2003-04 in English football
Events in the 2003-04 English football season, August 2003 to July 2004:
Events
| Date
| Venue
| Opponents
| Score
| Comp
| England scorers
|
| August 20, 2003
| Portman Road, Ipswich
| Croatia
| 3-1
| F
| David Beckham (pen), Michael Owen, Frank Lampard
|
| September 6, 2003
| Skopje
| Macedonia
| 2-1
| ECQ
| Wayne Rooney, Beckham (pen)
|
| September 10, 2003
| Old Trafford, Manchester
| Liechtenstein
| 2-0
| ECQ
| Owen, Rooney
|
| October 11, 2003
| Istanbul
| Turkey
| 0-0
| ECQ
|
|
| November 16, 2003
| Old Trafford, Manchester
| Denmark
| 2-3
| F
| Rooney, Joe Cole
|
| February 14, 2004
| Estádio Algarve, Faro
| Portugal
| 1-1
| F
| Ledley King
|
| March 31, 2004
| Nya Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg
| Sweden
| 0-1
| F
|
|
| FA Summer Tournament
|
| June 1, 2004
| City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
| Japan
| 1-1
| F
| Owen
|
| June 5, 2004
| City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
| Iceland
| 6-1
| F
| Lampard, Rooney (2), Darius Vassell (2), Euro 2004
|
| June 13, 2004
| Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
| France
| 1-2
| ECF
| Lampard
|
| June 17, 2004
| Estádio Cidade, Coimbra
| Switzerland
| 3-0
| ECF
| Rooney (2), Steven Gerrard
|
| June 21, 2004
| Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
| Croatia
| 4-2
| ECF
| Paul Scholes, Rooney (2), Lampard
|
| June 24, 2004
| Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
| Portugal
| 1-1 (FT), 2-2 (aet), 5-6 (P)
| ECF
| Owen, Lampard
|
Key
ECQ = Euro 2004 qualifiers
ECF = Euro 2004 finals
F = Friendly; scores are written England first
(FT) = Full time
(aet) = After extra time
(P) = After penalty shoot out
Honours
European qualifiers
Group phase
Qualifying round
League tables
Cup competitions
- Champions:
- Playoff winners:
- Relegated:
- Champions:
- Also promoted (to Conference North):
- Droylsden, Barrow, Alfreton Town, Harrogate Town, Southport, Worksop Town, Lancaster City, Vauxhall Motors, Gainsborough Trinity, Stalybridge Celtic, Altrincham, Runcorn FC Halton, Bradford Park Avenue (playoff winners)
- Champions:
- Also promoted (to Conference North):
- Stafford Rangers, Nuneaton Borough, Worcester City, Hinckley United, Moor Green
- Also promoted (to Conference South):
- Weymouth, Newport County, Cambridge City, Welling United, Weston-super-Mare, Eastbourne Borough, Havant & Waterlooville, Dorchester Town (playoff winners)
- Champions:
- Also promoted (to Conference South):
- Sutton United, Thurrock, Hornchurch, Grays Athletic, Carshalton Athletic, Hayes, Bognor Regis Town, Bishop's Stortford, Maidenhead United, Ford United, Basingstoke Town, St Albans City (playoff winners)
- Also promoted (to Conference North):
|Hyde United
|
|-
|Southern League Midland and West Division
|Redditch United
|(promoted to Conference North after playoffs)
|-
|Southern League South and East Division
|King's Lynn
|
|-
|Isthmian League Division One North
|Yeading
|
|-
|Isthmian League Division One South
|Lewes
|(promoted to Conference South after playoffs)
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|colspan=3|Step 4 Leagues
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|Northern League
|Dunston Federation Brewery
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|North West Counties League
|Clitheroe
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|Northern Counties East League
|Ossett Albion
|
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|Midland Alliance
|Rocester
|
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|United Counties League
|Spalding United
|
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|Eastern Counties League
|A.F.C. Sudbury
|
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|Isthmian League Division Two
|Leighton Town
|
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|Essex Senior League
|Concord Rangers
|
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|Spartan South Midlands League
|Beaconsfield SYCOB
|
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|Combined Counties League
|A.F.C. Wimbledon
|
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|Hellenic League
|Brackley Town
|
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|Western League
|Bideford
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|Wessex League
|Winchester City
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|Sussex County League
|Chichester City United
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|Kent League
|Cray Wanderers
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Major transfer deals
Deaths
