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Colchester United

2003–04 season
Chairman	Peter Heard
Manager	Phil Parkinson
Stadium	Layer Road
Second Division	11th
FA Cup	5th round (eliminated by Sheffield United)
League Cup	2nd round (eliminated by Rotherham United)
Football League Trophy	Final (southern section) (eliminated by Southend United)
Top goalscorer	League: Wayne Andrews (12) All: Scott McGleish (17)
Highest home attendance	5,611 v Accrington Stanley, 13 January 2004
Lowest home attendance	2,367 v Plymouth Argyle, 12 August 2003
Average home league attendance	3,730
Biggest win	4–1 v Notts County, 10 April 2004
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Rushden & Diamonds, 22 November 2003
Home colours
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The 2003–04 season was Colchester United's 62nd season in their history and their sixth successive season in the third tier of English football, the Second Division. Alongside competing in the Second Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Colchester embarked on cup runs in the FA Cup, reaching the fifth round where they were eliminated by Sheffield United, while they also were one fixture away from a trip to the Millennium Stadium in the Football League Trophy after falling to a 4–3 aggregate defeat to Southend United. The U's cup exploits eventually led to a late season drop in form, as they slipped from 5th position to 14th with fixture congestion. They recovered to finished 11th, nine points away from the play-offs.

Season overview

Phil Parkinson embarked on his first full season in charge by applying what he had learnt from the final few months of the previous campaign, while gaining his UEFA A Licence and UEFA B Licence as well as a degree he studied for in his spare time. He introduced sports science to the club, revolutionising the way players trained, ate and rested.

The U's participated in a record 15 cup ties during the season, making significant progress in the FA Cup and Football League Trophy. Helped by the astute signings of Wayne Andrews and Premier League youngsters Craig Fagan and Rowan Vine, Colchester reached the FA Cup fifth round, defeating Oxford United, Aldershot Town, Accrington Stanley, and Coventry City, courtesy of a Vine hat-trick, before succumbing to Sheffield United 1–0 at Bramall Lane. Two days after the FA Cup clash, the U's were faced with the task of overcoming a Football League Trophy southern section final first-leg 3–2 deficit against Southend United. The match ended 1–1, with former U's manager Steve Wignall's Southend progressing. Fixture congestion was a contributing factor in Colchester's slip down the table from 5th position to 14th, while losing Karl Duguid to a serious knee injury.

At the end of the season, Colchester completed the campaign in eleventh position, nine points adrift of the play-off places.

Players

As of match played 8 May 2004.

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Simon Brown	GK		Chelmsford	(1976-12-03)3 December 1976 (aged 26)	114	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free transfer
13	Dean Gerken	GK		Southend-on-Sea	(1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2002	Free transfer
31	Richard McKinney	GK		Ballymoney	(1979-05-18)18 May 1979 (aged 24)	23	0	Swindon Town	10 August 2002	Free transfer
Defenders
2	Andy Myers	CB/FB		Hounslow	(1973-11-03)3 November 1973 (aged 29)	0	0	Bradford City	11 July 2003	Free transfer
3	Joe Keith	FB		Plaistow	(1978-10-01)1 October 1978 (aged 24)	165	19	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free transfer
5	Scott Fitzgerald	CB		Westminster	(1969-08-13)13 August 1969 (aged 33)	100	0	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free transfer
19	Alan White	CB		Darlington	(1975-03-22)22 March 1975 (aged 28)	120	3	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free transfer
20	Ross Crouch	CB		Colchester	(1985-03-26)26 March 1985 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	14 April 2004	Free transfer
21	John White	FB		Colchester	(1986-07-26)26 July 1986 (aged 16)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2003	Free transfer
22	Greg Halford	FB/MF		Chelmsford	(1984-12-08)8 December 1984 (aged 18)	1	0	Youth team	1 August 2002	Free transfer
24	Pat Baldwin	CB		City of London	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 20)	22	0	Chelsea	16 August 2002	Free transfer
25	Sam Stockley	FB		Tiverton	(1977-09-05)5 September 1977 (aged 25)	35	1	Oxford United	31 October 2002	Free transfer
Midfielders
4	Gavin Johnson	MF		Eye	(1970-10-10)10 October 1970 (aged 32)	102	3	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free transfer
6	Thomas Pinault	MF		Grasse	(1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 21)	93	5	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free transfer
7	Karl Duguid	MF		Letchworth	(1978-03-21)21 March 1978 (aged 25)	266	37	Youth team	9 December 1995	Free transfer
10	Kemal Izzet	MF		Whitechapel	(1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 22)	99	14	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free transfer
15	Craig Johnston	MF			(1985-12-04)4 December 1985 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2002	Free transfer
17	Bobby Bowry	MF		Hampstead	(1971-05-19)19 May 1971 (aged 32)	79	2	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free transfer
	Liam Coleman	MF/FW		Colchester	(1986-01-11)11 January 1986 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2003	Free transfer
Forwards
8	Wayne Andrews	FW		Paddington	(1977-11-25)25 November 1977 (aged 25)	0	0	Oldham Athletic	2 July 2003	Free transfer
9	Scott McGleish	FW		Chipping Barnet	(1974-02-10)10 February 1974 (aged 29)	136	36	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
11	Jamie Cade	FW		Durham	(1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 18)	0	0	Middlesbrough	25 November 2003	Free transfer
12	Craig Fagan	FW		Birmingham	(1982-12-11)11 December 1982 (aged 20)	42	6	Birmingham City	25 March 2004	Free transfer
23	Tristan Toney	FW			(1984-02-04)4 February 1984 (aged 19)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2002	Free transfer

1. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2003	MF/FW		Liam Coleman	Youth team	Free transfer
1 July 2003	WG		Phil Hadland	Leek Town	Free transfer
1 July 2003	FB		John White	Youth team	Free transfer
2 July 2003	FW		Wayne Andrews	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer
11 July 2003	CB/FB		Andy Myers	Bradford City	Free transfer
15 October 2003	FW		Jermaine Brown	Arsenal	Free transfer
27 October 2003	MF		Richard Johnson	Watford	Free transfer
25 November 2003	FW		Jamie Cade	Middlesbrough	Free transfer
25 March 2004	FW		Craig Fagan	Birmingham City	Free transfer
14 April 2004	CB		Ross Crouch	Youth team	Free transfer

• Total spending: ~ £0

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	MF		Marc Canham	Team Bath	Released
1 June 2003	CB		Mark Warren	Southend United	Free transfer
30 June 2003	FW		Ben Cranfield	Braintree Town	Released
30 June 2003	MF		Matt Hearn	Free agent	Released
1 July 2003	FW		Mvondo Atangana	Grays Athletic	Released
1 July 2003	FB		Joe Dunne	Free agent	Retired
1 July 2003	MF		Chris Keeble	Heybridge Swifts	Released
1 July 2003	MF		Mick Stockwell	Heybridge Swifts	Released
14 July 2003	FW		Kevin Rapley	Chester City	Released
7 August 2003	CB		Mike Edwards	Grimsby Town	Released
30 September 2003	WG		Phil Hadland	Leek Town	Free transfer
30 October 2003	FW		Adrian Coote	Wivenhoe Town	Released
4 November 2003	MF		Richard Johnson	Stoke City	Released
27 November 2003	FW		Dean Morgan	Reading	Free transfer
12 January 2004	FW		Jermaine Brown	Boston United	Released

• Total incoming: ~ £0

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
5 August 2003	FW		Craig Fagan	Birmingham City	24 March 2004
7 August 2003	FW		Rowan Vine	Portsmouth	9 May 2004
26 August 2003	CB		Liam Chilvers	Arsenal	9 May 2004
29 January 2004	FB		Paul Tierney	Manchester United	29 February 2004
12 February 2004	CB		Wayne Brown	Watford	9 May 2004
22 March 2004	FW		Gareth Williams	Crystal Palace	9 May 2004

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
5 December 2003	CB		Pat Baldwin	St Albans City	5 January 2004
15 March 2004	CB		Scott Fitzgerald	Brentford	9 May 2004

Match details

Second Division

League table

Results round by round

Matches

9 August 2003 (2003-08-09) 1	Barnsley	1–0	Colchester United	Barnsley
	Gorré 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Colin Webster

15 August 2003 (2003-08-15) 2	Colchester United	0–1	Swindon Town	Colchester
19:45 BST		Report	Mooney 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,339 Referee: P Crossley

