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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

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
No.	Pos.	Name	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

References

"England 2003–04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

External links

Bury 2003–04 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)
Bury 2003–04 Archived 5 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine at statto.com

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[rsssf-1] "England 2003–04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

Bury Football Club
Club	History Seasons Players
Grounds	Carrington Training Centre Gigg Lane
Seasons	1894–95 1954–55 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2003–04 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Notable matches	1900 FA Cup final 1903 FA Cup final 1995 Football League Third Division play-off final