2003–04 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon

2003–04 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Stuart Murdoch
Stadium	Selhurst Park (until September) National Hockey Stadium (from September)
First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Agyemang (6)
Average home league attendance	4,750
← 2002–03

During the 2003–04 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the First Division. This was Wimbledon's last season before changing its club name to Milton Keynes Dons after being given permission by the Football League.

Season summary

Wimbledon entered administration in June 2003,^[1] and played their first match at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes in September.^[2] Although crowds improved at the club's new base, the administrator sold any player who could command a transfer fee and Murdoch's team finished bottom.^[3] The club was brought out of administration at the end of the season,^[4] and subsequently rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons.^[5]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Norwich City	46	28	10	8	79	39	+40	94
2.	West Bromwich Albion	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86
3.	Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79
4.	West Ham United	46	19	17	10	67	45	+22	74
5.	Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73
6.	Crystal Palace	46	21	10	15	72	61	+11	73
7.	Wigan Athletic	46	18	17	11	60	45	+15	71
8.	Sheffield United	46	20	11	15	65	56	+9	71
9.	Reading	46	20	10	16	55	57	-2	70
10.	Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7	69
11.	Stoke City	46	18	12	16	58	55	+3	66
12.	Coventry City	46	17	14	15	67	54	+13	65
13.	Cardiff City	46	17	14	15	68	58	+10	65
14.	Nottingham Forest	46	15	15	16	61	51	+10	60
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
20.	Derby County	46	13	13	20	53	67	-14	52
21.	Gillingham	46	14	9	23	48	67	-19	51
22.	Walsall	46	13	12	21	45	65	-20	51
23.	Bradford City	46	10	6	30	38	69	-31	36
24.	Wimbledon (later MK Dons)	46	8	5	33	41	89	-48	29

Results

Wimbledon's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-1	1,145	Agyemang, Tapp, Reo-Coker
16 August 2003	Stoke City	A	1-2	12,550	Agyemang
23 August 2003	Crystal Palace	H	1-3	6,113	Reo-Coker
26 August 2003	Norwich City	A	2-3	16,082	Holdsworth, Leigertwood
30 August 2003	Reading	H	0-3	2,066
13 September 2003	Wigan Athletic	H	2-4	1,054	Agyemang, McAnuff
16 September 2003	Millwall	A	0-2	7,855
20 September 2003	Ipswich Town	A	1-4	23,428	Agyemang
27 September 2003	Burnley	H	2-2	5,639	Holdsworth, Agyemang
30 September 2003	Sheffield United	H	1-2	6,016	Nowland
4 October 2003	Preston North End	A	0-1	13,801
15 October 2003	Coventry City	A	0-1	10,872
18 October 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	0-6	23,520
21 October 2003	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	22,048	McAnuff
25 October 2003	Watford	H	1-3	6,115	Leigertwood
1 November 2003	Bradford City	H	2-1	3,334	Small, Reo-Coker
8 November 2003	Rotherham United	H	1-3	5,777	Nowland
15 November 2003	Gillingham	A	2-1	9,061	Nowland, Agyemang
22 November 2003	Cardiff City	H	0-1	5,056
25 November 2003	West Ham United	H	1-1	8,118	McAnuff
29 November 2003	Derby County	A	1-3	22,025	Reo-Coker
6 December 2003	Rotherham United	H	1-2	3,061	Holdsworth (pen)
13 December 2003	Walsall	H	0-1	3,315
20 December 2003	Sunderland	A	1-2	22,334	Thirlwell (own goal)
26 December 2003	Reading	A	3-0	14,486	Small, Lewington, McAnuff
30 December 2003	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	6,376
10 January 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	6,234
17 January 2004	Stoke City	H	0-1	3,623
31 January 2004	Crystal Palace	A	1-3	20,552	McAnuff
7 February 2004	Norwich City	H	0-1	7,368
21 February 2004	Coventry City	H	0-3	5,905
28 February 2004	Watford	A	0-4	15,323
2 March 2004	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	6,317
9 March 2004	West Ham United	A	0-5	29,818
13 March 2004	Walsall	A	0-1	6,889
24 March 2004	Millwall	H	0-1	3,037
27 March 2004	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	6,389	Smith
3 April 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	1-0	7,622	Chorley
6 April 2004	Sunderland	H	1-2	4,800	Kamara
10 April 2004	Preston North End	H	3-3	2,866	Gray (2), Chorley
12 April 2004	Sheffield United	A	1-2	19,391	Gray (pen)
17 April 2004	Bradford City	A	3-2	9,011	Kamara, Smith, Gray
20 April 2004	Burnley	A	0-2	13,555
24 April 2004	Gillingham	H	1-2	5,049	Smith
1 May 2004	Cardiff City	A	1-1	15,337	Williams
9 May 2004	Derby County	H	1-0	6,509	Darlington

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	Stoke City	H	1-1	3,609	Nowland
R3R	13 January 2004	Stoke City	A	1-0	6,463	Nowland
R4	24 January 2004	Birmingham City	A	0-1	22,159

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	12 August 2003	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0-2	1,986

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Scott Bevan 3 DF Peter Hawkins 4 MF Nick McKoy 5 DF Mark Williams 6 DF Darren Holloway 7 DF Harry Ntimban-Zeh 8 MF Wade Small 10 FW Dean Holdsworth 12 GK David Martin 14 FW Lionel Morgan 15 FW Albert Jarrett 16 FW Jamie Mackie 17 DF Shola Oyedele

No. Position Player 18 FW Wayne Gray 19 DF Ben Chorley 20 MF Gary Smith (on loan from Middlesbrough) 21 DF Nico Herzig 22 DF Rob Gier 23 MF Alex Tapp 24 DF Jermaine Darlington 25 DF Dean Lewington 26 MF Jason Puncheon 27 MF Michael Gordon 28 MF Malvin Kamara 29 MF Ben Harding 30 GK Lee Worgan

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 30 GK Shane Gore (to Barnet) 9 FW Scott McDonald (to Motherwell) 11 FW Patrick Agyemang (to Gillingham) 26 MF Nigel Reo-Coker (to West Ham United) 17 MF Adam Nowland (to West Ham United) 20 DF Mikele Leigertwood (to Crystal Palace)

No. Position Player 7 MF Jobi McAnuff (to West Ham United) 13 GK Paul Heald (Retired) 7 MF Jamal Campbell-Ryce (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 1 GK Steve Banks (to Gillingham) 2 DF Warren Barton (Retired)

References

1. "Wimbledon go into administration". The Daily Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. 2003-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
2. Pryce, Robert (2003-09-29). "Wimbledon's happy ending is pure Hollywood". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
3. Milledge, Adrian (2004-04-07). "Wimbledon fall through trap-door". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
4. "Wimbledon to change name". BBC. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
5. "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2009-06-04.