2003–04 Yeovil Town F.C. season

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Yeovil Town
2003–04 season
ChairmanJohn Fry
ManagerGary Johnson
StadiumHuish Park
Third Division8th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
FL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gavin Williams (9)
All: Gavin Williams (13)
Highest home attendance9,348 (4 January vs. Liverpool, FA Cup)
Lowest home attendance3,052 (4 November vs. Colchester United, FL Trophy)
Average home league attendance6,197

The 2003–04 season was the 108th season in existence and their first season in the Football League played by Yeovil Town Football Club, an English football club based in Yeovil, Somerset.

The team reached the third round of the FA Cup before losing 2–0 at home to Premier League side Liverpool. The team played their first ever Football League Cup campaign being knocked out in the first round losing 4–1 away at Luton Town, while in the Football League Trophy the club were knocked out on penalties by Colchester United in the second round. Welsh attacking midfielder Gavin Williams was the club's top goalscorer scoring 13 goals, with 9 in the league, three in the FA Cup and one in the Football League Trophy.

Club[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Name From Fee Ref
22 July 2003 Jamie Gosling Bath City Free
25 July 2003 Hugo Rodrigues Pedras Rubras Free (released)
6 August 2003 Jake Edwards Charleston Battery Free (released)
21 August 2003 Paul Terry Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed (~ £20,000)
17 November 2003 Jon Sheffield Yeovil Town Free (released)
3 December 2003 Lee Elam Halifax Town Undisclosed
23 January 2004 Simon Weatherstone Boston United £15,000
24 March 2004 Dani Rodrigues Ionikos Free (released)
25 March 2004 Nathan Talbott Wolverhampton Wanderers Free (released)

Out[edit]

Date Name To Fee Ref
4 August 2003 Michael McIndoe Doncaster Rovers £50,000
19 March 2004 Chris Giles Aldershot Town Free
19 May 2004 Lee Elam Hornchurch Free
14 June 2004 Adam Stansfield Hereford United Free
30 June 2004 Nick Crittenden Aldershot Town Released
30 June 2004 Jake Edwards Exeter City Released
30 June 2004 Abdou El-Kholti Cambridge United Released
30 June 2004 Jamie Gosling Team Bath Released
30 June 2004 Kirk Jackson Hornchurch Released
30 June 2004 Nathan Talbott Stafford Rangers Released
30 June 2004 Dani Rodrigues Bournemouth Rejected new contract
30 June 2004 Hugo Rodrigues Retired Rejected new contract

Loan in[edit]

Date Name From End date Ref
15 August 2003 Jermaine Johnson Bolton Wanderers 23 August 2003
3 September 2003 Ronnie Bull Millwall 3 November 2003
30 October 2003 Lee Elam Halifax Town 3 December 2003
4 February 2004 Andy Bishop Walsall 3 March 2004
18 March 2004 Lee Matthews Bristol City 8 May 2004
19 March 2004 Ryan Northmore Woking 8 May 2004

Loan out[edit]

Date Name To End date Ref
14 November 2003 Andy Lindegaard Weymouth 14 December 2003
21 January 2004 Kirk Jackson Dagenham & Redbridge 29 February 2004
13 February 2004 Chris Giles Woking 12 March 2004
24 March 2004 Lee Elam Chester City 24 April 2004

Match results[edit]

League positions are sourced from Statto,[32] while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.

