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2003–04 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Crewe Alexandra
season	2003–04
manager	Dario Gradi
chairman	John Bowler
stadium	Gresty Road
league	First Division
league result	18th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer
Dean Ashton (19)
season topscorer
Dean Ashton (20)
average attendance	7,741
prevseason	2002–03
nextseason	2004–05

Dean Ashton (19) Dean Ashton (20) During the 2003–04 season, Crewe Alexandra participated in the Football League First Division, their 81st in the English Football League.

Season summary

Crewe finished in 18th place, a satisfactory position for a side returning to the First Division. Striker Dean Ashton scored 19 goals to make him the league's fourth-highest scorer, attracting attention from many larger clubs.

Kit

Reebok remained Crewe's kit manufacturers, and introduced a new kit for the season. L. C. Charles continued as kit sponsors for the sixth consecutive season.

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division

Results

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Wimbledon	A	1–3	1,145	Brammer
16 August 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	6,982	Lunt
23 August 2003	Millwall	A	1–1	9,504	Ashton
25 August 2003	Walsall	H	1–0	7,026	S Jones
30 August 2003	Burnley	A	0–1	11,495
13 September 2003	Rotherham United	A	2–0	5,495	Ashton (pen), Walker
16 September 2003	West Ham United	H	0–3	9,575
20 September 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	8,685	Lunt, Ashton, S Jones
27 September 2003	Cardiff City	A	0–3	14,385
1 October 2003	Coventry City	A	0–2	11,557
4 October 2003	Watford	H	0–1	7,055
14 October 2003	Bradford City	H	2–2	5,867	S Jones, Ashton
18 October 2003	Derby County	H	3–0	8,656	Barrowman, Ashton, Rix
21 October 2003	Preston North End	H	2–1	7,012	Lunt, Foster
25 October 2003	Stoke City	A	1–1	17,569	S Jones
1 November 2003	Reading	H	1–0	7,091	S Jones
4 November 2003	Sheffield United	A	0–2	17,396
8 November 2003	Gillingham	A	0–2	6,923
22 November 2003	Sunderland	H	3–0	9,807	Ashton, S Jones (2)
29 November 2003	Norwich City	A	0–1	16,367
6 December 2003	Gillingham	H	1–1	6,271	S Jones
9 December 2003	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	12,259	Ashton (2), Varney
13 December 2003	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	22,825	S Jones, Wright
20 December 2003	Wigan Athletic	H	2–3	7,873	B Jones, S Jones
26 December 2003	Burnley	H	3–1	9,512	Ashton, S Jones (2)
28 December 2003	Preston North End	A	0–0	15,830
10 January 2004	Wimbledon	H	1–0	20,473	S Jones
17 January 2004	Ipswich Town	A	4–6	22,071	Ashton, McGreal (own goal), Richards (own goal), Robinson
31 January 2004	Millwall	H	1–2	6,685	Roberts
7 February 2004	Walsall	A	1–1	6,871	Foster
21 February 2004	Bradford City	A	1–2	9,935	Rix
24 February 2004	Sheffield United	H	0–1	6,525
3 March 2004	Derby County	A	0–0	19,861
6 March 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	3–2	8,367	Ashton (3, 2 pens)
13 March 2004	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	8,335	Ashton
17 March 2004	West Ham United	A	2–4	31,158	S Jones
20 March 2004	Cardiff City	H	0–1	6,650
23 March 2004	Stoke City	H	2–0	10,014	Hall (own goal), Lunt
27 March 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	24,347
3 April 2004	Rotherham United	H	0–0	6,749
10 April 2004	Watford	A	1–2	18,041	Ashton (pen)
12 April 2004	Coventry City	H	3–1	7,475	Higdon, Symes, Ashton (pen)
17 April 2004	Reading	A	1–1	14,729	Lunt
24 April 2004	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	8,136	Ashton, Lunt
1 May 2004	Sunderland	A	1–1	25,311	Ashton
9 May 2004	Norwich City	A	1–3	9,833	Ashton

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	3 January 2004	Telford United	H	0–1	7,085

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1	12 August 2003	Wrexham	H	2–0	3,152	Ashton (pen), S Jones
	R2	23 September 2003	Leicester City	A	0–1	27,675

Squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

ENG Adie Moses – ENG Barnsley, free, 8 July
ENG Anthony Tonkin – ENG Stockport County, £150,000, August
SCO Allan Smart – SCO Dundee United

Out

ENG Dave Walton – ENG Derby County, free

Top scorers

ENG Dean Ashton, 19
NIR Steve Jones, 15

References

[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/3054034.stm Infos at news.bbc.co.uk]

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