2002–03 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne

2002–03 season

Chairman

Ollie Byrne

Manager

Pat Fenlon

Premier Division

2nd

UEFA Champions League

First Qualifying Round

FAI Cup

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Stephen Geoghegan (8)
All:
Stuart Byrne (9)
Stephen Geoghegan (9)

Home colours

Away colours

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In the 2002–03 season, Shelbourne finished 2nd in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Managerial/Backroom Staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon

2002–03 Squad Members

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Steve Williams
		GK	Chris Bennion
		DF	Owen Heary (Captain)
		DF	Jim Gannon
		DF	Kevin Doherty
		DF	Barry Prenderville
		DF	Tony McCarthy
		DF	David Crawley
		DF	Clive Ross
		MF	Richie Baker
		MF	Stuart Byrne
		MF	Jim Crawford
		MF	Davy Byrne

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Pat Fenlon
		MF	Wes Hoolahan
		MF	Ollie Cahill
		FW	Stephen Geoghegan
		FW	Mark Roberts
		FW	Alex Nesovic
		FW	Paul Beavers
		FW	Tony Sheridan
		FW	Trevor Molloy
		FW	Dessie Baker
		FW	Ger Rowe
		FW	Alan Murphy
		FW	Kevin Jones

Results/League Tables

eircom League Premier Division

July 5, 2002	Cork City	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 IST	George O'Callaghan 15' John O'Flynn 44' 77'	Report	Trevor Molloy 49'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

July 11, 2002	Shelbourne	3 – 3	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Gary Cronin 6' (o.g.) Stuart Byrne 37' Trevor Molloy 53'	Report	Derek Delaney 36' 43' Stuart Taylor 69'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

August 2, 2002	UCD	1 – 3	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Tony McDonnell 80'	Report	Stuart Byrne 45' Tony McCarthy 58' Stephen Geoghegan 69'	Referee: Declan Hanney (Dublin)

August 5, 2002	Bray Wanderers	1 – 5	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
14.00 IST	Jason Byrne 59' Eddie Gormley 71'	Report	Jim Crawford 29' Barry Prenderville 63' David Crawley 71' (pen.) Stuart Byrne 83' Mark Roberts 89'

August 9, 2002	Shelbourne	1 – 2	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Ollie Cahill 79'	Report	Martin Russell 18' (pen.) Tony Bird 70'

August 23, 2002	Shelbourne	3 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Stuart Byrne 36' Ollie Cahill 47' Jim Crawford 71'	Report		Referee: Dave McKeon (Meath)

September 2, 2002	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 0	Shelbourne	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST		Report

September 13, 2002	Shelbourne	1 – 2	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Richie Baker 80'	Report	Paul Keegan 29' Glen Crowe 43'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

September 19, 2002	Derry City	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 IST	Gareth McGlynn 33'	Report

September 27, 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 1	Cork City	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Jim Gannon 58' Stephen Geoghegan 88'	Report	John O'Flynn 45'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

October 4, 2002	Drogheda United	0 – 3	Shelbourne	o2 Park, Drogheda
20.00 IST	Declan O'Brien 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Mark Roberts 33' Barry Prenderville 55' David Crawley 83' (pen.) Stephen Geoghegan 73' (pen.)	Referee: Pat Whelan (Dublin)

October 11, 2002	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Paul Marney 30' Colm Foley 53'	Report	Stephen Geoghegan 31' 86'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

October 18, 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 1	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Mark Roberts 36' Davy Byrne 37'	Report	Robbie Doyle 27'	Referee: Hugo Whoriskey (Meath)

October 26, 2002	Longford Town	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Flancare Park, Longford
19.30 IST	Eric Lavine 14'	Report	Ollie Cahill 52' Mark Roberts 64'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

November 1, 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Shane Robinson 59'	Referee: Hugh Byrne (Dublin)

November 8, 2002	Bohemians	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park, Dublin
20.10 GMT	Glen Crowe 90+5'	Report	David Crawley 19' (pen.) Stephen Geoghegan 85'	Referee: John Feighrey (Dublin)

November 22, 2002	Bray Wanderers	1 – 2	Shelbourne	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19.45 GMT	Graham O'Hanlon 52'	Report	Stuart Byrne 22' Paul Beavers 84'	Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

November 29, 2002	Cork City	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
19.45 GMT	George O'Callaghan 16' John O'Flynn 47' (pen.)	Report	Stephen Geoghegan 23' Jim Gannon 60'	Referee: Paul McKeon (Dublin)

December 2, 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Derry City	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.05 GMT	Mark Roberts 41' Stuart Byrne 44'	Report		Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Cork)

December 6, 2002	Shelbourne	2 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Gannon 81' Stephen Geoghegan 90'	Report		Referee: Damien Hancock (Dublin)

December 13, 2002	UCD	0 – 2	Shelbourne	Belfield Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Stephen Geoghegan 12' Alex Nesovic 54'

December 22, 2002	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
15.00 GMT		Report	Mark Roberts 56'	Referee: Alan Kelly (Cork)

January 2, 2003	Derry City	0 – 1	Shelbourne	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19.45 GMT		Report	Ollie Cahill 33'	Referee: Ian Stokes (Dublin)

January 7, 2003	Shelbourne	1 – 1	Longford Town	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Jim Gannon 41'	Report	Sean Francis 13'

