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2003–04 Sunderland A.F.C. season

During the 2003–04 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Sunderland
2003–04 season
ChairmanBob Murray
ManagerMick McCarthy
StadiumStadium of Light
First Division3rd
Play-offsSemi-finals
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerMarcus Stewart (16)

Season Summary edit

While the dismal ending to the previous season, combined with losses in their opening two matches lead to fears that Sunderland might spend the season battling a second successive relegation, a run of 7 wins from their next 10 matches quickly ended any such fears. A couple of spells of indifferent form meant that the club didn't convincingly challenge for automatic promotion until the closing stages of the season, and then another poor run of form in the season's closing stages, including the loss of a six-pointer to fellow promotion hopefuls West Bromwich Albion, just as quickly ended any such hopes. Sunderland were still considered favourites going into the play-offs, but a loss on penalties to Crystal Palace, who had gate-crashed the play-offs on the final day of the season, meant a second season in Division One (or, as it would be re-branded the following season, the Championship).

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

Date Pos Name From Fee
4 August 2003 MF   Jeff Whitley   Manchester City Free[1]
5 August 2003 DF   Gary Breen   West Ham United Free[2]
25 September 2003 MF   Tommy Smith   Watford Free[3]
3 October 2003 MF   Alan Quinn   Sheffield Wednesday Loan[4]
30 October 2003 MF   Stewart Downing   Middlesbrough Loan[5]

January edit

Date Pos Name From Fee
7 January 2004 MF   Kevin Cooper   Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan[6]
6 February 2004 FW   Darren Byfield   Rotherham United Swap with Michael Proctor[7]
12 March 2004 DF   Colin Cooper   Middlesbrough Loan[8]
24 March 2004 MF   Carl Robinson   Portsmouth Loan[9]

Out edit

Summer edit

Date Pos Name To Fee
1 June 2003 MF   Stefan Schwarz Retired Retired
11 June 2003 DF   Cliff Byrne   Scunthorpe United Free[10]
1 July 2003 FW   David Bellion   Manchester United Free[11]
3 July 2003 GK   Jurgen Macho   Chelsea Free[12]
9 July 2003 FW   Lilian Laslandes   Nice Free[13]
9 July 2003 DF   Bernt Haas[notes 1]   West Bromwich Albion £400,000[14]
24 July 2003 MF   Gavin McCann   Aston Villa £2.25 million[15]
31 July 2003 DF   Jody Craddock   Wolverhampton Wanderers £1.75 million[16]
8 August 2003 GK   Thomas Sorensen   Aston Villa £2.25 million[17]
14 August 2003 FW   Kevin Phillips   Southampton £3.25 million[18]
20 August 2003 MF   Nicolás Medina   Leganés Season-long loan[19]
23 August 2003 FW   Tore André Flo   Siena Undisclosed[20]
29 August 2003 MF   Claudio Reyna   Manchester City £2.5 million[21]
29 August 2003 DF   Emerson Thome   Bolton Wanderers Free[22]
1 September 2003 MF   Kevin Kilbane[notes 2]   Everton £1 million[23]
1 September 2003 DF   Michael Gray   Celtic Four-month loan (September to December)[24]
25 September 2003 FW   Keith Graydon   Scarborough Free[25]
3 October 2003 FW   Michael Reddy   Sheffield Wednesday Loan[26]
3 October 2003 FW   Chris Brown   Doncaster Rovers Loan[27]
23 October 2003 GK   Thomas Myhre   Crystal Palace Loan
13 November 2003 DF   Craig James   Darlington Loan[28]

January edit

Date Pos Name From Fee
27 January 2004 DF   Michael Gray   Blackburn Rovers Free[29]
6 February 2004 FW   Neil Teggart   Darlington Loan[30]
6 February 2004 FW   Michael Proctor   Rotherham United Swap for Darren Byfield[31]
25 February 2004 MF   Jonjo Dickman   York City Loan[32]
15 March 2004 GK   Michael Ingham   Wrexham Loan[33]
19 March 2004 DF   Craig James   Port Vale Loan[34]
25 March 2004 MF   Chris Black   Doncaster Rovers Free[35]

