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Last update: 8 May 2003


The Premier Reserve League is split into north and south divisions, this season with 14 teams in the southern league (Fulham having been added, with the numbers made up from relegated teams from previous seasons.

Match reports, where available, are linked to from dates in the fixtures/results list below.

Home games at Barnet FC, kick-off 1900, unless otherwise stated.

The new official Arsenal web site, AFCi has a reserve team page here, with a fixture list and match reports.

FA Premier Reserve league (south), fixtures & results, 2002-2003

Aug 14  (H)   Fulham                1-5  Barrett (p)
Aug 21  (A)   West Ham United       2-2  Pennant, Aliadière
Aug 28  (H)   Charlton Athletic     6-1  Jeffers 2, Aliadière, Sidwell, Pennant 2
Sep 18  (A)   Watford               4-0  Jeffers 3, Toure
Sep 26  (H)   Chelsea               0-2
Sep 30  (A)   Wimbledon             4-2  Bentley 2, Brown 2
Oct  8  (A)   Leicester City        2-0  Noble, Paulinho
Oct 23  (H)   Ipswich Town          2-0  Pires, Edu
Oct 30  (A)   Nottingham Forest     2-0  Pennant 2
Nov 25  (H)   Watford               1-1  Skulason
Dec 11  (A)   Coventry City         1-1  Bentley
Dec 16  (A)   Tottenham Hotspur     3-0  Jeffers 2, Thomas
Jan  6  (H)   Derby County          1-2  og
Jan 22  (A)   Fulham                0-3
Jan 27  (H)   Southampton           3-1  Stepanovs, Svard, Aliadière
Feb  3  (A)   Chelsea               1-1  Aliadière
Feb 12  (A)   Ipswich Town          0-3
Feb 17  (H    Wimbledon             2-1  Thomas, Aliadière
Feb 26  (A)   Charlton Athletic     1-4  Ljungberg
Mar  5  (H)   Leicester City        3-3  Pennant, Aliadière, Bentley
Mar 10  (H)   Nottingham Forest     7-2  Thomas 2, Aliadière 2, Bentley 3
Mar 18  (A)   Southampton           3-1  Pennant pen, Thomas, Bentley
Apr  7  (H)   Coventry City         4-1  Jeffers, Kanu, Thomas, Pennant
Apr 14  (A)   Derby County          0-0
Apr 23  (H)   Tottenham Hotspur     2-0  Brown, Pennant
May  6  (H)   West Ham United       1-2  Barrett (pen)
 

FA Premier reserve league (south)

final table

                         P   W   D   L   F   A  Pts
Watford                 26  15   5   6  34  27   50
Fulham                  26  14   6   6  58  34   48  
Derby County            26  13   7   6  46  30   46
ARSENAL                 26  13   6   7  56  38   45  
West Ham United         26  10  11   5  29  26   41  
Tottenham Hotspur       26  10   5  11  32  33   35 
Charlton Athletic       26  10   4  12  40  37   34  
Nottingham Forest       26  10   4  12  39  42   34 
Leicester City          26  10   3  13  31  43   33  
Chelsea                 26   8   8  10  31  33   32  
Ipswich Town            26   9   5  12  34  39   32  
Southampton             26   9   5  12  27  38   32
Wimbledon               26   5   6  15  27  45   21  
Coventry City           26   4   9  13  18  38   21  

Arsenal reserve team appearances 2002/2003

Last updated 7 May 2003

In the following table figures in brackets are goals, figures after the plus sign appearances as substitute. In the second column, an S indicates player is also member of 1st team squad, a Y indicates eligibility for one of the youth teams, T indicates triallist or unknown status. Otherwise player is only a member of the reserve squad.


