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Season 2002-3

Midland Combination Premier Division : 3rd place
Endsleigh Challenge Cup: Semi Final
Middland Combination Team of the Month: August 2002
FA Vase: First Round

A season in which Brakes were contenders for promotion
until falling away in the last few matches

Results

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
LIT 20 Jul 2002 Nuneaton Borough (1st leg 1-1) H 0-6   477
RCT 10 Aug Coventry Sphinx H 2-3 Blake, Nicholls 225
MCP 17 Aug Meir KA H 3-1 Blake(2), Nicholls 374
MCP 20 Aug Pershore Town H 2-0 Blake, Nicholls 413
MCP 24 Aug Continental Star H 3-5 Own goal, Nicholls, Adams 371
MCP 26 Aug Southam United H 5-0 Blake, Webb (2), Bahi, Nicholls 547
MCP 31 Aug Romulus A 2-1 Agar, Nicholls 172
MCP 3 Sep Massey Ferguson H 3-2 Sidwell, Nicholls (2) 410
MCP 7 Sep Kings Heath A 4-1 Thompson, Shearby (2), Own goal 151
ECC 2 10 Sep Alveston H 2-0 Agar, Webb 415
MCP 14 Sep Fernhill County Sports H 1-0 Shearsby 415
FAV Q2 21 Sep Barrow Town A 1-0 Shearsby 320
MCP 28 Sep Coventry Marconi H 0-0   449
MCP 1 Oct Coventry Sphinx A 4-2 Nicholls (3), Agar 320
MCP 9 Oct Feckenham A 3-2 Web, Nicholls (2) 163
MCP 12 Oct Nuneaton Griff H 2-0 Agar, Timms 446
FAV 1 19 Oct Mickleover Sports A 0-2   412
MCP 26 Oct Highgate United A 0-0   140
BMC 1 29 Oct Southam United A 4-1 Hanrahan, Webb, Agar, Wickson 170
ECC 3 2 Nov Meir KA H 5-2 Webb, Blake, Timms (3) 277
MCP 5 Nov Fernhill County Sports A 0-2   87
MCP 9 Nov Bolehall Swifts A 0-1   120
MIC 12 Nov Rugby Town H 1-2 Mort 386
MCP 19 Nov Alvechurch A 2-1 Blake, Timms 150
BMC 2 26 Nov Rugby Town A 1-2 Dhesi 198
MCP 30 Nov Coventry Sphinx H 1-1 Timms 317
MCP 3 Dec Highgate United H 5-1 Timms (2), Blake (2), Nicholls 243
MCP 10 Dec Romulus H 4-3 Timms, Nicholls (2), Burgess 174
MCP 14 Dec Feckenham H 2-1 Nicholls, Dhesi 280
ECC 4 21 Dec Pershore Town A 3-0 Nicholls, Blake, Timms 135
MCP 28 Dec Rugby Town H 0-0   771
MCP 18 Jan 2003 Southam United A 2-1 Blake, Nicholls 245
MCP 25 Jan Handrahan Timbers H 2-1 Burgess, Agar 451
MCP 28 Jan Castle Vale Kings Heath H 0-3   266
MCP 1 Feb Continental Star A 4-2 Timms, Shearsby (2), Adams 155
MCP 5 Feb Alveston H 2-2 Nicholls, Blake 281
ECC SF1 8 Feb Alvechurch A 0-1   302
MCP 12 Feb Nuneaton Griff A 2-1 Nicholls, Sidwell 165
MCP 15 Feb Coleshill Town H 1-0 Thompson 319
MCP 22 Feb Cheslyn Hay A 3-0 Shearby, Nicholls, Eden 142
MCP 25 Feb Coleshill Town A 2-0 Agar, Nicholls 161
ECC SF2 1 Mar Alvechurch (1st leg 0-1) H 1-1 Agar 473
MCP 8 Mar Coventry Marconi A 0-2   250
MCP 22 Mar Cheslyn Hay H 5-1 Agar (2), Blake (2), Harri 382
MCP 29 Mar Handrahan Timbers A 1-0 Blake 108
MCP 1 Apr Pershore Town A 2-0 Mort, Nicholls 122
MCP 5 Apr Massey Ferguson A 6-2 Adams (2), Hanrahan, Thompson, Gregory, Agar 150
MCP 8 Apr Alvechurch H 3-1 Nicholls (2), Mort 603
MCP 12 Apr West Midlands Police H 5-1 Agar, Nicholls (3), Draper 453
MCP 15 Apr Alveston A 0-0   275
MCP 19 Apr Rugby Town A 1-1 Agar 415
MCP 22 Apr West Midlands Police A 2-3 Adams, Nicholls 144
MCP 26 Apr Meir KA A 1-1 Adams 167
MCP 3 May Bolehall Swifts H 2-2 Thompson (2) 408

Key: MCP: Midland Combination Premier Division; ECC: Endsleigh Challenge Cup;
BMC: Birmingham County FA Midweek Cup; FAV: FA Vase (Q Qualifying);
RCT: Ron Cooper Memorial Trophy; LIT: Leamington Invitational Trophy;
MCC: Midland Combination Invitational Cup

Average home league attendance 399; with cup matches 394.

