During the 2003–04 English football season,

West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

competed in the First Division.

Season summary

In the 2003–04 season, Albion had their best League Cup run for 22 years, beating

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and

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before losing to

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in the quarter-finals. The team also enjoyed good form in the league, remaining in the top two from mid-October until the end of the season, winning promotion back to the Premiership, again as runners-up, at the first attempt. Albion unveiled the Astle Gates outside their home ground,

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, in July 2003. The gates are a tribute to the club's former striker,

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, who died in January 2002.

Final league table

Results

''West Bromwich Albion's score comes first''

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

Loan In

Loan Out

Notes

References

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West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...