2003–04 Hibernian F.C. season

September 2020 Hibernian 2003–04 Ken Lewandowski Bobby Williamson (until 20 April 2004) SPL 8th Scottish Cup R3 CIS Cup Final Riordan, 15 Riordan, 18 2002–03 2004–05 15060 5447 9150http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php Average Home League Game Attendances fitbastats.com 4 November 2013 (down 787) Season 2003–04 was a disappointment for Hibernian, as the team again finished in the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League, and was knocked out at the first stage of the Scottish Cup. The main highlight of the season was the run to the 2004 Scottish League Cup Final, which Hibs reached by defeating both halves of the Old Firm. This also ended in disappointment, however, as the Final was lost 2–0 to Livingston. A month after that defeat, manager Bobby Williamson was allowed to leave the club to manage Plymouth Argyle.Few Hibees will mourn Williamson, BBC Sport, 20 April 2004. League season With the Hibs squad "stretched to its limits" by injuries to Ian Murray, Grant Brebner, Stephen Glass and Yannick Zambernardi, Hibs again struggled in the league. Financial problems meant that the club had sold or released many of its senior players during Bobby Williamson's time in charge, and even Williamson's own long-term contract was renegotiated to a shorter term and lower salary. The Hibs board were also apparently willing to allow Plymouth Argyle to take Williamson when made an approach in April 2004. Williamson's assistants, Gerry McCabe and Jim Clark, took charge of the team for the remainder of the season,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3676275.stm Thordarson rejects Hibs BBC Sport 3 May 2004 with Tony Mowbray appointed soon after its conclusion.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3741809.stm Mowbray is new Hibs boss BBC Sport 24 May 2004 Results W 9 August 2003 SPL 1–2 Dundee United Samuel 46 Hibernian Riordan 74McManus 88 pen. Tannadice Park, Dundee 9,809 Clark W 17 August 2003 SPL 1–0 Hibernian O'Connor 90 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,803 Dougal L 23 August 2003 SPL 5–2 Rangers Mols 34 62Murray 43 o.g.Arteta 67Burke 84 Hibernian Murray 29McManus 36 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,642 McDonald D 30 August 2003 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Brown 69 Aberdeen Anderson 6 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,682 Brines L 13 September 2003 SPL 0–2 Hibernian Motherwell Clarkson 45 75 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,387 Clark D 20 September 2003 SPL 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic Hibernian East End Park, Dunfermline 9,715 McCurry L 27 September 2003 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Doumbe 38 Celtic Thompson 40 pen.Larsson 51 Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,032 Freeland W 4 October 2003 SPL 0–1 Partick Thistle Hibernian Brebner 90 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 4,125 Rowbotham L 18 October 2003 SPL 0–2 Hibernian Livingston Lilley 38 83 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,562 Thomson W 25 October 2003 SPL 3–1 Hibernian Murdock 13Riordan 16O'Connor 90 Kilmarnock Nish 80 Easter Road, Edinburgh 7,191 Underhill D 1 November 2003 SPL 1–1 Dundee Novo 33 Hibernian Riordan 81 Dens Park, Dundee 7,032 Clark D 8 November 2003 SPL 2–2 Hibernian Brown 15McCracken 90 o.g. Dundee United McLaren 28Robson 83 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,756 Richmond L 23 November 2003 SPL 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Orman 9 o.g.Smith 67 o.g. Hibernian Tynecastle, Edinburgh 16,632 Dallas L 30 November 2003 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Rangers Hughes 90 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,160 Dougal L 7 December 2003 SPL 3–1 Aberdeen Hinds 26Booth 85 90 pen. Hibernian Dobbie 57 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 7,863 Clark W 13 