2003–04 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Barnsley compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 12th position with 62 points.^[1]

Barnsley

2003–04 season
Manager	Guðjón Þórðarson / Paul Hart
Football League Second Division	12th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Second round
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Luton Town	46	17	15	14	69	66	+3	66
11	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	52	56	−4	64
12	Barnsley	46	15	17	14	54	58	−4	62
13	Wrexham	46	17	9	20	50	60	−10	60
14	Blackpool	46	16	11	19	58	65	−7	59

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Barnsley's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 2003–04 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 2003	Colchester United	H	1–0	8,450	Gorré
2	16 August 2003	Bournemouth	A	2–2	5,960	Gorré, Ireland
3	23 August 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	7,918	Betsy
4	25 August 2003	Blackpool	A	2–0	6,039	Fallon, Lumsdon
5	30 August 2003	Notts County	H	1–1	9,087	Gorré
6	6 September 2003	Chesterfield	A	2–0	5,605	Ireland, Kay
7	13 September 2003	Port Vale	A	1–3	7,809	Fallon
8	16 September 2003	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	10,102	Lumsdon
9	20 September 2003	Swindon Town	H	1–1	9,006	Fallon
10	27 September 2003	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	8,695
11	30 September 2003	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–4	11,854
12	4 October 2003	Rushden & Diamonds	H	2–0	8,461	Betsy, Gorré
13	18 October 2003	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	4,446	Rankin
14	21 October 2003	Peterborough United	H	3–2	3,909	Betsy, Rankin, Carson
15	25 October 2003	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	10,092
16	28 October 2003	Wrexham	H	2–1	8,912	Gorré, Rankin
17	1 November 2003	Brentford	A	1–2	4,789	Fallon
18	15 November 2003	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	9,663	Gorré, Rankin
19	22 November 2003	Bristol City	A	1–2	10,031	Burns
20	29 November 2003	Stockport County	H	3–3	9,047	Gorré, Betsy (2)
21	13 December 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	20,438	Kay
22	20 December 2003	Luton Town	A	1–0	6,162	Kay
23	26 December 2003	Hartlepool United	A	2–1	6,520	Betsy (2)
24	28 December 2003	Chesterfield	H	0–1	11,664
25	10 January 2004	Colchester United	A	1–1	3,507	Betsy
26	17 January 2004	Bournemouth	H	1–1	7,939	Lumsdon
27	24 January 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	6,033
28	27 January 2004	Blackpool	H	3–0	7,913	Nardiello (2), Stallard
29	31 January 2004	Notts County	A	1–1	7,355	Betsy
30	7 February 2004	Hartlepool United	A	2–2	9,220	Nardiello, Hayward
31	14 February 2004	Wrexham	A	0–1	4,086
32	21 February 2004	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–0	8,507
33	28 February 2004	Grimsby Town	A	1–6	5,603	Nardiello
34	2 March 2004	Peterborough United	H	0–1	7,574
35	6 March 2004	Luton Town	H	0–0	8,685
36	13 March 2004	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	25,664	Williams
37	16 March 2004	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,837	Nardiello
38	20 March 2004	Port Vale	H	0–0	8,267
39	27 March 2004	Swindon Town	A	1–1	7,305	Nardiello
40	3 April 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	9,266	Birch
41	10 April 2004	Rushden & Diamonds	A	3–2	4,063	Betsy, Murphy, Neil
42	12 April 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–3	10,402	Murphy, Nardiello, Ireland
43	17 April 2004	Brentford	H	0–2	9,824
44	24 April 2004	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–2	7,612
45	2 May 2004	Bristol City	H	0–1	10,865
46	8 May 2004	Stockport County	A	3–2	6,581	Wroe, Birch, Neil

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	16 November 2003	York City	A	2–1	5,658	Betsy, Rankin
R2	6 December 2003	Bristol City	A	0–0	6,741
R2 Replay	4 January 2004	Bristol City	H	2–1	5,434	Kay, Monk
R3	3 January 2004	Scunthorpe United	H	0–0	10,839
R3 Replay	13 January 2004	Scunthorpe United	A	0–2	6,293

Football League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	12 August 2003	Blackpool	H	1–2	5,378	Gorré

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	15 October 2003	Notts County	A	0 – 0 (4 – 2 pens)	1,220
R2	12 November 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	13,575

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Marlon Beresford	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1	GK	Saša Ilić	25	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	33	0
2	DF	Neil Austin	35(5)	0	4(1)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	39(7)	0
3	DF	Tony Gallimore	20	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	25	0
4	DF	Peter Handyside	28	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	32	0
5	DF	Lee Crooks	20(3)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	23(3)	0
6	MF	Steve Hayward	24(8)	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	30(8)	1
7	MF	Jacob Burns	16(6)	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	21(6)	1
7	MF	Dave Mulligan	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0
8	MF	Chris Lumsdon	17(11)	3	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	19(16)	3
9	FW	Mark Stallard	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
9	FW	Rory Fallon	12(4)	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	14(4)	4
10	MF	Kevin Betsy	42(3)	10	5	1	1	0	2	0	50(3)	11
11	FW	Michael Boulding	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0
11	MF	Stephen Carson	9(2)	1	3(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	13(4)	1
12	FW	Gary Birch	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
12	FW	Jonathan Walters	7(1)	0	3	0	0	0	0(1)	0	10(2)	0
12	FW	Arron Davies	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0
13	GK	Danny Alcock	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0
14	DF	Garry Monk	14(3)	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	18(3)	1
14	DF	Paul Gibbs	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
15	MF	Antony Kay	39(4)	3	5	1	0	1	0	2	47(4)	4
16	DF	Alex Neil	17(14)	2	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	18(16)	2
17	DF	Brian O'Callaghan	25(4)	0	4(1)	0	1	0	2	0	32(5)	0
18	MF	Chris Shuker	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
18	MF	Gary Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Paul Warhurst	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0
19	FW	Daniel Nardiello	14(2)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14(2)	7
20	DF	Craig Ireland	43	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	51	3
21	MF	Tom Baker	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
22	MF	Craig Rocastle	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0
22	GK	Tony Caig	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF	David Murphy	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
23	DF	Dale Tonge	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
23	MF	Carl Barrowclough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Ryan Laight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Daniel Clitnovici	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2(3)	0
25	DF	Rob Atkinson	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
25	MF	Kevin Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	Ross Turnbull	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
26	MF	Kevin Dixon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Nathan Jarman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	Gavin Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	Nicky Wroe	1(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	1
32	FW	Isaiah Rankin	9(11)	5	2(1)	1	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	12(14)	6
33	MF	Dean Gorré	16(3)	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	18(3)	8
34	DF	Robbie Williams	3(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	1
37	GK	Scott Flinders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0