2003–04 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 October 2020 Nottingham Forest 2003–04 Paul Hart (until 7 February)Joe Kinnear (from 10 February) Nigel Doughty City Ground First Division 14th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Andy Reid (13) Andy Reid (13) 24,824 _whitelower _thinwhitesides _whitelower DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 _whitecollarplain FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _blue_stripes _bluestripes _blue_stripes 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2002–03 2004–05 During the 2003–04 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary The 2003–2004 season saw Paul Hart suffer from a squad that was low in confidence and with no money. However, Forest started reasonably well, winning five of their first seven games and after 15 games, they won seven and lost five and were in the top half of the table. When they went into the bottom three, after going 14 games without a win, the Forest chairman Nigel Doughty called time on Hart's reign as Forest manager. Joe Kinnear was then brought in to replace Hart. The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like Michael Dawson and Andy Reid, and they climbed up the table to secure a safe 14th place. Final league table 2003–04 Football League First Division y NOT Results Nottingham Forest's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 2003 SunderlandH2–023,579Harewood, Louis-Jean 16 August 2003 ReadingA0–316,833 23 August 2003 Cardiff CityH1–223,407Harewood 27 August 2003 Coventry CityA3–117,586Reid (2), Johnson 30 August 2003 Norwich CityH2–021,058Johnson, Harewood (pen) 13 September 2003 Sheffield UnitedH3–125,209Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid 16 September 2003 BurnleyA3–012,530Harewood, Reid, Taylor 20 September 2003 Crewe AlexandraA1–38,685Harewood 27 September 2003 Derby CountyH1–129,059Reid 1 October 2003 Preston North EndH0–122,278 4 October 2003 Stoke CityA1–213,755Williams 14 October 2003 Rotherham UnitedH2–220,168Harewood (2) 18 October 2003 WimbledonH6–023,520Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid, Taylor, Dawson, Morgan 22 October 2003 West Ham UnitedA1–129,544Reid 25 October 2003 Bradford CityA2–111,654Jess, Reid 1 November 2003 MillwallA0–19,635 4 November 2003 WalsallA1–47,321Reid 8 November 2003 WatfordH1–121,229Bopp 22 November 2003 Wigan AthleticA2–210,403Thompson, Harewood 29 November 2003 West Bromwich AlbionH0–327,331 3 December 2003 Ipswich TownH1–121,588Morgan 6 December 2003 WatfordA1–114,988Reid 13 December 2003 Crystal PalaceA0–116,935 26 December 2003 Norwich CityA0–116,429 28 December 2003 West Ham UnitedH0–227,491 10 January 2004 SunderlandA0–126,340 17 January 2004 ReadingH0–123,116 31 January 2004 Cardiff CityA0–017,913 7 February 2004 Coventry CityH0–123,075 14 February 2004 WalsallH3–325,012Impey, King, Taylor 21 February 2004 Rotherham UnitedA1–19,046Jess 25 February 2004 GillinghamH0–026,473 28 February 2004 Bradford CityH2–126,021Reid, Taylor 2 March 2004 WimbledonA1–06,317Taylor 6 March 2004 GillinghamA1–29,096Barmby 13 March 2004 Crystal PalaceH3–228,306Williams (2), Reid 17 March 2004 BurnleyH1–126,885Taylor 20 March 2004 Derby CountyA2–432,390Taylor, Williams 27 March 2004 Crewe AlexandraH2–024,347King (2) 3 April 2004 Sheffield UnitedA2–122,339King, Taylor 10 April 2004 Stoke CityH0–028,758 12 April 2004 Preston North EndA2–215,117King, Williams 17 April 2004 MillwallH2–222,263Reid, Johnson 24 April 2004 Ipswich TownA2–127,848Johnson (2) 1 May 2004 Wigan AthleticH1–029,172Johnson 9 May 2004 West Bromwich AlbionA2–026,821Williams, Johnson FA Cup 2003–04 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 2004 West Bromwich AlbionH1–011,843KingR425 January 2004 Sheffield UnitedH0–317,306 League Cup 2003–04 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR112 August 2003 Port ValeA0–0 (won 3–2 on pens)4,950R223 September 2003 Tranmere RoversA0–0 (won 4–1 on pens)4,477R329 October 2003 PortsmouthH2–420,078Bopp (2) First-team squad 1 WAL GK Darren WardWard was born in Worksop, England. 