2003–04 FA Premier League

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The 2003–04 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership) was the 12th season of the Premier League. Arsenal were crowned champions ending the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 38–game league season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chelsea finished second to Arsenal.

Season summary

Having qualified for the Champions League the previous season, Chelsea were bolstered by a £100 million outlay on world-class players, a spree funded by the extensive financial resources of their new owner Roman Abramovich. Manchester United's attack was as strong as ever thanks to free-scoring Ruud van Nistelrooy, but the midfield was weakened following the £25 million pre-season sale of David Beckham to Real Madrid, and the centre of defence suffered a more severe setback after Rio Ferdinand was ruled out for the final four months of the season after being found guilty of the "failure or refusal to take a drugs test". The case of Rio Ferdinand started a debate about punishments relating to drug testing in football, with there being differing views on whether the punishment was too harsh or too lenient. Ferdinand's club sought to make direct comparisons with an earlier case of Manchester City reserve player who had in fact committed a lesser drug testing offence and as a result escaped with only a fine.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:CbignoreTemplate:Dead link</ref> City themselves had just moved from Maine Road to the City of Manchester Stadium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Arsenal, meanwhile, had only signed German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in the 2003 close season, but French striker Thierry Henry was instrumental in Arsenal's success. Away from the Premier League, Arsène Wenger's team suffered disappointment in the cup competitions; they were knocked-out by League Cup eventual winners Middlesbrough in the semi-finals, lost their grip on the FA Cup (which they held for two consecutive seasons) after being defeated by eventual winners Manchester United in the semi-finals, and were knocked out of the Champions League quarter-finals by Chelsea 3–2 on aggregate. These blows in the FA Cup and Champions League came within a few days of each other, and it was thought that Arsenal might squander their lead of the Premier League for the second successive season, but Arsenal easily defeated Liverpool only days later.

In the end, Wenger led the North-London club to a first undefeated season, solidifying his managerial legacy and longevity to the Arsenal fanbase as they finished the season with 26 wins, 12 draws, 0 defeats, and 90 points, winning the title with an 11-point margin over Claudio Ranieri's Chelsea. Thierry Henry proved decisive in the critical moments, inspiring comebacks against close rivals Liverpool and Chelsea, including a hat-trick to seal a 4–2 win having been 2–1 down.

The relegation spots were occupied by three teams bracketed together on 33 points. Wolves and Leicester City followed the trend of many other newly promoted Premier League clubs and were relegated just one season after reaching the top division. For Leicester City, they would not return to the top flight for another 10 years and became the league champions for the first time ever in their history just a season later, whilst Wolves were promoted back to the top flight in 2009 and slipped down again 3 years later. The other relegation place went to Leeds United, whose playing fortunes had dipped in the past two seasons after David O'Leary was sacked as manager and club debts had risen so high that many star players had to be sold. As a result, Leeds were relegated from the Premier League after 14 years of top division football – just three seasons after they had reached the Champions League semifinals - and they would not return for another 16 years, during which time they suffered a further relegation to the third tier in 2007 and came close towards going out of business in the process.

In his third season as Middlesbrough manager, Steve McClaren guided the Teessiders to their first ever major trophy – sealed with a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup final. McClaren was also the first English manager to win a major trophy since Brian Little guided Aston Villa to League Cup success in 1996. He was also the first manager to take Middlesbrough into European competition – they would be competing in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Portsmouth, Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, returning to the top flight after an absence of fifteen, one and nineteen years respectively. This was also both Portsmouth's and Wolverhampton Wanderers' first season in the Premier League. They replaced West Ham United, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland, who were relegated to the First Division after spending time in the top flight for ten, one and four years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London Template:Small Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham Template:Small Villa Park 42,553
Birmingham City Birmingham Template:Small St Andrew's 30,079
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Reebok Stadium 28,723
Charlton Athletic London Template:Small The Valley 27,111
Chelsea London Template:Small Stamford Bridge 42,360
Everton Liverpool Template:Small Goodison Park 40,569
Fulham London Template:Small Loftus RoadTemplate:Efn 18,493
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 40,242
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,312
Liverpool Liverpool Template:Small Anfield 45,276
Manchester City Manchester Template:Small City of Manchester StadiumTemplate:Efn 48,000
Manchester United Manchester Template:Small Old Trafford 68,217
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,049
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,220
Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,505
Tottenham Hotspur London Template:Small White Hart Lane 36,240
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 29,303

