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2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur
2003–04 season
ChairmanDaniel Levy
ManagerGlenn Hoddle (until 21 September)
David Pleat (from 21 September)
Premier League14th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robbie Keane (14)
All: Robbie Keane (16)

The 2003–04 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 12th season in the Premier League and 26th successive season in the top division of the English football league system

Season summary

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A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm.[1] Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season[2] but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification, nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998.

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Carr
3 DF Argentina ARG Mauricio Taricco
5 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Goran Bunjevčević
6 MF England ENG Michael Brown
7 MF England ENG Darren Anderton
8 FW Portugal POR Hélder Postiga
9 FW Mali MLI Frédéric Kanouté[3]
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Keane
12 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Doherty
13 GK United States USA Kasey Keller
14 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Poyet
15 MF England ENG Jamie Redknapp
18 FW England ENG Jermain Defoe
21 DF South Africa RSA Mbulelo Mabizela
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW England ENG Lee Barnard
23 MF Germany GER Christian Ziege
24 GK England ENG Rob Burch
26 DF England ENG Ledley King (captain)
27 MF England ENG Rohan Ricketts
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Yeates
29 MF Wales WAL Simon Davies
30 DF England ENG Anthony Gardner
31 MF England ENG Dean Marney
32 MF England ENG Johnnie Jackson
33 GK Canada CAN Lars Hirschfeld
34 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Kelly
35 FW England ENG Jamie Slabber
36 DF England ENG Dean Richards

Last updated: 14 October 2019.
Source: footballsquads.co.uk

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
25 June 2003 ST Portugal Hélder Postiga Portugal Porto £6,250,000 [4]
18 July 2003 ST England Bobby Zamora England Brighton and Hove Albion £1,500,000 [5]
8 August 2003 DF South Africa Mbulelo Mabizela South Africa Orlando Pirates Undisclosed [6]
4 August 2003 ST France Frédéric Kanouté England West Ham United £3,500,000 [7]
2 January 2004 MF England Michael Brown England Sheffield United £500,000 [8]
4 February 2004 ST England Jermain Defoe England West Ham United £7,000,000 [9]

Transfers out

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
13 June 2003 DF England Alton Thelwell England Hull City Free [10]
30 June 2003 ST England Teddy Sheringham England Portsmouth Free [11]
17 July 2003 DF Wales Ben Thatcher England Leicester City £300,000 [12]
1 August 2003 ST Norway Steffen Iversen England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free [13]
4 August 2003 MF England Matthew Etherington England West Ham United £1,000,000
Part Exchange
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29 August 2003 GK Scotland Neil Sullivan England Chelsea Free [14]
28 November 2003 DF England Chris Perry England Charlton Athletic £100,000 [15]
28 January 2004 MF Belgium Jonathan Blondel Belgium Club Brugge Undisclosed [16]
4 February 2004 ST England Bobby Zamora England West Ham United Part Exchange [9]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref.
1 September 2003 DF England Paul Konchesky England Charlton Athletic January 2004 [17]
1 September 2003 MF France Stéphane Dalmat Italy Internazionale Season [18]

Loan out

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Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref.
28 January 2004 MF Slovenia Milenko Ačimovič France Lille five-month loan [19]

Released

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 August 2003 MF Germany Steffen Freund Germany Kaiserslautern Released [20]
28 November 2003 DF England Ronnie Henry Free Agent Released [15]
28 November 2003 MF England Jonathan Black Released [15]
27 July 2004 ST Ukraine Serhii Rebrov England West Ham United Released [21]

Overall transfer activity

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Competitions Overview

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Competition Record
P W D L GF GA Win %
Premier League 38 13 6 19 47 57 034.21
FA Cup 3 1 1 1 7 5 033.33
League Cup 4 3 1 0 8 2 075.00
Total 45 17 8 20 62 64 037.78

Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Southampton 38 12 11 15 44 45 −1 47
13 Portsmouth 38 12 9 17 47 54 −7 45
14 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 6 19 47 57 −10 45
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 8 18 51 59 −8 44
16 Manchester City 38 9 14 15 55 54 +1 41
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Manager: Glenn Hoddle

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 1 Birmingham City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Dunn 36 pen' Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,398
Referee: Rob Styles
23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Leeds United Haringey, London
Taricco 41'
Kanouté 71'
Report Alan Smith 5' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,354
Referee: Steve Dunn
27 August 2003 (2003-08-27) 3 Liverpool 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,778
Referee: Uriah Rennie
30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0–3 Fulham Haringey, London
Report Hayles 23', 67'
Boa Morte 71'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,421
Referee: Jeff Winter
13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 5 Chelsea 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur London
Lampard 35'
Mutu 37', 75'
Hasselbaink 90'
Report Kanouté 25', 87' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,165
Referee: Graham Poll
20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Southampton Haringey, London
Kanouté 62' Report Beattie 2', 43'
Phillips 60'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,784
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Caretaker Manager: David Pleat

28 September 2003 (2003-09-28) 7 Manchester City 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester, Greater Manchester
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,842
Referee: Neale Barry
4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 8 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Everton Haringey, London
Kanouté 71'
Poyet 46'
Keane 46'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,137
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
19 October 2003 (2003-10-19) 9 Leicester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
Dickov 38' Report Mabizela 79'
Kanouté 90'
Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 31,521
Referee: Andy D'Urso
26 October 2003 (2003-10-26) 10 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Middlesbrough Haringey, London
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,643
Referee: Mike Dean
1 November 2003 (2003-11-01) 11 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Haringey, London
Report Nolan 73' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,191
Referee: Uriah Rennie
8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 12 Arsenal 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Pires 69'
Ljungberg 79'
Report Anderton 5' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,101
Referee: Mark Halsey
23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 13 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Ricketts 78'
Keane 81'
Report Allbäck 66' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,140
Referee: Jeff Winter
29 November 2003 (2003-11-29) 14 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
Greško 78' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,802
Referee: Graham Poll
6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 15 Tottenham Hotspur 5–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Haringey, London
Keane 29', 75', 83'
Kanouté 50'
Dalmat 90'
Report Ince 30'
Rae 84'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,825
Referee: Uriah Rennie
13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 16 Newcastle United 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle
Robert 35', 55'
Shearer 59', 66'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,139
Referee: Alan Wiley
21 December 2003 (2003-12-21) 17 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Manchester United Haringey, London
Poyet 63' Report O'Shea 15'
van Nistelrooy 25'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,910
Referee: Rob Styles
26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 18 Portsmouth 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
Berger 52', 68' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 19 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Charlton Athletic Haringey, London
Report Cole 69' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,534
Referee: Paul Durkin
7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) 20 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Birmingham City Haringey, London
Dalmat 10', 24'
Davies 39'
Keane 79'
Report Savage 68' (pen.) Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,016
Referee: Barry Knight
10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 21 Leeds United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
Report Keane 56' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,365
Referee: Mark Halsey
17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) 22 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Liverpool Haringey, London
Keane 25 pen'
Postiga 54'
Report Kewell 75' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Uriah Rennie
31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 23 Fulham 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Malbranque 45 pen'
McBride 67'
Report Keane 18 pen' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,024
Referee: Matt Messias
7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 24 Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 Portsmouth Haringey, London
Defoe 13'
Keane 41', 78'
Poyet 89'
Report Berkovic 39'
LuaLua 73'
Mornar 84'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,107
Referee: Peter Walton
11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) 25 Charlton Athletic 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur London
Stuart 51'
Perry 81'
Report Davies 10'
Defoe 43'
King 46'
Jackson 85'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,660
Referee: Graham Barber
22 February 2004 (2004-02-22) 26 Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Leicester City Haringey, London
Brown 6'
Defoe 13', 89'
Keane 28'
Report Doherty 9' (o.g.)
Ferdinand 51'
Thatcher 74'
Bent 79'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,218
Referee: Neale Barry
9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 27 Middlesbrough 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough
Németh 73' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 31,789
Referee: Mark Halsey
14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) 28 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Newcastle United Haringey, London
O'Brien 86' (o.g.) Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,083
Referee: Howard Webb
20 March 2004 (2004-03-20) 29 Manchester United 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Giggs 30'
Cristiano Ronaldo 89'
Bellion 90'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,634
Referee: Dermt Gallagher
27 March 2004 (2004-03-27) 30 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Delap 64' Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,973
Referee: Chris Foy
3 April 2004 (2004-04-03) 31 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Chelsea Haringey, London
Report Hasselbaink 38' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,101
Referee: Steve Bennett
9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 32 Everton 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Merseyside
Unsworth 17'
Naysmith 24'
Yobo 40'
Report Carr 75' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,086
Referee: Rob Styles
12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 33 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Manchester City Haringey, London
Defoe 52' Report Anelka 25' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,282
Referee: Chris Foy
17 April 2004 (2004-04-17) 34 Bolton 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Bolton
Campo 7'
Pedersen 65'
Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 26,440
Referee: Jeff Winter
25 April 2004 (2004-04-25) 35 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Arsenal Haringey, London
Redknapp 62'
Keane 90' (pen.)
Report Vieira 3'
Pires 35'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,097
Referee: Mark Halsey
2 May 2004 (2004-05-02) 36 Aston Villa 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Ángel 5' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,573
Referee: Neale Barry
8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) 37 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Haringey, London
Defoe 18' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,698
Referee: Andy D'Urso
15 May 2004 (2004-05-15) 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton
Report Keane 34'
Defoe 57'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 29,389
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

