2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 2003–04 Glenn Hoddle (until 21 September)David Pleat (from 21 September) Daniel Levy Premier League 14th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fifth round Robbie Keane (14) Robbie Keane (16) 2002–03 2004–05 _tottenham0203h _tottenham0203h _tottenham0203h _tottenham0203h _navytop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000040 FFFFFF _tottenham0304a _tottenham0304a _tottenham0304a 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA _tottenham0304t _tottenham0304t _tottenham0304t 6000BF 6000BF 6000BF 6000BF 6000BF The 2003–04 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 12th season in the Premier League and 26th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. Season summary A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3127616.stm Spurs sack Hoddle BBC Sport 21 September 2003 8 May 2009 Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season,Hoddle sacked after Spurs' poor start Richard Bright 22 September 2003 The Daily Telegraph http://telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2421916/Hoddle-sacked-after-Spurs-poor-start.html 8 May 2019 but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification, nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998. Squad 2 IRL DF Stephen Carr 3 ARG DF Mauricio Taricco 5 Serbia and Montenegro DF Goran Bunjevčević 6 ENG MF Michael Brown 7 ENG MF Darren Anderton 8 POR FW Hélder Postiga 9 MLI FW Frédéric KanoutéKanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and has represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his debut for Mali in January 2004 10 IRL FW Robbie Keane 12 IRL DF Gary Doherty 13 USA GK Kasey Keller 14 URU MF Gustavo Poyet 15 ENG MF Jamie Redknapp 18 ENG FW Jermain Defoe 21 RSA DF Mbulelo Mabizela 22 ENG FW Lee Barnard 23 GER MF Christian Ziege 24 ENG GK Rob Burch 26 ENG DF Ledley King captain 27 ENG MF Rohan Ricketts 28 IRL MF Mark Yeates 29 WAL MF Simon Davies 30 ENG DF Anthony Gardner 31 ENG MF Dean Marney 32 ENG MF Johnnie Jackson 33 CAN GK Lars Hirschfeld 34 IRL DF Stephen Kelly 35 ENG FW Jamie Slabber 36 ENG DF Dean Richards 14 October 2019 footballsquads.co.uk October 2019 Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 25 June 2003 ST POR Hélder Postiga POR Porto £6,250,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3016524.stm Spurs sign Postiga BBC Sport 25 June 2003 8 May 2019 18 July 2003 ST ENG Bobby Zamora ENG Brighton and Hove Albion £1,500,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3075983.stm Spurs sign Zamora BBC Sport 18 July 2003 8 May 2019 8 August 2003 DF RSA Mbulelo Mabizela RSA Orlando Pirates Undisclosed https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3135909.stm Mabizela earns his Spurs BBC Sport Mark Gleeson 8 August 2003 8 May 2019 4 August 2003 ST FRA Frédéric Kanouté ENG West Ham United £3,500,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3119939.stm Kanoute seals Spurs move BBC Sport 4 August 2003 8 May 2009 2 January 2004 MF ENG Michael Brown ENG Sheffield United £500,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3346993.stm Spurs unveil Brown BBC Sport 2 January 2004 8 May 2019 4 February 2004 ST ENG Jermain Defoe ENG West Ham United £7,000,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3459179.stm Spurs sign Defoe BBC Sport 4 February 2004 8 May 2019 Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 13 June 2003 DF ENG Alton Thelwell ENG Hull City Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/2987244.stm Thelwell joins Hull BBC Sport 13 June 2003 8 May 2019 30 June 2003 ST ENG Teddy Sheringham ENG Portsmouth Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3026070.stm Sheringham signs for Pompey BBC Sport 30 June 2003 8 May 2019 17 July 2003 DF WAL Ben Thatcher ENG Leicester City £300,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3074071.stm Foxes sign Thatcher BBC Sport 17 July 2003 8 May 2019 1 August 2003 ST NOR Steffen Iversen ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/3093291.stm Iversen signs for Wolves BBC Sport 1 August 2003 8 May 2019 4 August 2003 MF ENG Matthew Etherington ENG West Ham United £1,000,000 Part Exchange 29 August 2003 GK SCO Neil Sullivan ENG Chelsea Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/3190149.stm Chelsea sign Sullivan BBC Sport 29 August 2003 8 May 201928 