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2003–04 Coventry City F.C. season

This is Coventry City Football Club progress in the 2003–04 season. This season the Sky Blues will play in the First Division and will feature in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Coventry City F.C.
2003–04 season
ManagerGary McAllister (until 11 December)
Eric Black (from 11 December to 3 May)
Steven Ogrizovic (from 3 May)
StadiumHighfield Road
First Division12th
FA CupOUT v Colchester United
Fourth round replay
League CupOUT v Tottenham Hotspur
Second round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Gary McSheffrey (12)
Highest home attendance22,195 (vs. Crystal Palace, 9 May) Cup: 15,474 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur 24 September)
Lowest home attendance10,872 (vs. Wimbledon, 15 October) Cup: 8,280 (vs. Peterborough United, 13 August)
Average home league attendance14,816

Matches edit

First Division edit

16 August 2003 1 Coventry City 0–0 Walsall Coventry
15:00 BST report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,377
Referee: Chris Foy
23 August 2003 2 Ipswich Town 1–1 Coventry City Ipswich
15:00 BST Bent   17' report Doyle   31' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,419
Referee: Frazer Stretton
27 August 2003 3 Coventry City 1–3 Nottingham Forest Coventry
15:00 BST Whing   46' report Reid   19', 61'
Johnson   65'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,586
Referee: Paul Danson
30 August 2003 4 Sheffield United 2–1 Coventry City Sheffield
15:00 BST Brown   42' (pen.)
Lester   87'		 report Suffo   67' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 20,102
Referee: David Crick
13 September 2003 5 Coventry City 4–2 Stoke City Coventry
15:00 BST Suffo   5'
Barrett   10'
Adebola   58'
Morrell   75'		 report Asaba   45'
Thomas   78'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,982
Referee: Lee Mason
16 September 2003 6 Preston North End 4–2 Coventry City Preston
19:45 BST Fuller   35', 45'
Cresswell   66'
Keane   88'		 report Staunton   42' (pen.)
Morrell   77'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,886
Referee: Eddie Evans
20 September 2003 7 Reading 1–2 Coventry City Reading
15:00 BST Forster   21' report Adebola   35'
Morrell   76'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,371
Referee: Phil Crossley
27 September 2003 8 Coventry City 1–1 Wigan Athletic Coventry
15:00 BST Morrell   90' report Jackson   90' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 14,862
Referee: Mike Thorpe
1 October 2003 9 Coventry City 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
19:45 BST McAllister   49'
Morrell   73'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,557
Referee: Joe Ross
4 October 2003 10 Millwall 2–1 Coventry City London
15:00 BST Ifill   63'
Harris   85'		 report Staunton   72' (pen.) Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 9,849
Referee: Phil Joslin
15 October 2003 11 Coventry City 1–0 Wimbledon Coventry
19:45 BST Pead   63' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 10,872
Referee: Steve Bennett
18 October 2003 12 Coventry City 1–3 Cardiff City Coventry
12:30 BST Doyle   11' report Whalley   28'
Gordon   32'
Earnshaw   40' (pen.)		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,767
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
21 October 2003 13 Watford 1–1 Coventry City Watford
19:45 BST Fitzgerald   83' report Staunton   90' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,487
Referee: Alan Kaye
Note: This match was originally scheduled for the opening weekend of the season, however was postponed due to the death of Watford player Jimmy Davis
25 October 2003 14 Derby County 1–3 Coventry City Derby
15:00 BST Holmes   52' report Warnock   11'
Suffo   38', 80'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 21,641
Referee: Roy Pearson
1 November 2003 15 Coventry City 1–1 West Ham United Coventry
15:00 GMT Barrett   38' report Defoe   15' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,126
Referee: Graham Salisbury
5 November 2003 16 Coventry City 0–0 Bradford City Coventry
19:45 GMT report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,862
Referee: Grant Hegley
8 November 2003 17 Sunderland 0–0 Coventry City Sunderland
15:00 GMT report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 27,247
Referee: Alan Butler
22 November 2003 18 Coventry City 2–2 Gillingham Coventry
15:00 GMT Joachim   55', 90' report Johnson   66', 85' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,432
Referee: Steve Dunn
25 November 2003 19 Norwich City 1–1 Coventry City Norwich
19:45 GMT Henderson   35' report McAllister   49' (pen.) Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,414
Referee: Paul Taylor
29 November 2003 20 Crystal Palace 1–1 Coventry City London
15:00 GMT Edwards   9' report Jackson   90' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,622
Referee: Mark Warren
2 December 2003 21 Rotherham United 2–0 Coventry City Rotherham
19:45 GMT Byfield   14'
