The 2003–04 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th completed season of The Football League.
This was the last season of the Football League with the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor, and the last in which the divisions were known as the First, Second and Third Divisions: from the following season they would be known as the Championship, League One and League Two respectively.
Norwich City won the First Division, thus returning to the Premier League for the first time since 1994–95. Also promoted to the top flight were West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace. Plymouth Argyle won the Second Division, while Doncaster Rovers won the Third.
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
First Division
Play-offs
Maps
Top scorers Rank Player Club League1 Andrew Johnson Crystal Palace 282 Marlon Harewood West Ham United /Nottingham Forest 253 Robert Earnshaw Cardiff City 214 Dean Ashton Crewe Alexandra 19= Robbie Blake Burnley 196 Nathan Ellington Wigan Athletic 187 Darren Bent Ipswich Town 17= Ricardo Fuller Preston North End 179 Marcus Stewart Sunderland 1610 David Healy Preston North End 15= Martin Butler Rotherham United 15= Steve Jones Crewe Alexandra 15
Second Division
Play-offs
Maps
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Leon Knight Brighton & Hove Albion 262 Stephen McPhee Port Vale 253 Paul Heffernan Notts County 20= Sam Parkin Swindon Town 205 Tommy Mooney Swindon Town 196 Kevin Gallen Queens Park Rangers 177 Eugene Dadi Tranmere Rovers 16= Paul Furlong Queens Park Rangers 16= Scott Taylor Blackpool 1610 Onandi Lowe Rushden & Diamonds 15
Third Division
Play-offs
Maps
Top scorers Rank Player Club League1 Steven MacLean Scunthorpe United 232 David Graham Torquay United 223 Leon Constantine Southend United 214 Liam Lawrence Mansfield Town 195 Gregg Blundell Doncaster Rovers 18= Ben Burgess Hull City 187 Gary Fletcher Lincoln City 17= Lee Trundle Swansea City 179 Matthew Tipton Macclesfield Town 16= Jon Stead Huddersfield Town 16
See also 2003–04 in English football 2003 in association football 2004 in association football
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