2003–04 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Football team season

2003–04 Swansea City A.F.C. season
Manager	Brian Flynn (until 18th March 2004), Kenny Jackett (from 4th April 2004)
Stadium	Vetch Field
Third Division	10th
FA Cup	Fifth round proper
Carling Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Trundle (17)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

During the 2003–04 English football season, Swansea City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League on the final day of the previous season, Swansea improved dramatically on last term's 21st-place finish by ending the campaign 10th in the table, albeit 12 points adrift of 9th-placed Oxford United. Their cup form improved too, beating Premiership hopefuls Preston North End in the fourth round of the FA Cup before being knocked out by Tranmere Rovers.

Striker Lee Trundle, signed from Welsh rivals Wrexham, finished 7th highest scorer (joint with Lincoln City's Gary Fletcher) in the division with 17 goals.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	WAL	Roger Freestone
2	DF	ENG	Shaun Byrne (on loan from West Ham United)
3	DF	ENG	Mike Howard
4	DF	WAL	Kristian O'Leary
5	DF	ENG	Alan Tate (on loan from Manchester United; loan made permanent transfer)
6	MF	ESP	Roberto Martínez
7	MF	ENG	Leon Britton
8	FW	ENG	Kevin Nugent
9	FW	WAL	James Thomas
10	FW	ENG	Lee Trundle
11	MF	WAL	Leyton Maxwell
12	GK	WAL	Andrew Marsh
12	DF	ENG	Leon Hylton
14	MF	ENG	Brad Maylett


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	WAL	Jonathan Coates
16	FW	ENG	Karl Connelly
17	FW	ENG	Paul Connor
18	FW	ENG	Andy Robinson
19	MF	WAL	Stuart Roberts
20	DF	WAL	Stuart Jones
21	GK	IRL	Brian Murphy
22	DF	ENG	Izzy Iriekpen
23	MF	ENG	Antonio Corbisiero
24	MF	WAL	Richard Jones (on loan from Southampton)
25	DF	WAL	Matthew Rees (on loan from Millwall)
26	FW	WAL	Mark Pritchard
28	DF	ENG	Lee Fieldwick (on loan from Brentford)
29	GK	ENG	Ryan Harrison
30	DF	ENG	Jamie Rewbury

While on loan from Manchester United, Alan Tate wore the number 27 jersey.

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	WAL	Lee Jenkins (to Kidderminster Harriers)
5	DF	ENG	Jason Smith (released)
11	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose (to Burnley)
17	MF	ENG	Kieran Durkan (to Chester City)
19	DF	WAL	Richard Duffy (to Portsmouth)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	ENG	Mark Wilson (on loan from Middlesbrough)
27	DF	ENG	Earl Davis (to Southport)
28	FW	ENG	Daniel Nardiello (on loan from Manchester United)
31	GK	WAL	Tony Williams (on loan from Hartlepool United)

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2003–04 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One North, One South) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Combined Counties League (Premier, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Community Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
First Division	Bradford City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Luton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Rushden & Diamonds Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
Third Division	Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Darlington Doncaster Rovers Huddersfield Town Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea City Torquay United Yeovil Town York City
Non-League	Shrewsbury Town

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