2002–03 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle Football team season

Partick Thistle
Scottish Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-final
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season saw Partick Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 10th position with 35 points.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Rangers (C)	38	31	4	3	101	28	+73	97	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	31	4	3	98	26	+72	97	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	9	11	57	51	+6	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Kilmarnock	38	16	9	13	47	56	−9	57
5	Dunfermline Athletic	38	13	7	18	54	71	−17	46
6	Dundee	38	10	14	14	50	60	−10	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[b]

7	Hibernian	38	15	6	17	56	64	−8	51
8	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	41	54	−13	49
9	Livingston	38	9	8	21	48	62	−14	35
10	Partick Thistle	38	8	11	19	37	58	−21	35
11	Dundee United	38	7	11	20	35	68	−33	32
12	Motherwell	38	7	7	24	45	71	−26	28	Spared from relegation^[c]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ As Rangers, the 2002–03 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee, the cup runners-up
^ As the First Division champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground for the SPL, bottom club Motherwell were spared from relegation.

Results

Partick Thistle's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	3 August 2002	Dundee United	H	0–0	6,375
2	10 August 2002	Motherwell	A	1–1	5,788	Burns 81'
3	17 August 2002	Livingston	H	2–2	4,255	Mitchell (2) 33', 64'
4	24 August 2002	Celtic	A	0–1	8,053
5	1 September 2002	Aberdeen	A	1–0	12,591	Lilley 31'
6	11 September 2002	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	6,848
7	14 September 2002	Dundee	H	1–1	4,552	Mitchell 41'
8	21 September 2002	Rangers	A	0–3	48,969
9	28 September 2002	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	6,111	Archibald (2) 28', 79'
10	5 October 2002	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–4	5,522	Mitchell 61'
11	19 October 2002	Hibernian	H	0–3	5,946
12	26 October 2002	Dundee United	A	1–1	6,369	Waddell 86'
13	2 November 2002	Motherwell	H	2–0	5,405	Hardie 30', Burns 52'
14	9 November 2002	Livingston	A	0–3	6,218
15	17 November 2002	Celtic	A	0–4	57,839
16	23 November 2002	Aberdeen	H	2–1	6,182	Lilley 32', Hardie 79'
17	30 November 2002	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	5,055	Burns (3) 64', 79', 87'
18	4 December 2002	Dundee	A	1–4	5,363	Britton 70'
19	7 December 2002	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	4,110	Britton 5', Burns (2) 45', 52'
20	14 December 2002	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1	9,734
21	22 December 2002	Rangers	H	1–2	10,022	Burns 7'
22	26 December 2002	Hibernian	A	1–1	10,317	Burns 78'
23	29 December 2002	Dundee United	H	0–0	5,109
24	2 January 2003	Motherwell	A	2–2	6,262	Burns (2) 19', 49'
25	28 January 2003	Livingston	H	1–3	3,541	Burns 39'
26	2 February 2003	Celtic	H	0–2	7,119
27	8 February 2003	Aberdeen	H	1–0	11,334	Burns 13'
28	23 February 2003	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	5,651
29	1 March 2003	Dundee	H	1–3	4,599	Buchan 31'
30	9 March 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0	4,746
31	15 March 2003	Hibernian	H	0–1	4,511
32	5 April 2003	Rangers	A	0–2	49,472
33	12 April 2003	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	5,288	Mitchell 73'
34	26 April 2003	Motherwell	H	3–0	4,870	Burns 29', Britton (2) 68', 90'
35	3 May 2003	Livingston	A	1–3	5,349	Lilley 45'
36	10 May 2003	Aberdeen	A	1–2	9,960	Burns 17'
37	17 May 2003	Dundee United	H	0–1	6,357
38	24 May 2003	Hibernian	A	3–2	9,286	Britton 29', Rowson 52', Burns 86'

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	25 January 2003	Dundee	H	0–2	4,825

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	24 September 2002	Berwick Rangers	A	3–0	563	Hardie (2) 19', 32', Buchan 35'
R3	22 October 2002	Dundee	H	1–0	2,652	Hardie 86'
QF	6 November 2002	Celtic	A	1–1 (4–5 pens)	26,333	Burns 50'

References

^ "Scotland 2002/03". RSSSF.

External links

Partick Thistle 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

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