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Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Template:Flagicon Arsène Wenger Template:Flagicon Patrick Vieira Nike O2
Aston Villa Template:Flagicon David O'Leary Template:Flagicon Olof Mellberg Diadora Rover
Birmingham City Template:Flagicon Steve Bruce Template:Flagicon Kenny Cunningham Le Coq Sportif Flybe
Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Graeme Souness Template:Flagicon Garry Flitcroft Kappa HSA
Bolton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Sam Allardyce Template:Flagicon Jay-Jay Okocha Reebok Reebok
Charlton Athletic Template:Flagicon Alan Curbishley Template:Flagicon Matt Holland Joma All:Sports
Chelsea Template:Flagicon Claudio Ranieri Template:Flagicon Marcel Desailly Umbro Fly Emirates
Everton Template:Flagicon David Moyes Template:Flagicon David Weir Puma Kejian
Fulham Template:Flagicon Chris Coleman Template:Flagicon Lee Clark Puma dabs.com
Leeds United Template:Flagicon Kevin Blackwell Template:Flagicon Dominic Matteo Nike Whyte and Mackay
Leicester City Template:Flagicon Micky Adams Template:Flagicon Matt Elliott Le Coq Sportif Alliance & Leicester
Liverpool Template:Flagicon Gérard Houllier Template:Flagicon Steven Gerrard Reebok Carlsberg
Manchester City Template:Flagicon Kevin Keegan Template:Flagicon Sylvain Distin Reebok First Advice
Manchester United Template:Flagicon Sir Alex Ferguson Template:Flagicon Roy Keane Nike Vodafone
Middlesbrough Template:Flagicon Steve McClaren Template:Flagicon Gareth Southgate Erreà Dial-a-Phone
Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Sir Bobby Robson Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer Adidas Northern Rock
Portsmouth Template:Flagicon Harry Redknapp Template:Flagicon Teddy Sheringham Pompey Sport ty
Southampton Template:Flagicon Paul Sturrock Template:Flagicon Claus Lundekvam Saints Friends Provident
Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon David Pleat (caretaker) Template:Flagicon Jamie Redknapp Kappa Thomson Holidays
Wolverhampton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Dave Jones Template:Flagicon Paul Ince Admiral Doritos

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Fulham Template:Flagicon Chris Coleman (caretaker) End of caretaker period 12 May 2003 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Chris Coleman 15 May 2003<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Aston Villa Template:Flagicon Graham Taylor Resigned 14 May 2003<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flagicon David O'Leary 20 May 2003
Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Glenn Hoddle Sacked 22 September 2003<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> 18th Template:Flagicon David Pleat (caretaker) 24 September 2003<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Leeds United Template:Flagicon Peter Reid 10 November 2003 20th Template:Flagicon Eddie Gray 10 November 2003
Southampton Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan Resigned 13 February 2004 12th Template:Flagicon Paul Sturrock 4 March 2004
Leeds United Template:Flagicon Eddie Gray Mutual consent 10 May 2004 19th Template:Flagicon Kevin Blackwell 1 June 2004

League table

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The Premier League commissioned a unique gold trophy to commemorate Arsenal's achievement of winning the league title without defeat.

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Season statistics

Total goals: 1,012
Average goals per game: 2.66

Results

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|name_AVL=Aston Villa |match_AVL_ARS=0–2 |match_AVL_BIR=2–2 |match_AVL_BLB=0–2 |match_AVL_BOL=1–1 |match_AVL_CHA=2–1 |match_AVL_CHE=3–2 |match_AVL_EVE=0–0 |match_AVL_FUL=3–0 |match_AVL_LEE=2–0 |match_AVL_LEI=3–1 |match_AVL_LIV=0–0 |match_AVL_MCI=1–1 |match_AVL_MUN=0–2 |match_AVL_MID=0–2 |match_AVL_NEW=0–0 |match_AVL_POR=2–1 |match_AVL_SOU=1–0 |match_AVL_TOT=1–0 |match_AVL_WOL=3–2

