2003–04 Southampton F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 December 2012 Southampton F.C. 2003–04 Gordon Strachan (until March)Paul Sturrock (from March) Rupert Lowe St Mary's Stadium Premier League 12th FA Cup Third round proper League Cup Fifth round UEFA Cup First round James Beattie (14) James Beattie (17) 32,151 (vs. Arsenal, 29 December) 30,513 (vs. Charlton Athletic, 7 December) 31,716Southampton Performance Stats: 2003–04 https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/stats/_/id/376/league/ENG.1/season/2003/view/performance ESPN 31 May 2025 _thinblackborder _red_stripes_red_sholders _thinblackborder _redsides _redtop ff0000 ff0000 000000 _southampton0203a _southampton0203a _southampton0203a _southampton0203a _southampton0203a FFF000 FFF000 FFF000 0000FF FFF000 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003-04 season was Southampton F.C's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, and it was the club's 119th year in existence. The season started on the 16th of August 2003 and ended on the 15th of May 2004. It was Gordon Stratchan's last season as Southampton's manager. The team was eliminated on the third round of the FA Cup, losing 3-0 to Newcastle United, the match was broadcast live by the BBC. They were also eliminated from the Carling cup, losing 1-0 to Bolton Wanderers in the quarter finals due to a goal in extra time. Season summary The previous season's FA Cup runners-up failed to make an impact in any of the cup competitions, and their 12th-place finish was a something of a disappointment after the previous season, when Southampton were eighth in the league - their highest ever in the Premiership and their highest in the top flight since 1990. The club was thrown into further turmoil in March, when Gordon Strachan announced his resignation as manager. There was talk that Glenn Hoddle would be returning to the club for a second spell, but the job went to Plymouth Argyle's Paul Sturrock instead. Final league table 2003–04 FA Premier League SOU First-team squad Squad at end of season 2 ENG DF Jason Dodd 3 ENG DF Graeme Le Saux 5 NOR DF Claus Lundekvam 6 SCO DF Stephen Crainey 7 ENG FW Kevin Phillips 8 ENG MF Matt Oakley 9 ENG FW James Beattie 10 SCO MF Neil McCann 11 SWE DF Michael Svensson 12 SWE MF Anders Svensson 14 FIN GK Antti Niemi 15 ENG DF Fitz Hall 16 ENG DF Martin Cranie 17 LAT FW Marian Pahars 18 IRL MF Rory DelapDelap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1998. 19 ENG DF Danny Higginbotham 20 ENG MF David Prutton 21 NOR FW Jo Tessem 22 ENG DF Darren Kenton 28 NIR GK Alan Blayney 29 FRA 1974 MF Fabrice Fernandes 30 FRA 1974 MF Léandre Griffit 31 FRA 1974 MF Yoann FollyFolly was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Togo internationally, and made his full international debut for Togo in August 2008 32 NIR DF Chris Baird 33 SCO DF Paul Telfer 34 ECU FW Agustin Delgado 36 ENG FW Brett Ormerod Left club during season 1 WAL GK Paul Jones to Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 ENG MF Chris Marsden to Busan I'cons 6 ENG DF Paul Williams to Stoke City 16 ENG MF Mark Draper retired 21 NOR FW Jo Tessem on loan to Lyn 25 ENG DF Garry Monk to Barnsley 27 ENG GK Scott Bevan to Wimbledon Reserve squad The following players did not appear for the first team this season. 13 ENG GK Paul Smith 23 WAL MF Arron Davies 24 ENG FW Dexter BlackstockBlackstock was born in Oxford, England, and has represented them on U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Antigua & Barbuda internationally, and made his debut for Antigua & Barbuda in February 2012 25 ENG GK Michael Poke 26 ENG DF Matt Mills 27 ENG FW Leon BestBest was born in Nottingham, England, but also qualified to represent Ireland internationally, and made his full international debut for Ireland in May 2009. 35 ENG DF Mike Williamson ENG DF Francis Benali ENG DF Luke Byles ENG DF Michael Green ENG MF Simon Gillett WAL MF Richard Jones on loan to Swansea City ESP MF Jacinto EláElá was born in Añisoc, Equatorial Guinea, but was raised in Spain from the age of 10. UKR MF Andrejs Perepļotkins on loan to BohemiansPerepļotkins was born in Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but acquired Latvian citizenship in 2007, and made his full international debut for Latvia in 2007. RSA MF Drew Surman Youth squad SCO GK Andrew McNeil ENG DF Kyle Critchell WAL DF Gareth Bale FRA 1974 DF Sebastian Wallis-Taylor ENG MF Nathan Dyer ENG MF Lloyd James ENG MF Adam Lallana POR MF Feliciano Condesso FIN MF Tim Sparv ENG FW Theo Walcott ENG FW Josh Dutton-Black Results November 2011 Premier League 1 16 August 2003 BST (UTC+01) Leicester City 2–2 Report Southampton Dickov 5 pen.Ferdinand 10 Phillips 76Beattie 80 Leicester, Leicestershire