Third Division[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 Football League § Third Division
Third Division match details
Date League
position 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
9 August 2003 3rd Rochdale A W 3–1 Gall (2), Johnson 4,611 [33]
16 August 2003 1st Carlisle United H W 3–0 Gall (2), Jackson 6,347 [34]
23 August 2003 7th Leyton Orient A L 0–2 4,431 [35]
25 August 2003 8th Northampton Town H L 0–2 6,105 [36]
30 August 2003 18th Macclesfield Town A L 1–4 Lockwood 2,221 [37]
6 September 2003 12th Swansea City H W 2–0 Stansfield, Jackson 6,655 [38]
13 September 2003 5th York City H W 3–0 Jackson, Pluck, Stansfield 5,653 [39]
16 September 2003 4th Doncaster Rovers A W 1–0 Williams 4,716 [40]
20 September 2003 3rd Mansfield Town A W 1–0 Jackson 5,270 [41]
27 September 2003 4th Torquay United H L 0–2 7,718 [42]
30 September 2003 3rd Boston United H W 2–0 Williams, Lockwood 5,093 [43]
4 October 2003 6th Cheltenham Town A L 1–3 Gall 4,960 [44]
11 October 2003 8th Oxford United A L 0–1 6,301 [45]
18 October 2003 6th Darlington H W 1–0 Williams 4,892 [46]
21 October 2003 5th Huddersfield Town H W 2–1 Skiverton, Johnson 5,274 [47]
25 October 2003 5th Cambridge United A W 4–1 Edwards (2), Gall, Way 4,072 [48]
1 November 2003 6th Bury A L 1–2 Edwards 3,086 [49]
15 November 2003 5th Southend United H W 4–0 Elam, Way, Johnson (2) 5,248 [50]
22 November 2003 5th Hull City A D 0–0 14,367 [51]
29 November 2003 5th Lincoln City H W 3–1 Pluck, Stansfield, Gosling 4,867 [52]
13 December 2003 4th Bristol Rovers A W 1–0 Crittenden 9,812 [53]
20 December 2003 3rd Scunthorpe United H W 2–1 Lindegaard, Jackson 5,714 [54]
26 December 2003 5th Kidderminster Harriers H L 1–2 Gall 5,640 [55]
28 December 2003 5th Swansea City A L 2–3 Williams, Gall 9,800 [56]
10 January 2004 5th Rochdale H W 1–0 Williams 5,806 [57]
17 January 2004 5th Carlisle United A L 0–2 5,455 [58]
24 January 2004 5th Leyton Orient H L 1–2 Crittenden 6,299 [59]
31 January 2004 6th Macclesfield Town H D 2–2 Edwards, Way 5,257 [60]
3 February 2004 6th Northampton Town A L 0–2 4,363 [61]
7 February 2004 5th Kidderminster Harriers A W 1–0 Williams 3,255 [62]
14 February 2004 5th Oxford United H W 1–0 Bishop 7,404 [63]
21 February 2004 6th Darlington A L 2–3 Johnson, Lockwood 4,500 [64]
28 February 2004 6th Cambridge United H W 4–1 Williams, Bishop, Stansfield, Pluck 5,694 [65]
2 March 2004 7th Huddersfield Town A L 1–3 Way 9,395 [66]
6 March 2004 7th Scunthorpe United A L 0–3 3,355 [67]
13 March 2004 7th Bristol Rovers H W 4–0 Lockwood, El-Kholti, Williams, Pluck 8,726 [68]
16 March 2004 7th Doncaster Rovers H L 0–1 7,587 [69]
27 March 2004 8th Mansfield Town H D 1–1 Skiverton 6,002 [70]
3 April 2004 8th Torquay United A D 2–2 Way, Edwards 6,156 [71]
10 April 2004 9th Cheltenham Town H D 0–0 6,613 [72]
12 April 2004 9th Boston United A L 2–3 Weatherstone, Stansfield 2,848 [73]
17 April 2004 9th Bury H W 2–1 D. Rodrigues (2) 5,172 [74]
20 April 2004 7th York City A W 2–1 Terry, Lindegaard 2,802 [75]
24 April 2004 7th Southend United A W 2–0 D. Rodrigues (2) 5,676 [76]
1 May 2004 8th Hull City H L 1–2 H. Rodrigues 8,760 [77]
8 May 2004 8th Lincoln City A W 3–2 Stansfield, Edwards, Williams 8,154 [78]

