2003–04 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season explained

Season:	2003–04
League Topscorer:	Kevin Nolan (10)
Highest Attendance:	28,353 (vs. Leicester City, 28 December 2003)
Lowest Attendance:	5,229 (vs Walsall, 24 September 2003)
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Nextseason:	2004–05

The 2003–04 season was the 126th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their third consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.^[1]

First-team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Stelios Giannakopoulos - Olympiacos, 28 May 2003
Iván Campo - Real Madrid, free transfer, 18 July 2003^[2]
Kevin Davies - Southampton, free transfer, 23 July 2003
Ricardo Vaz Tê - S.C. Farense, free transfer, 27 August 2003^[3]
Mário Jardel - Sporting CP, £1,158,000, 13 August 2003^[4]
Emerson Thome - Sunderland, free transfer, 29 August 2003^[5]
Ibrahim Ba - Milan, free transfer, 11 September 2003^[6]
Glen Little - Burnley, month loan, 1 September 2003^[7]
Donovan Ricketts - Village United, five-month loan, 2 January 2004^[8]
Javi Moreno - Atlético Madrid, five-month loan, 5 January 2004^[9]
Steve Howey - Leicester City, free transfer, 29 January 2004^[10]
Dwight Pezzarossi - Comunicaciones, four-month loan, 30 January 2004^[11]
Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, four-month loan, 2 February 2004^[12]
Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United

Out

Colin Hendry - retired
Guðni Bergsson - retired
Leam Richardson - released (later joined Blackpool on 23 June 2003)
Mike Whitlow - released (later joined Sheffield United in 2003)
Paul Warhurst - released (later joined Chesterfield in October 2003)
Jonathan Walters - Hull City, 2004
Bülent Akın - Akçaabat Sebatspor
Gareth Farrelly - Wigan Athletic
Delroy Facey - West Bromwich Albion
Chris Armstrong - Wrexham
Gerald Forschelet - Neuchâtel Xamax
Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United
Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, loan end

Results

FA Premier League

See main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League.

Date	Opponents	H / A	ResultF – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 2003	Manchester United	A	0 – 4		67,647
23 August 2003	Blackburn Rovers	H	2 – 2	Djorkaeff 3' (pen), Davies 25'	27,423
26 August 2003	Portsmouth	A	0 – 4		20,113
30 August 2003	Charlton Athletic	H	0 – 0		23,098
13 September 2003	Middlesbrough	H	2 – 0	Davies 23', Ngotty 81'	26,419
20 September 2003	Newcastle United	A	0 – 0		52,014
27 September 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	Davies 85'	27,043
5 October 2003	Aston Villa	A	1 – 1	Nolan 46'	30,229
18 October 2003	Manchester City	A	2 – 6	Nolan 25', Campo 60'	47,101
25 October 2003	Birmingham City	H	0 – 1		25,023
1 November 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1 – 0	Nolan 73'	35,191
8 November 2003	Southampton	H	0 – 0		25,619
22 November 2003	Leeds United	A	2 – 0	Davies 16', Stelios 17'	36,558
29 November 2003	Everton	H	2 – 0	Frandsen 26', Djorkaeff 46'	27,350
6 December 2003	Fulham	A	1 – 2	Davies 53'	14,393
13 December 2003	Chelsea	A	2 – 1	Ngotty 39', Terry 90' (og)	40,491
20 December 2003	Arsenal	H	1 – 1	Pedersen 83'	28,003
26 December 2003	Liverpool	A	1 – 3	Pedersen 85'	42,987
28 December 2003	Leicester City	H	2 – 2	Ngotty 35', Campo 54'	28,353
7 January 2004	Manchester United	H	1 – 2	Gary Neville (og) 89'	27,668
10 January 2004	Blackburn Rovers	A	4 – 3	Nolan (2) 1', 78', Djorkaeff 43', Stelios 73'	23,538
17 January 2004	Portsmouth	H	1 – 0	Davies 53'	26,558
31 January 2004	Charlton Athletic	A	2 – 1	Pedersen 1', Nolan 78'	26,249
7 February 2004	Liverpool	H	2 – 2	Hunt 11', Djorkaeff 58'	27,552
10 February 2004	Leicester City	A	1 – 1	Walker 33' (og)	26,674
21 February 2004	Manchester City	H	1 – 3	Nolan 22'	27,301
6 March 2004	Birmingham City	A	0 – 2		28,003
13 March 2004	Chelsea	H	0 – 2		26,717
20 March 2004	Arsenal	A	1 – 2	Campo 41'	38,053
28 March 2004	Newcastle United	H	1 – 0	Pedersen 4'	27,360
3 April 2004	Middlesbrough	A	0 – 2		30,107
10 April 2004	Aston Villa	H	2 – 2	Pedersen 48', Davies 86'	26,374
12 April 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 – 1	Pedersen 43', Davies 90'	26,895
17 April 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2 – 0	Campo 7', Pedersen 65'	26,440
24 April 2004	Southampton	A	2 – 1	Nolan 77', Davies 78'	31,712
2 May 2004	Leeds United	H	4 – 1	Djorkaeff (2) 47', 53', Harte 55' (og), Nolan 78'	27,420
8 May 2004	Everton	A	2 – 1	Djorkaeff (2) 14', 87'	40,191
15 May 2004	Fulham	H	0 – 2		27,383

