2003–04 FA Cup

2003–04 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (11th title)
Runner-up	Millwall
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ruud van Nistelrooy; (6 goals)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The FA Cup 2003–04 was the 123rd staging of England and the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.

The competition began on 23 August 2003, with the lowest-ranked of the entrants competing in the Extra Preliminary round. The FA Cup 3rd Round was the first time that clubs from the Premiership and Division One competed in the competition.

The semi-finals were staged at neutral venues and, like the final, would not be replayed in the event of a draw. The competition culminated with the cup final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff for a fourth year in a row, since Wembley Stadium was still in the rebuilding process. The cup was won by Manchester United for a record 11th time, with a 3–0 victory over Millwall from Division One.

The appearance in the Cup Final by Millwall, a Level 2 team, marked the first time in 12 years that a team outside Level 1 of the English football pyramid appeared in the final game.

Calendar

Round	Date (weekend of)	Matches	Clubs	Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round	Saturday 23 August 2003	73	661 → 588	£500
Preliminary Round	Saturday 30 August 2003	182	588 → 406	£1,000
First Round Qualifying	Saturday 20 September 2003	124	406 → 282	£2,250
Second Round Qualifying	Saturday 27 September 2003	84	282 → 198	£3,750
Third Round Qualifying	Saturday 11 October 2003	42	198 → 156	£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying	Saturday 25 October 2003	32	156 → 124	£10,000
First Round Proper	Saturday 8 November 2003	40	124 → 84	£16,000
Second Round Proper	Saturday 6 December 2003	20	84 → 64	£24,000
Third Round Proper	Saturday 3 January 2004	32	64 → 32	£40,000
Fourth Round Proper	Saturday 24 January 2004	16	32 → 16	£60,000
Fifth Round Proper	Saturday 14 February 2004	8	16 → 8	£120,000
Sixth Round Proper	Saturday 6 March 2004	4	8 → 4	£300,000
Semi-finals	Saturday 3 April 2004	2	4 → 2	£900,000
Final	Saturday 22 May 2004	1	2 → 1	£1,000,000

First round proper

This round is the first in which Football League teams from League One and League Two compete with non-league teams. Luton's Adrian Forbes and Sheffield Wednesday's Adam Proudlock netted hat tricks. Shildon AFC, of the Arngrove Northern League (level 9 on the football league pyramid), were the lowest ranked team left in the competition in the first round.

Ties were played over the weekend of 8 November 2003.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Lincoln City	3 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion
2	Peterborough United	2 – 0	Hereford United
3	Oldham Athletic	3 – 0	Carlisle United
4	Cheltenham Town	3 – 1	Hull City
5	Yeovil Town	4 – 1	Wrexham
6	Macclesfield Town	3 – 0	Boston United
7	Grays Athletic	1 – 2	Aldershot Town
8	Scarborough	1 – 0	Doncaster Rovers
9	Barnet	2 – 2	Stalybridge Celtic
replay	Stalybridge Celtic	0 – 2	Barnet
10	Blackpool	4 – 0	Boreham Wood
11	Wycombe Wanderers	4 – 1	Swindon Town
12	Lancaster City	1 – 2	Cambridge United
13	Woking	3 – 1	Histon
14	AFC Bournemouth	1 – 0	Bristol Rovers
15	Stevenage Borough	2 – 1	Stockport County
16	Grantham Town	1 – 2	Leyton Orient
17	Thurrock	1 – 1	Luton Town
replay	Luton Town	3 – 1	Thurrock
18	Northampton Town	3 – 2	Plymouth Argyle
19	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 2	Chesterfield
20	Hornchurch	2 – 0	Darlington
21	Scunthorpe United	2 – 1	Shrewsbury Town
22	Torquay United	1 – 2	Burton Albion
23	Accrington Stanley	1 – 0	Huddersfield Town
24	Grimsby Town	1 – 0	QPR
25	Notts County	7 – 2	Shildon
26	Brentford	7 – 1	Gainsborough Trinity
27	Kidderminster Harriers	2 – 1	Northwich Victoria
28	Southend United	1 – 1	Canvey Island
replay	Canvey Island	2 – 3	Southend United
29	York City	1 – 2	Barnsley
30	Port Vale	2 – 2	Ford United
replay	Ford United	1 – 2	Port Vale
31	Mansfield Town	6 – 0	Bishop's Stortford
32	Sheffield Wednesday	4 – 0	Salisbury City
33	Farnborough Town	0 – 1	Weston-super-Mare
34	Chester City	0 – 1	Gravesend & Northfleet
35	Telford United	3 – 2	Crawley Town
36	Colchester United	1 – 0	Oxford United
37	Bradford Park Avenue	2 – 5	Bristol City
38	Bury	1 – 2	Rochdale
39	Swansea City	3 – 0	Rushden & Diamonds
40	Hartlepool United	4 – 0	Whitby Town

