2003–04 Football League Cup

2003–04 Football League Cup
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 92
Champions Middlesbrough
Runners-up Bolton Wanderers
Matches played 93
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Football League Cup was the 44th staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition was sponsored by lager brand Carling and therefore officially known as the 2003–04 Carling Cup.

The competition began in August 2003 and ended with the final on 29 February 2004. The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final match, as it had done since 2001 as the reconstruction was still taking place on Wembley Stadium in London.

The winners were Middlesbrough who beat Bolton Wanderers in the final 2-1 and collected their first major piece of silverware in their history and as a result of their victory qualified for European football for the first time. Joseph Desire-Job gave Middlesbrough the lead with just 2 minutes gone and a Bolo Zenden penalty five minutes later doubled their advantage. Kevin Davies pulled a goal back in the 21st minute but Middlesbrough held on. It was to be until 2008 when another English manager won a domestic tournament when Harry Redknapp (then at Portsmouth) lifted the FA Cup.

First round

North
Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1 Barnsley1 – 2Blackpool 5,378
2 Bradford0 – 0Darlington 4,077
0 – 0 after extra time — Darlington win 5 – 3 on penalties
3 Chesterfield0 – 0Burnley 2,928
0 – 0 after extra time — Burnley win 3 – 2 on penalties
4 Crewe2 – 0Wrexham 3,152
5 Doncaster Rovers3 – 2Grimsby Town 6,057
6 Huddersfield Town2 – 1Derby County 6,672
7 Lincoln City0 – 1Stockport County 2,296
8 Macclesfield Town1 – 2Sheffield United 2,764
9 Port Vale0 – 0Nottingham Forest 4,950
0 – 0 after extra time — Nottingham Forest win 3 – 1 on penalties
10 Preston North End0 – 0Notts County5,016
0 – 0 after extra time — Notts County win 7 – 6 on penalties
11 Rotherham United2 – 1York City 2,919
12 Scunthorpe United2 – 1Oldham Athletic 2,366
13 Tranmere Rovers1 – 0Bury 4,272
14 Walsall2 – 1Carlisle United 4,665
15 Wigan Athletic2 – 0Hull City 3,295
16 Mansfield Town1 – 2Sunderland
17 Sheffield Wednesday1 – 1Hartlepool United 13,410
2 - 2 after extra time, Hartlepool win 5 - 4 on penalties
18 Stoke City2 – 1Rochdale 4,678
South
Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1 Bristol Rovers0 – 1Brighton & Hove Albion 5,518
2 Cambridge United1 – 2Gillingham 3,044
3 Cardiff4 – 1Leyton Orient 4,503
4 Cheltenham1 – 2QPR 3,697
5 Colchester2 – 1Plymouth 2,367
6 Luton Town4 – 1Yeovil Town 4,337
7 Millwall0 – 1Oxford United 4,781
8 Northampton Town1 – 0Norwich City 5,476
9 Southend United2 – 3Swindon Town 3,385
10 Torquay United1 – 1Crystal Palace 3,366
1 – 1 after extra time — Crystal Palace win 3 – 1 on penalties
11 Watford0 – 0Bournemouth 9,561
Watford win 1 – 0 after extra time
12 West Bromwich Albion4 – 0Brentford 10,440
13 Wycombe Wanderers2 – 0Wimbledon 1,986
14 Boston United1 – 3Reading 2,055
15 Bristol City1 – 1Swansea City 5,807
Bristol City win 4 – 1 after extra time
16 Coventry City2 – 0Peterborough United 8,280
17 Ipswich Town0 – 0Kidderminster Harriers 11,118
Ipswich win 1 – 0 after extra time
18 West Ham3 – 1Rushden & Diamonds 13,715

1 Score after 90 minutes

Second round

The 36 winners from the First Round joined 16 of the 20 Premier League clubs not participating in the UEFA Champions League in Round Two.

Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1 Blackpool1 – 0Birmingham City 7,370
2 Bristol City0 – 0Watford 5,213
Bristol City win 1 – 0 after extra time
3 Cardiff City2 – 3West Ham 10,724
4 Charlton Athletic3 – 3Luton Town 10,905
4 – 4 after extra time - Charlton Athletic win 8 - 7 on penalties
5 Crystal Palace2 – 1Doncaster Rovers 4,904
6 Hartlepool United1 – 2West Bromwich Albion 5,265
7 Leicester City1 – 0Crewe Alexandra 27,675
8 Notts County2 – 1Ipswich Town 4,059
9 Portsmouth5 – 2Northampton Town 11,130
10 Rotherham United1 – 0Colchester United 2,474
11 Scunthorpe United2 – 3Burnley 2,915
12 Sheffield United0 – 2QPR 9,578
13 Stoke City0 – 2Gillingham 4,607
14 Sunderland2 – 4Huddersfield Town 13,516
15 Tranmere Rovers0 – 0Nottingham Forest 4,477
0 – 0 after extra time - Nottingham Forest win 4 - 1 on penalties
16 Wigan Athletic1 – 0Fulham 4,874
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers2 – 0Darlington 10,232
18 Wycombe Wanderers0 – 5Aston Villa 6,072
19 Bolton Wanderers3 – 1Walsall 5,229
20 Coventry City0 – 3Tottenham Hotspur 15,474
21 Everton3 – 0Stockport County 19,807
22 Leeds United2 – 2Swindon Town 29,211
2 – 2 after extra time - Leeds United win 4 - 3 on penalties
23 Middlesbrough0 – 0Brighton & Hove Albion 10,435
Middlesbrough win 1 – 0 after extra time
24 Oxford United1 – 3Reading 9,870

