2002–03 Football League Trophy
# 2002–03 Football League Trophy

The 2002–03 Football League Trophy, known as the 2002–03 LDV Vans Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Bristol City and the runners-up were Carlisle United.

The competition began on 22 October 2002 and ended with the final on 6 April 2003 at the Millennium Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. In addition to the 48 League teams, 12 teams from the Football Conference were also invited to participate in the competition.

## Final

| Bristol City | Carlisle United |
| - | - |

Steve Phillips :

| DF | 2 | Louis Carey |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Tony Butler |
| DF | 19 | Danny Coles |
| DF | 3 | Michael Bell | 85' |
| MF | 7 | Scott Murray |
| MF | 8 | Joe Burnell | |
| MF | 4 | Tommy Doherty (c) |
| MF | 11 | Brian Tinnion | 81' |
| MF | 18 | Christian Roberts | 62' |
| FW | 10 | Lee Peacock |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 14 | Mike Stowell |
| DF | 6 | Matt Hill | 85' |
| DF | 26 | Liam Rosenior | 62' |
| MF | 12 | Aaron Brown | 81' |
| FW | 9 | Peter Beadle |
| Manager: ||||
| Danny Wilson ||||

Matt Glennon :

| DF | 5 | Brian Shelley |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | Paul Raven |
| DF | 15 | Darren Kelly | | 80' |
| DF | 7 | Peter Murphy |
| MF | 24 | Jon McCarthy | |
| MF | 17 | Stuart Green |
| MF | 25 | Mark Summerbell | 85' |
| FW | 33 | Adam Rundle |
| FW | 9 | Richie Foran | |
| FW | 34 | Craig Farrell | 75' |
| Substitute: ||||
| DF | 3 | Lee Maddison | 80' |
| DF | 13 | Willo McDonagh | 85' |
| MF | 20 | Brendan McGill |
| FW | 11 | Brian Wake | 75' |
| FW | 26 | Craig Russell |
| Manager: ||||
| Roddy Collins ||||

* MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of 3 substitutions.
