2003–04 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

2003–04 season
Chairman	Peter Heard[1]
Manager	Phil Parkinson
Division Two	11th
FA Cup	5th Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	Finals (Southern section)
Top goalscorer	League: Wayne Andrews (12) All: Scott McGleish (17)
Highest home attendance	5,083 (Luton Town)
Lowest home attendance	2,513 (Stockport County)
Average home league attendance	3,536
Home colours
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The 2003–04 season was Colchester United's sixth consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season review

The summer recess allowed manager Phil Parkinson to apply everything he had learned from final few months of the previous season whilst gaining his UEFA 'A' and 'B' badges as well as the Degree that he studied for in his spare time. He brought in Sports Science and revolutionised the way players trained, ate and rested.

The 2003–04 season was almost a Cup campaign of its own. U's played a record 15 ties in progressing in the FA Cup and LDV Vans Trophy. Helped by the astute signings of Wayne Andrews and Premiership youngsters Craig Fagan and Rowan Vine, United blazed a trail to the FA Cup Fifth Round defeating Oxford, Aldershot, Accrington Stanley and Coventry, courtesy of a Vine hat trick, before succumbing to Sheffield United by 1–0 at Bramall Lane in the Fifth Round.

Two days after the clash with The Blades U's were faced with the task of clawing back a 3–2 deficit from the LDV Southern Final first leg at ex-U's manager Steve Wignall's Southend. A 1–1 draw and a barrage of fixtures proved too much and United slipped from 5th to 14th whilst on the Cup trail, losing influential Karl Duguid to a serious knee injury. Nine points separated United and the play-offs at the end of the season which had re-established United's Cup glories.^[2]

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 Simon Brown 2 DF Andy Myers 3 DF Joe Keith 4 DF Gavin Johnson 5 DF Scott Fitzgerald 6 MF Thomas Pinault 7 MF Karl Duguid 8 FW Wayne Andrews 9 FW Scott McGleish 10 MF Kemal Izzet

No. Position Player 11 FW Jamie Cade 12 FW Craig Fagan 13 GK Dean Gerken 17 MF Bobby Bowry 19 DF Alan White 21 DF John White 22 DF Greg Halford 24 DF Pat Baldwin 25 DF Sam Stockley 31 GK Richard McKinney

Player information

No.	Name	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous club	Date joined	Fee
1	Simon Brown	Chelmsford	5 December 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free
2	Andy Myers	Hounslow	3 November 1973	Bradford City	11 July 2003	Free
3	Joe Keith	London	1 October 1978	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free
4	Gavin Johnson	Stowmarket	10 October 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free
5	Scott Fitzgerald	Westminster	13 August 1969	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free
6	Thomas Pinault	Grasse	4 December 1981	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free
7	Karl Duguid	Hitchin	21 March 1978	Youth Team	16 July 1995	Free
8	Wayne Andrews	Paddington	25 November 1977	Oldham Athletic	2 July 2003	Free
9	Scott McGleish	Barnet	10 February 1974	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
10	Kemal Izzet	Whitechapel	29 September 1980	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free
11	Jamie Cade	Durham	15 January 1984	Middlesbrough	25 November 2003	Free
12	Craig Fagan	Birmingham	11 December 1982	Birmingham City	25 March 2004	Free
13	Dean Gerken	Southend-on-Sea	22 May 1985	Youth Team	1 August 2002	Free
17	Bobby Bowry	Croydon	19 May 1971	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free
19	Alan White	Darlington	22 March 1976	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free
21	John White	Colchester	26 July 1986	Youth Team	1 July 2003	Free
22	Greg Halford	Chelmsford	8 December 1984	Youth Team	1 August 2002	Free
24	Pat Baldwin	London	12 November 1982	Chelsea	31 August 2002	Free
25	Sam Stockley	Tiverton	5 September 1977	Oxford United	31 October 2002	Free
31	Richard McKinney	Ballymoney	18 May 1979	Swindon Town	10 August 2002	Free

