2003–04 Leicester City F.C. season

2003–04 season of Leicester City March 2014 September 2020 Leicester City 2003–04 Jim McCahill Micky Adams Walkers Stadium Premier League 18th (relegated) FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Les Ferdinand (12) Les FerdinandPaul Dickov (13 each) 32,148 (vs. Newcastle United, 26 December) 18,916 (vs. Manchester City, 14 January) 30,983 _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder _bluebottom _whiteline 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff _brightblueleftsash 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2002–03 2004–05 During the 2003–04 English football season, Leicester City competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary Micky Adams had guided Leicester back to the Premiership at the first attempt, despite the club spending part of their Division One campaign in receivership before a takeover safeguarded their future. But he was unable to keep them there, and their relegation was confirmed at the beginning of May. A 4–0 thumping of fellow relegation rivals Leeds United in September appeared to have set the tone for the rest of the season but it was soon followed by a setback of five straight defeats despite promising displays. A run of three wins in five games in November kept Leicester in close contention of survival, with the 2–0 victory at Portsmouth seeing them rise to as high as 12th; however, it all went wrong as, after a creditable 1–1 draw with eventual champions Arsenal, the team went into freefall and endured a dreadful run of only one win in 22 games (though most scorelines were reasonably close and they dropped too many points from 12 games they drew which they could have won). Ultimately, Leicester were relegated in a 2–2 draw at Charlton Athletic, which left them eight points adrift of Manchester City with two games remaining. It was a traumatic end to a season which had seen the club plagued with crises on and off the field, including the La Manga controversy when players Keith Gillespie, Frank Sinclair and Paul Dickov were accused of sexual assault following an alleged incident at a hotel in Spain (all charges were finally dropped). Final league table 2003–04 FA Premier League LEI Results summary 3 10 6 19 28 3 5 11 29 37 2003-04 FA Premier League table March 2019 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A Result D/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/W/D/W/D/L/L/D/D/D/L/D/L/L/D/D/D/W/D/D/L/L/L/L/D/D/W/L Position 7/13/13/16/11/13/15/19/20/20/18/15/15/12/15/16/17/18/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/19/19/17/17/18/18/19/19/19/19/20/18/18 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 2003–04 Leicester City results March 2019 Results Leicester City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2003-2004/results Leicester City results for the 2003-2004 season - Statto.com www.statto.com 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160910141721/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2003-2004/results 10 September 2016 live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 16 August 2003 SouthamptonH2–231,611Dickov (pen), Ferdinand 23 August 2003 ChelseaA1–241,073Scowcroft 26 August 2003 MiddlesbroughH0–030,823 30 August 2003 Aston VillaA1–332,274Izzet 15 September 2003 Leeds UnitedH4–030,460Nalis, Dickov (2), Scowcroft 20 September 2003 LiverpoolA1–244,094Bent 27 September 2003 Manchester UnitedH1–432,044Sinclair 4 October 2003 FulhamA0–214,562 19 October 2003 Tottenham HotspurH1–231,521Dickov 25 October 2003 Wolverhampton WanderersA3–428,578Ferdinand (2), Scimeca 2 November 2003 Blackburn RoversH2–030,975Bent, Howey 9 November 2003 Manchester CityA3–046,966Stewart, Dickov (pen), Bent 22 November 2003 Charlton AthleticH1–130,242Ferdinand 29 November 2003 PortsmouthA2–020,061Ferdinand, Bent 6 December 2003 ArsenalH1–132,108Hignett 13 December 2003 Birmingham CityH0–230,639 20 December 2003 EvertonA2–337,007Ferdinand, Scowcroft 26 December 2003 Newcastle UnitedH1–132,148Dickov 28 December 2003 Bolton WanderersA2–228,353Bent, Ferdinand 7 January 2004 SouthamptonA0–031,053 11 January 2004 ChelseaH0–431,547 17 January 2004 MiddlesbroughA3–327,125Dickov (2), Bent 31 January 2004 Aston VillaH0–531,056 7 February 2004 Newcastle UnitedA1–352,125Ferdinand 10 February 2004 Bolton WanderersH1–126,674Ferdinand 22 February 2004 Tottenham HotspurA4–435,218Doherty (own goal), Ferdinand, Thatcher, Bent 28 February 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–031,768 13 March 2004 Birmingham CityA1–029,491Ferdinand 20 March 2004 EvertonH1–131,650Bent 28 March 2004 LiverpoolH0–032,013 5 April 2004 Leeds UnitedA2–334,036Dickov, Izzet 10 April 2004 FulhamH0–228,392 13 April 2004 Manchester UnitedA0–167,749 17 April 2004 Blackburn RoversA0–122,749 24 April 2004 Manchester CityH1–131,457Scowcroft 1 May 2004 Charlton AthleticA2–226,034Bent, Ferdinand 8 May 2004 PortsmouthH3–131,536Dickov, Scowcroft, Taylor (own goal) 15 May 2004 ArsenalA1–238,419Dickov FA Cup 2003–04 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 2004 Manchester CityA2–230,617Dickov, BentR3R14 January 2004 Manchester CityH1–318,916Ferdinand League Cup 2003–04 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR223 September 2003 Crewe AlexandraH1–027,675Dickov (pen)R329 October 2003 Aston VillaA0–126,729 Squad Squad at end of season 1 ENG GK Ian Walker 2 ENG DF Andrew Impey 3 JAM DF Frank SinclairSinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998. 