Second round proper

Ties were played over the weekend of 6 December 2003. Mansfield's Liam Lawrence showed how interested Championship and premiership clubs were with him by netting a hat trick.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Northampton Town	4 – 1	Weston-super-Mare
2	Rochdale	0 – 2	Luton Town
3	Colchester United	1 – 0	Aldershot Town
4	Macclesfield Town	1 – 1	Cambridge United
replay	Cambridge United	2 – 2	Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town won 4-2 on penalties
5	Peterborough United	3 – 2	Grimsby Town
6	Bristol City	0 – 0	Barnsley
replay	Barnsley	2 – 1	Bristol City
7	Oldham Athletic	2 – 5	Blackpool
8	Burton Albion	0 – 1	Hartlepool United
9	Gravesend & Northfleet	1 – 2	Notts County
10	Telford United	1 – 0	Brentford
11	Woking	0 – 3	Kidderminster Harriers
12	Hornchurch	0 – 1	Tranmere Rovers
13	Yeovil Town	5 – 1	Barnet
14	A F C Bournemouth	1 – 1	Accrington Stanley
replay	Accrington Stanley	0 – 0	A F C Bournemouth
Accrington Stanley won 5-3 on penalties
15	Cheltenham Town	3 – 1	Leyton Orient
16	Port Vale	0 – 1	Scarborough
17	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 1	Mansfield Town
replay	Mansfield Town	3 – 2	Wycombe Wanderers
18	Southend United	3 – 0	Lincoln City
19	Scunthorpe United	2 – 2	Sheffield Wednesday
replay	Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 0	Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United won 3-1 on penalties
20	Swansea City	2 – 1	Stevenage Borough

Third round proper

This round marks the first time Championship and Premier League (top-flight) teams play. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 3 January 2004, with replays on 13 January and 14 January.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Preston North End	3 – 3	Reading
replay	Reading	1 – 2	Preston North End
2	Southampton	0 – 3	Newcastle United
3	Watford	2 – 2	Chelsea
replay	Chelsea	4 – 0	Watford
4	Yeovil Town	0 – 2	Liverpool
5	Gillingham	3 – 2	Charlton Athletic
6	Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	West Bromwich Albion
7	Aston Villa	1 – 2	Manchester United
8	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Telford United
9	Middlesbrough	2 – 1	Notts County
10	Sunderland	1 – 0	Hartlepool United
11	Everton	3 – 1	Norwich City
12	Ipswich Town	3 – 0	Derby County
13	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers
replay	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 2	Tranmere Rovers
14	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 0	Crystal Palace
15	Manchester City	2 – 2	Leicester City
replay	Leicester City	1 – 3	Manchester City
16	Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Kidderminster Harriers
17	Fulham	2–1	Cheltenham Town
18	Barnsley	0–0	Scunthorpe United
replay	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Barnsley
19	Northampton Town	1–1	Rotherham United
replay	Rotherham United	1 – 2	Northampton Town
20	Coventry City	2–1	Peterborough United
21	Portsmouth	2–1	Blackpool
22	Bradford City	1–2	Luton Town
23	Millwall	2–1	Walsall
24	Wimbledon	1–1	Stoke City
replay	Stoke City	0–1	Wimbledon
25	Southend United	1–1	Scarborough
replay	Scarborough	1–0	Southend United
26	Mansfield Town	0–2	Burnley
27	Cardiff City	0–1	Sheffield United
28	Leeds United	1–4	Arsenal
29	Wigan Athletic	1–2	West Ham United
30	Birmingham City	4–0	Blackburn Rovers
31	Swansea City	2–1	Macclesfield Town
32	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Colchester United
replay	Colchester United	2–1	Accrington Stanley