2 FRA DF Matthieu Louis-Jean 4 ENG DF Des Walker 5 ENG DF Michael Dawson 6 IRL DF John Thompson 7 IRL MF Andy Reid 8 SCO MF Gareth Williams 9 JAM FW David Johnson 10 WAL FW Gareth Taylor 11 JAM FW Marlon KingKing was born in Southwark, England. 12 IRL GK Barry Roche 14 SCO MF Eoin Jess 15 GER MF Eugen Bopp 16 SCO DF Chris Doig 17 SCO MF Michael Stewart on loan from Manchester United 18 WAL MF Paul EvansEvans was born in Oswestry, England. 19 IRL MF Brian Cash 20 ENG FW Craig Westcarr 21 NIR MF Danny SonnerSonner was born in Wigan, England. 22 ENG GK Paul Gerrard on loan from Everton 23 ENG DF Wes Morgan 24 SCO DF Gregor Robertson 25 ENG MF Matt Bodkin 26 ENG DF James Biggins 27 ENG FW Richard Jeffrey 28 ENG MF Andy Haskins 29 ENG DF James Perch 30 GER GK Pascal Formann 31 AUS DF David Tarka 32 ENG MF Ross Gardner 33 ENG MF James Beaumont 34 ENG DF Alan Rogers on loan from Leicester City 35 ENG MF Andy Impey on loan from Leicester City Left club during season 3 BEL DF Davy Oyen to K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel 11 ENG FW Marlon Harewood to West Ham United 18 ISL DF Brynjar Gunnarsson to Stoke City 22 IRL MF Stephen McPhail on loan from Leeds United 22 ENG FW Michael Chopra on loan from Newcastle United 36 ENG MF Nick Barmby on loan from Leeds United Appearances First Division FA Cup League Cup Darren Ward WAL 1 GK 32 0 2 0 3 0 Matthieu Louis-Jean FRA 2 DF 37+1 1 2 0 2 0 Davy Oyen BEL 3 DF 4 0 0 0 1 0 Des Walker ENG 4 DF 23+2 0 2 0 1 0 Michael Dawson ENG 5 DF 30 1 0 0 1 0 John Thompson IRL 6 DF 26+6 1 1 0 3 0 Andy Reid IRL 7 MF 46 13 2 0 3 0 Gareth Williams SCO 8 MF 38+1 6 2 0 1+1 0 David Johnson ENG 9 FW 10+7 7 0 0 1 0 Gareth Taylor ENG 10 FW 28+6 8 2 0 2 0 Marlon Harewood ENG 11 FW 19 12 0 0 3 0 Marlon King JAM 11 FW 23+1 5 2 1 0 0 Barry Roche IRL 12 GK 6+2 0 0 0 0 0 Eoin Jess SCO 14 MF 21+14 2 0 0 +2 0 Eugen Bopp GER 15 MF 9+6 1 1 0 1+1 2 Chris Doig SCO 16 DF 7+3 0 0 0 +1 0 Michael Stewart SCO 17 MF 11+2 0 0 0 1+1 0 Brynjar Gunnarsson ISL 18 DF 9+4 0 1 0 0 0 Paul Evans ENG 18 MF 8 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Cash IRL 19 MF +1 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Westcarr ENG 20 FW +3 0 +1 0 0 0 Danny Sonner ENG 21 MF 19+9 0 1 0 3 0 Stephen McPhail IRL 22 MF 13+1 0 0 0 2 0 Michael Chopra ENG 22 FW 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Gerrard ENG 22 GK 8 0 0 0 0 0 Wes Morgan ENG 23 DF 30+2 2 1 0 3 0 Gregor Robertson SCO 24 DF 12+4 0 2 0 3 0 Matt Bodkin ENG 25 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Biggins ENG 26 DF 0 0 1 0 0 0 Richard Jeffrey ENG 27 FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Haskins ENG 28 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Perch ENG 29 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pascal Formann GER 30 GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Tarka AUS 31 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ross Gardner ENG 32 MF 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 James Beaumont ENG 33 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alan Rogers ENG 34 DF 12 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Impey ENG 35 MF 15+1 1 0 0 0 0 Nicky Barmby ENG 36 MF 6 1 0 0 0 0 References 27em May 2013 2003-04 Nottingham Forest