November 2003 DF ENG Chris Perry ENG Charlton Athletic £100,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/3247130.stm Perry stays at Charlton BBC Sport 28 November 2003 8 May 2019 28 January 2004 MF BEL Jonathan Blondel BEL Club Brugge Undisclosed https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/2289568/blondel-set-for-belgium-return Blondel set for Belgium return Mark Buckingham 8 May 2019 4 February 2004 ST ENG Bobby Zamora ENG West Ham United Part Exchange Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref. 1 September 2003 DF ENG Paul Konchesky ENG Charlton Athletic January 2004 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3199065.stm Spurs land Konchesky BBC Sport 1 September 2003 8 May 2019 1 September 2003 MF FRA Stéphane Dalmat ITA Internazionale Season https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3194419.stm Spurs grab Dalmat BBC Sport 1 September 2003 8 May 2003 Loan out Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref. 28 January 2004 MF SLO Milenko Ačimovič FRA Lille five-month loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3422269.stm Acimovic joins Lille BBC Sport 28 January 2004 10 May 2019 Released Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 August 2003 MF GER Steffen Freund GER Kaiserslautern Released https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3116499.stm Freund joins Kaiserslautern BBC Sport 1 August 2003 10 May 2019 28 November 2003 DF ENG Ronnie Henry Free Agent Released 28 November 2003 MF ENG Jonathan Black Released 27 July 2004 ST UKR Serhii Rebrov ENG West Ham United Released Hammers sign Rebrov BBC Sport 27 July 2004 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3929133.stm 14 October 2019 Overall transfer activity Expenditure Summer: £11,250,000 Winter: £7,500,000 Total: £18,750,000 Income Summer: £1,300,000 Winter: £100,000 Total: £1,400,000 Net totals Summer: £9,950,000 Winter: £7,400,000 Total: £17,350,000 Competitions overview CompetitionRecordP Games playedW Games wonD Games drawnL Games lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstWin % Winning percentage Premier League 38 13 6 19 47 57 no FA Cup 3 1 1 1 7 5 no League Cup 4 3 1 0 8 2 no Total 45 17 8 20 62 64 no Premier League 2003–04 FA Premier League League table TOT Results per matchday table b Matchday Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H Result L/W/D/L/L/L/D/W/W/D/D/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/D/L/W/L/L/L/L/D/L/D/L/W/W Position 18/10/10/14/16/17/17/13/11/12/12/13/12/15/11/13/15/17/18/16/13/12/13/12/11/10/10/10/11/12/12/13/13/14/16/16/15/14 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 red1 Results Manager: Glenn Hoddle 2003 8 16 y 1 Birmingham City 1–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Dunn 36 pen St Andrew's Birmingham 29,398 Rob Styles L 2003 8 23 y 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Report Leeds United Taricco 41Kanouté 71 Alan Smith 5 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 34,354 Steve Dunn W 2003 8 27 y 3 Liverpool 0–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Anfield 43,778 Uriah Rennie D 4 2003 8 30 y Tottenham Hotspur 0–3 Report Fulham Hayles 23 67Boa Morte 71 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 33,421 Jeff Winter L 5 2003 9 13 y Chelsea 4–2 Report Tottenham Hotspur Lampard 35Mutu 37 75Hasselbaink 90 Kanouté 25 87 Stamford Bridge London 41,165 Graham Poll L 6 2003 9 20 y Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Report Southampton Kanouté 62 Beattie 2 43Phillips 60 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 35,784 Andy D'Urso L Caretaker Manager: David Pleat 7 2003 9 28 y Manchester City 0–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur City of Manchester Stadium Manchester, Greater Manchester 46,842 Neale Barry D 2003 10 4 y 8 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Report Everton Kanouté 71Poyet 46Keane 46 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 36,137 Dermot Gallagher W 2003 10 19 y 9 Leicester City 1–2 Report Tottenham Hotspur Dickov 38 Mabizela 79Kanouté 90 Walkers Stadium Leicester 31,521 Andy D'Urso W 2003 10 26 y 10 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Report Middlesbrough White Hart Lane Haringey, London 32,643 Mike Dean D 11 2003 11 1 y Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Nolan 73 