2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2003–04 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Glenn Hoddle (until 21 September)[1]; David Pleat (from 21 September)
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Robbie Keane (14); All: ; Robbie Keane (16)

The 2003-04 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 12th season in the Premier League and 26th successive season in the top division of the English football league system

Season summary

A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm. Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season, but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998. New Sporting Director Frank Arnesen and head coach Jacques Santini were appointed at the end of the season to bring some hope to fans of a club that had so far underachieved in almost every season since the 1991 FA Cup triumph.

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
2	DF	Stephen Carr
3	DF	Mauricio Taricco
5	DF	Goran Bunjevčević
6	MF	Michael Brown
7	MF	Darren Anderton
8	FW	Hélder Postiga
9	FW	Frédéric Kanouté^[2]
10	FW	Robbie Keane
12	DF	Gary Doherty
13	GK	Kasey Keller
14	MF	Gustavo Poyet
15	MF	Jamie Redknapp

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Jermain Defoe
21	DF	Mbulelo Mabizela
23	MF	Christian Ziege
26	DF	Ledley King (captain)
27	MF	Rohan Ricketts
28	MF	Mark Yeates
29	MF	Simon Davies
30	DF	Anthony Gardner
31	MF	Dean Marney
32	MF	Johnnie Jackson
34	DF	Stephen Kelly
36	DF	Dean Richards

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
1	GK	Neil Sullivan (to Chelsea)
4	MF	Kazuyuki Toda (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
6	MF	Chris Perry (to Charlton Athletic)
11	MF	Stéphane Dalmat (on loan from Internazionale)
16	DF	Paul Konchesky (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Milenko Ačimovič (on loan to Lille)
20	MF	Jonathan Blondel (to Club Brugge)
25	FW	Bobby Zamora (to West Ham United)
37	DF	Ronnie Henry (released)

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
22	FW	Lee Barnard
24	GK	Robert Burch
33	GK	Lars Hirschfeld
35	FW	Jamie Slabber
	GK	Nicky Eyre

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Shwan Jalal
		DF	Marcel McKie
		MF	Ben Bowditch
		MF	Mark Hughes
		FW	Michael Malcolm

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK		Kasey Keller	44	0	38	0	2	0	4	0
Defenders
2	DF		Stephen Carr	39	1	32	1	3	0	4	0
3	DF		Mauricio Taricco	37	1	31+1	1	2	0	3	0
5	DF		Goran Bunjevčević	8	0	3+4	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF		Gary Doherty	22	1	16+1	0	2	1	2+1	0
21	DF		Mbulelo Mabizela	7	1	0+6	1	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF		Anthony Gardner	40	0	33	0	3	0	4	0
34	DF		Stephen Kelly	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Dean Richards	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Michael Brown	19	1	17	1	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Darren Anderton	24	3	16+4	1	1	0	3	2
14	MF		Gus Poyet	25	3	12+8	3	1+1	0	2+1	0
15	MF		Jamie Redknapp	17	1	14+3	1	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Christian Ziege	10	1	7+1	0	1	1	1	0
26	MF		Ledley King	35	2	28+1	1	3	1	3	0
27	MF		Rohan Ricketts	28	2	12+12	1	0	0	3+1	1
28	MF		Mark Yeates	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Simon Davies	20	2	17	2	2+1	0	0	0
31	MF		Dean Marney	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Johnnie Jackson	14	1	9+2	1	1+2	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW		Hélder Postiga	24	2	9+10	1	2	0	1+2	1
9	FW		Frédéric Kanouté	31	12	19+8	7	1	3	2+1	2
10	FW		Robbie Keane	41	16	31+3	14	3	1	4	1
18	FW		Jermain Defoe	15	7	14+1	7	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
11	MF		Stephane Dalmat	28	3	12+10	3	2+1	0	1+2	0
16	DF		Paul Konchesky	15	0	10+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
20	MF		Jonathan Blondel	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
25	FW		Bobby Zamora	18	1	6+10	0	0+1	0	1	1

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[3]^[4]

GK: #13, Kasey Keller, 45
RB: #2, Stephen Carr, 39
CB: #36, Dean Richards, 26
CB: #30, Anthony Gardner, 40
LB: #3, Mauricio Taricco, 36
RM: #7, Darren Anderton, 20
CM: #6, Michael Brown, 19 (#20, Gary Doherty, has 20 starts as a central defender)
CM: #26, Ledley King, 34
LM: #29, Simon Davies, 19
CF: #9, Frédéric Kanouté, 22
CF: #10, Robbie Keane, 38

