105th season of the Football League
Football league season
The 2003–04 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th completed season of The Football League.
This was the last season of the Football League with the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor, and the last in which the divisions were known as the First, Second and Third Divisions: from the following season they would be known as the Championship, League One and League Two respectively.
Norwich City won the First Division, thus returning to the Premier League for the first time since 1994–95. Also promoted to the top flight were West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace. Plymouth Argyle won the Second Division, while Doncaster Rovers won the Third.
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
First Division
Football league season
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 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.
Play-offs
Maps
Locations of the 2003–04 First Division teams
Locations of the London teams in the 2003–04 First Division
Top scorers
[3]
Second Division
Football league season
Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
Maps
QPR
Locations of the 2003–04 Second Division teams
Locations of the London teams in the 2003–04 Second Division
Top scorers
[4]
Third Division
Football league season
Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
Maps
Bury
Hull
Locations of the 2003–04 Third Division teams
Top scorers
[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ "ESPN". Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ "ESPN". Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ soccernet.espn.go.com
