2002–03 FA Cup broadcasters for the second consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the fifteenth consecutive season. 2002–03 FA Cup The 2002–03 FA Cup was the 122nd staging of the world's oldest cup competition, the FA Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal with a 1–0 victory in the final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff against Southampton, courtesy of a Robert Pires goal. At this stage the 48 Second and Third Division clubs joined the 32 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The matches were scheduled to be played on the weekend of Saturday, 16 November 2002,
2002–03 Iraq FA Cup 2002–03 Iraq FA Cup The 2002–03 Iraq FA Cup was the 25th edition of the knockout competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. It kicked off on 2 September 2002, and the final was played on 23 August 2003 in the Franso Hariri Stadium. This was the first time in the tournament's history that the cup final was not played in Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. Al-Talaba were the defending champions of the cup after beating Al-Shorta 1–0 in the 2002 final, and the exact same was repeated one year later as Al-Talaba beat Al-Shorta 1–0 again to lift their