2003–04 Millwall F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Millwall 2003–04 Mark McGhee (until 15 October)bbc.co.uk McGhee leaves Millwall, BBC NewsDennis Wise (player-manager) Theo Paphitis The Den First Division 10th FA Cup Runners-up League Cup First round Tim Cahill and Neil Harris (9) Tim Cahill (12) 2002–03 2004–05 During the 2003–04 English football season, Millwall competed in the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football. Season summary Despite having spent the previous seasons chasing promotion to the Premiership, Mark McGhee left Millwall by "mutual consent" in October with the club just six points behind league leaders Sheffield United with 14 games played. His replacement, player-manager Dennis Wise, led Millwall to a final 10th place, four points off the play-offs. The club enjoyed greater success in the FA Cup, reaching the final for the first time in their history,bbc.co.uk Wise steps down as Millwall boss, BBC News to face Manchester United. Millwall, who were missing 16 players through injury and suspension, were unable to create many opportunities and lost 3-0bbc.co.uk United win FA Cup, BBC News to a United side which had finished third in the Premier League that season. Curtis Weston, a boyhood United fan, became the youngest player to ever appear in an FA Cup final when he came on a substitute for Wise in the 89th minute. Weston, aged 17 years 119 days, beat the 125-year-old record previously held by James F. M. Prinsep, who appeared in the 1879 final for Clapham Rovers aged 17 years and 245 days; Weston defeated Prinsep's record by 126 days. As United had already qualified for the Champions League, Millwall gained European qualification for the first time in their history, entering the UEFA Cup in the first round. Final league table 2003–04 Football League First Division MIL Kit Strikeforce remained Millwall's kit sponsors. London-based stationery retailer Ryman became kit sponsors. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2003-2004/d1/millwall.htm FootballSquads - Millwall - 2003/04 1 ENG GK Tony WarnerWarner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006. 2 ENG DF Matt Lawrence 3 IRL DF Robbie Ryan 4 AUS MF Tim CahillCahill was born in Sydney, Australia, but also qualified to represent Samoa, England, and the Republic of Ireland through his mother, father, and grandparents respectively, and represented Samoa (then called Western Samoa) at U-20 level, unsuccessfully attempted to overturn a FIFA ruling that prevented him from representing the Republic of Ireland during the 2001–02 season, changed his allegiance to Australia in 2003 following a change in FIFA's eligibility rules and made his international debut for Australia in March 2004. 6 NIR DF Joe DolanDolan was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented Northern Ireland at U-18 and U-21 level. 7 BRB MF Paul IfillIfill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004. 8 ENG MF David Livermore 9 ENG FW Neil Harris 10 ENG FW Danny Dichio 11 ENG MF Curtis Weston 12 ENG DF Darren Ward 13 GPE GK Willy Guéret 14 ENG MF Andy Roberts 16 FRA 1974 FW Abou Fofana 17 AUS DF Kevin MuscatMuscat was born in Crawley, England, but was raised in Australia and represented Australia at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Australia in September 1994. 18 ENG FW John Sutton 19 ENG MF Dennis Wise player-manager 21 ENG FW Nick Chadwick on loan from Everton 22 NIR FW Kevin Braniff 23 ENG FW Mark McCammonMcCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and made his international debut for Barbados in 2006. 25 ENG MF Marvin ElliottElliott was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011. 26 SCO MF Peter Sweeney 27 IRL DF Alan Dunne 28 ENG DF Mark Phillips 29 BEL FW Bob Peeters 30 ENG MF Charley Hearn 33 ENG GK Andy Marshall 34 ENG DF Paul Robinson 35 ENG DF Tony Craig 37 IRL MF Barry Cogan 38 JAM MF Trevor Robinson 39 IRL FW Mark Quigley Left club during season 5 ENG DF Stuart Nethercott to Wycombe Wanderers 10 IRL FW Richard Sadlier retired 11 ENG FW Noel Whelan to Derby County 20 ENG DF Ronnie Bull to Brentford 31 ENG GK David McCartney to Hornchurch 42 BRA DF Juan on loan from Arsenal Reserve squad 15 ENG FW Moses AshikodiAshikodi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but was raised in England and also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally, and represented England at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level before making his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in September 2012. 31 WAL DF Matthew Rees 32 ENG FW Ben May 36 IRL DF Tim Clancy 40 ENG MF Cherno SambaSamba was born in Banjul, Gambia, but was raised in England from the age of 6 and represented England at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-20 level before making his international debut for Gambia in September 2008. 41 CIV MF Alex Tiesse 45 ENG MF Ellis Lattimore Awards At the end of the season, defender Darren Ward was named the club's player of the year. 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