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player name	Previous club	League	Transfer fee	Notes
1 July 2003	DF	John White	Youth Team	Football League Division Two	Free
2 July 2003	MF	Phil Hadland	Darlington	Football League Division Three	Free
2 July 2003	FW	Wayne Andrews	Oldham Athletic	Football League Division Two	Free
11 July 2003	DF	Andy Myers	Bradford City	Football League Division One	Free
27 October 2003	MF	Richard Johnson	Watford	Football League Division One	Free
25 November 2003	FW	Jamie Cade	Middlesbrough	Premier League	Free
25 March 2004	FW	Craig Fagan	Birmingham City	Premier League	Free

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player name	New club	League	Transfer fee	Notes
1 June 2003	DF	Mark Warren	Southend United	Football League Division Three	Free
1 July 2003	DF	Joe Dunne	Retired	N/A	Free
1 July 2003	MF	Chris Keeble	Heybridge Swifts	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
1 July 2003	MF	Mick Stockwell	Retired	N/A	Free
1 July 2003	FW	Mvondo Atangana	Grays Athletic	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
14 July 2003	FW	Kevin Rapley	Chester City	Conference National	Free
28 July 2003	MF	Leke Odunsi	Southend United	Football League Division Three	Free
7 August 2003	DF	Mike Edwards	Grimsby Town	Football League Division Two	Free
28 August 2003	MF	Marc Canham	Bournemouth	Football League Division Two	Free
1 October 2003	MF	Phil Hadland	Leek Town	Northern Premier League	Free
30 October 2003	FW	Adrian Coote	Wivenhoe Town	Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division	Free
27 November 2003	FW	Dean Morgan	Reading	Football League Division One	Free
28 November 2003	MF	Richard Johnson	Stoke City	Football League Division One	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player name	Parent club	League	Date returned	Notes
7 August 2003	FW	Craig Fagan	Birmingham City	Premier League	24 March 2004
7 August 2003	FW	Rowan Vine	Portsmouth	Premier League	9 May 2004
26 August 2003	DF	Liam Chilvers	Arsenal	Premier League	9 May 2004
14 October 2003	FW	Jermaine Brown	Arsenal	Premier League	15 February 2004
29 January 2004	MF	Paul Tierney	Manchester United	Premier League	29 February 2004
12 February 2004	DF	Wayne Brown	Watford	Football League Division One	9 May 2004
22 March 2004	FW	Gareth Williams	Crystal Palace	Football League Division One	9 May 2004

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player name	New club	League	Date returned	Notes
15 March 2004	DF	Scott Fitzgerald	Brentford	Football League Division Two	9 May 2004

Results

Division Two results summary

Pos	Club	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

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

Division Two results round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	18	21	21	19	19	18	15	13	11	6	6	10	13	13	10	8	3	4	5	8	5	5	6	9	10	11	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	11	11

