2003-12-26

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	38,003
Craddock OG, Henry 2	Lineups
Birmingham City	2	1	Manchester City	St Andrew's	29,520
Kenna, Forssell	Lineups		Fowler
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park	25,452
Babbel 2	Lineups		Juninho 2
Charlton Athletic	4	2	Chelsea	The Valley	26,752	Largest home gate 2003-04
Hreidarsson, Holland, Johansson, Euell	Lineups		Terry, Gudjohnsen
Fulham	2	0	Southampton	Loftus Road	15,640
Saha 2 (1p)	Lineups
Leeds United	0	0	Aston Villa	Elland Road	38,513
	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Newcastle United	Leicester City Stadium	32,148	Largest home gate 2003-04
Dickov	Lineups		Ambrose
Liverpool	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield Road	42,987
Hyypia, Sinama-Pongolle, Smicer	Lineups		Pedersen
Manchester United	3	2	Everton	Old Trafford	67,642
Butt, Kleberson, Bellion	Lineups		Neville G OG, Ferguson
Portsmouth	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Fratton Park	20,010
Berger 2	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	18	8	1	1	24	7	6	0	2	13	6	24	43	W	W	W	W	L	2003-12-28	Middlesbrough	A
2	0	Arsenal	18	7	2	0	16	6	5	4	0	18	6	22	42	W	D	W	D	D	2003-12-29	Southampton	A
3	0	Chelsea	18	6	1	1	17	7	6	2	2	16	9	17	39	L	W	L	D	W	2003-12-28	Portsmouth	H
4	1	Fulham	18	5	2	3	16	11	3	2	3	14	12	7	28	W	L	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Aston Villa	A
5	2	Charlton Athletic	18	3	3	3	13	14	4	3	2	13	8	4	27	W	D	D	L	L	2003-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	0	Newcastle United	18	4	3	2	14	5	2	5	2	12	16	5	26	D	D	W	D	D	2003-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	-3	Southampton	18	5	1	3	11	6	2	4	3	7	8	4	26	L	W	W	W	L	2003-12-29	Arsenal	H
8	0	Birmingham City	17	3	3	3	8	12	4	2	2	8	7	-3	26	W	W	L	L	L	2003-12-28	Everton	A
9	0	Liverpool	17	4	1	4	15	12	3	3	2	11	7	7	25	W	L	D	W	D	2003-12-28	Manchester City	A
10	0	Bolton Wanderers	18	2	5	1	8	5	3	2	5	10	21	-8	22	L	D	W	L	W	2003-12-28	Leicester City	H
11	2	Middlesbrough	17	2	3	4	6	10	3	3	2	8	7	-3	21	D	D	D	W	D	2003-12-28	Manchester United	H
12	2	Aston Villa	18	4	3	1	10	7	1	3	6	6	16	-7	21	D	W	W	L	W	2003-12-28	Fulham	H
13	-2	Manchester City	18	2	3	3	13	11	3	2	5	12	14	0	20	L	D	L	D	L	2003-12-28	Liverpool	H
14	-2	Everton	18	4	3	2	14	9	1	2	6	8	16	-3	20	L	W	W	D	L	2003-12-28	Birmingham City	H
15	3	Portsmouth	18	5	0	4	18	10	0	4	5	2	15	-5	19	W	L	L	D	L	2003-12-28	Chelsea	A
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	18	3	1	5	13	15	2	2	5	12	14	-4	18	D	L	L	W	W	2003-12-28	Newcastle United	A
17	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	18	4	1	4	14	13	1	2	6	5	15	-9	18	L	L	L	W	L	2003-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Leicester City	18	2	5	3	13	13	2	0	6	13	16	-3	17	D	L	L	D	W	2003-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	0	Leeds United	18	2	4	4	9	15	2	1	5	8	22	-20	17	D	D	W	D	W	2003-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	2	3	2	7	14	0	2	8	6	24	-25	11	L	L	L	D	L	2003-12-28	Leeds United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	0	1	Walsall	Ninian Park	17,531
	Lineups		Emblen
Coventry City	0	1	Sheffield United	Highfield Road	21,132
	Lineups		Lester (p)
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Burnley	Gresty Road	9,512
Ashton, Jones S 2	Lineups		Blake (p)
Crystal Palace	0	1	Millwall	Selhurst Park	19,737
	Lineups		Harris
Gillingham	1	0	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	8,971
Hills (p)	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Carrow Road	16,429
