2002–03_Irish_League

2002–03 Irish League

Football league season

The 2002–03 Irish League was the 102nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Irish League Premier Division
Season	2002–03
Champions	Glentoran 21st Irish title
Matches played	228
Goals scored	597 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vinny Arkins (29)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Premier Division

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the 2002–03 Irish League Premier Division

2002–03 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2002–03 Irish League Premier Division

League standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran (C)	38	28	6	4	78	22	+56	90	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Portadown	38	24	8	6	89	36	+53	80	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Coleraine	38	21	10	7	66	38	+28	73	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Linfield	38	17	12	9	70	41	+29	63
5	Omagh Town	38	15	6	17	47	57	−10	51	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Institute	38	12	6	20	44	75	−31	42

7	Ards	38	12	10	16	27	39	−12	46
8	Lisburn Distillery	38	12	6	20	39	49	−10	42
9	Cliftonville	38	9	14	15	37	43	−6	41
10	Glenavon	38	8	12	18	41	67	−26	36
11	Crusaders	38	9	9	20	26	61	−35	36
12	Newry Town	38	8	7	23	33	69	−36	31	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ARD	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	INS	LIN	DIS	NEW	OMA	POR
Ards		0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2
Cliftonville	1–0		1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–3
Coleraine	2–0	1–1		3–3	3–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–4	3–0	0–1	1–0
Crusaders	0–2	0–0	0–0		0–2	2–4	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–4
Glenavon	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		0–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–5
Glentoran	3–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–0		4–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1
Institute	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–5		1–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	3–3
Linfield	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3		1–4	3–0	3–1	0–1
Lisburn Distillery	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2		2–1	1–2	2–4
Newry Town	1–3	0–3	0–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–6	1–0		1–4	0–0
Omagh Town	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–2		1–1
Portadown	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	6–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	4–2	3–1

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team will play every other team for the third time (either at home, or away).

Home \ Away	ARD	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	INS	LIN	DIS	NEW	OMA	POR
Ards		0–0		0–0		0–2	1–0			1–0		0–3
Cliftonville				0–1		0–2	1–3			1–1
Coleraine	3–1	4–3			4–1				2–1		0–1
Crusaders			0–2		2–0			0–5		0–2	2–0	0–5
Glenavon	3–0	1–1				0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2
Glentoran			1–0	0–1			6–1	0–0		2–1		1–0
Institute			0–1	2–1				2–0		0–1	3–1	1–0
Linfield	1–0	0–0	2–0							4–0		3–2
Lisburn Distillery	0–1	1–1		0–1		0–1	1–1	1–2
Newry Town			0–0		2–2				0–1		0–1	0–3
Omagh Town	0–1	2–1			2–0	0–4		1–1	0–3
Portadown		2–1	1–5		2–1				1–1		5–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

During matches 34–38 each team will play every other team in their half of the table once. As this is the fourth time that teams play each other this season, home sides are chosen so that they will have played each other twice at home and twice away.

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Section A

Home \ Away	COL	GLT	INS	LIN	OMA	POR
Coleraine		2–2	2–1	3–1		1–1
Glentoran					0–0
Institute		0–4
Linfield		1–1	7–0		1–0
Omagh Town	0–2		4–1			3–5
Portadown		3–0	3–3	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Section B

Home \ Away	ARD	CLI	CRU	GLV	DIS	NEW
Ards		0–0		1–0	1–0
Cliftonville				2–0	1–0
Crusaders	0–0	1–0			1–1
Glenavon			2–0			3–2
Lisburn Distillery				0–0		1–2
Newry Town	1–0	1–1	3–0

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

Quick Facts Champions, Promoted ...

Irish League First Division
Champions	Dungannon Swifts
Promoted	Dungannon Swifts Ballymena United Limavady United Larne
Relegated	Bangor Carrick Rangers Ballyclare Comrades Armagh City
Matches played	112
Goals scored	377 (3.37 per match)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Location of teams in the 2002–03 Irish League First Division

League standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dungannon Swifts (C, P)	28	18	6	4	61	32	+29	60	Promotion to the Irish Premier League
2	Ballymena United (P)	28	16	6	6	71	40	+31	54
3	Limavady United (P)	28	15	5	8	53	37	+16	50
4	Larne (P)	28	13	4	11	35	30	+5	43
5	Bangor (R)	28	12	5	11	40	39	+1	41	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
6	Carrick Rangers (R)	28	8	4	16	44	76	−32	28	Entered the Irish First Division
7	Ballyclare Comrades (R)	28	6	4	18	36	65	−29	22
8	Armagh City (R)	28	4	6	18	37	58	−21	18

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off

Newry Town, who finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Bangor, the 5th-placed team in the First Division, in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League.

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Bangor	0 – 0	Newry Town

6 May 2003

Clandeboye Park, Bangor

More information Newry Town, 2 – 1 ...

Newry Town	2 – 1	Bangor

9 May 2003

The Showgrounds, Newry

Newry Town won 2–1 on aggregate

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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