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 Northampton Town 46 22 9 15 58 51 +7 75 Participated in play-offs
7 Lincoln City 46 19 17 10 68 47 +21 74
8 Yeovil Town[a] 46 23 5 18 70 57 +13 74
9 Oxford United 46 18 17 11 55 44 +11 71
10 Swansea City 46 15 14 17 58 61 −3 59
Source: [79]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Notes:
  1. ^ New club in the league

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup
FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 8 November 2003 Wrexham H W 4–1 Gall, Williams, Pluck, Edwards 5,049 [80]
Second round 6 December 2003 Barnet H W 5–1 Pluck, Williams (2), Crittenden, Edwards 5,973 [81]
Third round 4 January 2004 Liverpool H L 0–2 9,348 [82]

League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup
League Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 12 August 2003 Luton Town A L 1–4 Boyce (og) 4,337 [83]

Football League Trophy[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 14 October 2003 AFC Bournemouth H W 2–0 Edwards, Williams 5,035 [84]
Second round 4 November 2003 Colchester United H D 2–2[a] Edwards, Gall 3,052 [85]

Squad statistics[edit]

Source:
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Yeovil.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
No. Position Nationality Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline
1 Goalkeeper  England Chris Weale 35 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 40 0 0 0
2 Defender  England Adam Lockwood 43 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 49 4 6 0
3 Defender  Morocco Abdou El-Kholti 19 (4) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 20 (6) 1 3 0
4 Defender  England Terry Skiverton 25 (1) 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 30 (1) 2 7 0
5 Defender  England Colin Pluck 36 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 41 6 8 0
6 Midfielder  England Darren Way 38 (1) 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 43 (1) 5 6 0
7 Forward  England Adam Stansfield 7 (24) 6 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 7 (28) 6 0 0
8 Midfielder  England Lee Johnson 45 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 51 5 9 0
9 Forward  Wales Kevin Gall 39 (4) 8 3 1 1 0 2 1 45 (4) 10 4 0
10 Midfielder  England Nick Crittenden 20 (9) 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 25 (9) 3 0 0
11 † Defender  England Ronnie Bull * 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 0
11 † Forward  England Lee Matthews * 2 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0
12 Defender  Portugal Hugo Rodrigues 23 (11) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 27 (11) 1 8 0
13 Goalkeeper  England Steve Collis 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0
14 Defender  Ireland Roy O'Brien 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
15 Defender  England Stephen Reed 3 (2) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 3 (4) 0 1 1
16 Midfielder  England Andy Lindegaard 12 (11) 2 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 12 (13) 2 2 0
17 Forward  England Jake Edwards 17 (10) 6 1 (1) 2 0 0 2 2 20 (11) 10 0 1
18 Forward  England Kirk Jackson 19 (11) 5 1 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 21 (13) 5 2 0
19 † Forward  England Chris Giles 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
19 Defender  England Nathan Talbott 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
20 Midfielder  Wales Gavin Williams 42 9 3 3 1 0 2 1 48 13 9 1
22 Midfielder  England Lee Elam 6 (6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 (6) 1 2 0
23 Midfielder  England Jamie Gosling 4 (8) 1 0 (2) 0 1 0 0 (2) 0 5 (12) 1 1 0
24 Midfielder  England Paul Terry 22 (12) 1 3 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 26 (13) 1 2 1
25 Midfielder  England Simon Weatherstone 11 (4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 (4) 1 1 0
26 † Forward  England Andy Bishop * 4 (1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 2 0 0
27 Forward  Portugal Dani Rodrigues 3 (1) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 4 0 0
30 Goalkeeper  England Jon Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Goalkeeper  England Ryan Northmore * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Position Nationality Name
21 Midfielder  England Steve Thompson
– † Midfielder  Jamaica Jermaine Johnson *

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Colchester United won 4–2 in a penalty shootout following a 2–2 draw after silver goal extra time.

References[edit]

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