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

Cork City v Shelbourne

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)

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

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)

UCD v Shelbourne

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)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

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'

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

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'

Shelbourne v Longford Town

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)

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

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

Shelbourne v Bohemians

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)

Derry City v Shelbourne

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

Shelbourne v Cork City

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)

Drogheda United v Shelbourne

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)

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

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)

Shelbourne v UCD

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)

Longford Town v Shelbourne

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)

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers

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

Bohemians v Shelbourne

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)

Bray Wanderers v Shelbourne

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)

Cork City v Shelbourne

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)

Shelbourne v Derry City

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)

Shelbourne v St. Patrick's Athletic

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)

UCD v Shelbourne

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

Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne

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

Derry City v Shelbourne

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

Shelbourne v Longford Town

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

Shelbourne v Bohemians

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

Shelbourne v Drogheda United

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)

Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

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

Hibernians v Shelbourne

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)

Shelbourne v Hibernians

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

Shelbourne v Rockmount

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

St. Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne

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
				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

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

References