January 12, 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Bohemians	Tolka Park, Dublin
16.00 GMT		Report	Bobby Ryan 89'

January 20, 2003	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Drogheda United	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT		Report	Andy Myler 53' (pen.) Declan O'Brien 47'	Referee: Jim O'Neill (Waterford)

January 24, 2003	Shelbourne	3 – 1	Bray Wanderers	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.45 GMT	Wes Charles 4' (o.g.) Jim Gannon 73' Ollie Cahill 82'	Report	Philip Keogh 83'

Final League Table

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bohemians	54	15	9	3	47	27	+20	Qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Champions League
2	Shelbourne	49	15	4	8	44	26	+18	Qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
3	Shamrock Rovers	43	12	7	8	42	29	+13	Qualified for 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
4	Cork City	39	11	6	10	37	34	+3
5	Longford Town ^{[note 1]}	35	8	11	8	25	29	+-4
6	University College Dublin	33	8	9	10	23	25	-2
7	St Patrick's Athletic	33	8	9	10	27	33	-6
8	Derry City ^{[note 2]}	31	8	7	12	31	37	-6	Qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
9	Drogheda United	30	8	6	13	26	40	-14	Won promotion/relegation play-off
10	Bray Wanderers	20	4	8	15	31	53	-22	Relegated to First Division

League Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	4	8	44	26	+18	49	6	2	5	20	14	+6	9	2	3	24	12	+12

Last updated: January 24, 2003.
Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures

League Form/Results by Round

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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W

Last updated: January 24, 2003.
Source: eircom League Premier Division Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Champions League

First Qualifying Round

July 17, 2002	Hibernians	2 – 2	Shelbourne	Ta' Qali Stadium, Malta
18.30 IST	Ndubisi Chukunyere 7' Adrian Pulis 37'	Report	Stuart Byrne 6' Jim Gannon 67'	Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

July 24, 2002	Shelbourne	0 – 1	Hibernians	Tolka Park, Dublin
20.05 IST		Report	Ndubisi Chukunyere 90'	Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

Hibernians won 3 – 2 on aggregate

FAI Cup

Second Round

July 27, 2002	Shelbourne	8 – 0	Rockmount	Tolka Park, Dublin
19.00 IST	Trevor Molloy 18' Richie Baker 32' 45' Ollie Cahill 46' Stuart Byrne 53' Wes Hoolahan 59' Stephen Geoghegan 67' Barry Prenderville 68'	Report	Pat Keane 80'	Referee: John Feighery (Dublin)

Third Round

August 16, 2002	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Richmond Park, Dublin
19.45 IST	Martin Russell 33' (pen.) Paul Osam 90'	Report	Stuart Byrne 87'

2002–03 Season Statistics

Player Appearances/Goals

As of January 24, 2003.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Champions Lge		FAI Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Dessie Baker	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Richie Baker	31	3	27	1	2	0	2	2
	FW		Paul Beavers	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	GK		Chris Bennion	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Davy Byrne	20	1	19	1	0	0	1	0
	MF		Stuart Byrne	28	9	24	6	2	1	2	2
	MF		Ollie Cahill	30	6	26	5	2	0	2	1
	GK		Morgan Cranley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim Crawford	20	2	18	2	0	0	2	0
	DF		David Crawley	31	3	27	3	2	0	2	0
	DF		Kevin Doherty	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Pat Fenlon	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Jim Gannon	25	5	22	4	2	1	1	0
	FW		Stephen Geoghegan	24	9	23	8	0	0	1	1
	DF		Owen Heary	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0
	MF		Wes Hoolahan	26	1	23	0	1	0	2	1
	FW		Kevin Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tony McCarthy	15	1	11	1	2	0	2	0
	FW		Trevor Molloy	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	1
	FW		Alan Murphy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alex Nesovic	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
	DF		Barry Prenderville	18	3	14	2	2	0	2	1
	FW		Mark Roberts	27	6	23	6	2	0	2	0
	DF		Clive Ross	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Ger Rowe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tony Sheridan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Steve Williams	21	0	19	0	2	0	0	0

Top Goalscorers

Position	Goalscorer	Total Goals	Premier Division	Champions Lge	FAI Cup
1	Stuart Byrne	9	6	1	2
	Stephen Geoghegan	9	8	0	1
3	Ollie Cahill	6	5	0	1
	Mark Roberts	6	6	0	0
5	Jim Gannon	5	4	1	0
6	Richie Baker	3	1	0	2
	David Crawley	3	3	0	0
	Barry Prenderville	3	2	0	1
9	Jim Crawford	2	2	0	0
	Trevor Molloy	2	1	0	1
11	Paul Beavers	1	1	0	0
	Davy Byrne	1	1	0	0
	Wes Hoolahan	1	0	0	1
	Tony McCarthy	1	1	0	0
	Alex Nesovic	1	1	0	0

Notes

↑ Longford Town had 9 points deducted for fielding Avery John against Cork City, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers but this decision was revoked on appeal.
↑ Derry City qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Cup after winning the 2002–03 FAI Cup.

References

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History

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	4	8	44	26	+18	49	6	2	5	20	14	+6	9	2	3	24	12	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	4	8	44	26	+18	49	6	2	5	20	14	+6	9	2	3	24	12	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	4	8	44	26	+18	49	6	2	5	20	14	+6	9	2	3	24	12	+12