Barker   39'		 report Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 5,524
Referee: Andy D'Urso
8 December 2003 22 Coventry City 1–1 Sunderland Coventry
20:00 GMT McAllister   22' (pen.) report Downing   8' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,913
Referee: Mike Jones
13 December 2003 23 Burnley 1–2 Coventry City Burnley
15:00 GMT Blake   53' report Suffo   8'
Weller   40' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Mick Fletcher
20 December 2003 24 Coventry City 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Coventry
15:00 GMT Jackson   89' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,616
Referee: Neale Barry
26 December 2003 25 Coventry City 0–1 Sheffield United Coventry
15:00 GMT report Lester   56' (pen.) Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,132
Referee: Clive Penton
28 December 2003 26 Bradford City 1–0 Coventry City Bradford
15:00 GMT Windass   34' report Stadium: Bradford & Bingley Stadium
Attendance: 11,432
Referee: Carl Boyeson
10 January 2004 27 Coventry City 0–0 Watford Coventry
15:00 GMT report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: Mike Pike
17 January 2004 28 Walsall 1–6 Coventry City Walsall
15:00 GMT Wrack   45' report Morrell   6', 57'
McSheffrey   48', 82'
Joachim   70'
Roper   76' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Lee Mason
31 January 2004 29 Coventry City 1–1 Ipswich Town Coventry
15:00 GMT Warnock   45' report Westlake   58' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 14,441
Referee: Trevor Kettle
7 February 2004 30 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Coventry City Nottingham
15:00 GMT report Suffo   4' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,075
Referee: Graham Salisbury
14 February 2004 31 Coventry City 0–2 Norwich City Coventry
15:00 report Holt   38'
Brennan   85'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,757
Referee: Paul Robinson
21 February 2004 32 Wimbledon 0–3 Coventry City Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT report Joachim   9'
Chorley   40' (o.g.)
Guðjónsson   63'		 Stadium: National Hockey Stadium
Attendance: 5,905
Referee: Steve Tanner
28 February 2004 33 Coventry City 2–0 Derby County Coventry
15:00 GMT McSheffrey   20'
Joachim   33'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 16,042
Referee: Iain Williamson
2 March 2004 34 Cardiff City 0–1 Coventry City Cardiff
19:45 GMT report McSheffrey   71' (pen.) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,376
Referee: Paul Armstrong
6 March 2004 35 West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Coventry City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Horsfield   23'
Hulse   53'
Kinsella   79'		 report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,414
Referee: Mike Pike
13 March 2004 36 Coventry City 4–0 Burnley Coventry
15:00 GMT Joachim   10'
McSheffrey   33', 39' (pen.)
Konjić   78'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,953
Referee: Anthony Bates
17 March 2004 37 Coventry City 4–1 Preston North End Coventry
19:45 GMT Guðjónsson   2', 27'
Doyle   8'
McSheffrey   11'		 report Fuller   48' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,142
Referee: Neale Barry
20 March 2004 38 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Coventry City Wigan
15:00 GMT Roberts   16', 22' report Warnock   72' Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 8,784
Referee: Lee Cable
27 March 2004 39 Coventry City 1–2 Reading Coventry
15:00 GMT McSheffrey   67' report Salako   10'
Goater   54'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,811
Referee: Alan Butler
3 April 2004 40 Stoke City 1–0 Coventry City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Commons   41' report Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 12,855
Referee: Mike Dean
10 April 2004 41 Coventry City 4–0 Millwall Coventry
15:00 BST Joachim   6', 58'
Deloumeaux   12'
McSheffrey   87' (pen.)		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,546
Referee: Barry Knight
12 April 2004 42 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Coventry City Crewe
15:00 BST Higdon   46'
Symes   64'
Ashton   90' (pen.)		 report Lowe   83' Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 7,475
Referee: Frazer Stretton
17 April 2004 43 West Ham United 2–0 Coventry City London
15:00 BST Zamora   37'
Connolly   71' (pen.)		 report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 27,890
Referee: Howard Webb
24 April 2004 44 Coventry City 1–1 Rotherham United Coventry
15:00 BST Morrell   56' report Butler   75' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,572
Referee: Chris Foy
1 May 2004 45 Gillingham 2–5 Coventry City Gillingham
15:00 BST Wales   64'
Sidibe   72'		 report Doyle   8'
Morrell   24'
McSheffrey   31', 85'
Shaw   90'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 10,388
Referee: Anthony Bates
9 May 2004 46 Coventry City 2–1 Crystal Palace Coventry
13:00 BST Konjić   4'
Doyle   27'		 report Freedman   64' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,195
Referee: Alan Butler

