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. The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.

Season summary 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. Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season, 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

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

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

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref. 1 September 2003 DF Paul Konchesky Charlton Athletic January 2004 1 September 2003 MF Stéphane Dalmat Internazionale Season

Loan out Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref. 28 January 2004 MF Milenko Ačimovič Lille five-month loan

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

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: £11,250,000

Winter: £7,500,000

Total: £18,750,000

Income Summer: £1,300,000

Winter: £100,000

Total: £1,400,000

Net totals Summer: £9,950,000

Winter: £7,400,000

Total: £17,350,000

Competitions overview

CompetitionRecord Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total

Premier League

League table

Results per matchday

Results Manager: Glenn Hoddle

Caretaker Manager: David Pleat

FA Cup

League Cup

Statistics Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1 FW 10 Robbie Keane 14 1 1 16 2 FW 9 Frédéric Kanouté 7 3 2 12 3 FW 18 Jermain Defoe 7 0 0 74 MF 7 Darren Anderton 1 0 2 3 MF 11 Stéphane Dalmat 3 0 0 3 MF 14 Gus Poyet 3 0 0 37 FW 8 Hélder Postiga 1 0 1 2 DF 26 Ledley King 1 1 0 2 MF 27 Rohan Ricketts 1 0 1 2 MF 29 Simon Davies 2 0 0 211 DF 2 Stephen Carr 1 0 0 1 DF 3 Mauricio Taricco 1 0 0 1 MF 6 Michael Brown 1 0 0 1 DF 12 Gary Doherty 0 1 0 1 MF 15 Jamie Redknapp 1 0 0 1 DF 21 Mbulelo Mabizela 1 0 0 1 MF 23 Christian Ziege 0 1 0 1 FW 25 Bobby Zamora 0 0 1 1 MF 32 Johnnie Jackson 1 0 0 1TOTALS467861

Clean sheets

PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 13 Kasey Keller 8 1 2 11TOTALS81211

References