2002/03
- Games Played
- 51
- Won
- 14
- Drawn
- 18
- Lost
- 19
- Av Attendance
- 3351
- Highest Attendance
- 5832
- Total Players Used
- 34
Appearances
Click on a player's name to be taken to see more details about them.
| All Games | League | Play-Offs | Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Red Cards |
| Alexander, John | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Betts, Simon | 44 (0) | 1 | 40 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Campbell, Paul | 4 (2) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Clark, Ian | 26 (11) | 8 | 23 (10) | 7 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| Clarke, Matthew | 39 (3) | 3 | 35 (3) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Collett, Andy | 42 (0) | 0 | 39 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Conlon, Barry | 44 (0) | 17 | 40 (0) | 15 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 2 |
| Convery, Mark | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Corbett, Jimmy | 9 (1) | 2 | 9 (1) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Cullen, Jon | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Fenton, Graham | 4 (2) | 1 | 4 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Ford, Mark | 11 (1) | 0 | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Hadland, Phil | 5 (2) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Hodgson, Richard | 26 (5) | 3 | 22 (5) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 0 |
| Ingham, Michael | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Keltie, Clark | 31 (3) | 3 | 27 (3) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Liddle, Craig | 46 (0) | 5 | 42 (0) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 1 | 1 |
| Lonergan, Andy | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Maddison, Neil | 26 (3) | 1 | 25 (3) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| McGurk, David | 5 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Mellanby, Danny | 7 (8) | 4 | 6 (7) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Naylor, Glen | 1 (14) | 3 | 1 (12) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 |
| Newey, Tom | 7 (0) | 1 | 7 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholls, Ashley | 44 (2) | 7 | 40 (1) | 6 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| Offiong, Richard | 9 (0) | 4 | 7 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 2 | 0 |
| Pearson, Gary | 19 (3) | 1 | 19 (2) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 |
| Porter, Chris | 4 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Reed, Adam | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Rundle, Adam | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Russell, Sam | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Sheeran, Mark | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Valentine, Ryan | 48 (0) | 1 | 43 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 |
| Wainwright, Neil | 24 (13) | 1 | 21 (12) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Whitehead, Stuart | 24 (1) | 0 | 23 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 |
Fixtures
Fixtures for the season can be seen below.
| Date | Fixture | Competition | Att | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/08/2002 | W | Cambridge United 1-2 Darlington | Division 3 | 4079 | Details |
| 13/08/2002 | D | Darlington 2-2 Swansea | Division 3 | 3913 | Details |
| 17/08/2002 | L | Darlington 0-1 Oxford United | Division 3 | 3533 | Details |
| 24/08/2002 | D | Rochdale 1-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 2834 | Details |
| 27/08/2002 | W | Darlington 2-0 Carlisle United | Division 3 | 5163 | Details |
| 31/08/2002 | D | Kidderminster Harriers 1-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 2488 | Details |
| 10/09/2002 | L | Huddersfield 2-0 Darlington | League Cup (1st Round) | 3810 | Details |
| 14/09/2002 | L | Hartlepool United 4-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 6360 | Details |
| 17/09/2002 | L | York City 1-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 4128 | Details |
| 21/09/2002 | D | Darlington 2-2 Bournemouth | Division 3 | 2950 | Details |
| 24/09/2002 | L | Darlington 0-1 Wrexham | Division 3 | 2573 | Details |
| 28/09/2002 | L | Leyton Orient 2-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 3975 | Details |
| 05/10/2002 | W | Darlington 1-0 Bristol Rovers | Division 3 | 2849 | Details |
| 12/10/2002 | D | Bury 2-2 Darlington | Division 3 | 2944 | Details |
| 19/10/2002 | L | Darlington 2-3 Boston United | Division 3 | 3033 | Details |
| 22/10/2002 | L | Stockport County 1-0 Darlington | LDV Vans Trophy (1st Round Northern) | 1190 | Details |
| 26/10/2002 | W | Exeter City 0-4 Darlington | Division 3 | 2757 | Details |
| 29/10/2002 | D | Darlington 1-1 Scunthorpe United | Division3 | 3059 | Details |
| 02/11/2002 | D | Darlington 0-0 Lincoln City | Division 3 | 3277 | Details |
| 09/11/2002 | L | Rushden & Diamonds 2-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 3911 | Details |
