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| Worthington Cup | |||||||||||
| 2002/03 Results | |||||||||||
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| Preliminary Round | |||||||||||
| Tue | Aug | 20 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | - | 2 | Boston United | ||||
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| First Round | |||||||||||
| Byes - The 20 Premier League clubs and First Division Ipswich (who were involved in the UEFA Cup) | |||||||||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Boston United | 1 | - | 5 | Cardiff City | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Bournemouth | 3 | - | 3 | Brentford | ||||
| Brentford won 4-2 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | - | 1 | Exeter City | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Bristol City | 0 | - | 1 | Oxford United | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Burnley | 3 | - | 0 | Blackpool | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Bury | 1 | - | 0 | Stoke City | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Cambridge United | 3 | - | 1 | Reading | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Coventry City | 3 | - | 0 | Colchester United | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Crystal Palace | 2 | - | 1 | Plymouth Argyle | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Grimsby Town | 0 | - | 1 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Hartlepool United | 1 | - | 2 | Tranmere Rovers | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | - | 0 | Darlington | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Hull City | 2 | - | 4 | Leicester City | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Leyton Orient | 3 | - | 2 | Queens Park Rangers | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Lincoln City | 1 | - | 3 | Stockport County | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Macclesfield Town | 4 | - | 1 | Barnsley | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Mansfield Town | 1 | - | 3 | Derby County | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Northampton Town | 0 | - | 1 | Wigan Athletic | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Norwich City | 0 | - | 3 | Cheltenham Town | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | - | 0 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | - | 2 | Notts County | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Port Vale | 0 | - | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Portsmouth | 2 | - | 0 | Peterborough United | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Preston North End | 2 | - | 1 | Scunthorpe United | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Rotherham United | 3 | - | 1 | Carlisle United | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Rushden & Diamonds | 0 | - | 0 | Millwall | ||||
| Rushden won 5-3 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Sheffield United | 1 | - | 0 | York City | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | - | 0 | Rochdale | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Southend United | 1 | - | 4 | Wimbledon | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Swansea City | 2 | - | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 11 | Swindon Town | 1 | - | 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Torquay United | 0 | - | 1 | Gillingham | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Walsall | 1 | - | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Watford | 1 | - | 2 | Luton Town | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 10 | Wrexham | 2 | - | 1 | Bradford City | ||||
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| Second Round | |||||||||||
| Byes - The 8 Premier League sides involved in European competitions (Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Fulham, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle United). | |||||||||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Aston Villa | 3 | - | 0 | Luton Town | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | - | 1 | Bury | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Brentford | 1 | - | 4 | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Cambridge United | 0 | - | 7 | Sunderland | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | - | 0 | Oxford United | ||||
| Oxford won 6-5 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Chesterfield | 1 | - | 1 | West Ham United | ||||
| West Ham United won 5-4 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Coventry City | 8 | - | 0 | Rushden & Diamonds | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Crystal Palace | 7 | - | 0 | Cheltenham Town | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Derby County | 1 | - | 2 | Oldham Athletic | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | - | 1 | Burnley | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 24 | Ipswich Town | 3 | - | 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Leyton Orient | 2 | - | 3 | Birmingham City | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Macclesfield Town | 1 | - | 2 | Preston North End | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Manchester City | 3 | - | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | - | 2 | Walsall | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Portsmouth | 1 | - | 3 | Wimbledon | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Rotherham United | 4 | - | 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Rotherham won 4-2 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Sheffield United | 4 | - | 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | - | 2 | Leicester City | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Southampton | 6 | - | 1 | Tranmere Rovers | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Stockport County | 1 | - | 2 | Gillingham | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | - | 0 | Cardiff City | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 2 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | - | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 1 | Wrexham | 0 | - | 3 | Everton | ||||
| Third Round | |||||||||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Arsenal | 2 | - | 3 | Sunderland | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 5 | Birmingham City | 0 | - | 2 | Preston North End | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Blackburn Rovers (holders) | 2 | - | 2 | Walsall | ||||
| Blackburn won 5-4 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Burnley | 2 | - | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Chelsea | 2 | - | 1 | Gillingham | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Crystal Palace | 3 | - | 0 | Coventry City | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Fulham | 3 | - | 1 | Bury | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Ipswich Town | 3 | - | 1 | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Liverpool | 3 | - | 1 | Southampton | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 5 | Manchester United | 2 | - | 0 | Leicester City | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Newcastle United | 3 | - | 3 | Everton | ||||
| Everton won 3-2 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Oxford United | 0 | - | 3 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | Sheffield United | 2 | - | 1 | Leeds United | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 6 | West Ham United | 0 | - | 1 | Oldham Athletic | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 5 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | - | 0 | Manchester City | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 5 | Wimbledon | 1 | - | 3 | Rotherham United | ||||
| Fourth Round | |||||||||||
| Wed | Dec | 4 | Aston Villa | 5 | - | 0 | Preston North End | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 4 | Blackburn Rovers (holders) | 4 | - | 0 | Rotherham United | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 3 | Burnley | 0 | - | 2 | Manchester United | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 4 | Chelsea | 4 | - | 1 | Everton | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 3 | Crystal Palace | 2 | - | 0 | Oldham Athletic | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 4 | Liverpool | 1 | - | 1 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties | |||||||||||
| Tue | Dec | 3 | Sheffield United | 2 | - | 0 | Sunderland | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 4 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | - | 1 | Fulham | ||||
| Fifth Round | |||||||||||
| Wed | Dec | 18 | Aston Villa | 3 | - | 4 | Liverpool | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 17 | Manchester United | 1 | - | 0 | Chelsea | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 17 | Sheffield United | 3 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| Tue | Dec | 17 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | - | 2 | Blackburn Rovers (holders) | ||||
| Semi-Finals (home and away legs) | |||||||||||
| Tue | Jan | 7 | Manchester United | 1 | - | 1 | Blackburn Rovers (holders) | ||||
| Wed | Jan | 22 | Blackburn Rovers (holders) | 1 | - | 3 | Manchester United | ||||
| Manchester United won 4-2 on aggregate | |||||||||||
| Wed | Jan | 8 | Sheffield United | 2 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Tue | Jan | 21 | Liverpool | 2 | - | 0 | Sheffield United | ||||
| Liverpool won 3-2 on aggregate | |||||||||||
| Final (at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff) | |||||||||||
| Sun | Mar | 2 | Liverpool | 2 | - | 0 | Manchester United | ||||
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