2003–04 Coventry City F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Coventry City F.C. 2003–04 Highfield Road Gary McAllister (until 11 December)Eric Black (from 11 December to 3 May)Steven Ogrizovic (from 3 May) First Division 12th FA Cup OUT v Colchester UnitedFourth round replay League Cup OUT v Tottenham HotspurSecond round Gary McSheffrey (12) 22,195 (vs. Crystal Palace, 9 May) Cup: 15,474 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur 24 September) 10,872 (vs. Wimbledon, 15 October) Cup: 8,280 (vs. Peterborough United, 13 August) 14,816 2002–03 2004–05 This is Coventry City Football Club progress in the 2003–04 season. This season the Sky Blues will play in the First Division and will feature in the FA Cup and the League Cup. Matches First Division 16 August 2003 1 15:00 BST Coventry City 0–0 report Walsall Highfield Road Coventry 15,377 Chris Foy D 23 August 2003 2 15:00 BST Ipswich Town 1–1 report Coventry City Bent 17 Doyle 31 Portman Road Ipswich 22,419 Frazer Stretton D 27 August 2003 3 15:00 BST Coventry City 1–3 report Nottingham Forest Whing 46 Reid 19 61 Johnson 65 Highfield Road Coventry 17,586 Paul Danson L 30 August 2003 4 15:00 BST Sheffield United 2–1 report Coventry City Brown 42 pen. Lester 87 Suffo 67 Bramall Lane Sheffield 20,102 David Crick L 13 September 2003 5 15:00 BST Coventry City 4–2 report Stoke City Suffo 5 Barrett 10 Adebola 58 Morrell 75 Asaba 45 Thomas 78 Highfield Road Coventry 13,982 Lee Mason W 16 September 2003 6 19:45 BST Preston North End 4–2 report Coventry City Fuller 35 45 Cresswell 66 Keane 88 Staunton 42 pen. Morrell 77 Deepdale Preston 11,886 Eddie Evans L 20 September 2003 7 15:00 BST Reading 1–2 report Coventry City Forster 21 Adebola 35 Morrell 76 Madejski Stadium Reading 15,371 Phil Crossley W 27 September 2003 8 15:00 BST Coventry City 1–1 report Wigan Athletic Morrell 90 Jackson 90 Highfield Road Coventry 14,862 Mike Thorpe D 1 October 2003 9 19:45 BST Coventry City 2–0 report Crewe Alexandra McAllister 49 Morrell 73 Highfield Road Coventry 11,557 Joe Ross W 4 October 2003 10 15:00 BST Millwall 2–1 report Coventry City Ifill 63 Harris 85 Staunton 72 pen. The Den London 9,849 Phil Joslin L 15 October 2003 11 19:45 BST Coventry City 1–0 report Wimbledon Pead 63 Highfield Road Coventry 10,872 Steve Bennett W 18 October 2003 12 12:30 BST Coventry City 1–3 report Cardiff City Doyle 11 Whalley 28 Gordon 32 Earnshaw 40 pen. Highfield Road Coventry 11,767 Eddie Ilderton L 21 October 2003 13 19:45 BST Watford 1–1 report Coventry City Fitzgerald 83 Staunton 90 Vicarage Road Watford 13,487 Alan Kaye This match was originally scheduled for the opening weekend of the season, however was postponed due to the death of Watford player Jimmy Davis D 25 October 2003 14 15:00 BST Derby County 1–3 report Coventry City Holmes 52 Warnock 11 Suffo 38 80 Pride Park Stadium Derby 21,641 Roy Pearson W 1 November 2003 15 15:00 GMT Coventry City 1–1 report West Ham United Barrett 38 Defoe 15 Highfield Road Coventry 19,126 Graham Salisbury D 5 November 2003 16 19:45 GMT Coventry City 0–0 report Bradford City Highfield Road Coventry 11,862 Grant Hegley D 8 November 2003 17 15:00 GMT Sunderland 0–0 report Coventry City Stadium of Light Sunderland 27,247 Alan Butler D 22 November 2003 18 15:00 GMT Coventry City 2–2 report Gillingham Joachim 55 90 Johnson 66 85 Highfield Road Coventry 13,432 Steve Dunn D 25 November 2003 19 19:45 GMT Norwich City 1–1 report Coventry City Henderson 35 McAllister 49 pen. Carrow Road Norwich 16,414 Paul Taylor D 29 November 2003 20 15:00 GMT Crystal Palace 1–1 report Coventry City Edwards 9 Jackson 90 Selhurst Park London 14,622 Mark Warren D 2 December 2003 21 19:45 GMT Rotherham United 2–0 report Coventry City Byfield 14 Barker 39 Millmoor Rotherham 5,524 Andy D'Urso L 8 December 2003 22 20:00 GMT Coventry City 1–1 report Sunderland McAllister 22 pen. Downing 8 Highfield Road Coventry 12,913 Mike Jones D 13 December 2003 23 15:00 GMT Burnley 1–2 report Coventry City Blake 53 Suffo 8 Weller 40 o.g. Turf Moor Burnley 10,358 Mick Fletcher W 20 December 2003 24 15:00 GMT Coventry City 1–0 report West Bromwich Albion Jackson 89 Highfield Road Coventry 17,616 Neale Barry W 26 December 2003 25 15:00 GMT Coventry City 0–1 report Sheffield United Lester 56 pen. Highfield Road Coventry 21,132 Clive Penton L 28 December 2003 26 15:00 GMT Bradford City 1–0 report Coventry City Windass 34 Bradford & Bingley Stadium Bradford 11,432 Carl Boyeson L 10 January 2004 27 15:00 GMT Coventry City 0–0 report Watford Highfield Road Coventry 12,226 Mike Pike D 17 January 2004 28 15:00 GMT Walsall 1–6 report Coventry City Wrack 45 Morrell 6 57 McSheffrey 48 82 Joachim 70 Roper 76 o.g. Bescot Stadium Walsall 8,264 Lee Mason W 31 January 2004 29 15:00 GMT Coventry City 1–1 report Ipswich Town Warnock 45 Westlake 58 Highfield Road Coventry 14,441 Trevor Kettle D 7 February 2004 30 15:00 GMT Nottingham Forest 0–1 report Coventry City Suffo 4 City Ground Nottingham 23,075 Graham Salisbury W 14 February 2004 31 15:00 Coventry City 0–2 report Norwich City Holt 38 Brennan 85 Highfield Road Coventry 15,757 Paul Robinson L 21 February 2004 32 15:00 GMT Wimbledon 0–3 report Coventry City Joachim 9 Chorley 40 o.g. Guðjónsson 63 National Hockey Stadium Milton Keynes 5,905 Steve Tanner W 28 February 2004 33 15:00 GMT Coventry City 2–0 report Derby County McSheffrey 20 Joachim 33 Highfield Road Coventry 16,042 Iain Williamson W 2 March 2004 34 19:45 GMT Cardiff City 0–1 report Coventry City McSheffrey 71 pen. Ninian Park Cardiff 14,376 Paul Armstrong W 6 March 2004 35 15:00 GMT West Bromwich Albion 3–0 report Coventry City Horsfield 23 Hulse 53 Kinsella 79 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 25,414 Mike Pike L 13 March 2004 36 15:00 GMT Coventry City 4–0 report Burnley Joachim 10 McSheffrey 33 39 pen. Konjić 78 Highfield Road Coventry 12,953 Anthony Bates W 17 March 2004 37 19:45 GMT Coventry City 4–1 report Preston North End Guðjónsson 2 27 Doyle 8 McSheffrey 11 Fuller 48 Highfield Road Coventry 13,142 Neale Barry W 20 March 2004 38 15:00 GMT Wigan Athletic 2–1 report Coventry City Roberts 16 22 Warnock 72 JJB Stadium Wigan 8,784 Lee Cable L 27 March 2004 39 15:00 GMT Coventry City 1–2 report Reading McSheffrey 67 Salako 10 Goater 54 Highfield Road Coventry 15,811 Alan Butler L 3 April 2004 40 15:00 BST Stoke City 1–0 report Coventry City Commons 41 Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent 12,855 Mike Dean L 10 April 2004 41 15:00 BST Coventry City 4–0 report Millwall Joachim 6 58 Deloumeaux 12 McSheffrey 87 pen. Highfield Road Coventry 12,546 Barry Knight W 12 April 2004 42 15:00 BST Crewe Alexandra 3–1 report Coventry City Higdon 46 Symes 64 Ashton 90 pen. Lowe 83 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 7,475 Frazer Stretton L 17 April 2004 43 15:00 BST West Ham United 2–0 report Coventry City Zamora 37 Connolly 71 pen. Boleyn Ground London 27,890 Howard Webb L 24 April 2004 44 15:00 BST Coventry City 1–1 report Rotherham United Morrell 56 Butler 75 Highfield Road Coventry 13,572 Chris Foy D 1 May 2004 45 15:00 BST Gillingham 2–5 report Coventry City Wales 64 Sidibe 72 Doyle 8 Morrell 24 McSheffrey 31 85 Shaw 90 Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 10,388 Anthony Bates W 9 May 2004 46 13:00 BST Coventry City 2–1 report Crystal Palace Konjić 4 Doyle 27 Freedman 64 Highfield Road Coventry 22,195 Alan Butler W FA Cup 3 January 2004 R3 15:00 Coventry City 2–1 report Peterborough United McSheffrey 59 Joachim 61 Clarke 79 Highfield Road Coventry 11,400 Barry Knight W 24 January 2004 R4 15:00 Coventry City 1–1 report Colchester United Joachim 33 Adebola 30 o.g. Highfield Road Coventry 15,341 Mark Clattenburg D 3 February 2004 R4 Replay 20:00 Colchester United 3–1 report Coventry City Vine 12 43 57 Joachim 25 Layer Road Colchester 5,530 Tony Leake L League Cup 13 August 2003 R1 19:45 Coventry City 2–0 report Peterborough United Barrett 63 Adebola 67 Highfield Road Coventry 