2003–04 Rotherham United F.C. season

During the 2003–04 season, Rotherham United participated in the Football League First Division.

Rotherham United
2003–04 season
ManagerRonnie Moore
First Division17th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round

Season summary edit

Rotherham slumped somewhat following last season's comfortable midtable finish and ended the season in 17th, three points from the relegation zone.

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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   ENG Mike Pollitt
2 DF   SCO Robbie Stockdale[notes 1] (on loan from Middlesbrough)
4 DF   ENG Rob Scott
5 MF   ENG Darren Garner
6 DF   FRA Julien Baudet
7 FW   ENG Michael Proctor
8 DF   ENG Chris Swailes
9 FW   ENG Martin Butler
10 FW   ENG Paul Warne
11 MF   ENG Nick Daws
14 FW   ENG Will Hoskins
15 DF   SCO Martin McIntosh
16 DF   ENG Paul Hurst
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   ENG John Mullin
18 DF   ENG Scott Minto
19 DF   ENG Phil Gilchrist (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
20 MF   ENG Andy Monkhouse
21 MF   ENG Jody Morris
22 DF   ENG Shaun Barker
24 MF   ENG Chris Sedgwick
26 DF   ENG Craig Mudd
27 DF   ENG Gareth Clayton
28 DF   ENG Guy Branston
29 FW   ENG Richie Barker
30 GK   ENG Gary Montgomery

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
7 FW   ENG Mark Robins (to Sheffield Wednesday)
9 FW   IRL Alan Lee (to Cardiff City)
12 MF   ENG Stewart Talbot (to Brentford)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   WAL Carl Robinson (on loan from Portsmouth)
21 GK   AUS Brad Jones (on loan from Middlesbrough)
23 FW   JAM Darren Byfield[notes 2] (to Sunderland)

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Rotherham United - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2002.
  2. ^ Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.