User:Mancini's Sandbox/2003–04

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Manchester City
Season 2003–04
Owner England Publicly traded company
Chairman England John Wardle
Manager England Kevin Keegan
Team captain France Sylvain Distin
Home stadium City of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League Sixteenth
League Cup Fourth round
FA Cup Fifth round
UEFA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: 0Nicolas Anelka (17 goals)
(5th highest in Premier League)
All comps: Nicolas Anelka (25 goals)
Average home
attendance 		46,834 – over 19 PL home games
(3rd highest in Premier League)
Highest home
attendance 		47,304 0v0 Chelsea
28 February 2004
Highest away
attendance 		67,645 0v0 Manchester United
13 December 2003
Lowest home
attendance 		29,067 0v0 Sporting Lokeren
24 September 2003
Lowest away
attendance 		5,500 0v0 Groclin Dyskobolia
27 November 2003
← 2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0 2004–05 →
Results summary - all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 7 12 5 29.2%
Away 9 6 12 33.3%
Both 16 18 17 31.4%
Results summary - Premier League
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 5 9 5 26.3%
Away 4 5 10 21.1%
Both 9 14 15 23.7%

The 2003–04 season was Manchester City Football Club's second consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its seventh season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 112th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review[edit]

After finishing ninth during the club's final season at 80-year-old Maine Road, Manchester City's debut season at the City of Manchester Stadium was a major disappointment. A ninth place finish had not been good enough to earn City an opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup but the team was rewarded with that opportunity anyway due to being awarded a "Fair Play" slot in the UEFA Cup competition this season. Having embarked on a new era for the club by signing a host of experienced players in the summer, such as Claudio Reyna and Steve McManaman, to combine with such burgeoning talents coming through from the MCFC youth academy as Stephen Ireland and Shaun Wright-Phillips, City then ended up spending this season battling against relegation to the despair of all those pundits that had tipped the team to finish this season in a significantly higher position than City had achieved in the previous one. Winning its 36th game of the season left City six points clear of safety, yet the club's survival was effectively confirmed due to it having a far greater goal difference than rival relegation strugglers Leicester, Leeds and Wolves. It took failure to win their penultimate games of the season by all three of these teams to actually put City's survival beyond all doubt, but by now the future was not looking very bright for manager Kevin Keegan who would fail to last another season as the club's manager.

Perhaps the most memorable of the games played by Manchester City during this season was the FA Cup Fourth round replay fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane which featured what many people consider to be one of the most extraordinary comebacks in the history of the competition.[1][2]



Team kit[edit]

There was a change in the producer of the team kits for this season, with Reebok replacing the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. The shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice who had also been the sponsors for the previous season.[3]

Home (version 1)
Home (version 2)
Away



Historical league performance[edit]

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Premier LeagueFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division




Friendly games[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

19 July 2003 Mansfield England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Mansfield, England
Larkin 37'
Corden 57'		 Sporting Life report 39' Anelka Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 7,000
22 July 2003 Odense Denmark 1 – 0 England Manchester City Odense, Denmark
Miti 75' Sporting Life report Stadium: Fionia Park
25 July 2003 Feyenoord Netherlands 1 – 2 England Manchester City Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lazovic Sporting Life report Anelka
88' Wanchope		 Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
29 July 2003 Lincoln City England 2 – 2 England Manchester City Lincoln, England
Mayo
Bloomer 		Sporting Life report Wanchope
Anelka		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
2 August 2003 Oldham Athletic England 0 – 6 England Manchester City Oldham, England
Sporting Life report 23' Anelka
Sinclair
Fowler
Anelka
Wright-Phillips
Wanchope		 Stadium: Boundary Park
4 August 2003 Rochdale England 0 – 4 England Manchester City Rochdale, England
BBC Sport report 25' Wright-Phillips
Anelka
Horlock
Shuker		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
First game ever played at CoMS[edit]
10 August 2003 Manchester City England 2 – 1 Spain Barcelona Manchester, England
Anelka 35'
Sinclair 67'		 Sporting Life report
YouTube video		 58' Saviola Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 36,500



Competitive games[edit]

Premier League[edit]

Position in final standings[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
17 Everton 38 9 12 17 45 57 −12 39
18 Leicester City (R) 38 6 15 17 48 65 −17 33 Relegation to the Football League Championship
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 9 14 15 55 54  +1 41 5 9 5 31 24  +7 4 5 10 24 30  −6

Last updated: 15 May 2004 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2003-04



Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWLWDDLWLWLLLDLDLDDLDLDLWLWLDDDDLDWLW
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2004 (end of season). Source: Premier League results 2003-04
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports[edit]

Charlton Athletic England0 – 3England Manchester City
Sporting Life report 13' (pen.) Anelka
23' Sibierski
83' Jihai
Attendance: 25,780
Referee: M. Dean (Wirral)
Manchester City England1 – 1England Portsmouth
Sommeil 90' Sporting Life report 24' Aiyegbeni
Attendance: 46,287
Referee: M. Messias (N. Yorkshire)
Blackburn Rovers England2 – 3England Manchester City
Sinclair 44' (o.g.)
Amoruso 61'		 Sporting Life report 4' Tarnat
59' Barton
87' Anelka
Attendance: 23,361
Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)
Manchester City England1 – 2England Arsenal
Lauren 10' (o.g.) Sporting Life report 48' Wiltord
72' Ljungberg
Attendance: 46,436
Referee: G. Poll (Hertfordshire)
Manchester City England4 – 1England Aston Villa
Anelka 48' (pen.)
Tarnat 50'
Anelka 68' (pen.)
Anelka 83'		 Sporting Life report 31' Angel
Attendance: 46,687
Referee: M. Halsey (Lancashire)
Fulham England2 – 2England Manchester City
Malbranque 73'
Saha 79'		 Sporting Life report 46' Anelka
90' Wanchope
Attendance: 16,124
Referee: P. Dowd (Staffordshire)
Manchester City England0 – 0England Tottenham Hotspur
Sporting Life report
Attendance: 46,842
Referee: N. Barry (N. Lincolnshire)
Wolverhampton Wanderers England1 – 0England Manchester City
Cameron 75' Sporting Life report
Attendance: 29,386
Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)
Manchester City England6 – 2England Bolton Wanderers
Wright-Phillips 27'
Distin 48'
Wright-Phillips 56'
Anelka 58'
Wright-Phillips Yellow cardRed card 62'
Anelka 72'
Reyna 84'		 Sporting Life report 25' Nolan
60' Campo
Attendance: 47,101
Referee: S. Bennett (Kent)
Chelsea England1 – 0England Manchester City
Hasselbaink 34' Sporting Life report
Attendance: 41,040
Referee: P. Dowd (Staffordshire)
Southampton England0 – 2England Manchester City
Sporting Life report 4' Fowler
85' Wanchope
Attendance: 31,952
Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)
Manchester City England0 – 3England Leicester City
Sporting Life report 12' Stewart
53' (pen.) Dickov
58' Bent
Attendance: 46,966
Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)
Newcastle United England3 – 0England Manchester City
Ameobi 57'
Shearer 77' 85'		 Sporting Life report
Attendance: 52,159
Referee: N. Barry (N. Lincolnshire)
Manchester City England0 – 1England Middlesbrough
Sporting Life report 30' (o.g.) Jihai
Attendance: 46,824
Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)
Everton England0 – 0England Manchester City
Sporting Life report
Attendance: 37,871
Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)
Manchester United England3 – 1England Manchester City
Scholes 7'
van Nistelrooy 34'
Scholes 73'		 Sporting Life report 52' Wright-Phillips
Attendance: 67,645
Referee: M. Halsey (Lancashire)
Manchester City England1 – 1England Leeds United
Sibierski 82' Sporting Life report 24' Viduka
Attendance: 47,126
Referee: G. Barber (Hertfordshire)
Birmingham City England2 – 1England Manchester City
Kenna 81'
Forssell 87'		 Sporting Life report 14' Fowler
Attendance: 29,520
Referee: U. Rennie (S. Yorkshire)
Manchester City England2 – 2England Liverpool
Anelka 30' (pen.)
Fowler 90'		 Sporting Life report 66' Smicer
80' Hamann
Attendance: 47,201
Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)
Manchester City England1 – 1England Charlton Athletic
Fowler 39' Sporting Life report 84' Di Canio
Attendance: 44,307
Referee: P. Walton (Northamptonshire)
Portsmouth England4 – 2England Manchester City
Stefanovic 19'
Yakubu 52'
Sheringham 58'
Yakubu 77'		 Sporting Life report 21' Anelka
45' Sibierski
Attendance: 20,120
Referee: M. Messias (N. Yorkshire)
Manchester City England1 – 1England Blackburn Rovers
Anelka 50' Sporting Life report 55' Flitcroft
Attendance: 47,090
Referee: M. Dean (Wirral)
Arsenal England2 – 1England Manchester City
Tarnat 39' (o.g.)
Henry 83'		 Sporting Life report 89' Anelka
Attendance: 38,103
Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)
Manchester City England0 – 0England Birmingham City
Sporting Life report
Attendance: 46,967
Referee: P. Durkin (Dorset)
Liverpool England2 – 1England Manchester City
Owen 3'
Gerrard 51'		 Sporting Life report 50' Wright-Phillips
Attendance: 43,257
Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)
Bolton Wanderers England1 – 3England Manchester City
Nolan 22' Sporting Life report 27' 31' Fowler
50' (o.g.) Charlton
Attendance: 27,301
Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)
Manchester City England0 – 1England Chelsea
Sporting Life report 82' Guðjohnsen
Attendance: 47,304
Referee: R. Styles (Hampshire)
Manchester City England4 – 1England Manchester United
Fowler 3'
Macken 32'
Sinclair 73'
Wright-Phillips 90'		 Sporting Life report
YouTube video		 35' Scholes
Attendance: 47,284
Referee: S. Bennett (Kent)
Leeds United England2 – 1England Manchester City
McPhail 23'
Viduka 76' (pen.)		 Sporting Life report 44' Anelka
Attendance: 36,998
Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)
Manchester City England0 – 0England Fulham
Sporting Life report
Attendance: 46,522
Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)
Aston Villa England1 – 1England Manchester City
Angel 26' Sporting Life report 82' Distin
Attendance: 37,602
Referee: U. Rennie (S. Yorkshire)
Manchester City England3 – 3England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Anelka 25'
Sibierski 39'
Wright-Phillips 90'		 Sporting Life report 13' Kennedy
23' Cort
78' Camara
Attendance: 47,248
Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)
Tottenham Hotspur England1 – 1England Manchester City
Defoe 52' Sporting Life report 25' Anelka
Attendance: 35,282
Referee: C. Foy (Merseyside)
Manchester City England1 – 3England Southampton
Anelka 78' Sporting Life report 34' Beattie
55' 81' Phillips
Attendance: 47,152
Referee: G. Barber (Hertfordshire)
Leicester City England1 – 1England Manchester City
Scowcroft 66' Sporting Life report 45' Tarnat
Attendance: 31,457
Referee: A. D'Urso (Essex)
Manchester City England1 – 0England Newcastle United
Wanchope 59' Sporting Life report
Attendance: 47,226
Referee: M. Halsey (Lancashire)
Middlesbrough England2 – 1England Manchester City
Maccarone 8'
Nemeth 32'		 Sporting Life report 35' Wanchope
Attendance: 34,734
Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)
Manchester City England5 – 1England Everton
Wanchope 16' 30'
Anelka 41'
Sibierski 89'
Wright-Phillips 90'		 Sporting Life report 60' Campbell
Attendance: 47,284
Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)


UEFA Cup[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

First leg[edit]
Manchester City England5 – 0Wales The New Saints
Sinclair 14'
Wright-Phillips 51'
Jihai 60'
Sommeil 74'
Anelka 87'		 Sporting Life report
Attendance: 34,103
Referee: Alexey Tiumin (Russia)
Second leg[edit]
The New Saints Wales0 – 2England Manchester City
Sporting Life report 41' Negouai
Huckerby

First round[edit]

First leg[edit]
Manchester City England3 – 2Belgium Sporting Lokeren
Sibierski 8'
Fowler 77'
Anelka 80' (pen.)		 Sporting Life report 14' Zoundi
40' Kristinsson
Attendance: 29,067
Referee: G. Gilewski (Poland)
Second leg[edit]
Sporting Lokeren Belgium0 – 1England Manchester City
Sporting Life report 19' (pen.) Anelka
Attendance: 10,000

Second round[edit]

First leg[edit]
Manchester City England1 – 1Poland Groclin Dyskobolia
Anelka 6' Sporting Life report 65' Mila
Attendance: 32,506
Referee: G. Kaznaferis (Greece)
Second leg[edit]
Groclin Dyskobolia Poland0 – 0England Manchester City
Sporting Life report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden)

Final aggregate score 1–1 with Groclin winning due to away goals counting double

League Cup[edit]

Third round[edit]

Queens Park Rangers England0 – 3England Manchester City
Sporting Life report 22' 77' Wright-Phillips
79' Macken
Attendance: 16,773
Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)

Fourth round[edit]

Tottenham Hotspur England3 – 1England Manchester City
Anderton 9'
Postiga 30'
Kanoute 90'		 Sporting Life report 80' Fowler
Attendance: 31,727
Referee: P. Durkin (Dorset)


FA Cup[edit]

Third round[edit]

Manchester City England2 – 2England Leicester City
Anelka 27' (pen.) 69' Sporting Life report 4' Dickov
66' Bent
Attendance: 30,617
Referee: G. Poll (Hertfordshire)
Third round replay[edit]
Leicester City England1 – 3England Manchester City
Ferdinand 73' Sporting Life report 12' Sibierski
90' Macken
90' Anelka
Attendance: 18,916
Referee: G. Poll (Hertfordshire)

Fourth round[edit]

Manchester City England1 – 1England Tottenham Hotspur
Anelka 11' Sporting Life report 57' Doherty
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)
Fourth round replay[edit]
Tottenham Hotspur England3 – 4England Manchester City
King 2'
Keane 19'
Ziege 43'		 Sporting Life report
MCFC video		 Yellow cardRed card 45' Barton
48' Distin
69' Bosvelt
80' Wright-Phillips
90' Macken
Attendance: 30,400
Referee: R. Styles (Hampshire)

Fifth round[edit]

Manchester United England4 – 2England Manchester City
Scholes 34'
Neville Yellow cardRed card 39'
van Nistelrooy 71'
Ronaldo 74'
van Nistelrooy 80'		 Sporting Life report 78' Tarnat
86' Fowler
Attendance: 67,228
Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)



Goal scorers[edit]

Information current as of 15 May 2004 (end of season)


Transfers and loans[edit]

See also[edit]


References[edit]

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