The 2003–04 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th completed season of
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
.
This was the last season of the Football League with the
Nationwide Building Society
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as title
sponsor, and the last in which the divisions were known as the
First,
Second and
Third Divisions: from the following season they would be known as the
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
,
League One
The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...
and
League Two respectively.
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...
won the First Division, thus returning to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
for the first time since
1994–95. Also promoted to the top flight were
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 pl ...
and
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...
.
Plymouth Argyle won the Second Division, while
Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...
won the Third.
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found a
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundationwebsite,
with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
First Division
Play-offs
Maps
Top scorers
Second Division
Play-offs
Maps
Top scorers
Third Division
Play-offs
Maps
Top scorers
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See also
* 2003–04 in English football
*2003 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world.
Events
*Confederations Cup: Host nation France wins a tournament marred by tragedy (see Deaths.)
*UEFA Champions League: AC Milan wins 3–2 on penalties ov ...
*2004 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
Events
*5 January – Manager Mark Wotte leaves Dutch club Willem II Tilburg and becomes technical director at Feyenoord Rotterdam.
*29 January – Dutch ...
References
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