|name_BIR=Birmingham City |match_BIR_ARS=0–3 |match_BIR_AVL=0–0 |match_BIR_BLB=0–4 |match_BIR_BOL=2–0 |match_BIR_CHA=1–2 |match_BIR_CHE=0–0 |match_BIR_EVE=3–0 |match_BIR_FUL=2–2 |match_BIR_LEE=4–1 |match_BIR_LEI=0–1 |match_BIR_LIV=0–3 |match_BIR_MCI=2–1 |match_BIR_MUN=1–2 |match_BIR_MID=3–1 |match_BIR_NEW=1–1 |match_BIR_POR=2–0 |match_BIR_SOU=2–1 |match_BIR_TOT=1–0 |match_BIR_WOL=2–2

|name_BLB=Blackburn Rovers |match_BLB_ARS=0–2 |match_BLB_AVL=0–2 |match_BLB_BIR=1–1 |match_BLB_BOL=3–4 |match_BLB_CHA=0–1 |match_BLB_CHE=2–3 |match_BLB_EVE=2–1 |match_BLB_FUL=0–2 |match_BLB_LEE=1–2 |match_BLB_LEI=1–0 |match_BLB_LIV=1–3 |match_BLB_MCI=2–3 |match_BLB_MUN=1–0 |match_BLB_MID=2–2 |match_BLB_NEW=1–1 |match_BLB_POR=1–2 |match_BLB_SOU=1–1 |match_BLB_TOT=1–0 |match_BLB_WOL=5–1

|name_BOL=Bolton Wanderers |match_BOL_ARS=1–1 |match_BOL_AVL=2–2 |match_BOL_BIR=0–1 |match_BOL_BLB=2–2 |match_BOL_CHA=0–0 |match_BOL_CHE=0–2 |match_BOL_EVE=2–0 |match_BOL_FUL=0–2 |match_BOL_LEE=4–1 |match_BOL_LEI=2–2 |match_BOL_LIV=2–2 |match_BOL_MCI=1–3 |match_BOL_MUN=1–2 |match_BOL_MID=2–0 |match_BOL_NEW=1–0 |match_BOL_POR=1–0 |match_BOL_SOU=0–0 |match_BOL_TOT=2–0 |match_BOL_WOL=1–1

|name_CHA=Charlton Athletic |match_CHA_ARS=1–1 |match_CHA_AVL=1–2 |match_CHA_BIR=1–1 |match_CHA_BLB=3–2 |match_CHA_BOL=1–2 |match_CHA_CHE=4–2 |match_CHA_EVE=2–2 |match_CHA_FUL=3–1 |match_CHA_LEE=0–1 |match_CHA_LEI=2–2 |match_CHA_LIV=3–2 |match_CHA_MCI=0–3 |match_CHA_MUN=0–2 |match_CHA_MID=1–0 |match_CHA_NEW=0–0 |match_CHA_POR=1–1 |match_CHA_SOU=2–1 |match_CHA_TOT=2–4 |match_CHA_WOL=2–0

|name_CHE=Chelsea |match_CHE_ARS=1–2 |match_CHE_AVL=1–0 |match_CHE_BIR=0–0 |match_CHE_BLB=2–2 |match_CHE_BOL=1–2 |match_CHE_CHA=1–0 |match_CHE_EVE=0–0 |match_CHE_FUL=2–1 |match_CHE_LEE=1–0 |match_CHE_LEI=2–1 |match_CHE_LIV=0–1 |match_CHE_MCI=1–0 |match_CHE_MUN=1–0 |match_CHE_MID=0–0 |match_CHE_NEW=5–0 |match_CHE_POR=3–0 |match_CHE_SOU=4–0 |match_CHE_TOT=4–2 |match_CHE_WOL=5–2

|name_EVE=Everton |match_EVE_ARS=1–1 |match_EVE_AVL=2–0 |match_EVE_BIR=1–0 |match_EVE_BLB=0–1 |match_EVE_BOL=1–2 |match_EVE_CHA=0–1 |match_EVE_CHE=0–1 |match_EVE_FUL=3–1 |match_EVE_LEE=4–0 |match_EVE_LEI=3–2 |match_EVE_LIV=0–3 |match_EVE_MCI=0–0 |match_EVE_MUN=3–4 |match_EVE_MID=1–1 |match_EVE_NEW=2–2 |match_EVE_POR=1–0 |match_EVE_SOU=0–0 |match_EVE_TOT=3–1 |match_EVE_WOL=2–0