8,280 Tony Leake W 24 September 2003 R2 19:45 Coventry City 0–3 report Tottenham Hotspur Kanouté 13 87 Keane 38 Highfield Road Coventry 15,474 L Championship data League table COV Results summary 9 9 5 34 22 8 5 10 33 32 8 May 2004 CCFC Championship Results May 2004 Round by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H Result D/D/L/L/W/L/W/D/W/L/W/L/D/W/D/D/D/D/D/D/L/D/W/W/L/L/D/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/L/L/D/W/W Position 15/19/20/21/18/19/18/20/16/18/14/16/16/15/14/15/15/16/15/15/15/17/14/12/15/17/15/14/15/14/14/14/12/10/13/10/10/10/11/11/12/12/13/12/12/12 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Championship Results May 2005 Scores Overview OppositionHome ScoreAway ScoreDoubleBradford City0–00–1Burnley4–02–1Cardiff City1–31–0Crewe Alexandra2–01–3Crystal Palace2–11–1Derby County2–03–1Gillingham2–25–2Ipswich Town1–11–1Millwall4–01–2Norwich City0–21–1Nottingham Forest1–31–0Preston North End4–12–4Reading1–22–1Rotherham United1–10–2Sheffield United0–11–2Stoke City4–20–1Sunderland1–10–0Walsall0–06–1Watford0–01–1West Bromwich Albion1–00–3West Ham United1–10–2Wigan Athletic1–11–2Wimbledon1–03–0 Season statistics Stats and goals http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2003-2004/d1/coventry.htm Coventry City Squad 03-04 FootballSquads Championship FA Cup League Cup 1 GK SCO Scott Shearer 29+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2 DF ENG Andy Whing 26+2 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 3 DF ENG Dean Gordon 3+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 4 DF BIH Muhamed Konjić 36+6 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 5 DF ENG Richard Shaw 11+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 6 MF MAR Youssef Safri 31+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 7 MF ENG Craig Pead 6+11 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 8 FW CMR Patrick Suffo 20+7 6 0+0 0 2+0 0 9 FW NGA Dele Adebola 15+13 2 2+1 0 2+0 1 11 FW IRL Graham Barrett 20+11 2 0+0 0 1+1 1 12 FW ENG Andy Morrell 19+11 9 2+0 0 1+1 0 13 GK ENG Gavin Ward 12+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 15 MF FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 4+4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 17 MF IRL Michael Doyle 38+2 5 3+0 0 2+0 0 18 DF IRL Steve Staunton 34+1 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 19 FW ENG Gary McSheffrey 16+3 11 2+1 1 0+0 0 20 DF ENG Calum Davenport 31+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 21 FW ENG Julian Joachim 27+2 8 3+0 3 0+0 0 22 DF FRA Éric Deloumeaux 19+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 26 MF ENG Stephen Warnock 42+2 3 2+1 0 2+0 0 28 FW ENG Avun Jephcott 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 31 MF ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson 17+1 3 1+1 0 0+0 0 35 FW JAM Onandi Lowe 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 36 GK GLP Pegguy Arphexad 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 37 DF ENG Stuart Giddings 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 38 MF SCO Brian Kerr 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Player's featured for Coventry who left before end of the season: DF ENG Peter Clarke 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 DF ENG Martin Grainger 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 MF ENG Johnnie Jackson 2+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 MF ALG Yazid Mansouri 9+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 MF SCO Gary McAllister 14+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 MF IRL Keith O'Neill 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 MF WAL David Pipe 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 MF ENG Courtney Pitt 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 FW POL Sebastian Olszar 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Goalscorers No.FlagPosNameFirst DivisionFA CupLeague CupTotal19ENGFWGary McSheffrey1110 