2002–03 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2002–2003 season
Manager	Ian Holloway
Stadium	Loftus Road
Second Division	4th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
LDV Vans Trophy	First Round
Playoffs	Final
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Kevin Gallen (17)
Highest home attendance	17,201 14 May 2003 Oldham Athletic
Lowest home attendance	4,722 22 October 2002 Bristol City
Average home league attendance	13,206
Biggest win	4-0 Vs Mansfield Town (7 September 2002), Port Vale (15 February 2003)
Biggest defeat	0-4 Vs Cardiff City (29 November 2002)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

During the 2002–2003 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

After qualifying for the playoffs QPR were defeated at the Millennium Stadium by Cardiff City

In the FA Cup, QPR were knocked out of the FA cup by Vauxhall Motors.

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Retailer JD Sports continued as kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Crewe Alexandra (P)	46	25	11	10	76	40	+36	86	Promotion to Football League First Division
3	Bristol City	46	24	11	11	79	48	+31	83	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	24	11	11	69	45	+24	83
5	Oldham Athletic	46	22	16	8	68	38	+30	82
6	Cardiff City (O, P)	46	23	12	11	68	43	+25	81

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

10 August 2002 1	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	Chesterfield	London
	Furlong 72' Langley 88' Gallen 90'		Ebdon 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,603

13 August 2002 2	Stockport County	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Stockport
	Beckett 62'		Connolly 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,811

17 August 2002 3	Barnsley	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Barnsley
	Lumsdon 57'			Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,626

24 August 2002 4	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Peterborough United	London
	Gallen 59', 70'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,510

26 August 2002 5	Wycombe Wanderers	4–1	Queens Park Rangers	High Wycombe
	Faulconbridge 35' Rammell 47' Devine 61' Simpson 84'		Furlong 44'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 8,383

31 August 2002 6	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	London
	Thomas 69' Pacquette 90'		Friio 33' Hodges 59'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,001

7 September 2002 7	Mansfield Town	0–4	Queens Park Rangers	Mansfield
			Furlong 6' Shittu 48' Gallen 85' Thomson 89'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,581

14 September 2002 8	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Swindon Town	London
	Gallen 50' Langley 56'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,619

17 September 2002 9	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Huddersfield Town	London
	Shittu 4' Williams 32' Carlisle 73'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,010

21 September 2002 10	Bristol City	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Bristol
	Murray 11'		Connolly 23', 48' Gallen 53'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,221

28 September 2002 11	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Colchester United	London
	Connolly 39' Gallen 72'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,906

5 October 2002 12	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Crewe
	Jones 29', 69'			Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 7,683

14 October 2002 13	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Blackpool	London
	Langley 18' Clarke 66' (o.g.)		Taylor 63'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,335

19 October 2002 14	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cheltenham
	Devaney 64'		Thomas 11'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 6,382

26 October 2002 15	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Oldham Athletic	London
	Rose 2'		Low 29' Duxbury 38'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,491

29 October 2002 16	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wigan
	Liddell 29'		Thomson 45'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 6,241

2 November 2002 17	Port Vale	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Stoke on Trent
				Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,394

9 November 2002 18	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Northampton Town	London
			Trollope 61'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,947

23 November 2002 19	Luton Town	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Luton
				Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,477

29 November 2002 20	Queens Park Rangers	0–4	Cardiff City	London
			Earnshaw 59', 65', 87' Campbell 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,345

14 December 2002 21	Notts County	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Nottingham
	Liburd 7' Fenton 14' Allsopp 83'			Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,343

21 December 2002 22	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Brentford	London
	Bircham 18'		O'Connor 30'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,559

26 December 2002 23	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	London
	Rose 12' Gallen 30'		Dixon 79'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,874

28 December 2002 24	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Birkenhead
	Haworth 54' Jones 60', 71'			Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8,434

1 January 2003 25	Peterborough United	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Peterborough
			Carlisle 44' Langley 79'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,210

4 January 2003 26	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Stockport County	London
	Gallen 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,387

11 January 2003 27	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Barnsley	London
	Pacquette 11'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,217

18 January 2003 28	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Plymouth
			Pacquette 51'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,249

25 January 2003 29	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	London
	Palmer 60'		Robinson 80' Haworth 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,249

2 February 2003 30	Chesterfield	2–4	Queens Park Rangers	Chesterfield
	Hurst 11' Brandon 90'		Pacquette 13' Shittu 22' Furlong 83' Thomson 89'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4,395

8 February 2003 31	Northampton Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
	Rahim 16'		Furlong 60'	Stadium: Sixfields Attendance: 5,859

15 February 2003 32	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Port Vale	London
	Shittu 52' Furlong 61' Padula 79' Gallen 89'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,703

22 February 2003 33	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Mansfield Town	London
	Furlong 20' Gallen 89'		Christie 25', 50'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,942

1 March 2003 34	Swindon Town	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Swindon
	Robinson 18' Parkin 64' Heywood 68'		Shittu 15'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,716

4 March 2003 35	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Queens Park Rangers	Huddersfield
			Furlong 5', 90' Shittu 38'	Stadium: McAlpine Stadium Attendance: 8,695

8 March 2003 36	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Bristol City	London
	Gallen 19' (pen.)			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,681