Transfers

In

Hélder Postiga - Porto, 25 June, £6,250,000 (rising to £8,250,000 depending on appearances and team performance)^[5]
Bobby Zamora - Brighton and Hove Albion, 18 July, £1,500,000^[6]
Frédéric Kanouté - West Ham United, 4 August, £3,500,000^[7]
Paul Konchesky - Charlton Athletic, 1 September, five-month loan^[8]
Stéphane Dalmat - Internazionale, 1 September, season-long loan^[9]
Michael Brown - Sheffield United, 2 January, undisclosed (believed to be £500,000)^[10]
Jermain Defoe - West Ham United, 4 February, £6,000,000 (rising to £7,000,000 based on "specific performance criteria") plus Zamora^[11]
Mbulelo Mabizela - Orlando Pirates

Out

Alton Thelwell - Hull City, 13 June, free^[12]
Teddy Sheringham - Portsmouth, 30 June, free^[13]
Ben Thatcher - Leicester City, 17 July, £300,000^[14]
Steffen Iversen - Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1 August, free^[15]
Neil Sullivan - Chelsea, 29 August, free^[16]
Chris Perry - Charlton Athletic, 28 November, £100,000^[17]
Bobby Zamora - West Ham United, 4 February, part of Defoe transfer
Steffen Freund - released, August (later joined Kaiserslautern)
Matthew Etherington - West Ham United, £1,000,000
Ronnie Henry - released
Jonathan Blondel - Club Brugge
Serhiy Rebrov - West Ham United
Transfers in: £17,750,000
Transfers out: £1,400,000
Overall spending: £16,350,000

Loan out

Milenko Ačimovič - Lille, 28 January, five-month loan^[18]

Competitions Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
Premier League	7001380000000000000♠38	7001130000000000000♠13	7000600000000000000♠6	7001190000000000000♠19	7001470000000000000♠47	7001570000000000000♠57	07001342100000000000♠34.21
FA Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000700000000000000♠7	7000500000000000000♠5	07001333300000000000♠33.33
League Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000800000000000000♠8	7000200000000000000♠2	07001750000000000000♠75.00
Total	7001450000000000000♠45	7001170000000000000♠17	7000800000000000000♠8	7001200000000000000♠20	7001620000000000000♠62	7001640000000000000♠64	07001377800000000000♠37.78

Results

Premier League

Manager: Glenn Hoddle

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 1	Birmingham City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
	Dunn 36 pen'	Report		Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 29,398 Referee: Rob Styles

23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Leeds United	Haringey, London
	Taricco 41' Kanouté 71'	Report	Alan Smith 5'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,354 Referee: Steve Dunn

27 August 2003 (2003-08-27) 3	Liverpool	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,778 Referee: Uriah Rennie

30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 4	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Fulham	Haringey, London
		Report	Hayles 23', 67' Boa Morte 71'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,421 Referee: Jeff Winter

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 5	Chelsea	4-2	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Lampard 35' Mutu 37', 75' Hasselbaink 90'	Report	Kanouté 25', 87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,165 Referee: Graham Poll

20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 6	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Southampton	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 62'	Report	Beattie 2', 43' Phillips 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,784 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Caretaker Manager: David Pleat

28 September 2003 (2003-09-28) 7	Manchester City	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, Greater Manchester
		Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,842 Referee: Neale Barry

4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 8	Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Everton	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 71' Poyet 46' Keane 46'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,137 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

19 October 2003 (2003-10-19) 9	Leicester City	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
	Dickov 38'	Report	Mabizela 79' Kanouté 90'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 31,521 Referee: Andy D'Urso

26 October 2003 (2003-10-26) 10	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Middlesbrough	Haringey, London
		Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,643 Referee: Mike Dean

1 November 2003 (2003-11-01) 11	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Haringey, London
		Report	Nolan 73'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,191 Referee: Uriah Rennie

8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 12	Arsenal	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Pirès 69' Ljungberg 79'	Report	Anderton 5'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,101 Referee: Mark Halsey

23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 13	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Aston Villa	Haringey, London
	Ricketts 78' Keane 81'	Report	Allbäck 66'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,140 Referee: Jeff Winter

29 November 2003 (2003-11-29) 14	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn
	Greško 78'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,802 Referee: Graham Poll

6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 15	Tottenham Hotspur	5-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Haringey, London
	Keane 29', 75', 83' Kanouté 50' Dalmat 90'	Report	Ince 30' Rae 84'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,825 Referee: Uriah Rennie

13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 16	Newcastle United	4-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle
	Robert 35', 55' Shearer 59', 66'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,139 Referee: Alan Wiley

21 December 2003 (2003-12-21) 17	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Manchester United	Haringey, London
	Poyet 63'	Report	O'Shea 15' van Nistelrooy 25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,910 Referee: Rob Styles

26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 18	Portsmouth	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth
	Berger 52', 68'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Steve Dunn

28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 19	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Charlton Athletic	Haringey, London
		Report	Cole 69'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,534 Referee: Paul Durkin

