2003–04_Football_League

Football League Second Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (2nd third tier title)
Direct promotion	Plymouth Argyle,; Queens Park Rangers
Promoted through play-offs	Brighton & Hove Albion
Relegated	Grimsby Town,; Notts County,; Rushden & Diamonds,; Wycombe Wanderers
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leon Knight (Brighton & Hove Albion), 25; Stephen McPhee (Port Vale), 25
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

First Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	Norwich City
Promoted	Norwich City; West Bromwich Albion; Crystal Palace
Relegated	Walsall; Bradford City; Wimbledon
UEFA Cup	Millwall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,435 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrew Johnson; (27 goals)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 (Championship) →

The Football League
Season	2003–04
Champions	Norwich City
Promoted	Norwich City; West Bromwich Albion; Crystal Palace
Relegated	Carlisle United; York City
New Clubs in League	Yeovil Town; Doncaster Rovers
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Football League

105th season of the Football League

The 2003–04 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th completed season of The Football League.

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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.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City (C, P)	46	28	10	8	79	39	+40	94	Promotion to the FA Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86	Promotion to the FA Premier League
3	Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	West Ham United	46	19	17	10	67	45	+22	74
5	Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73
6	Crystal Palace (O, P)	46	21	10	15	72	61	+11	73
7	Wigan Athletic	46	18	17	11	60	45	+15	71
8	Sheffield United	46	20	11	15	65	56	+9	71
9	Reading	46	20	10	16	55	57	−2	70
10	Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7	69	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Stoke City	46	18	12	16	58	55	+3	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	14	15	67	54	+13	65
13	Cardiff City	46	17	14	15	68	58	+10	65
14	Nottingham Forest	46	15	15	16	61	58	+3	60
15	Preston North End	46	15	14	17	69	71	−2	59
16	Watford	46	15	12	19	54	68	−14	57
17	Rotherham United	46	13	15	18	53	61	−8	54
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	11	21	57	66	−9	53
19	Burnley	46	13	14	19	60	77	−17	53
20	Derby County	46	13	13	20	53	67	−14	52
21	Gillingham	46	14	9	23	48	67	−19	51
22	Walsall (R)	46	13	12	21	45	65	−20	51	Relegation to Football League One
23	Bradford City (R)	46	10	6	30	38	69	−31	36	Relegation to Football League One
24	Wimbledon (R)	46	8	5	33	41	89	−48	29	Renamed Milton Keynes Dons in Football League One

Semi-finals 1st leg – 14/15 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2004					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 29 May 2004

3rd	Sunderland	2	2	4 (4)

6th	Crystal Palace (pens.)	3	1	4 (5)
					4th	West Ham United	0

					6th	Crystal Palace	1
4th	West Ham United	0	2	2

5th	Ipswich Town	1	0	1

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Andrew Johnson	Crystal Palace	28
2	Marlon Harewood	West Ham United / Nottingham Forest	25
3	Robert Earnshaw	Cardiff City	21
4	Dean Ashton	Crewe Alexandra	19
=	Robbie Blake	Burnley	19
6	Nathan Ellington	Wigan Athletic	18
7	Darren Bent	Ipswich Town	17
=	Ricardo Fuller	Preston North End	17
9	Marcus Stewart	Sunderland	16
10	David Healy	Preston North End	15
=	Martin Butler	Rotherham United	15
=	Steve Jones	Crewe Alexandra	15

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle (C, P)	46	17	5	1	52	13	9	7	7	33	28	+44	90	Promoted
2	Queens Park Rangers (P)	46	16	7	0	47	12	6	10	7	33	33	+35	83	Promoted
3	Bristol City	46	15	6	2	34	12	8	7	8	24	25	+21	82	Participated in play-offs
4	Brighton & Hove Albion (O, P)	46	17	4	2	39	11	5	7	11	25	32	+21	77
5	Swindon Town	46	12	7	4	41	23	8	6	9	35	35	+18	73
6	Hartlepool United	46	10	8	5	39	24	10	5	8	37	37	+15	73
7	Port Vale	46	15	6	2	45	28	6	4	13	28	35	+10	73
8	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	7	3	36	18	4	9	10	23	38	+3	67
9	AFC Bournemouth	46	11	8	4	35	25	6	7	10	21	26	+5	66
10	Luton Town	46	14	6	3	44	27	3	9	11	25	39	+3	66
11	Colchester United	46	11	8	4	33	23	6	5	12	19	33	−4	64
12	Barnsley	46	7	12	4	25	19	8	5	10	29	39	−4	62
13	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	27	21	8	3	12	23	39	−10	60
14	Blackpool	46	9	5	9	31	28	7	6	10	27	37	−7	59
15	Oldham Athletic	46	9	8	6	37	25	3	13	7	29	35	+6	57
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	7	9	7	25	26	6	5	12	23	38	−16	53
17	Brentford	46	9	5	9	34	38	5	6	12	18	31	−17	53
18	Peterborough United	46	5	8	10	36	33	7	8	8	22	25	0	52
19	Stockport County	46	6	8	9	31	36	5	11	7	31	34	−8	52
20	Chesterfield	46	9	7	7	34	31	3	8	12	15	40	−22	51
21	Grimsby Town (R)	46	10	5	8	36	26	3	6	14	19	55	−26	50	Relegated
22	Rushden & Diamonds (R)	46	9	5	9	37	34	4	4	15	23	40	−14	48
23	Notts County (R)	46	6	9	8	32	27	4	3	16	18	51	−28	42
24	Wycombe Wanderers (R)	46	5	7	11	31	39	1	12	10	19	36	−25	37