December 2003 SPL 0–1 Motherwell Hibernian Riordan 90 Fir Park, Motherwell 4,533 Thomson L 21 December 2003 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Riordan 63 Dunfermline Athletic Brewster 1 36 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,085 Fyfe L 27 December 2003 SPL 6–0 Celtic Sutton 4 54 pen.Hartson 45 60Larsson 66Petrov 77 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow 59,609 Freeland W 3 January 2004 SPL 3–2 Hibernian O'Connor 9Dobbie 35Whittaker 84 Partick Thistle Grady 53Madaschi 78 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,875 Brines L 17 January 2004 SPL 1–0 Livingston Makel 26 Hibernian Almondvale, Livingston 5,621 Underhill W 24 January 2004 SPL 0–2 Kilmarnock Hibernian Brown 48O'Connor 50 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 5,571 Dallas D 31 January 2004 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Riordan 69 pen. Dundee Fotheringham 44 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,023 Conroy D 10 February 2004 SPL 0–0 Dundee United Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee 6,389 Thomson D 15 February 2004 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Riordan 24 Heart of Midlothian Pressley 47 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,060 McCurry L 21 February 2004 SPL 3–0 Rangers Arveladze 9 pen.Mols 66Thompson 83 pen. Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,698 Dallas L 28 February 2004 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Aberdeen Morrison 5 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,416 Brines L 21 March 2004 SPL 0–4 Hibernian Celtic Agathe 18 81Larsson 35 49 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,456 McDonald D 24 March 2004 SPL 3–3 Hibernian Nicol 6Reid 37Riordan 62 pen. Motherwell Lasley 46Adams 60 pen.Doumbe 80 o.g. Easter Road, Edinburgh 5,670 Freeland D 27 March 2004 SPL 1–1 Partick Thistle Thomson 70 pen. Hibernian Murdock 68 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 3,155 Rowbotham W 3 April 2004 SPL 3–1 Hibernian McManus 39Riordan 54 83 Livingston Lilley 50 Easter Road, Edinburgh 6,507 Dallas W 10 April 2004 SPL 3–0 Hibernian Caldwell 22Thomson 45Riordan 64 pen. Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh 7,326 Toner D 13 April 2004 SPL 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Dempsey 78 Hibernian Riordan 5 East End Park, Dunfermline 5,041 Thomson D 17 April 2004 SPL 2–2 Dundee Lovell 38Milne 90 Hibernian Riordan 45Riordan 50 pen. Dens Park, Dundee 5,508 McDonald L 24 April 2004 SPL 2–0 Kilmarnock Boyd 28 85 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 4,886 Clark W 1 May 2004 SPL 1–0 Hibernian Riordan 42 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh 6,180 Mackay L 5 May 2004 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Murdock 33 Partick Thistle Grady 38Murdock 60 o.g. Easter Road, Edinburgh 5,447 Thomson W 8 May 2004 SPL 0–1 Aberdeen Hibernian O'Connor 90 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 6,781 Clark L 15 May 2004 SPL 4–1 Livingston Lovell 8Lilley 64Fernandez 78Makel 89 Hibernian Doumbe 75 Almondvale, Livingston 4,409 McCurry Final table HIB Scottish League Cup As one of the SPL clubs who had not automatically qualified for European competition, Hibs entered at the last 32 stage (second round) of the competition, in which they defeated Montrose 9–0 at Easter Road. Hibs were then given another home draw in the last 16, against Queen of the South, which Hibs won 2–1. In the quarter-final, Hibs were again drawn to play at home, but this time had to face league leaders Celtic. Despite falling behind early in the second half, Hibs won 2–1 thanks to a late goal by Kevin Thomson. Hibs were then given another tough draw for the semi-final, playing the other half of the Old Firm, Rangers. Nonetheless, Hibs won the tie 4–3 on penalties, with Frank de Boer's miss sending Hibs through. These two upset victories sent Hibs to the Final, where they met Livingston. Hibs