Pre-season

Comp Date Opposition Venue Score Scorers Crowd
FRND Sun 14 Jul 2002 Priors Sports A 7-0 Sidwell, Mort, Timms, Wickson, Stacey (3)  
FRND Tue 23 Jul Halesowen Town H 1-3 Own goal 453
FRND Sat 27 Jul Bedworth United H 3-2 Nicholls (2), Shearsby 211
FRND Tue 30 Jul Buckingham Town H 3-1 Timms, Dix, Webb 203
RET1 Sat 3 Aug Woodford United N 0-0
4P-5P		   195
RET2 Sun 4 Aug Hook Norton Town N 1-4 Nicholls 200
Key: FRND = Friendly; RET = Ruth Elwell Trophy, a knock out tournament played a at Banbury United and featuring Banbury United, Hook Norton Town, Leamington, Woodford United.  1 denotes first round,  2 denotes third/fourth place play-off.

Final league table

Pos   P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Alvechurch (P) 42 30 7 5 126 48 78 97
2 Coventry Marconi 42 29 5 8 94 37 57 92
3 Leamington 42 27 9 6 92 48 44 90
4 Bolehall Swifts 42 27 5 10 82 53 29 86
5 Romulus 42 24 5 13 107 58 49 77
6 Rugby Town 42 22 10 10 90 52 38 76
7 Coventry Sphinx 42 23 6 13 95 72 23 75
8 Fernhill County Sports 42 21 8 13 74 59 15 71
9 Highgate United* 42 23 3 16 95 67 28 69
10 Meir KA 42 21 6 15 94 75 19 69
11 Castle Vale KH 42 19 6 17 86 66 20 63
12 Nuneaton Griff 42 17 3 22 66 80 -14 54
13 Continental Star 42 14 9 19 86 88 -2 51
14 Coleshill Town 42 13 9 20 54 68 -14 48
15 Pershore Town 42 13 7 22 74 86 -12 46
16 Massey Ferguson 42 13 7 22 85 112 -27 46
17 Feckenham 42 12 6 24 66 85 -19 42
18 West Midlands Police 42 11 9 22 56 87 -31 42
19 Handrahan Timbers 42 11 8 23 57 73 -16 41
20 Alveston 42 9 7 26 66 114 -48 34
21 Southam United 42 7 2 33 43 162 -119 23
22 Cheslyn Hay 42 4 7 31 47 145 -98 19

* 3 points deducted

Leamington playing squad 2002-3

Squad 2003-4

Leamington FC squad at the start of 2002-3 season,
taken at the New Windmill Ground.

Back row: Barry Proctor (Joint Manager), Andy Gregory, Barry Shearsby, Josh Blake, Tom Sidwell, Richard Morris,
Andy Crabtree, Mark Rowland, Darren Timms, Jason Cadden (Joint Manager).
Front row: Matt Papworth (physio), Ben Adams, Glen Webb, Paul Nicholls, Steve Thompson,
Jonny Burgess, Chris Hammond.

  Appearances Goals scored
Player Starts Sub Total MCP RCT MIC LIT FAV BMC ECC Total
Ben Adams 30 9 39 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Brian Agar 26 8 34 10 0 0 0 0 1 2 13
Jagtar Bahi 3 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jamie Ball 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Barr 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Biffin (Goalkeeper) 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Blake 31 7 38 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 15
Jonny Burgess 30 8 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Andy Crabtree 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Curphey 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Myles Day (Goalkeeper) 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harj Dhesi 22 8 30 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Andy Dix 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Draper 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Eden 6 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andrew Ellis 15 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Gettings (Goalkeeper) 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Gregory 39 2 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Hammond 7 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Hanrahan 21 12 33 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
James Harri 1 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nick McFarlane 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Morris (Goalkeeper) 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Mort 28 7 35 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Paul Nicholls 39 6 45 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 30
Ryan Parisi 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Rowland 16 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Saunders 11 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Scott 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Shearsby 29 9 38 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Umbi Sidhu (Goalkeeper) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Sidwell 38 3 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Neil Stacey 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Thompson 42 2 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Darren Timms 42 8 50 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 11
Josh Tolley 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee van der Heyden (Goalkeeper) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simon Walker 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Webb 24 2 26 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 6
Simon Wickson 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
 
Own Goals       2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals  40 players used Max apps=55 92 2 1 0 1 5 11 112
Player Starts Sub Total MCP RCT MIC LIT FAV BMC ECC Total

Details of Leamington's 2002-3 Youth team will be added at a later date

 

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