2002/2003

By Stuart McLaren

Having won their first league title for 51 years the previous season, Queens went on to win their first ever National Cup when they beat Brechin in The Challenge Cup Final, and cemented their place in the 1st Division. Rivals meanwhile had dropped all Scottish sites, and The Only Team in The Bible had decided to go 'independant' again.

2002/2003 - The Good Times Keep Coming

On 20th October, 2002, half of Dumfries decended upon Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, to see Queens beat Brechin 2-0 in the Challenge CupFinal. The choice of venue had been controversial in the weeks running up to the final, and to be honest, the atmosphere wasn't as good as it had been in that first final when we lost to Falkirk, but the win kind of made up for it. In the League, after a slow start, Queen's first season in the 1st Division for many years saw them finish comfortably mid-table, with the help of a new young find in goals, Andy Goram.

The Only Team in The Bible was independant again, as Rivals had decided to drop all Scottish 2nd and 3rd Division sides, and eventually the whole Scottish Network (actually, this happened some time the previous season). I decided not to take up the offer of running the MAD site as I wanted more freedom over the layout of my site, but after a trial with a new Message Board which proved disasterous as it became over-run with pop up adverts, I decided to use the MAD Message Boad, now run by the Duke of Galloway, as the Message Board for this site too.

 

Stories agm2.htm Squad_(Positional_Order).htm Reports QueensSeason.htm FantasyLatest.htm PlayerofSeason.htm SeasonPreview2002-2003.htm SeasonFantasLeagueTable.xls Profiles 12012003.htm Squad_(Alphabetical_Order).htm BettingSeason.htm agm.htm 030702.htm BettingSeasonScores.htm Previews SeasonsBettingLeague.htm FantasLeagueTable.xls
Reports RossC4.htm RossC3.htm StMirren2.htm Clyde4.htm Killy.htm StMirren5.htm Clyde3.htm Gala.htm Peterhead.htm Barnsley.htm Alloa2.htm Inverness1.htm Killie.htm Arbroath2.htm Falkirk4.htm Falkirk3.htm StMirren4.htm Clyde2.htm StMirren3.htm RossC2.htm Falkirk2.htm StJohnstone1.htm Aberdeen2.htm Arbroath4.htm Ayr1.htm Arbroath3.htm Alloa4.htm Alloa3.htm Aberdeen1.htm Falkirk1.htm StJohnstone2.htm Ayr2.htm CCF.htm Inverness4.htm Dumbarton.htm Inverness3.htm Livingston.htm Clyde1.htm Morton.htm Dundee.htm RossC1.htm Inverness2.htm Alloa1.htm Ayr3.htm Arbroath1.htm Ayr4.htm StJohnstone3.htm StJohnstone4.htm StMirren1.htm forfar.htm
Previews Aberdeen.htm Clyde2.htm CCF2.htm Forfar.htm falkirk1.htm RossC2.htm Ayr.htm Ayr2.htm Arbroath1.htm CCF3.htm StMirren1.htm Inverness1.htm StMirren2.htm Alloa1.htm Peterhead.htm Inverness2.htm ccf4.htm Arbroath2.htm falkirk3.htm StJohnstone1.htm StMirren3.htm Clyde1.htm CCF1.htm RossC1.htm falkirk2.htm
Player Profiles Weatherson.htm Anderson.htm Crawford.htm Sheilds.htm Nielson.htm ONeill.htm Goram.htm Donald.htm Grey.htm McLaughlin.htm Campbell.htm

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