1221ENGFWJulian Joachim830 1112ENGFWAndy Morrell900 98CMRFWPatrick Suffo600 617IRLMFMichael Doyle Michael Doyle (footballer, born 1981)500 59NGAFWDele Adebola201 311IRLFWGraham Barrett201 331ISLMFBjarni Guðjónsson300 3SCOMFGary McAllister300 318IRLDFSteve Staunton300 326ENGMFStephen Warnock300 3ENGMFJohnnie Jackson200 24BIHDFMuhamed Konjić200 222FRADFÉric Deloumeaux100 135JAMFWOnandi Lowe100 17ENGMFCraig Pead100 15ENGDFRichard Shaw Richard Shaw (footballer)100 12ENGDFAndy Whing100 1 Overall Games played 51 (46 First Division, 2 League Cup, 3 FA Cup)Games won 19 (17 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Games drawn 15 (14 First Division, 0 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Games lost 17 (15 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Goals scored 73 (67 First Division, 2 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)Goals conceded 62 (54 First Division, 3 League Cup, 5 FA Cup)Goal difference +11Best result W 6–1 (A) v Walsall – First Division – 17 January 2004Worst result L 0–3 (A) v Tottenham Hotspur – League Cup – 24 September 2003 L 0–3 (A) v West Bromwich Albion – First Division – 6 March 2004Most appearances ENG Stephen Warnock (49 appearances)Top scorer ENG Gary McSheffrey (12 goals)Points 65 / 138 (47.10%) Transfers In IRL Graham Barrett – unattached (last at ENG Arsenal), 30 MayCoventry sign Arsenal striker 30 May 2003 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/2941094.stm BBC Sport 15 November 2013 Faroe Islands Claus Bech Jørgensen – unattached (last at ENG Bradford City), 4 Augusthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3123717.stm Jorgensen seals Coventry move 4 August 2003 BBC Sport 15 November 2013 IRL Steve Staunton – unattached (last at ENG Aston Villa), 15 August JAM Onandi Lowe – ENG Rushden & Diamonds, 25 March, freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rushden_and_diamonds/3568147.stm Lowe and Hall seal moves 25 March 2004 BBC Sport 15 November 2013 NGA Dele Adebola – unattached (last at ENG Crystal Palace) ENG Andy Morrell – unattached (last at WAL Wrexham) ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson – unattached (last at GER VfL Bochum) FRA Pegguy Arphexad – unattached (last at ENG Liverpool ENG Scott Shearer – SCO Albion Rovers CMR Patrick Suffo – Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal ENG Gavin Ward – ENG Walsall IRL Michael Doyle – SCO Celtic FRA Éric Deloumeaux – SCO Aberdeen Out ENG Robert Betts – released, 23 May (later joined ENG Rochdale) ENG Lee Fowler – released, 13 November (later joined ENG Huddersfield Town) SCO Gary McAllister – re-signed as player-manager, 12 January ENG Jay Bothroyd – released (later joined ITA Perugia on 11 JulyBothroyd signs for Perugia https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3058401.stm BBC Sport 11 July 2003 15 November 2013) ENG John Eustace – released (later joined ENG Stoke City on 18 July Eustace moves to Stoke https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/3078635.stm BBC Sport 18 July 2003 15 November 2013) IRL Keith O'Neill – retired MAR Youssef Chippo – QAT Al Sadd ENG Gary Montgomery – ENG Rotherham United DEN Morten Hyldgaard – SCO Hibernian FRA Christian Yulu FRA Fabien Debec IRL Sean Cooney ENG Tom Bates Loans in ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson – GER VfL Bochum, 16 January, five-month-long loanCoventry sign Gudjonsson https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/3404713.stm BBC Sport 15 November 2013 16 January 2004 ENG Stephen Warnock – ENG Liverpool, season-long loan ENG Martin Grainger – ENG Birmingham City ENG Johnnie Jackson – ENG Tottenham Hotspur ALG Yazid Mansouri – FRA Le Havre POL Sebastian Olszar – ENG Portsmouth ENG Courtney Pitt – ENG Portsmouth SCO Brian Kerr – ENG Newcastle United ENG Peter Clarke – ENG Everton Loans out ENG Lee Fowler – ENG Huddersfield Town IRL Barry Quinn – ENG Rushden & Diamonds References Category:Coventry City F.C. seasons Coventry City