2003–04 Everton F.C. season

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).

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	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Arsenal	38	26	12	0	73	26	+47	90
2.	Chelsea	38	24	7	7	67	30	+37	79
3.	Manchester United	38	23	6	9	64	35	+29	75
4.	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	55	37	+18	60
5.	Newcastle United	38	13	17	8	52	40	+12	56
6.	Aston Villa	38	15	11	12	48	44	+4	56
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
10.	Birmingham City	38	12	14	12	43	48	-5	50
11.	Middlesbrough	38	13	9	16	44	52	-8	48
12.	Southampton	38	12	11	15	44	45	-1	47
13.	Portsmouth	38	12	9	17	47	54	-7	45
14.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6	19	47	57	-10	45
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	38	6	15	17	48	65	-17	33
19.	Leeds United	38	8	9	21	40	79	-39	33
20.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	7	12	19	38	77	-39	33

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to the Championship

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	H	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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

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
7		MF	Niclas Alexandersson (to IFK Göteborg)
11		MF	Mark Pembridge (to Fulham)

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

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
23	FW	Patrizzio Pascucci
33	MF	Brian Moogan
36	MF	Alan Moogan

No.	Position	Player
37	GK	Iain Turner
38	FW	Michael Symes
39	MF	Steven Schumacher

References

↑ Radzinski was born in Poland.
↑ Kilbane was born in Preston, England.
↑ Carsley was born in England.

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