2003–04 Football League

105th season of the Football League The Football League 2003–04 Norwich City Norwich CityWest Bromwich AlbionCrystal Palace Carlisle UnitedYork City New Clubs in League Yeovil TownDoncaster Rovers 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th completed season of The Football League. This was the last season of the Football League with the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor, and the last in which the divisions were known as the First, Second and Third Divisions: from the following season they would be known as the Championship, League One and League Two respectively. Norwich City won the First Division, thus returning to the Premier League for the first time since 1994–95. Also promoted to the top flight were West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace. Plymouth Argyle won the Second Division, while Doncaster Rovers won the Third. Final league tables and results The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website. First Division 2003–04 Football League First Division First Division 2003–04 Norwich City Norwich CityWest Bromwich AlbionCrystal Palace WalsallBradford CityWimbledon UEFA Cup Millwall Andrew Johnson(27 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 552 1435 2002–03 2004–05 (Championship) League table Play-offs Football League Championship play-offs#2004 2/1 y y Semi-finals1st leg – 14/15 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2004 Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff29 May 2004 3rd Sunderland 2 2 4 (4) 6th Crystal Palace (pens.) 3 1 4 (5) 4th West Ham United 0 2 2 5th Ipswich Town 1 0 1 6th Crystal Palace 1 4th West Ham United 0 Maps England none 400 Locations of the 2003–04 First Division teams England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 51.398 -0.085 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 53.55 -2.65 right England 51.41 -0.21 right Bradford City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Reading Rotherham Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wigan Athletic Wimbledon Greater London right 369 Locations of the London teams in the 2003–04 First Division Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Greater London 51.43 -0.19 right Crystal Palace Millwall Watford West Ham Wimbledon Top scorers Rank Player Club League1 ENG Andrew Johnson Crystal Palace 282 ENG Marlon Harewood West Ham United /Nottingham Forest 253 WAL Robert Earnshaw Cardiff City 214 ENG Dean Ashton Crewe Alexandra 19= ENG Robbie Blake Burnley 196 ENG Nathan Ellington Wigan Athletic 187 ENG Darren Bent Ipswich Town 17= JAM Ricardo Fuller Preston North End 179 ENG Marcus Stewart Sunderland 1610 NIR David Healy Preston North End 15= ENG Martin Butler Rotherham United 15= NIR Steve Jones Crewe Alexandra 15 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.2&year=2004&cc=5901 ESPN 2007-11-14 2009-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20090511225009/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.2&year=2004&cc=5901 dead Second Division Football League Second Division 2003–04 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth ArgyleQueens Park RangersBrighton & Hove Albion Grimsby TownNotts CountyRushden & DiamondsWycombe Wanderers Leon Knight (Brighton & Hove Albion), 25Stephen McPhee (Port Vale), 25 552 1460 2002–03 2004–05 main WDL Second Division PR 5 PLY Plymouth Argyle QPR Queens Park Rangers BRI Bristol City B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion SWI Swindon Town HAR Hartlepool United PTV Port Vale TRA Tranmere Rovers BOU Bournemouth LUT Luton Town COL Colchester United BAR Barnsley WRE Wrexham BLP Blackpool OLD Oldham Athletic SHW Sheffield Wednesday BRE Brentford PET Peterborough United STP Stockport County CHF Chesterfield GRI Grimsby Town R&D Rushden & Diamonds NTC Notts County WYC Wycombe Wanderers 26 12 8 85 41 CP 22 17 7 80 45 P 23 13 10 58 37 22 11 13 64 43 OP 20 13 13 76 58 20 13 13 76 61 21 10 15 73 63 17 16 13 59 56 17 15 14 56 51 17 15 14 69 66 17 13 16 52 56 15 17 14 54 58 17 9 20 50 60 16 11 19 58 65 12 21 13 66 60 13 14 19 48 64 14 11 21 52 69 12 16 18 58 58 11 19 16 62 70 12 15 19 49 71 13 11 22 55 81 R 13 9 24 60 74 R 10 12 24 50 78 R 6 19 21 50 75 R green1 Promotion to Football League Championship P P yellow1 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Relegation to Football League Two R R R R In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD). complete https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2003-04.html England 2003–04 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127091512/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/2003-04.html 27 January 2010 live Play-offs Football League One play-offs#2004 2/1 y y Semi-finals1st leg – 15/16 May; 2nd leg – 19/20 May 