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[36]

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   EST Mart Poom
2 DF   ENG Stephen Wright
3 DF   NIR George McCartney
4 MF   IRL Jason McAteer[notes 3]
5 DF   IRL Gary Breen[notes 4]
6 DF   ENG Ben Clark
7 MF   ENG Matt Piper
8 MF   NIR Jeff Whitley[notes 5]
9 FW   SCO Kevin Kyle
10 FW   ENG Marcus Stewart
11 FW   ENG Tommy Smith
12 MF   WAL John Oster[notes 6]
13 GK   NIR Michael Ingham[notes 7]
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   IRL Sean Thornton
16 DF   ENG Darren Williams
17 FW   JAM Darren Byfield[notes 8]
18 DF   IRL Phil Babb[notes 9]
20 MF   IRL Thomas Butler
21 MF   ENG Paul Thirlwell
22 DF   SWE Joachim Björklund
24 MF   WAL Carl Robinson (on loan from Portsmouth)
25 MF   IRL Colin Healy
30 MF   ENG Grant Leadbitter
33 DF   ARG Julio Arca
36 DF   ENG Simon Ramsden
40 GK   NOR Thomas Myhre

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF   IRL Kevin Kilbane (to Everton)
14 FW   ENG Michael Proctor (to Rotherham United)
14 DF   ENG Colin Cooper (on loan from Middlesbrough)
17 DF   ENG Michael Gray (to Blackburn Rovers)
19 FW   ENG Kevin Phillips (to Southampton)
19 MF   IRL Alan Quinn (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
19 MF   ENG Kevin Cooper (on loan from Wolves)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   ENG Chris Black (to Doncaster Rovers)
24 MF   USA Claudio Reyna (to Manchester City)
24 MF   ENG Stewart Downing (on loan from Middlesbrough)
29 FW   NOR Tore André Flo (to Siena)
34 DF   ENG Craig James (to Port Vale)
37 DF   BRA Emerson Thome (to Bolton Wanderers)
42 MF   ARG Nicolás Medina (on loan to Leganés)

Reserves edit

The following players did not appear for the first-team this 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
26 MF   ENG Jonjo Dickman
27 MF   IRL Richie Ryan
28 DF   ENG Patrick Collins
31 FW   ENG Chris Brown
32 DF   IRL Mark Rossiter
35 DF   ENG Chris Scott
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 MF   NIR Chris Kingsberry
39 FW   NIR Neil Teggart
41 GK   ENG Ben Alnwick
42 GK   SCO Euan McLean
43 FW   IRL Michael Reddy
— DF   ENG Sean Taylor

Results edit

Sunderland's score comes first.

Win Draw Loss

League Cup edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 August 2003 First round Mansfield Town Field Mill 2-1 5,665 Kyle, Artell (own goal)
23 September 2003 Second round Huddersfield Town Stadium of Light 2-4 13,516 Kyle (2)

FA Cup edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
2 January 2004 Third round Hartlepool United Stadium of Light 1-0 40,816 Arca
24 January 2004 Fourth round Ipswich Town Portman Road 2-1 21,406 Smith, Arca
14 February 2004 Fifth round Birmingham City Stadium of Light 1-1 24,966 Kyle
25 February 2004 Fifth round replay Birmingham City St Andrew's 2-0 (after extra time) 25,645 Smith (2)
7 March 2004 Quarter-final Sheffield United Stadium of Light 1-0 37,115 Smith
4 April 2004 Semi-final Millwall Old Trafford 0-1 56,112

Football League First Division edit

Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C, P) 46 28 10 8 79 39 +40 94 Promotion to the FA Premier League
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 25 11 10 64 42 +22 86
3 Sunderland 46 22 13 11 62 45 +17 79 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 West Ham United 46 19 17 10 67 45 +22 74
5 Ipswich Town 46 21 10 15 84 72 +12 73
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
46 22 13 11 62 45  +17 79 13 8 2 33 15  +18 9 5 9 29 30  −1

