2003–04 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	Norwich City
Promoted	Norwich City West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace
Relegated	Bradford City Walsall Wimbledon
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Football League First Division (referred to as the Nationwide First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth and final season of the league under the First Division name, and the twelfth season under its current league division format.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From First Division

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to Second Division

To First Division

Promoted from Second Division

Relegated from Premier League

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2011–12 Football League Championship

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bradford City !Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Burnley !Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	Cardiff	Ninian Park	21,508
Coventry City !Coventry City	Coventry	Highfield Road	23,489
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Alexandra Stadium	10,153
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Derby County !Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Gillingham !Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Millwall !Millwall	London	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Norwich City !Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	26,018
Preston North End !Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Reading !Reading	Reading	Madjeski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	Rotherham	Millmoor	8,300
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,702
Stoke City !Stoke City	Stoke	Britannia Stadium	27,740
Sunderland !Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Walsall !Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Watford !Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	17,504
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,484
West Ham United !West Ham United	London	Boleyn Ground	35,303
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	Wigan	JJB Stadium	25,133
Wimbledon !Wimbledon	Milton Keynes	National Hockey Stadium	9,000

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City !Norwich City (C) (P)	46	28	10	8	79	39	+40	94	Promotion to 2004–05 FA Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86	Promotion to 2004–05 FA Premier League
3	Sunderland !Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79	Qualification to 2003–04 First Division Play-offs
4	West Ham United !West Ham United	46	19	17	10	67	45	+22	74
5	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73
6	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace (P)	46	21	10	15	72	61	+11	73
7	Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	46	18	17	11	60	45	+15	71
8	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	46	20	11	15	65	56	+9	71
9	Reading !Reading	46	20	10	16	55	57	−2	70
10	Millwall !Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7	69	2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
11	Stoke City !Stoke City	46	18	12	16	58	55	+3	66
12	Coventry City !Coventry City	46	17	14	15	67	54	+13	65
13	Cardiff City !Cardiff City	46	17	14	15	68	58	+10	65
14	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	46	15	15	16	61	51	+10	60
15	Preston North End !Preston North End	46	15	14	17	69	71	−2	59
16	Watford !Watford	46	15	12	19	54	68	−14	57
17	Rotherham United !Rotherham United	46	13	15	18	53	61	−8	54
18	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	46	14	11	21	57	66	−9	53
19	Burnley !Burnley	46	13	14	19	60	77	−17	53
20	Derby County !Derby County	46	13	13	20	53	67	−14	52
21	Gillingham !Gillingham	46	14	9	23	48	67	−19	51
22	Walsall !Walsall (R)	46	13	12	21	45	65	−20	51	Relegation to 2004-05 League One
23	Bradford City !Bradford City (R)	46	10	6	30	38	69	−31	36
24	Wimbledon !Wimbledon (R)	46	8	5	33	41	89	−48	29

Updated to games played on 30 April 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semi-finals

First leg

Crystal Palace v Sunderland

2004-05-14
19:45 BST

Crystal Palace	3 – 2	Sunderland
Shipperley 52' Butterfield 64' Johnson 87'	Statistics	Stewart 51' (pen) Kyle 85'

Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 25,287
Referee: Richard Beeby

Ipswich Town v West Ham United

2004-05-15
12:15 BST

Ipswich Town	1 – 0	West Ham United
Bent 57'	Statistics

Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 28,435
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Second leg

Sunderland v Crystal Palace

2004-05-17
20:00 BST

Sunderland	2 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 - 5p)	Crystal Palace
Kyle 42' Stewart 45'	Statistics	Powell 90'

Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 34,536
Referee: David Pugh

Aggregate score 4-4. Crystal Palace win 5-4 on penalties.

West Ham United v Ipswich Town

2004-05-18
19:45 BST

West Ham United	2 – 0	Ipswich Town
Etherington 50' Dailly 71'	Statistics

Boleyn Ground, London
Attendance: 34,002
Referee: Neale Barry

West Ham United win 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2004 Football League First Division play-off Final

Crystal Palace v West Ham United

2004-05-29
15:00 BST

Crystal Palace	1 – 0	West Ham United
Shipperley 62'	Statistics

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,523
Referee: Graham Poll

External links

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List of champions

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

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Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

First Division	Bradford City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Luton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Rushden & Diamonds Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Darlington Doncaster Rovers Huddersfield Town Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea City Torquay United Yeovil Town York City

Non-League	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County Shrewsbury Town

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