|name_FUL=Fulham |match_FUL_ARS=0–1 |match_FUL_AVL=1–2 |match_FUL_BIR=0–0 |match_FUL_BLB=3–4 |match_FUL_BOL=2–1 |match_FUL_CHA=2–0 |match_FUL_CHE=0–1 |match_FUL_EVE=2–1 |match_FUL_LEE=2–0 |match_FUL_LEI=2–0 |match_FUL_LIV=1–2 |match_FUL_MCI=2–2 |match_FUL_MUN=1–1 |match_FUL_MID=3–2 |match_FUL_NEW=2–3 |match_FUL_POR=2–0 |match_FUL_SOU=2–0 |match_FUL_TOT=2–1 |match_FUL_WOL=0–0

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|name_NEW=Newcastle United |match_NEW_ARS=0–0 |match_NEW_AVL=1–1 |match_NEW_BIR=0–1 |match_NEW_BLB=0–1 |match_NEW_BOL=0–0 |match_NEW_CHA=3–1 |match_NEW_CHE=2–1 |match_NEW_EVE=4–2 |match_NEW_FUL=3–1 |match_NEW_LEE=1–0 |match_NEW_LEI=3–1 |match_NEW_LIV=1–1 |match_NEW_MCI=3–0 |match_NEW_MUN=1–2 |match_NEW_MID=2–1 |match_NEW_POR=3–0 |match_NEW_SOU=1–0 |match_NEW_TOT=4–0 |match_NEW_WOL=1–1

|name_POR=Portsmouth |match_POR_ARS=1–1 |match_POR_AVL=2–1 |match_POR_BIR=3–1 |match_POR_BLB=1–2 |match_POR_BOL=4–0 |match_POR_CHA=1–2 |match_POR_CHE=0–2 |match_POR_EVE=1–2 |match_POR_FUL=1–1 |match_POR_LEE=6–1 |match_POR_LEI=0–2 |match_POR_LIV=1–0 |match_POR_MCI=4–2 |match_POR_MUN=1–0 |match_POR_MID=5–1 |match_POR_NEW=1–1 |match_POR_SOU=1–0 |match_POR_TOT=2–0 |match_POR_WOL=0–0

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Overall

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Thierry Henry Arsenal 30
2 Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer Newcastle United 22
3 Template:Flagicon Louis Saha Manchester United/Fulham 20
Template:Flagicon Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 20
5 Template:Flagicon Mikael Forssell Birmingham City 17
6 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Anelka Manchester City 16
Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Ángel Aston Villa 16
Template:Flagicon Michael Owen Liverpool 16
Template:Flagicon Yakubu Portsmouth 16
10 Template:Flagicon James Beattie Southampton 14
Template:Flagicon Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 14
Template:Flagicon Robert Pires Arsenal 14

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
August Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) Teddy Sheringham (Portsmouth)
September Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea) Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
October Sir Bobby Robson (Newcastle United) Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
November Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers) Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton Wanderers)
December Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
January Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers) Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
February Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) & Edu (Arsenal)
March Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea) Mikael Forssell (Birmingham City)
April Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth) Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Annual awards

LMA Manager of the Year

The LMA Manager of the Year award was won by Arsène Wenger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2004 was won by Thierry Henry of Arsenal for the second successive year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award was as follows:

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Scott Parker of Chelsea F.C.

The shortlist for the award was as follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PFA Team of the Year

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Goalkeeper: Tim Howard (Manchester United)
Defence: Lauren, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell (all Arsenal), John Terry (Chelsea)
Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires (both Arsenal), Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Attack: Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

Thierry Henry of Arsenal was named the PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. Henry was the first player to win this award twice.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

FWA Footballer of the Year

The FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2004 was won by Thierry Henry. The Arsenal forward picked up a remarkable 87% of the votes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Premier League Fair Play Award

The Premier League Fair Play Award merit is given to the team who has been the most sporting and best behaved team. Champions Arsenal won this.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Behaviour of the Public League

Given to the best-behaved fans, Arsenal won this, thus achieving a fair play double.<ref name="web.archive.org"/>

Premier League Manager of the Year

Arsène Wenger won the Premier League Manager of the Year award. His team won 26 games, losing none and drawing 12 scoring 73 goals, conceding 26.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

References

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