# 2003–04 Bury F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Bury compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 12th position with 56 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Swansea City | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 59 |
| 11 | Boston United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 59 |
| 12 | Bury | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 56 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 56 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 57 | 71 | −14 | 56 |

## Results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 9 August 2003 | Swansea City | A | 2 – 4 | 8,826 | Preece 20', Connell 85' |
| 2 | 16 August 2003 | Scunthorpe United | H | 2 – 3 | 2,716 | Porter 45', Preece 76' |
| 3 | 23 August 2003 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 2 – 0 | 2,548 | Porter 28', Seddon 88' |
| 4 | 25 August 2003 | Lincoln City | H | 2 – 1 | 2,576 | Unsworth 81', Preece 90' |
| 5 | 30 August 2003 | Southend United | A | 0 – 1 | 3,172 | |
| 6 | 6 September 2003 | Huddersfield Town | H | 2 – 1 | 4,591 | Swailes 24', Connell 83' |
| 7 | 13 September 2003 | Cheltenham Town | H | 1 – 1 | 2,753 | Preece 35' |
| 8 | 16 September 2003 | Mansfield Town | A | 3 – 5 | 4,145 | Connell (2) 21', 78', Seddon 58' |
| 9 | 20 September 2003 | Boston United | A | 0 – 1 | 2,260 | |
| 10 | 27 September 2003 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1 – 3 | 3,606 | Preece 28' |
| 11 | 30 September 2003 | York City | H | 2 – 0 | 2,202 | Porter 37', O'Neill 71' |
| 12 | 4 October 2003 | Torquay United | A | 1 – 3 | 2,732 | Porter 38' |
| 13 | 11 October 2003 | Cambridge United | A | 2 – 1 | 5,106 | Connell 32', Porter 39' |
| 14 | 18 October 2003 | Oxford United | H | 0 – 4 | 2,930 | |
| 15 | 21 October 2003 | Hull City | H | 0 – 0 | 3,869 | |
| 16 | 25 October 2003 | Darlington | A | 3 – 1 | 3,516 | Seddon 35', Connell 56', Singh 82' |
| 17 | 1 November 2003 | Yeovil Town | H | 2 – 1 | 3,086 | O'Shaughnessy 35', Unsworth 88' |
| 18 | 15 November 2003 | Bristol Rovers | A | 2 – 1 | 7,019 | Barrett (o.g.) 70', O'Neill 90' |
| 19 | 22 November 2003 | Northampton Town | H | 1 – 0 | 2,683 | O'Neill 72' |
| 20 | 29 November 2003 | Macclesfield Town | A | 0 – 1 | 2,312 | |
| 21 | 6 December 2003 | Hull City | A | 0 – 2 | 11,308 | |
| 22 | 13 December 2003 | Rochdale | H | 1 – 2 | 3,646 | Dunfield 49' |
| 23 | 20 December 2003 | Leyton Orient | A | 0 – 2 | 3,475 | |
| 24 | 26 December 2003 | Carlisle United | H | 1 – 3 | 3,345 | Porter 30' |
| 25 | 28 December 2003 | Huddersfield Town | A | 0 – 1 | 10,217 | |
| 26 | 3 January 2004 | Lincoln City | A | 1 – 2 | 3,870 | Porter 90' |
| 27 | 10 January 2004 | Swansea City | H | 2 – 0 | 2,799 | Swailes 62', Daly 86' |
| 28 | 17 January 2004 | Scunthorpe United | A | 0 – 0 | 3,869 | |
| 29 | 24 January 2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 0 – 0 | 2,526 | |
| 30 | 7 February 2004 | Carlisle United | A | 1 – 2 | 4,954 | Seddon 25' |
| 31 | 14 February 2004 | Cambridge United | H | 1 – 0 | 2,322 | Seddon 2' |
| 32 | 21 February 2004 | Oxford United | A | 1 – 1 | 6,476 | Dunfield 47' |
| 33 | 24 February 2004 | Southend United | H | 1 – 1 | 1,670 | Seddon 90' |
| 34 | 28 February 2004 | Darlington | H | 1 – 1 | 2,766 | Barrass 57' |
| 35 | 6 March 2004 | Leyton Orient | H | 1 – 1 | 2,355 | Seddon 63' |
| 36 | 13 March 2004 | Rochdale | A | 0 – 0 | 4,225 | |
| 37 | 16 March 2004 | Mansfield Town | H | 3 – 0 | 2,119 | Seddon (2) 26', 60', Swailes 43' |
| 38 | 20 March 2004 | Cheltenham Town | A | 2 – 1 | 3,435 | Swailes 74', Porter 82' |
| 39 | 27 March 2004 | Boston United | H | 1 – 3 | 2,693 | Swailes 13' |
| 40 | 3 April 2004 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1 – 3 | 6,221 | Singh 88' |
| 41 | 9 April 2004 | Torquay United | H | 2 – 1 | 2,770 | Seddon 35', Nugent 67' |
| 42 | 13 April 2004 | York City | A | 1 – 1 | 3,111 | Seddon 16' |
| 43 | 17 April 2004 | Yeovil Town | A | 1 – 2 | 5,172 | Nugent 35' |
| 44 | 24 April 2004 | Bristol Rovers | H | 0 – 0 | 2,683 | |
| 45 | 1 May 2004 | Northampton Town | A | 2 – 3 | 6,179 | Cartledge 10', Nugent 45' |
| 46 | 8 May 2004 | Macclesfield Town | H | 2 – 0 | 3,569 | Porter 85', Whaley 90' |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 8 November 2003 | Rochdale | H | 1 – 2 | 5,464 | Porter 71' |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 12 August 2003 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0 – 1 | 4,272 | |

### League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 3 November 2003 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2 – 1 | 3,102 | Preece 6', Thompson 78' |
| QF | 9 December 2003 | Scunthorpe United | H | 0 – 1 | 1,246 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Glyn Garner | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Matt Barrass | 19(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20(3) | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Colin Woodthorpe | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Danny Swailes | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | Lee Duxbury | 36(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38(1) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Lee Unsworth | 27(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31(2) | 1 |
| 7 | FW | George Clegg | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | David Nugent | 20(6) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 22(7) | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Joe O'Neill | 10(13) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 11(16) | 3 |
| 11 | MF | David Flitcroft | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Andy Preece | 10(4) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13(5) | 6 |
| 12 | FW | Chris Porter | 19(18) | 9 | 0(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21(19) | 10 |
| 14 | MF | Paul O'Shaughnessy | 21(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(6) | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Steve Gunby | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(5) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Simon Whaley | 3(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(8) | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Terry Dunfield | 28(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30(2) | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Tom Kennedy | 22(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(5) | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Gareth Seddon | 28(12) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29(13) | 11 |
| 21 | MF | Lee Connell | 23(5) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27(5) | 6 |
| 21 | MF | Harpal Singh | 20(8) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(8) | 2 |
| 23 | DF | Greg Strong | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Justin Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Glenn Whelan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Phil Charnock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ben Thornley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | John Cartledge | 7(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(4) | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Phil Gulliver | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | David Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Jon Daly | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Dave Challinor | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |