2003–04 Preston North End F.C. season
# 2003–04 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Preston North End compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 15th position with 59 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 65 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 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 |

## Results

Preston North End's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

### Football League First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 August 2003 | West Ham United | H | 1–2 | 18,246 | Lewis |
| 2 | 16 August 2003 | Wigan Athletic | A | 1–1 | 12,073 | Fuller |
| 3 | 23 August 2003 | Sunderland | H | 0–2 | 14,018 | |
| 4 | 25 August 2003 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 0–1 | 24,402 | |
| 5 | 30 August 2003 | Stoke City | H | 1–0 | 12,965 | McKenna |
| 6 | 13 September 2003 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | 11,243 | Fuller |
| 7 | 16 September 2003 | Coventry City | H | 4–2 | 11,886 | Fuller (2), Cresswell, Keane |
| 8 | 20 September 2003 | Rotherham United | H | 4–1 | 12,340 | Fuller, Cresswell, Alexander, O'Neil |
| 9 | 27 September 2003 | Walsall | A | 1–2 | 6,981 | Fuller |
| 10 | 1 October 2003 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–0 | 22,278 | Abbott |
| 11 | 4 October 2003 | Wimbledon | H | 1–0 | 13,801 | Fuller |
| 12 | 14 October 2003 | Millwall | A | 1–0 | 8,015 | McKenna |
| 13 | 18 October 2003 | Reading | A | 2–3 | 13,130 | Fuller, Alexander |
| 14 | 21 October 2003 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–2 | 7,012 | Etuhu |
| 15 | 25 October 2003 | Ipswich Town | H | 1–1 | 14,863 | Healy |
| 16 | 1 November 2003 | Derby County | H | 3–0 | 12,836 | Healy, Alexander, Fuller |
| 17 | 4 November 2003 | Watford | H | 2–1 | 11,152 | Abbott, Healy |
| 18 | 8 November 2003 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–1 | 14,608 | Healy |
| 19 | 22 November 2003 | Norwich City | H | 0–0 | 14,775 | |
| 20 | 29 November 2003 | Sheffield United | A | 0–2 | 21,003 | |
| 21 | 6 December 2003 | Crystal Palace | H | 4–1 | 12,836 | Etuhu, Alexander, Healy, Lewis |
| 22 | 9 December 2003 | Cardiff City | A | 2–2 | 13,703 | Healy, Fuller |
| 23 | 13 December 2003 | Gillingham | A | 1–0 | 7,602 | Fuller |
| 24 | 20 December 2003 | Burnley | H | 5–3 | 18,802 | Fuller (3), Lewis, Healy |
| 25 | 26 December 2003 | Stoke City | A | 1–1 | 20,126 | Healy |
| 26 | 28 December 2003 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 0–0 | 15,830 | |
| 27 | 10 January 2004 | West Ham United | A | 2–1 | 28,777 | Healy, Fuller |
| 28 | 17 January 2004 | Wigan Athletic | H | 2–4 | 19,161 | Etuhu, Alexander |
| 29 | 7 February 2004 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 3–0 | 16,569 | Lewis, Healy, Alexander |
| 30 | 14 February 2004 | Watford | A | 0–2 | 12,675 | |
| 31 | 21 February 2004 | Millwall | H | 1–2 | 12,903 | Davis |
| 32 | 28 February 2004 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–2 | 23,359 | |
| 33 | 2 March 2004 | Reading | H | 2–1 | 11,745 | Healy (2) |
| 34 | 6 March 2004 | Burnley | H | 1–1 | 15,837 | Alexander |
| 35 | 10 March 2004 | Sunderland | A | 3–3 | 27,181 | Mears, Healy, Lewis |
| 36 | 13 March 2004 | Gillingham | H | 0–0 | 13,111 | |
| 37 | 17 March 2004 | Coventry City | A | 1–4 | 13,142 | Fuller |
| 38 | 20 March 2004 | Walsall | H | 1–2 | 11,551 | Alexander |
| 39 | 27 March 2004 | Rotherham United | A | 0–1 | 6,268 | |
| 40 | 3 April 2004 | Bradford City | H | 1–0 | 12,376 | Gemmill |
| 41 | 10 April 2004 | Wimbledon | A | 3–3 | 2,866 | McKenna, Lynch, Koumantarakis |
| 42 | 12 April 2004 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–2 | 15,117 | McKenna, Lucketti |
| 43 | 17 April 2004 | Derby County | A | 1–5 | 24,162 | Mawéné (o.g.) |
| 44 | 24 April 2004 | Cardiff City | H | 2–2 | 11,972 | McKenna, Lewis |
| 45 | 1 May 2004 | Norwich City | A | 2–3 | 23,673 | McKenna, Healy |
| 46 | 9 May 2004 | Sheffield United | H | 3–3 | 16,612 | Alexander, Healy, Fuller |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 3 January 2004 | Reading | H | 3–3 | 9,428 | Fuller (2), O'Neil |
| R3 Replay | 13 January 2004 | Reading | A | 2–1 | 9,314 | Cresswell, Koumantarakis |
| R4 | 24 January 2004 | Swansea City | A | 1–2 | 10,200 | Etuhu |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 12 August 2003 | Notts County | H | 0 – 0 (6 – 7 pens) | 5,016 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | David Lucas | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Graham Alexander | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 9 |
| 3 | DF | Brian O'Neil | 27(2) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30(2) | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Dickson Etuhu | 23(8) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26(8) | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Michael Jackson | 41(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43(2) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Marlon Broomes | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lee Cartwright | 2(10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(10) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Craig Burley | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Scot Gemmill | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Ricardo Fuller | 37(1) | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40(1) | 19 |
| 10 | FW | George Koumantarakis | 1(6) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(6) | 2 |
| 11 | FW | David Healy | 27(11) | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 30(12) | 15 |
| 13 | GK | Andy Lonergan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Lee Briscoe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Rob Edwards | 16(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(8) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Paul McKenna | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 |
| 17 | MF | Eddie Lewis | 26(7) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28(7) | 6 |
| 18 | FW | Pawel Abbott | 2(7) | 2 | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(11) | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Michael Keane | 21(9) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(9) | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Chris Lucketti | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Claude Davis | 16(6) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(6) | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Tyrone Mears | 11(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 12(2) | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Richard Cresswell | 41(4) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43(4) | 3 |
| 26 | FW | Éric Skora | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Alan McCormack | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Jeff Smith | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Simon Lynch | 6(12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(12) | 1 |
| 40 | GK | Jonathan Gould | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