| 16/11/2002 | W | Wrexham 0-2 Darlington | FA Cup (1st Round) | 3442 | Details |
| 23/11/2002 | D | Shrewsbury 2-2 Darlington | Division 3 | 2755 | Details |
| 30/11/2002 | W | Darlington 2-1 Southend United | Division 3 | 2830 | Details |
| 07/12/2002 | W | Darlington 4-1 Stevenage | FA Cup (2nd Round) | 3351 | Details |
| 14/12/2002 | W | Hull City 0-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 14162 | Details |
| 21/12/2002 | D | Darlington 0-0 Macclesfield | Division 3 | 3079 | Details |
| 26/12/2002 | D | Carlisle United 2-2 Darlington | Division 3 | 6016 | Details |
| 28/12/2002 | D | Darlington 1-1 Torquay | Division 3 | 3506 | Details |
| 04/01/2003 | L | Darlington 2-3 Farnborough | FA Cup (3rd Round) | 4260 | Details |
| 14/01/2003 | D | Oxford United 1-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 4968 | Details |
| 18/01/2003 | W | Darlington 2-1 Kidderminster Harriers | Division 3 | 2630 | Details |
| 25/01/2003 | L | Torquay 3-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 2628 | Details |
| 04/02/2003 | L | Swansea 1-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 5553 | Details |
| 08/02/2003 | D | Darlington 2-2 Rushden & Diamonds | Division 3 | 2742 | Details |
| 11/02/2003 | L | Darlington 0-1 Rochdale | Division 3 | 2479 | Details |
| 15/02/2003 | D | Lincoln City 1-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 3193 | Details |
| 23/02/2003 | D | Wrexham 0-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 4079 | Details |
| 01/03/2003 | D | Darlington 2-2 Hartlepool United | Division 3 | 5832 | Details |
| 04/03/2003 | W | Darlington 2-1 York City | Division 3 | 3434 | Details |
| 08/03/2003 | L | Bournemouth 2-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 5758 | Details |
| 11/03/2003 | L | Darlington 1-2 Cambridge United | Division 3 | 2076 | Details |
| 15/03/2003 | D | Darlington 2-2 Exeter City | Division 3 | 2476 | Details |
| 19/03/2003 | L | Boston United 1-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 2186 | Details |
| 22/03/2003 | W | Scunthorpe United 0-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 3904 | Details |
| 29/03/2003 | W | Darlington 3-1 Bury | Division 3 | 2879 | Details |
| 05/04/2003 | L | Southend United 2-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 3053 | Details |
| 12/04/2003 | W | Darlington 5-1 Shrewsbury | Division 3 | 2660 | Details |
| 19/04/2003 | L | Macclesfield 1-0 Darlington | Division 3 | 1967 | Details |
| 21/04/2003 | W | Darlington 2-0 Hull City | Division 3 | 3487 | Details |
| 26/04/2003 | L | Bristol Rovers 2-1 Darlington | Division 3 | 9835 | Details |
| 03/05/2003 | D | Darlington 2-2 Leyton Orient | Division 3 | 5723 | Details |
League Table
The league table for the season can be seen below.
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Ply | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Rushden & Diamonds | 46 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 87 | Champions |
| 2 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 85 | Promoted |
| 3 | Wrexham | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 34 | 84 | Promoted |
| 4 | Bournemouth | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 74 | Promoted |
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 72 | |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 46 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 70 | |
| 7 | Bury | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 70 | |
| 8 | Oxford United | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 69 | |
| 9 | Torquay | 46 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 0 | 66 | |
| 10 | York City | 46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -1 | 66 | |
| 11 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 30 | -1 | 63 | |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 45 | -3 | 61 | |
| 13 | Hull City | 46 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 59 | |
| 14 | Darlington | 46 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 32 | -1 | 54 | |
| 15 | Boston United | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 34 | -1 | 54 | Deducted 4 pts |
| 16 | Macclesfield | 46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 35 | -6 | 54 | |
| 17 | Southend United | 46 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 36 | -12 | 54 | |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 37 | -10 | 53 | |
| 19 | Rochdale | 46 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 40 | -7 | 52 | |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 30 | -7 | 51 | |
| 21 | Swansea | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 40 | -17 | 49 | |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 46 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 38 | -26 | 49 | |
| 23 | Exeter City | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 33 | -14 | 48 | Relegated |
| 24 | Shrewsbury | 46 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 53 | -30 | 41 | Relegated |