2003–04 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
Top goalscorer | Kevin Nolan (10) | ||
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Highest home attendance | 28,353 (vs. Leicester City, 28 December 2003) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 5,229 (vs Walsall, 24 September 2003) | ||
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The 2003–04 season was the 126th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their third consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.[1]
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
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Reserve squad
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Transfers
In
- Stelios Giannakopoulos - Olympiacos, 28 May 2003
- Real Madrid, free transfer, 18 July 2003[8]
- Kevin Davies - Southampton, free transfer, 23 July 2003
- Ricardo Vaz Tê - S.C. Farense, free transfer, 27 August 2003[9]
- Sporting CP, £1,158,000, 13 August 2003[10]
- Emerson Thome - Sunderland, free transfer, 29 August 2003[11]
- Milan, free transfer, 11 September 2003[12]
- Glen Little - Burnley, month loan, 1 September 2003[13]
- Donovan Ricketts - Village United, five-month loan, 2 January 2004[14]
- Javi Moreno - Atlético Madrid, five-month loan, 5 January 2004[15]
- Steve Howey - Leicester City, free transfer, 29 January 2004[16]
- Comunicaciones, four-month loan, 30 January 2004[17]
- Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, four-month loan, 2 February 2004[18]
- Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United
Out
- Colin Hendry - retired
- Guðni Bergsson - retired
- Leam Richardson - released (later joined Blackpool on 23 June 2003)
- Mike Whitlow - released (later joined Sheffield United in 2003)
- Paul Warhurst - released (later joined Chesterfield in October 2003)
- Jonathan Walters - Hull City, 2004
- Bülent Akın - Akçaabat Sebatspor
- Gareth Farrelly - Wigan Athletic
- Delroy Facey - West Bromwich Albion
- Wrexham
- Neuchâtel Xamax
- Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United
- Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, loan end
Results
FA Premier League
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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16 August 2003 | Manchester United | A | 0 – 4 | 67,647 | |
23 August 2003 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2 – 2 | Djorkaeff 3' (pen), Davies 25' | 27,423 |
26 August 2003 | Portsmouth | A | 0 – 4 | 20,113 | |
30 August 2003 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0 – 0 | 23,098 | |
13 September 2003 | Middlesbrough | H | 2 – 0 | Davies 23', Ngotty 81' | 26,419 |
20 September 2003 | Newcastle United | A | 0 – 0 | 52,014 | |
27 September 2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1 – 1 | Davies 85' | 27,043 |
5 October 2003 | Aston Villa | A | 1 – 1 | Nolan 46' | 30,229 |
18 October 2003 | Manchester City | A | 2 – 6 | Nolan 25', Campo 60' | 47,101 |
25 October 2003 | Birmingham City | H | 0 – 1 | 25,023 | |
1 November 2003 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1 – 0 | Nolan 73' | 35,191 |
8 November 2003 | Southampton | H | 0 – 0 | 25,619 | |
22 November 2003 | Leeds United
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A | 2 – 0 | Davies 16', Stelios 17' | 36,558 |
29 November 2003 | Everton | H | 2 – 0 | Frandsen 26', Djorkaeff 46' | 27,350 |
6 December 2003 | Fulham | A | 1 – 2 | Davies 53' | 14,393 |
13 December 2003 | Chelsea | A | 2 – 1 | Ngotty 39', Terry 90' (og) | 40,491 |
20 December 2003 | Arsenal | H | 1 – 1 | Pedersen 83' | 28,003 |
26 December 2003 | Liverpool | A | 1 – 3 | Pedersen 85' | 42,987 |
28 December 2003 | Leicester City | H | 2 – 2 | Ngotty 35', Campo 54' | 28,353 |
7 January 2004 | Manchester United | H | 1 – 2 | Gary Neville (og) 89' | 27,668 |
10 January 2004 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 4 – 3 | Nolan (2) 1', 78', Djorkaeff 43', Stelios 73' | 23,538 |
17 January 2004 | Portsmouth | H | 1 – 0 | Davies 53' | 26,558 |
31 January 2004 | Charlton Athletic | A | 2 – 1 | Pedersen 1', Nolan 78' | 26,249 |
7 February 2004 | Liverpool | H | 2 – 2 | Hunt 11', Djorkaeff 58' | 27,552 |
10 February 2004 | Leicester City | A | 1 – 1 | Walker 33' (og) | 26,674 |
21 February 2004 | Manchester City | H | 1 – 3 | Nolan 22' | 27,301 |
6 March 2004 | Birmingham City | A | 0 – 2 | 28,003 | |
13 March 2004 | Chelsea | H | 0 – 2 | 26,717 | |
20 March 2004 | Arsenal | A | 1 – 2 | Campo 41' | 38,053 |
28 March 2004 | Newcastle United | H | 1 – 0 | Pedersen 4' | 27,360 |
3 April 2004 | Middlesbrough | A | 0 – 2 | 30,107 | |
10 April 2004 | Aston Villa | H | 2 – 2 | Pedersen 48', Davies 86' | 26,374 |
12 April 2004 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 2 – 1 | Pedersen 43', Davies 90' | 26,895 |
17 April 2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2 – 0 | Campo 7', Pedersen 65' | 26,440 |
24 April 2004 | Southampton | A | 2 – 1 | Nolan 77', Davies 78' | 31,712 |
2 May 2004 | Leeds United
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H | 4 – 1 | Djorkaeff (2) 47', 53', Harte 55' (og), Nolan 78' | 27,420 |
8 May 2004 | Everton | A | 2 – 1 | Djorkaeff (2) 14', 87' | 40,191 |
15 May 2004 | Fulham | H | 0 – 2 | 27,383 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 56 |
7 | Charlton Athletic | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 53 |
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 |
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
FA Cup
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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3 January 2004 | Round 3 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1 – 1 | Nolan 78' | 10,587 |
14 February 2004 | Round 3 replay | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1 – 2 (aet) | Shakes | 8,759 |
Carling Cup
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result
F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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24 September 2003 | Round 2 | Walsall | H | 3 – 1 | Jardel (2) 15', 80', Nolan 69'
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5,229 |
28 October 2003 | Round 3 | Gillingham | H | 2 – 0 | Stelios 25', Pedersen 66' | 5,258 |
3 December 2003 | Round 4 | Liverpool | A | 3 – 2 | Jardel 4', Okocha 79', Djorkaeff 90' (pen) | 33,185 |
16 December 2003 | Round 5 | Southampton | H | 1 – 0 (aet) | Pedersen 115' | 13,957 |
21 January 2004 | Semi-final first leg | Aston Villa | H | 5 – 2 | Okocha (2) 2', 80', Nolan 9', Stelios 17', Ngotty 74' | 16,302 |
27 January 2004 | Semi-final second leg | Aston Villa | A | 0 – 2 5 – 4 (agg) |
36,883 | |
29 February 2004 | Final | Middlesbrough | N | 1 – 2 | Davies 21' | 72,634 |
Statistics
Appearances
Bolton used a total of 29 players during the season.
