Manchester United 4 – 1 Charlton Athletic, 2002/03 – Football Research Archive

Manchester United 4 – 1 Charlton Athletic

Source OpenFootballUpdated 23 Oct 2026, 10:40 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 3 May 2003, 12:30 BST

Manchester United

4 – 1Half time 3 – 1

Charlton Athletic

Match statistics

According to football-data.co.uk. Referee: M Halsey.

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Manchester United	Charlton Athletic
Shots	21	4
Shots on target	14	2
Corners	11	3
Fouls committed	6	10
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Yellow cards exclude the first yellow when a player is sent off for a second yellow. Missing values are not held.

Source file, line 365; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:46 BST.

Kickoff

3 May 2003, 12:30 BST

Published as 12:30 Europe/London

Ground

Old Trafford

Manchester United's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

67,721

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 37

Goals

According to “2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season”

11′GoalDavid BeckhamManchester United
32′GoalRuud van NistelrooyManchester United
37′GoalRuud van NistelrooyManchester United
52′GoalRuud van NistelrooyManchester United

Scorers are listed for Manchester United only: the article gives no scorers for the other side, or they do not add up to its score.

According to “2002–03 Charlton Athletic F.C. season”

11′GoalDavid BeckhamManchester United1 – 0
13′GoalClaus JensenCharlton Athletic1 – 1
31′GoalRuud van NistelrooyManchester United2 – 1
37′Goal

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. The two clubs' articles list them differently, so both are shown. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1366449781, read 16 Oct 2026; “2002–03 Charlton Athletic F.C. season”, revision 1376697592, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 23 Oct 2026, 10:40 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:26 BST
Last correction: None

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