5 ENG MF Craig Hignett 6 TUR MF Muzzy IzzetIzzet was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 2000. 7 NIR MF Keith Gillespie 8 FRA MF Lilian Nalis 9 ENG FW Les Ferdinand 10 ENG FW James Scowcroft 11 ENG MF Jordan Stewart 12 ENG MF Paul Brooker 13 GER MF Steffen Freund on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern 14 SCO DF Callum Davidson 15 ENG DF Alan Rogers 16 WAL GK Danny Coyne 18 SCO DF Matt ElliottElliott was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in November 1997. 20 JAM FW Trevor BenjaminBenjamin was born in Kettering, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in November 2002. 21 ENG DF Riccardo Scimeca 22 SCO FW Paul Dickov 25 ENG DF Matt Heath 27 ENG MF Steve Guppy 28 SCO MF Peter Canero 32 SCO MF Billy McKinlay 33 WAL DF Ben ThatcherThatcher was born in Swindon, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in March 2004. 34 FRA DF Nicolas Priet 38 ENG FW Marcus Bent on loan from Ipswich Town 44 GRE DF Nikos Dabizas Left club during the season 4 NIR DF Gerry Taggart to Stoke City 24 ENG DF Steve Howey to Bolton Wanderers 27 ENG FW Brian Deane to West Ham United 28 ENG MF Jon Ashton to Oxford United 29 ENG DF John Curtis to Portsmouth ENG MF Nicky Summerbee to Bradford City Reserve squad 17 WAL MF Matt Jones 19 IRL GK Paul Murphy 23 ENG FW Tommy Wright 24 ENG FW Lee Morris 26 ENG MF Junior Lewis 30 FIN FW Tomi Petrescu IRL GK Conrad Logan ENG DF Richard Stearman IRL DF Alan Sheehan AUS MF James Wesolowski ENG MF Tom Williamson IRL MF Stephen Dawson SLE MF Ahmed Deen PAK MF Usman Gondal ENG FW Louis Dodds ENG FW Chris O'Grady ENG FW Lee Tomlin Statistics Overview CompetitionRecordP Games playedW Games wonD Games drawnL Games lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceWin % Winning percentage Premier League 38 6 15 17 48 65 yes FA Cup 2 0 1 1 3 5 yes League Cup 2 1 0 1 1 1 yes Total 42 7 16 19 52 71 yes Appearances and goals As of end of seasonhttps://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/2004/ All Leicester City players: 2004 Premiership FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Ian Walker GK ENG 37 0 2 0 1 0 16 Danny Coyne GK WAL 1+3 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 3 Frank Sinclair DF JAM 11+3 1 1 0 2 0 11 Jordan Stewart DF ENG 16+9 1 1+1 0 1+1 0 14 Callum Davidson DF SCO 8+5 0 2 0 0 0 18 Matt Elliott DF SCO 3+4 0 0+1 0 0 0 21 Riccardo Scimeca DF ENG 28+1 1 1 0 1 0 25 Matt Heath DF ENG 13 0 2 0 0 0 33 Ben Thatcher DF WAL 28+1 1 0 0 0 0 34 Nicolas Priet DF FRA 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 44 Nikos Dabizas DF GRE 18 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 2 Andy Impey MF ENG 11+2 0 1 0 2 0 5 Craig Hignett MF ENG 3+10 1 1 0 1 0 6 Muzzy Izzet MF TUR 30 2 1 0 0+2 0 7 Keith Gillespie MF NIR 7+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 8 Lilian Nalis MF FRA 11+9 1 0 0 2 0 12 Paul Brooker MF ENG 0+3 0 0+1 0 2 0 13 Steffen Freund MF GER 13+1 0 0 0 0 0 15 Alan Rogers MF ENG 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 27 Steve Guppy MF ENG 9+6 0 0 0 2 0 28 Peter Canero MF SCO 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 32 Billy McKinlay MF SCO 15+1 0 2 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Les Ferdinand FW ENG 20+9 12 1+1 1 0 0 10 James Scowcroft FW ENG 33+2 5 2 0 1+1 0 20 Trevor Benjamin FW JAM 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 22 Paul Dickov FW SCO 28+7 11 2 1 2 1 38 Marcus Bent FW ENG 28+5 9 2 1 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred or loaned out during the season 4 Gerry Taggart DF NIR 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 Steve Howey DF ENG 13 1 0 0 2 0 27 Brian Deane FW ENG 0+5 0 0 0 2 0 29 John Curtis DF ENG 14+1 0 1 0 1 0 |- 30 June 2004 Competitions November 2017 Transfers In Steve Howey – Manchester City, 5 June, undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/2967166.stm BBC Sport Foxes move for Howey 2003-06-05 2012-09-07 Riccardo Scimeca – Nottingham Forest, 24 June, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3016036.stm BBC Sport Foxes snap up Scimeca 2003-06-24 2012-09-07 Paul Brooker – Brighton and Hove Albion, 24 June, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3016268.stm BBC Sport Brooker joins Leicester 2003-06-24 2012-09-07 Danny Coyne – Grimsby Town, 3 July, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3041602.stm BBC Sport Leicester sign