2003–04 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
	2003–04 season
Chairman	Nigel Doughty
Manager	Paul Hart (until 7 February); Joe Kinnear (from 10 February)
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League:; Andy Reid (13); All:; Andy Reid (13)
Average home league attendance	24,824
← 2002–03	2004–05 →

During the 2003–04 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The 2003-2004 season saw Paul Hart suffer from a squad that was low in confidence and with no money. However, Forest started reasonably well, winning five of their first seven games and after 15 games, they won seven and lost five and were in the top half of the table. Unfortunately, when they went into the bottom three, after going 14 games without a win, the Forest chairman Nigel Doughty called time on Hart's reign as Forest manager.

Joe Kinnear was then brought in to replace Hart. The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like Michael Dawson and Andy Reid, and they climbed up the table to secure a safe 14th place.

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

Nottingham Forest's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Sunderland	H	2-0	23,579	Harewood, Louis-Jean
16 August 2003	Reading	A	0-3	16,833
23 August 2003	Cardiff City	H	1-2	23,407	Harewood
27 August 2003	Coventry City	A	3-1	17,586	Reid (2), Johnson
30 August 2003	Norwich City	H	2-0	21,058	Johnson, Harewood (pen)
13 September 2003	Sheffield United	H	3-1	25,209	Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid
16 September 2003	Burnley	A	3-0	12,530	Harewood, Reid, Taylor
20 September 2003	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-3	8,685	Harewood
27 September 2003	Derby County	H	1-1	29,059	Reid
1 October 2003	Preston North End	H	0-1	22,278
4 October 2003	Stoke City	A	1-2	13,755	Williams
14 October 2003	Rotherham United	H	2-2	20,168	Harewood (2)
18 October 2003	Wimbledon	H	6-0	23,520	Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid, Taylor, Dawson, Morgan
22 October 2003	West Ham United	A	1-1	29,544	Reid
25 October 2003	Bradford City	A	2-1	11,654	Jess, Reid
1 November 2003	Millwall	A	0-1	9,635
4 November 2003	Walsall	A	1-4	7,321	Reid
8 November 2003	Watford	H	1-1	21,229	Bopp
22 November 2003	Wigan Athletic	A	2-2	10,403	Thompson, Harewood
29 November 2003	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-3	27,331
3 December 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	21,588	Morgan
6 December 2003	Watford	A	1-1	14,988	Reid
13 December 2003	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	16,935
26 December 2003	Norwich City	A	0-1	16,429
28 December 2003	West Ham United	H	0-2	27,491
10 January 2004	Sunderland	A	0-1	26,340
17 January 2004	Reading	H	0-1	23,116
31 January 2004	Cardiff City	A	0-0	17,913
7 February 2004	Coventry City	H	0-1	23,075
14 February 2004	Walsall	H	3-3	25,012	Impey, King, Taylor
21 February 2004	Rotherham United	A	1-1	9,046	Jess
25 February 2004	Gillingham	H	0-0	26,473
28 February 2004	Bradford City	H	2-1	26,021	Reid, Taylor
2 March 2004	Wimbledon	A	1-0	6,317	Taylor
6 March 2004	Gillingham	A	1-2	9,096	Barmby
13 March 2004	Crystal Palace	H	3-2	28,306	Williams (2), Reid
17 March 2004	Burnley	H	1-1	26,885	Taylor
20 March 2004	Derby County	A	2-4	32,390	Taylor, Williams
27 March 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-0	24,347	King (2)
3 April 2004	Sheffield United	A	2-1	22,339	King, Taylor
10 April 2004	Stoke City	H	0-0	28,758
12 April 2004	Preston North End	A	2-2	15,117	King, Williams
17 April 2004	Millwall	H	2-2	22,263	Reid, Johnson
24 April 2004	Ipswich Town	A	2-1	27,848	Johnson (2)
1 May 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	1-0	29,172	Johnson
9 May 2004	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-0	26,821	Williams, Johnson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	11,843	King
R4	25 January 2004	Sheffield United	H	0-3	17,306

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	12 August 2003	Port Vale	A	0-0 (won 3-2 on pens)	4,950
R2	23 September 2003	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-0 (won 4-1 on pens)	4,477
R3	29 October 2003	Portsmouth	H	2-4	20,078	Bopp (2)

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
1	GK	Darren Ward^[1]
2	DF	Matthieu Louis-Jean
4	DF	Des Walker
5	DF	Michael Dawson
6	DF	John Thompson
7	MF	Andy Reid
8	MF	Gareth Williams
9	FW	David Johnson
10	FW	Gareth Taylor
11	FW	Marlon King^[2]
12	GK	Barry Roche
14	MF	Eoin Jess
15	MF	Eugen Bopp

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Chris Doig
17	MF	Michael Stewart (on loan from Manchester United)
18	MF	Paul Evans^[3]
19	MF	Brian Cash
20	FW	Craig Westcarr
21	MF	Danny Sonner^[4]
22	GK	Paul Gerrard (on loan from Everton)
23	DF	Wes Morgan
24	DF	Gregor Robertson
26	DF	James Biggins
32	MF	Ross Gardner
34	DF	Alan Rogers (on loan from Leicester City)
35	MF	Andy Impey (on loan from Leicester City)

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
3	DF	Davy Oyen (to K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel)
11	FW	Marlon Harewood (to West Ham United)
18	DF	Brynjar Gunnarsson (to Stoke City)

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Stephen McPhail (on loan from Leeds United)
22	FW	Michael Chopra (on loan from Newcastle United)
36	MF	Nick Barmby (on loan from Leeds United)

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
25	MF	Matt Bodkin
27	FW	Richard Jeffrey
28	MF	Andy Haskins
29	DF	James Perch

No.	Position	Player
30	GK	Pascal Formann
31	DF	David Tarka
33	MF	James Beaumont

References

↑ Ward was born in Worksop, England.
↑ King was born in Southwark, England.
↑ Evans was born in Oswestry, England.
↑ Sonner was born in Wigan, England.

[1] Ward was born in Worksop, England.

[2] King was born in Southwark, England.

[3] Evans was born in Oswestry, England.

[4] Sonner was born in Wigan, England.

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Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

References

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