2003–04 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United

2003–04 season
Manager	Ronnie Moore
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Home colours

During the 2003–04 season, Rotherham United participated in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Rotherham slumped somewhat following last season's comfortable midtable finish and ended the season in 17th, three points from the relegation zone.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	11	21	57	66	−9	53
19	Burnley	46	13	14	19	60	77	−17	53

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Mike Pollitt 2 DF  SCO Robbie Stockdale[notes 1] (on loan from Middlesbrough) 4 DF  ENG Rob Scott 5 MF  ENG Darren Garner 6 DF  FRA Julien Baudet 7 FW  ENG Michael Proctor 8 DF  ENG Chris Swailes 9 FW  ENG Martin Butler 10 FW  ENG Paul Warne 11 MF  ENG Nick Daws 14 FW  ENG Will Hoskins 15 DF  SCO Martin McIntosh 16 DF  ENG Paul Hurst

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG John Mullin 18 DF  ENG Scott Minto 19 DF  ENG Phil Gilchrist (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 20 MF  ENG Andy Monkhouse 21 MF  ENG Jody Morris 22 DF  ENG Shaun Barker 24 MF  ENG Chris Sedgwick 26 DF  ENG Craig Mudd 27 DF  ENG Gareth Clayton 28 DF  ENG Guy Branston 29 FW  ENG Richie Barker 30 GK  ENG Gary Montgomery

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  ENG Mark Robins (to Sheffield Wednesday) 9 FW  IRL Alan Lee (to Cardiff City) 12 MF  ENG Stewart Talbot (to Brentford)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  WAL Carl Robinson (on loan from Portsmouth) 21 GK  AUS Brad Jones (on loan from Middlesbrough) 23 FW  JAM Darren Byfield[notes 2] (to Sunderland)

References

1. "FootballSquads - Rotherham United - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

1. Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2002.
2. Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.