23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 3	Port Vale	4–3	Colchester United	Burslem
15:00 BST	Collins 34' Paynter 58' Armstrong 71' McPhee 73'	Report	McGleish 26', 38' Andrews 88'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,133 Referee: Trevor Parkes

26 August 2003 (2003-08-26) 4	Colchester United	2–1	Bristol City	Colchester
19:45 BST	McGleish 47', 55'	Report	Peacock 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,079 Referee: M Cooper

30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 5	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Colchester United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Jones 14' Dadi  81'	Report	Andrews 30'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,745 Referee: Eddie Evans

6 September 2003 (2003-09-06) 6	Colchester United	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
15:00 BST	Vine 10' McGleish 75' (pen.)	Report	Furlong 49', 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,835 Referee: P Armstrong

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 7	Colchester United	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
15:00 BST	Andrews 67'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,169 Referee: Matt Messias

16 September 2003 (2003-09-16) 8	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Colchester United	High Wycombe
	Currie 51' (pen.) Johnson  90' Roberts  90'	Report	Andrews 25' Vine 27' Myers  55'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,401 Referee: M Ryan

20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 9	Peterborough United	1–2	Colchester United	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Wood 57' Rea  67'	Report	Fagan 36' Keith 90'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,690 Referee: Mike Jones

27 September 2003 (2003-09-27) 10	Colchester United	1–0	AFC Bournemouth	Colchester
15:00 BST	Duguid 75'	Report	Cummings  45'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,602 Referee: Fraser Stretton

30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 11	Colchester United	1–1	Brentford	Colchester
19:45 BST	Vine 76'	Report	Rougier 36'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,343 Referee: M Fletcher

4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 12	Notts County	3–0	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Heffernan 23', 86' Riley 76'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,187 Referee: Scott Mathieson

11 October 2003 (2003-10-11) 13	Colchester United	1–1	Blackpool	Colchester
15:00 BST	] 2'	Report	Taylor 53'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Iain Williamson

18 October 2003 (2003-10-18) 14	Grimsby Town	2–0	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Onuora 41' Boulding 53'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Phil Joslin

21 October 2003 (2003-10-21) 15	Stockport County	1–3	Colchester United	Stockport
	Goodwin 58' (pen.)	Report	Fagan 26' Andrews 34' Vine 47'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,683 Referee: Kevin Friend

25 October 2003 (2003-10-25) 16	Colchester United	1–0	Chesterfield	Colchester
15:00 BST	Andrews 10'	Report	Uhlenbeek  89'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Clive Penton

31 October 2003 (2003-10-31) 17	Wrexham	0–1	Colchester United	Wrexham
19:45 GMT		Report	Andrews 35'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Phil Prosser

15 November 2003 (2003-11-15) 18	Colchester United	3–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGleish 27' Andrews 81' Fagan 90'	Report	Bromby 58'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Paul Danson

22 November 2003 (2003-11-22) 19	Rushden & Diamonds	4–0	Colchester United	Irthlingborough
15:00 GMT	Lowe 4' Gray 39' Burgess 58' Bignot 81'	Report	Fagan  28'	Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 4,149 Referee: Andy Hall

29 November 2003 (2003-11-29) 20	Colchester United	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report	Capaldi 4' Keith 11'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Kevin Wright

13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 21	Colchester United	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Duguid 48' Vine 72'	Report	Eyres 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,897 Referee: Paul Robinson

20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) 22	Hartlepool United	0–0	Colchester United	Hartlepool
		Report	A White  3'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Anthony Leake

26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 23	Colchester United	1–1	Luton Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGleish 12'	Report	Mansell 28'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Joe Ross

28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 24	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Gallen 12' Thorpe 57'	Report	Duguid  33'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,720 Referee: Eddie Evans

10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 25	Colchester United	1–1	Barnsley	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Andrews 25' Duguid  81'	Report	Betsy 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,507 Referee: Clive Penton

17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) 26	Swindon Town	2–0	Colchester United	Swindon
	Parkin 15' Mooney 46'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Steve Tomlin

27 January 2004 (2004-01-27) 27	Bristol City	1–0	Colchester United	Bristol
	Goodfellow 45'	Report	Fagan  86'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 10,733 Referee: Fraser Stretton

31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 28	Colchester United	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Izzet 89'	Report	Dadi 27' Mellon  44'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Andy Penn