2004 Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff30 May 2004 4th Brighton & Hove Albion (pens.) 1 1 2 (4) 5th Swindon Town 0 2 2 (3) 3rd Bristol City 1 2 3 6th Hartlepool United 1 1 2 4th Brighton & Hove Albion 1 3rd Bristol City 0 Maps England none 400 Locations of the 2003–04 Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.53 -0.232 right England 52.32 -0.61 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 51.63 -0.80 right AFC Bournemouth Barnsley Blackpool Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester Grimsby Town Hartlepool Luton Town Notts County Oldham Peterborough Plymouth Argyle Port Vale QPR Rushden & Diamonds Sheffield Wednesday Stockport Swindon Tranmere Wrexham Wycombe Greater London right 369 Locations of the London teams in the 2003–04 Second Division Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Brentford Queens Park Rangers Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 ENG Leon Knight Brighton & Hove Albion 262 SCO Stephen McPhee Port Vale 253 IRE Paul Heffernan Notts County 20= ENG Sam Parkin Swindon Town 205 ENG Tommy Mooney Swindon Town 196 ENG Kevin Gallen Queens Park Rangers 177 CIV Eugene Dadi Tranmere Rovers 16= ENG Paul Furlong Queens Park Rangers 16= ENG Scott Taylor Blackpool 1610 JAM Onandi Lowe Rushden & Diamonds 15 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.3&year=2004&cc=5901 ESPN 2007-11-14 2010-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20101105224340/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.3 dead Third Division Football League Third Division 2003–04 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster RoversHull CityTorquay UnitedHuddersfield Town Relegated to Conference Carlisle UnitedYork City New clubs in the league Doncaster RoversYeovil Town Steven MacLean (Scunthorpe United), 23 552 1398 2002–03 2004–05 main WDL Third Division PR 5 DON Doncaster Rovers HUL Hull City TOR Torquay United HUD Huddersfield Town MAN Mansfield Town NOR Northampton Town LIN Lincoln City YEO Yeovil Town OXF Oxford United SWA Swansea City BOS Boston United BRY Bury CAM Cambridge United CHL Cheltenham Town BRR Bristol Rovers KID Kidderminster Harriers STD Southend United DAR Darlington LEY Leyton Orient MAC Macclesfield Town ROC Rochdale SCU Scunthorpe United CRL Carlisle United YOR York City 27 11 8 79 37 CP 25 13 8 82 44 P 23 12 11 68 44 P 23 12 11 68 52 OP 22 9 15 76 62 22 9 15 58 51 19 17 10 68 47 23 5 18 70 57 18 17 11 55 44 15 14 17 58 61 16 11 19 50 54 15 11 20 54 64 14 14 18 55 67 14 14 18 57 71 14 13 19 50 61 14 13 19 45 59 14 12 20 51 63 14 11 21 53 61 13 14 19 48 65 13 13 20 54 69 12 14 20 49 58 11 16 19 69 72 12 9 25 46 69 R 10 14 22 35 66 R green1 Promotion to Football League One P P P yellow1 Qualification for the Third Division play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Relegation to Football Conference R R In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD). complete https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2003-04.html England 2003–04 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127091512/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/2003-04.html 27 January 2010 live Play-offs Football League Two play-offs#2004 2/1 y y Semi-finals1st leg – 15/16 May; 2nd leg – 19/20 May 2004 Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff31 May 2004 4th Huddersfield Town 2 2 4 7th Lincoln City 1 2 3 5th Mansfield Town (pens.) 2 1 3 (5) 6th Northampton Town 0 3 3 (4) 4th Huddersfield Town (pens.) 0 (4) 5th Mansfield Town 0 (1) Maps England none 400 Locations of the 2003–04 Third Division teams England 52.98 -0.02 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.91 -2.06 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.24 -2.13 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 50.95 -2.67 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge Utd Carlisle United Cheltenham Darlington Doncaster Huddersfield Hull Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Mansfield Northampton Town Oxford Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend Swansea City Torquay Yeovil Town York City Top scorers Rank Player Club League1 SCO Steven MacLean Scunthorpe United 232 SCO David Graham Torquay United 223 ENG Leon Constantine Southend United 214 ENG Liam Lawrence Mansfield Town 195 ENG Gregg Blundell Doncaster Rovers 18= IRL Ben Burgess Hull City 187 ENG Gary Fletcher Lincoln City 17= ENG Lee Trundle Swansea City 179 WAL Matthew Tipton Macclesfield Town 16= ENG Jon Stead Huddersfield Town 16 https://archive.today/20120728000454/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.4&year=2004&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com See also 2003–04 in English football 2003 in association football 2004 in association football References 2003–04 2–4