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Division Two results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Barnsley	A	0–1	8,450
15 August 2003	Swindon Town	H	0–1	3,339
23 August 2003	Port Vale	A	3–4	5,133	McGleish (2), Andrews
26 August 2003	Bristol City	H	2–1	3,079	McGleish (2)
30 August 2003	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	6,745	Andrews
6 September 2003	QPR	H	2–2	3,835	Vine, McGleish
13 September 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	4,169	Andrews
16 September 2003	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	4,401	Andrews, Vine
30 September 2003	Peterborough United	A	2–1	4,690	Fagan, Keith
27 September 2003	Bournemouth	H	1–0	3,602	Duguid
30 September 2003	Brentford	H	1–1	3,343	Vine
4 October 2003	Notts County	A	0–3	4,187
11 October 2003	Blackpool	H	1–1	3,265	Andrews
18 October 2003	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	5,021
21 October 2003	Stockport County	A	3–1	3,683	Fagan, Andrews, Vine
25 October 2003	Chesterfield	H	1–0	3,115	Andrews
31 October 2003	Wrexham	A	1–0	4,269	Andrews
15 November 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	5,018	McGleish, Andrews, Fagan
22 November 2003	Rushden & Diamonds	A	0–4	4,149
29 November 2003	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2	4,332
13 December 2003	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	2,897	Duguid, Vine
20 December 2003	Hartlepool United	A	0–0	4,135
26 December 2003	Luton Town	H	1–1	5,083	McGleish
28 December 2003	QPR	A	0–2	15,720
10 January 2004	Barnsley	H	1–1	3,507	Andrews
17 January 2004	Swindon Town	A	0–2	6,014
27 January 2004	Bristol City	A	0–1	10,733
31 January 2004	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	3,099	Izzet
7 February 2004	Luton Town	A	0–1	5,662
21 February 2004	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	2,922	Fagan, Izzet
24 February 2004	Port Vale	H	1–4	2,539	McGleish (pen.)
2 March 2004	Stockport County	H	2–1	2,513	Vine, Andrews
6 March 2004	Hartlepool United	H	1–2	3,348	Halford
13 March 2004	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	5,937
16 March 2004	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–1	3,092	Fagan (pen.)
20 March 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–2	6,156	Izzet
23 March 2004	Chesterfield	A	2–1	3,787	Halford, Andrews
27 March 2004	Peterborough United	H	0–0	3,754
30 March 2004	Blackpool	A	0–0	5,473
3 April 2004	Bournemouth	A	1–1	6,896	Halford
10 April 2004	Notts County	H	4–1	3,782	Fagan (3), Williams
12 April 2004	Brentford	A	2–3	5,017	White, Fagan
17 April 2004	Wrexham	H	3–1	3,077	Williams, Halford, McGleish
24 April 2004	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	20,464	Keith
1 May 2004	Rushden & Diamonds	H	2–0	4,618	McGleish (pen.), Johnson
8 May 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	19,868

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 August 2003	R1	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	2,367	Fagan, Pinault
23 September 2003	R2	Rotherham United	A	0–1	2,474

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 October 2003	R1 (S)	Cheltenham Town	A	3–1	1,324	Keith, Vine (2)
4 November 2003	R2 (S)	Yeovil Town	A	2–2 4–2 on Pens	3,052	Andrews, McGleish
9 December 2003	Area QF	Wycombe Wanderers	A	3–2 (a.e.t.)	1,873	McGleish (2), J. Brown
20 January 2004	Area SF	Northampton Town	A	3–2 (a.e.t.)	4,034	McGleish (3)
10 February 2004	Area F (L1)	Southend United	H	2–3	5,401	Pinault, Andrews
17 February 2004	Area F (L2)	Southend United	A	1–1	9,603	Izzet

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 November 2003	R1	Oxford United	H	1–0	3,672	McGleish
6 December 2003	R2	Aldershot Town	H	1–0	4,255	Vine
3 January 2004	R3	Accrington Stanley	A	0–0	4,368
13 January 2004	R3 (R)	Accrington Stanley	H	2–1	5,611	Keith (2)
24 January 2004	R4	Coventry City	A	1–1	15,341	Adebola (o.g.)
3 February 2004	R4 (R)	Coventry City	H	3–1	5,530	Vine (3)
15 February 2004	R5	Sheffield United	A	0–1	17,074

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Simon Brown	53	0	40	0	6	0	2	0	5	0
2	DF		Andy Myers	26	0	21	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Joe Keith	41	5	28	2	5	2	2	0	6	1
4	DF		Gavin Johnson	21	1	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Scott Fitzgerald	28	0	23	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
6	MF		Thomas Pinault	54	2	40	0	7	0	2	1	5	1
7	MF		Karl Duguid	42	2	30	2	6	0	2	0	4	0
8	FW		Wayne Andrews	50	14	41	12	5	0	0	0	4	2
9	FW		Scott McGleish	48	17	34	10	7	1	1	0	6	6
10	MF		Kemal Izzet	56	4	44	3	6	0	2	0	4	1
11	FW		Jamie Cade	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Craig Fagan	48	10	37	9	5	0	2	1	4	0
13	GK		Dean Gerken	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Rowan Vine	49	12	35	6	7	4	1	0	6	2
17	MF		Bobby Bowry	30	0	24	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
18	DF		Liam Chilvers	45	0	32	0	7	0	1	0	5	0
19	DF		Alan White	46	1	33	1	6	0	2	0	5	0
21	DF		John White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Greg Halford	24	4	18	4	2	0	0	0	4	0
24	DF		Pat Baldwin	7	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF		Sam Stockley	58	0	44	0	6	0	2	0	6	0
26	FW		Gareth Williams	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Wayne Brown	17	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK		Richard McKinney	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
11	MF		Richard Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW		Adrian Coote	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Phil Hadland	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Jermaine Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
26	MF		Paul Tierney	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Scorers

