2002–03 Port Vale F.C. season
The 2002–03 season was Port Vale's 91st season of football in the English Football League, and third-successive season in the Second Division. Another poor season, Brian Horton's side avoided relegation with a seventeenth-place finish. Vale exited both the FA Cup and the League Cup at the First Round with defeats to Crewe Alexandra, and reached the Area Quarter-finals of the Football League Trophy. Financial issues were at the forefront in the minds of Vale fans, as the club entered administration in December. After a successful bid, Bill Bratt's Valiant 2001 group won control of the club, taking the club out of administration.
Robbie Williams decided against purchasing the club.
John Durnin left the club at the end of the season.
William Amos Bratt MBE is an English insurance broker and former football club chairman who was the chair of Port Vale from 2003 to 2011.
Under Bratt, the club maintained their League One status, before a drop down the divisions which was only reversed when Micky Adams' appointment sparked a revival.