Rochdale

2002–03 season
Chairman	David Kilpatrick
Manager	Paul Simpson
League Division Three	19th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lee McEvilly All: Lee McEvilly/Paul Connor
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 82nd season in the Football League, and the 29th consecutive season in the fourth tier (League Division Three).

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Division 3		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
8	MF	ENG	Chris Beech	19	2	16 + 2	1	1 + 0	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	FW	ENG	Clive Platt	49	9	40 + 2	6	6 + 0	3	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	DF	ENG	Darren Hockenhull	7	1	6 + 1	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
7	MF	ENG	David Flitcroft	48	2	40 + 1	2	5 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
5	DF	WAL	Gareth Griffiths	47	7	41 + 1	6	3 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
16	MF	NIR	Gavin Melaugh	24	2	17 + 2	1	5 + 0	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ian Bishop	9	0	5 + 3	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
19	FW	ENG	Kevin Townson	28	1	5 + 19	1	0 + 2	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
22	DF	IRL	Lee Andrews	8	0	8 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
20	DF	ENG	Lee Duffy	27	0	19 + 3	0	3 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
11	MF	ENG	Lee Hodges	8	0	3 + 4	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
18	FW	NIR	Lee McEvilly	43	15	27 + 10	14	4 + 1	1	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
10	DF	ENG	Matt Doughty	47	0	39 + 2	0	4 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
13	GK	SCO	Matt Gilks	22	0	19 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
9	DF	ENG	Michael Oliver	24	2	17 + 3	2	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
15	MF	ENG	Michael Taylor	2	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
33	GK	ENG	Neil Bennett	1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
1	GK	WAL	Neil Edwards	32	0	26 + 0	0	5 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	MF	NIR	Paddy McCourt	30	3	12 + 14	2	0 + 2	1	0 + 1	0	0 + 1	0
27	FW	ENG	Paul Connor	46	15	30 + 9	12	5 + 0	3	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
14	MF	ENG	Paul Simpson	41	11	30 + 5	10	3 + 1	1	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
24	DF	ENG	Richard Jobson	20	0	15 + 1	0	3 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
28	FW	NIR	Rory Patterson	9	0	2 + 6	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
29	DF	NIR	Scott Warner	9	0	6 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	DF	AUS	Shane Cansdell-Sherriff	4	0	3 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	DF	ENG	Simon Grand	28	2	22 + 1	2	5 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	DF	ENG	Stephen Hill	12	1	9 + 1	1	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
6	DF	ENG	Steve Macauley	7	0	6 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF	WAL	Wayne Evans	47	0	40 + 0	0	6 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

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