Svensson	Lineups
Reading	0	3	Wimbledon	Madejski Stadium	14,486
	Lineups		Small, Lewington, McAnuff
Stoke City	1	1	Preston North End	Britannia Stadium	20,126	Largest home gate 2003-04
Eustace (p)	Lineups		Healy
Sunderland	3	0	Bradford City	Stadium of Light	29,639
McAteer, Smith, Kyle	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Derby County	The Hawthorns	26,412
Gaardsoe	Lineups		Costa
West Ham United	1	2	Ipswich Town	Upton Park	35,021	Largest home gate 2003-04
Defoe	Lineups		Counago 2 (1p)
Wigan Athletic	1	2	Rotherham United	Wigan Athletic Stadium	9,235
Ellington	Lineups		Hoskins 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Norwich City	25	11	1	1	25	10	3	6	3	12	11	16	49	W	W	W	D	W	2003-12-28	Derby County	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	25	6	5	2	17	10	7	2	3	19	12	14	46	D	L	D	W	D	2003-12-30	Wimbledon	A
3	0	Sheffield United	24	8	2	2	23	9	5	3	4	15	17	12	44	W	D	W	L	W	2003-12-28	Wigan Athletic	H
4	1	Ipswich Town	25	7	2	3	26	15	5	4	4	19	20	10	42	W	L	D	W	D	2003-12-28	Crystal Palace	H
5	3	Sunderland	25	7	5	1	17	7	4	3	5	15	15	10	41	W	W	L	D	D	2003-12-28	Rotherham United	A
6	-2	Wigan Athletic	25	7	4	2	18	10	4	4	4	16	17	7	41	L	W	W	L	D	2003-12-28	Sheffield United	A
7	0	Preston North End	25	8	2	2	26	13	3	4	6	13	17	9	39	D	W	W	D	W	2003-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-2	West Ham United	25	5	5	3	21	14	4	6	2	12	9	10	38	L	D	W	L	D	2003-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
9	0	Reading	25	7	2	4	17	16	4	2	6	12	16	-3	37	L	L	L	W	W	2003-12-28	Walsall	A
10	1	Millwall	25	6	5	1	13	5	3	4	6	15	19	4	36	W	W	D	D	L	2003-12-28	Gillingham	H
11	-1	Cardiff City	25	5	4	4	24	14	4	4	4	17	19	8	35	L	L	L	D	W	2003-12-28	Watford	A
12	1	Crewe Alexandra	25	8	2	3	22	13	2	3	7	10	19	0	35	W	L	D	W	D	2003-12-28	Preston North End	A
13	1	Walsall	25	6	4	2	19	11	3	3	7	8	15	1	34	W	D	W	L	W	2003-12-28	Reading	H
14	1	Rotherham United	25	5	4	3	12	10	3	5	5	12	20	-6	33	W	W	D	W	W	2003-12-28	Sunderland	H
15	-3	Coventry City	25	4	6	3	15	14	3	5	4	15	17	-1	32	L	W	W	D	L	2003-12-28	Bradford City	A
16	0	Stoke City	25	5	5	3	19	14	3	1	8	13	20	-2	30	D	W	W	W	L	2003-12-28	Burnley	A
17	3	Gillingham	24	6	1	6	16	17	2	5	4	13	19	-7	30	W	L	D	W	D	2003-12-28	Millwall	A
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	4	4	3	19	12	3	3	7	15	21	1	28	L	L	D	D	L	2003-12-28	West Ham United	H
19	-1	Burnley	25	5	3	4	20	16	2	4	7	17	30	-9	28	L	L	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Stoke City	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	25	3	5	5	15	18	4	2	6	14	21	-10	28	L	W	W	L	L	2003-12-28	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Watford	25	3	6	3	13	13	3	2	8	13	20	-7	26	L	L	D	D	L	2003-12-28	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Derby County	24	3	3	5	16	19	2	6	5	9	18	-12	24	D	D	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Norwich City	H
23	0	Bradford City	25	2	2	8	11	21	2	3	8	8	18	-20	17	L	L	L	L	L	2003-12-28	Coventry City	H
24	0	Wimbledon	25	2	2	8	14	24	3	0	10	13	28	-25	17	W	L	L	L	L	2003-12-30	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Dean Court	8,901
	Lineups		Wotton, Norris
Blackpool	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Bloomfield Road	8,340	Largest home gate 2003-04
Murphy, Johnson	Lineups		Haworth
Brentford	1	2	Bristol City	Griffin Park	5,912
May	Lineups		Lita 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Withdean Stadium	6,141
Carpenter, Piercy 2, McPhee	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Peterborough United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,376