Semi-finals 1st leg – 15/16 May; 2nd leg – 19/20 May 2004					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 30 May 2004

3rd	Bristol City	1	2	3

6th	Hartlepool United	1	1	2
					3rd	Bristol City	0

					4th	Brighton & Hove Albion	1
4th	Brighton & Hove Albion (pens.)	1	1	2 (4)

5th	Swindon Town	0	2	2 (3)

2003–04_Football_League

2003–04 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

Play-offs

Maps

Top scorers

Second Division

Play-offs

Maps

Top scorers

Third Division

Play-offs

Maps

Top scorers

See also

References

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Leon Knight	Brighton & Hove Albion	26
2	Stephen McPhee	Port Vale	25
3	Paul Heffernan	Notts County	20
=	Sam Parkin	Swindon Town	20
5	Tommy Mooney	Swindon Town	19
6	Kevin Gallen	Queens Park Rangers	17
7	Eugene Dadi	Tranmere Rovers	16
=	Paul Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	16
=	Scott Taylor	Blackpool	16
10	Onandi Lowe	Rushden & Diamonds	15

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers^{[lower-alpha 1]} (C, P)	46	17	4	2	47	13	10	7	6	32	24	+42	92	Promoted
2	Hull City (P)	46	16	4	3	50	21	9	9	5	32	23	+38	88
3	Torquay United (P)	46	15	6	2	44	18	8	6	9	24	26	+24	81
4	Huddersfield Town (O, P)	46	16	4	3	42	18	7	8	8	26	34	+16	81	Participated in play-offs
5	Mansfield Town	46	13	5	5	44	25	9	4	10	32	37	+14	75
6	Northampton Town	46	13	4	6	30	23	9	5	9	28	28	+7	75
7	Lincoln City	46	9	11	3	36	23	10	6	7	32	24	+21	74
8	Yeovil Town^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	14	3	6	40	19	9	2	12	30	38	+13	74
9	Oxford United	46	14	8	1	34	13	4	9	10	21	31	+11	71
10	Swansea City	46	9	8	6	36	26	6	6	11	22	35	−3	59
11	Boston United	46	11	7	5	35	21	5	4	14	15	33	−4	59
12	Bury	46	10	7	6	29	26	5	4	14	25	38	−10	56
13	Cambridge United	46	6	7	10	26	32	8	7	8	29	35	−12	56
14	Cheltenham Town	46	11	4	8	37	38	3	10	10	20	33	−14	56
15	Bristol Rovers	46	9	7	7	29	26	5	6	12	21	35	−11	55
16	Kidderminster Harriers	46	9	5	9	28	29	5	8	10	17	30	−14	55
17	Southend United	46	8	4	11	27	29	6	8	9	24	34	−12	54
18	Darlington	46	10	4	9	30	28	4	7	12	23	33	−8	53
19	Leyton Orient	46	8	9	6	28	27	5	5	13	20	38	−17	53
20	Macclesfield Town	46	8	9	6	28	25	5	4	14	26	44	−15	52
21	Rochdale	46	7	8	8	28	26	5	6	12	21	32	−9	50
22	Scunthorpe United	46	7	10	6	36	27	4	6	13	33	45	−3	49
23	Carlisle United (R)	46	8	5	10	23	27	4	4	15	23	42	−23	45	Relegated to Conference
24	York City (R)	46	7	6	10	22	29	3	8	12	13	37	−31	44	Relegated to Conference

Semi-finals 1st leg – 15/16 May; 2nd leg – 19/20 May 2004					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 31 May 2004

4th	Huddersfield Town	2	2	4

7th	Lincoln City	1	2	3
					4th	Huddersfield Town (pens.)	0 (4)

					5th	Mansfield Town	0 (1)
5th	Mansfield Town (pens.)	2	1	3 (5)

6th	Northampton Town	0	3	3 (4)

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Steven MacLean	Scunthorpe United	23
2	David Graham	Torquay United	22
3	Leon Constantine	Southend United	21
4	Liam Lawrence	Mansfield Town	19
5	Gregg Blundell	Doncaster Rovers	18
=	Ben Burgess	Hull City	18
7	Gary Fletcher	Lincoln City	17
=	Lee Trundle	Swansea City	17
9	Matthew Tipton	Macclesfield Town	16
=	Jon Stead	Huddersfield Town	16