2003–04 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan were playing in Division One for the first time in their history, and after losing their first game many tipped them for a swift departure, but Wigan confounded expectations to go unbeaten for the next 17 games and sat at the top the table by November. A weak finish saw Wigan win only three of their last 10 games to finish seventh in Division One – a last minute goal by West Ham's Brian Deane in the final game of the season saw the Latics drop out of the play-off places in favour of eventual play-off winners Crystal Palace.

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 Football League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Norwich City	46	28	10	8	79	39	+40	94
2.	West Bromwich Albion	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86
3.	Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79
4.	West Ham United	46	19	17	10	67	45	+22	74
5.	Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73
6.	Crystal Palace	46	21	10	15	72	61	+11	73
7.	Wigan Athletic	46	18	17	11	60	45	+15	71
8.	Sheffield United	46	20	11	15	65	56	+9	71
9.	Reading	46	20	10	16	55	57	-2	70
10.	Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7	69
11.	Stoke City	46	18	12	16	58	55	+3	66
12.	Coventry City	46	17	14	15	67	54	+13	65
13.	Cardiff City	46	17	14	15	68	58	+10	65
14.	Nottingham Forest	46	15	15	16	61	51	+10	60
15.	Preston North End	46	15	14	17	69	71	-2	59
16.	Watford	46	15	12	19	54	68	-14	57
17.	Rotherham United	46	13	15	18	53	61	-8	54
18.	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	11	21	57	66	-9	53
19.	Burnley	46	13	14	19	60	77	-17	53
20.	Derby County	46	13	13	20	53	67	-14	52
21.	Gillingham	46	14	9	23	48	67	-19	51
22.	Walsall	46	13	12	21	45	65	-20	51
23.	Bradford City	46	10	6	30	38	69	-31	36
24.	Wimbledon (later MK Dons)	46	8	5	33	41	89	-48	29

Results

Wigan Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Millwall	A	0-2	10,898
16 August 2003	Preston North End	H	1-1	12,073	McCulloch
23 August 2003	Burnley	A	2-0	13,231	Kennedy, Ellington
26 August 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	8,292	Ellington
30 August 2003	Rotherham United	A	3-0	6,660	Jarrett, Ellington, N. Roberts
13 September 2003	Wimbledon	A	4-2	1,054	Bullard, Liddell, Horsfield, Ellington
16 September 2003	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	12,874	Horsfield
20 September 2003	Watford	H	1-0	9,211	McCulloch
27 September 2003	Coventry City	A	1-1	14,862	Jackson
30 September 2003	Cardiff City	A	0-0	15,143
4 October 2003	Norwich City	H	1-1	16,160	Liddell
11 October 2003	Derby County	A	2-2	19,151	Liddell (2)
14 October 2003	Stoke City	H	2-1	7,678	Horsfield (2)
18 October 2003	Gillingham	H	1-0	6,696	Liddell (pen)
21 October 2003	Sheffield United	H	1-1	12,032	Horsfield
25 October 2003	Walsall	A	0-2	7,041
1 November 2003	Crystal Palace	H	5-0	6,796	Liddell (2, 1 pen), Horsfield, Ellington (2)
8 November 2003	Reading	A	0-1	13,819
22 November 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	2-2	10,403	Ellington, Liddell
29 November 2003	West Ham United	A	0-4	34,375
2 December 2003	Sunderland	A	1-1	22,167	De Vos
6 December 2003	Reading	H	0-2	7,512
13 December 2003	Bradford City	H	1-0	7,256	Horsfield
20 December 2003	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-2	7,873	McCulloch, De Vos, Bullard
26 December 2003	Rotherham United	H	1-2	9,235	Ellington
28 December 2003	Sheffield United	A	1-1	26,056	Ellington
10 January 2004	Millwall	H	0-0	7,047
17 January 2004	Preston North End	A	4-2	19,161	Roberts, Ellington (2), Teale
31 January 2004	Burnley	H	0-0	11,147
7 February 2004	Ipswich Town	A	3-1	22,093	Roberts, Ellington, Teale
14 February 2004	Derby County	H	2-0	9,146	Ellington, McCulloch
21 February 2004	Stoke City	A	1-1	14,927	Ellington
28 February 2004	Walsall	H	1-0	7,593	Ellington
6 March 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-3	8,367	McCulloch (2)
13 March 2004	Bradford City	A	0-0	11,744
16 March 2004	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	26,215	Liddell (pen)
20 March 2004	Coventry City	H	2-1	8,784	Roberts (2)
27 March 2004	Watford	A	1-1	13,382	Roberts
3 April 2004	Wimbledon	H	0-1	7,622
6 April 2004	Gillingham	A	3-0	7,410	Ellington, Roberts, Mahon
9 April 2004	Norwich City	A	0-2	23,446
13 April 2004	Cardiff City	H	3-0	8,052	Roberts, Ellington
17 April 2004	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	18,799	Ellington
24 April 2004	Sunderland	H	0-0	11,380
1 May 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	29,172
9 May 2004	West Ham United	H	1-1	20,669	N. Roberts

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	West Ham United	H	1-2	11,793	Quinn (own goal)

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	12 August 2003	Hull City	H	2-0	3,295	McCulloch, Jarrett
R2	23 September 2003	Fulham	H	1-0	4,874	Ellington
R3	29 October 2003	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	8,046	Bullard

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	John Filan
2	DF	Paul Mitchell
3	MF	Stephen McMillan
4	DF	Matt Jackson
5	DF	Jason De Vos
6	DF	Ian Breckin
7	FW	Andy Liddell
8	FW	Neil Roberts
9	FW	Nathan Ellington
10	MF	Lee McCulloch
11	MF	Peter Kennedy
12	MF	Michael Flynn

No.	Position	Player
13	GK	Gary Walsh
14	MF	Alan Mahon
15	DF	Gareth Farrelly
16	MF	Tony Dinning
18	MF	Jason Jarrett
19	DF	Nicky Eaden
20	MF	Gary Teale
21	MF	Jimmy Bullard
24	MF	Alan Rogers (on loan from Leicester City)
26	DF	Leighton Baines
30	FW	Jason Roberts^[1]

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
14		FW	Mark Burchill (on loan from Portsmouth)
14		MF	Jamie Lawrence (on loan from Walsall)

No.		Position	Player
15		FW	Geoff Horsfield (to West Bromwich Albion)
17		MF	Ged Brannan (to Accrington Stanley)

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	Magno Vieira
23	GK	James Salisbury
25	DF	Chris Lynch

No.	Position	Player
27	FW	Greg Traynor
33	GK	Ryan Yeomans
38	FW	David Moore

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[2]

GK: #1, John Filan, 47
RB: #19, Nicky Eaden, 50
CB: #4, Matt Jackson, 26
CB: #5, Jason De Vos, 26
CB: #6, Ian Breckin, 47
LB: #26, Leighton Baines, 25
CM: #18, Jason Jarrett, 35
CM: #21, Jimmy Bullard, 50
CM: #10, Lee McCulloch, 35
CF: #7, Andy Liddell, 38
CF: #9, Nathan Ellington, 45

References

↑ Roberts was born in England.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/wigan-athletic/tab/players/season/2004

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