Queens Park Rangers
2003–04 season
ManagerIan Holloway
StadiumLoftus Road
Second Division2nd
FA CupFirst round
League CupThird round
Football League TrophySemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Kevin Gallen (17)
Highest home attendance17,393 29 November 2003 Sheffield Wednesday
Lowest home attendance3,036 4 November 2003 Dagenham & Redbridge
Average home league attendance14,784

During the 2003–04 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

After 3 seasons in English football's third tier, QPR secured a return to the second division with a second-placed finish.

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Telecomunication company Binatone became new kit sponsors.


Final league table

Football League Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Plymouth Argyle (C, P) 46 26 12 8 85 41 +44 90 Promoted
2 Queens Park Rangers (P) 46 22 17 7 80 45 +35 83
3 Bristol City 46 23 13 10 58 37 +21 82 Participated in play-offs
4 Brighton & Hove Albion (O, P) 46 22 11 13 64 43 +21 77
5 Swindon Town 46 20 13 13 76 58 +18 73
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Results

[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

9 August 2003 1 Queens Park Rangers 5–0 Blackpool London
Ainsworth 4', 69'
Langley 43'
Gallen 56'
Palmer 90'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,581
23 August 2003 3 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Bournemouth London
Furlong 63' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,065
25 August 2003 4 Rushden & Diamonds 3–3 Queens Park Rangers Rushden
Darby 16'
Hall 82'
Lowe 90'		 Ainsworth 37', 45'
Furlong 53'		 Stadium: Nene Park
Attendance: 5,544
30 August 2003 5 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 Chesterfield London
Thorpe 29', 67'
Furlong 87'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,986
6 September 2003 6 Colchester United 2–2 Queens Park Rangers Colchester
Vine 10'
McGleish 75' (pen.)		 Furlong 49', 66' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,835
13 September 2003 7 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers London
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,618
16 September 2003 8 Wrexham 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Wrexham
Bean 7'
Rowlands 90'		 Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4,539
23 September 2003 9 Luton Town 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Luton
McSheffrey 60' Furlong 90' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,339
27 September 2003 10 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Bristol City London
Padula 73' Miller 76' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,913
30 September 2003 11 Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Barnsley London
Gallen 60'
Rowlands 61'
Ainsworth 63'
Thorpe 77'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,854
4 October 2003 12 Grimsby Town 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Grimsby
Sabin 90' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,447
21 October 2003 14 Port Vale 2–0 Queens Park Rangers Stoke on Trent
Paynter 5'
McPhee 9'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,243
25 October 2003 15 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Tranmere Rovers London
Gallen 47' Haworth 5' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,937
11 November 2003 17 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Brentford London
Thorpe 42' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,865
15 November 2003 18 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 Plymouth Argyle London
Gallen 33', 75'
Thorpe 72'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,049
22 November 2003 19 Swindon Town 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Swindon
Parkin 39' Rowlands 79' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,021
13 December 2003 21 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 Hartlepool United London
Gallen 27', 38'
Padula 34'
Ainsworth 50'		 Williams 71' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,003
20 December 2003 22 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Oldham
Cooksey 67'
Eyre 86'		 Thorpe 31' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,603
26 December 2003 23 Notts County 3–3 Queens Park Rangers Nottingham
Heffernan 6', 28', 72 pen.' Palmer 3'
Richardson 10' (o.g.)
Gallen 90'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 7,702
12 April 2004 42 Barnsley 3–3 Queens Park Rangers Barnsley
Ireland 22'
Nardiello 85'
Murphy 89'		 Kay 32' (o.g.)
Furlong 74', 90'		 Stadium: Oakwell

FA Cup

League Cup

23 August 2003 2 Sheffield United 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Sheffield
Rowlands 30', 45' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 9,578
28 October 2003 3 Queens Park Rangers 0–3 Manchester City London
Wright-Phillips 22', 77'
Macken 79'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,773

LDV Vans Trophy

7 December 2003 Southern Quarter Final Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion London
Palmer 18'
Thorpe 23'		 McPhee 78' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 7,536
20 January 2004 Southern Semi Final Southend United 4–0 Queens Park Rangers Southend
Constantine 12'
Clark 67'
Broughton 69', 79'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 5,824

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Chris Day
2 DF England ENG Terrell Forbes
3 DF Argentina ARG Gino Padula
4 DF England ENG Steve Palmer
5 DF England ENG Clarke Carlisle
6 DF Nigeria NGA Danny Shittu
7 DF England ENG Matthew Rose
8 MF Canada CAN Marc Bircham[notes 1]
9 FW England ENG Tony Thorpe
10 FW England ENG Kevin Gallen
11 MF England ENG Gareth Ainsworth
12 DF England ENG Marcus Bignot
13 GK England ENG Nick Culkin
14 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Martin Rowlands[notes 2]
15 FW England ENG Richard Pacquette[notes 3]
16 MF England ENG Wes Daly
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF England ENG Marcus Bean[notes 4]
18 FW England ENG Dennis Oli
19 MF England ENG Ben Walshe
20 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Gnohéré[notes 5]
21 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marien Ifura
22 MF England ENG Kevin McLeod
23 DF England ENG Richard Edghill
24 GK England ENG Jake Cole
25 DF England ENG John Fletcher
26 DF England ENG Ryan Johnson
28 FW England ENG Jamie Cureton
29 FW England ENG Paul Furlong
30 MF Australia AUS Richard Johnson
31 GK England ENG Lee Camp[notes 6] (on loan from Derby County)
32 DF England ENG Jack Perry

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF Jamaica JAM Richard Langley[notes 7] (to Cardiff City)
12 FW France FRA Éric Sabin[notes 8] (to Northampton Town)
20 DF England ENG Warren Barton (to Wimbledon)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF England ENG Dean Marney (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
33 DF England ENG Tom Williams[notes 9] (on loan from Birmingham City)

References

  1. ↑ "England 2003–04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2003–2004 season - 11v11.com". Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "FootballSquads - Queens Park Rangers - 2003/04".

Notes

  1. ↑ Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.
  2. ↑ Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.
  3. ↑ Pacquette was born in Kilburn, England, but also qualifies to represent Dominica internationally and would make his international debut for Dominica in February 2008.
  4. ↑ Bean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.
  5. ↑ Gnohéré previously wore the #24 shirt while on loan from Burnley.
  6. ↑ Camp was born in Derby, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2011.
  7. ↑ Langley was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
  8. ↑ Sabin was born in Sarcelles, France, but also qualified to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2008.
  9. ↑ Williams was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for Cyprus in 2006.
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