Robinson, Hurst	Lineups		Logan
Colchester United	1	1	Luton Town	Layer Road	5,083	Largest home gate 2003-04
McGleish	Lineups		Mansell
Grimsby Town	3	3	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park	6,172
Jevons 2, Boulding	Lineups		Johnson, Cooksey, Vernon
Hartlepool United	1	2	Barnsley	Victoria Park	6,520
Williams E	Lineups		Betsy 2
Notts County	3	3	Queens Park Rangers	Meadow Lane	7,702
Heffernan 3 (1p)	Lineups		Palmer, Richardson OG, Gallen
Rushden & Diamonds	2	0	Swindon Town	Nene Park	4,845
Lowe 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	3	Port Vale	Hillsborough	24,991
Robins, Lee	Lineups		Littlejohn, Paynter, Brooker
Stockport County	0	1	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	6,256
	Lineups		Barrett

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	3	1	26	10	6	4	2	24	15	25	46	W	W	W	W	W	2003-12-28	Brentford	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	3	0	26	3	3	6	3	17	17	23	42	D	L	W	W	D	2003-12-28	Colchester United	H
3	0	Barnsley	23	5	6	0	15	8	6	1	5	17	19	5	40	W	W	D	D	L	2003-12-28	Chesterfield	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	8	2	2	23	9	3	3	5	13	16	11	38	W	L	D	W	W	2003-12-28	Swindon Town	A
5	1	Bristol City	23	6	4	1	17	7	3	6	3	12	12	10	37	W	W	D	L	W	2003-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	-1	Colchester United	23	6	4	2	15	11	4	2	5	12	18	-2	36	D	D	W	L	L	2003-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	3	Port Vale	22	7	2	1	19	12	3	3	6	11	16	2	35	W	D	D	L	W	2003-12-28	Stockport County	H
8	4	Wrexham	22	4	4	3	11	7	6	0	5	14	15	3	34	W	W	L	D	L	2003-12-28	Blackpool	H
9	-2	Luton Town	23	7	2	2	21	12	2	5	5	14	23	0	34	D	L	W	W	D	2003-12-28	Notts County	H
10	3	Blackpool	22	6	0	6	16	14	4	3	3	11	15	-2	33	W	L	W	W	W	2003-12-28	Wrexham	A
11	-3	Hartlepool United	23	5	6	1	19	6	3	2	6	15	24	4	32	L	D	L	W	L	2003-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A
12	2	Rushden & Diamonds	23	6	3	3	24	16	3	2	6	15	20	3	32	W	L	D	D	W	2003-12-28	Wycombe Wanderers	A
13	-4	AFC Bournemouth	23	5	5	2	18	14	3	3	5	10	13	1	32	L	L	D	W	L	2003-12-28	Bristol City	A
14	-3	Swindon Town	23	4	4	3	19	13	4	3	5	12	16	2	31	L	W	L	L	D	2003-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	3	2	15	9	1	5	6	9	23	-8	29	L	W	D	W	W	2003-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	0	Grimsby Town	22	4	3	4	18	12	3	4	4	10	19	-3	28	D	D	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Peterborough United	A
17	2	Oldham Athletic	23	5	2	4	17	14	1	7	4	19	23	-1	27	D	W	L	L	D	2003-12-28	Hartlepool United	H
18	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	2	6	4	13	15	4	3	4	13	15	-4	27	L	D	D	L	D	2003-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	-1	Brentford	23	5	1	6	17	21	3	2	6	8	14	-10	27	L	L	D	L	L	2003-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	0	Peterborough United	23	1	4	6	16	20	4	4	4	12	14	-6	23	L	W	L	W	L	2003-12-28	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Stockport County	23	1	5	6	14	21	3	4	4	14	17	-10	21	L	L	D	D	W	2003-12-28	Port Vale	A
22	0	Notts County	23	3	4	5	15	15	2	2	7	7	22	-15	21	D	L	D	W	L	2003-12-28	Luton Town	A
23	1	Chesterfield	23	3	5	4	14	14	0	4	7	4	16	-12	18	W	D	D	L	D	2003-12-28	Barnsley	A
24	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	23	3	2	6	16	18	0	5	7	8	22	-16	16	L	W	D	L	D	2003-12-28	Rushden & Diamonds	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Boston United	0	1	Lincoln City	York Street	5,708	Largest home gate 2003-04
	Lineups		Mayo (p)