Walkers Stadium 31,621 Mike Riley D 2 23 August 2003 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 0–0 Report Birmingham City Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,656 Graham Barber D 3 26 August 2003 BST (UTC+01) Leeds United 0–0 Report Southampton Leeds, West Yorkshire Elland Road 34,721 Paul Durkin D 4 31 August 2003 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 1–0 Report Manchester United Beattie 88 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium Mark Halsey W 5 13 September 2003 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 2–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Beattie 37 pen. 52 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,711 Uriah Rennie W 6 20 September 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Report Southampton Kanouté 62 Beattie 2 43Phillips 60 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 35,784 Andy D'Urso W 7 27 September 2003 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 0–1 Report Middlesbrough Phillips 0 90 Christie 13 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 30,772 Barry Knight L 8 4 October 2003 BST (UTC+01) Newcastle United 1–0 Report Southampton Shearer 44 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside St James' Park 52,127 Phil Dowd L 9 19 October 2003 Everton 0–0 Report Southampton Liverpool, Merseyside Goodison Park 35,775 Matt Messias D 10 25 October 2003 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 2–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Beattie 59Griffit 87 Cole 0 65 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,620 Steve Bennett W 11 1 November 2003 15:00 GMT (UTC) Southampton 0–2 Report Manchester City Fowler 4Wanchope 85 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,952 Alan Wiley L 12 8 November 2003 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Report Southampton M. Svensson 0 86 Bolton, Greater Manchester Reebok Stadium 25,619 Howard Webb D 13 22 November 2003 Southampton 0–1 Report Chelsea Melchiot 47 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 32,149 Dermot Gallagher L 14 29 November 2003 Aston Villa 1–0 Report Southampton Dublin 45 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 31,285 Matt Messias L 15 7 December 2003 GMT (UTC) Southampton 3–2 Report Charlton Athletic M. Svensson 14Ormerod 45 85 Parker 46 65 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 30,513 Peter Walton W 16 13 December 2003 GMT (UTC) Liverpool 1–2 Report Southampton Heskey 75 Ormerod 2M. Svensson 64 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 41,762 Paul Durkin W 17 21 December 2003 GMT (UTC) Southampton 3–0 Report Portsmouth Schemmel 34 o.g.Pahars 67Beattie 90 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,697 Jeff Winter W 18 26 December 2003 12:00 GMT (UTC) Fulham 2–0 Report Southampton Saha 19 63 pen. Fulham, London Loftus Road 16,767 Alan Wiley L 19 29 December 2003 20:00 GMT (UTC) Southampton 0–1 Report Arsenal Pires 35 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 32,151 Steve Dunn L 20 7 January 2004 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 0–0 Report Leicester City Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,053 Howard Webb D 21 10 January 2004 15:00 GMT (UTC) Birmingham City 2–1 Report Southampton Clemence 16Kenna 67 Ormerod 6Prutton 0 69 St Andrew's Birmingham, West Midlands 29,071 Steve Bennett L 22 17 January 2004 Southampton 2–1 Report Leeds United Ormerod 36Phillips 43 Kilgallon 75 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,976 Alan Wiley W 23 31 January 2004 GMT (UTC) Manchester United 3–2 Report Southampton Saha 17Scholes 36van Nistelrooy 60 Phillips 37,52 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford 67,758 Graham Barber L 24 7 February 2004 Southampton 0–0 Report Fulham Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,820 Andy D'Urso D 25 10 February 2004 19:45 GMT (UTC) Arsenal 2–0 Report Southampton Henry 31 90 Islington, London Highbury 38,007 Neale Barry L 26 21 February 2004 GMT (UTC) Southampton 3–3 Report Everton Phillips 58Beattie 81Fernandes 90 Rooney 7 77Ferguson 33 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,875 Phil Dowd D 27 28 February 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Report Southampton Cole 52 Phillips 5 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 21,970 Mike Dean D 28 14 March 2004 GMT (UTC) Southampton 2–0 Report Liverpool Beattie 51Phillips 85 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 32,056 Dermot Gallagher W 29 21 March 2004 GMT (UTC) Portsmouth 1–0 Report Southampton Yakubu 68 Portsmouth, Hampshire Fratton Park 20,140 Mark Halsey L 30 27 March 2004 Southampton 1–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Delap 