7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 29	Luton Town	1–0	Colchester United	Luton
15:00 GMT	Showunmi 52'	Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 5,662 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

21 February 2004 (2004-02-21) 30	Colchester United	2–0	Grimsby Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Fagan 65' Izzet 90'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,922 Referee: M Fletcher

24 February 2004 (2004-02-24) 31	Colchester United	1–4	Port Vale	Colchester
19:45 GMT	McGleish 10'	Report	Brooker 13' S. Brown 24' (o.g.) Cummins 27' Bridge-Wilkinson 73'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,539 Referee: Paul Danson

2 March 2004 (2004-03-02) 32	Colchester United	2–1	Stockport County	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Vine 50' Andrews 60'	Report	Lambert 46'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,513 Referee: A Butler

6 March 2004 (2004-03-06) 33	Colchester United	1–2	Hartlepool United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Halford 35'	Report	Nelson 17' Istead 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Trevor Kettle

16 March 2004 (2004-03-16) 35	Colchester United	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Fagan 8' (pen.)	Report	Simpson 38'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,092 Referee: Lee Mason

20 March 2004 (2004-03-20) 36	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Colchester United	Brighton
	Iwelumo 30' Knight 87'	Report	Izzet 69' W. Brown  90'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,156 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 March 2004 (2004-03-23) 37	Chesterfield	1–2	Colchester United	Chesterfield
	Hurst 50'	Report	Halford 31' Andrews 82'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,787 Referee: R Pearson

27 March 2004 (2004-03-27) 38	Colchester United	0–0	Peterborough United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Andrews  53'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,754 Referee: D Crick

30 March 2004 (2004-03-30) 39	Blackpool	0–0	Colchester United	Blackpool
	Coid  80'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,473 Referee: Carl Boyeson

3 April 2004 (2004-04-03) 40	AFC Bournemouth	1–1	Colchester United	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Hayter 86'	Report	Halford 35'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 6,896 Referee: M Cooper

10 April 2004 (2004-04-10) 41	Colchester United	4–1	Notts County	Colchester
15:00 BST	Fagan 9', 17', 53' Williams 78'	Report	Richardson 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,782 Referee: Lee Cable

12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 42	Brentford	3–2	Colchester United	Brentford
15:00 BST	Tabb 45' Sonko 58' Harrold 78'	Report Report	A. White 53' Fagan 80'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Joe Ross

17 April 2004 (2004-04-17) 43	Colchester United	3–1	Wrexham	Colchester
15:00 BST	Williams 16' Halford 45' McGleish 82'	Report	Sam 18'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,077 Referee: Andre Marriner

24 April 2004 (2004-04-24) 44	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Colchester United	Sheffield
15:00 BST		Report	Keith 48'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 20,464 Referee: Nigel Miller

1 May 2004 (2004-05-01) 45	Colchester United	2–0	Rushden & Diamonds	Colchester
15:00 BST	McGleish 80' (pen.) G. Johnson 90'	Report	Hunter  73'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,618 Referee: Grant Hegley

8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) 46	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Colchester United	Plymouth
	Friio 17'  62' Norris 47'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 19,868 Referee: Andy Hall

Football League Cup

12 August 2003 (2003-08-12) 1st round	Colchester United	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Colchester
19:45 BST	Fagan 22' Pinault 40'	Report	Evans 24'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Joe Ross

23 September 2003 (2003-09-23) 2nd round	Rotherham United	1–0	Colchester United	Rotherham
	Sedgwick 22'	Report	Chilvers  90'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 2,474 Referee: Anthony Leake

Football League Trophy

14 October 2003 (2003-10-14) 1st round (southern section)	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Colchester United	Cheltenham
	Devaney 18'	Report	Keith 40' Vine 65', 88'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,324 Referee: Steve Tanner

4 November 2003 (2003-11-04) 2nd round (southern section)	Yeovil Town	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Colchester United	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	Edwards 11' Gall 66'	Report	Andrews 41' McGleish 77'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,052 Referee: Ray Olivier

9 December 2003 (2003-12-09) Quarter-final (southern section)	Wycombe Wanderers	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Colchester United	High Wycombe
	Thomson 22' Johnson 69'	Report	McGleish 8', 39' J. Brown 120'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,873 Referee: M Cowburn

20 January 2004 (2004-01-20) Semi-final (southern section)	Northampton Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Colchester United	Northampton
	Walker 14', 51' Sampson  57'	Report	McGleish 61', 86', 95'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,304 Referee: P Crossley

10 February 2004 (2004-02-10) Area final (southern section) 1st leg	Colchester United	2–3	Southend United	Colchester
20:00 GMT	Pinault 7' Andrews 75'	Report	Constantine 17' Broughton 42'  76'  Bramble 68'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,401 Referee: Graham Laws

17 February 2004 (2004-02-17) Area final (southern section) 2nd leg	Southend United	1–1	Southend United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Broughton 45'	Report	Izzet 3'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,603 Referee: Michael Ryan
Note: Southend win 4–3 on aggregate.

FA Cup

8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 1st round	Colchester United	1–0	Oxford United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGleish 38'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,672 Referee: Trevor Parkes

6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 2nd round	Colchester United	1–0	Aldershot Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Vine 83'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,255 Referee: Grant Hegley

13 January 2004 (2004-01-13) 3rd round replay	Colchester United	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Colchester
	Keith 11', 84'	Report	Mullin 89' Halford  86'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,611 Referee: Phil Joslin

24 January 2004 (2004-01-24) 4th round	Coventry City	1–1	Colchester United	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Joachim 33'	Report	Adebola 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,341 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

3 February 2004 (2004-02-03) 4th round replay	Colchester United	3–1	Coventry City	Colchester
20:00 GMT	Vine 12', 43', 57'	Report	Joachim 25' Davenport  87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,530 Referee: Anthony Leake

15 February 2004 (2004-02-15) 5th round	Sheffield United	1–0	Colchester United	Sheffield
14:00 GMT	Peschisolido 61'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,074 Referee: D Pugh

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Simon Brown	53	0	40	0	6	0	2	0	5	0
2	DF	ENG	Andy Myers	26	0	21	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Keith	41	5	16+12	2	4+1	2	2	0	5+1	1
4	MF	ENG	Gavin Johnson	21	1	14+4	1	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
5	DF	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald	28	0	22+1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
6	MF	FRA	Thomas Pinault	54	2	31+9	0	7	0	1+1	1	5	1
7	MF	ENG	Karl Duguid	42	2	30	2	6	0	2	0	4	0
8	FW	ENG	Wayne Andrews	50	14	32+9	12	4+1	0	0	0	3+1	2
9	FW	ENG	Scott McGleish	48	17	25+9	10	6+1	1	1	0	4+2	6
10	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	56	4	43+1	3	6	0	2	0	4	1
11	FW	ENG	Jamie Cade	15	0	6+9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Craig Fagan	48	10	30+7	9	5	0	2	1	4	0
13	GK	ENG	Dean Gerken	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SKN	Bobby Bowry	30	0	18+6	0	1+1	0	1	0	2+1	0
19	DF	ENG	Alan White	46	1	30+3	1	5+1	0	2	0	5	0
22	DF	ENG	Greg Halford	24	4	15+3	4	2	0	0	0	4	0
24	DF	ENG	Pat Baldwin	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
25	DF	ENG	Sam Stockley	58	0	44	0	6	0	2	0	5+1	0
31	GK	NIR	Richard McKinney	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
11	MF	AUS	Richard Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Rowan Vine	49	12	30+5	6	5+2	4	1	0	4+2	2
18	DF	ENG	Liam Chilvers	45	0	29+3	0	7	0	1	0	5	0
20	FW	ENG	Jermaine Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	1
20	FW	ENG	Phil Hadland	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	IRL	Paul Tierney	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	WAL	Gareth Williams	7	2	5+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Wayne Brown	17	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Place	Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	9		FW	Scott McGleish	10	1	0	6	17
2	8		FW	Wayne Andrews	12	0	0	2	14
3	16		FW	Rowan Vine	6	4	0	2	12
4	12		FW	Craig Fagan	9	0	1	0	10
5	3		FB	Joe Keith	2	2	0	1	5
6	10		MF	Kemal Izzet	3	0	0	1	4
	22		FB/MF	Greg Halford	4	0	0	0	4
8	6		MF	Thomas Pinault	0	0	1	1	2
	7		MF	Karl Duguid	2	0	0	0	2
	26		FW	Gareth Williams	2	0	0	0	2
11	4		MF	Gavin Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
	19		CB	Alan White	1	0	0	0	1
	20		FW	Jermaine Brown	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goals	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	52	8	2	14	76

