2003–04 Crystal Palace F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Crystal Palace 2003–04 Steve KemberKit Symons (caretaker)Iain Dowie Simon Jordan Selhurst Park First Division 6th (qualified for play-offs) Play-offs Winners FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round Andy Johnson (28) Andy Johnson (32) 19,968 _red_hoops _redstripes _red_hoops 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ff0000 ff0000 _thinskybluesides FFD700 FFD700 FFD700 FFD700 FFD700 2002–03 2004–05 During the 2003–04 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary Crystal Palace started the season on the right foot, winning their first three games to top the table, but that was as good as it got under manager Steve Kember and, after a 5–0 defeat at newly promoted Wigan Athletic in November saw the club in 20th place, Kember was sacked (chairman Simon Jordan had previously declared that Kember would have a "job for life" at Palace). Kit Symons stepped up as caretaker until Northern Irishman and former Palace striker Iain Dowie was appointed. Under Dowie, Palace rocketed up the table to reach the play-offs. After beating Sunderland on penalties in the semi-final to reach the Millennium Stadium, they beat West Ham United to regain promotion to the Premiership. Crucial to Palace's promotion was striker Andy Johnson, who scored 28 times in the league alone. He finished as the First Division's top scorer, and was voted as the club's Player of the Year. Kit English company Admiral Sportswear became Palace's kit manufacturers. The new home kit retained the navy shorts worn last season, albeit with a new blue and red striped design along the sides, and the navy socks, which now featured white trim. Palace's traditional blue and red striped shirts were modified with navy trim on the sleeves. Churchill Insurance remained the kit sponsors for the fourth consecutive season.http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Crystal_Palace/Crystal_Palace.htm Crystal Palace - Historical Football Kits www.historicalkits.co.uk 1 October 2018 Final league table 2003–04 Football League First Division y CRY Results Crystal Palace's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 2003 BurnleyA3–212,976Freedman (3, 1 pen) 16 August 2003 WatfordH1–015,333Shipperley 23 August 2003 WimbledonA3–16,113Butterfield, Freedman (pen), Hughes 26 August 2003 Sheffield UnitedH1–215,466Johnson 30 August 2003 MillwallA1–114,425Watson 13 September 2003 SunderlandA1–227,324Johnson 16 September 2003 Bradford CityH0–113,514 20 September 2003 West Bromwich AlbionH2–217,477Freedman, Johnson 27 September 2003 Norwich CityA1–216,425Derry 1 October 2003 West Ham UnitedA0–331,861 4 October 2003 Cardiff CityH2–116,160Routledge, Shipperley 14 October 2003 Derby CountyH1–114,344Butterfield 18 October 2003 Rotherham UnitedH1–118,715Freedman 21 October 2003 Ipswich TownH3–415,483Johnson, Freedman (2, 1 pen) 25 October 2003 GillinghamA0–18,889 1 November 2003 Wigan AthleticA0–56,796 8 November 2003 Preston North EndH1–114,608Johnson 22 November 2003 WalsallA0–06,910 25 November 2003 Stoke CityA1–010,277Johnson 29 November 2003 Coventry CityH1–114,622Edwards 6 December 2003 Preston North EndA1–412,836Derry 9 December 2003 Crewe AlexandraH1–312,259Butterfield 13 December 2003 Nottingham ForestH1–016,935Johnson 20 December 2003 ReadingA3–012,743Johnson (2), Routledge 26 December 2003 MillwallH0–119,737 28 December 2003 Ipswich TownA3–127,629Johnson, Gray 10 January 2004 BurnleyH0–015,276 17 January 2004 WatfordA5–115,017Johnson (2, 1 pen), Routledge, Gray, Freedman 24 January 2004 Bradford CityA2–110,310Johnson, Shipperley 31 January 2004 WimbledonH3–120,552Johnson (2), Granville 7 February 2004 Sheffield UnitedA3–023,816Johnson, Popovic, Shipperley 14 February 2004 Stoke CityH6–316,715Johnson (3, 2 pens), Hughes, Shipperley, Routledge 21 February 2004 Derby CountyA1–221,856Hughes 28 February 2004 GillinghamH1–017,485Butterfield 6 March 2004 ReadingH2–217,853Freedman, Johnson 13 March 2004 Nottingham ForestA2–328,306Shipperley, Granville 20 March 2004 Norwich CityH1–023,798Routledge 27 March 2004 West Bromwich AlbionA0–224,990 6 April 2004 Rotherham UnitedA2–16,001Gray, Shipperley 10 April 2004 Cardiff CityA2–016,656Johnson, Routledge 12 April 2004 West Ham UnitedH1–023,977Freedman 17 April 2004 Wigan AthleticH1–118,799Granville 21 April 2004 SunderlandH3–018,291Johnson (pen), Shipperley, Freedman 24 April 2004 Crewe AlexandraA3–28,136Johnson (3, 1 pen) 1 May 2004 WalsallH1–021,518Johnson 9 May 2004 Coventry CityA1–222,195Freedman First Division play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSF 1st Leg14 May 2004 SunderlandH3–225,287Shipperley, Butterfield, JohnsonSF 2nd Leg17 May 2004 SunderlandA1–2 (won 5–4 on pens)34,536PowellF29 May 2004 West Ham UnitedN1–072,523Shipperley FA Cup 2003–04 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 2004 Tottenham HotspurA0–332,340 League Cup 2003–04 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR112 August 2003 Torquay UnitedA1–1 (won 3–1 on pens)3,366FreedmanR223 September 2003 Doncaster RoversH2–14,904Johnson (2 pens)R328 October 2003 BlackpoolA3–16,010Johnson (2), FreedmanR43 December 2003 Aston VillaA0–324,258 Players First-team squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2003-2004/d1/cpalace.htm FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 2003/04 2 IRL DF Curtis FlemingFleming was born in Manchester, England. 3 ENG DF Danny Granville 4 ENG DF Danny Butterfield 5 WAL DF Kit SymonsSymons was born in Basingstoke, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992. 6 AUS DF Tony Popovic 8 ENG FW Andy Johnson 9 SCO FW Dougie Freedman 10 ENG MF Shaun Derry 11 ENG FW Neil Shipperley 12 ENG DF Jamie Smith 13 FRA GK Cédric Berthelin 14 ENG MF Ben Watson 15 FIN MF Aki Riihilahti 16 ENG MF Tommy Black 17 NIR MF Michael Hughes 18 ENG DF Gary Borrowdale 20 ENG DF Mark Hudson on loan from Fulham 21 ENG MF Julian Gray 22 ENG MF Wayne Routledge 23 WAL FW Gareth WilliamsWilliams was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level. 24 ENG MF Mikele LeigertwoodLeigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008. 26 ENG MF Ben Surey 27 BEL GK Nico Vaesen on loan from Birmingham City 28 ENG MF Tom Soares 29 MRI MF Gavin HeerooHeeroo was born in Haringey, England, but qualified to represent Mauritius internationally and made his international debut for Mauritius in 2002. 30 ENG GK Lance Cronin 32 ENG MF Darren Powell 36 ENG DF Tariq Nabil Left club during season 1 ENG GK Matt Clarke retired 7 ENG MF Hayden Mullins to West Ham United 19 WAL DF Rob EdwardsEdwards was born in Madeley, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in March 2003. on loan from Aston Villa 25 NOR GK Thomas Myhre on loan from Sunderland 31 NGA FW Ade AkinbiyiAkinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999. to Stoke City Notes notes References 2003-04 Crystal Palace