2003–04 Bury F.C. season

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Bury

|season=2003–04

|manager= Graham Barrow

|chairman=

|stadium=

|league=Football League Third Division

|league result=12th

|cup1=FA Cup

|cup1 result=First round

|cup2=League Cup

|cup2 result=First round

|cup3=League Trophy

|cup3 result=Quarter final

|league topscorer=

|season topscorer=

|highest attendance=

|lowest attendance=

|average attendance=

|prevseason=2002–03

|nextseason=2004–05

}}

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

{{main|2003–04 Football League#Third Division}}

{{:2003–04 Football League|transcludesection=Third Division|only_totals=y|showteam=BRY}}

Results

=Legend=

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"|Win

|style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"|Draw

|style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"|Loss

=Football League Third Division=

{{Main|2003–04 Football League Third Division}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|1

9 August 2003Swansea CityA2 – 48,826Preece 20', Connell 85'
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|2

16 August 2003Scunthorpe UnitedH2 – 32,716Porter 45', Preece 76'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|3

23 August 2003Kidderminster HarriersA2 – 02,548Porter 28', Seddon 88'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|4

25 August 2003Lincoln CityH2 – 12,576Unsworth 81', Preece 90'
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|5

30 August 2003Southend UnitedA0 – 13,172
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|6

6 September 2003Huddersfield TownH2 – 14,591Swailes 24', Connell 83'
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|7

13 September 2003Cheltenham TownH1 – 12,753Preece 35'
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|8

16 September 2003Mansfield TownA3 – 54,145Connell (2) 21', 78', Seddon 58'
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|9

20 September 2003Boston UnitedA0 – 12,260
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|10

27 September 2003Doncaster RoversH1 – 33,606Preece 28'
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|11

30 September 2003York CityH2 – 02,202Porter 37', O'Neill 71'
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|12

4 October 2003Torquay UnitedA1 – 32,732Porter 38'
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|13

11 October 2003Cambridge UnitedA2 – 15,106Connell 32', Porter 39'
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|14

18 October 2003Oxford UnitedH0 – 42,930
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|15

21 October 2003Hull CityH0 – 03,869
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|16

25 October 2003DarlingtonA3 – 13,516Seddon 35', Connell 56', Singh 82'
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|17

1 November 2003Yeovil TownH2 – 13,086O'Shaughnessy 35', Unsworth 88'
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|18

15 November 2003Bristol RoversA2 – 17,019Barrett (o.g.) 70', O'Neill 90'
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|19

22 November 2003Northampton TownH1 – 02,683O'Neill 72'
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|20

29 November 2003Macclesfield TownA0 – 12,312
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|21

6 December 2003Hull CityA0 – 211,308
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|22

13 December 2003RochdaleH1 – 23,646Dunfield 49'
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|23

20 December 2003Leyton OrientA0 – 23,475
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|24

26 December 2003Carlisle UnitedH1 – 33,345Porter 30'
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|25

28 December 2003Huddersfield TownA0 – 110,217
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|26

3 January 2004Lincoln CityA1 – 23,870Porter 90'
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|27

10 January 2004Swansea CityH2 – 02,799Swailes 62', Daly 86'
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|28

17 January 2004Scunthorpe UnitedA0 – 03,869
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|29

24 January 2004Kidderminster HarriersH0 – 02,526
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|30

7 February 2004Carlisle UnitedA1 – 24,954Seddon 25'
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|31

14 February 2004Cambridge UnitedH1 – 02,322Seddon 2'
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|32

21 February 2004Oxford UnitedA1 – 16,476Dunfield 47'
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|33

24 February 2004Southend UnitedH1 – 11,670Seddon 90'
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|34

28 February 2004DarlingtonH1 – 12,766Barrass 57'
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|35

6 March 2004Leyton OrientH1 – 12,355Seddon 63'
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|36

13 March 2004RochdaleA0 – 04,225
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|37

16 March 2004Mansfield TownH3 – 02,119Seddon (2) 26', 60', Swailes 43'
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|38

20 March 2004Cheltenham TownA2 – 13,435Swailes 74', Porter 82'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|39

27 March 2004Boston UnitedH1 – 32,693Swailes 13'
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|40

3 April 2004Doncaster RoversA1 – 36,221Singh 88'
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|41

9 April 2004Torquay UnitedH2 – 12,770Seddon 35', Nugent 67'
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|42

13 April 2004York CityA1 – 13,111Seddon 16'
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|43

17 April 2004Yeovil TownA1 – 25,172Nugent 35'
style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"

|44

24 April 2004Bristol RoversH0 – 02,683
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"

|45

1 May 2004Northampton TownA2 – 36,179Cartledge 10', Nugent 45'
style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"

|46

8 May 2004Macclesfield TownH2 – 03,569Porter 85', Whaley 90'

=FA Cup=

{{Main|2003–04 FA Cup}}

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!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #FFCCCC;"R18 November 2003RochdaleH1 – 25,464Porter 71'

=League Cup=

{{Main|2003–04 Football League Cup}}

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!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #FFCCCC;"R112 August 2003Tranmere RoversA0 – 14,272

=League Trophy=

{{Main|2003–04 Football League Trophy}}

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!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #CCFFCC;"R23 November 2003Oldham AthleticH2 – 13,102Preece 6', Thompson 78'
style="background: #FFCCCC;"QF9 December 2003Scunthorpe UnitedH0 – 11,246

Squad statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|No.

!rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Trophy

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
align="left"|1align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Glyn Garner

|46

0101020500
align="left"|2align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Barrass

|19(3)

100001020(3)1
align="left"|3align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Woodthorpe

|39

0101020430
align="left"|4align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Swailes

|42

5001020455
align="left"|5align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Duxbury

|36(1)

010100038(1)0
align="left"|6align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Unsworth

|27(2)

110102031(2)1
align="left"|7align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} George Clegg

|4(2)

00010106(2)0
align="left"|9align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Nugent

|20(6)

310100(1)022(7)3
align="left"|10align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Neill

|10(13)

30(1)00(1)01(1)011(16)3
align="left"|11align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Flitcroft

|17

0000000170
align="left"|11align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Preece

|10(4)

5100(1)02113(5)6
align="left"|12align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Porter

|19(18)

90(1)1101021(19)10
align="left"|14align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul O'Shaughnessy

|21(6)

110000021(6)1
align="left"|15align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Gunby

|1(4)

000000(1)01(5)0
align="left"|16align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Whaley

|3(7)

100000(1)03(8)1
align="left"|17align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Terry Dunfield

|28(2)

000002030(2)0
align="left"|18align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Kennedy

|22(5)

000001023(5)0
align="left"|19align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gareth Seddon

|28(12)

11000(1)00029(13)11
align="left"|21align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Connell

|23(5)

610102027(5)6
align="left"|21align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harpal Singh

|20(8)

210100022(8)2
align="left"|23align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Greg Strong

|10

0001000110
align="left"|23align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Justin Thompson

|1

000002131
align="left"|24align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Glenn Whelan

|13

0001010150
align="left"|24align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Charnock

|3

000000030
align="left"|25align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Thornley

|5

000000050
align="left"|26align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Cartledge

|7(4)

10000007(4)1
align="left"|27align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Gulliver

|10

0001000110
align="left"|28align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Buchanan

|0

000000000
align="left"|29align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Jon Daly

|7

100000071
align="left"|30align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Challinor

|15

0000000150

References

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