Football League First Division 2003/04

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Football League First Division 2003/04
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Norwich City
Uefa cup Millwall FC (as FA Cup finalist)
Climbers Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion , Crystal Palace (as play-off winners)
Relegated Walsall FC , Bradford City ,
Wimbledon FC
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,435  (ø 2.60 per game)
Top scorer Andy Johnson ( Crystal Palace )
← Football League First Division 2002/03
↑ Premier League 2003/04

The Football League First Division 2003/04 was the twelfth season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 101st second division season overall. It started on August 9, 2003 and ended on May 9, 2004.

The championship won Norwich City , which also secured participation in the 2004/05 Premier League season . Behind runner-up West Bromwich Albion , Crystal Palace also rose to the Premier League as a play-off winner. In the Football League One relegated had the Walsall FC , Bradford City and FC Wimbledon .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Norwich City  46  28  10  8th 079:390 +40 94
 2. West Bromwich Albion (A)  46  25th  11  10 064:420 +22 86
 3. Sunderland AFC (A)  46  22nd  13  11 062:450 +17 79
 4th West Ham United (A)  46  19th  17th  10 067:450 +22 74
 5. Ipswich Town  46  21st  10  15th 084:720 +12 73
 6th Crystal Palace  46  21st  10  15th 072:610 +11 73
 7th Wigan Athletic (N)  46  18th  17th  11 060:450 +15 71
 8th. Sheffield United  46  20th  11  15th 065:560  +9 71
 9. Reading FC  46  20th  10  16 055:570  −2 70
10. Millwall FC  46  18th  15th  13 055:480  +7 69
11. Stoke City  46  18th  12  16 058:550  +3 66
12. Coventry City  46  17th  14th  15th 067:540 +13 65
13. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (N)  46  17th  14th  15th 068:580 +10 65
14th Nottingham Forest  46  15th  15th  16 061:580  +3 60
15th Preston North End  46  15th  14th  17th 069:710  −2 59
16. Watford FC  46  15th  12  19th 054:680 −14 57
17th Rotherham United  46  13  15th  18th 053:610  −8 54
18th Crewe Alexandra (N)  46  14th  11  21st 057:660  −9 53
19th Burnley FC  46  13  14th  19th 060:770 −17 53
20th Derby County  46  13  13  20th 053:670 −14 52
21st Gillingham FC  46  14th  9  23 048:670 −19 51
22nd Walsall FC  46  13  12  21st 045:650 −20 51
23. Bradford City  46  10  6th  30th 038:690 −31 36
24. Wimbledon FC  46  8th  5  33 041:890 −48 29

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League 2004/05
  • Promoted to the Premier League 2004/05
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 2004/05
  • Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup as an FA Cup finalist
  • Relegation to Football League One in 2004/05
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 2002/03
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 2002/03

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BRC BUR CAR COV CRE CRY OF THE GIL IPS Mil NOR NOF PNE REA RED SHU STO SUN WHALE WAT WBA WHU TIG WIM
    Bradford City 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 3: 2 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 0: 4 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 2: 3
    Burnley FC 4-0 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 3 1-0 1-0 4: 2 1: 1 3: 5 0: 3 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2-0
    Cardiff City 0: 2 2-0 0: 1 3-0 0: 2 4: 1 5-0 2: 3 1: 3 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 3 3: 2 2: 1 3: 1 4-0 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1
    Coventry City 0-0 4-0 1: 3 2-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 4-0 0: 2 1: 3 4: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 4: 2 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0
    Crewe Alexandra 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2: 3 3-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 3 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 0-0 0: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 0: 3 2: 3 1-0
    Crystal Palace 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 1-0 3: 4 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 6: 3 3-0 1-0 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 1
    Derby County 3: 2 2-0 2: 2 1: 3 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2-0 0: 4 4: 2 5: 1 2: 3 1-0 2-0 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 3: 1
    Gillingham FC 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 2: 5 2-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 4: 3 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 3 3: 1 1: 3 3-0 1-0 0: 2 2-0 0: 3 1: 2
    Ipswich Town 3: 1 6: 1 1: 1 1: 1 6: 4 1: 3 2: 1 3: 4 1: 3 0: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 4: 1 2: 3 1: 2 1: 3 4: 1
    Millwall FC 1-0 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 2-0
    Norwich City 0: 1 2-0 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 3: 1 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 5-0 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0 3: 2
    Nottingham Forest 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 3 1: 1 0: 3 0: 2 1-0 6-0
    Preston North End 1-0 5: 3 2: 2 4: 2 0-0 4: 1 3-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 3: 3 1-0 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 1: 2 2: 4 1-0
    Reading FC 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 3 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 3-0 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 0: 3
    Rotherham United 1: 2 3-0 0-0 2-0 0: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 4: 4 1: 1 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 3 1-0 0: 3 3: 1
    Sheffield United 2-0 1-0 5: 3 2: 1 2-0 0: 3 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 5-0 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 3: 3 1: 1 2: 1
    Stoke City 1-0 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 2 2: 2 3: 1 3: 2 3: 1 4: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1
    Sunderland AFC 3-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 3 2-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1
    Walsall FC 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 6 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1: 1 1: 3 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0: 1 4: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0
    Watford FC 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 5 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 4-0
    West Bromwich Albion 2-0 4: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 2 1-0 0-0 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1
    West Ham United 1-0 2: 2 1-0 2-0 4: 2 3-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 3: 2 0-0 4-0 3: 4 4-0 5-0
    Wigan Athletic 1-0 0-0 3-0 2: 1 2: 3 5-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1
    Wimbledon FC 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1 0: 3 3: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 3: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 2: 4

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Finals at the Millennium Stadium
                         
    6th  Crystal Palace 3 1 4th    
    3  Sunderland AFC 2 2 4th  
    6th  Crystal Palace 1
      4th  West Ham United 0
    5  West Ham United 0 2 2
    4th  Ipswich Town 1 0 1  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Andy Johnson Crystal Palace 27
    2 EnglandEngland Marlon Harewood Nottingham Forest / West Ham United 25th
    3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Earnshaw Cardiff City 21st
    4th EnglandEngland Dean Ashton Crewe Alexandra 19th
    = EnglandEngland Robbie Blake Burnley FC =
    6th EnglandEngland Nathan Ellington Wigan Athletic 18th
    7th JamaicaJamaica Ricardo Fuller Preston North End 17th
    8th EnglandEngland Darren Bent Ipswich Town 15th
    = EnglandEngland Martin Butler Rotherham United =
    = Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland David Healy Preston North End =
    = Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Steve Jones Crewe Alexandra =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ Cross table of the English Football League Championship 2003/2004 (Fussballdaten.de)
    2. ↑ Crystal Palace prevailed with 5: 4 goals on penalties.