2003–04 Bury F.C. season

Bury

2003–04 season
Manager	Graham Barrow
Football League Third Division	12th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Quarter final
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season saw Bury compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 12th position with 56 points.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Doncaster Rovers	46	27	11	8	79	37	+42	92
P	2	Hull City	46	25	13	8	82	44	+38	88
P	3	Torquay United	46	23	12	11	68	44	+24	81
P	4	Huddersfield Town	46	23	12	11	68	52	+16	81
	5	Mansfield Town	46	22	9	15	76	62	+14	75
	6	Northampton Town	46	22	9	15	58	51	+7	75
	7	Lincoln City	46	19	17	10	68	47	+21	74
	8	Yeovil Town	46	23	5	18	70	57	+13	74
	9	Oxford United	46	18	17	11	55	44	+11	71
	10	Swansea City	46	15	14	17	58	61	−3	59
	11	Boston United	46	16	11	19	50	54	−4	59
	12	Bury	46	15	11	20	54	64	−10	56
	13	Cambridge United	46	14	14	18	55	67	−12	56
	14	Cheltenham Town	46	14	14	18	57	71	−14	56
	15	Bristol Rovers	46	14	13	19	50	61	−11	55
	16	Kidderminster Harriers	46	14	13	19	45	59	−14	55
	17	Southend United	46	14	12	20	51	63	−12	54
	18	Darlington	46	14	11	21	53	61	−8	53
	19	Leyton Orient	46	13	14	19	48	65	−17	53
	20	Macclesfield Town	46	13	13	20	54	69	−15	52
	21	Rochdale	46	12	14	20	49	58	−9	50
	22	Scunthorpe United	46	11	16	19	69	72	−3	49
R	23	Carlisle United	46	12	9	25	46	69	−23	45
R	24	York City	46	10	14	22	35	66	−31	44

Results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 2003	Swansea City	A	2 – 4	8,826	Preece 20', Connell 85'
2	16 August 2003	Scunthorpe United	H	2 – 3	2,716	Porter 45', Preece 76'
3	23 August 2003	Kidderminster Harriers	A	2 – 0	2,548	Porter 28', Seddon 88'
4	25 August 2003	Lincoln City	H	2 – 1	2,576	Unsworth 81', Preece 90'
5	30 August 2003	Southend United	A	0 – 1	3,172
6	6 September 2003	Huddersfield Town	H	2 – 1	4,591	Swailes 24', Connell 83'
7	13 September 2003	Cheltenham Town	H	1 – 1	2,753	Preece 35'
8	16 September 2003	Mansfield Town	A	3 – 5	4,145	Connell (2) 21', 78', Seddon 58'
9	20 September 2003	Boston United	A	0 – 1	2,260
10	27 September 2003	Doncaster Rovers	H	1 – 3	3,606	Preece 28'
11	30 September 2003	York City	H	2 – 0	2,202	Porter 37', O'Neill 71'
12	4 October 2003	Torquay United	A	1 – 3	2,732	Porter 38'
13	11 October 2003	Cambridge United	A	2 – 1	5,106	Connell 32', Porter 39'
14	18 October 2003	Oxford United	H	0 – 4	2,930
15	21 October 2003	Hull City	H	0 – 0	3,869
16	25 October 2003	Darlington	A	3 – 1	3,516	Seddon 35', Connell 56', Singh 82'
17	1 November 2003	Yeovil Town	H	2 – 1	3,086	O'Shaughnessy 35', Unsworth 88'
18	15 November 2003	Bristol Rovers	A	2 – 1	7,019	Barrett (o.g.) 70', O'Neill 90'
19	22 November 2003	Northampton Town	H	1 – 0	2,683	O'Neill 72'
20	29 November 2003	Macclesfield Town	A	0 – 1	2,312
21	6 December 2003	Hull City	A	0 – 2	11,308
22	13 December 2003	Rochdale	H	1 – 2	3,646	Dunfield 49'
23	20 December 2003	Leyton Orient	A	0 – 2	3,475
24	26 December 2003	Carlisle United	H	1 – 3	3,345	Porter 30'
25	28 December 2003	Huddersfield Town	A	0 – 1	10,217
26	3 January 2004	Lincoln City	A	1 – 2	3,870	Porter 90'
27	10 January 2004	Swansea City	H	2 – 0	2,799	Swailes 62', Daly 86'
28	17 January 2004	Scunthorpe United	A	0 – 0	3,869
29	24 January 2004	Kidderminster Harriers	H	0 – 0	2,526
30	7 February 2004	Carlisle United	A	1 – 2	4,954	Seddon 25'
31	14 February 2004	Cambridge United	H	1 – 0	2,322	Seddon 2'
32	21 February 2004	Oxford United	A	1 – 1	6,476	Dunfield 47'
33	24 February 2004	Southend United	H	1 – 1	1,670	Seddon 90'
34	28 February 2004	Darlington	H	1 – 1	2,766	Barrass 57'
35	6 March 2004	Leyton Orient	H	1 – 1	2,355	Seddon 63'
36	13 March 2004	Rochdale	A	0 – 0	4,225
37	16 March 2004	Mansfield Town	H	3 – 0	2,119	Seddon (2) 26', 60', Swailes 43'
38	20 March 2004	Cheltenham Town	A	2 – 1	3,435	Swailes 74', Porter 82'
39	27 March 2004	Boston United	H	1 – 3	2,693	Swailes 13'
40	3 April 2004	Doncaster Rovers	A	1 – 3	6,221	Singh 88'
41	9 April 2004	Torquay United	H	2 – 1	2,770	Seddon 35', Nugent 67'
42	13 April 2004	York City	A	1 – 1	3,111	Seddon 16'
43	17 April 2004	Yeovil Town	A	1 – 2	5,172	Nugent 35'
44	24 April 2004	Bristol Rovers	H	0 – 0	2,683
45	1 May 2004	Northampton Town	A	2 – 3	6,179	Cartledge 10', Nugent 45'
46	8 May 2004	Macclesfield Town	H	2 – 0	3,569	Porter 85', Whaley 90'

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	8 November 2003	Rochdale	H	1 – 2	5,464	Porter 71'

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	12 August 2003	Tranmere Rovers	A	0 – 1	4,272

League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	3 November 2003	Oldham Athletic	H	2 – 1	3,102	Preece 6', Thompson 78'
QF	9 December 2003	Scunthorpe United	H	0 – 1	1,246

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Glyn Garner	46	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	50	0
2	DF	Matt Barrass	19(3)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20(3)	1
3	DF	Colin Woodthorpe	39	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	43	0
4	DF	Danny Swailes	42	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	45	5
5	MF	Lee Duxbury	36(1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	38(1)	0
6	DF	Lee Unsworth	27(2)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	31(2)	1
7	FW	George Clegg	4(2)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6(2)	0
9	FW	David Nugent	20(6)	3	1	0	1	0	0(1)	0	22(7)	3
10	FW	Joe O'Neill	10(13)	3	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	11(16)	3
11	MF	David Flitcroft	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
11	FW	Andy Preece	10(4)	5	1	0	0(1)	0	2	1	13(5)	6
12	FW	Chris Porter	19(18)	9	0(1)	1	1	0	1	0	21(19)	10
14	MF	Paul O'Shaughnessy	21(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21(6)	1
15	MF	Steve Gunby	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(5)	0
16	MF	Simon Whaley	3(7)	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3(8)	1
17	MF	Terry Dunfield	28(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	30(2)	0
18	DF	Tom Kennedy	22(5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23(5)	0
19	FW	Gareth Seddon	28(12)	11	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	29(13)	11
21	MF	Lee Connell	23(5)	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	27(5)	6
21	MF	Harpal Singh	20(8)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	22(8)	2
23	DF	Greg Strong	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
23	DF	Justin Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1
24	MF	Glenn Whelan	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15	0
24	MF	Phil Charnock	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	MF	Ben Thornley	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
26	DF	John Cartledge	7(4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(4)	1
27	DF	Phil Gulliver	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
28	DF	David Buchanan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Jon Daly	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
30	DF	Dave Challinor	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0

External links

• Bury 2003–04 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)
• Bury 2003–04 at statto.com