64 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,973 Chris Foy W 31 3 April 2004 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–4 Report Southampton Camara 72 Beattie 25Lundekvam 58Phillips 89 90 Wolverhampton, West Midlands Molineux 29,106 Mark Halsey W 32 12 April 2004 Middlesbrough 3–1 Report Southampton Juninho 23Németh 32Maccarone 49 Beattie 70 Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Riverside Stadium 30,768 Dermot Gallagher L 33 17 April 2004 15:00 Manchester City 1–3 Report Southampton Anelka 78 Beattie 34Phillips 55 81 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 47,152 Graham Barber W 34 24 April 2004 Southampton 1–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Pahars 21 Nolan 77Davies 78 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,712 Steve Dunn L 35 1 May 2004 Chelsea 4–0 Report Southampton Cranie 59 o.g.Lampard 75 83Guðjohnsen 86 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge 41,321 Paul Durkin L 36 8 May 2004 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 1–1 Report Aston Villa Phillips 45 Angel 39 pen. Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 32,054 Howard Webb D 37 11 May 2004 20:00 BST (UTC+01) Southampton 3–3 Report Newcastle United Beattie 19Bramble 39 o.g.Griffit 88 Ameobi 7Bowyer 35Ambrose 90 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,815 Graham Poll D 38 15 May 2004 BST (UTC+01) Charlton Athletic 2–1 Report Southampton Euell 36Cole 53 Prutton 64 Greenwich, London The Valley 26,614 Jeff Winter L FA Cup 3 GMT (UTC) Southampton 0–3 Newcastle United Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium L League Cup Third round: Bristol City 1–3 Southampton; attendance 17,408 4 2 December 2003 GMT (UTC) Southampton 2–0 Report Portsmouth Beattie 33 90 pen. De Zeeuw 0 90 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 29,201 Graham Poll W 5 16 December 2003 GMT (UTC) Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Report Southampton Pedersen 115 Bolton, Greater Manchester Reebok Stadium 13,957 Phil Dowd L UEFA Cup First RoundFirst Leg 24 September 2003 19:45 BST Southampton ENG 1–1 Report ROM Steaua București Phillips 52 Răducanu 20 St Mary's Stadium, Southampton 30,577 Tommy Skjerven (Norway) D First RoundSecond Leg 15 October 2003 18:45 EEST Steaua București ROM 1–0 2–1 Report ENG Southampton Răducanu 83 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 25,000 Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) L Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 14 Antti Niemi GK FIN 28 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 28 Alan Blayney GK NIR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Jason Dodd DF ENG 27+1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 Graeme Le Saux DF ENG 19 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 Claus Lundekvam DF NOR 31 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 6 Stephen Crainey DF SCO 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Michael Svensson DF SWE 26 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 15 Fitz Hall DF ENG 7+4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 Martin Cranie DF ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Danny Higginbotham DF ENG 24+3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 22 Darren Kenton DF ENG 3+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Chris Baird DF NIR 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 8 Matt Oakley MF ENG 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Neil McCann MF SCO 9+9 0 0 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 12 Anders Svensson MF SWE 17+13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18 Rory Delap MF IRL 26+1 1 0 0 3 0 1+1 0 20 David Prutton MF ENG 22+5 1 1 0 1+1 0 0 0 21 Jo Tessem MF NOR 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Fabrice Fernandes MF FRA 1974 21+6 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 30 Léandre Griffit MF FRA 1974 2+3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Yoann Folly MF FRA 1974 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Paul Telfer MF SCO 33+4 0 1 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 7 Kevin Phillips FW ENG 28+6 12 1 0 0 0 2 1 9 James Beattie FW ENG 32+5 14 1 0 2 3 2 0 17 Marian Pahars FW LAT 6+8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 34 Agustin Delgado FW ECU 0+4 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 36 Brett Ormerod FW ENG 14+8 5 0+1 0 3 1 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 1 Paul Jones GK WAL 8 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 4 Chris Marsden MF ENG 9+4 0 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 |} References Category:Southampton F.C. seasons Southampton