2003–04 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers

2003–04 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Nolan (10) All: Nolan (13)
Highest home attendance	28,353 (vs. Leicester City, 28 December 2003)
Lowest home attendance	5,229 (vs Walsall, 24 September 2003)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 126th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their third consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.^[1]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Kevin Poole 2 DF Anthony Barness 3 DF Simon Charlton 4 MF Kevin Nolan 5 DF Bruno N'Gotty 6 MF Youri Djorkaeff 7 MF Stelios Giannakopoulos 8 MF Per Frandsen 9 FW Henrik Pedersen 10 MF Jay-Jay Okocha 11 MF Ricardo Gardner 13 FW Mário Jardel 14 FW Kevin Davies 15 MF Ibrahim Ba[2]

No. Position Player 16 DF Iván Campo 17 DF Florent Laville 18 DF Nicky Hunt 20 MF Jeff Smith 22 GK Jussi Jääskeläinen 23 DF Danny Livesey 25 FW Javi Moreno (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 26 DF Emerson Thome 28 MF Jermaine Johnson 31 DF Charlie Comyn-Platt 32 FW Ricardo Vaz Tê 36 FW Ricky Shakes[3] 42 DF Steve Howey

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 12 FW Jonathan Walters[4] (to Hull City) 19 FW Delroy Facey[5] (to West Bromwich Albion) 19 DF Jon Otsemobor (on loan from Liverpool) 21 MF Gareth Farrelly (to Wigan Athletic)

No. Position Player 24 MF Jermaine Johnson (to Oldham Athletic) 25 MF Glen Little (on loan from Burnley) 28 MF Cleveland Taylor[6] (to Scunthorpe United)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 27 MF Derek Niven 29 DF Kangana Lord N'Diwa[7] 30 GK Jeremy Bon 33 MF Lewis Hamlin

No. Position Player 34 DF Jason Talbot 35 GK Donovan Ricketts (on loan from Village United) 37 FW Dwight Pezzarossi (on loan from Communicaciones)

Transfers

In

• Stelios Giannakopoulos - Olympiacos, 28 May 2003
• Iván Campo - Real Madrid, undisclosed, 18 July 2003^[8]
• Kevin Davies - Southampton, free transfer, 23 July 2003
• Ricardo Vaz Tê - S.C. Farense, undisclosed, 27 August 2003^[9]
• Mário Jardel - Sporting CP, €1,500,000, 13 August 2003^[10]
• Emerson Thome - Sunderland, free transfer, 29 August 2003^[11]
• Ibrahim Ba - Milan, free transfer, 11 September 2003^[12]
• Glen Little - Burnley, moth loan, 1 September 2003^[13]
• Donovan Ricketts - Village United, five-month loan, 2 January 2004^[14]
• Javi Moreno - Atlético Madrid, five-month loan, 5 January 2004^[15]
• Steve Howey - Leicester City,undisclosed, 29 January 2004^[16]
• Dwight Pezzarossi - Comunicaciones, four-month loan, 30 January 2004^[17]
• Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, four-month loan, 2 February 2004^[18]
• Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United

Out

• Colin Hendry - retired
• Guðni Bergsson - retired
• Leam Richardson - released (later joined Blackpool on 23 June 2003)
• Mike Whitlow - released (later joined Sheffield United in 2003)
• Paul Warhurst - released (later joined Chesterfield in October 2003)
• Jonathan Walters - Hull City, 2004
• Bülent Akın - Akçaabat Sebatspor
• Gareth Farrelly - Wigan Athletic
• Delroy Facey - West Bromwich Albion
• Chris Armstrong - Wrexham
• Gerald Forschelet - Neuchâtel Xamax
• Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United
• Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, loan end