 
                              Premier Reserve League
                              ----------------------
Guillaume Warmuz    S                 8                        
Craig Holloway      Y                 7+1
Stuart Taylor       S                 7
Rami Shaaban        S                 4

Ryan Garry          Y                15+1
Stathis Tavlaridis                   15
Igors Stepanovs     S                14   (1)
Alex Bailey         Y                13+4
Nicky Nicolau       Y                12+3
Moritz Volz                           8+1
Juan                                  7+1
Ben Chorley                           7
Justin Hoyte        Y                 6+4
Frankie Simek       Y                 4+2
Matthew Upson       S                 3
Pascal Cygan        S                 3
Martin Keown        S                 1
Ashley Cole         S                 1
Oleg Luzhny         S                 1
Wayne O'Sullivan    Y                 1
Ashley Probets      Y                  +1
John Halls                           
Liam Chilvers                        

Sebastian Svard                      18+2 (1)
Jermaine Pennant    S                13   (9)
Jerome Thomas                        12   (6)
John Spicer         Y                 9+5
Kolo Toure          S                 8   (1)
Stephen Sidwell                       7+2 (1)
David Grondin                         7
Paulinho                              3+5 (1)
David Noble                           3+2 (1)
Freddie Ljungberg   S                 3   (1)
Jordan Fowler       Y                 3
Stephen Bradley     Y                 2+9
Gio van Bronckhurst S                 2
Edu                 S                 2   (1)
Sebastian Larsson   Y                 1+5                
Olaf Skulason       Y                 1+4 (1)
Robert Pires        S                 1   (1)
Alfie Kamara        Y                 

David Bentley       Y                17+2 (8)
Jermaine Brown                       14+4 (3)
Jeremie Aliadière   S                11   (8)
Francis Jeffers     S                 6   (8)
Graham Barrett                        3   (2)
Kanu                S                 1   (1)
Dean Shiels         Y                  +2
Quincy OWusu-Abeyi  Y                  +1


Volz on loan to Wimbledon, Feb - Apr 2003
Noble transferred to West Ham, Jan 2003
Grondin on loan to Dunfermline Athletic, Feb 2003, transferred to Dunfermline, Feb 2003
Skulason on loan to Fylkir AC, Iceland, Jan - Jul 2003
Tavlaridis on loan to Portsmouth, Jan - Mar 2003
Sidwell on loan to Brighton, Nov 2002 - May 2003, transferred to Reading, Jan 2003
Pennant on loan to Watford, Nov 2002 - Feb 2003
Upson on loan to Reading, Sep - Dec 2002, transferred to Birmingham City, Jan 2003
Barrett on loan to Brighton, Aug 2002 - May 2003
Thomas on loan to QPR, Aug - Oct 2002
Chorley on loan to Brentford, Aug - Sep 2002, transferred to Wimbledon, Feb 2003
Halls on loan to SK Beveren, Jul 2002 - May 2003
Chilvers on loan to SK Beveren, Jul 2002 - Dec 2002
             and to Colchester United Jan - Mar 2003
Stack on loan to SK Beveren, Jul 2002 - May 2003


Lineups

Aug 14 (h) Fulham 1-5
Scorers: Barrett (p) 62
Taylor; Bailey, Tavlaridis (Sidwell 54), Stepanovs#, Upson; 
Noble (Garry 62), Toure, Juan, Pennant (Bentley 54); Aliadière, Barrett
Subs not used: Nicolau, Holloway

Aug 21 (a) West Ham 2-2
Scorers: Aliadière 28, Pennant 68
Taylor; Bailey, Juan, Tavlaridis, Upson; 
Garry, Sidwell, Pennant (Paulinho 78), Bentley; Aliadière (Hoyte 60), Jeffers
Subs not used: Grondin, Spicer, Holloway

Aug 28 (a) Charlton 6-1
Scorers: Jeffers 8,29, Aliadière 17, Sidwell 39, Pennant 55,90 
Taylor; Luzhny (Volz 62), Juan, Stepanovs, Cygan; 
Toure (Noble 62), Sidwell, Pennant, Barrett; Aliadière (Paulinho 62), Jeffers
Subs not used: Bentley, Holloway

