| 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 504 | 1,306 | 2.59 | 214 | 42.46% | 135 | 26.79% | 155 | 30.75% |
| 2002/03 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 92 | WWLW | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 37 | +36 | 81 | XWWW | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 79 | LWWL | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Bristol City | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 76 | XWWW | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | |
| 5 | 1 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 75 | XWXW | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 16 | |
| 6 | QPR | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 73 | WWWL | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 25 | ||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 68 | WOWO | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | ||
| 8 | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 60 | LXOL | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 32 | ||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 58 | LOWW | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | ||
| 10 | Blackpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 56 | -4 | 56 | LLLX | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 35 | ||
| 11 | Colchester United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 49 | 50 | -1 | 54 | XOWX | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 32 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Notts County | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 61 | 66 | -5 | 52 | XWWL | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 35 | |
| 13 | 1 | Swindon Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 51 | LXLW | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 32 | |
| 14 | 6 | Peterborough United | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 52 | -5 | 50 | WWXW | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 32 | |
| 15 | 1 | Brentford | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 43 | 52 | -9 | 50 | LXWL | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 34 | |
| 16 | 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 57 | 63 | -6 | 49 | LLLL | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 26 | |
| 17 | Port Vale | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 63 | -15 | 49 | WWXL | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 1 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 65 | -8 | 48 | WWLX | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 31 | |
| 19 | 3 | Barnsley | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 46 | LLLX | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 32 | |
| 20 | 2 | Chesterfield | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 66 | -26 | 46 | LLLW | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 40 | |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 65 | -17 | 43 | XXXW | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | ||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 43 | WWLL | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 30 | ||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 60 | 89 | -29 | 40 | LLLL | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 46 | ||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 68 | -31 | 38 | LLLL | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 42 | ||
| 30 | Rob EARNSHAW (Cardiff City, 2p) | |
| 27 | Luke BECKETT (Stockport County) | |
| 24 | +1 | Mark STALLARD (Notts County, 6p) |
| 23 | Sam PARKIN (Swindon Town, 3p) | |
| 21 | Rob HULSE (Crewe Alexandra) | |
| 18 | +3 | Scott MURRAY (Bristol City) |
| Iyseden CHRISTIE (Mansfield Town) | ||
| 17 | +1 | Martin SMITH (Huddersfield Town, 2p) |
| 16 | Simon HAWORTH (Tranmere Rovers) | |
| Andy LIDDELL (Wigan Athletic, 6p) | ||
| John MURPHY (Blackpool) | ||
| +1 | Bruce DYER (Barnsley, 3p) | |
| Steve HOWARD (Luton Town) | ||
| 15 | +1 | Nathan ELLINGTON (Wigan Athletic, 1p) |
| Andy CLARKE (Peterborough United) | ||
| 13 | Kevin GALLEN (QPR, 2p) | |
| Wayne CORDEN (Mansfield Town, 5p) | ||
| +2 | Peter THORNE (Cardiff City) | |
| 12 | +1 | Chris ROBERTS (Bristol City) |
| Tony THORPE (Luton Town) | ||
| +1 | Marco GABBIADINI (Northampton Town, 2p) |
| Saturday, 12 April 2003 | |||||
| 42 | Barnsley | 1-2 | Peterborough United | ||
| 15(p) | Dyer | 60(p) | Arber | ||
| 77(og) | Crooks | ||||
| 42 | Bristol City | 5-2 | Mansfield Town | ||
| 13 | Peacock | 37 | Disley | ||
| 32 | Murray | 61(og) | Butler | ||
| 51 | Murray | ||||
| 70 | Carey | ||||
| 80 | Murray | ||||
| 42 | Port Vale | 3-2 | Northampton Town | ||
| 11 | Walsh | 62 | Gabbiadini | ||
| 90 | Clarke | 89 | Dudfield | ||
| 90 | Littlejohn | ||||
| 42 | QPR | 2-0 | Luton Town | ||
| 39 | McLeod | ||||
| 83 | McLeod | ||||
| 42 | Stockport County | 2-1 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 40 | Wilbraham | 72 | Keith | ||
| 86(p) | Daly | ||||
| 42 | Swindon Town | 0-1 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 87 | Smith | ||||
| 42 | Tranmere Rovers | 1-0 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 90 | Jones | ||||
| 42 | Wigan Athletic | 2-0 | Brentford | ||
| 57 | Ellington | ||||
| 90 | McCulloch | ||||
| 42 | Blackpool | 0-1 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 69 | Lunt | ||||
| 42 | Cheltenham Town | 1-1 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 2 | Yates | 31 | Eyres | ||
| 42 | Colchester United | 1-1 | Notts County | ||
| 7 | Duguid | 45 | Stallard | ||
| Sunday, 13 April 2003 | |||||
| 42 | Chesterfield | 0-3 | Cardiff City | ||
| 24 | Kavanagh | ||||
| 35 | Thorne | ||||
| 82 | Thorne | ||||
| Tuesday, 15 April 2003 | |||||
| 41 | Crewe Alexandra | 1-1 | Bristol City | ||
| 15(p) | Lunt | 62 | Roberts | ||
| Wednesday, 16 April 2003 | |||||
| 32 | Peterborough United | 2-0 | Cardiff City | ||
| 38 | Gill | ||||
| 70 | McKenzie | ||||