Results

FA Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 2003	Manchester United	A	0 – 4		67,647
23 August 2003	Blackburn Rovers	H	2 – 2	Djorkaeff 3' (pen), Davies 25'	27,423
26 August 2003	Portsmouth	A	0 – 4		20,113
30 August 2003	Charlton Athletic	H	0 – 0		23,098
13 September 2003	Middlesbrough	H	2 – 0	Davies 23', N'Gotty 81'	26,419
20 September 2003	Newcastle United	A	0 – 0		52,014
27 September 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	Davies 85'	27,043
5 October 2003	Aston Villa	A	1 – 1	Nolan 46'	30,229
18 October 2003	Manchester City	A	2 – 6	Nolan 25', Campo 60'	47,101
25 October 2003	Birmingham City	H	0 – 1		25,023
1 November 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1 – 0	Nolan 73'	35,191
8 November 2003	Southampton	H	0 – 0		25,619
22 November 2003	Leeds United	A	2 – 0	Davies 16', Stelios 17'	36,558
29 November 2003	Everton	H	2 – 0	Frandsen 26', Djorkaeff 46'	27,350
6 December 2003	Fulham	A	1 – 2	Davies 53'	14,393
13 December 2003	Chelsea	A	2 – 1	N'Gotty 39', Terry 90' (og)	40,491
20 December 2003	Arsenal	H	1 – 1	Pedersen 83'	28,003
26 December 2003	Liverpool	A	1 – 3	Pedersen 85'	42,987
28 December 2003	Leicester City	H	2 – 2	N'Gotty 35', Campo 54'	28,353
7 January 2004	Manchester United	H	1 – 2	Djorkaeff 89'	27,668
10 January 2004	Blackburn Rovers	A	4 – 3	Nolan (2) 1', 78', Djorkaeff 43', Stelios 73'	23,538
17 January 2004	Portsmouth	H	1 – 0	Davies 53'	26,558
31 January 2004	Charlton Athletic	A	2 – 1	Pedersen 1', Nolan 78'	26,249
7 February 2004	Liverpool	H	2 – 2	Hunt 11', Djorkaeff 58'	27,552
10 February 2004	Leicester City	A	1 – 1	Walker 33' (og)	26,674
21 February 2004	Manchester City	H	1 – 3	Nolan 22'	27,301
6 March 2004	Birmingham City	A	0 – 2		28,003
13 March 2004	Chelsea	H	0 – 2		26,717
20 March 2004	Arsenal	A	1 – 2	Campo 41'	38,053
28 March 2004	Newcastle United	H	1 – 0	Pedersen 4'	27,360
3 April 2004	Middlesbrough	A	0 – 2		30,107
10 April 2004	Aston Villa	H	2 – 2	Pedersen 48', Davies 86'	26,374
12 April 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 – 1	Pedersen 43', Davies 90'	26,895
17 April 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2 – 0	Campo 7', Pedersen 65'	26,440
24 April 2004	Southampton	A	2 – 1	Nolan 77', Davies 78'	31,712
2 May 2004	Leeds United	H	4 – 1	Djorkaeff (2) 47', 53', Harte 55' (og), Nolan 78'	27,420
8 May 2004	Everton	A	2 – 1	Djorkaeff (2) 14', 87'	40,191
15 May 2004	Fulham	H	0 – 2		27,383

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
7.	Charlton Athletic	38	14	11	13	51	51	0	53
8.	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	48	56	-8	53
9.	Fulham	38	14	10	14	52	46	+6	52

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
3 January 2004	Round 3	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 1	Nolan 78'	10,587
14 February 2004	Round 3 replay	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 – 2 (aet)	Shakes	8,759

Carling Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 September 2003	Round 2	Walsall	H	3 – 1	Jardel (2) 15', 80', Nolan 69'	5,229
28 October 2003	Round 3	Gillingham	H	2 – 0	Stelios 25', Pedersen 66'	5,258
3 December 2003	Round 4	Liverpool	A	3 – 2	Jardel 4', Okocha 79', Djorkaeff 90' (pen)	33,185
28 October 2003	Round 5	Southampton	H	1 – 0 (aet)	Pedersen 115'	13,957
21 January 2004	Semi-final first leg	Aston Villa	H	5 – 2	Okocha (2) 2', 80', Nolan 9', Stelios 17', N'Gotty 74'	16,302
27 January 2004	Semi-final second leg	Aston Villa	A	0 – 2 5 – 4 (agg)		36,883
29 February 2004	Final	Middlesbrough	N	1 – 2	Davies 21'	72,634

Statistics

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 29 players during the season.