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 35,191 Uriah Rennie L 2003 11 8 y 12 Arsenal 2–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Pires 69Ljungberg 79 Anderton 5 Highbury London 38,101 Mark Halsey L 2003 11 23 y 13 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Report Aston Villa Ricketts 78Keane 81 Allbäck 66 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 33,140 Jeff Winter W 2003 11 29 y 14 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Greško 78 Ewood Park Blackburn 22,802 Graham Poll L 2003 12 6 y 15 Tottenham Hotspur 5–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Keane 29 75 83Kanouté 50Dalmat 90 Ince 30Rae 84 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 34,825 Uriah Rennie W 2003 12 13 y 16 Newcastle United 4–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Robert 35 55Shearer 59 66 St James' Park Newcastle 52,139 Alan Wiley L 17 2003 12 21 y Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Report Manchester United Poyet 63 O'Shea 15van Nistelrooy 25 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 35,910 Rob Styles L 18 2003 12 26 y Portsmouth 2–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Berger 52 68 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,078 Steve Dunn L 19 2003 12 28 y Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Report Charlton Athletic Cole 69 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 34,534 Paul Durkin L 20 2004 1 7 y Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Report Birmingham City Dalmat 10 24Davies 39Keane 79 Savage 68 pen. Haringey, London White Hart Lane 30,016 Barry Knight W 2004 1 10 y 21 Leeds United 0–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Keane 56 Elland Road Leeds 35,365 Mark Halsey W 2004 1 17 y 22 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Report Liverpool Keane 25 penPostiga 54 Kewell 75 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 36,104 Uriah Rennie W 23 2004 1 31 y Fulham 2–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Malbranque 45 penMcBride 67 Keane 18 pen London Craven Cottage 17,024 Matt Messias L 24 2004 2 7 y Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 Report Portsmouth Defoe 13Keane 41 78Poyet 89 Berkovic 39LuaLua 73Mornar 84 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 36,107 Peter Walton W 25 2004 2 11 y Charlton Athletic 2–4 Report Tottenham Hotspur Stuart 51Perry 81 Davies 10Defoe 43King 46Jackson 85 London The Valley 26,660 Graham Barber W 26 2004 2 22 y Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Report Leicester City Brown 6Defoe 13 89Keane 28 Doherty 9 o.g.Ferdinand 51Thatcher 74Bent 79 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 35,218 Neale Barry D 27 2004 3 9 y Middlesbrough 1–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Németh73 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 31,789 Mark Halsey L 28 2004 3 14 y Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Report Newcastle United O'Brien 86 o.g. White Hart Lane Haringey, London 36,083 Howard Webb W 29 2004 3 20 y Manchester United 3–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Giggs 30Cristiano Ronaldo 89Bellion90 Manchester Old Trafford 67,634 Dermt Gallagher L 30 2004 3 27 y Southampton 1–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Delap 64 Southampton St Mary's Stadium 31,973 Chris Foy L 31 2004 4 3 y Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Report Chelsea Hasselbaink 38 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 36,101 Steve Bennett L 32 2004 4 9 y Everton 3–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Unsworth 17Naysmith 24Yobo 40 Carr 75 Merseyside Goodison Park 38,086 Rob Styles L 33 2004 4 12 y Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Report Manchester City Defoe 52 Anelka 25 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 35,282 Chris Foy D 34 2004 4 17 y Bolton 2–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Campo 7Pedersen 65 Bolton Reebok Stadium 26,440 Jeff Winter L 35 2004 4 25 y Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Report Arsenal Redknapp 62Keane 90 pen. Vieira 3Pires 35 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 36,097 Mark Halsey D 36 2004 5 2 y Aston Villa 1–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Ángel 5 Birmingham Villa Park 42,573 Neale Barry L 37 2004 5 8 y Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Defoe 18 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 35,698 Andy D'Urso W 2004 5 15 y 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Report Tottenham Hotspur Keane 34Defoe 57 Molineux Wolverhampton 29,389 Steve Bennett W FA Cup 2003–04 FA Cup 2004 1 3 y 3rd round Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Report Crystal Palace Kanouté 15 20 48 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 32,340 Andy D'Urso W 2004 1 25 y 4th round Manchester City 1–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Anelka 10 Doherty 57 Greater Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 34,000 Steve Dunn D 2004 2 4 y 4th round (Replay) Tottenham Hotspur 3–4 Report Manchester City King 2Keane 19Ziege 43 Distin 48Bosvelt 61Wright-Phillips 80Macken 90 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 30,400 Rob Styles L League Cup 2003–04 Football League Cup 2003 9 24 y 2nd round Coventry City 0–3 Report Tottenham Hotspur Kanouté 13Keane 23Ricketts 78 Highfield Road Coventry 15,474 Mike Jones W 2004 10 29 y 3rd round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 yes Report West Ham United Zamora 92 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 36, 053 Graham Barber W 2004 12 3 y 4th round Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Report Manchester City Anderton 9Postiga 29Kanouté 90 Fowler 80 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 31,727 Paul Durkin W 2003 12 17 y 5th round Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 yes Report Middlesbrough Anderton 2 Ricketts 86 Keane Carr Konchesky Poyet Kanouté Taricco 4–5 Ricketts Juninho Zenden Mills Mendieta Queudrue White Hart Lane Haringey, London 25,307 Mike Dean D Statistics Appearances and goals 26 July 2020 premierleague.com Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 13 Kasey Keller GK USA 38 0 3 0 4 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Stephen Carr DF IRL 32 1 3 0 4 0 3 Mauricio Taricco DF ARG 31+1 1 2 0 3 0 5 Goran Bunjevčević DF SCG 3+4 0 0 0 1 0 12 Gary Doherty DF IRL 16+1 0 2 1 2+1 0 21 Mbulelo Mabizela DF RSA 0+6 1 0 0 0+1 0 30 Anthony Gardner DF ENG 33 0 3 0 4 0 34 Stephen Kelly DF IRL 7+4 0 0 0 0 0 36 Dean Richards DF ENG 23 0 1 0 2 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 6 Michael Brown MF ENG 17 1 2 0 0 0 7 Darren Anderton MF ENG 16+4 1 1 0 3 2 14 Gus Poyet MF URU 12+8 3 1+1 0 2+1 0 15 Jamie Redknapp MF ENG 14+3 1 0 0 0 0 23 Christian Ziege MF GER 7+1 0 1 1 1 0 26 Ledley King MF ENG 28+1 1 3 1 3 0 27 Rohan Ricketts MF ENG 12+12 1 0 0 3+1 1 28 Mark Yeates MF IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 Simon Davies MF WAL 17 2 2+1 0 0 0 31 Dean Marney MF ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 32 Johnnie Jackson MF ENG 9+2 1 1+2 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 8 Hélder Postiga FW POR 9+10 1 2 0 1+2 1 9 Frédéric Kanouté FW MLI 19+8 7 1 3 2+1 2 10 Robbie Keane FW IRL 31+3 14 3 1 4 1 18 Jermain Defoe FW ENG 14+1 7 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 11 Stéphane Dalmat MF FRA 12+10 3 2+1 0 1+2 0 16 Paul Konchesky DF ENG 10+2 0 0 0 2+1 0 20 Jonathan Blondel MF BEL 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 25 Bobby Zamora FW ENG 6+10 0 0+1 0 1 1 30 May 2004 soccerbase.com October 2016 Goal scorers 26 July 2020 premierleague.com The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Rnk Ranking Pos Position No. Squad Number Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1 FW 10 IRL Robbie Keane 14 1 1 16 2 FW 9 MLI Frédéric Kanouté 7 3 2 12 3 FW 18 ENG Jermain Defoe 7 0 0 74 MF 7 ENG Darren Anderton 1 0 2 3 MF 11 FRA Stéphane Dalmat 3 0 0 3 MF 14 URU Gus Poyet 3 0 0 37 FW 8 POR Hélder Postiga 1 0 1 2 DF 26 ENG Ledley King 1 1 0 2 MF 27 ENG Rohan Ricketts 1 0 1 2 MF 29 WAL Simon Davies 2 0 0 211 DF 2 IRL Stephen Carr 1 0 0 1 DF 3 ARG Mauricio Taricco 1 0 0 1 MF 6 ENG Michael Brown 1 0 0 1 DF 12 IRL Gary Doherty 0 1 0 1 MF 15 ENG Jamie Redknapp 1 0 0 1 DF 21 RSA Mbulelo Mabizela 1 0 0 1 MF 23 GER Christian Ziege 0 1 0 1 FW 25 ENG Bobby Zamora 0 0 1 1 MF 32 ENG Johnnie Jackson 1 0 0 1TOTALS467861 Clean sheets 26 July 2020 premierleague.com Rnk Ranking No. Squad NumberPlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 13 USA Kasey Keller 8 1 2 11TOTALS81211 References Tottenham Hotspur Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons