2003–04 Birmingham City F.C. season
2003–04 season | |
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Chairman | David Gold |
Manager | Steve Bruce |
Ground | St Andrew's |
Premier League | 10th |
FA Cup |
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League Cup |
|
Top goalscorer | League: Mikael Forssell (17) All: Mikael Forssell (19) |
Highest home attendance | 29,588 vs Arsenal, 22 November 2003 |
Lowest home attendance | 18,688 vs Blackburn Rovers, FA Cup 3rd round, 3 January 2004 |
Average home league attendance | 29,073[1] |
The
Pre-season
Pre-season friendlies
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 July 2003 | Burton Albion |
A | W | 4–0 | John (2) 3', 56', Dunn (2) 18', 30' (pen) | 1,952 | [2] |
24 July 2003 | Newcastle United |
N | L | 1–2 | Devlin 72' (pen) | 14,600 | [a][4] |
26 July 2003 | Malaysia XI | N | W | 4–0 | John (2) 8', 50', Clemence 76', Hughes 82' | 12,000 | [a][5] |
30 July 2003 | Port Vale |
A | L | 0–2 | [6] | ||
2 August 2003 | Burnley | A | W | 2–2 | Horsfield 10', Dunn 26' | [7] | |
5 August 2003 | Walsall | A | W | 3–1 | John 30', Dugarry 50', Carter 80' | 7,451 | [8] |
9 August 2003 | Real Mallorca |
H | D | 0–0 | 19,148 | [9] |
- ^ a b Matches were played as part of the 2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]
Premier League
Season review
Having avoided relegation in their first season in the Premier League with seven wins from the last eleven games, Birmingham were expected to struggle.[10] They were unbeaten in the league at the end of September, and went into November still in fourth place. During a poor spell in the middle of the season Steve Bruce's side fell as low as tenth, though they rallied again and stood one point off fourth place with eight matches to go.[11] In contrast to the previous season, just one win from the last eleven games gave Birmingham a tenth-place finish, six points behind city rivals Aston Villa, who had been struggling against relegation at the turn of the year.[10][12]
August–September
In Birmingham's first game of the season, they beat
Birmingham signed
October–December
Having conceded only five league goals in the first three months of the season, Birmingham's defence was unusually fragile against
Four goals in the last half hour gave
January–February
With a defence disrupted by injury – midfielder
Taylor made several fine saves, including a "superlative double reflex save from first
March–May
Home wins against
Two weeks after Maik Taylor's loan from Fulham was made permanent,
Without Maik Taylor and Forssell, Birmingham secured a goalless draw away to a strong Arsenal side already confirmed as league champions. Had Morrison not failed to control Lazaridis' second-half cross, their unbeaten record might well have been broken.[53] In their last home game of the season, Birmingham lost 3–0 to Liverpool; Emile Heskey, who made the assist for Michael Owen's goal and scored the second, signed for Birmingham ten days later.[54] With Cunningham suspended, Savage captained the team for the visit to Blackburn Rovers; Stern John's late equaliser secured a 1–1 draw away and a tenth-place finish, six points short of European qualification.[55]
Match details
Date | League[11] position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 August 2003 | 6th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | W | 1–0 | Dunn 36' pen. | 29,358 | [13] |
23 August 2003 | 6th | Southampton | A | D | 0–0 | 31,656 | [14] | |
30 August 2003 | 6th | Newcastle United | A | W | 1–0 | Dunn 61' | 52,006 | [15] |
14 September 2003 | 8th | Fulham | H | D | 2–2 | Forssell (2) 45', 82' | 27,250 | [17] |
20 September 2003 | 7th | Leeds United | A | W | 2–0 | Savage 79' pen., Forssell 84' | 34,305 | [18] |
27 September 2003 | 4th | Portsmouth | H | W | 2–0 | Clemence 21', Lazaridis 50' | 29,057 | [19] |
4 October 2003 | 5th | Manchester United | A | L | 0–3 | 67,633 | [20] | |
14 October 2003 | 4th | Chelsea | H | D | 0–0 | 29,460 | [21] | |
19 October 2003 | 4th | Aston Villa | H | D | 0–0 | 29,546 | [22] | |
25 October 2003 | 4th | Bolton Wanderers | A
|
W | 1–0 | Forssell 31' | 25,023 | [23] |
3 November 2003 | 4th | Charlton Athletic | H | L | 1–2 | Dugarry 64' | 27,225 | [24] |
8 November 2003 | 5th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | D | 1–1 | Forssell 49' | 28,831 | [25] |
22 November 2003 | 5th | Arsenal | H | L | 0–3 | 29,588 | [26] | |
30 November 2003 | 8th | Liverpool | A | L | 1–3 | Forssell 33' | 42,683 | [27] |
6 December 2003 | 8th | Blackburn Rovers | H | L | 0–4 | 29,354 | [28] | |
13 December 2003 | 8th | Leicester City | A
|
W | 2–0 | Morrison 42', Forssell 66' | 30,639 | [30] |
26 December 2003 | 8th | Manchester City | H | W | 2–1 | Kenna 81', Forssell 87' | 29,520 | [31] |
28 December 2003 | 9th | Everton | A | L | 0–1 | 39,631 | [32] | |
7 January 2004 | 10th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 1–4 | Savage 68' pen. | 30,016 | [33] |
10 January 2004 | 8th | Southampton | H | W | 2–1 | Clemence 16', Kenna 67' | 29,071 | [34] |
18 January 2004 | 9th | Chelsea | A | D | 0–0 | 41,073 | [35] | |
31 January 2004 | 9th | Newcastle United | H | D | 1–1 | John 90' | 29,513 | [36] |
8 February 2004 | 10th | Manchester City | A | D | 0–0 | 46,967 | [37] | |
11 February 2004 | 9th | Everton | H | W | 3–0 | Johnson 8', Lazaridis 39', Forssell 49' | 29,004 | [38] |
22 February 2004 | 8th | Aston Villa | A | D | 2–2 | Forssell 60', John 90' | 40,061 | [40] |
3 March 2004 | 7th | Middlesbrough | H | W | 3–1 | Martin Taylor 23', Savage 57', Forssell 79'
|
29,369 | [42] |
6 March 2004 | 5th | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 2–0 | Forssell 24', Hughes 69' | 28,003 | [43] |
13 March 2004 | 6th | Leicester City | H | L | 0–1 | 29,491 | [44] | |
20 March 2004 | 7th | Middlesbrough | A | L | 3–5 | Forssell (2) 23', 59', Morrison 45' | 30,244 | [45] |
27 March 2004 | 6th | Leeds United | H | W | 4–1 | Hughes (2) 12', 67, Forssell (2) 69', 82' pen. | 29,069 | [46] |
3 April 2004 | 6th | Fulham | A | D | 0–0 | 14,667 | [48] | |
10 April 2004 | 6th | Manchester United | H | L | 1–2 | Grainger 53' | 29,548 | [49] |
12 April 2004 | 8th | Portsmouth | A | L | 1–3 | John 67' | 20,104 | [50] |
17 April 2004 | 8th | Charlton Athletic | A
|
D | 1–1 | Morrison 84' | 25,206 | [51] |
25 April 2004 | 9th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | D | 2–2 | Forssell 34', Morrison 41' | 29,494 | [52] |
1 May 2004 | 9th | Arsenal | A | D | 0–0 | 38,061 | [53] | |
8 May 2004 | 10th | Liverpool | H | L | 0–3 | 29,553 | [54] | |
15 May 2004 | 10th | Blackburn Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | John 83' | 26,070 | [55] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 53 | |
9 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 52 | |
10 | Birmingham City | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 50 | |
11 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a] |
12 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- winners.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 24 | −7 |
Source: [12]
FA Cup
Birmingham reached the fifth round of the 2003–04 FA Cup before losing to Sunderland of Division One after a replay.
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Third round | 3 January 2004 | Blackburn Rovers |
H | W | 4–0 | Morrison 23', Clemence 36', Forssell 78', Hughes 84' | 18,688 |
Fourth round | 24 January 2004 | Wimbledon | H | W | 1–0 | Hughes 4' | 22,159 |
Fifth round | 14 February 2004 | Sunderland | A | D | 1–1 | Forssell 28' | 24,966 |
Fifth round replay | 25 February 2004 | Sunderland | H | L | 0–2 | 25,645 |
League Cup
Birmingham entered the 2003–04 League Cup at the second round. They conceded after six minutes away to Blackpool of the Second Division, and when given a chance from the penalty spot, Clemence's kick cleared the bar.[57]
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Second round | 23 September 2003 | Blackpool | A | L | 0–1 | 7,370 |
Transfers
In
Date | Player | Club | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2003 | Christophe Dugarry | Bordeaux | Free | [58] |
7 July 2003 | David Dunn | Blackburn Rovers | £5.5m | [59] |
23 July 2003 | Luciano Figueroa | Rosario Central | £2.5m | [60] |
2 February 2004 | Martin Taylor |
Blackburn Rovers | £1.25m | [61] |
Out
Date | Player | Fee | Joined† | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 July 2003 | Tommy Mooney | Free | Swindon Town | [62] |
8 August 2003 | Joey Hutchinson | Free | Darlington | [16] |
14 August 2003 | Michael Johnson |
Nominal | Derby County | [16] |
5 September 2003 | Geoff Horsfield | £500,000 | Wigan Athletic
|
[63] |
12 September 2003 | Paul Devlin | £150,000 | Watford | [63] |
23 December 2003 | Luciano Figueroa | Contract cancelled | ( Cruz Azul )
|
[64] |
2 February 2004 | Jovan Kirovski | Released | ( Los Angeles Galaxy )
|
[65] |
11 March 2004 | Christophe Dugarry | Released | ( Qatar SC )
|
[66] |
12 March 2004 | Jeff Kenna | Free | Derby County | [67] |
25 March 2004 | Craig Fagan | Free | Colchester United
|
[68] |
30 March 2004 | Tom Williams | Released | Peterborough United
|
[69] |
18 June 2004 | Darren Purse | £750,000 | West Bromwich Albion
|
[70] |
30 June 2004 | Bryan Hughes | Released | ( Charlton Athletic )
|
[71] |
- † Brackets round club names denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.
Loan in
Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 August 2003 | Maik Taylor | Fulham | End of season | [72] |
28 August 2003 | Mikael Forssell | Chelsea | End of season | [16][73] |
Loan out
Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 August 2003 | Craig Fagan | Colchester United |
25 March 2004 | [68] |
10 October 2003 | Andrew Barrowman | Crewe Alexandra |
One month | [74] |
21 November 2003 | Mat Sadler | Northampton Town | Two months | [75] |
24 December 2003 | Nico Vaesen | Gillingham | One month | [76] |
1 January 2004 | Tom Williams | Peterborough United |
Three months | [69][77] |
12 February 2004 | Martin Grainger | Coventry City | 18 March 2004 | [78] |
13 February 2004 | Nico Vaesen | Bradford City | One month | [79] |
18 March 2004 | Nico Vaesen | Crystal Palace | End of season | [80] |
Appearances and goals
- Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.
- Players marked † left the club during the playing season.
- Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.
- Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
- Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() |
![]() | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Ian Bennett | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Jeff Kenna † | 14 (3) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Martin Grainger | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Kenny Cunningham | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Darren Purse | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Aliou Cissé | 5 (10) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (11) | 0 | 6 | 1 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Paul Devlin † | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Robbie Savage | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Geoff Horsfield † | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Mikael Forssell * | 32 | 17 | 3 (1) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 35 (2) | 19 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Bryan Hughes | 17 (9) | 3 | 3 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 (10) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Stan Lazaridis | 25 (5) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 (5) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
Maik Taylor * | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | GK | ![]() |
Colin Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() |
Stern John[a] | 7 (22) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (23) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
15 | FW | ![]() |
Jovan Kirovski † | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Martin Taylor
|
11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
David Dunn | 20 (1) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
18 | GK | ![]() |
Nico Vaesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
Clinton Morrison | 19 (13) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 (13) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
21 | FW | ![]() |
Christophe Dugarry † | 12 (2) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (3) | 1 | 6 | 1 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Damien Johnson[b] | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() |
Jamie Clapham | 22 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
Darren Carter | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | ![]() |
Matthew Upson | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
26 | DF | ![]() |
Olivier Tébily | 17 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (10) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
27 | FW | ![]() |
Andrew Barrowman | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | MF | ![]() |
Carl Motteram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | MF | ![]() |
Stephen Clemence | 32 (3) | 2 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 (4) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
35 | FW | ![]() |
Luciano Figueroa † | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name |
---|---|---|---|
20 | MF | ![]() |
Tom Williams † |
27 | DF | ![]() |
Joey Hutchinson † |
29 | DF | ![]() |
Craig Fagan † |
30 | DF | ![]() |
Mat Sadler |
34 | MF | ![]() |
Neil Kilkenny |
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External links
- Match reports from the Birmingham City F.C. website
- Match reports from the Sporting Life website