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3 January 2004 (2004-01-03) 3rd round Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Crystal Palace Haringey, London
Kanouté 15', 20', 48' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,340
Referee: Andy D'Urso
25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) 4th round Manchester City 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Greater Manchester
Anelka 10' Report Doherty 57' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Steve Dunn
4 February 2004 (2004-02-04) 4th round (Replay) Tottenham Hotspur 3–4 Manchester City Haringey, London
King 2'
Keane 19'
Ziege 43'
Report Distin 48'
Bosvelt 61'
Wright-Phillips 80'
Macken 90'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,400
Referee: Rob Styles

League Cup

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24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) 2nd round Coventry City 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
Report Kanouté 13'
Keane 23'
Ricketts 78'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,474
Referee: Mike Jones
29 October 2004 (2004-10-29) 3rd round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 (a.e.t.) West Ham United Haringey, London
Zamora 92' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36, 053
Referee: Graham Barber
3 December 2004 (2004-12-03) 4th round Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Manchester City Haringey, London
Anderton 9'
Postiga 29'
Kanouté 90'
Report Fowler 80' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,727
Referee: Paul Durkin
17 December 2003 (2003-12-17) 5th round Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Middlesbrough Haringey, London
Anderton 2' Report Ricketts 86' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,307
Referee: Mike Dean
Penalties
Keane soccer ball with check mark
Carr soccer ball with check mark
Konchesky soccer ball with check mark
Poyet soccer ball with red X
Kanouté soccer ball with check mark
Taricco soccer ball with red X
Ricketts soccer ball with check mark
Juninho soccer ball with check mark
Zenden soccer ball with check mark
Mills soccer ball with check mark
Mendieta soccer ball with red X
Queudrue soccer ball with check mark