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Iván Campo	Midfielder	37 0(1)	00 0(0)	06 0(0)	43 0(1)
2	Kevin Davies	Striker	38 0(0)	00 0(0)	04 0(1)	42 0(1)
3	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	37 0(0)	00 0(2)	04 0(0)	41 0(2)
4	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	38 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)	41 0(0)
5	Jay-Jay Okocha	Midfielder	33 0(2)	00 0(0)	05 0(1)	38 0(3)
6	Bruno N'Gotty	Defender	32 0(1)	00 0(0)	06 0(0)	38 0(1)
7	Simon Charlton	Defender	28 0(3)	00 0(0)	05 0(2)	33 0 (5)
8	Emerson Thome	Defender	25 0(1)	01 0(0)	05 0(0)	31 0(1)
9	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder	25 0(2)	00 0(0)	04 0(1)	29 0(3)
10	Henrik Pedersen	Striker	19 (14)	02 0(0)	04 0(3)	25 (17)
11	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	22 (11)	01 0(1)	02 0(1)	25 (13)
12	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Midfielder	18 (13)	02 0(0)	04 0(2)	24 (15)
13	Ricardo Gardner	Defender/Midfielder	20 0(2)	00 0(0)	02 0(2)	22 0(4)
14	Anthony Barness	Defender	11 0 (4)	02 0(0)	04 0(2)	17 0(6)
15	Ibrahim Ba	Midfielder	00 0(9)	01 0(0)	05 0(1)	06 (10)
16	Kevin Poole	Goalkeeper	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	04 0(0)	06 0(0)
17	Florent Laville	Defender	05 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	05 0(0)
18	Mario Jardel	Striker	00 0(7)	01 0(0)	03 0(1)	04 0(8)
19=	Charlie Comyn-Platt	Defender	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	00 0(1)	02 0(1)
19=	Delroy Facey	Striker	00 0(1)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(1)
19=	Steve Howey	Defender	02 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(1)
22=	Danny Livesey	Defender	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)
22=	Jeff Smith	Midfielder	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(2)
24	Javi Moreno	Striker	01 0(7)	00 0(0)	00 0(2)	01 0(9)
25	Ricardo Vaz Tê	Striker	00 0(1)	01 0(1)	00 0(0)	01 0(2)
26	Jon Otsemobor	Defender	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)
27	Glen Little	Midfielder	00 0(4)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(4)
28=	Ricky Shakes	Defender	00 0(0)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)
28=	Cleveland Taylor	Midfielder	00 0(0)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	10	1	2	13
2=	Kevin Davies	Striker	9	0	1	10
2=	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder	9	0	1	10
2=	Henrik Pedersen	Striker	8	0	2	10
5=	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Midfielder	2	0	2	4
5=	Bruno N'Gotty	Defender	3	0	1	4

References

1. "Bolton Wanderers 2003/04". bwfcstats.com. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
2. Ba was born in Dakar, Senegal, but also qualified to represent France internationally, and made his full international debut for France in January 1997.
3. Shakes was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana internationally. He won his first cap for Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly game in 2006, and made his full international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
4. Walters was born in Moreton, England, but also qualified to represent Ireland internationally through his mother, and made his international debut for Ireland at U-21 level in October 2003.
5. Facey was born in Huddersfield, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, and made his full international debut for Grenada in July 2009.
6. Taylor was born in Leicester, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally, and has played for Jamaica at youth level.
7. N'Diwa was born in Maquela do Zombo, Angola, but also qualified to represent Sweden internationally, which he did at youth level, as well as the DR Congo and made his full international debut for the DR Congo in January 2004.
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