# 2003–04 Hull City A.F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Hull City compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 2nd position with 88 points, gaining automatic promotion to League One.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 79 | 37 | +42 | 92 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 2 | Hull City (P) | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 88 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 3 | Torquay United (P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 81 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 4 | Huddersfield Town (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 81 | Qualification for the Third Division play-offs |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 76 | 62 | +14 | 75 | Qualification for the Third Division play-offs |

## Results

Hull City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 9 August 2003 | Darlington | H | 4 – 1 | 14,675 | Burgess, Price, Thelwell, Allsopp |
| 2 | 16 August 2003 | Oxford United | A | 1 – 2 | 6,618 | Allsopp |
| 3 | 23 August 2003 | Cheltenham Town | H | 3 – 3 | 12,522 | Elliott, Price, Allsopp |
| 4 | 25 August 2003 | Cambridge United | A | 2 – 0 | 4,571 | Price, Allsopp |
| 5 | 30 August 2003 | Boston United | H | 2 – 1 | 13,091 | Elliott, Green |
| 6 | 8 September 2003 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0 – 0 | 7,132 | |
| 7 | 13 September 2003 | Southend United | H | 3 – 2 | 12,545 | Allsopp, Dawson, Elliott |
| 8 | 16 September 2003 | Leyton Orient | A | 1 – 1 | 3,728 | Burgess |
| 9 | 20 September 2003 | Rochdale | A | 2 – 0 | 4,215 | Burgess, Green |
| 10 | 27 September 2003 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 6 – 1 | 13,683 | Burgess (2), Green, Allsopp, France, Dawson |
| 11 | 30 September 2003 | Swansea City | H | 1 – 0 | 20,903 | Elliott |
| 12 | 4 October 2003 | Northampton Town | A | 5 – 1 | 6,011 | Elliott, Allsopp, Price, Burgess, Forrester |
| 13 | 12 October 2003 | Carlisle United | H | 2 – 1 | 19,050 | Burgess, Forrester |
| 14 | 18 October 2003 | Torquay United | A | 1 – 1 | 3,720 | Elliott |
| 15 | 21 October 2003 | Bury | A | 0 – 0 | 3,896 | |
| 16 | 25 October 2003 | Lincoln City | H | 3 – 0 | 17,453 | Holt, Allsopp, Green |
| 17 | 1 November 2003 | Macclesfield Town | H | 2 – 2 | 15,053 | Allsopp, Hinds |
| 18 | 15 November 2003 | Huddersfield Town | A | 1 – 3 | 13,893 | Forrester |
| 19 | 22 November 2003 | Yeovil Town | H | 0 – 0 | 14,367 | |
| 20 | 29 November 2003 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1 – 2 | 6,331 | Burgess |
| 21 | 6 December 2003 | Bury | H | 2 – 0 | 11,308 | Burgess, Price |
| 22 | 13 December 2003 | Scunthorpe United | A | 1 – 1 | 6,426 | Elliott |
| 23 | 20 December 2003 | Mansfield Town | A | 0 – 1 | 15,005 | |
| 24 | 26 December 2003 | York City | A | 2 – 0 | 7,923 | Burgess, Forrester |
| 25 | 28 December 2003 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 3 – 1 | 23,006 | Price (3) |
| 26 | 3 January 2004 | Cambridge United | H | 2 – 0 | 14,271 | Elliott (2) |
| 27 | 10 January 2004 | Darlington | A | 1 – 0 | 6,847 | Elliott |
| 28 | 17 January 2004 | Oxford United | H | 4 – 2 | 21,491 | Burgess, Allsopp (2), Crosby (o.g.) |
| 29 | 24 January 2004 | Cheltenham Town | A | 2 – 0 | 4,536 | Burgess, Allsopp |
| 30 | 7 February 2004 | York City | H | 2 – 1 | 19,099 | Walters, Allsopp |
| 31 | 14 February 2004 | Carlisle United | A | 1 – 1 | 7,176 | Green |
| 32 | 21 February 2004 | Torquay United | H | 0 – 1 | 15,222 | |
| 33 | 28 February 2004 | Lincoln City | A | 0 – 2 | 7,069 | |
| 34 | 6 March 2004 | Mansfield Town | A | 0 – 1 | 6,859 | |
| 35 | 13 March 2004 | Scunthorpe United | H | 2 – 1 | 19,079 | Burgess (2) |
| 36 | 16 March 2004 | Leyton Orient | H | 3 – 0 | 15,531 | Burgess, Elliott, France |
| 37 | 27 March 2004 | Rochdale | H | 1 – 0 | 16,050 | Delaney |
| 38 | 31 March 2004 | Boston United | A | 2 – 1 | 4,741 | Elliott, Allsopp |
| 39 | 3 April 2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 1 – 1 | 3,853 | Burgess |
| 40 | 10 April 2004 | Northampton Town | H | 2 – 3 | 18,071 | Elliott, Dawson |
| 41 | 12 April 2004 | Swansea City | A | 3 – 2 | 5,993 | Burgess (2), Allsopp |
| 42 | 17 April 2004 | Macclesfield Town | A | 1 – 1 | 3,801 | Joseph |
| 43 | 20 April 2004 | Southend United | A | 2 – 2 | 5,389 | Lewis, Ashbee |
| 44 | 24 April 2004 | Huddersfield Town | H | 0 – 0 | 23,495 | |
| 45 | 1 May 2004 | Yeovil Town | A | 2 – 1 | 8,760 | Green, Ashbee |
| 46 | 8 May 2004 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3 – 0 | 22,562 | Price, Elliott, Delaney |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 8 November 2003 | Cheltenham Town | A | 1 – 3 | 3,624 | Price |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 12 August 2003 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0 – 2 | 3,925 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 14 October 2003 | Darlington | A | 3 – 1 | 1,578 | France, Forrester, Williams |
| R2 | 4 November 2003 | Scunthorpe United | H | 1 – 3 | 6,656 | Webb |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Alan Fettis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Alton Thelwell | 22(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23(4) | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Andy Dawson | 32(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33(1) | 3 |
| 4 | DF | Ian Ashbee | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Marc Joseph | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Stuart Elliott | 42 | 14 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43(1) | 14 |
| 8 | FW | Jamie Forrester | 6(15) | 4 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7(16) | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Ben Burgess | 44 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 18 |
| 10 | FW | Danny Allsopp | 31(5) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32(5) | 15 |
| 11 | FW | Jonathan Walters | 5(11) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(11) | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Paul Musselwhite | 17(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Boaz Myhill | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Stuart Green | 38(4) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40(4) | 6 |
| 15 | DF | Justin Whittle | 15(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(3) | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Damien Delaney | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Steve Melton | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(6) | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Jason Price | 29(4) | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32(4) | 10 |
| 19 | MF | Dean Keates | 9(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11(6) | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Junior Lewis | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Ryan Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Lee Marshall | 10(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Nathan Peat | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Carl Regan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Shaun Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Andy Holt | 6(19) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(19) | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Daniel Webb | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2(4) | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Steve Burton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Greg Strong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Richard Hinds | 34(5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36(5) | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Ryan France | 7(21) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9(21) | 2 |
| 30 | GK | Michel Kuipers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Scott Wiseman | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Clayton Donaldson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Russell Fry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |