During the 2003–04 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
.
Season summary
The 2003–2004 season saw
Paul Hart suffer from a squad that was low in confidence and with no money. However, Forest started reasonably well, winning five of their first seven games and after 15 games, they won seven and lost five and were in the top half of the table. Unfortunately, when they went into the bottom three, after going 14 games without a win, the Forest chairman
Nigel Doughty
Nigel Edward Doughty (10 June 1957 – 4 February 2012) was a British investor and football club owner, who was co-chairman and co-founder of Doughty Hanson & Co, a European private equity firm based in London.
Doughty was born in Newark, Notti ...
called time on Hart's reign as Forest manager.
Joe Kinnear was then brought in to replace Hart. The club's directors looked to have made a good decision when Kinnear revitalised Forest, bringing out the best in key players like
Michael Dawson
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and
Andy Reid, and they climbed up the table to secure a safe 14th place.
Final league table
Results
''Nottingham Forest's score comes first''
Legend
Football League First Division
FA Cup
League Cup
First-team squad
Left club during season
Appearances
References
{{2003–04 in English football
2003-04
Nottingham Forest