2003–04 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe finished in 18th place, a satisfactory position for a side returning to the First Division. Striker Dean Ashton scored 19 goals to make him the league's fourth-highest scorer, attracting attention from many larger clubs.

Kit

Reebok remained Crewe's kit manufacturers, and introduced a new kit for the season. L. C. Charles continued as kit sponsors for the sixth consecutive season.

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

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Wimbledon	A	1-3	1,145	Brammer
16 August 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	6,982	Lunt
23 August 2003	Millwall	A	1-1	9,504	Ashton
25 August 2003	Walsall	H	1-0	7,026	S Jones
30 August 2003	Burnley	A	0-1	11,495
13 September 2003	Rotherham United	A	2-0	5,495	Ashton (pen), Walker
16 September 2003	West Ham United	H	0-3	9,575
20 September 2003	Nottingham Forest	H	3-1	8,685	Lunt, Ashton, S Jones
27 September 2003	Cardiff City	A	0-3	14,385
1 October 2003	Coventry City	A	0-2	11,557
4 October 2003	Watford	H	0-1	7,055
14 October 2003	Bradford City	H	2-2	5,867	S Jones, Ashton
18 October 2003	Derby County	H	3-0	8,656	Barrowman, Ashton, Rix
21 October 2003	Preston North End	H	2-1	7,012	Lunt, Foster
25 October 2003	Stoke City	A	1-1	17,569	S Jones
1 November 2003	Reading	H	1-0	7,091	S Jones
4 November 2003	Sheffield United	A	0-2	17,396
8 November 2003	Gillingham	A	0-2	6,923
22 November 2003	Sunderland	H	3-0	9,807	Ashton, S Jones (2)
29 November 2003	Norwich City	A	0-1	16,367
6 December 2003	Gillingham	H	1-1	6,271	S Jones
9 December 2003	Crystal Palace	A	3-1	12,259	Ashton (2), Varney
13 December 2003	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	22,825	S Jones, Wright
20 December 2003	Wigan Athletic	H	2-3	7,873	B Jones, S Jones
26 December 2003	Burnley	H	3-1	9,512	Ashton, S Jones (2)
28 December 2003	Preston North End	A	0-0	15,830
10 January 2004	Wimbledon	H	1-0	20,473	S Jones
17 January 2004	Ipswich Town	A	4-6	22,071	Ashton, McGreal (own goal), Richards (own goal), Robinson
31 January 2004	Millwall	H	1-2	6,685	Roberts
7 February 2004	Walsall	A	1-1	6,871	Foster
21 February 2004	Bradford City	A	1-2	9,935	Rix
24 February 2004	Sheffield United	H	0-1	6,525
3 March 2004	Derby County	A	0-0	19,861
6 March 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	3-2	8,367	Ashton (3, 2 pens)
13 March 2004	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	8,335	Ashton
17 March 2004	West Ham United	A	2-4	31,158	S Jones
20 March 2004	Cardiff City	H	0-1	6,650
23 March 2004	Stoke City	H	2-0	10,014	Hall (own goal), Lunt
27 March 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	0-2	24,347
3 April 2004	Rotherham United	H	0-0	6,749
10 April 2004	Watford	A	1-2	18,041	Ashton (pen)
12 April 2004	Coventry City	H	3-1	7,475	Higdon, Symes, Ashton (pen)
17 April 2004	Reading	A	1-1	14,729	Lunt
24 April 2004	Crystal Palace	H	2-3	8,136	Ashton, Lunt
1 May 2004	Sunderland	A	1-1	25,311	Ashton
9 May 2004	Norwich City	A	1-3	9,833	Ashton

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 2004	Telford United	H	0-1	7,085

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	12 August 2003	Wrexham	H	2-0	3,152	Ashton (pen), S Jones
R2	23 September 2003	Leicester City	A	0-1	27,675

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	Clayton Ince
2	DF	David Wright
3	DF	Richard Walker
4	MF	Kenny Lunt
5	DF	Adie Moses
6	DF	Stephen Foster
7	MF	Neil Sorvel
8	MF	Dave Brammer
9	FW	Steve Jones
10	FW	Dean Ashton
11	MF	David Vaughan
12	MF	Lee Bell
13	GK	Ademola Bankole
14	MF	Ben Rix
15	FW	Luke Varney
16	DF	Anthony Tonkin
17	MF	James Robinson
18	DF	Chris McCready

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Justin Cochrane
20	FW	Allan Smart
21	FW	Paul Edwards
22	GK	Stuart Tomlinson
23	MF	Alex Morris
24	FW	Matthew Platt
25	DF	Matt Garner
26	MF	Michael Higdon
27	DF	Adam Yates
28	MF	Gary Roberts
29	DF	Billy Jones
30	FW	Kyle Wilson
31	FW	Ian Jeffs
32	DF	Tom Betts
33	FW	Éamon Zayed (on loan from Bray Wanderers)
34	MF	Craig Hignett (on loan from Leicester City)
35	GK	Ben Williams (on loan from Manchester United)
36	FW	Michael Symes (on loan from Everton)

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
28		FW	Jon Walters (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)

No.		Position	Player
28		FW	Andrew Barrowman (on loan from Birmingham City)

Transfers

In

Adie Moses - Barnsley, free, 8 July^[1]
Anthony Tonkin - Stockport County, £150,000, August
Allan Smart - Dundee United

Out

Dave Walton - Derby County, free

Top scorers

Dean Ashton, 19
Steve Jones, 15

References

↑ Infos at news.bbc.co.uk

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