Last updated: 4 December 2018.
Source: 11v11

Results by matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAAHAHHAAHHAHAAAAHHHAHHAHAHAAHHA
ResultLLWWWWLDWWWDWDLDWDLDDDLWWWWLDLWDWDWWWWWLLLDDWW
Position21231787489554444554558661085444679977643333333433
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2003 Nottingham Forest City Ground 0-2 23,529
16 August 2003 Millwall Stadium of Light 0-1 24,877
23 August 2003 Preston North End Deepdale 2-0 14,080 Thornton, Stewart
25 August 2003 Watford Stadium of Light 2-0 23,600 Wright, Stewart (pen)
30 August 2003 Bradford City Valley Parade 4-0 14,116 Thornton, Stewart, Arca, Breen
13 September 2003 Crystal Palace Stadium of Light 2-1 27,324 Kyle, Stewart (pen)
16 September 2003 Stoke City Britannia Stadium 1-3 15,005 Kyle
20 September 2003 Derby County Pride Park 1-1 22,535 Poom
26 September 2003 Reading Stadium of Light 2-0 22,420 Arca, Oster
30 September 2003 Ipswich Town Stadium of Light 3-2 24,840 Breen, Oster, Kyle
4 October 2003 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 1-0 27,008 Kyle
14 October 2003 Cardiff City Stadium of Light 0-0 26,835
18 October 2003 Walsall Stadium of Light 1-0 36,278 Stewart
21 October 2003 Rotherham United Stadium of Light 0-0 24,506
25 October 2003 Norwich City Carrow Road 0-1 16,427
1 November 2003 West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns 0-0 26,135
4 November 2003 Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 3-1 9,066 Downing, Oster, Stewart
8 November 2003 Coventry City Stadium of Light 0-0 27,247
22 November 2003 Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road 3-0 9,807
29 November 2003 Burnley Stadium of Light 1-1 29,852 Kyle
2 December 2003 Wigan Athletic Stadium of Light 1-1 22,167 Downing (pen)
8 December 2003 Coventry City Highfield Road 1-1 12,913 Downing
13 December 2003 West Ham United Boleyn Ground 2-3 30,329 Oster, McAteer
20 December 2003 Wimbledon Stadium of Light 2-1 22,334 Proctor, Stewart (pen)
26 December 2003 Bradford City Stadium of Light 3-0 29,639 McAteer, Smith, Kyle
28 December 2003 Rotherham United Millmoor 2-0 11,455 Stewart (2, 1 pen)
10 January 2004 Nottingham Forest Stadium of Light 1-0 26,340 Arca
17 January 2004 Millwall The Den 1-2 13,048 Stewart
7 February 2004 Watford Vicarage Road 2-2 16,798 Stewart, Byfield
21 February 2004 Cardiff City Ninian Park 0-4 17,337
3 March 2004 Walsall Bescot Stadium 3-1 7,185 Arca, Stewart, Kyle
10 March 2004 Preston North End Stadium of Light 3-3 27,181 Stewart (pen), Thornton, Mears (own goal)
13 March 2004 West Ham United Stadium of Light 2-0 29,533 Whitley, Kyle
16 March 2004 Stoke City Stadium of Light 1-1 24,510 Byfield
20 March 2004 Reading Madjeski Stadium 2-0 18,019 Byfield, Smith
23 March 2004 Gillingham Stadium of Light 2-1 23,262 Byfield, Thornton
27 March 2004 Derby County Stadium of Light 2-1 30,838 Smith, Oster
6 April 2004 Wimbledon National Hockey Stadium 2-1 4,800 Byfield, Stewart
9 April 2004 Sheffield United Stadium of Light 3-0 27,472 Breen, Smith, Kyle
12 April 2004 Ipswich Town Portman Road 0-1 26,801
18 April 2004 West Bromwich Albion Stadium of Light 0-1 32,201
21 April 2004 Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 0-3 18,291
24 April 2004 Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium 0-0 11,380
1 May 2004 Crewe Alexandra Stadium of Light 1-1 25,311 Whitley
4 May 2004 Norwich City Stadium of Light 1-0 35,174 Robinson
9 May 2004 Burnley Turf Moor 2-1 18,252 Breen, Kyle

