The 2003–04 season was the 95th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004. United finished the season in fifth place.
United got off to a poor start in the league. The first match against Hibs at home ended in a disappointing defeat. The following week, United were thrashed 5–0 away against Celtic. The team didn't end up winning a game till mid-September when United defeated Partick Thistle 2–0 with Charlie Miller scoring a brace.
The team began their Scottish League Cup campaign with a 3–1 home victory over Morton but yet the team's league form was patchy. The first Dundee derby of the season ended in a poor 1–1 draw and then United lost to eventual winners Livingston at the end of October to end the team's league cup campaign. By the end of November, United had picked up just 12 points and were already out of the Cup.
Winter/New Yearedit
December was a lot brighter for United with victories over Kilmarnock 2–0 away and a 2–0 home win over Livingston along with a bright performance away at Ibrox in an unlucky 2–1 defeat to Rangers.
However, in the New Year, United crashed out of the Scottish Cup third round away to Dunfermline who would go on to be finalists that season. The team then enjoyed a 3–2 win over Aberdeen and this would start a memorable unbeaten home record that would stretch out until April.
Match resultsedit
Dundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 2003–04 season.[1] The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Tennent'sScottish Cup in the third round for the second successive season, losing to Dunfermline. Livingston knocked United out of the CIS Cup in the third round.
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Draw
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All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
During the 2003–04 season, United used 24 different players, with a further three players named as a substitute who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]
During the 2003–04 season, three United players were sent off, and 18 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received three dismissals and 69 cautions.[2]
Seven players were signed during the 2003–04 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £200,000. Another player was signed before the start of next season.
The players that joined Dundee United during the 2003–04 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.
Five players left the club during the season with no transfer involving a fee. Two players were loaned out during the season with three players also released before next season.
Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.
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The 2003 04 season was the 95th year of football played by Dundee United and covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 United finished the season in fifth place Dundee United F C 2003 04 seasonChairmanEddie ThompsonManagerIan McCallBank of Scotland Premierleague5thW 13 D 10 L 15 F 47 A 60 P 49Tennent s Scottish CupThird roundCIS Insurance CupThird roundTop goalscorerLeague Billy Dodds 10 All Jim McIntyre 11 Highest home attendance12 292 vs Dundee 26 October Lowest home attendance5 421 vs Livingston 13 December 2002 032004 05 United were knocked out of the Tennent s Scottish Cup by Dunfermline in the third round and were beaten by Livingston in the CIS Insurance Cup third round Contents 1 Season review 1 1 Early season 1 2 Winter New Year 2 Match results 2 1 Legend 2 2 Bank of Scotland Premierleague 2 3 Tennent s Scottish Cup 2 3 1 CIS Insurance Cup 3 Player details 3 1 Goalscorers 3 2 Discipline 4 Transfers 4 1 In 4 2 Out 4 2 1 Loans out 5 Playing kit 6 Awards 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSeason review editA host of new signings arrived at the club with Ian McCall securing deals from the lower divisions Mark Kerr Owen Coyle and Collin Samuel arrived from Falkirk McCall s former club Barry Robson also arrived from Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Scotland international Derek McInnes was purchased from recently relegated Premiership club West Brom Early season edit United got off to a poor start in the league The first match against Hibs at home ended in a disappointing defeat The following week United were thrashed 5 0 away against Celtic The team didn t end up winning a game till mid September when United defeated Partick Thistle 2 0 with Charlie Miller scoring a brace The team began their Scottish League Cup campaign with a 3 1 home victory over Morton but yet the team s league form was patchy The first Dundee derby of the season ended in a poor 1 1 draw and then United lost to