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
13 GK United States USA Kasey Keller 45 0 38 0 3 0 4 0
Defenders
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Carr 39 1 32 1 3 0 4 0
3 DF Argentina ARG Mauricio Taricco 37 1 31+1 1 2 0 3 0
5 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Goran Bunjevčević 8 0 3+4 0 0 0 1 0
12 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Doherty 22 1 16+1 0 2 1 2+1 0
21 DF South Africa RSA Mbulelo Mabizela 7 1 0+6 1 0 0 0+1 0
30 DF England ENG Anthony Gardner 40 0 33 0 3 0 4 0
34 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Kelly 11 0 7+4 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF England ENG Dean Richards 26 0 23 0 1 0 2 0
Midfielders
6 MF England ENG Michael Brown 19 1 17 1 2 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Darren Anderton 24 3 16+4 1 1 0 3 2
14 MF Uruguay URU Gus Poyet 25 3 12+8 3 1+1 0 2+1 0
15 MF England ENG Jamie Redknapp 17 1 14+3 1 0 0 0 0
23 MF Germany GER Christian Ziege 10 1 7+1 0 1 1 1 0
26 MF England ENG Ledley King 35 2 28+1 1 3 1 3 0
27 MF England ENG Rohan Ricketts 28 2 12+12 1 0 0 3+1 1
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Yeates 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Wales WAL Simon Davies 20 2 17 2 2+1 0 0 0
31 MF England ENG Dean Marney 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF England ENG Johnnie Jackson 14 1 9+2 1 1+2 0 0 0
Forwards
8 FW Portugal POR Hélder Postiga 24 2 9+10 1 2 0 1+2 1
9 FW Mali MLI Frédéric Kanouté 31 12 19+8 7 1 3 2+1 2
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Keane 41 16 31+3 14 3 1 4 1
18 FW England ENG Jermain Defoe 15 7 14+1 7 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
11 MF France FRA Stephane Dalmat 28 3 12+10 3 2+1 0 1+2 0
16 DF England ENG Paul Konchesky 15 0 10+2 0 0 0 2+1 0
20 MF Belgium BEL Jonathan Blondel 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
25 FW England ENG Bobby Zamora 18 1 6+10 0 0+1 0 1 1

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: soccerbase.com

Goal scorers

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW 10 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 14 1 1 16
2 FW 9 Mali Frédéric Kanouté 7 3 2 12
3 FW 18 England Jermain Defoe 7 0 0 7
4 MF 7 England Darren Anderton 1 0 2 3
MF 11 France Stephane Dalmat 3 0 0 3
MF 14 Uruguay Gus Poyet 3 0 0 3
7 FW 8 Portugal Hélder Postiga 1 0 1 2
DF 26 England Ledley King 1 1 0 2
MF 27 England Rohan Ricketts 1 0 1 2
MF 29 Wales Simon Davies 2 0 0 2
11 DF 2 Republic of Ireland Stephen Carr 1 0 0 1
DF 3 Argentina Mauricio Taricco 1 0 0 1
MF 6 England Michael Brown 1 0 0 1
DF 12 Republic of Ireland Gary Doherty 0 1 0 1
MF 15 England Jamie Redknapp 1 0 0 1
DF 21 South Africa Mbulelo Mabizela 1 0 0 1
MF 23 Germany Christian Ziege 0 1 0 1
FW 25 England Bobby Zamora 0 0 1 1
MF 32 England Johnnie Jackson 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 46 7 8 61

Clean sheets

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 13 United States Kasey Keller 8 1 2 11
TOTALS 8 1 2 11

References

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  2. ^ Richard Bright (22 September 2003). "Hoddle sacked after Spurs' poor start". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and has represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his debut for Mali in January 2004
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  5. ^ "Spurs sign Zamora". BBC Sport. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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  10. ^ "Thelwell joins Hull". BBC Sport. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Sheringham signs for Pompey". BBC Sport. 30 June 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Foxes sign Thatcher". BBC Sport. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Iversen signs for Wolves". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Chelsea sign Sullivan". BBC Sport. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  15. ^ a b c "Perry stays at Charlton". BBC Sport. 28 November 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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  18. ^ "Spurs grab Dalmat". BBC Sport. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2003.
  19. ^ "Acimovic joins Lille". BBC Sport. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Freund joins Kaiserslautern". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Hammers sign Rebrov". BBC Sport. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2019.