Fourth round proper

Ties played during the weekend of 24 January 2004, with replays on 3 February and 4 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Burnley	3–1	Gillingham
2	Liverpool	2–1	Newcastle United
3	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Sheffield United
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	West Ham United
5	Luton Town	0–1	Tranmere Rovers
6	Everton	1–1	Fulham
replay	Fulham	2–1	Everton
7	Scarborough	0–1	Chelsea
8	Ipswich Town	1–2	Sunderland
9	Manchester City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur
replay	Tottenham Hotspur	3–4	Manchester City
10	Northampton Town	0–3	Manchester United
11	Coventry City	1–1	Colchester United
replay	Colchester United	3–1	Coventry City
12	Portsmouth	2–1	Scunthorpe United
13	Arsenal	4–1	Middlesbrough
14	Birmingham City	1–0	Wimbledon
15	Telford United	0–2	Millwall
16	Swansea City	2–1	Preston North End

The match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City was particularly notable. Tottenham led the match 3–0 at half-time but Manchester City turned the match around in the second half to win 4–3, with Jon Macken scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. This was despite Manchester City having one less player on the pitch during the second half after Joey Barton was red carded during the half-time interval.^[1]

Fifth round proper

Matches played weekend of 14 and 15 February 2004
Three replays played week commencing 22 and 25 February 2004.
Four non-Premiership sides (including a Division Two side) progressed to the quarter-finals.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Liverpool	1–1	Portsmouth	34,669
replay	Portsmouth	1–0	Liverpool	19,529
2	Sunderland	1–1	Birmingham City	24,966
replay	Birmingham City	0–2	Sunderland	25,645
3	Sheffield United	1–0	Colchester United	17,074
4	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Swansea City	12,215
5	Fulham	0–0	West Ham United	14,705
replay	West Ham United	0–3	Fulham	27,934
6	Manchester United	4–2	Manchester City	67,228
7	Millwall	1–0	Burnley	10,420
8	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	38,136

Quarter-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 6 March 2004.
There was one replay between Tranmere and Millwall, played on Tuesday 16 March.
Two Division One sides progressed to the semi-finals, while another was eliminated at this stage. In addition, a Division Two side reached the quarter-finals and were only eliminated after a replay.

Manchester United v Fulham

2004-03-06
12:30

Manchester United	2 – 1	Fulham
van Nistelrooy 25', 62'	Report	Malbranque 23' (pen.)

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 67,614
Referee: Rob Styles

Portsmouth v Arsenal

2004-03-06
18:00

Portsmouth	1 – 5	Arsenal
Sheringham 90'	Report	Henry 25', 50' Ljungberg 43', 57' Touré 45'

Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 20,137
Referee: Jeff Winter

Millwall v Tranmere

2004-03-07
13:00

Millwall	0 – 0	Tranmere
	Report

The Den, Bermondsey, London
Attendance: 16,404
Referee: Neale Barry

Sunderland v Sheffield United

2004-03-07
16:05

Sunderland	1 – 0	Sheffield United
Tommy Smith 15'	Report

Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 37,115
Referee: Steve Dunn

Replay

Tranmere v Millwall

2004-03-16
19:45

Tranmere	1 – 2	Millwall
Gary Jones 41'	Report	Cahill 11' Harris 15'

Prenton Park, Tranmere, Birkenhead
Attendance: 15,510
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Semi-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 3 April 2004.
Two teams from Division 1 featured in the semi-finals (Millwall and Sunderland) who faced each other. The other tie was an all-Premiership affair between Manchester United and Arsenal, held at Villa Park.
Both games were played at neutral venues.

Arsenal v Manchester United

2004-04-03
12:00

Arsenal	0 – 1	Manchester United
	Report	Scholes 32'

Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 39,939
Referee: Graham Barber

Sunderland v Millwall

2004-04-04
13:00

Sunderland	0 – 1	Millwall
	Report	Cahill 26'

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 56,112
Referee: Paul Durkin

Final

Manchester United won the game and lifted the trophy for the 11th time in their history (a competition record) with a 3-0 victory over a Millwall side who were the first team from outside the top flight to reach the FA Cup final in 12 years.

Manchester United v Millwall

22 May 2004
15:00 BST

Manchester United	3 – 0	Millwall
Ronaldo 43' van Nistelrooy 65' (pen.), 81'	(Report)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 71,350
Referee: Jeff Winter (County Durham)

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the third consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the sixteenth consecutive season.^{[citation needed]}

References

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Champions	Manchester United (11th title)
Runner-up	Millwall
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (6 goals)
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