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	ResultF – A	Scorers	Attendance
3 January 2004	Round 3	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 1	Nolan 78'	10,587
14 February 2004	Round 3 replay	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 – 2 (aet)	Shakes	8,759

Carling Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	ResultF – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 September 2003	Round 2	Walsall	H	3 – 1	Jardel (2) 15', 80', Nolan 69'	5,229
28 October 2003	Round 3	Gillingham	H	2 – 0	Stelios 25', Pedersen 66'	5,258
3 December 2003	Round 4	Liverpool	A	3 – 2	Jardel 4', Okocha 79', Djorkaeff 90' (pen)	33,185
16 December 2003	Round 5	Southampton	H	1 – 0 (aet)	Pedersen 115'	13,957
21 January 2004	Semi-final first leg	Aston Villa	H	5 – 2	Okocha (2) 2', 80', Nolan 9', Stelios 17', Ngotty 74'	16,302
27 January 2004	Semi-final second leg	Aston Villa	A	0 – 2 5 – 4 (agg)		36,883
29 February 2004	Final	Middlesbrough	N	1 – 2	Davies 21'	72,634

Statistics

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 29 players during the season.

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Iván Campo	Midfielder	37 (1)	0 (0)	6 (0)	43 (1)
2	Kevin Davies	Striker	38 (0)	0 (0)	4 (1)	42 (1)
3	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	37 (0)	0 (2)	4 (0)	41 (2)
4	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	38 (0)	0 (0)	3 (0)	41 (0)
5	Jay-Jay Okocha	Midfielder	33 (2)	0 (0)	5 (1)	38 (3)
6	Bruno Ngotty	Defender	32 (1)	0 (0)	6 (0)	38 (1)
7	Simon Charlton	Defender	28 (3)	0 (0)	5 (2)	33 (5)
8	Emerson Thome	Defender	25 (1)	1 (0)	5 (0)	31 (1)
9	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder	25 (2)	0 (0)	4 (1)	29 (3)
10	Henrik Pedersen	Striker	19 (14)	2 (0)	4 (3)	25 (17)
11	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	22 (11)	1 (1)	2 (1)	25 (13)
12	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Midfielder	18 (13)	2 (0)	4 (2)	24 (15)
13	Ricardo Gardner	Defender/Midfielder	20 (2)	0 (0)	2 (2)	22 (4)
14	Anthony Barness	Defender	11 (4)	2 (0)	4 (2)	17 (6)
15	Ibrahim Ba	Midfielder	0 (9)	1 (0)	5 (1)	6 (10)
16	Kevin Poole	Goalkeeper	0 (0)	2 (0)	4 (0)	6 (0)
17	Florent Laville	Defender	5 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (0)
18	Mario Jardel	Striker	0 (7)	1 (0)	3 (1)	4 (8)
19=	Charlie Comyn-Platt	Defender	0 (0)	2 (0)	0 (1)	2 (1)
19=	Delroy Facey	Striker	0 (1)	2 (0)	0 (0)	2 (1)
19=	Steve Howey	Defender	2 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (1)
22=	Danny Livesey	Defender	0 (0)	2 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)
22=	Jeff Smith	Midfielder	0 (0)	2 (0)	0 (0)	2 (2)
24	Javi Moreno	Striker	1 (7)	0 (0)	0 (2)	1 (9)
25	Ricardo Vaz Tê	Striker	0 (1)	1 (1)	0 (0)	1 (2)
26	Jon Otsemobor	Defender	1 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)
27	Glen Little	Midfielder	0 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (4)
28=	Ricky Shakes	Defender	0 (0)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (1)
28=	Cleveland Taylor	Midfielder	0 (0)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	10	1	2	13
2=	Kevin Davies	Striker	9	0	1	10
2=	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder	9	0	1	10
2=	Henrik Pedersen	Striker	8	0	2	10
5=	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Midfielder	2	0	2	4
5=	Bruno Ngotty	Defender	3	0	1	4

Notes and References

Web site: Bolton Wanderers 2003/04 . 20 December 2009 . bwfcstats.com .
Web site: Campo signs for Bolton. 18 July 2003. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton sign Portuguese starlet. 27 August 2003. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton sign Jardel. 13 August 2003. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Thome heads to Bolton. 29 August 2003. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Ba clinches Bolton move. 11 September 2003. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton miss out on Rebrov. 1 September 2003. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton seal Ricketts deal. 2 January 2004. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton grab Moreno. 5 January 2004. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Howey completes Bolton switch. 29 January 2004. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton sign striker. 30 January 2004. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.
Web site: Bolton sign Otsemobor. 2 February 2004. 24 December 2020. BBC Sport.