7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) 20	Tottenham Hotspur	4-1	Birmingham City	Haringey, London
	Dalmat 10', 24' Davies 39' Keane 79'	Report	Savage 68' (pen.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,016 Referee: Barry Knight

10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 21	Leeds United	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds
		Report	Keane 56'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,365 Referee: Mark Halsey

17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) 22	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Liverpool	Haringey, London
	Keane 25 pen' Postiga 54'	Report	Kewell 75'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,104 Referee: Uriah Rennie

31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 23	Fulham	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Malbranque 45 pen' McBride 67'	Report	Keane 18 pen'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 17,024 Referee: Matt Messias

7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 24	Tottenham Hotspur	4-3	Portsmouth	Haringey, London
	Defoe 13' Keane 41', 78' Poyet 89'	Report	Berkovic 39' LuaLua 73' Mornar 84'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,107 Referee: Peter Walton

11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) 25	Charlton Athletic	2-4	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Stuart 51' Perry 81'	Report	Davies 10' Defoe 43' King 46' Jackson 85'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,660 Referee: Graham Barber

22 February 2004 (2004-02-22) 26	Tottenham Hotspur	4-4	Leicester City	Haringey, London
	Brown 6' Defoe 13', 89' Keane 28'	Report	Doherty 9' (o.g.) Ferdinand 51' Thatcher 74' Bent 79'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,218 Referee: Neale Barry

9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 27	Middlesbrough	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough
	Németh 73'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,789 Referee: Mark Halsey

14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) 28	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Newcastle United	Haringey, London
	O'Brien 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,083 Referee: Howard Webb

20 March 2004 (2004-03-20) 29	Manchester United	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
	Giggs 30' Cristiano Ronaldo 89' Bellion 90'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,634 Referee: Dermt Gallagher

27 March 2004 (2004-03-27) 30	Southampton	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	Delap 64'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,973 Referee: Chris Foy

3 April 2004 (2004-04-03) 31	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	Chelsea	Haringey, London
		Report	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 38'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,101 Referee: Steve Bennett

9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 32	Everton	3-1	Tottenham Hotspur	Merseyside
	Unsworth 17' Naysmith 24' Yobo 40'	Report	Carr 75'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,086 Referee: Rob Styles

12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 33	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	Defoe 52'	Report	Anelka 25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,282 Referee: Chris Foy

17 April 2004 (2004-04-17) 34	Bolton	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bolton
	Campo 7' Pedersen 65'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,440 Referee: Jeff Winter

25 April 2004 (2004-04-25) 35	Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Arsenal	Haringey, London
	Redknapp 62' Keane 90' (pen.)	Report	Vieira 3' Pirès 35'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,097 Referee: Mark Halsey

2 May 2004 (2004-05-02) 36	Aston Villa	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
	Ángel 5'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,573 Referee: Neale Barry

8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) 37	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Blackburn Rovers	Haringey, London
	Defoe 18'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,698 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 May 2004 (2004-05-15) 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton
		Report	Keane 34' Defoe 57'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 29,389 Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

3 January 2004 (2004-01-03) 3rd round	Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Crystal Palace	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 15', 20', 48'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,340 Referee: Andy D'Urso

25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) 4th round	Manchester City	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur	Greater Manchester
	Anelka 10'	Report	Doherty 57'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Steve Dunn

4 February 2004 (2004-02-04) 4th round (Replay)	Tottenham Hotspur	3-4	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	King 2' Keane 19' Ziege 43'	Report	Distin 48' Bosvelt 61' Wright-Phillips 80' Macken 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,400 Referee: Rob Styles

League Cup

24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) 2nd round	Coventry City	0-3	Tottenham Hotspur	Coventry
		Report	Kanouté 13' Keane 23' Ricketts 78'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,474 Referee: Mike Jones

29 October 2004 (2004-10-29) 3rd round	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United	Haringey, London
	Zamora 92'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36, 053 Referee: Graham Barber

3 December 2004 (2004-12-03) 4th round	Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	Anderton 9' Postiga 29' Kanouté 90'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,727 Referee: Paul Durkin

17 December 2003 (2003-12-17) 5th round	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p)	Middlesbrough	Haringey, London
	Anderton 2'	Report	Ricketts 86'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 25,307 Referee: Mike Dean
		Penalties
	Keane Carr Konchesky Poyet Kanouté Taricco		Ricketts Juninho Zenden Mills Mendieta Queudrue

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Southampton	38	12	11	15	44	45	−1	47
13	Portsmouth	38	12	9	17	47	54	−7	45
14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6	19	47	57	−10	45
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	8	18	51	59	−8	44
16	Manchester City	38	9	14	15	55	54	+1	41

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

Top scorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Robbie Keane	14	1	1	16
2	FW	9	Frédéric Kanouté	7	3	2	12
3	FW	18	Jermain Defoe	7	0	0	7

References

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[2] Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and has represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his debut for Mali in January 2004

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