sold a remarkable 37,000 tickets for the game, suggesting that the club still had the drawing power to be a major force in Scottish football. The match ended in major disappointment, however, as Livingston won 2–0 to lift the trophy. Results W 23 September 2003 Scottish League Cup 9–0 Hibernian Dobbie 1 29 31 pen.O'Connor 18 85Murray 66Kerrigan 70 o.g.Riordan 78Brown 86 Montrose Easter Road, Edinburgh 5,032 Toner W 28 October 2003 Scottish League Cup 2–1 Hibernian Riordan 11 23 Queen of the South Burke 90 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 7,613 McCurry W 18 December 2003 Scottish League Cup 2–1 Hibernian Brebner 64 pen.Thomson 82 Celtic Varga 56 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,246 Rowbotham W 5 February 2004 Scottish League Cup 1–1 AET (4 – 3 pen.) Hibernian Dobbie 79 Rangers Mols 40 Hampden Park, Glasgow 27,954 Clark L 14 March 2004 Scottish League Cup 0–2 Hibernian Livingston Lilley 50McAllister 52 Hampden Park, Glasgow 45,500 Young Scottish Cup Results L 10 January 2004 Scottish Cup 0–2 Hibernian Rangers Arveladze 35Løvenkrands 49 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,392 McCurry Transfers Players in PlayerFromFeeScotland Stephen DobbieRangersFreeEngland Roland EdgeGillinghamFreeScotland Stephen GlassWatfordFreeDenmark Morten HyldgaardCoventry CityFreeNorthern Ireland Colin MurdockPreston North EndFreeScotland Gary CaldwellNewcastle UnitedFree Players out PlayerToFeeFrance Frederic ArpinonNîmes OlympiqueFreeEngland Derek TownsleyOxford UnitedFreeScotland David ProctorInverness CTFreeScotland Darran ThomsonInverness CTFreeScotland Calvin ShandCowdenbeathFreeFinland Mixu PaatelainenSt JohnstoneFreeScotland Ryan HardingLivingstonFreeScotland Paul HillandBerwick RangersFreeScotland John O'NeilFalkirkFreeDenmark Morten HyldgaardLuton TownFree Loans in Loans out PlayerToIreland Nick ColganStockport CountyScotland Alistair BrownCowdenbeath Player stats During the 2003–04 season, Hibs used 27 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1227 Hibernian 2003/2004 player appearances Soccerbase 13 December 2009The soccerbase statistics inaccurately attribute Kevin Thomson's appearance against Rangers on 30 November 2003 to "Steven Thomson" https://web.archive.org/web/20251210023522/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=35841&season_id=133 10 December 2025 . Goalkeeper Daniel Andersson was the only player to appear in every match, playing in 38 SPL matches, five League Cup ties and the one Scottish Cup tie. SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Daniel Andersson GK Sweden 38 0 1 0 5 0 Jonathan Baillie DF Scotland 2 0 0 0 1 0 Gary Caldwell DF Scotland 17 1 0 0 2 0 Mathias Kouo-Doumbé DF France 33 2 1 0 5 0 Roland Edge DF England 20 0 0 0 4 0 John Kane DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Colin Murdock DF Northern Ireland 32 3 1 0 4 0 Jay Shields DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Smith DF Scotland 20 0 1 0 2 0 Steven Whittaker DF Scotland 28 1 1 0 4 0 Yannick Zambernardi DF France 8 0 0 0 0 0 Grant Brebner MF Scotland 22 1 1 0 3 1 Scott Brown MF Scotland 36 3 1 0 4 1 Stephen Glass MF Scotland 12 0 0 0 2 0 Jamie McCluskey MF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin McDonald MF England 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Murray MF Scotland 14 1 0 0 2 1 Kevin Nicol MF Scotland 15 1 1 0 0 0 Alen Orman MF Austria 18 0 0 0 2 0 Alan Reid MF Scotland 20 1 0 0 3 0 Kevin Thomson MF Scotland 23 1 1 0 3 1 Jarkko Wiss MF Finland 13 0 0 0 1 0 Stephen Dobbie FW Scotland 28 2 1 0 4 4 Steven Fletcher FW Scotland 5 0 0 0 0 0 Tam McManus FW Scotland 32 3 0 0 5 0 Garry O'Connor FW Scotland 33 5 1 0 5 2 Derek Riordan FW Scotland 34 15 1 0 5 3 |} See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons Notes 30em External links Fixtures & Results, Hibernian F.C. official site Hibernian 2003/2004 results and fixtures, Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian