2003–04_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season

2003–04 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion 2003–04 football season

During the 2003–04 English football season, West Bromwich Albion F.C. competed in the First Division.

Quick Facts Chairman, Manager ...

West Bromwich Albion
2003–04 season
Chairman	Jeremy Peace
Manager	Gary Megson
Stadium	The Hawthorns
First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Hughes (11) All: Hulse (13)
Average home league attendance	24,764
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season summary

The Albion team celebrate winning promotion to the Premier League.

In the 2003–04 season, Albion had their best League Cup run for 22 years, beating Newcastle United and Manchester United before losing to Arsenal in the quarter-finals. The team also enjoyed good form in the league, remaining in the top two from mid-October until the end of the season, winning promotion back to the Premiership, again as runners-up, at the first attempt.^[1]

Albion unveiled the Astle Gates outside their home ground, The Hawthorns, in July 2003. The gates are a tribute to the club's former striker, Jeff Astle, who died in January 2002.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division

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Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Walsall	A	1–4	11,030 (2,400)	Koumas
16 August 2003	Burnley	H	4–1	22,489 (945)	Šakiri, Hulse, Hughes (2)
23 August 2003	Watford	A	1–0	15,023	Hughes
25 August 2003	Preston North End	H	1–0	24,402	Hughes (pen)
30 August 2003	Derby County	A	1–0	21,499	Hulse
13 September 2003	Ipswich Town	H	4–1	24,954 (1,407)	Gaardsøe, Hulse (2), Diallo (own goal)
16 September 2003	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1	12,874
20 September 2003	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	17,477 (1,843)	Hulse, Koumas
27 September 2003	Stoke City	H	1–0	24,297 (1,479)	Dobie
30 September 2003	Millwall	H	2–1	22,909 (768)	Koumas, Dobie
4 October 2003	Gillingham	A	2–0	8,883 (1,600)	Dobie, Clement
14 October 2003	Sheffield United	H	0–2	27,195
18 October 2003	Norwich City	H	1–0	24,966 (2,001)	Koumas
21 October 2003	Wimbledon	H	0–1	22,048 (24)
25 October 2003	Rotherham United	A	3–0	7,815 (2,324)	Barker (own goal), Hulse (2)
1 November 2003	Sunderland	H	0–0	26,135
8 November 2003	West Ham United	A	4–3	30,359 (2,993)	Hulse (2), Deane (own goal), Hughes
22 November 2003	Reading	H	0–0	22,839
25 November 2003	Cardiff City	A	1–1	17,678 (1,600)	Koumas
29 November 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	3–0	27,331 (4,834)	Koumas (2), Louis-Jean (own goal)
6 December 2003	West Ham United	H	1–1	26,194	Mullins (own goal)
9 December 2003	Bradford City	A	1–0	11,198	Dobie
13 December 2003	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	22,825	Haas, Gregan
20 December 2003	Coventry City	A	0–1	17,616
26 December 2003	Derby County	H	1–1	26,412 (1,887)	Gaardsøe
28 December 2003	Wimbledon	A	0–0	6,376
9 January 2004	Walsall	H	2–0	24,558 (2,178)	Koumas, Horsfield
17 January 2004	Burnley	A	1–1	13,106	Horsfield
31 January 2004	Watford	H	3–1	23,958 (828)	Horsfield (2), Hughes
7 February 2004	Preston North End	A	0–3	16,569 (2,800)
14 February 2004	Cardiff City	H	2–1	25,196 (2,312)	Clement, Hughes
21 February 2004	Sheffield United	A	2–1	24,805	Moore, Gaardsøe
28 February 2004	Rotherham United	H	0–1	24,104
2 March 2004	Norwich City	A	0–0	23,223 (1,077)
6 March 2004	Coventry City	H	3–0	25,414 (2,190)	Horsfield, Hulse, Kinsella
13 March 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	8,335	Johnson, Hughes
16 March 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	26,215	Hughes (pen), Gaardsøe
27 March 2004	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	24,990 (907)	Moore, Dyer
4 April 2004	Ipswich Town	A	3–2	24,608 (1,723)	Koumas, Dyer, Horsfield
10 April 2004	Gillingham	H	1–0	24,524 (684)	Hughes
12 April 2004	Millwall	A	1–1	13,304 (2,123)	Johnson
18 April 2004	Sunderland	A	1–0	32,201 (2,721)	Koumas
24 April 2004	Bradford City	H	2–0	26,143 (565)	Horsfield, Hughes
1 May 2004	Reading	A	0–1	20,619
4 May 2004	Stoke City	A	1–4	18,352	Dobie
9 May 2004	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	26,821

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	11,843

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	12 August 2003	Brentford	H	4–0	10,490	Hulse (2), Haas, Dobie
R2	23 September 2003	Hartlepool United	A	2–1	5,265	Clement, Hulse
R3	29 October 2003	Newcastle United	A	2–1	46,932	Ameobi (own goal), Hughes
R4	3 December 2003	Manchester United	H	2–0	25,282 (2,593)	Haas, Dobie
R5	16 December 2003	Arsenal	H	0–2	20,369 (1,688)

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information No., Pos. ...