P | Player | Position | PL | FAC | LC
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Total |
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1 | Iván Campo | Midfielder | 37 | (1)0 (0) | 6 (0) | 43 | (1)
2 | Kevin Davies | Striker | 38 | (0)0 (0) | 4 (1) | 42 | (1)
3 | Kevin Nolan | Midfielder | 37 | (0)0 (2) | 4 (0) | 41 | (2)
4 | Jussi Jääskeläinen | Goalkeeper | 38 | (0)0 (0) | 3 (0) | 41 | (0)
5 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Midfielder | 33 | (2)0 (0) | 5 (1) | 38 | (3)
6 | Bruno Ngotty | Defender | 32 | (1)0 (0) | 6 (0) | 38 | (1)
7 | Simon Charlton | Defender | 28 | (3)0 (0) | 5 (2) | 33 | (5)
8 | Emerson Thome | Defender | 25 | (1)1 (0) | 5 (0) | 31 | (1)
9 | Youri Djorkaeff | Midfielder | 25 | (2)0 (0) | 4 (1) | 29 | (3)
10 | Henrik Pedersen | Striker | 19 (14) | 2 (0) | 4 (3) | 25 (17) |
11 | Per Frandsen | Midfielder | 22 (11) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 25 (13) |
12 | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Midfielder | 18 (13) | 2 (0) | 4 (2) | 24 (15) |
13 | Ricardo Gardner | Defender/Midfielder | 20 | (2)0 (0) | 2 (2) | 22 | (4)
14 | Anthony Barness | Defender | 11 | (4)2 (0) | 4 (2) | 17 | (6)
15 | Ibrahim Ba | Midfielder | 0 (9) | 1 (0) | 5 (1) | 6 (10) |
16 | Kevin Poole | Goalkeeper | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 4 (0) | 6 (0) |
17 | Florent Laville | Defender | 5 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0) |
18 | Mario Jardel
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Striker | 0 (7) | 1 (0) | 3 (1) | 4 (8) |
19= | Charlie Comyn-Platt | Defender | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (1) | 2 (1) |
19= | Delroy Facey | Striker | 0 (1) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) |
19= | Steve Howey | Defender | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) |
22= | Danny Livesey | Defender | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) |
22= | Jeff Smith | Midfielder | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) |
24 | Javi Moreno | Striker | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (2) | 1 (9) |
25 | Ricardo Vaz Tê | Striker | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
26 | Jon Otsemobor | Defender | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
27 | Glen Little | Midfielder | 0 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (4) |
28= | Ricky Shakes | Defender | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) |
28= | Cleveland Taylor | Midfielder | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) |
Top scorers
P | Player | Position | PL | FAC | LC
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Total |
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1 | Kevin Nolan | Midfielder | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
2= | Kevin Davies | Striker | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
2= | Youri Djorkaeff | Midfielder | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
2= | Henrik Pedersen | Striker | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
5= | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Midfielder | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
5= | Bruno Ngotty | Defender | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
References
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers 2003/04". bwfcstats.com. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ Ba was born in Dakar, Senegal, but also qualified to represent France internationally, and made his full international debut for France in January 1997.
- ^ Shakes was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana internationally. He won his first cap for Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly game in 2006, and made his full international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
- ^ Walters was born in Moreton, England, but also qualified to represent Ireland internationally through his mother, and made his international debut for Ireland at U-21 level in October 2003.
- Trinidad & Tobago, and made his full international debut for Grenadain July 2009.
- ^ Taylor was born in Leicester, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally, and has played for Jamaica at youth level.
- DR Congoin January 2004.
- ^ "Campo signs for Bolton". BBC Sport. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton sign Portuguese starlet". BBC Sport. 27 August 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton sign Jardel". BBC Sport. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Thome heads to Bolton". BBC Sport. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Ba clinches Bolton move". BBC Sport. 11 September 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton miss out on Rebrov". BBC Sport. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton seal Ricketts deal". BBC Sport. 2 January 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton grab Moreno". BBC Sport. 5 January 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Howey completes Bolton switch". BBC Sport. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton sign striker". BBC Sport. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Bolton sign Otsemobor". BBC Sport. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2020.