2003/2004

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Manager(s)

R. K. Lewington

Final league position

16th of 24 in Football League Division 1 (2nd tier)

Average league attendance

Home: 14,856
Away: 14,997

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Crewe Alexandra, Millwall, Wimbledon

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion

Goals from penalty kicks

N. J. Cox - 6, 21, 34, 37
H. Helguson - 32
P. J. Devlin - 41

Sent off

N. C. Ardley - 5, P. J. Devlin - 7, P. A. P. Vernazza - 11, A. F. R. Chamberlain - 12, L. J. Pidgeley - 25, N. J. Cox - 32, H. Helguson - 33

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Lewington, R. K.	Own goals	Ardley, N. C.	Baird, C. P.►■	Blizzard, D. J.►	Bouazza, H.►	Brown, W. L.■	Chamberlain, A. F. R.	Cook, L.■	Cox, N. J.	Devlin, P. J.►	Doyley, L. C.	Dyche, S. M.	Dyer, B. A.	Fisken, G. S.■	Fitzgerald, S. P.	Gayle, M. A.	Hand, J.■	Helguson, H.	Hyde, M. A.■	Ifil, J. C.■	Johnson, R. M.■	Kelly, S. M.►■	Mahon, G. A.	Mayo, P. D.►	McNamee, A.	Pidgeley, L. J.►■	Robinson, P. P.■	Smith, J. D.	Vernazza, P. A. P.■	Webber, D. V.	Young, A. S.►
Appearances - League							46		35	8	1	6	12	20	20	35	39	7	22	18	0	28	32	16	20	28	9	0	13	32	12	0	26	10	16	17	24	0
Substitute Appearances - League									3	0	1	3	0	1	21	0	0	2	3	14	1	16	0	6	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	12	3	5
Goals - League								2	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	4	4	0	0	3	0	10	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	3
Appearances - Other Competitions							4		3	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	0	3	1	2	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	1
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Tue 12 Aug	AFC Bournemouth	H	LC1	1-0	9,561	X		R					G	S	X		X		X		S1	X	S	R	X		R■		X							X
2	Sat 16 Aug	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	0-1	15,333	X		X					G	S	X		R		X		S	X	S	X	R				X				X			R
3	Sat 23 Aug	West Bromwich Albion	H	Lge	0-1	15,023	X		R					G	S	X		X		X		S	X	S	X	R				X				X			R
4	Mon 25 Aug	Sunderland	A	Lge	0-2	23,600	X							G		X		R	S	X		S	X	R	X	X				X		S		X			R
5	Sat 30 Aug	Gillingham	H	Lge	2-2	12,793	X		X!					G	R	X				R		S	X	S	X1	R				X		S		X			X1
6	Sat 13 Sep	Millwall	H	Lge	3-1	11,305	X							G	R	X1(P)	X►		X	R1		S	X	X						X				X			X	S1►
7	Wed 17 Sep	Derby County	A	Lge	2-3	18,459	X		S					G	R	X	X!		X	X		S	X1	R						X				X			R	S1
8	Sat 20 Sep	Wigan Athletic	A	Lge	0-1	9,211	X							G	R	X	X		X	R	S	S	X	R						X				X			X	S
9	Tue 23 Sep	Bristol City	A	LC2	0-1	5,213	X							G	S	X	X	X	X	X	R■			S		SR				X				X			X	R
10	Sat 27 Sep	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	1-2	15,350	X		X					G	R	X	X		X	S		X1		S					X►	R				X			X
11	Tue 30 Sep	Burnley	H	Lge	1-1	11,573	X		X					G		X				R		X1	X	S					X	X				X		X!	X
12	Sat 04 Oct	Crewe Alexandra	A	Lge	1-0	7,055	X		X					G!		X				R		X	X	S			S		X	R			S►	X■		X	R1
13	Tue 14 Oct	Walsall	H	Lge	1-1	12,231	X	1	X					G		X	X	X		R		X	X	R		S			X								X	S
14	Sat 18 Oct	Bradford City	H	Lge	1-0	10,381	X		X						S	X	X		S	S		R1	R			R			X				G		X	X	X
15	Tue 21 Oct	Coventry City	H	Lge	1-1	13,487	X		X						S	X	X		X			X1		R					X				G		X	X	X
16	Sat 25 Oct	Wimbledon	A	Lge	3-1	6,115	X		X						S	X	X1			S		R1	X	X					X				G		X	X	R1
17	Tue 28 Oct	Cardiff City	A	Lge	0-3	14,011	X		X				X		S	X	X		S	S		R	X	R					X				G			X	R
18	Sat 01 Nov	Rotherham United	H	Lge	1-0	18,067	X		X				X		S	X	X			S		X	X	R					X				G			X	R1