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All Scorer Goals Scott McGleish 17 Wayne Andrews 14 Rowan Vine 12 Craig Fagan 10 Joe Keith 5 Greg Halford 4 Kemal Izzet Karl Duguid 2 Thomas Pinault Gareth Williams Jermaine Brown 1 Gavin Johnson Alan White Own goal 1

League Scorer Goals Wayne Andrews 12 Scott McGleish 10 Craig Fagan 9 Rowan Vine 6 Greg Halford 4 Kemal Izzet 3 Karl Duguid 2 Joe Keith Gareth Williams Gavin Johnson 1 Alan White

FA Cup Scorer Goals Rowan Vine 4 Joe Keith 2 Scott McGleish 1 Own goal 1

League Cup Scorer Goals Craig Fagan 1 Thomas Pinault

League Trophy Scorer Goals Scott McGleish 6 Wayne Andrews 2 Rowan Vine Jermaine Brown 1 Kemal Izzet Joe Keith Thomas Pinault

Assists

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Assistant	League	Cup	Total
Karl Duguid	5	0	5
Kemal Izzet	3	1	4
Gavin Johnson		0	3
Joe Keith
Scott McGleish
Thomas Pinault
Sam Stockley
Rowan Vine
Craig Fagan	1	2
Wayne Andrews	2	0	2
Scott Fitzgerald	1		1
Greg Halford
Alan White

Disciplinary record

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Pos.	Name	League		Cups		Total
FW	Wayne Andrews	6	1	0	0	6	1
DF	Pat Baldwin	1	0	1	0	2	0
MF	Bobby Bowry	5	0	1	0	6	0
DF	Wayne Brown	4	1	0	0	4	1
DF	Liam Chilvers	4	0	1	1	5	1
MF	Karl Duguid	4	2	4	0	8	2
FW	Craig Fagan	10	2	3	0	13	2
DF	Scott Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Greg Halford	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Kemal Izzet	7	0	2	0	9	0
DF	Gavin Johnson	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Joe Keith	1	0	1	0	2	0
FW	Scott McGleish	2	0	1	0	3	0
DF	Andy Myers	2	1	1	0	3	1
MF	Thomas Pinault	4	0	1	0	5	0
DF	Sam Stockley	4	0	4	0	8	0
DF	Paul Tierney	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Rowan Vine	7	0	2	0	9	0
DF	Alan White	5	1	2	0	7	1

Most frequent starting XI

This section shows players in a 4–4–2 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No. Pos. Name Apps. Goals 1 GK Simon Brown 40 0 25 DF Sam Stockley 44 0 5 DF Scott Fitzgerald 22 0 19 DF Alan White 30 1 18 DF Liam Chilvers 29 0 7 MF Karl Duguid 30 2 10 MF Kemal Izzet 43 3 6 MF Thomas Pinault 31 0 16 MF Rowan Vine 30 6 12 FW Craig Fagan 30 9 8 FW Wayne Andrews 32 12

S.Brown Stockley A.White Fitzgerald Chilvers Duguid Izzet Pinault Vine Fagan Andrews

References

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2. "The U's History: The 00s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
3. "2003–03 Season Appearance Data". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
4. "2003–04 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
5. "2003–04 Season Assists Data". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
6. "2003–04 Season Discipline Data". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.