2003–04 Everton F.C. season

During the 2003–04 English football season, Everton competed in the Premier League (known as the Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Everton

2003–04 season
Chairman	Philip Carter
Manager	David Moyes
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Wayne Rooney (9 goals) All: Duncan Ferguson Wayne Rooney (9 each)
Highest home attendance	40,228 (vs Newcastle United, 13 September 2003)
Lowest home attendance	35,775 (vs Southampton, 19 October 2003)
Average home league attendance	38,837
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season summary

In 2002–03, all the talk at Goodison Park was about how David Moyes was restoring some pride to the blue half of Merseyside thanks to a seventh-place finish. 2003–04, however, was quite a different story, as Everton struggled at the wrong end of the Premiership and finished the season one place above the drop zone with 39 points (a tally which in many seasons has seen teams relegated, even under the 38-game format), albeit the abysmal seasons suffered by all of the bottom three clubs meant that Everton rarely looked to be in any serious danger of relegation.

18-year-old striker Wayne Rooney was England's key player in their run to the quarter-finals of Euro 2004, but fast-growing rumours that he was about to be sold to Manchester United put Everton's top flight future under increasing doubt.

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	8	18	51	59	−8	44
16	Manchester City	38	9	14	15	55	54	+1	41
17	Everton	38	9	12	17	45	57	−12	39
18	Leicester City (R)	38	6	15	17	48	65	−17	33	Relegation to the Football League Championship
19	Leeds United (R)	38	8	9	21	40	79	−39	33

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Everton's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 2003	Arsenal	A	1–2	38,014	Radzinski
23 August 2003	Fulham	H	3–1	37,604	Naysmith, Unsworth, Watson
26 August 2003	Charlton Athletic	A	2–2	26,336	Watson, Rooney
30 August 2003	Liverpool	H	0–3	40,200
13 September 2003	Newcastle United	H	2–2	40,228	Radzinski, Ferguson (pen)
21 September 2003	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	28,113
28 September 2003	Leeds United	H	4–0	39,151	Watson (3), Ferguson
4 October 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	36,137
19 October 2003	Southampton	H	0–0	35,775
25 October 2003	Aston Villa	A	0–0	36,146
1 November 2003	Chelsea	H	0–1	40,189
10 November 2003	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	22,179	Radzinski
22 November 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	40,190	Radzinski, Kilbane
29 November 2003	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	27,350
7 December 2003	Manchester City	H	0–0	37,871
13 December 2003	Portsmouth	A	2–1	20,101	Carsley, Rooney
20 December 2003	Leicester City	H	3–2	37,007	Carsley, Rooney, Radzinski
26 December 2003	Manchester United	A	2–3	67,642	Neville (own goal), Ferguson
28 December 2003	Birmingham City	H	1–0	39,631	Rooney
7 January 2004	Arsenal	H	1–1	38,726	Radzinski
10 January 2004	Fulham	A	1–2	17,103	Kilbane
17 January 2004	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	36,322
31 January 2004	Liverpool	A	0–0	44,056
7 February 2004	Manchester United	H	3–4	40,190	Unsworth, O'Shea (own goal), Kilbane
11 February 2004	Birmingham City	A	0–3	29,004
21 February 2004	Southampton	A	3–3	31,875	Rooney (2), Ferguson
28 February 2004	Aston Villa	H	2–0	39,353	Radzinski, Gravesen
13 March 2004	Portsmouth	H	1–0	40,105	Rooney
20 March 2004	Leicester City	A	1–1	31,650	Rooney
27 March 2004	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	38,210	Radzinski
3 April 2004	Newcastle United	A	2–4	52,155	Gravesen, Yobo
9 April 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	38,086	Unsworth, Naysmith, Yobo
13 April 2004	Leeds United	A	1–1	39,835	Rooney
17 April 2004	Chelsea	A	0–0	41,169
24 April 2004	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1	38,884
1 May 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	29,395	Osman
8 May 2004	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	40,190	Ferguson
15 May 2004	Manchester City	A	1–5	47,284	Campbell

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	Norwich City	H	3–1	29,955	Kilbane, Ferguson (2 pens)
R4	25 January 2004	Fulham	H	1–1	27,862	Jeffers
R4R	4 February 2004	Fulham	A	1–2	11,551	Jeffers

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	24 September 2003	Stockport County	H	3–0	19,807	Ferguson (2, 1 pen), Chadwick
R3	29 October 2003	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	24,863	Linderoth
R4	3 December 2003	Middlesbrough	A	0–0 (lost 4–5 on pens)	18,568

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Richard Wright 2 DF  ENG Steve Watson 3 DF  ITA Alessandro Pistone 4 DF  ENG Alan Stubbs 5 DF  SCO David Weir 6 DF  ENG David Unsworth 8 FW  CAN Tomasz Radzinski[notes 1] 9 FW  ENG Kevin Campbell 10 FW  SCO Duncan Ferguson 11 FW  ENG Francis Jeffers (on loan from Arsenal) 12 MF  CHN Li Tie 13 GK  ENG Steve Simonsen 14 MF  IRL Kevin Kilbane[notes 2] 15 DF  SCO Gary Naysmith

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  DEN Thomas Gravesen 17 MF  SCO Scot Gemmill 18 FW  ENG Wayne Rooney 20 DF  NGA Joseph Yobo 21 MF  GHA Alex Nyarko 22 MF  SWE Tobias Linderoth 24 FW  SCO James McFadden 25 GK  ENG Nigel Martyn 26 MF  IRL Lee Carsley[notes 3] 27 DF  ENG Peter Clarke 28 DF  ENG Tony Hibbert 30 FW  ENG Nick Chadwick 31 MF  ENG Leon Osman 35 GK  ENG Paul Gerrard

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  SWE Niclas Alexandersson (to IFK Göteborg) 11 MF  WAL Mark Pembridge (to Fulham)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ENG Kevin McLeod (to QPR) 34 DF  ENG Sean O'Hanlon (to Swindon Town)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  ITA Patrizzio Pascucci 33 MF  ENG Brian Moogan 36 MF  ENG Alan Moogan

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 GK  SCO Iain Turner 38 FW  ENG Michael Symes 39 MF  ENG Steven Schumacher

Statistics

Appearances

As of 16 May 2004

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Richard Wright	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Steve Watson	29	5	22+5	5	0+1	0	1	0
3	DF	ITA	Alessandro Pistone	24	0	20+1	0	2	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Alan Stubbs	30	0	25+2	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	SCO	David Weir	12	0	9+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
6	DF	ENG	David Unsworth	31	3	22+4	3	3	0	1+1	0
8	FW	CAN	Tomasz Radzinski	38	8	28+6	8	2	0	0+2	0
9	FW	ENG	Kevin Campbell	18	1	8+9	1	0+1	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Duncan Ferguson	24	9	13+7	5	2	2	2	2
11	MF	WAL	Mark Pembridge	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Francis Jeffers	22	2	5+13	0	0+3	2	1	0
12	MF	CHN	Li Tie	7	0	4+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
13	GK	ENG	Steve Simonsen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane	33	4	26+4	3	3	1	0	0
15	DF	SCO	Gary Naysmith	34	2	27+2	2	2+1	0	2	0
16	MF	DEN	Thomas Gravesen	36	2	29+1	2	3	0	3	0
18	FW	ENG	Wayne Rooney	40	9	26+8	9	3	0	2+1	0
20	DF	NGA	Joseph Yobo	31	2	27+1	2	0+1	0	2	0
21	MF	GHA	Alex Nyarko	14	0	7+4	0	2	0	1	0
22	MF	SWE	Tobias Linderoth	29	1	23+4	0	0	0	1+1	1
24	FW	SCO	James McFadden	27	0	11+12	0	1	0	3	0
25	GK	ENG	Nigel Martyn	40	0	33+1	0	3	0	3	0
26	MF	IRL	Lee Carsley	25	2	15+6	2	2	0	2	0
27	DF	ENG	Peter Clarke	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	DF	ENG	Tony Hibbert	31	0	24+1	0	3	0	3	0
30	MF	ENG	Nick Chadwick	4	1	1+2	0	0	0	1	1
31	MF	ENG	Leon Osman	5	1	3+1	1	0	0	0+1	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. Radzinski was born in Poland.
2. Kilbane was born in Preston, England.
3. Carsley was born in England.