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Revision as of 17:50, 1 October 2010

Wolverhampton Wanderers
2003–04 season
ChairmanSir Jack Hayward OBE
Rick Hayward
ManagerDave Jones
Premier League20th (relegated)
FA CupFourth round proper
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Camara (7)
All: Rae (8)
Highest home attendance29,396 (vs. Manchester United, 17 January 2004)
Lowest home attendance10,232 (vs. Darlington, 23 September 2003)
Average home league attendance28,864
← 2002-03
2004-05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 106th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the Premier League, the highest level of English football. This marked their first ever appearance in the modern Premier League, and their first season in the top flight since 1983–84. The club had been promoted after having won the play-off final at the end of the previous season to earn the final promotion spot.

The season turned out a disappointment. The team struggled throughout the campaign and were eventually relegated in 20th place, finishing bottom of the division on goal difference, some six points short of safety.

Results

Pre season

Wolves split their squad into two groups, one lead by manager Dave Jones, another by coach Terry Connor after assistant manager John Ward left the club.[1] Preparations also included a week's warm weather training in Jerez, Spain.[2] A planned friendly against Dutch side ADO Den Haag was cancelled on the day of the game after a water leak hit the venue, Telford United's Bucks Head stadium.[3] Only the final friendly was held at Wolves' Molineux home.

14 July 2003 Bristol Rovers 0 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Memorial Stadium, Bristol
19:45 BST Report Melligan 15' Attendance: 4,464
Referee: Mick Fletcher
14 July 2003 Hereford United 1 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Edgar Street, Hereford
19:45 BST Purdie 16' Report Proudlock 57' Attendance: 1,895
Referee: S. Davis
16 July 2003 Swindon Town 0 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers County Ground, Swindon
19:30 BST Report Attendance: 3,916
Referee: Steve Tanner
26 July 2003 Morecambe 6 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Christie Park, Morecambe
15:00 BST Curtis 4', 40'
Rigoglioso 13'
Howell 17'
Dodgeson 79'
Carleton 83'		 Report Andrews 68' Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Lee Mason
29 July 2003 Yeovil Town 2 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Huish Park, Yeovil
19:30 BST Butler 42' (o.g.)
Gall 62'		 Report Rae 88' Attendance: 5,884
Referee: Paul Armstrong
2 August 2003 Coventry City 2 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Highfield Road, Coventry
15:00 BST Adebola 52'
Davenport 72'		 Report Cooper 79' Referee: Andrew Penn
4 August 2003 Worcester City 2 – 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers St George's Lane, Worcester
19:45 BST Kelly 31'
Middleton 88'		 Report Jones 7', 10', 15' Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Andre Marriner
8 August 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 0 Boavista Molineux, Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Iversen 52'
Verpakovskis 84'		 Report Attendance: 10,318
Referee: Graham Poll

FA Premier League

See also: 2003–04 FA Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the FA Premier League in the 2003–04 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 19 June 2003, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage.[4]

20 September 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 – 5 Chelsea Molineux, Wolverhampton
12:30 BST Report Lampard 17'
Hasselbaink 36'
Duff 52'
Crespo 67', 90'		 Attendance: 29,208
Referee: Matt Messias
18 October 2003 Fulham 0 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Loftus Road, London
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 17,031
Referee: Howard Webb
25 October 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 – 3 Leicester City Molineux, Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Cameron 52', 60' (pen.)
Rae 68'
Camara 86'		 Report Ferdinand 12', 15'
Scimeca 35'		 Attendance: 28,578
Referee: Peter Walton
6 December 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers White Hart Lane, London
15:00 GMT Keane 29', 75', 83'
Kanouté 50'
Dalmat 90'		 Report Ince 30'
Rae 84'		 Attendance: 34,825
Referee: Uriah Rennie
14 December 2003 Aston Villa 3 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Villa Park, Birmingham
12:00 GMT Ángel 21', 24'
Barry 48'		 Report Rae 36'
Kennedy 80'		 Attendance: 36,964
Referee: Graham Poll
26 December 2003 Arsenal 3 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Highbury, London
12:00 GMT Craddock 13' (o.g.)
Henry 20', 89'		 Report Attendance: 38,003
Referee: Phil Dowd
28 December 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 – 1 Leeds United Molineux, Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Smith 18' (o.g.)
Iversen 48', 90'		 Report Duberry 3' Attendance: 29,139
Referee: Andy D'Urso
7 February 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 3 Arsenal Molineux, Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Ganea 26' Report Bergkamp 9'
Henry 58'
Toure 63'		 Attendance: 29,392
Referee: Phil Dowd
10 February 2004 Leeds United 4 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Elland Road, Leeds
19:45 GMT Smith 14'
Matteo 41'
Milner 62'
Viduka 90'		 Report Ganea 21' Attendance: 36,867
Referee: Mike Dean
21 February 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 1 Fulham Molineux, Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Ince 20'
Cort 51'		 Report Malbranque 84' Attendance: 28,424
Referee: Howard Webb
27 March 2004 Chelsea 5 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Melchiot 4'
Lampard 70'
Hasselbaink 77', 87', 90'		 Report Camara 23'
Craddock 57'		 Attendance: 41,215
Referee: Graham Barber

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Everton 38 9 12 17 45 57 –12 39
18 Leicester City 38 6 15 17 48 65 –17 33
19 Leeds United 38 8 9 21 40 79 –39 33
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 7 12 19 38 77 –39 33

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FA Cup

See also: 2003–04 FA Cup
3rd round replay
13 January 2004 		Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 0 Kidderminster Harriers Molineux, Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Miller 36', 65' Report Attendance: 25,808
Referee: Matt Messias

League Cup

See also: 2003–04 Football League Cup
2nd round
23 September 2003 		Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 0 Darlington Molineux, Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Rae 37'
Guðjónsson 53'		 Report Attendance: 10,232
Referee: Keith Hill
3rd round
28 October 2003 		Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 0 Burnley Molineux, Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Miller 48'
Craddock 81'		 Report Attendance: 18,548
Referee: Chris Foy
4th round
2 December 2003 		Arsenal 5 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Highbury, London
19:45 GMT Aliadière 24', 71'
Kanu 68'
Wiltord 79'
Fàbregas 88'
 Report Rae 81' Attendance: 28,161
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Players

Statistics

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of the season's end. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.PosNamePGPGPGPG A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline
1 GK England Michael Oakes 21 0 3 0 1(1) 0 25(1) 0 0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Denis Irwin 30(2) 0 1 0 0 0 31(2) 0 5 0
3 DF England Lee Naylor 37(1) 0 2 0 3 0 42(1) 0 7 0
4 MF Scotland Alex Rae 27(6) 5 1 1 2(1) 2 30(7) 8 10 1
5 DF England Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Republic of Ireland Paul Butler 37 1 2 0 2 0 41 1 8 0
7 MF England Shaun Newton 20(8) 0 2 0 0(2) 0 22(10) 0 1 0
8 MF England Paul Ince 32 2 1 0 2 0 35 2 14 1
9 FW Wales Nathan Blake 10(3) 1 0 0 1 0 11(3) 1 3 0
10 MF Scotland Colin Cameron 25(5) 4 2 0 1 0 28(5) 4 6 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy 28(3) 2 3 0 1(1) 0 32(4) 2 1 0
12 DF England Jody Craddock 31(1) 1 2(1) 0 3 1 36(2) 2 3 0
13 GK England Matt Murray 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
14 MF Portugal Silas 2(7) 0 1(2) 0 2 0 5(9) 0 0 0
15 MF England Kevin Cooper ¤ 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
16 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 17(8) 2 3 2 2 1 22(8) 5 2 0
17 FW Senegal Henri Camara 29(1) 7 0 0 2 0 31(1) 7 3 0
18 FW Nigeria George Ndah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Norway Steffen Iversen 11(5) 4 1(1) 0 2 0 14(6) 4 1 0
20 FW England Adam Proudlock † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Romania Vio Ganea 6(10) 3 2(1) 1 0 0 8(11) 4 4 0
21 DF Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Wales Paul Jones 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
22 DF Ukraine Oleh Luzhny 4(2) 0 2 0 2 0 8(2) 0 0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland Mark Clyde 6(3) 0 3 0 0 0 9(3) 0 1 0
24 MF Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews ¤ 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0
25 DF Nigeria Isaac Okoronkwo 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 0
26 MF Iceland Joey Guðjónsson ‡ 5(6) 0 1(1) 0 3 1 9(7) 0 3 0
27 FW England Carl Cort 13(3) 5 0 0 0 0 13(3) 5 0 0
28 GK England Andy Marshall ‡ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 FW England Dean Sturridge ¤ 2(3) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 2(4) 0 0 0
30 MF Morocco Hassan Kachloul ‡ 0(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0(4) 0 0 0
31 MF Republic of Ireland John Melligan ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW England Jimmi Lee Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Republic of Ireland Ian McGrane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF England Marlon Walters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK Nigeria Carl Ikeme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW England Leon Clarke ¤ 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 0(3) 0 0 0
38 DF England Keith Lowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Award Winner[5]
Fans' Player of the Season Henri Camara
Young Player of the Season Mark Clyde
Academy Player of the Season Kevin O'Connor

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
7 July 2003 Ukraine Oleg Luzhny Arsenal Free[6]
8 July 2003 Nigeria Isaac Okoronkwo Shakhtar Donetsk Free[7]
9 July 2003 Portugal Silas União de Leiria £1m[8]
31 July 2003 England Jody Craddock Sunderland £1.75m[9]
1 August 2003 Senegal Henri Camara Sedan £1.5m[10]
1 August 2003 Norway Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur Free[11]
31 December 2003 Romania Ganea Bursaspor Free[12]
25 January 2004 England Carl Cort Newcastle United £2m[13]
29 January 2004 Wales Paul Jones Southampton £250,000[14]

Out

Date Player To Fee
June 2003 England Michael Branch Released Free[15]
June 2003 Republic of Ireland Kenny Coleman Released Free
June 2003 England Marc Edworthy Released Free
June 2003 France Ludovic Pollet Released Free
June 2003 Republic of Ireland Graham Ward Released Free
25 June 2003 Guinea Mohammed Camara Burnley Free[16]
22 July 2003 Belgium Cédric Roussel Racing Genk Undisclosed[17]
5 September 2003 England Adam Proudlock Sheffield Wednesday £150,000[18]
23 October 2003 Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson Reading £100,000[19]
25 March 2004 England Nathan Talbott Yeovil Town Free[20]

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
29 August 2003 Iceland Joey Guðjónsson Real Betis End of season[21]
1 September 2003 Morocco Hassan Kachloul Aston Villa 16 January 2004[22]
12 November 2003 England Andy Marshall Ipswich Town 12 January 2004[23]

Loans out

Start date Player To End date
8 August 2003 Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews Stoke City 9 November 2003[24]
15 August 2003 England Jimmi-Lee Jones Forest Green Rovers 15 September 2003[25]
3 October 2003 Republic of Ireland John Melligan Kidderminster Harriers 6 November 2003[26]
18 November 2003 Republic of Ireland John Melligan Doncaster Rovers End of season[27]
30 December 2003 England Dean Sturridge Sheffield United 8 February 2004[28]
7 January 2004 England Kevin Cooper Sunderland 7 March 2004[29]
12 March 2004 Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews Walsall End of season[30]
19 March 2004 England Kevin Cooper Norwich City End of season[31]
25 March 2004 England Leon Clarke Kidderminster Harriers End of season[20]

Kit

The season saw a new away kit, manufactured by Admiral, that was all black with minor gold trimmings.[32] The home kit was the same as the previous season. Doritos sponsored the club for a second and final season.

References

  1. ^ "John Ward leaves Wolves". wolves.co.uk. 7 July 2003.
  2. ^ "Setting up camp". wolves.co.uk. 17 June 2003.
  3. ^ "Friendly called off". wolves.co.uk. 25 July 2003.
  4. ^ "Premiership fixtures". BBC Sport. 19 June 2003.
  5. ^ "Player of the Year is announced". wolves.co.uk. 15 May 2004.
  6. ^ "Luzhny fit for Wolves". BBC Sport. 7 July 2003.
  7. ^ "Wolves sign Okoronkwo". BBC Sport. 8 July 2003.
  8. ^ "Silas heads to Wolves". BBC Sport. 9 July 2003.
  9. ^ "Wolves sign Craddock". BBC Sport. 31 July 2003.
  10. ^ "Camara and Craddock in the spotlight". wolves.co.uk. 1 August 2003.
  11. ^ "Iversen signs for Wolves". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003.
  12. ^ "Wolves agree Viorel deal". BBC Sport. 31 December 2003.
  13. ^ "Cort secures Wolves switch". BBC Sport. 25 January 2004.
  14. ^ "Jones rejoins Wolves". BBC Sport. 29 January 2004.
  15. ^ "Wolves axe Branch". BBC Sport. 28 March 2003.
  16. ^ "Mo makes Burnley move". BBC Sport. 25 June 2003.
  17. ^ "Roussel heads for Genk". BBC Sport. 22 July 2003.
  18. ^ "Proudlock joins Owls". BBC Sport. 5 September 2003.
  19. ^ "Ingimarsson joins Reading". BBC Sport. 23 October 2003.
  20. ^ a b "Young players on the move". wolves.co.uk. 25 March 2004.
  21. ^ "Wolves seal Gudjonsson deal". BBC Sport. 29 August 2003.
  22. ^ "Wolves capture Kachloul". BBC Sport. 1 September 2003.
  23. ^ "Marshall joins Wolves". BBC Sport. 11 November 2003.
  24. ^ "Andrews out on loan". wolves.co.uk. 8 August 2003.
  25. ^ "Jimmi Lee Jones in loan move". wolves.co.uk. 15 August 2003.
  26. ^ "Harriers take Melligan again". BBC Sport. 3 October 2003.
  27. ^ "Melligan joins Rovers". BBC Sport. 18 November 2003.
  28. ^ "Sturridge joins Blades". BBC Sport. 30 December 2003.
  29. ^ "Black Cats sign Cooper". BBC Sport. 7 January 2004.
  30. ^ "Midfielder goes on loan". wolves.co.uk. 12 March 2004.
  31. ^ "Norwich seal Cooper deal". BBC Sport. 19 March 2004.
  32. ^ "New away kit". wolves.co.uk. 13 June 2003.
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