2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2003–04 season

Chairman

Daniel Levy

Manager

Glenn Hoddle (until 21 September)^[1]
David Pleat (from 21 September)

Top goalscorer

League:
Robbie Keane (14)
All:
Robbie Keane (16)

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2004–05 →

During the 2003–04 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

Season summary

A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm. Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season, but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998. New Sporting Director Frank Arnesen and head coach Jacques Santini were appointed at the end of the season to bring some hope to fans of a club that had so far underachieved in almost every season since the 1991 FA Cup triumph.

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
2	DF	Stephen Carr
3	DF	Mauricio Taricco
5	DF	Goran Bunjevčević
6	MF	Michael Brown
7	MF	Darren Anderton
8	FW	Hélder Postiga
9	FW	Frédéric Kanouté^[2]
10	FW	Robbie Keane
12	DF	Gary Doherty
13	GK	Kasey Keller
14	MF	Gustavo Poyet
15	MF	Jamie Redknapp

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Jermain Defoe
21	DF	Mbulelo Mabizela
23	MF	Christian Ziege
26	DF	Ledley King (captain)
27	MF	Rohan Ricketts
28	MF	Mark Yeates
29	MF	Simon Davies
30	DF	Anthony Gardner
31	MF	Dean Marney
32	MF	Johnnie Jackson
34	DF	Stephen Kelly
36	DF	Dean Richards

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
1	GK	Neil Sullivan (to Chelsea)
4	MF	Kazuyuki Toda (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
6	MF	Chris Perry (to Charlton Athletic)
11	MF	Stéphane Dalmat (on loan from Internazionale)
16	DF	Paul Konchesky (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Milenko Ačimovič (on loan to Lille)
20	MF	Jonathan Blondel (to Club Brugge)
25	FW	Bobby Zamora (to West Ham United)
37	DF	Ronnie Henry (released)

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
22	FW	Lee Barnard
24	GK	Robert Burch
33	GK	Lars Hirschfeld
35	FW	Jamie Slabber
	GK	Nicky Eyre

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Shwan Jalal
		DF	Marcel McKie
		MF	Ben Bowditch
		MF	Mark Hughes
		FW	Michael Malcolm

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[3]^[4]

GK: #13, Kasey Keller, 45
RB: #2, Stephen Carr, 39
CB: #36, Dean Richards, 26
CB: #30, Anthony Gardner, 40
LB: #3, Mauricio Taricco, 36
RM: #7, Darren Anderton, 20
CM: #6, Michael Brown, 19 (#20, Gary Doherty, has 20 starts as a central defender)
CM: #26, Ledley King, 34
LM: #29, Simon Davies, 19
CF: #9, Frédéric Kanouté, 22
CF: #10, Robbie Keane, 38

Transfers

In

Hélder Postiga - Porto, 25 June, £6,250,000 (rising to £8,250,000 depending on appearances and team performance)^[5]
Bobby Zamora - Brighton and Hove Albion, 18 July, £1,500,000^[6]
Frédéric Kanouté - West Ham United, 4 August, £3,500,000^[7]
Paul Konchesky - Charlton Athletic, 1 September, five-month loan^[8]
Stéphane Dalmat - Internazionale, 1 September, season-long loan^[9]
Michael Brown - Sheffield United, 2 January, undisclosed (believed to be £500,000)^[10]
Jermain Defoe - West Ham United, 4 February, £6,000,000 (rising to £7,000,000 based on "specific performance criteria") plus Zamora^[11]
Mbulelo Mabizela - Orlando Pirates

Out

Alton Thelwell - Hull City, 13 June, free^[12]
Teddy Sheringham - Portsmouth, 30 June, free^[13]
Ben Thatcher - Leicester City, 17 July, £300,000^[14]
Steffen Iversen - Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1 August, free^[15]
Neil Sullivan - Chelsea, 29 August, free^[16]
Chris Perry - Charlton Athletic, 28 November, £100,000^[17]
Bobby Zamora - West Ham United, 4 February, part of Defoe transfer
Steffen Freund - released, August (later joined Kaiserslautern)
Matthew Etherington - West Ham United, £1,000,000
Ronnie Henry - released
Jonathan Blondel - Club Brugge
Serhiy Rebrov - West Ham United

Transfers in: £17,750,000
Transfers out: £1,400,000
Overall spending: £16,350,000

Loan out

Milenko Ačimovič - Lille, 28 January, five-month loan^[18]

Results

Premier League

16 August 2003 1	Birmingham City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham, West Midlands
12:00 BST (UTC+01)	Dunn 36' (pen.)			Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,358 Referee: Rob Styles

23 August 2003 2	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Leeds United	Haringey, London
BST (UTC+01)	Taricco 41' Kanouté 71'	Report	Alan Smith 5'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,354 Referee: Steve Dunn

27 August 2003 3	Liverpool	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool, Merseyside
BST (UTC+01)		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,778 Referee: Uriah Rennie

30 August 2003 4	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Fulham	Haringey, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		Report	Hayles 23', 67' Boa Morte 71'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,421 Referee: Jeff Winter

Chelsea–Tottenham 4-2
0-1 Frédéric Kanouté (25)
1-1 Frank Lampard (35)
2-1 Adrian Mutu (37)
3-1 Adrian Mutu (75)
3-2 Frédéric Kanouté (87)
4-2 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (90)

20 September 2003 6	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Southampton	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 62'	Report	Beattie 2', 43' Phillips 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,784 Referee: Andy D'Urso

28 September 2003	Manchester City	0 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester, Greater Manchester
16:05		[ Report]		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,842 Referee: Neale Barry

Tottenham Hotspur–Everton 3-0
1-0 Frédéric Kanouté (43)
2-0 Gustavo Poyet (46)
3-0 Robbie Keane (49)

Leicester–Tottenham Hotspur 1-2
1-0 Paul Dickov (38)
1-1 Mbulelo Mabizela (79)
1-2 Frédéric Kanouté (90)

Tottenham Hotspur–Middlesbrough 0-0

Tottenham Hotspur–Bolton 0-1
0-1 Kevin Nolan (73)

8 November 2003	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 GMT	Pires 69' Ljungberg 79'	[ Report]	Anderton 5'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,101 Referee: Mark Halsey

Tottenham Hotspur–Aston Villa 2-1
0-1 Marcus Allbäck (66)
1-1 Rohan Ricketts (78)
2-1 Robbie Keane (81)

Blackburn–Tottenham Hotspur 1-0
1-0 Vratislav Gresko (78)

6 December 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	5–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT	Keane 29', 75', 83' Kanouté 50' Dalmat 90'	Report	Ince 30' Rae 84'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,825 Referee: Uriah Rennie

13 December 2003	Newcastle United	4 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Robert 35', 55' Shearer 59', 66'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,139 Referee: Alan Wiley

Tottenham Hotspur–Manchester United 1-2
0-1 John O'Shea (15)
0-2 Ruud van Nistelrooy (25)
1-2 Gustavo Poyet (63)

26 December 2003	Portsmouth	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Berger 52', 68'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Steve Dunn

28 December 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Haringey, London
		Report	Cole 69'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,534 Referee: Paul Durkin

7 January 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Birmingham City	London
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Dalmat 10', 24' Davies 39' Keane 79'		Savage 68' (pen.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,016 Referee: Barry Knight

Leeds–Tottenham Hotspur 0-1
0-1 Robbie Keane (56)

17 January 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Liverpool	London
	Keane 25' (pen.) Postiga 54'	Report	Kewell 75'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,104 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Fulham–Tottenham Hotspur 2-1
0-1 Robbie Keane (18 pen)
1-1 Steed Malbranque (45 pen)
2-1 Brian McBride (67)

7 February 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	Portsmouth	Haringey, London
	Defoe 13' Keane 41', 78' Poyet 89'	Report	Berkovic 39' LuaLua 73' Mornar 84'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,107 Referee: Peter Walton

Charlton–Tottenham Hotspur 2-4
0-1 Simon Davies (10)
0-2 Jermain Defoe (43)
0-3 Ledley King (46)
1-3 Graham Stuart (51)
2-3 Chris Perry (81)
2-4 Johnnie Jackson (85)

Tottenham Hotspur–Leicester 4-4
1-0 Michael Brown (6)
1-1 Gary Doherty (9 og)
2-1 Jermain Defoe (13)
3-1 Robbie Keane (28)
3-2 Les Ferdinand (51)
3-3 Ben Thatcher (74)
3-4 Marcus Bent (79)
4-4 Jermain Defoe (89)

Middlesbrough–Tottenham Hotspur 1-0
1-0 Szilárd Németh (73)

14 March 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	1 - 0	Newcastle United	Haringey, London
15:00	O'Brien 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,083 Referee: Howard Webb

Manchester United–Tottenham Hotspur 3-0
1-0 Ryan Giggs (30)
2-0 Cristiano Ronaldo (89)
3-0 David Bellion (90)

27 March 2004 30	Southampton	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton, Hampshire
	Delap 64'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,973 Referee: Chris Foy

Tottenham Hotspur–Chelsea 0-1
0-1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (38)

Everton–Tottenham Hotspur 3-1
1-0 David Unsworth (17)
2-0 Gary Naysmith (24)
3-0 Joseph Yobo (40)
3-1 Stephen Carr (75)

12 April 2004 33	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Manchester City	Haringey, London
15:00	Defoe 52'	[ Report]	Anelka 25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,282 Referee: Chris Foy

Bolton–Tottenham Hotspur 2-0
1-0 Iván Campo (7)
2-0 Henrik Pedersen (65)

25 April 2004 35	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal	London
16:05 BST	Redknapp 62' Keane 90' (pen.)	Report	Vieira 3' Pires 35'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,097 Referee: Mark Halsey

Aston Villa–Tottenham Hotspur 1-0
1-0 Juan Pablo Ángel (5)

Tottenham Hotspur–Blackburn 1-0
1-0 Jermain Defoe (18)

15 May 2004 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		Report	Keane 34' Defoe 57'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 29,389 Referee: Steve Bennett

Top scorers

Premier League

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