2003–04 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2003–04 season
Chairman Nigel Doughty
Manager Paul Hart (until 7 February)
Joe Kinnear (from 10 February)
Stadium City Ground
First Division 14th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Andy Reid (13)
All:
Andy Reid (13)
Average home league attendance 24,824
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

During the 2003–04 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The 2003-2004 season saw Paul Hart suffer from a squad that was low in confidence and with no money. However, Forest started reasonably well, winning five of their first seven games and after 15 games, they won seven and lost five and were in the top half of the table. Unfortunately, when they went into the bottom three, after going 14 games without a win, the Forest chairman Nigel Doughty called time on Hart's reign as Forest manager.

Joe Kinnear was then brought in to replace Hart. The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like Michael Dawson and Andy Reid, and they climbed up the table to secure a safe 14th place.

Final league table

Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1. Norwich City 46 28 10 8 79 39 +40 94
2. West Bromwich Albion 46 25 11 10 64 42 +22 86
3. Sunderland 46 22 13 11 62 45 +17 79
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 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
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 51 +10 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 46 13 12 21 45 65 -20 51
23. Bradford City 46 10 6 30 38 69 -31 36
24. Wimbledon (later MK Dons) 46 8 5 33 41 89 -48 29

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 2003SunderlandH2-023,579Harewood, Louis-Jean
16 August 2003ReadingA0-316,833
23 August 2003Cardiff CityH1-223,407Harewood
27 August 2003Coventry CityA3-117,586Reid (2), Johnson
30 August 2003Norwich CityH2-021,058Johnson, Harewood (pen)
13 September 2003Sheffield UnitedH3-125,209Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid
16 September 2003BurnleyA3-012,530Harewood, Reid, Taylor
20 September 2003Crewe AlexandraA1-38,685Harewood
27 September 2003Derby CountyH1-129,059Reid
1 October 2003Preston North EndH0-122,278
4 October 2003Stoke CityA1-213,755Williams
14 October 2003Rotherham UnitedH2-220,168Harewood (2)
18 October 2003WimbledonH6-023,520Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid, Taylor, Dawson, Morgan
22 October 2003West Ham UnitedA1-129,544Reid
25 October 2003Bradford CityA2-111,654Jess, Reid
1 November 2003MillwallA0-19,635
4 November 2003WalsallA1-47,321Reid
8 November 2003WatfordH1-121,229Bopp
22 November 2003Wigan AthleticA2-210,403Thompson, Harewood
29 November 2003West Bromwich AlbionH0-327,331
3 December 2003Ipswich TownH1-121,588Morgan
6 December 2003WatfordA1-114,988Reid
13 December 2003Crystal PalaceA0-116,935
26 December 2003Norwich CityA0-116,429
28 December 2003West Ham UnitedH0-227,491
10 January 2004SunderlandA0-126,340
17 January 2004ReadingH0-123,116
31 January 2004Cardiff CityA0-017,913
7 February 2004Coventry CityH0-123,075
14 February 2004WalsallH3-325,012Impey, King, Taylor
21 February 2004Rotherham UnitedA1-19,046Jess
25 February 2004GillinghamH0-026,473
28 February 2004Bradford CityH2-126,021Reid, Taylor
2 March 2004WimbledonA1-06,317Taylor
6 March 2004GillinghamA1-29,096Barmby
13 March 2004Crystal PalaceH3-228,306Williams (2), Reid
17 March 2004BurnleyH1-126,885Taylor
20 March 2004Derby CountyA2-432,390Taylor, Williams
27 March 2004Crewe AlexandraH2-024,347King (2)
3 April 2004Sheffield UnitedA2-122,339King, Taylor
10 April 2004Stoke CityH0-028,758
12 April 2004Preston North EndA2-215,117King, Williams
17 April 2004MillwallH2-222,263Reid, Johnson
24 April 2004Ipswich TownA2-127,848Johnson (2)
1 May 2004Wigan AthleticH1-029,172Johnson
9 May 2004West Bromwich AlbionA2-026,821Williams, Johnson

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 2004West Bromwich AlbionH1-011,843King
R425 January 2004Sheffield UnitedH0-317,306

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R112 August 2003Port ValeA0-0 (won 3-2 on pens)4,950
R223 September 2003Tranmere RoversA0-0 (won 4-1 on pens)4,477
R329 October 2003PortsmouthH2-420,078Bopp (2)

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Wales GK Darren Ward[1]
2 France DF Matthieu Louis-Jean
4 England DF Des Walker
5 England DF Michael Dawson
6 Republic of Ireland DF John Thompson
7 Republic of Ireland MF Andy Reid
8 Scotland MF Gareth Williams
9 Jamaica FW David Johnson
10 Wales FW Gareth Taylor
11 Jamaica FW Marlon King[2]
12 Republic of Ireland GK Barry Roche
14 Scotland MF Eoin Jess
15 Germany MF Eugen Bopp
No. Position Player
16 Scotland DF Chris Doig
17 Scotland MF Michael Stewart (on loan from Manchester United)
18 Wales MF Paul Evans[3]
19 Republic of Ireland MF Brian Cash
20 England FW Craig Westcarr
21 Northern Ireland MF Danny Sonner[4]
22 England GK Paul Gerrard (on loan from Everton)
23 England DF Wes Morgan
24 Scotland DF Gregor Robertson
26 England DF James Biggins
32 England MF Ross Gardner
34 England DF Alan Rogers (on loan from Leicester City)
35 England MF Andy Impey (on loan from Leicester City)

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
3 Belgium DF Davy Oyen (to K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel)
11 England FW Marlon Harewood (to West Ham United)
18 Iceland DF Brynjar Gunnarsson (to Stoke City)
No. Position Player
22 Republic of Ireland MF Stephen McPhail (on loan from Leeds United)
22 England FW Michael Chopra (on loan from Newcastle United)
36 England MF Nick Barmby (on loan from Leeds United)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
25 England MF Matt Bodkin
27 England FW Richard Jeffrey
28 England MF Andy Haskins
29 England DF James Perch
No. Position Player
31 Australia DF David Tarka
33 England MF James Beaumont

References

  1. ↑ Ward was born in Worksop, England.
  2. ↑ King was born in Southwark, England.
  3. ↑ Evans was born in Oswestry, England.
  4. ↑ Sonner was born in Wigan, England.

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