19	Tue 04 Nov	Preston North End	A	Lge	1-2	11,152	X		X				X		S	X	X			S		R	X	X					X				G			X	R1
20	Sat 08 Nov	Nottingham Forest	A	Lge	1-1	21,229	X		R				X		S1	X	X					X	X			X			X				G			X	X
21	Sat 15 Nov	Norwich City	A	Lge	2-1	16,420	X		X				X		R	X1(P)						X1	X	X					X				G		S	X	X
22	Sat 22 Nov	West Ham United	H	Lge	0-0	20,950	X		X				X			X	X					X	X			X							G		X	X	X
23	Sat 29 Nov	Reading	A	Lge	1-2	14,521	X		X				X		S1	X	X			S		X	X			R							G		X	X	R
24	Sat 06 Dec	Nottingham Forest	H	Lge	1-1	14,988	X		R				X		S	X	X		X			X1		X	S								G		X	X	R
25	Sat 13 Dec	Sheffield United	A	Lge	2-2	18,637	X		X				X	S	S	X	X					R	X	R	R1	S							G!		X1	X
26	Sat 20 Dec	Stoke City	H	Lge	1-3	13,732	X		X				R		S	X	X			S		R	X	R	X1	S			X■				G			X
27	Fri 26 Dec	Gillingham	A	Lge	0-1	8,971	X		X				X		S	X	X			S			X	R	X	S				X			G			R	R
28	Sun 28 Dec	Cardiff City	H	Lge	2-1	15,512	X		X					G	R1	X	X					R1	X		X	X				X					X	S	S
29	Sat 03 Jan	Chelsea	H	FA3	2-2	21,121	X		X						R		X		X				X		X1	X				X1			G		X	X	S
30	Sat 10 Jan	Coventry City	A	Lge	0-0	12,226	X		X						S	X	X			X		S	X			X				X			G		X	R	R
31	Wed 14 Jan	Chelsea	A	FA3	0-4	38,763	X		X						R	X	X	S		R		S	X	R		X				X			G		X		S
32	Sat 17 Jan	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	1-5	15,017	X		X						R	X!	X	S		S		R	X	X■	X1(P)	S				X			G		X
33	Sat 31 Jan	West Bromwich Albion	A	Lge	1-3	23,958	X		R				X■		S		R		X	R		S1	X		X!	X				X			G		X	S
34	Sat 07 Feb	Sunderland	H	Lge	2-2	16,798	X		R			S►			S	X1(P)	R		X			R			X	X	X			X1			G		X	S
35	Sat 14 Feb	Preston North End	H	Lge	2-0	12,675	X		X			R1			S	X	R1		X	S		X				X	X			X			G		X
36	Sat 21 Feb	Walsall	A	Lge	1-0	6,684	X		X						X1	X	X		X			R				X	X			X			G		X	S
37	Sat 28 Feb	Wimbledon	H	Lge	4-0	15,323	X		X1						R1	X1(P)	X		X	S		R				X	X			X			G		X1	S
38	Sat 06 Mar	Stoke City	A	Lge	1-3	13,108	X		X						R	R	X	S	X			S			X1	X	X			X			G		R	S
39	Tue 09 Mar	Bradford City	A	Lge	0-2	17,143	X		R						S		X	X	X	R		S			R	X	X			X	X►		G			S
40	Sat 13 Mar	Sheffield United	H	Lge	0-2	13,861	X		X						S		X	R	X	S		R			R	X	X			X	X		G				S
41	Tue 16 Mar	Derby County	H	Lge	2-1	13,931	X		X						R		X1(P)		X			X			X1	X	X			X1	X		G			S
42	Sat 20 Mar	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	1-4	23,524	X		R	X►					S		X		X			R1			X	X	X■			X	X		G■				S
43	Sat 27 Mar	Wigan Athletic	H	Lge	1-1	13,382	X		S	X		S		G	X		X		X			R	X		X1	X				R	X
44	Sat 10 Apr	Crewe Alexandra	H	Lge	2-1	18,041	X	1		X		S		G	X		X		X			R	X		X	X1				X	X
45	Mon 12 Apr	Burnley	A	Lge	3-2	11,413	X			X		X		G	R1		X1		X	S			X		R1	X				X	X					S
46	Sat 17 Apr	Rotherham United	A	Lge	1-1	7,221	X			X		X		G	R		X		X	R1		S	X			X				X	X					S
47	Tue 20 Apr	Millwall	A	Lge	2-1	10,263	X		S	X		R		G	R1		X		X	X1		S	X			X				X	X
48	Sat 24 Apr	Norwich City	H	Lge	1-2	19,290	X			X	S1►	R		G	X		X		X	X		S	X			R				X	X
49	Sat 01 May	West Ham United	A	Lge	0-4	34,685	X			X■	X	R		G	R	X	X			X		S			S	R				X	X					S
50	Sun 09 May	Reading	H	Lge	1-0	17,979	X		X					G	R■	X	X	X		X		S			R	X■				R	X					S■		S1
							Manager: Lewington, R. K.	Own goals	Ardley, N. C.	Baird, C. P.►■	Blizzard, D. J.►	Bouazza, H.►	Brown, W. L.■	Chamberlain, A. F. R.	Cook, L.■	Cox, N. J.	Devlin, P. J.►	Doyley, L. C.	Dyche, S. M.	Dyer, B. A.	Fisken, G. S.■	Fitzgerald, S. P.	Gayle, M. A.	Hand, J.■	Helguson, H.	Hyde, M. A.■	Ifil, J. C.■	Johnson, R. M.■	Kelly, S. M.►■	Mahon, G. A.	Mayo, P. D.►	McNamee, A.	Pidgeley, L. J.►■	Robinson, P. P.■	Smith, J. D.	Vernazza, P. A. P.■	Webber, D. V.	Young, A. S.►

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Wed 09 Jul	JJK Jyvaskyla, Finland	A	4-2		A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk), N.J.Cox, S.M.Dyche, M.A.Gayle, P.P.Robinson, J.R.W.Davis [1 goal], G.A.Mahon, M.A.Hyde, J.Norville [1 penalty goal], B.A.Dyer & H.Helguson [1 goal] The following played as used substitutes: J.Hand, P.A.P.Vernazza, R.M.Johnson, N.C.Ardley [1 goal] & G.S.Fisken
Fri 11 Jul	MP Mikkeli, Finland	A	4-0		R.A.Lee (gk), G.A.Mahon, N.J.Cox [1 goal], S.M.Dyche, P.P.Robinson, R.M.Johnson, N.C.Ardley [1 goal], P.A.P.Vernazza, H.Helguson, G.S.Fisken & L.Cook [1 goal]	J.Norville [1 goal] played as a substitute, and there were probably other substitutions
Sun 13 Jul	Kuopion Palloseura, Finland	A	3-1		A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk), N.J.Cox, S.M.Dyche, M.A.Gayle, P.P.Robinson, N.C.Ardley, J.Hand [1 goal] (sub: P.A.P.Vernazza), M.A.Hyde (sub: R.M.Johnson), J.R.W.Davis (sub: G.S.Fisken), B.A.Dyer [1 goal] (sub: L.Cook [1 goal]) & J.Norville
Sat 19 Jul	Aldershot Town	A	3-0	1,730	A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk), G.A.Mahon, P.P.Robinson, N.C.Ardley (sub: G.S.Fisken), M.A.Gayle, S.M.Dyche (sub: N.J.Cox), J.Hand (sub: R.M.Johnson), M.A.Hyde (sub: P.A.P.Vernazza), J.R.W.Davis [1 goal], B.A.Dyer [2 goals] (sub: B.A.Herd) & L.Cook (sub: J.Norville)
Sat 26 Jul	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	3,866	A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk) (sub: R.A.Lee), L.C.Doyley, M.A.Gayle, N.J.Cox, G.A.Mahon, M.A.Hyde, N.C.Ardley [1 goal] (sub: J.D.Smith), R.M.Johnson, H.Helguson, B.A.Dyer [1 goal] & J.R.W.Davis (sub: L.Cook)
Tue 29 Jul	Northampton Town	A	1-0	2,357	A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk); L.C.Doyley, S.M.Dyche, M.A.Gayle (sub: N.J.Cox), J.D.Smith, G.A.Mahon, R.M.Johnson (sub: M.A.Hyde), J.Hand, G.S.Fisken (sub: A.S.Young), B.A.Dyer (sub: H.Helguson) & L.Cook [1 goal]
Sat 02 Aug	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1-2	1,796	A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk), L.C.Doyley, G.A.Mahon (sub: G.S.Fisken), M.A.Gayle, N.J.Cox, N.C.Ardley, R.M.Johnson (sub: J.Hand), P.A.P.Vernazza (sub: P.P.Robinson), D.V.Webber (sub: L.Cook), B.A.Dyer [1 goal] & H.Helguson
Tue 05 Aug	Chelsea	H	1-4	18,629	A.F.R.Chamberlain (gk) (sub: K.J.Hitchcock), N.C.Ardley (sub: G.A.Mahon), P.P.Robinson, N.J.Cox, S.M.Dyche (sub: M.A.Gayle), B.A.Dyer (sub: S.P.Fitzgerald), D.V.Webber (sub: A.McNamee), R.M.Johnson (sub: P.A.P.Vernazza), H.Helguson [1 goal] (sub: L.Cook), L.C.Doyley & G.Fisken (sub: J.Hand)