Football League First Division play-offs edit

Date Leg Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 May 2004 Leg 1 Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 2–3 25,287 Kyle, Stewart (pen)
17 May 2004 Leg 2 Crystal Palace Stadium of Light 2–1 (4–4 on aggregate, Sunderland lost 5–4 on penalties) 34,536 Kyle, Stewart

Goal scorers edit

Position Nation Number Name League League Cup FA Cup Total
FW   10 Marcus Stewart 16 0 0 16
FW   9 Kevin Kyle 12 3 1 16
MF   11 Tommy Smith 4 0 4 8
MF   33 Julio Arca 4 0 2 6
FW   17 Darren Byfield 5 0 0 5
MF   12 John Oster 5 0 0 5
MF   15 Sean Thornton 4 0 0 4
DF   5 Gary Breen 4 0 0 4
MF   24 Stewart Downing 3 0 0 3
MF   4 Jason McAteer 2 0 0 2
MF   8 Jeff Whitley 2 0 0 2
/ / / Own goals 1 1 0 2
MF   24 Carl Robinson 1 0 0 1
DF   2 Stephen Wright 1 0 0 1
GK   1 Mart Poom 1 0 0 1
FW   14 Michael Proctor 1 0 0 1
/ / / Totals 62 4 7 73

References edit

  1. ^ "Whitley joins Sunderland". 4 August 2003.
  2. ^ "Breen seals Sunderland move". 5 August 2003.
  3. ^ "McCarthy happy with Smith". 25 September 2003.
  4. ^ "Quinn, Reddy swap places". 3 October 2003.
  5. ^ "Downing joins Sunderland". 30 October 2003.
  6. ^ "Black Cats sign Cooper". 7 January 2004.
  7. ^ "Sunderland bag Byfield". 6 February 2004.
  8. ^ "Cooper joins Sunderland". 12 March 2004.
  9. ^ "Black Cats sign Robinson". 24 March 2004.
  10. ^ "Iron sign Byrne". 11 June 2003.
  11. ^ "Bellion joins Man Utd". July 2003.
  12. ^ "Macho to join Chelsea". 21 May 2003.
  13. ^ "Nice land Laslandes". 9 July 2003.
  14. ^ "Baggies complete Haas signing". 9 July 2003.
  15. ^ "Villa complete McCann deal". 24 July 2003.
  16. ^ "Wolves sign Craddock". 31 July 2003.
  17. ^ "Sorensen joins Villa". 8 August 2003.
  18. ^ "Southampton land Phillips". 14 August 2003.
  19. ^ "Medina off to Spain". 20 August 2003.
  20. ^ "Flo completes Siena move". 23 August 2003.
  21. ^ "Man City sign Reyna". 29 August 2003.
  22. ^ "Thome heads to Bolton". 29 August 2003.
  23. ^ "Everton capture Kilbane". September 2003.
  24. ^ "Celtic move delights Gray". September 2003.
  25. ^ "Seasiders sign Graydon". 25 September 2003.
  26. ^ "Quinn, Reddy swap places". 3 October 2003.
  27. ^ "Doncaster seal Brown deal". 4 October 2003.
  28. ^ "James joins Quakers". 13 November 2003.
  29. ^ "Blackburn seal Gray deal". 27 January 2004.
  30. ^ "Black Cats reject windfall". 6 February 2004.
  31. ^ "Sunderland bag Byfield". 6 February 2004.
  32. ^ "York seal Dickman deal". 24 February 2004.
  33. ^ "Wrexham land Ingham". 15 March 2004.
  34. ^ "James joins Vale on loan". 19 March 2004.
  35. ^ "Penney poised for promotion". 29 March 2004.
  36. ^ "FootballSquads - Sunderland - 2003/04".

McCarthy vows to keep Arca - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/3349923.stm

Sunderland want Jon Stead - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3410371.stm

Notes edit

  1. ^ Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.
  2. ^ Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
  3. ^ McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.
  4. ^ Breen was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 1996.
  5. ^ Whitley was born in Ndola, Zambia, but was raised in England and also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father. He represented England at U-17 level and Northern Ireland at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1997.
  6. ^ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.
  7. ^ Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.
  8. ^ Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
  9. ^ Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.
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