2003-04

2003-04 Wimbledon FC programmes

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Wimbledon's 2003-04 season in Milton Keynes

Date	Opponent		Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-1	1,145	Agyemang, Tapp, Reo-Coker
16 August	Stoke City	A	1-2	12,550	Agyemang
23 August	Crystal Palace	H	1-3	6,113	Reo-Coker
26 August	Norwich City	A	2-3	16,082	Holdsworth, Leigertwood
30 August	Reading	H	0-3	2,066
13 September	Wigan Athletic	H	2-4	1,054	Agyemang, McAnuff
16 September	Millwall	A	0-2	7,855
20 September	Ipswich Town	A	1-4	23,428	Agyemang
27 September	Burnley	H	2-2	5,639	Holdsworth, Agyemang
30 September	Sheffield United	H	1-2	6,016	Nowland
4 October	Preston North End	A	0-1	13,801
15 October	Coventry City	A	0-1	10,872
18 October	Nottingham Forest	A	0-6	23,520
21 October	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	22,048	McAnuff
25 October	Watford	H	1-3	6,115	Leigertwood
1 November	Bradford City	H	2-1	3,334	Small, Reo-Coker
8 November	Rotherham United	H	1-3	5,777	Nowland
15 November	Gillingham	A	2-1	9,061	Nowland, Agyemang
22 November	Cardiff City	H	0-1	5,056
25 November	West Ham United	H	1-1	8,118	McAnuff
29 November	Derby County	A	1-3	22,025	Reo-Coker
6 December	Rotherham United	H	1-2	3,061	Holdsworth (pen)
13 December	Walsall	H	0-1	3,315
20 December	Sunderland	A	1-2	22,334	Thirlwell (own goal)
26 December	Reading	A	3-0	14,486	Small, Lewington, McAnuff
30 December	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	6,376
10 January	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	6,234
17 January	Stoke City	H	0-1	3,623
31 January	Crystal Palace	A	1-3	20,552	McAnuff
7 February	Norwich City	H	0-1	7,368
21 February	Coventry City	H	0-3	5,905
28 February	Watford	A	0-4	15,323
2 March	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	6,317
9 March	West Ham United	A	0-5	29,818
13 March	Walsall	A	0-1	6,889
24 March	Millwall	H	0-1	3,037
27 March	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	6,389	Smith
3 April	Wigan Athletic	A	1-0	7,622	Chorley
6 April	Sunderland	H	1-2	4,800	Kamara
10 April	Preston North End	H	3-3	2,866	Gray (2), Chorley
12 April	Sheffield United	A	1-2	19,391	Gray (pen)
17 April	Bradford City	A	3-2	9,011	Kamara, Smith, Gray
20 April	Burnley	A	0-2	13,555
24 April	Gillingham	H	1-2	5,049	Smith
1 May	Cardiff City	A	1-1	15,337	Williams
9 May	Derby County	H	1-0	6,509	Darlington
FA Cup
3 January	R3: Stoke City	H	1-1	3,609	Nowland
13 January	R3r: Stoke City	A	1-0	6,463	Nowland
24 January	R4: Birmingham City	A	0-1	22,159
League Cup
12 August	R1: Wycombe Wanderers	A	0-2	1,986

THE TABLE

THE RESULTS

Wimbledon entered administration in June 2003 and played their first match in the Football League First Division at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes in September. Although crowds improved at the club's new base, the administrator sold any player who could command a
transfer fee and Stuart Murdoch's team finished bottom.
The club was brought out of administration at the end of
the season and rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons.

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Norwich City	46	28	10	8	79	39	40	94
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	25	11	10	64	42	22	86
3	Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	17	79
4	West Ham United	46	19	17	10	67	45	22	74
5	Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	12	73
6	Crystal Palace	46	21	10	15	72	61	11	73
7	Wigan Athletic	46	18	17	11	60	45	15	71
8	Sheffield United	46	20	11	15	65	56	9	71
9	Reading	46	20	10	16	55	57	-2	70
10	Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	7	69
11	Stoke City	46	18	12	16	58	55	3	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	14	15	67	54	13	65
13	Cardiff City	46	17	14	15	68	58	10	65
14	Nottingham Forest	46	15	15	16	61	51	10	60
15	Preston North End	46	15	14	17	69	71	-2	59
16	Watford	46	15	12	19	54	68	-14	57
17	Rotherham United	46	13	15	18	53	61	-8	54
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	11	21	57	66	-9	53
19	Burnley	46	13	14	19	60	77	-17	53
20	Derby County	46	13	13	20	53	67	-14	52
21	Gillingham	46	14	9	23	48	67	-19	51
22	Walsall	46	13	12	21	45	65	-20	51
23	Bradford City	46	10	6	30	38	69	-31	36
24	Wimbledon	46	8	5	33	41	89	-48	29

No.	Pos	Player
1	GK	Scott Bevan
3	DF	Peter Hawkins
4	MF	Nick McKoy
5	DF	Mark Williams
6	DF	Darren Holloway
7	DF	Harry Ntimban-Zeh
8	MF	Wade Small
10	FW	Dean Holdsworth
12	GK	David Martin
14	FW	Lionel Morgan
15	MF	Albert Jarrett
16	FW	Jamie Mackie
17	DF	Shola Oyedele
18	FW	Wayne Gray
19	DF	Ben Chorley
20	MF	Gary Smith (on loan from Middlesbrough)
21	DF	Nico Herzig
22	DF	Rob Gier
23	MF	Alex Tapp
24	DF	Jermaine Darlington
25	DF	Dean Lewington
26	MF	Jason Puncheon
27	MF	Michael Gordon
28	MF	Malvin Kamara
29	MF	Ben Harding
30	GK	Lee Worgan

THE SQUAD

Players remaining at the end of the season

Players who left during the season

No.	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Banks (to Gillingham)
2	DF	Warren Barton (retired)
7	MF	Jobi McAnuff (to West Ham United)
7	MF	Jamal Campbell-Ryce (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
9	FW	Scott McDonald (to Motherwell)
11	FW	Patrick Agyemang (to Gillingham)
13	GK	Paul Heald (retired)
17	MF	Adam Nowland (to West Ham United)
20	DF	Mikele Leigertwood (to Crystal Palace)
26	MF	Nigel Reo-Coker (to West Ham United)
30	GK	Shane Gore (to Barnet)

THE MANAGER

Stuart Murdoch was born in Blackpool on 17 August 1950. He worked with Glenn Roeder at Watford before moving to Wimbledon in 1996 as goalkeeping coach and was appointed as manager in June 2002 after a successful spell as caretaker, replacing Terry Burton, who had criticised the club's owners over the proposed move to Milton Keynes.
Murdoch led Wimbledon to tenth in the First Division in the 2002–03 season. After the move to Milton Keynes, the club was relegated, finishing bottom of the First Division, suffering the longest run of defeats at this level. In the summer, the club was renamed Milton Keynes Dons. Murdoch was fired in November 2004, with the club in the relegation zone of League One.
Murdoch later worked in coaching roles at Bournemouth, Norwich City, Millwall, Southampton and Gillingham.

Stuart Murdoch

June 2002-Nov 2004

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