Sep 18 (a) Watford 4-0
Scorers: Jeffers 16,26,34, Toure 51 
Shaaban; Volz, Juan, Tavlaridis, Cygan; 
Toure (Paulinho 59), Sidwell, Svard, Grondin (Skulason 75); Pennant, Jeffers (Brown 71)
Subs not used: Garry, Holloway

Sep 26 (h) Chelsea 0-2
Scorers:  
Taylor; Bailey, Juan, Tavlaridis, Hoyte; 
Paulinho (Skulason 78), Sidwell, Svard, Grondin (Brown 58); Bentley, Garry
Subs not used: Nicolau, Spicer, Holloway

Sep 30 (a) Wimbledon 4-2
Scorers: Bentley 18,42, Brown 32,45 
Shaaban; Bailey, Juan, Tavlaridis#, Stepanovs; 
Paulinho (Spicer 84), Sidwell, Svard (Skulason 87), Garry; Bentley, Brown (Nicolau 74)
Subs not used: Grondin, Holloway

Oct 8 (a) Leicester City 2-0
Scorers: Noble 78, Paulinho 88 
Taylor; Bailey, Juan, Tavlaridis, Chorley; 
Paulinho, Spicer (Noble 68), Sidwell, Svard; Garry#, Brown
Subs not used: Birchall, Grondin, Nicolau, Holloway

Oct 23 (h) Ipswich Town 2-0
Scorers: Pires 39, Edu 89 
Shaaban; Luzhny, Volz, Tavlaridis, Stepanovs; 
van Bronckhurst (Juan 73), Edu, Toure (Sidwell 67), Pires (Svard 73); Pennant, Brown
Subs not used: Bentley, Jordan

Oct 30 (a) Nottingham Forest 2-0
Scorers: Pennant 52,64 
Shaaban; Volz, Grondin# (Nicolau 70), Tavlaridis, Chorley; 
van Bronckhurst, Svard (Skulason 88), Sidwell, Pennant#; Garry (Paulinho 76), Brown
Subs not used: Bailey, Holloway

Nov 25 (h) Watford 1-1
Scorers: Skulason 55 
Holloway; Volz (Bailey h-t), Nicolau, Keown (Simek 67), Chorley; 
Toure, Svard, Skulason, Grondin; Bentley#, Brown (Bradley 69)
Subs not used: Kamara, Spicer

Dec 11 (a) Coventry City 1-1
Scorers: Bentley 57 
Holloway; Chorley (Larsson 82), Tavlaridis, Upson, Stepanovs; 
Svard, Toure, Bailey, Grondin (Bradley 75); Bentley, Brown
Subs not used: Kamara, Probets, Simek

Dec 16 (a) Tottenham Hotspur 3-0
Scorers: Jeffers 59,72, Thomas 73 
Taylor; Chorley, Tavlaridis# (Simek 79), Stepanovs, Grondin#, Volz#; 
Svard (Spicer 82), Thomas, Bentley; Brown (Bradley 82), Jeffers
Subs not used: Bailey, Holloway

Jan  6 (h) Derby County 1-2
Scorers: og 59 
Holloway; Volz (Svard 67), Cygan#, Stepanovs, Grondin (Bradley 80); 
Spicer, Noble, Hoyte (Bailey 78), Nicolau; Brown, Bentley
Subs not used: Chorley, Jordan

Jan 22 (a) Fulham 0-3
Scorers:  
Holloway; Bailey, Chorley, Garry#, Nicolau; 
Svard#, Noble, Thomas, Brown; Bentley, Aliadière (Paulinho 64)
Subs not used: Grondin, Spicer, Skulason, Neidzweicki

Jan 28 (h) Southampton 3-1
Scorers: Stepanovs 4, Svard 46, Aliadière 56 
Holloway; Bailey, Chorley#, Garry, Nicolau; 
Svard, Stepanovs (Bradley 63), Thomas#, Brown (Spicer 71); Bentley, Aliadière
Subs not used: Grondin, Hoyte, Neidzweicki

