The 2003–04 Football League First Division (referred to as the Nationwide First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth and final season of the league under the First Division name, and the twelfth season under its current league division format.
Changes from last season From First Division Promoted to Premier League Portsmouth Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers
Relegated to Second Division Brighton & Hove Albion Grimsby Town Sheffield Wednesday
To First Division Promoted from Second Division Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra Cardiff City
Relegated from Premier League Sunderland West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Team overview Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityBradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546Cardiff City Cardiff Ninian Park 21,508Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Stadium 10,153Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311Millwall London The Den 20,146Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,576Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,018Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408Reading Reading Madjeski Stadium 24,161Rotherham United Rotherham Millmoor 8,300Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702Stoke City Stoke Britannia Stadium 27,740Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300Watford Watford Vicarage Road 17,504West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,484West Ham United London Boleyn Ground 35,303Wigan Athletic Wigan JJB Stadium 25,133Wimbledon Milton Keynes National Hockey Stadium 9,000
League table
Play-offs Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Aggregate score 4-4. Crystal Palace win 5–4 on penalties.
West Ham United win 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Attendances
# Club Average 1 West Ham United 31,167 2 Sunderland 27,119 3 West Bromwich Albion 24,765 4 Nottingham Forest 24,751 5 Ipswich Town 24,520 6 Derby County 22,200 7 Sheffield United 21,646 8 Norwich City 18,987 9 Crystal Palace 17,344 10 Cardiff City 15,569 11 Reading 15,095 12 Watford 14,856 13 Coventry City 14,816 14 Stoke City 14,425 15 Preston North End 14,150 16 Burnley 12,541 17 Bradford City 11,377 18 Millwall 10,497 19 Wigan Athletic 9,531 20 Gillingham 8,517 21 Walsall 7,853 22 Crewe Alexandra 7,741 23 Rotherham United 7,138 24 Wimbledon 4,751
Source:
References
External links Full Results