Only Willie Boland and Chris Barker received a credit from Lennie who told the Echo
"Only one or two players, Willie Boland and Chris Barker, achieved normal professional standards. Everybody else fell short."
Lawrence went on to say
"This match wasn't lost, it was presented on a plate to Brighton. We played quite well in the first half and had deservedly opened a two-goal lead. But we were guilty of lacking concentration and discipline in the second half. All three goals could have been prevented. At half-time I told the players they were giving me serious food for thought about first team selection. By the end of the match I was left with virtually none."
City were rocked as early as the 1st minute when Scott Young was taken off suffering from a recurrance of the back injury that has seen him miss the opening games of the season. Martyn Giles replaced him.
So after three Avon Combination games City are in 15th place with 3 points.
Echo match report
The table below is reproduced courtesy of 1871
League Table (updated after the games on 28/8/2002)
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| 4 | Millwall | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 10 | Southend United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Brentford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Reading | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 1 |
| 23 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 24 | Barnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| 25 | Peterborough United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 26 | Northampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0 |