2003–04 Football League First Division

Football League First Division 2003–04 Norwich City Norwich CityWest Bromwich AlbionCrystal Palace Bradford CityWalsallWimbledon UEFA Cup Millwall (as FA Cup runners-up) 552 2002–03 2004–05 Championship The 2003–04 Football League First Division (referred to as the Nationwide First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth and final season of the league under the First Division name, and the twelfth season under its current league division format. Changes from last season From First Division Promoted to Premier League Portsmouth Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers Relegated to Second Division Brighton & Hove Albion Grimsby Town Sheffield Wednesday To First Division Promoted from Second Division Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra Cardiff City Relegated from Premier League Sunderland West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Team overview Stadia and locations UK England right 400 Locations of teams in the 2003–04 Football League First Division UK England 53.8042 -1.75902 Bradford City right UK England 53.789167 -2.23028 Burnley top UK England 51.472778 -3.203056 Cardiff City left UK England 52.448111 -1.495611 Coventry City bottom UK England 53.0874 -2.43575 Crewe Alexandra left UK England 51.398289 -0.085536 Crystal Palace bottom UK England 52.914911 -1.447233 Derby County top UK England 51.3843 0.560753 Gillingham right UK England 52.055061 1.144831 Ipswich Town left UK England 51.531149 -0.030509 Millwall right UK England 52.9167 -1.11667 Nottingham Forest right UK England 52.622128 1.308653 Norwich City left UK England 53.772256 -2.68806 Preston North End left UK England 51.422311 -0.982778 Reading left UK England 53.4301 -1.3572 Rotherham United right UK England 53.370342 -1.47083 Sheffield United left UK England 52.988358 -2.175419 Stoke City bottom UK England 54.914400 -1.388200 Sunderland right UK England 52.5654 -1.99071 Walsall left UK England 51.6498 -0.401486 Watford left UK England 52.530005 -2.007372 West Bromwich Albion right UK England 51.531908 0.039406 West Ham left UK England 53.547625 -2.654036 Wigan Athletic right UK England 52.0094 -0.733333 Wimbledon left Team Location Stadium CapacityBradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546Cardiff City Cardiff Ninian Park 21,508Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Stadium 10,153Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311Millwall London The Den 20,146Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,576Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,018Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408Reading Reading Madjeski Stadium 24,161Rotherham United Rotherham Millmoor 8,300Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702Stoke City Stoke Britannia Stadium 27,740Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300Watford Watford Vicarage Road 17,504West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,484West Ham United London Boleyn Ground 35,303Wigan Athletic Wigan JJB Stadium 25,133Wimbledon Milton Keynes National Hockey Stadium 9,000 League table main WDL 5 PQR NWC Norwich City WBA West Bromwich Albion SUN Sunderland WHU West Ham United IPS Ipswich Town CRY Crystal Palace WIG Wigan Athletic SHE Sheffield United REA Reading MIL Millwall STK Stoke City COV Coventry City CAR Cardiff City NOT Nottingham Forest PNE Preston North End WAT Watford ROT Rotherham United CRE Crewe Alexandra BUR Burnley DER Derby County GIL Gillingham WAL Walsall BRA Bradford City WIM Wimbledon 28 10 8 79 39 CP 25 11 10 64 42 P 22 13 11 62 45 19 17 10 67 45 21 10 15 84 72 21 10 15 72 61 OP 18 17 11 60 45 20 11 15 65 56 20 10 16 55 57 18 15 13 55 48 18 12 16 58 55 17 14 15 67 54 17 14 15 68 58 15 15 16 61 58 15 14 17 69 71 15 12 19 54 68 13 15 18 53 61 14 11 21 57 66 13 14 19 60 77 13 13 20 53 67 14 9 23 48 67 13 12 21 45 65 R 10 6 30 38 69 R 8 5 33 41 89 R green1 Promotion to the FA Premier League P P yellow1 Qualification for the First Division play-offs QP QP QP QP blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Since the FA Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up. UC1 red1 Relegation to Football League One R R #DDD7DD Renamed Milton Keynes Dons in Football League One MK 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Soccerway Play-offs Semi-finals First leg 2004-05-14 19:45 BST Crystal Palace 3 – 2 Statistics Sunderland Shipperley 52 Butterfield 64 Johnson 87 Stewart 51 pen Kyle 85 Selhurst Park, London 25,287 Richard Beeby 2004-05-15 12:15 BST Ipswich Town 1 – 0 Statistics West Ham United Bent 57 Portman Road, Ipswich 28,435 Mark Clattenburg Second leg 2004-05-17 20:00 BST Sunderland 2 – 1 (4 - 5p) Statistics Crystal Palace Kyle 42 Stewart 45 Powell 90 Stadium of Light, Sunderland 34,536 David Pugh Aggregate score 4-4. Crystal Palace win 5–4 on penalties. 2004-05-18 19:45 BST West Ham United 2 – 0 Statistics Ipswich Town Etherington 50 Dailly 71 Boleyn Ground, London 34,002 Neale Barry West Ham United win 2–1 on aggregate. Final 2004 Football League First Division play-off Final 2004-05-29 15:00 BST Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Statistics West Ham United Shipperley 62 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,523 Graham Poll Attendances # Club Average 1 West Ham United 31,167 2 Sunderland 27,119 3 West Bromwich Albion 24,765 4 Nottingham Forest 24,751 5 Ipswich Town 24,520 6 Derby County 22,200 7 Sheffield United 21,646 8 Norwich City 18,987 9 Crystal Palace 17,344 10 Cardiff City 15,569 11 Reading 15,095 12 Watford 14,856 13 Coventry City 14,816 14 Stoke City 14,425 15 Preston North End 14,150 16 Burnley 12,541 17 Bradford City 11,377 18 Millwall 10,497 19 Wigan Athletic 9,531 20 Gillingham 8,517 21 Walsall 7,853 22 Crewe Alexandra 7,741 23 Rotherham United 7,138 24 Wimbledon 4,751 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng2004.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References External links Full Results Category:Football League First Division seasons England 3