2	Thompson (2), Colvin	204
1 February 2003	Bradford Park Avenue	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Jones	266
8 February 2003	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	1–0	Thompson	353
15 February 2003	Altrincham	Gateshead International Stadium	0–0		264
22 February 2003	Stalybridge Celtic	Gateshead International Stadium	0–1		226
1 March 2003	Hucknall Town	Watnall Road	1–1	Shotton	243
15 March 2003	Marine	Gateshead International Stadium	1–2	Thompson	208
22 March 2003	Frickley Athletic	Gateshead International Stadium	2–2	Jones, Chilton	202
25 March 2003	Burscough	Victoria Park	0–1		165
29 March 2003	Marine	Rossett Park	2–4	Moat, Thompson	252
5 April 2003	Runcorn FC Halton	Filtrona Park	2–3	Colvin, Thompson	210
12 April 2003	Hyde United	Ewen Fields	1–0	Chilton	186
16 April 2003	Whitby Town	Filtrona Park	1–3	Harrison	185
19 April 2003	Worksop Town	Filtrona Park	2–3	Colvin (2)	178
21 April 2003	Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	2–3	Dickinson, Colvin	676
26 April 2003	Barrow	Holker Street	0–2		877

Northern Premier League Playoffs[edit]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
SF	29 April 2003	Chorley	Victory Park	2–5	McAlindon, Moat	557

FA Cup[edit]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2Q	28 September 2002	Barrow	Gateshead International Stadium	3–4	Dixon, Goodchild, Preen	295

FA Trophy[edit]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	2 November 2002	Hyde United	Gateshead International Stadium	0–2		122

League Challenge Cup[edit]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	30 October 2002	Whitby Town	Gateshead International Stadium	6–3 (AET)	Jones, Coates (3), Southern, ? (o.g.)	132
2	20 November 2002	Wakefield & Emley	Belle Vue	3–1	Colvin, Dickinson, ? (o.g.)	103
3	25 January 2003	Harrogate Town	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Jones	197
QF	12 February 2003	Alfreton Town	Gateshead International Stadium	5–4 (AET)	Morgan, Dickinson, Jones (2), Thompson	127
SF	8 March 2003	Rossendale United	Gateshead International Stadium	4–0	Douglas, Covin (2), Moat	222
F (1)	9 April 2003	Marine	Filtrona Park	0–1		184
F (2)	24 April 2003	Marine	Rosset Park	0–2		425
Marine won 3–0 on aggregate

Durham Challenge Cup[edit]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	23 October 2002	Consett	Gateshead International Stadium	4–1	Flannigan, Coates (3)	61
2	13 November 2002	Washington	Albany Park	3–1	McAlindon, Coates, Dickinson	132
QF	14 January 2003	Billingham Synthonia	Central Avenue	4–4 (AET)	Thompson (3), Jones	105
Billingham won 6–5 on penalties

References[edit]

↑ "Gateshead cleared for Filtrona Park". Gateshead FC. 7 March 2003. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 2011-07-11. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Unibond League Challenge Cup Final". Gateshead FC. 26 March 2003. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Tyne Talk". Gateshead v Newcastle United match programme. 2002-08-09. p. 10.

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[Tyne_Talk-3] "Tyne Talk". Gateshead v Newcastle United match programme. 2002-08-09. p. 10.

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