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2003–04 Watford F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	Watford
season	2003–04
manager	Ray Lewington
chairman	Graham Simpson
stadium	Vicarage Road
league	First Division
league result	16th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer
Scott Fitzgerald (10)
season topscorer
Scott Fitzgerald (11)
average attendance	14,855
prevseason	2002–03
nextseason	2004–05

Scott Fitzgerald (10) Scott Fitzgerald (11) During the 2003–04 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the First Division.

Season summary

The ongoing financial difficulties saw a large number of players released that summer, including record signing Allan Nielsen and strikers Tommy Smith and Gifton Noel-Williams. To make matters worse, Manchester United loanee Jimmy Davis was killed in a car crash on the opening day of the new campaign. This had a huge effect on the team's form at the beginning of the season, and notably on his close friend Danny Webber. But a strong finish to the season saw the club finish in mid-table.

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division

Results

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 2003	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	15,333
23 August 2003	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	15,023
25 August 2003	Sunderland	A	0–2	23,600
30 August 2003	Gillingham	H	2–2	12,793	Helguson, Webber
13 September 2003	Millwall	H	3–1	11,305	Dyer, Cox (pen), Young
17 September 2003	Derby County	A	2–3	18,459	Gayle, Young
20 September 2003	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1	9,211
27 September 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	15,350	Fitzgerald
30 September 2003	Burnley	H	1–1	11,573	Fitzgerald
4 October 2003	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–0	7,055	Webber
14 October 2003	Walsall	H	1–1	12,231	Baird (own goal)
18 October 2003	Bradford City	H	1–0	12,399	Fitzgerald
21 October 2003	Coventry City	H	1–1	13,487	Fitzgerald
25 October 2003	Wimbledon	A	3–1	6,115	Devlin, Webber, Fitzgerald
28 October 2003	Cardiff City	A	0–3	14,011
1 November 2003	Rotherham United	H	1–0	18,067	Webber
4 November 2003	Preston North End	A	1–2	11,152	Webber
8 November 2003	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	21,229	Cook
15 November 2003	Norwich City	A	2–1	16,420	Fitzgerald, Cox (pen)
22 November 2003	West Ham United	H	0–0	20,950
29 November 2003	Reading	A	1–2	14,521	Cook
6 December 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	14,988	Fitzgerald
13 December 2003	Sheffield United	A	2–2	18,637	Smith, Helguson
20 December 2003	Stoke City	H	1–3	13,732	Helguson
26 December 2003	Gillingham	A	0–1	8,971
28 December 2003	Cardiff City	H	2–1	15,512	Fitzgerald, Cook
10 January 2004	Coventry City	A	0–0	12,226
17 January 2004	Crystal Palace	H	1–5	15,017	Helguson (pen)
31 January 2004	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	23,958	Fitzgerald
7 February 2004	Sunderland	H	2–2	16,798	Mahon, Cox (pen)
14 February 2004	Preston North End	H	2–0	12,675	Bouazza, Devlin
21 February 2004	Walsall	A	1–0	6,684	Cook
28 February 2004	Wimbledon	H	4–0	15,323	Cook, Cox (pen), Smith, Ardley
3 March 2004	Stoke City	A	1–3	13,108	Helguson
9 March 2004	Bradford City	A	0–2	17,143
13 March 2004	Sheffield United	H	0–2	13,861
16 March 2004	Derby County	H	2–1	13,931	Helguson, Mahon
20 March 2004	Ipswich Town	A	1–4	23,524	Fitzgerald
27 March 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	13,382	Helguson
10 April 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1	18,041	Hyde, Wright (own goal)
12 April 2004	Burnley	A	3–2	11,413	Devlin, Helguson, Cook
17 April 2004	Rotherham United	A	1–1	7,221	Dyer
20 April 2004	Millwall	A	2–1	10,263	Dyer, Cook
24 April 2004	Norwich City	H	1–2	19,290	Blizzard
1 May 2004	West Ham United	A	0–4	34,685
9 May 2004	Reading	H	1–0	17,979	Young

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	3 January 2004	Chelsea	H	2–2	21,121	Helguson, Mahon
	R3R	14 January 2004	Chelsea	A	0–4	38,763

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1	12 August 2003	Bournemouth	H	1–0	9,561	Fitzgerald
	R2	23 September 2003	Bristol City	A	0–1	5,213

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

References

Notes

References

"Watford 2003–2004 Results". Statto.com.

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