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2003–04 Mansfield Town F.C. season

During the 2003–04 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 5th position with 75 points, reaching the 2004 Football League Third Division play-off final where they lost on penalties to Huddersfield Town.[1]

Mansfield Town
2003–04 season
ManagerKeith Curle
Football League Third Division5th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophyFirst round

Final league table edit

Main article: 2003–04 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
3 Torquay United (P) 46 23 12 11 68 44 +24 81 Promoted
4 Huddersfield Town (O, P) 46 23 12 11 68 52 +16 81 Participated in play-offs
5 Mansfield Town 46 22 9 15 76 62 +14 75
6 Northampton Town 46 22 9 15 58 51 +7 75
7 Lincoln City 46 19 17 10 68 47 +21 74
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Results edit

Mansfield Town's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division edit

Main article: 2003–04 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 9 August 2003 Kidderminster Harriers A 1–2 3,180 Corden
2 16 August 2003 Leyton Orient H 1–1 3,920 Dimech
3 23 August 2003 Southend United A 3–0 3,837 Christie (3)
4 26 August 2003 Scunthorpe United H 5–0 5,142 Christie, Day, Mendes, Lawrence (2)
5 30 August 2003 Swansea City A 1–4 6,991 Vaughan
6 6 September 2003 Macclesfield Town H 3–2 4,206 Artell, Mendes, Lawrence
7 13 September 2003 Oxford United A 1–1 5,625 MacKenzie
8 16 September 2003 Bury H 5–3 4,145 Lawrence (2), Corden (2), Mendes
9 20 September 2003 Yeovil Town H 0–1 5,270
10 27 September 2003 Cambridge United A 2–1 4,068 Lawrence, Disley
11 30 September 2003 Bristol Rovers A 3–1 8,451 Disley (2), Mendes
12 4 October 2003 Darlington H 3–1 4,621 Corden, Christie, Tony Vaughan
13 11 October 2003 York City H 2–0 4,914 Artell, Beardsley
14 18 October 2003 Doncaster Rovers A 2–4 8,500 Lawrence, Corden
15 21 October 2003 Torquay United A 0–1 2,773
16 25 October 2003 Cheltenham Town H 4–0 4,095 Lawrence (2), Larkin (2)
17 1 November 2003 Boston United H 2–1 5,161 Mendes (2)
18 15 November 2003 Carlisle United A 2–0 4,154 Mendes, Corden
19 22 November 2003 Huddersfield Town H 3–3 5,823 Day, Artell, Disley
20 29 November 2003 Northampton Town A 3–0 5,019 Disley, Lawrence, Christie
21 13 December 2003 Lincoln City H 1–2 5,797 Lawrence
22 20 December 2003 Hull City A 1–0 15,005 MacKenzie
23 26 December 2003 Rochdale H 1–0 6,963 Larkin
24 28 December 2003 Macclesfield Town A 1–1 6,963 Christie
25 10 January 2004 Kidderminster Harriers H 1–0 4,574 Day
26 17 January 2004 Leyton Orient A 1–3 4,072 Buxton
27 24 January 2004 Southend United H 1–0 4,292 Corden
28 27 January 2004 Scunthorpe United A 0–0 3,113 Corden
29 7 February 2004 Rochdale A 0–3 3,157
30 14 February 2004 York City A 2–1 4,068 Lawrence, Pacquette
31 21 February 2004 Doncaster Rovers H 1–2 7,724 Lawrence
32 28 February 2004 Cheltenham Town A 2–4 3,818 Corden, Christie
33 6 March 2004 Hull City H 1–0 6,859 D'Jaffo
34 13 March 2004 Lincoln City A 1–4 6,034 Lawrence
35 16 March 2004 Bury A 0–3 2,119
36 16 March 2004 Swansea City H 1–1 2,119 Lawrence
37 27 March 2004 Yeovil Town A 1–1 6,002 Day
38 30 March 2004 Torquay United H 2–1 4,552 Larkin, Mendes
39 3 April 2004 Cambridge United H 1–1 4,325 Mendes
40 3 April 2004 Oxford United H 3–1 5,132 Mendes, Larkin, Day
41 10 April 2004 Darlington A 0–1 4,946
42 12 April 2004 Bristol Rovers H 0–0 4,735
43 17 April 2004 Boston United A 2–1 3,826 Larkin, Lawrence
44 24 April 2004 Carlisle United H 2–3 5,361 Lawrence (2)
45 1 May 2004 Huddersfield Town A 3–1 18,663 Lawrence, Day, Mendes
46 8 May 2004 Northampton Town H 1–2 8,065 Larkin

Football League Third Division play-offs edit

Main article: 2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Semi-final 1st leg 16 May 2004 Northampton Town A 2–0 6,960 Day, Mendes
Semi-final 2nd leg 20 May 2004 Northampton Town H 1–3 (5–4 pens) 9,243 Curtis
Final 31 May 2004 Huddersfield Town N 0–0 (1–4 pens) 37,298

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 8 November 2003 Bishop's Stortford H 6–0 4,679 MacKenzie (3), Mendes, Larkin, Curtis
R2 5 December 2003 Wycombe Wanderers A 1–1 3,212 Christie
R2 Replay 16 December 2003 Wycombe Wanderers H 3–2 5,512 Lawrence (3)
R3 3 January 2004 Burnley H 0–2 8,290

League Cup edit

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 13 August 2003 Sunderland H 1–2 5,665 Kyle (o.g.)

Football League Trophy edit

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 14 October 2003 Stockport County H 1–2 3,718 Day

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Play-offs Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Kevin Pilkington 46 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 55 0
2 DF   Jamie Clarke 11(1) 0 1(1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14(2) 0
3 DF   Adam Eaton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
4 DF   Tom Curtis 34(4) 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 41(4) 2
5 DF   Rhys Day 40(1) 6 4 0 0(1) 0 1 1 3 1 48(2) 9
6 DF   Tony Vaughan 32 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 2
7 MF   Liam Lawrence 41 18 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 49 21
8 MF   Craig Disley 18(16) 5 3(1) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 25(17) 5
9 FW   Colin Larkin 19(18) 7 1(1) 1 0 0 1 0 0(3) 0 21(22) 8
10 FW   Richard Pacquette 3(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 1
11 MF   Wayne Corden 40(4) 8 2(1) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 47(5) 8
12 DF   Bobby Hassell 33(1) 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 41(1) 0
13 GK   Jason White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Neil MacKenzie 25(7) 2 2 3 0(1) 0 1 0 0(3) 0 28(11) 5
15 DF   Alex John-Baptiste 14(3) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18(3) 0
16 DF   Jake Buxton 9 1 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10(1) 1
17 FW   Chris Beardsley 2(13) 1 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3(14) 1
18 FW   Craig Mitchell 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
19 FW   Andy White 2(12) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 2(14) 0
20 FW   Junior Mendes 36(3) 11 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 44(3) 13
21 DF   Luke Dimech 17(3) 1 1(1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19(4) 1
22 FW   Iyseden Christie 24(3) 8 2(1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 27(3) 9
24 MF   Lee Williamson 29(6) 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 37(7) 0
25 DF   David Artell 24(2) 3 3(1) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0 28(4) 3
26 FW   Lance Mulligan 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
27 DF   Mark Hurst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   Dean Hankey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   Tom Curle 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
30 FW   Laurent D'Jaffo 4(4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(3) 0 4(7) 1
– – Own goals – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1

References edit

General

Mansfield Town 2003–04 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific
  1. ^ "Mansfield Town 2003/04". Statto. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ "England 2003–04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
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