2003–04 Yeovil Town F.C. season

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

Yeovil Town

2003–04 season
Chairman	John Fry
Manager	Gary Johnson
Stadium	Huish Park
Third Division	8th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
FL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Gavin Williams (9) All: Gavin Williams (13)
Highest home attendance	9,348 (4 January vs. Liverpool, FA Cup)
Lowest home attendance	3,052 (4 November vs. Colchester United, FL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	6,197
Home colours Away colours
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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

Coaching staff Position Staff Manager Gary Johnson Assistant manager Steve Thompson Goalkeeping coach Jon Sheffield Reserve team manager Maurice O'Donnell Youth team manager Stuart Housley Physiotherapist Tony Farmer Source: [citation needed]

Kit Supplier: Paulas Benara Sponsor(s): Bradfords Building Supplies Home Home Alt Away Source: [citation needed]

Transfers

In

Date	Name	From	Fee	Ref
22 July 2003	Jamie Gosling	Bath City	Free	[1][2]
25 July 2003	Hugo Rodrigues	Pedras Rubras	Free (released)	[3]
6 August 2003	Jake Edwards	Charleston Battery	Free (released)	[4]
21 August 2003	Paul Terry	Dagenham & Redbridge	Undisclosed (~ £20,000)	[5]
17 November 2003	Jon Sheffield	Yeovil Town	Free (released)
3 December 2003	Lee Elam	Halifax Town	Undisclosed	[6]
23 January 2004	Simon Weatherstone	Boston United	£15,000	[7]
24 March 2004	Dani Rodrigues	Ionikos	Free (released)	[8]
25 March 2004	Nathan Talbott	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free (released)

Out

Date	Name	To	Fee	Ref
4 August 2003	Michael McIndoe	Doncaster Rovers	£50,000	[9]
19 March 2004	Chris Giles	Aldershot Town	Free	[10]
19 May 2004	Lee Elam	Hornchurch	Free	[11]
14 June 2004	Adam Stansfield	Hereford United	Free	[12]
30 June 2004	Nick Crittenden	Aldershot Town	Released	[13][14]
30 June 2004	Jake Edwards	Exeter City	Released	[13][15]
30 June 2004	Abdou El-Kholti	Cambridge United	Released	[13]
30 June 2004	Jamie Gosling	Team Bath	Released	[13][16]
30 June 2004	Kirk Jackson	Hornchurch	Released	[13][17]
30 June 2004	Nathan Talbott	Stafford Rangers	Released	[13]
30 June 2004	Dani Rodrigues	AFC Bournemouth	Rejected new contract	[18]
30 June 2004	Hugo Rodrigues	Retired	Rejected new contract	[18][19][20]

Loan in

Date	Name	From	End date	Ref
15 August 2003	Jermaine Johnson	Bolton Wanderers	23 August 2003	[21]
3 September 2003	Ronnie Bull	Millwall	3 November 2003	[22]
30 October 2003	Lee Elam	Halifax Town	3 December 2003	[23]
4 February 2004	Andy Bishop	Walsall	3 March 2004	[24]
18 March 2004	Lee Matthews	Bristol City	8 May 2004	[25]
19 March 2004	Ryan Northmore	Woking	8 May 2004	[26]

Loan out

Date	Name	To	End date	Ref
14 November 2003	Andy Lindegaard	Weymouth	14 December 2003	[27]
21 January 2004	Kirk Jackson	Dagenham & Redbridge	29 February 2004	[28][29]
13 February 2004	Chris Giles	Woking	12 March 2004	[30]
24 March 2004	Lee Elam	Chester City	24 April 2004	[31]

Match results

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
6	Northampton Town	46	22	9	15	58	51	+7	75	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
7	Lincoln City	46	19	17	10	68	47	+21	74
8	Yeovil Town	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).

FA Cup

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

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

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

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

• 2003–04 in English football
• List of Yeovil Town F.C. seasons

Notes

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