FA Cup edit

3 January 2004 R3 Coventry City 2–1 Peterborough United Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   59'
Joachim   61'		 report Clarke   79' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,400
Referee: Barry Knight
24 January 2004 R4 Coventry City 1–1 Colchester United Coventry
15:00 Joachim   33' report Adebola   30' (o.g.) Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,341
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
3 February 2004 R4 Replay Colchester United 3–1 Coventry City Colchester
20:00 Vine   12', 43', 57' report Joachim   25' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,530
Referee: Tony Leake

League Cup edit

13 August 2003 R1 Coventry City 2–0 Peterborough United Coventry
19:45 Barrett   63'
Adebola   67'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 8,280
Referee: Tony Leake
24 September 2003 R2 Coventry City 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
19:45 report Kanouté   13', 87'
Keane   38'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,474

Championship data edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
10 Millwall 46 18 15 13 55 48 +7 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
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 58 +3 60
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the FA Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

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 17 14 15 67 54  +13 65 9 9 5 34 22  +12 8 5 10 33 32  +1

Last updated: 8 May 2004.
Source: CCFC Championship Results

Round by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAAHHAHHAAHHAHAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDDLLWLWDWLWLDWDDDDDDLDWWLLDWDWLWWWLWWLLLWLLDWW
Position15192021181918201618141616151415151615151517141215171514151414141210131010101111121213121212
Source: Championship Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores Overview edit

Opposition Home Score Away Score Double
Bradford City 0–0 0–1  N
Burnley 4–0 2–1  Y
Cardiff City 1–3 1–0  N
Crewe Alexandra 2–0 1–3  N
Crystal Palace 2–1 1–1  N
Derby County 2–0 3–1  Y
Gillingham 2–2 5–2  N
Ipswich Town 1–1 1–1  N
Millwall 4–0 1–2  N
Norwich City 0–2 1–1  N
Nottingham Forest 1–3 1–0  N
Preston North End 4–1 2–4  N
Reading 1–2 2–1  N
Rotherham United 1–1 0–2  N
Sheffield United 0–1 1–2  N
Stoke City 4–2 0–1  N
Sunderland 1–1 0–0  N
Walsall 0–0 6–1  N
Watford 0–0 1–1  N
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 0–3  N
West Ham United 1–1 0–2  N
Wigan Athletic 1–1 1–2  N
Wimbledon 1–0 3–0  Y

Season statistics edit

Stats and goals edit

[1]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Scott Shearer 32 0 29+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ENG Andy Whing 31 1 26+2 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF   ENG Dean Gordon 7 0 3+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
4 DF   BIH Muhamed Konjić 47 2 36+6 2 3+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   ENG Richard Shaw 21 1 11+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF   MAR Youssef Safri 34 0 31+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF   ENG Craig Pead 18 1 6+11 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW   CMR Patrick Suffo 29 6 20+7 6 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW   NGA Dele Adebola 33 3 15+13 2 2+1 0 2+0 1
11 FW   IRL Graham Barrett 33 3 20+11 2 0+0 0 1+1 1
12 FW   ENG Andy Morrell 34 9 19+11 9 2+0 0 1+1 0
13 GK   ENG Gavin Ward 15 0 12+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 10 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
17 MF   IRL Michael Doyle 45 5 38+2 5 3+0 0 2+0 0
18 DF   IRL Steve Staunton 38 3 34+1 3 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW   ENG Gary McSheffrey 22 12 16+3 11 2+1 1 0+0 0
20 DF   ENG Calum Davenport 36 0 31+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW   ENG Julian Joachim 32 11 27+2 8 3+0 3 0+0 0
22 DF   FRA Éric Deloumeaux 21 1 19+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   ENG Stephen Warnock 49 3 42+2 3 2+1 0 2+0 0
28 FW   ENG Avun Jephcott 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
31 MF   ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson 20 3 17+1 3 1+1 0 0+0 0
35 FW   JAM Onandi Lowe 2 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 GK   GLP Pegguy Arphexad 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF   ENG Stuart Giddings 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF   SCO Brian Kerr 9 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Player's featured for Coventry who left before end of the season:
DF   ENG Peter Clarke 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Martin Grainger 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Johnnie Jackson 5 2 2+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ALG Yazid Mansouri 15 0 9+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Gary McAllister 14 3 14+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL Keith O'Neill 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   WAL David Pipe 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   ENG Courtney Pitt 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   POL Sebastian Olszar 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goalscorers edit

No. Flag Pos Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
19   FW Gary McSheffrey 11 1 0   12
21   FW Julian Joachim 8 3 0   11
12   FW Andy Morrell 9 0 0   9
8   FW Patrick Suffo 6 0 0   6
17   MF Michael Doyle 5 0 0   5
9   FW Dele Adebola 2 0 1   3
11   FW Graham Barrett 2 0 1   3
31   MF Bjarni Guðjónsson 3 0 0   3
  MF Gary McAllister 3 0 0   3
18   DF Steve Staunton 3 0 0   3
26   MF Stephen Warnock 3 0 0   3
  MF Johnnie Jackson 2 0 0   2
4   DF Muhamed Konjić 2 0 0   2
22   DF Éric Deloumeaux 1 0 0   1
35   FW Onandi Lowe 1 0 0   1
7   MF Craig Pead 1 0 0   1
5   DF Richard Shaw 1 0 0   1
2   DF Andy Whing 1 0 0   1

Overall edit

Games played 51 (46 First Division, 2 League Cup, 3 FA Cup)
Games won 19 (17 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn 15 (14 First Division, 0 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Games lost 17 (15 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored 73 (67 First Division, 2 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)
Goals conceded 62 (54 First Division, 3 League Cup, 5 FA Cup)
Goal difference +11
Best result W 6–1 (A) v Walsall – First Division – 17 January 2004
Worst result L 0–3 (A) v Tottenham Hotspur – League Cup – 24 September 2003
L 0–3 (A) v West Bromwich Albion – First Division – 6 March 2004
Most appearances   Stephen Warnock (49 appearances)
Top scorer   Gary McSheffrey (12 goals)
Points 65 / 138 (47.10%)

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Loans in edit

Loans out edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Coventry City Squad 03-04". FootballSquads.
  2. ^ "Coventry sign Arsenal striker". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Jorgensen seals Coventry move". BBC Sport. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Lowe and Hall seal moves". BBC Sport. 25 March 2004. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Bothroyd signs for Perugia". BBC Sport. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Eustace moves to Stoke". BBC Sport. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Coventry sign Gudjonsson". BBC Sport. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
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