Birmingham City F.C. season 2003-04

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Season 2003-04
Birmingham City
Manager	Steve Bruce
Chairman	David Gold
League	Premiership
Final league position	10th
FA Cup	5th Round
Carling Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mikael Forssell (17) All: Mikael Forssell (19)
Highest home attendance	29,588 vs Arsenal (2003-11-22)
Lowest home attendance	18,688 vs Blackburn Rovers (2004-01-03)

The 2003-04 Season will be Birmingham City's 111th season in the Football League, their 2nd season in the Premiership, and their 52nd season in the top tear of English football.

1 Player transfers
2 Fixtures and Results

[edit] Player transfers

[edit] In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source
2003-05-11	FW	Christophe Dugarry	Bordeaux	Free	BBC.com
2003-07-07	MF	David Dunn	Blackburn Rovers	£5,500,000	BBC.com
2003-07-23	FW	Luciano Figueroa	Rosario Central	£2,500,000	BCFC.com

[edit] Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Source
2003-08-09	DF	Joey Hutchinson	Darlington	Free	BBC.com
2003-08-14	DF	Michael Johnson	Derby County	Nominal	BBC.com
2003-09-05	FW	Geoff Horsfield	Wigan Athletic	£500,000	BBC.com
2003-09-12	MF	Paul Devlin	Watford	£150,000	BBC.com

[edit] Loaned In

Date In	Date Back	Pos.	No.	Name	From	Source
2003-08-01		GK		Maik Taylor	Fulham	BBC.com
2003-08-28		FW		Mikael Forssell	Chelsea	BBC.com

[edit] Loaned Out

Date In	Pos.	Name	To	Source
2003-08-05	FW	Craig Fagan	Colchester United	BBC.com
2003-10-13	FW	Andrew Barrowman	Crewe Alexandra	BBC.com
2003-11-21	DF	Matthew Sadler	Northampton Town	BBC.com
2003-12-24	GK	Nico Vaesen	Gillingham	BBC.com
2004-01-02	DF	Tommy Williams	Peterborough United	BBC.com

[edit] Fixtures and Results

[edit] The Premiership

Birmingham City scores given first

Game	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Report
1	16 August 2003	Home	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	D. Dunn 36'	29,358	BCFC.com
2	23 August 2003	Away	Southampton	0-0		31,656	BCFC.com
3	30 August 2003	Away	Newcastle United	1-0	D. Dunn 61'	52,006	BCFC.com
4	14 September 2003	Home	Fulham	2-2	M. Forssell 45', 82'	27,250	BCFC.com
5	20 September 2003	Away	Leeds United	2-0	R. Savage 79', M. Forssell 84'	34,305	BCFC.com
6	27 September 2003	Home	Portsmouth	2-0	S. Clemence 21', S. Lazaridis 50'	29,057	BCFC.com
7	4 October 2003	Away	Manchester United	0-3		67,633	BCFC.com
8	14 October 2003	Home	Chelsea	0-0		29,460	BCFC.com
9	19 October 2003	Home	Aston Villa	0-0		29,546	BCFC.com
10	25 October 2003	Away	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	M. Forssell 31'	25,023	BCFC.com
11	3 November 2003	Home	Charlton Athletic	1-2	C. Dugarry 64'	27,225	BCFC.com
12	8 November 2003	Away	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	M. Forssell 49'	28,831	BCFC.com
13	22 November 2003	Home	Arsenal	0-3		29,588	BCFC.com
14	30 November 2003	Away	Liverpool	1-3	M. Forssell 33'	42,683	BCFC.com
15	6 December 2003	Home	Blackburn Rovers	0-4		29,354	BCFC.com
16	13 December 2003	Away	Leicester City	2-0	C. Morrison 42', M. Forssell 66'	30,639	BCFC.com
17	26 December 2003	Home	Manchester City	2-1	J. Kenna 81', M. Forssell 87'	29,520	BCFC.com
18	28 December 2003	Away	Everton	0-1		39,631	BCFC.com
19	7 January 2004	Away	Tottenham Hotspur	1-4	R. Savage 68'	30,016	BCFC.com
20	10 January 2004	Home	Southampton	2-1	S. Clemence 16', J. Kenna 67'	29,071	BCFC.com
21	18 January 2004	Away	Chelsea	0-0		41,073	BCFC.com
22	31 January 2004	Home	Newcastle United	1-1	S. John 90'	29,513	BCFC.com
23	8 February 2004	Away	Manchester City	0-0		46,967	BCFC.com
24	11 February 2004	Home	Everton	3-0	D. Johnson 8', S. Lazaridis 39', M. Forssell 49'	29,004	BCFC.com
25	22 February 2004	Away	Aston Villa	2-2	M. Forssell 60', S. John 90'	40,061	BCFC.com
26	3 March 2004	Home	Middlesbrough	3-1	M. Taylor 23', R. Savage 57', M. Forssell 79'	29,369	BCFC.com
27	6 March 2004	Home	Bolton Wanderers	2-0	M. Forssell 24', B. Hughes 69'	28,003	BCFC.com
28	13 March 2004	Home	Leicester City	0-1		29,491	BCFC.com
29	20 March 2004	Away	Middlesbrough	3-5	M. Forssell 23', 59', C. Morrison 45'	30,244	BCFC.com
30	27 March 2004	Home	Leeds United	4-1	B. Hughes 12', 67', M. Forssell 69', 82'	29,069	BCFC.com
31	3 April 2004	Away	Fulham	0-0		14,667	BCFC.com
32	10 April 2004	Home	Manchester United	1-2	M. Grainger 39'	29,548	BCFC.com
33	12 April 2004	Away	Portsmouth	1-3	S. John 67'	20,104	BCFC.com
34	17 April 2004	Away	Charlton Athletic	1-1	C. Morrison 84'	25,206	BCFC.com
35	25 April 2004	Home	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	M. Forssell 34', C. Morrison 41'	29,494	BCFC.com
36	1 May 2004	Away	Arsenal	0-0		38,061	BCFC.com
37	8 May 2004	Home	Liverpool	0-3		29,553	BCFC.com
38	15 May 2004	Away	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	S. John 83'	26,070	BCFC.com

[edit] FA Cup

Birmingham reached the fifth round of the FA Cup 2003-04 before losing to Sunderland of Division One.

Birmingham City scores given first

Round	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Report
Third Round	3 January 2004	Home	Blackburn Rovers	4-0	C. Morrison 23', S. Clemence 36', M. Forssell 78', B. Hughes 84'	18,688	BCFC.com
Fourth Round	24 January 2004	Home	Wimbledon	1-0	B. Hughes 4'	22,159	BCFC.com
Fifth Round	14 February 2004	Away	Sunderland	1-1	M. Forssell 28'	24,966	BCFC.com
Fifth Round Replay	25 February 2004	Home	Sunderland	0-2 AET		25,645	BCFC.com