2003–04 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2003–04 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Lennie Lawrence
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
FAW Premier Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Robert Earnshaw (21); All: ; Robert Earnshaw (26)
Highest home attendance	19,202 vs West Ham United (25 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance	13,666 vs Sheffield United (27 March 2004)
Average home league attendance	15,569
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

During the 2003–04 season Cardiff City played in Division One of the Football League. It was the team's first year in the Division One since being promoted from Division Two.

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		FAW Premier Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	26	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Chris Barker	42	0	39	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Gareth Whalley	25	2	22	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Spencer Prior	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon	44	3	41	3	1	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	WAL	John Robinson	34	2	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	EIR	Graham Kavanagh	29	7	27	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell	29	4	25	2	1	0	2	1	1	1
10	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw	49	26	46	21	1	0	2	5	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne	25	13	23	13	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF	EIR	Willie Boland	40	0	37	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
13	GK	WAL	Martyn Margetson	25	0	22	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
14	FW	WAL	Jason Bowen	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Mark Bonner	21	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	29	1	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	WAL	James Collins	23	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
18	DF	WAL	Scott Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	WAL	Leyton Maxwell	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	WAL	Paul Parry	17	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Gavin Gordon	18	1	15	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	DF	AUS	Tony Vidmar	49	1	45	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
22	GK	ENG	Arran Lee-Barrett	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	WAL	Stuart Fleetwood	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
24	FW	EIR	Alan Lee	25	4	23	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
25	MF	JAM	Richard Langley	46	6	44	6	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	ENG	Julian Gray	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Lee Bullock	11	3	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	WAL	Nicky Fish	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Gary Croft	Unattached	Free
Richard Langley	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
Alan Lee	Rotherham United	£850,000
John Robinson	Unattached	Free
Tony Vidmar	Middlesbrough	Free

Summer transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
Gareth Ainsworth	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
Leo Fortune-West	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed
Des Hamilton	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed
David Hughes	Retired	–
Andy Jordan	Hartlepool United	Free
Andy Legg	Peterborough United	Undisclosed
Michael Simpkins	Rochdale	Free
Mark Walton	Released	–

Loans in

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
Julian Gray	Crystal Palace	August 2003	September 2003
Lee Bullock	York City	February 2004	End of Season

January Transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Paul Parry	Hereford United	£75,000

January Transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
Leyton Maxwell	Swansea City	Undisclosed

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	D
Position		19	14	16	11	6		14	9		11		11	12		9	8	8		9	7		8	10	11	12	11	10	11	12	12	11	11		14		12	10	10		11		11	11	11	13

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A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Division One

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 Aug	Rotherham United	A	D 0 – 0	8,176
16 Aug	Bradford City	H	L 0 – 2	16,421
23 Aug	Nottingham Forest	A	W 2 – 1	23,407	Earnshaw, Kavanagh
25 Aug	Derby County	H	W 4 – 1	15,091	Lee, Kavanagh, Earnshaw, Collins
30 Aug	Walsall	A	D 1 – 1	8,974	Whalley
13 Sep	Gillingham	H	W 5 – 0	15,057	Earnshaw (4), Thorne
16 Sep	Reading	A	L 1 – 2	15,810	Thorne
20 Sep	Sheffield United	A	L 3 – 5	21,323	Earnshaw (2), Langley
27 Sep	Crewe Alexandra	H	W 3 – 0	14,385	Thorne (2), Earnshaw
30 Sep	Wigan Athletic	H	D 0 – 0	15,143
4 Oct	Crystal Palace	A	L 1 – 2	16,160	Kavanagh
14 Oct	Sunderland	A	D 0 – 0	26,835
18 Oct	Coventry City	A	W 3 – 1	11,767	Whalley, Gordon, Earnshaw
25 Oct	West Ham United	H	D 0 – 0	19,202
28 Oct	Watford	H	W 3 – 0	14,011	Earnshaw, Vidmar, Kavanagh
1 Nov	Burnley	A	D 1 – 1	10,886	Earnshaw
8 Nov	Stoke City	H	W 3 – 1	15,227	Earnshaw (2), Gabbidon
22 Nov	Wimbledon	A	W 1 – 0	5,056	Croft
25 Nov	West Bromwich Albion	H	D 1 – 1	17,678	Earnshaw
29 Nov	Ipswich Town	H	L 2 – 3	17,833	Earnshaw, Thorne
6 Dec	Stoke City	A	W 3 – 2	12,208	Thorne (3)
9 Dec	Preston North End	H	D 2 – 2	13,703	Langley, Thorne
13 Dec	Norwich City	A	L 1 – 4	16,428	Thorne
20 Dec	Millwall	H	L 1 – 3	14,610	Thorne
26 Dec	Walsall	H	L 0 – 1	17,531
28 Dec	Watford	A	L 1 – 2	15,512	Thorne
10 Jan	Rotherham United	H	W 3 – 2	14,021	Thorne, Kavanagh, Earnshaw
17 Jan	Bradford City	A	W 1 – 0	11,132	Langley
31 Jan	Nottingham Forest	H	D 0 – 0	17,913
7 Feb	Derby County	A	D 2 – 2	20,958	Earnshaw, Kavanagh
14 Feb	West Bromwich Albion	A	L 1 – 2	25,196	Lee
21 Feb	Sunderland	H	W 4 – 0	17,337	Kavanagh, Langley, Gabbidon, Lee
28 Feb	West Ham United	A	L 0 – 1	31,858
2 Mar	Coventry City	H	L 0 – 1	14,376
13 Mar	Norwich City	H	W 2 – 1	16,317	Parry, Earnshaw
16 Mar	Reading	H	L 2 – 3	14,051	Earnshaw, Bullock
20 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	A	W 1 – 0	6,650	Williams (og)
27 Mar	Sheffield United	H	W 2 – 1	13,666	Langley, Robinson
3 Apr	Gillingham	A	W 2 – 1	7,852	Earnshaw, Bullock
7 Apr	Millwall	A	D 0 – 0	9,584
10 Apr	Crystal Palace	H	L 0 – 2	16,656
13 Apr	Wigan Athletic	A	L 0 – 3	8,052
17 Apr	Burnley	H	W 2 – 0	13,525	Langley, Campbell
24 Apr	Preston North End	A	D 2 – 2	11,972	Campbell, Gabbidon
1 May	Wimbledon	H	D 1 – 1	15,337	Robinson
9 May	Ipswich Town	A	D 1 – 1	28,703	Bullock

League Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 Aug	One	Leyton Orient	H	W 4 – 1	4,503	Earnshaw (3), Campbell
23 Sep	Two	West Ham United	H	L 2 – 3	10,724	Earnshaw (2)

FA Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
3 Jan	Three	Sheffield United	H	L 0 – 1	10,525

FAW Premier Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 Jan	Quarter-final	Newport County	A	W 1 – 0	812	Fleetwood
24 Mar	Semi-final	Wrexham	A	L 2 – 2 (6 – 7 on pens)	1,626	Lee, Campbell

References

^ Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2004-05. Headline Books. ISBN 0-7553-1311-9.
^ "Cardiff City 2003–04". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[results-1] Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2004-05. Headline Books. ISBN 0-7553-1311-9.

[2] "Cardiff City 2003–04". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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