Division 1| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 59 | 150 | 2.54 | 26 | 44.07% | 17 | 28.81% | 16 | 27.12% |
| 2002/03 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Portsmouth | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | WWWX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | Wolves | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 11 | XWWW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 3 | 4 | Rotherham United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 | WWOX | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 4 | 2 | Norwich City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 11 | XWWX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 5 | Gillingham | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | XLWW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Coventry City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 10 | LWWO | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 7 | 1 | Leicester City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 10 | OWLW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 | 3 | Sheffield United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | WWXX | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 | LXWW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 10 | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | WLWX | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11 | 7 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 7 | WLWO | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 5 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 | WWXL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 13 | 3 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 6 | XWOX | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 | 5 | Bradford City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 6 | WOLX | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | 5 | Reading | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 6 | WLLW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 16 | 7 | Derby County | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 6 | LLWL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 17 | 4 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 | XLWL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 18 | 4 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 | OLLX | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 | 4 | Wimbledon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 | LWLO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 20 | 4 | Brighton & HA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 | LLLO | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 21 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 2 | XLLL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 22 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 2 | LOLO | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23 | 1 | Millwall | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 2 | LXLO | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 24 | Burnley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 0 | LLLL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 6 | +2 | Jamie CURETON (Reading) |
| 4 | +2 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest) |
| Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) | ||
| Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United) | ||
| +2 | Alan LEE (Rotherham United) | |
| 3 | Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | |
| Deon BURTON (Portsmouth) | ||
| Ricardo FULLER (Preston North End) |
| Monday, 26 August 2002 | |||||
| 5 | Brighton & HA | 0-2 | Walsall | ||
| 6 | Corica | ||||
| 7 | Leitão | ||||
| 5 | Gillingham | 1-1 | Preston North End | ||
| 62 | Saunders | 90 | Cresswell | ||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 0-1 | Portsmouth | ||
| 85 | Burchill | ||||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 1-2 | Bradford City | ||
| 14 | Bent | 24 | Evans | ||
| 83 | Proctor | ||||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 2-1 | Derby County | ||
| 64 | Lee | 47 | Strupar | ||
| 82 | Lee | ||||
| 25 | Stoke City | 1-1 | Norwich City | ||
| 74 | Commons | 47 | Drury | ||
| 5 | Watford | 5-2 | Coventry City | ||
| 5 | Glass | 86 | McSheffrey | ||
| 34 | Smith | 90 | Eustace | ||
| 40 | Webber | ||||
| 63 | Nielsen | ||||
| 71 | Robinson | ||||
| Tuesday, 27 August 2002 | |||||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Leicester City | ||
| 5 | Reading | 3-0 | Burnley | ||
| 55 | Cureton | ||||
| 87 | Butler | ||||
| 90 | Cureton | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 3-1 | Millwall | ||
| 77 | Asaba | 89 | Ifill | ||
| 82 | Tonge | ||||
| 90 | Ndlovu | ||||
| 5 | Wolves | 2-2 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 60 | Blake | 9 | Kuqi | ||
| 68 | Sturridge | 63 | Kuqi | ||
| Wednesday, 28 August 2002 | |||||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | Wimbledon | ||
| 16 | Johnson | ||||
| 45 | Johnson | ||||
