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2003–04 Football League
105th season of the Football League
105th season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [2003–04](2003-04-in-english-football) |
| winners | Norwich City |
| promoted | Norwich City |
| West Bromwich Albion | |
| Crystal Palace | |
| relegated | Carlisle United |
| York City | |
| continentalcup1 | New Clubs in League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Yeovil Town |
| Doncaster Rovers | |
| prevseason | [2002–03](2002-03-football-league) |
| nextseason | [2004–05](2004-05-football-league) |
West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace York City Doncaster Rovers The 2003–04 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th completed season of The Football League.
This was the last season of the Football League with the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor, and the last in which the divisions were known as the First, Second and Third Divisions: from the following season they would be known as the Championship, League One and League Two respectively.
Norwich City won the First Division, thus returning to the Premier League for the first time since 1994–95. Also promoted to the top flight were West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace. Plymouth Argyle won the Second Division, while Doncaster Rovers won the Third.
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
First Division
Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division
West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace Bradford City Wimbledon (27 goals)
Play-offs
Main article: Football League Championship play-offs#2004
1st leg – 14/15 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2004 29 May 2004 | RD1-seed1=3rd | RD1-team1= Sunderland | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-agg=4 (4) | RD1-seed2=6th | RD1-team2=Crystal Palace (pens.) | RD1-score2-1=3 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-agg=4 (5) | RD1-seed3=4th | RD1-team3=West Ham United | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=2 | RD1-seed4=5th | RD1-team4= Ipswich Town | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=1 | RD2-seed1=6th | RD2-team1=Crystal Palace | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=4th | RD2-team2=West Ham United | RD2-score2=0
Maps
Bradford City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Reading Rotherham Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wigan Athletic Wimbledon
Crystal Palace Millwall Watford West Ham Wimbledon
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | ENG ** Andrew Johnson ** | ** Crystal Palace ** | **28** |
| 2 | ENG Marlon Harewood | West Ham United / | |
| Nottingham Forest | 25 | ||
| 3 | WAL Robert Earnshaw | Cardiff City | 21 |
| 4 | ENG Dean Ashton | Crewe Alexandra | 19 |
| = | ENG Robbie Blake | Burnley | 19 |
| 6 | ENG Nathan Ellington | Wigan Athletic | 18 |
| 7 | ENG Darren Bent | Ipswich Town | 17 |
| = | JAM Ricardo Fuller | Preston North End | 17 |
| 9 | ENG Marcus Stewart | Sunderland | 16 |
| 10 | NIR David Healy | Preston North End | 15 |
| = | ENG Martin Butler | Rotherham United | 15 |
| = | NIR Steve Jones | Crewe Alexandra | 15 |
Second Division
Queens Park Rangers Brighton & Hove Albion Notts County Rushden & Diamonds Wycombe Wanderers Stephen McPhee (Port Vale), 25
|win_B&HA=22|draw_B&HA=11|loss_B&HA=13|gf_B&HA=64|ga_B&HA=43|status_B&HA=OP |win_R&D=13|draw_R&D=9|loss_R&D=24|gf_R&D=60|ga_R&D=74|status_R&D=R
Play-offs
Main article: Football League One play-offs#2004
1st leg – 15/16 May; 2nd leg – 19/20 May 2004 30 May 2004 | RD1-seed1=4th | RD1-team1=Brighton & Hove Albion (pens.)
| RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-agg=2 (4) | RD1-seed2=5th | RD1-team2=Swindon Town | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-agg=2 (3) | RD1-seed3=3rd | RD1-team3=Bristol City | RD1-score3-1=1 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=3 | RD1-seed4=6th | RD1-team4=Hartlepool United | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-agg=2 | RD2-seed1=4th | RD2-team1=Brighton & Hove Albion | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=3rd | RD2-team2=Bristol City | RD2-score2=0
Maps
AFC Bournemouth Barnsley Blackpool Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester Grimsby Town Hartlepool Luton Town Notts County Oldham Peterborough Plymouth Argyle Port Vale QPR Rushden & Diamonds Sheffield Wednesday Stockport Swindon Tranmere Wrexham Wycombe
Brentford Queens Park Rangers
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | ENG ** Leon Knight ** | ** Brighton & Hove Albion ** | **26** |
| 2 | SCO Stephen McPhee | Port Vale | 25 |
| 3 | IRE Paul Heffernan | Notts County | 20 |
| = | ENG Sam Parkin | Swindon Town | 20 |
| 5 | ENG Tommy Mooney | Swindon Town | 19 |
| 6 | ENG Kevin Gallen | Queens Park Rangers | 17 |
| 7 | CIV Eugene Dadi | Tranmere Rovers | 16 |
| = | ENG Paul Furlong | Queens Park Rangers | 16 |
| = | ENG Scott Taylor | Blackpool | 16 |
| 10 | JAM Onandi Lowe | Rushden & Diamonds | 15 |
Third Division
Hull City Torquay United Huddersfield Town York City Yeovil Town
Play-offs
Main article: Football League Two play-offs#2004
1st leg – 15/16 May; 2nd leg – 19/20 May 2004 31 May 2004 | RD1-seed1=4th | RD1-team1=**Huddersfield Town ** | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-agg=4 | RD1-seed2=7th | RD1-team2=Lincoln City | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-agg=3 | RD1-seed3=5th | RD1-team3=Mansfield Town (pens.) | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=1 | RD1-score3-agg=3 (5) | RD1-seed4=6th | RD1-team4= Northampton Town | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=3 | RD1-score4-agg=3 (4) | RD2-seed1=4th | RD2-team1=Huddersfield Town (pens.) | RD2-score1=0 (4) | RD2-seed2=5th | RD2-team2=Mansfield Town | RD2-score2=0 (1)
Maps
Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge Utd Carlisle United Cheltenham Darlington Doncaster Huddersfield Hull Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Mansfield Northampton Town Oxford Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend Swansea City Torquay Yeovil Town York City
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | SCO ** Steven MacLean ** | ** Scunthorpe United ** | **23** |
| 2 | SCO David Graham | Torquay United | 22 |
| 3 | ENG Leon Constantine | Southend United | 21 |
| 4 | ENG Liam Lawrence | Mansfield Town | 19 |
| 5 | ENG Gregg Blundell | Doncaster Rovers | 18 |
| = | ENG Ben Burgess | Hull City | 18 |
| 7 | ENG Gary Fletcher | Lincoln City | 17 |
| = | ENG Lee Trundle | Swansea City | 17 |
| 9 | ENG Matthew Tipton | Macclesfield Town | 16 |
| = | ENG Jon Stead | Huddersfield Town | 16 |
References
References
- "English League Leading Goalscorers".
- "ESPN".
- "England 2003–04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- "ESPN".
- [https://archive.today/20120728000454/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.4&year=2004&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com]
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