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Wimbledon
2003–04 season
ChairmanPete Winkelman
ManagerStuart Murdoch
StadiumSelhurst Park (until September)
National Hockey Stadium (from September)
First Division24th (relegated)
FA CupFourth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerAgyemang (6)
Average home league attendance4,750

During the 2003–04 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the First Division. This was Wimbledon's last season before changing its club name to Milton Keynes Dons after being given permission by the Football League.

Season summary

Wimbledon entered administration in June 2003,[1] and played their first match at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes in September.[2] Although crowds improved at the club's new base, the administrator sold any player who could command a transfer fee and Murdoch's team finished bottom.[3] The club was brought out of administration at the end of the season,[4] and subsequently rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons.[5]

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 Football League
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

Wimbledon's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2003 Crewe Alexandra H 3-1 1,145 Agyemang, Tapp, Reo-Coker
16 August 2003 Stoke City A 1-2 12,550 Agyemang
23 August 2003 Crystal Palace H 1-3 6,113 Reo-Coker
26 August 2003 Norwich City A 2-3 16,082 Holdsworth, Leigertwood
30 August 2003 Reading H 0-3 2,066
13 September 2003 Wigan Athletic H 2-4 1,054 Agyemang, McAnuff
16 September 2003 Millwall A 0-2 7,855
20 September 2003 Ipswich Town A 1-4 23,428 Agyemang
27 September 2003 Burnley H 2-2 5,639 Holdsworth, Agyemang
30 September 2003 Sheffield United H 1-2 6,016 Nowland
4 October 2003 Preston North End A 0-1 13,801
15 October 2003 Coventry City A 0-1 10,872
18 October 2003 Nottingham Forest A 0-6 23,520
21 October 2003 West Bromwich Albion A 1-0 22,048 McAnuff
25 October 2003 Watford H 1-3 6,115 Leigertwood
1 November 2003 Bradford City H 2-1 3,334 Small, Reo-Coker
8 November 2003 Rotherham United H 1-3 5,777 Nowland
15 November 2003 Gillingham A 2-1 9,061 Nowland, Agyemang
22 November 2003 Cardiff City H 0-1 5,056
25 November 2003 West Ham United H 1-1 8,118 McAnuff
29 November 2003 Derby County A 1-3 22,025 Reo-Coker
6 December 2003 Rotherham United H 1-2 3,061 Holdsworth (pen)
13 December 2003 Walsall H 0-1 3,315
20 December 2003 Sunderland A 1-2 22,334 Thirlwell (own goal)
26 December 2003 Reading A 3-0 14,486 Small, Lewington, McAnuff
30 December 2003 West Bromwich Albion H 0-0 6,376
10 January 2004 Crewe Alexandra A 0-1 6,234
17 January 2004 Stoke City H 0-1 3,623
31 January 2004 Crystal Palace A 1-3 20,552 McAnuff
7 February 2004 Norwich City H 0-1 7,368
21 February 2004 Coventry City H 0-3 5,905
28 February 2004 Watford A 0-4 15,323
2 March 2004 Nottingham Forest H 0-1 6,317
9 March 2004 West Ham United A 0-5 29,818
13 March 2004 Walsall A 0-1 6,889
24 March 2004 Millwall H 0-1 3,037
27 March 2004 Ipswich Town H 1-2 6,389 Smith
3 April 2004 Wigan Athletic A 1-0 7,622 Chorley
6 April 2004 Sunderland H 1-2 4,800 Kamara
10 April 2004 Preston North End H 3-3 2,866 Gray (2), Chorley
12 April 2004 Sheffield United A 1-2 19,391 Gray (pen)
17 April 2004 Bradford City A 3-2 9,011 Kamara, Smith, Gray
20 April 2004 Burnley A 0-2 13,555
24 April 2004 Gillingham H 1-2 5,049 Smith
1 May 2004 Cardiff City A 1-1 15,337 Williams
9 May 2004 Derby County H 1-0 6,509 Darlington

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 3 January 2004 Stoke City H 1-1 3,609 Nowland
R3R 13 January 2004 Stoke City A 1-0 6,463 Nowland
R4 24 January 2004 Birmingham City A 0-1 22,159

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 12 August 2003 Wycombe Wanderers A 0-2 1,986

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Scott Bevan
3 DF England ENG Peter Hawkins
4 MF England ENG Nick McKoy
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Mark Williams[notes 1]
6 DF England ENG Darren Holloway
7 DF France FRA Harry Ntimban-Zeh
8 MF England ENG Wade Small
10 FW England ENG Dean Holdsworth
12 GK England ENG David Martin
14 FW England ENG Lionel Morgan
15 MF Sierra Leone SLE Albert Jarrett
16 FW England ENG Jamie Mackie[notes 2]
17 DF Nigeria NGA Shola Oyedele
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW England ENG Wayne Gray
19 DF England ENG Ben Chorley
20 MF England ENG Gary Smith (on loan from Middlesbrough)
21 DF Germany GER Nico Herzig
22 DF England ENG Rob Gier[notes 3]
23 MF England ENG Alex Tapp
24 DF England ENG Jermaine Darlington
25 DF England ENG Dean Lewington
26 MF England ENG Jason Puncheon
27 MF England ENG Michael Gordon
28 MF England ENG Malvin Kamara[notes 4]
29 MF England ENG Ben Harding
30 GK Wales WAL Lee Worgan[notes 5]

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Steve Banks (to Gillingham)
2 DF England ENG Warren Barton (retired)
7 MF Jamaica JAM Jobi McAnuff[notes 6] (to West Ham United)
7 MF England ENG Jamal Campbell-Ryce[notes 7] (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
9 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald (to Motherwell)
11 FW Ghana GHA Patrick Agyemang[notes 8] (to Gillingham)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK England ENG Paul Heald (retired)
17 MF England ENG Adam Nowland (to West Ham United)
20 DF England ENG Mikele Leigertwood[notes 9] (to Crystal Palace)
26 MF England ENG Nigel Reo-Coker (to West Ham United)
30 GK England ENG Shane Gore (to Barnet)

References

  1. ^ "Wimbledon go into administration". The Daily Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  2. ^ Pryce, Robert (29 September 2003). "Wimbledon's happy ending is pure Hollywood". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  3. ^ Milledge, Adrian (7 April 2004). "Wimbledon fall through trap-door". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Wimbledon to change name". BBC. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  6. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2003-2004/d1/wimbled.htm

Notes

  1. ^ Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
  2. ^ Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2010.
  3. ^ Gier was born in Ascot, England, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for the Philippines in April 2009.
  4. ^ Kamara was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent Sierra Leone internationally and would make his international debut for Sierra Leone in June 2007.
  5. ^ Worgan was born in Eastbourne, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
  6. ^ McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.
  7. ^ Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
  8. ^ Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in May 2003.
  9. ^ Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008.
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