eventual winners Livingston at the end of October to end the team s league cup campaign By the end of November United had picked up just 12 points and were already out of the Cup Winter New Year edit December was a lot brighter for United with victories over Kilmarnock 2 0 away and a 2 0 home win over Livingston along with a bright performance away at Ibrox in an unlucky 2 1 defeat to Rangers However in the New Year United crashed out of the Scottish Cup third round away to Dunfermline who would go on to be finalists that season The team then enjoyed a 3 2 win over Aberdeen and this would start a memorable unbeaten home record that would stretch out until April Match results editDundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 2003 04 season 1 The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League In the cup competitions United were knocked out of the Tennent s Scottish Cup in the third round for the second successive season losing to Dunfermline Livingston knocked United out of the CIS Cup in the third round Legend edit Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United s score first Bank of Scotland Premierleague edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 9 August 2003 Hibernian H 1 2 9 809 Samuel 16 August 2003 Celtic A 0 5 57 658 23 August 2003 Hearts A 0 3 11 395 31 August 2003 Rangers H 1 3 9 752 Dodds 13 September 2003 Livingston A 0 0 5 344 20 September 2003 Partick Thistle A 0 2 4 711 Miller 2 27 September 2003 Kilmarnock H 1 1 6 529 McLaren 4 October 2003 Motherwell H 0 2 6 194 18 October 2003 Aberdeen A 1 0 11 244 McLaren 26 October 2003 Dundee H 1 1 12 292 McIntyre 1 November 2003 Dunfermline A 0 2 5 078 8 November 2003 Hibernian A 2 2 8 756 McLaren Robson 22 November 2003 Celtic H 1 5 10 802 30 November 2003 Hearts H 2 1 6 343 Archibald McInnes 6 December 2003 Rangers A 1 2 49 307 Dodds 13 December 2003 Livingston H 2 0 5 421 Dodds 2 23 December 2003 Partick Thistle H 0 0 6 440 27 December 2003 Kilmarnock A 2 0 6 062 Dodds McIntyre 3 January 2004 Motherwell A 1 3 5 549 Wilson 17 January 2004 Aberdeen H 3 2 6 666 Robson Miller Dodds 24 January 2004 Dundee A 1 2 10 747 Dodds 31 January 2004 Dunfermline H 1 0 5 564 McIntyre 10 February 2004 Hibernian H 0 0 6 389 14 February 2004 Celtic A 1 2 58 698 Archibald 21 February 2004 Hearts A 1 3 10 265 McIntyre 29 February 2004 Rangers H 2 0 10 496 Kerr McLaren 13 March 2004 Partick Thistle A 1 1 3 510 Robson 20 March 2004 Kilmarnock H 4 1 5 757 McIntyre 3 Miller 24 March 2004 Livingston A 3 2 3 082 Scotland Samuel McIntyre 27 March 2004 Motherwell H 1 0 7 585 Scotland 3 April 2004 Aberdeen A 0 3 8 449 11 April 2004 Dundee H 2 2 9 571 Dodds 2 17 April 2004 Dunfermline A 1 1 4 409 McCracken 24 April 2004 Rangers H 3 3 10 496 Dodds Scotland 2 1 May 2003 Hearts H 0 2 6 620 8 May 2004 Motherwell A 1 0 5 722 Wilson 11 May 2004 Dunfermline H 3 2 5 998 Miller Innes Scotland 16 May 2004 Celtic A 1 2 58 386 Wilson Tennent s Scottish Cup edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 10 January 2004 Dunfermline A 1 3 5 078 McInnes CIS Insurance Cup edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 23 September 2003 Morton H 3 1 5 638 McLaren McIntyre 2 29 October 2003 Livingston H 0 1 2 899Player details editDuring the 2003 04 season United used 24 different players with a further three players named as a substitute who did not make an appearance on the pitch The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player 2 No Pos Nat Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent s Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK nbsp SCO Paul Gallacher 35 0 33 0 1 0 1 0 17 GK nbsp ENG Tony Bullock 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 DF nbsp NIR Danny Griffin 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 3 DF nbsp SCO Jim Paterson 19 0 16 0 1 0 2 0 5 DF nbsp SCO Alan Archibald 41 2 38 2 1 0 2 0 6 DF nbsp SCO Gary Bollan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 DF nbsp SCO Scott Paterson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 DF nbsp SCO David McCracken 34 1 32 1 1 0 1 0 21 DF nbsp SCO Mark Wilson 34 3 32 3 1 0 1 0 25 DF nbsp SCO Chris Innes 31 1 29 1 0 0 2 0 4 MF nbsp SCO Derek McInnes 37 2 35 1 1 1 1 0 7 MF nbsp SCO Mark Kerr 35 1 33 1 0 0 2 0 8 MF nbsp SCO Charlie Miller 28 5 26 5 1 0 1 0 11 MF nbsp SCO Barry Robson 29 3 28 3 0 0 1 0 15 MF nbsp SCO Stuart Duff 20 0 18 0 1 0 1 0 18 MF nbsp SCO Craig Easton 24 0 22 0 1 0 1 0 22 MF nbsp SCO Andy McLaren 30 5 27 4 1 0 2 1 27 MF nbsp SCO Graeme Holmes 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 FW nbsp TRI Collin Samuel 29 2 26 2 1 0 2 0 10 FW nbsp SCO Jim McIntyre 32 11 30 9 0 0 2 2 14 FW nbsp SCO Billy Dodds 35 10 33 10 1 0 1 0 16 FW nbsp EIR Owen Coyle 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 20 FW nbsp TRI Jason Scotland 23 5 21 5 1 0 1 0 FW nbsp SCO Aaron Conway 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goalscorers edit Thirteen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 51 goals in total Jim McIntyre was the top goalscorer with eleven goals 2 Name League Cups Total Jim McIntyre 9 2 nbsp 11 Billy Dodds 10 0 nbsp 10 Charlie Miller 5 0 nbsp 0 5 Jason Scotland 5 0 nbsp 0 5 Andy McLaren 4 1 nbsp 0 5 Barry Robson 3 0 nbsp 0 3 Mark Wilson 3 0 nbsp 0 3 Alan Archibald 2 0 nbsp 0 2 Collin Samuel 2 0 nbsp 0 2 Derek McInnes 1 1 nbsp 0 2 Chris Innes 1 0 nbsp 0 1 Mark Kerr 1 0 nbsp 0 1 David McCracken 1 0 nbsp 0 1 Discipline edit During the 2003 04 season three United players were sent off and 18 players received at least one yellow card In total the team received three dismissals and 69 cautions 2 Name Cautions Dismissals Scott Paterson nbsp 8 nbsp 1 Barry Robson nbsp 6 nbsp 1 Billy Dodds nbsp 5 nbsp 1 Andy McLaren nbsp 9 Chris Innes nbsp 7 Derek McInnes nbsp 7 Mark Kerr nbsp 5 Charlie Miller nbsp 5 Alan Archibald nbsp 3 Mark Wilson nbsp 3 Stuart Duff nbsp 2 Craig Easton nbsp 2 David McCracken nbsp 2 Danny Griffin nbsp 1 Jim McIntyre nbsp 1 Jim Paterson nbsp 1 Collin Samuel nbsp 1Transfers editIn edit Seven players were signed during the 2003 04 season with a total public transfer cost of around 200 000 Another player was signed before the start of next season The players that joined Dundee United during the 2003 04 season along with their previous club are listed below Date Player From Fee 1 July 2003 nbsp Mark Kerr Falkirk Bosman 3 11 July 2003 nbsp Owen Coyle Falkirk Free 4 11 July 2003 nbsp Derek McInnes West Brom Free 4 11 July 2003 nbsp Collin Samuel Falkirk 0 100 000 4 15 July 2003 nbsp Jason Scotland Unattached ex Defence Force 5 28 August 2003 nbsp Andy McLaren Unattached ex Kilmarnock Free 6 29 August 2003 nbsp Chris Innes Kilmarnock 0 100 000 7 2 June 2004 nbsp James Grady Partick Thistle Bosman 8 Out edit Five players left the club during the season with no transfer involving a fee Two players were loaned out during the season with three players also released before next season Listed below are the players that were released during the season along with the club that they joined Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately Date Player To Fee 14 February 2004 nbsp Stephen McGowan Released Released 9 14 February 2004 nbsp Daniel Ogunmade Ross County Released 9 7 January 2004 nbsp Danny Griffin Stockport County Released 10 13 January 2004 nbsp Gary Bollan Motherwell Released 11 31 May 2004 nbsp Craig Easton Livingston Released 12 31 May 2004 nbsp Paul Gallacher Norwich Released 13 31 May 2004 nbsp Charlie Miller Brann Released 14 Loans out edit Date Player To Until 30 August 2003 nbsp Danny Ogunmade Forfar Athletic January 15 24 November 2003 nbsp Owen Coyle Airdrie United Loan 16 Playing kit edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Home colours nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Away colours The jerseys were sponsored by Morning Noon and Night for the first time Awards editIan McCall Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month 1 March 2004 dd See also edit2003 04 Scottish Premier League 2003 04 Scottish Cup 2003 04 in Scottish footballReferences edit Dundee Utd 2003 2004 player appearances Soccerbase Retrieved 8 January 2008 permanent dead link a b c Dundee Utd 2003 2004 player appearances Soccerbase Retrieved 8 January 2008 permanent dead link Dundee Utd land Kerr BBC Sport website 1 July 2003 a b c Triple signing at Tannadice BBC Sport website 11 July 2003 Scotland gets signing all clear BBC Sport website 16 July 2003 McLaren agrees Tannadice deal BBC Sport website 28 August 2003 Innes moves to Tannadice BBC Sport website 29 August 2003 Grady in at Tannadice BBC Sport website 2 June 2004 a b Transfer round up BBC Sport website 14 February 2004 Griffin moves to Stockport BBC Sport website 7 January 2004 Bollan joins Motherwell BBC Sport website 13 January 2004 Double signing for Livi BBC Sport website 3 July 2004 Gallacher signs for Norwich BBC Sport website 2 June 2004 Miller in Brann new start BBC Sport website 16 July 2004 Saturday signing news BBC Sport website 30 August 2003 Coyle is a Diamond again BBC Sport website 25 November 2003 External links editOfficial site 2003 04 Results Soccerbase Results Archived 10 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Squad stats permanent dead link Transfers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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