Coyne 2003-07-03 2012-09-07 Keith Gillespie – Blackburn Rovers, 8 July, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3054348.stm Foxes sign Gillespie 6 September 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20030810004604/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3054348.stm 10 August 2003 Lilian Nalis – Chievo, 11 July, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3041084.stm BBC Sport Foxes snap up Nalis 2003-07-11 2012-09-07 Les Ferdinand – West Ham United, 11 July, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3059409.stm BBC Sport Ferdinand signs for Leicester 2003-07-11 2012-09-07 Ben Thatcher – Tottenham Hotspur, 17 July, £300,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3074071.stm BBC Sport Foxes sign Thatcher 2003-07-17 2012-09-07 Craig Hignett – Blackburn Rovers, 18 July, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3076967.stm BBC Sport Leicester swoop for Hignett 2003-07-18 2012-09-07 Steve Guppy – Celtic, 13 January, free Peter Canero – Kilmarnock, 2 February, £250,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3404301.stm Foxes delight for Canero BBC News 2004-01-19 2022-05-26 Lee Morris – Derby County, 2 February, nominal feehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3451943.stm BBC Sport Leicester land Morris 2004-02-02 2012-09-07 Nicolas Priet – Lyon, free Out Tim Flowers – retired, 7 May Martin Reeves – released, 7 May (later joined Northampton Town on 9 Junehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/2974776.stm BBC Sport Reeves pens Cobblers deal 2003-06-09 2012-09-07) Simon Royce – released, 7 May (later joined Charlton Athletic on 26 Junehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/3023990.stm BBC Sport Royce returns to Charlton 2003-06-26 2012-09-07) Stefan Oakes – released, 7 May (later joined Walsall on 3 Julyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/3041940.stm Walsall sign duo 3 July 2003 BBC Sport 6 September 2003 Nicky Summerbee – released, 7 May (later joined Bradford City on 4 September) Jon Ashton – released, 7 May (later joined Oxford United on 8 September) Matt Jones – released, 7 May (later retired on 4 June 2004 Jones forced to retire https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3776473.stm BBC Sport 4 June 2004 6 September 2012) Michael Price – released, 7 May Darren Eadie – released, 7 May Jon Stevenson – released, 7 May (later joined Swindon Town) Brian Deane – West Ham United, 31 October, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3230101.stm BBC Sport West Ham sign Deane 2003-10-31 2012-09-07 Steve Howey – Bolton Wanderers, 29 January, undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/3440647.stm BBC Sport Howey completes Bolton switch 2004-01-29 2012-09-07 John Curtis – Portsmouth, 2 February, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/3452281.stm BBC Sport Pompey land LuaLua 2004-02-02 2012-09-07 Gerry Taggart – Stoke City, 26 February, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/3488934.stm BBC Sport Taggart joins Stoke City 2004-02-26 2012-09-07 Loan in Marcus Bent – Ipswich Town, 1 September, season-long loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3198497.stm BBC Sport Bent makes Leicester move 2003-09-01 2012-09-07 Nikos Dabizas – Newcastle United, 1 January, six-month loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3361063.stm BBC Sport Dabizas to join Leicester 2004-01-01 2012-09-07 Steffen Freund – Kaiserlautern, 30 January, season-long loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3445615.stm BBC Sport Leicester land Freund 2004-01-30 2012-09-07 Loan out Tommy Wright – Brentford, 12 September Gerry Taggart – Stoke City, 9 December, two monthshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/3301603.stm BBC Sport Taggart joins Stoke 2003-12-09 2012-09-07 Awards Club awards At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2003–04 season. Player of the Season Les Ferdinand Leicester City Annual Player Awards http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~524422,00.html LCFC.co.uk 17 November 2004 19 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910205611/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~524422,00.html 10 September 2012 deadPlayers' Player of the Season Les FerdinandSupporters' Club Player of the Season N/AAcademy Player of the Season Richard Stearman Awards Ceremony Picture Special http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~524434,00.html LCFC.com 17 November 2004 19 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120905133046/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~524434,00.html 5 September 2012 deadGoal of the Season Lilian Nalis (vs. Leeds United, 15 September 2003) Dickov leaves Leeds reeling https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3194219.stm BBC Sport 15 September 2003 19 January 2011 References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City