Disciplinary record

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
12		FW	Craig Fagan	9	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	12	2
7		MF	Karl Duguid	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	2
19		CB	Alan White	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
10		MF	Kemal Izzet	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
16		FW	Rowan Vine	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
8		FW	Wayne Andrews	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
18		CB	Liam Chilvers	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1
25		FB	Sam Stockley	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
27		CB	Wayne Brown	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
2		CB/FB	Andy Myers	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		MF	Thomas Pinault	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
17		MF	Bobby Bowry	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1		GK	Simon Brown	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
3		FB	Joe Keith	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Scott McGleish	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		MF	Gavin Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		CB	Scott Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FB/MF	Greg Halford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		CB	Pat Baldwin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		FB	Paul Tierney	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	64	8	9	0	6	1	6	0	85	9

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Number	Nationality	Player	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	1		Simon Brown	10	3	0	0	13
2	31		Richard McKinney	1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	11	3	0	0	14

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.

Number	Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
2	CB/FB		Andy Myers	9 August 2003	Barnsley	Oakwell
12	FW		Craig Fagan	9 August 2003	Barnsley	Oakwell
16	FW		Rowan Vine	9 August 2003	Barnsley	Oakwell
20	WG		Phil Hadland	15 August 2003	Swindon Town	Layer Road
8	FW		Wayne Andrews	23 August 2003	Port Vale	Vale Park
18	CB		Liam Chilvers	30 August 2003	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park
11	MF		Richard Johnson	4 November 2003	Yeovil Town	Huish Park
20	FW		Jermaine Brown	9 December 2003	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park
11	FW		Jamie Cade	13 December 2003	Oldham Athletic	Layer Road
26	FB		Paul Tierney	31 January 2004	Tranmere Rovers	Layer Road
27	CB		Wayne Brown	17 February 2004	Southend United	Roots Hall
12	FW		Craig Fagan	27 March 2004	Peterborough United	Layer Road
26	FW		Gareth Williams	27 March 2004	Peterborough United	Layer Road
13	GK		Dean Gerken	12 April 2004	Brentford	Griffin Park

1. ^ Second debut for the club

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

References

General

Books

• Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

Websites

• "Colchester United football club match record: 2004". 11v11.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

Specific

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14. John White at Soccerbase
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16. Wayne Andrews at Soccerbase
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18. Andy Myers at Soccerbase
19. ^ "Jermaine Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
20. ^ Jermaine Brown at Soccerbase
21. ^ "Richard Johnson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
22. ^ Richard Johnson at Soccerbase
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24. Jamie Cade at Soccerbase
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26. ^ Craig Fagan at Soccerbase
27. "Ross Crouch". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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29. "Marc Canham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
30. Marc Canham at Soccerbase
31. "Mark Warren". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
32. Mark Warren at Soccerbase
33. "Ben Cranfield". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
34. Ben Cranfield at Soccerbase
35. "Matt Hearn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
36. Matt Hearn at Soccerbase
37. "Simon Atangana". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
38. Simon Atangana at Soccerbase
39. "Joe Dunne (Defender)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
40. Joe Dunne at Soccerbase
41. "Chris Keeble". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
42. Chris Keeble at Soccerbase
43. "Micky Stockwell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
44. Mick Stockwell at Soccerbase
45. "Kevin Rapley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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47. "Mike Edwards". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
48. Mike Edwards at Soccerbase
49. "Adrian Coote". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
50. Adrian Coote at Soccerbase
51. "Dean Morgan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
52. Dean Morgan at Soccerbase
53. "Rowan Vine". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
54. Rowan Vine at Soccerbase
55. "Liam Chilvers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
56. Liam Chilvers at Soccerbase
57. "Paul Tierney". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
58. Paul Tierney at Soccerbase
59. "Wayne Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
60. Wayne Brown at Soccerbase
61. "Gareth Williams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
62. Gareth Williams at Soccerbase
63. "Pat Baldwin". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
64. "Pat Baldwin". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
65. "Scott Fitzgerald". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
66. Scott Fitzgerald at Soccerbase
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71. "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
72. "Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
73. "Southend United 1–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
74. ^ "Colchester Utd 0–0 Peterborough United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

• Colchester United F.C. seasons
• 2003–04 Football League Second Division by team