1 Score after 90 minutes

Third round

Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle United joined the 24 winners from the Second Round. Matches were played on the week commencing 27 October 2003

Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1Aston Villa1 – 0Leicester City26,729
2Blackburn Rovers3 – 4Liverpool16,918
3Chelsea4 – 2Notts County35,997
4Everton1 – 0Charlton Athletic24,863
5Newcastle United1 – 1West Bromwich Albion46,932
West Bromwich Albion win 2 – 1 after extra time
6Nottingham Forest2 – 4Portsmouth20,078
7Tottenham Hotspur0 – 0West Ham
Tottenham Hotspur win 1 – 0 after extra time
8Wigan Athletic1 – 2Middlesbrough8,046
9Arsenal1 – 1Rotherham United27,451
1 – 1 after extra time - Arsenal win 9 - 8 on penalties
10Blackpool1 – 3Crystal Palace6,010
11Bolton Wanderers2 – 1Gillingham5,258
12Bristol City1 – 3Southampton17,408
13Leeds United1 – 1Manchester United37,546
Manchester United win 3 – 2 after extra time
14QPR0 – 3Manchester City16,773
15Reading1 – 0Huddersfield Town11,892
16Wolverhampton Wanderers2 – 0Burnley18,548

1 Score after 90 minutes

Fourth round

2003-12-03
Aston Villa 3 – 0 Crystal Palace
Symons(og)  22'
McCann 70'
Angel 79'
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 24,258
Referee: Mike Dean

2003-12-03
Liverpool 2 – 3 Bolton Wanderers
Murphy  66'
Šmicer  88' 		Jardel 4'
Okacha  79'
Djorkaeff  90' (pen.)
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 33,185
Referee: Mike Riley

2003-12-03
Middlesbrough 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
5 – 4p 		Everton
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 18,568
Referee: Mark Halsey

2003-12-03
Reading 0 – 1 Chelsea
Hasselbaink  57'

2003-12-03
Tottenham Hotspur 3 – 1 Manchester City
Anderton  9'
Postiga  30'
Kanouté  90' 		Fowler  80'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 31,727
Referee: Paul Durkin

2003-12-02
Arsenal 5 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aliadière  24' 71'
Kanu  68'
Wiltord  79'
Fàbregas  88' 		Rae  81'
Highbury, London
Attendance: 28,161
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

2003-12-02
Southampton 2 – 0 Portsmouth
Beattie  33' 90'
St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 16,791
Referee: Graham Poll

Fifth round

The draw for the fifth round was made on 6 December 2003. Matches were played in the week beginning 15 December 2003. The only team from outside the Premier League competing in this round was West Bromwich Albion, who lost 2-0 to Arsenal.

2003-12-16
20:00
West Bromwich Albion 0 – 2 Arsenal
Kanu  25'
Aliadière  57'
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 20,369
Referee: Matt Messias (West Yorkshire)

2003-12-16
20:00
Bolton 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Southampton
Pedersen  115'
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 13,957
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

2003-12-17
19:45
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1
(a.e.t.)
4 – 5p 		Middlesbrough
Anderton  2' M. Ricketts  86'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 25,307
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

2003-12-17
19:45
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Chelsea
Angel  16'
McCann  78' 		J. Cole  69'
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 30,414
Referee: Neale Barry (North Lincolnshire)

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was made on 20 December 2003 Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The ties were played in the weeks beginning 19 January and 20 January 26 January 2003, however the second leg of Middlesbrough v Arsenal was not played until 3 February 2003.

First leg

2004-01-20
Arsenal 0 – 1 Middlesbrough
Juninho  53'
Highbury, London
Attendance: 31,070
Referee: Steve Dunn

2004-01-21
Bolton Wanderers 5 – 2 Aston Villa
Okocha  2', 80'
Nolan  9'
Giannakopoulos  17'
N'Gotty  74' 		Ángel  20', 56'
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 16,302
Referee: Paul Durkin

Second leg

2004-01-27
Aston Villa 2 – 0 Bolton Wanderers
Hitzlsperger  10'
Samuel  88'
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 36,883
Referee: Steve Bennett

Bolton Wanderers won 5–4 on aggregate.

2004-02-03
Middlesbrough 2 – 1 Arsenal
Zenden  69'
Reyes  85' (o.g.) 		Edu  77'

Middlesbrough won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

For more details on this match, see 2004 Football League Cup Final.

The 2004 Carling Cup Final was played on 24 February 2004 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. It was contested by Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough won the match 2-1 and in doing so collected their first major piece of silverware in their history and qualified for the European football in the UEFA Cup for the first time.

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