Feb 3 (a) Chelsea 1-1
Scorers: Aliadière  
Taylor; Toure, Stepanovs, Simek, Nicolau; 
Svard, Spicer, Ljungberg (Bailey 66), Bentley; Jeffers# (Brown 66), Aliadière
Subs not used: Fowler, Larsson, Holloway

Feb 12 (a) Ipswich 0-3
Scorers:  
Warmuz; Hoyte, Garry, Simek, Nicolau; 
Fowler, Spicer, Ljungberg (Larsson h-t), Brown; Bentley, Aliadière
Subs not used: Artry, O'Sullivan, Shiels, Holloway

Feb 17 (h) Wimbledon 2-1
Scorers: Thomas 40, Aliadière 64 
Warmuz; Toure (Hoyte 50), Stepanovs, Garry, Nicolau; 
Svard (Brown 46), Spicer, Thomas, Pennant; Bentley, Aliadière
Subs not used: Larsson, Simek, Holloway

Feb 26 (a) Charlton Athletic 1-4
Scorers:  
Warmuz (Holloway 46); Bailey, Hoyte, Stepanovs, Garry; 
Svard, Ljungberg (Bradley 75), Thomas (Spicer 46), Pennant##; Bentley, Aliadière
Subs not used: Nicolau, Simek

Mar 5 (h) Leicester City 3-3
Scorers: Pennant 13, Aliadière 31, Bentley 47 
Holloway; Bailey, Hoyte, Garry##, Nicolau; 
Svard#, Fowler, Thomas, Pennant# (Bradley 83); Bentley, Aliadière
Subs not used: Larsson, O'Sullivan, Sheils, Niedzwiecki

Mar 12 (h) Nottingham Forest 7-2
Scorers: Thomas 2,68, Aliadière 8,44, Bentley 21 pen,53,77 
Warmuz; Bailey, Tavlaridis, Simek#, Garry; 
Svard#, Fowler, Thomas (Larsson 77), Nicolau; Bentley, Aliadière (Shiels 85)
Subs not used: Cregg, Hoyte, Niedzwiecki

Mar 18 (a) Southampton 3-1
Scorers: Pennant 20pen, Thomas 24, Bentley 74 
Warmuz; Bailey (Hoyte 54), Tavlaridis, Simek, Garry; 
Svard, Spicer, Thomas, Nicolau (Larsson 82); Bentley, Pennant
Subs not used: Fowler, Shiels, Jordan

Apr 7 (a) Coventry City 4-1
Scorers: Jeffers 11, Kanu 56, Thomas 65, Pennant 77 
Warmuz; Bailey, Luzhny, Tavlaridis, Stepanovs, Cole; 
Svard (Spicer 77), Edu, Thomas, Pennant; Kanu (Bradley 71), Jeffers (Bentley 67)
Subs not used: Nicolau, Holloway

Apr 14 (a) Derby County 0-0
Warmuz; Volz, Tavlaridis, Stepanovs, Garry; 
Svard (Bradley 45), Spicer (Hoyte 78), Thomas, Pennant; Bentley, Brown (Nicolau 73)
Subs not used: Bailey, Holloway

Apr 23 (h) Tottenham Hotspur 2-0
Scorers: Brown 22, Pennant 79 
Warmuz; Volz, Tavlaridis, Stepanovs, Garry; 
Spicer, Bradley (Bailey 82), Thomas, Nicolau (Larsson 90); Pennant#, Brown
Subs not used: Owusu-Abeyi, Shiels, Holloway

May 6 (h) West Ham United 1-2
Scorer: Barrett 39 (pen) 
Holloway; O'Sullivan, Hoyte, Bailey, Nicolau; 
Spicer, Bradley (Probets 75), Thomas, Larsson (Owusu-Abeyi 69); Barrett, Brown (Shiels 86)
Subs not used: Kamara, Jordan

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