15 March 2003 37	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7,242

18 March 2003 38	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Cheltenham Town	London
	Gallen 40' Duff 45' (o.g.) Cook 55' Furlong 63'		Devaney 5'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,370

22 March 2003 39	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Wigan Athletic	London
			Ellington 47'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,703

29 March 2003 40	Blackpool	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Blackpool
	Taylor 90'		Langley 35', 65', 85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,162

5 April 2003 41	Cardiff City	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Thorne 78'		Furlong 64' Langley 89'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,245

12 April 2003 42	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Luton Town	London
	McLeod 39', 83'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,786

19 April 2003 43	Brentford	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	London
	Peters 81'		Shittu 8' Bircham 90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,168

21 April 2003 44	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Notts County	London
	Furlong 16' Langley 90'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,585

26 April 2003 45	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,921

3 May 2003 46	Colchester United	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
			Furlong 52'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,047

Playoffs

10 May 2003 Semi Final First Leg	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Oldham
	Eyres 28'		Langley 47'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12,152

14 May 2003 Semi Final Second Leg	Queens Park Rangers	1–0 (2-1 agg.)	Oldham Athletic	London
	Furlong 82'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,201

25 May 2003 Final	Cardiff City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Campbell 114'			Stadium: Millennium Stadium Attendance: 66,096

FA Cup

16 November 2002 1	Vauxhall Motors	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Chester
				Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 3,507

26 November 2002 1 Replay	Queens Park Rangers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Vauxhall Motors	London
	Thomson 18'		Brazier 22'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 5,336

League Cup

10 September 2002 1	Leyton Orient	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	London
	Campbell-Ryce 33' Thorpe 44' Taylor-Fletcher 76'		Thomson 71' (pen.) Gallen 89'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,981

LDV Vans Trophy

22 October 2002 1 Replay	Queens Park Rangers	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Bristol City	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 4,722

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	ENG	Nick Culkin	17					17
GK	ENG	Chris Day	15					15
GK	ENG	Simon Royce	16		1			17
GK	ENG	Fraser Digby	1		3			5
DF	ENG	Steve Palmer	49	1	4			53	1
DF	ENG	Terrell Forbes	39		3			43
DF	ENG	Marcus Bean	4					8
DF	ENG	Matthew Rose	27	2	3			33	2
DF	IRE	Stephen Kelly	9					9
DF	ENG	Danny Murphy	4					12
DF	ENG	Chris Plummer						2
DF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle	36	2	3			41	2
DF	ARG	Gino Padula	19	1	1			25	1
DF	NIG	Danny Shittu	46	7	2			48	7
MF	ENG	Ben Walshe	1					1
MF	ENG	Wes Daly	3		1			7
MF	ENG	Tom Williams	23	1	4			32	1
MF	ENG	Jerome Thomas	5	2				6	2
MF	ENG	Oliver Burgess	2		3			8
MF	ENG	Marc Bircham	37	2	2			41	2
MF	ENG	Kevin McLeod	11	2				11	2
MF	ENG	Richard Langley	38	10	3			42	10
FW	ENG	Karl Connolly	12	4	3			20	4
FW	ENG	Andy Thomson	8	2	4	1	1	25	4
FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	30	14	1			38	14
FW	ENG	Lee Cook	13	1				13	1
FW	ENG	Dennis Oli	8		2			22
FW	FRA	Aziana Ebele Mbombo	3					13
FW	ENG	Richard Pacquette	5	4	1			15	4
FW	ENG	Leroy Griffiths	3					6
FW	ENG	Brett Angell	8					13
FW	SKN	Callum Willock	3					3
FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen	44	13		1		47	14

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Marcus Bignot	Bristol Rovers	March 2001		August 2002	Rushden & Diamonds
Christer Warren	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	June 2000		September 2002	Bristol Rovers
Chris Plummer	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1994		November 2002	Bristol Rovers	Loan
Carl Leaburn	Wimbledon	December 2001		January 2003	Grays Athletic FC
Fraser Digby	Huddersfield Town	October 2001		January 2003	Purfleet
Brett Angell	Port Vale	November 2002		July 2003
Andy Thomson	Gillingham	March 2001	Free	July 2003	Partick Thistle
Oliver Burgess	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 2001		July 2003	Northampton Town
Chris Plummer	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1994		July 2003	Barnet
Danny Murphy	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	December 1999		July 2003	Swindon Town

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Jerome Thomas	Arsenal	August 2002	Loan
Simon Royce	Leicester City	August 2002	Loan
Tom Williams	Birmingham City	August 2002	Loan
Paul Furlong	Birmingham City	August 2002
Brett Angell	Port Vale	November 2002
Lee Cook	Watford	November 2002	Loan
Calum Willock	Fulham	November 2002	Loan
Stephen Kelly	Tottenham Hotspur	March 2003	Loan
Kevin McLeod	Everton	March 2003	Loan
Éric Sabin	Swindon Town	July 2003
Scott Mulholland	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 2003
Gareth Ainsworth	Cardiff City	July 2003

References

^ "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2002–2003 season – 11v11.com". Retrieved 3 October 2022.

Notes

[1] "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2002–2003 season – 11v11.com". Retrieved 3 October 2022.

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