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Northampton Town	The Memorial Stadium	7,695
Carlisle (p)	Lineups		Asamoah, Walker
Bury	1	3	Carlisle United	Gigg Lane	3,345
Porter (p)	Lineups		McGill, Henderson, Gray
Cambridge United	0	1	Southend United	Abbey Stadium	5,368	Largest home gate 2003-04
	Lineups		Constantine
Cheltenham Town	3	2	Macclesfield Town	Whaddon Road	4,237
Spencer, Taylor, Devaney	Lineups		Brackenridge, Haddrell
Darlington	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Darlington Arena	6,205
	Lineups		Booth
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Belle Vue	8,961
Blundell	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Rochdale	Field Mill	6,963
Larkin	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	Leyton Orient	Kassam Stadium	9,477	Largest home gate 2003-04
Crosby (p), Alsop	Lineups		Alexander
Torquay United	0	0	Swansea City	Plainmoor	4,447
	Lineups
Yeovil Town	1	2	Kidderminster Harriers	Huish Park	5,640
Gall	Lineups		Williams J, Parrish
York City	0	2	Hull City	Bootham Crescent	7,923	Largest home gate 2003-04
	Lineups		Burgess, Forrester (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	9	2	1	24	7	6	2	3	19	11	25	49	W	W	W	W	W	2003-12-28	Hull City	A
2	0	Oxford United	23	10	2	0	23	6	3	7	1	14	10	21	48	W	D	W	W	W	2003-12-28	Southend United	A
3	1	Mansfield Town	23	8	2	2	30	14	6	1	4	19	14	21	45	W	W	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Macclesfield Town	A
4	1	Hull City	24	8	3	1	28	12	4	5	3	17	11	22	44	W	L	D	W	L	2003-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	-2	Yeovil Town	23	9	0	3	23	9	5	1	5	13	14	13	43	L	W	W	W	D	2003-12-28	Swansea City	A
6	2	Lincoln City	22	5	4	1	15	6	5	3	4	14	14	9	37	W	W	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Cambridge United	H
7	-1	Swansea City	23	6	3	2	21	10	4	3	5	13	18	6	36	D	L	L	D	W	2003-12-28	Yeovil Town	H
8	-1	Torquay United	23	7	4	1	20	11	3	2	6	8	14	3	36	D	L	D	W	W	2003-12-28	Leyton Orient	A
9	2	Huddersfield Town	23	7	3	1	18	7	2	4	6	15	27	-1	34	W	D	L	D	D	2003-12-28	Bury	H
10	-1	York City	24	6	4	2	14	9	2	5	5	7	18	-6	33	L	W	D	L	D	2003-12-28	Rochdale	A
11	-1	Scunthorpe United	23	4	5	2	24	15	3	5	4	17	20	6	31	L	L	D	D	W	2003-12-28	Boston United	H
12	0	Bristol Rovers	23	4	3	5	13	14	4	2	5	14	15	-2	29	L	W	L	W	L	2003-12-28	Kidderminster Harriers	A
13	0	Cambridge United	23	2	4	6	13	21	5	4	2	17	14	-5	29	L	W	W	L	L	2003-12-28	Lincoln City	A
14	0	Bury	24	5	2	5	15	19	4	0	8	15	22	-11	29	L	L	L	L	L	2003-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
15	0	Leyton Orient	23	4	4	3	16	15	3	3	6	13	18	-4	28	L	W	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Torquay United	H
16	3	Northampton Town	23	4	2	5	9	14	3	4	5	11	16	-10	27	W	L	D	L	L	2003-12-28	Cheltenham Town	H
17	-1	Macclesfield Town	23	4	5	2	17	11	2	3	7	14	24	-4	26	L	W	W	W	L	2003-12-28	Mansfield Town	H
18	-1	Rochdale	23	3	3	5	13	15	4	2	6	15	18	-5	26	L	W	W	L	L	2003-12-28	York City	H
19	1	Kidderminster Harriers	23	3	2	6	12	18	4	3	5	11	15	-10	26	W	L	W	D	L	2003-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
20	1	Cheltenham Town	22	6	2	4	21	22	1	3	6	12	24	-13	26	W	L	D	W	L	2003-12-28	Northampton Town	A
21	-3	Boston United	23	5	5	2	20	11	1	2	8	5	19	-5	25	L	L	D	D	L	2003-12-28	Scunthorpe United	A
22	0	Southend United	23	3	1	7	11	15	4	2	6	11	21	-14	24	W	L	W	L	W	2003-12-28	Oxford United	H
23	0	Darlington	24	5	3	5	15	15	0	2	9	9	23	-14	20	L	L	L	W	D	2003-12-28	Carlisle United	A
24	0	Carlisle United	23	2	1	8	8	17	1	1	10	10	23	-22	11	W	W	L	L	L	2003-12-28	Darlington	H