2003–04 Nottingham Forest F.C. season explained

During the 2003–04 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The 2003–2004 season saw Paul Hart suffer from a squad that was low in confidence and with no money. However, Forest started reasonably well, winning five of their first seven games and after 15 games, they won seven and lost five and were in the top half of the table. Unfortunately, when they went into the bottom three, after going 14 games without a win, the Forest chairman Nigel Doughty called time on Hart's reign as Forest manager.

Joe Kinnear was then brought in to replace Hart. The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like Michael Dawson and Andy Reid, and they climbed up the table to secure a safe 14th place.

Final league table

See main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division.

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003	Sunderland	H	2–0	23,579	Harewood, Louis-Jean
16 August 2003	Reading	A	0–3	16,833
23 August 2003	Cardiff City	H	1–2	23,407	Harewood
27 August 2003	Coventry City	A	3–1	17,586	Reid (2), Johnson
30 August 2003	Norwich City	H	2–0	21,058	Johnson, Harewood (pen)
13 September 2003	Sheffield United	H	3–1	25,209	Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid
16 September 2003	Burnley	A	3–0	12,530	Harewood, Reid, Taylor
20 September 2003	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–3	8,685	Harewood
27 September 2003	Derby County	H	1–1	29,059	Reid
1 October 2003	Preston North End	H	0–1	22,278
4 October 2003	Stoke City	A	1–2	13,755	Williams
14 October 2003	Rotherham United	H	2–2	20,168	Harewood (2)
18 October 2003	Wimbledon	H	6–0	23,520	Harewood (2, 1 pen), Reid, Taylor, Dawson, Morgan
22 October 2003	West Ham United	A	1–1	29,544	Reid
25 October 2003	Bradford City	A	2–1	11,654	Jess, Reid
1 November 2003	Millwall	A	0–1	9,635
4 November 2003	Walsall	A	1–4	7,321	Reid
8 November 2003	Watford	H	1–1	21,229	Bopp
22 November 2003	Wigan Athletic	A	2–2	10,403	Thompson, Harewood
29 November 2003	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–3	27,331
3 December 2003	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	21,588	Morgan
6 December 2003	Watford	A	1–1	14,988	Reid
13 December 2003	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	16,935
26 December 2003	Norwich City	A	0–1	16,429
28 December 2003	West Ham United	H	0–2	27,491
10 January 2004	Sunderland	A	0–1	26,340
17 January 2004	Reading	H	0–1	23,116
31 January 2004	Cardiff City	A	0–0	17,913
7 February 2004	Coventry City	H	0–1	23,075
14 February 2004	Walsall	H	3–3	25,012	Impey, King, Taylor
21 February 2004	Rotherham United	A	1–1	9,046	Jess
25 February 2004	Gillingham	H	0–0	26,473
28 February 2004	Bradford City	H	2–1	26,021	Reid, Taylor
2 March 2004	Wimbledon	A	1–0	6,317	Taylor
6 March 2004	Gillingham	A	1–2	9,096	Barmby
13 March 2004	Crystal Palace	H	3–2	28,306	Williams (2), Reid
17 March 2004	Burnley	H	1–1	26,885	Taylor
20 March 2004	Derby County	A	2–4	32,390	Taylor, Williams
27 March 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	24,347	King (2)
3 April 2004	Sheffield United	A	2–1	22,339	King, Taylor
10 April 2004	Stoke City	H	0–0	28,758
12 April 2004	Preston North End	A	2–2	15,117	King, Williams
17 April 2004	Millwall	H	2–2	22,263	Reid, Johnson
24 April 2004	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	27,848	Johnson (2)
1 May 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	29,172	Johnson
9 May 2004	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–0	26,821	Williams, Johnson

FA Cup

See main article: 2003–04 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R3	3 January 2004	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	11,843	King
R4	25 January 2004	Sheffield United	H	0–3	17,306

League Cup

See main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup.

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!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R1	12 August 2003	Port Vale	A	0–0 (won 3–2 on pens)	4,950
R2	23 September 2003	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0 (won 4–1 on pens)	4,477
R3	29 October 2003	Portsmouth	H	2–4	20,078	Bopp (2)