2003–04 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
	2003–04 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	George Burley
Stadium	Pride Park Stadium
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Taylor (11); All: Taylor (12)
Average home league attendance	22,199
← 2002–03	2004–05 →

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During the 2003–04 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the First Division.

Season summary

George Burley's first full season in charge brought little joy as Derby recorded a 20th-placed finish in the 2003–04 season, just 1 point clear of relegation with safety not confirmed until the penultimate game of the season with a 2–0 win over Millwall. With no money for players and the need to slash the club's wage bill, big names such as Fabrizio Ravanelli, Georgi Kinkladze and Craig Burley left the club with the gaps of their departure shored up by free signings; Candido Costa was taken on a season long loan whilst seven others – including Mathias Svensson and Leon Osman – were recruited on short term loans, as Derby used a club record 36 different players in the course of the season. There was also the continued introduction of academy players to the side, with Tom Huddlestone and Marcus Tudgay making significant contributions alongside players such as Lee Grant and Lee Holmes. Burley achieved safety against a background of boardroom uncertainty – Chairman Lionel Pickering, after putting temporary faith in former Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson and a notional £30m bond, was removed from the chair after the club temporarily entered receivership by The Co-operative Bank, who instantly installed a new board composed of John Sleightholme, Jeremy Keith and Steve Harding, for the cost of £1 each.

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

Derby County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Stoke City	H	0-3	21,517
16 August 2003	Gillingham	A	0-0	7,850
23 August 2003	Reading	H	2-3	18,970	Taylor (pen), Svensson
25 August 2003	Cardiff City	A	1-4	15,091	Svensson
30 August 2003	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	21,499
13 September 2003	Walsall	A	1-0	8,726	Júnior
17 September 2003	Watford	H	3-2	18,459	Taylor, Svensson, Júnior
20 September 2003	Sunderland	H	1-1	22,535	Taylor
27 September 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	29,059	Júnior
30 September 2003	Bradford City	A	2-1	10,143	Morris (2)
4 October 2003	West Ham United	H	0-1	22,810
11 October 2003	Wigan Athletic	H	2-2	19,151	Taylor (pen), Morris
14 October 2003	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	22,810	Zavagno
18 October 2003	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-3	8,656
21 October 2003	Norwich City	A	1-2	16,346	Taylor (pen)
25 October 2003	Coventry City	H	1-3	21,641	Holmes
1 November 2003	Preston North End	A	0-3	12,839
8 November 2003	Ipswich Town	H	2-2	19,976	Kennedy, Dichio
15 November 2003	Burnley	H	2-0	30,359	Morris, Taylor (pen)
22 November 2003	Millwall	A	0-0	10,308
29 November 2003	Wimbledon	H	3-1	22,025	Herzig (own goal), Tudgay, Holmes
6 December 2003	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	25,018	Tudgay
13 December 2003	Rotherham United	A	0-0	7,320
26 December 2003	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	26,412	Costa
28 December 2003	Norwich City	H	0-4	23,783
10 January 2004	Stoke City	A	1-2	16,402	Morris
17 January 2004	Gillingham	H	2-1	20,473	Vincent, Edwards
28 January 2004	Sheffield United	H	2-0	26,603	Tudgay, McLeod
31 January 2004	Reading	A	1-3	14,382	Johnson
7 February 2004	Cardiff City	H	2-2	20,958	Taylor, Osman
14 February 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0-2	9,146
21 February 2004	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	21,856	Manel, Osman
28 February 2004	Coventry City	A	0-2	16,042
3 March 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-0	19,861
13 March 2004	Rotherham United	H	1-0	21,741	Peschisolido
16 March 2004	Watford	A	1-2	13,931	Peschisolido
20 March 2004	Nottingham Forest	H	4-2	32,390	Taylor, Peschisolido (2), Tudgay
23 March 2004	Sheffield United	A	1-1	21,351	Taylor (pen)
27 March 2004	Sunderland	A	1-2	30,838	Taylor (pen)
3 April 2004	Walsall	H	0-1	23,574
10 April 2004	West Ham United	A	0-0	28,207
12 April 2004	Bradford City	H	3-2	21,593	Osman, Taylor, Combe (own goal)
17 April 2004	Preston North End	H	5-1	24,162	Manel (2), Tudgay (2), Júnior
24 April 2004	Burnley	A	0-1	16,189
1 May 2004	Millwall	H	2-0	26,056	Bolder, Reich
9 May 2004	Wimbledon	A	0-1	6,509

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	16,159

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	13 August 2003	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	6,672	Taylor

Squad

Squad at end of 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	Andy Oakes
2	DF	Rob Edwards (on loan from Aston Villa)
3	DF	Jamie Vincent
4	DF	Dave Walton
5	DF	Jeff Kenna
6	DF	Pablo Mills
7	MF	Ian Taylor (captain)
8	MF	Cândido Costa (on loan from Porto)
9	FW	Manel
10	DF	Michael Johnson^[2]
11	FW	Paul Peschisolido
13	GK	Lee Grant
14	DF	Richard Jackson
15	MF	Adam Bolder
16	DF	Youl Mawéné
17	DF	Paul Boertien

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Izale McLeod
19	MF	Nathan Doyle
20	MF	Lewis Hunt
21	MF	Gary Twigg
22	FW	Marco Reich
23	FW	Marcus Tudgay
24	GK	Lee Camp^[3]
26	DF	Chris Palmer
27	DF	James Turner
28	MF	Kris Weckström
29	DF	Tom Huddlestone
30	MF	Lee Holmes
31	FW	Gianfranco Labarthe Tome
32	MF	Leon Osman (on loan from Everton)
33	FW	José Júnior
34	FW	Noel Whelan

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
9	FW	Lee Bradbury (on loan from Portsmouth)
2	DF	Warren Barton (to Queens Park Rangers)
32	MF	Gary Caldwell (on loan from Newcastle United)
34	FW	Mathias Svensson (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
22	MF	Adam Murray (to Burton Albion)
9	FW	Danny Dichio (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
32	MF	Peter Kennedy (on loan from Wigan Athletic)

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Luciano Zavagno (to A.C. Ancona)
22	FW	Lee Bradbury (on loan from Portsmouth)
11	MF	Lee Morris (to Leicester City)
5	DF	Steve Elliott (to Blackpool)
12	MF	Simo Valakari (to FC Dallas)
25	MF	Barry Molloy (to Drogheda United)

References

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↑ Johnson was born in Nottingham, England, but qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999.
↑ Camp was born in Derby, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011, having previously represented England at U-21 level.

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[2] Johnson was born in Nottingham, England, but qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999.

[3] Camp was born in Derby, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his full international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011, having previously represented England at U-21 level.

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2003–04 Derby County F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

Left club during season

References

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