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Russell Hoult
2	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas^{[notes 1]}
3	DF	ENG	Neil Clement
4	MF	IRL	James O'Connor
5	DF	JAM	Darren Moore^{[notes 2]}
6	DF	ENG	Phil Gilchrist
7	DF	ENG	Ronnie Wallwork
10	MF	WAL	Andy Johnson^{[notes 3]}
11	MF	IRL	Mark Kinsella
12	FW	SCO	Scott Dobie^{[notes 4]}
14	MF	ENG	Sean Gregan
15	FW	ENG	Rob Hulse
16	MF	ENG	Lee Marshall
17	DF	ISL	Lárus Sigurðsson
18	MF	WAL	Jason Koumas
19	FW	ENG	Lee Hughes
20	MF	MKD	Artim Šakiri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	IRL	Joe Murphy
22	DF	ENG	James Chambers
23	DF	ENG	Adam Chambers
24	MF	DEN	Thomas Gaardsøe
25	DF	NED	Joost Volmer
26	DF	MLI	Sékou Berthé
28	MF	ENG	Simon Brown
29	MF	ENG	Lloyd Dyer
30	MF	ENG	Tamika Mkandawire^{[notes 5]}
31	GK	ENG	Daniel Crane
32	DF	SEN	Alassane N'Dour (on loan from AS Saint-Etienne)
33	DF	ENG	Paul Robinson
34	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield
35	FW	ENG	Delroy Facey^{[notes 6]}
36	FW	DEN	Morten Skoubo (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
37	GK	AUS	Simon Miotto

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	ENG	Michael Appleton (retired)
9	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio (to Millwall)
11	FW	GRN	Jason Roberts^{[notes 7]} (to Wigan Athletic)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	ENG	Ross Adams (to Hednesford Town)
37	GK	ENG	Kevin Pressman (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)

Transfers

In

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Date	Position	Name	Club From	Transfer Fee	Reference
11 July 2003	FW	Rob Hulse	Crewe Alexandra	£750,000	^[4]
11 July 2003	MF	James O'Connor	Stoke City	£250,000	^[4]^[5]
14 July 2003	DF	Bernt Haas	Sunderland	£500,000	^[6]
31 July 2003	DF	Thomas Gaardsøe	Ipswich Town	£500,000	^[7]
31 July 2003	MF	Artim Šakiri	CSKA Sofia	Nominal	^[8]
7 August 2003	DF	Joost Volmer	AZ Alkmaar	Free	^[9]
18 December 2003	FW	Geoff Horsfield	Wigan Athletic	£1,000,000	^[10]
15 January 2004	MF	Mark Kinsella	Aston Villa	Free	^[11]
	DF	Sékou Berthé	Troyes

Out

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Date	Position	Name	Club To	Transfer Fee	Reference
30 June 2003	DF	Des Lyttle	Free Agency	Released	^[12]
30 June 2003	MF	Jordão	Free Agency	Released	^[12]
30 June 2003	GK	Brian Jensen	Burnley	Free	^[13]
9 July 2003	DF	Igor Bališ	Free Agency	Mutual Consent	^[14]
11 July 2003	MF	Derek McInnes	Dundee United	Free	^[15]
19 August 2003	FW	Bob Taylor	Cheltenham Town	Free	^[12]^[16]
	FW	Jason Roberts	Wigan Athletic

Loan In

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Date	Position	Name	Club From	Length	Reference

Loan Out

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Date	Position	Name	Club From	Length	Reference

Notes

[N 1]
Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.
[N 2]
Moore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999.
[N 3]
Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
[N 4]
Dobie was born in Workington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2002.
[N 5]
Mkandawire was born in Mzuzu, Malawi, but held United Kingdom citizenship and was ineligible to represent Malawi internationally.
[N 6]
Facey was born in Huddersfield, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for Grenada in July 2009.
[N 7]
Roberts was born in Park Royal, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father and made his international debut for Grenada in 1998.

References

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[2]
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[3]
"West Bromwich Albion 2003–2004 Results". Tony Brown. Statto.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
[4]
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[5]
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[6]
"Baggies seal Haas deal". BBC Sport. 14 July 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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"It's a Dane deal as Gaardsoe goes". East Anglian Daily Times. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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"Horsfield joins West Brom". BBC Sport. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
[11]
"Baggies seal Kinsella deal". BBC Sport. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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"Burnley snap up Jensen". BBC Sport. 30 June 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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"Balis ends Baggies career". BBC Sport. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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"Triple signing at Tannadice". BBC Sport. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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"Cheltenham sign Taylor". BBC Sport. 19 August 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

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