SEASON
2003-04
Nationwide Conference · 8th
Stevenage Borough came into the 2003-04 campaign with the determination not to be caught in the same relegation strife as the season before. With Graham Westley at the helm, that wasn’t going to be an issue. The club looked much stronger on the pitch, but there was still work to be done with Boro’ finishing seven points adrift of the playoffs come the end of the season. And there were perhaps as many highlights as there were lowlights as far as our league programme goes.
In the cup competitions, Boro’ pulled off a bit of an upset by knocking out League opposition in the form of Stockport County. The Hertfordshire side had also done enough to get a replay with Swansea City in the next round, had it not been for the rather dubious sportsmanship and tactics of Lee Trundle. The season wasn’t the most remarkable, but you have to start somewhere. And, going forward, there were some encouraging signs that we were once again moving in the right direction. Once more, we were looking up – not down.
Season at a Glance
Season Story
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Saturday 09 August 2003
Tuesday 12 August 2003
Saturday 16 August 2003
Saturday 23 August 2003
Monday 25 August 2003
Saturday 30 August 2003
Saturday 06 September 2003
Saturday 13 September 2003
Saturday 20 September 2003
Tuesday 23 September 2003
Saturday 27 September 2003
Saturday 04 October 2003
Tuesday 07 October 2003
Saturday 11 October 2003
Tuesday 14 October 2003
Saturday 18 October 2003
Saturday 25 October 2003
Tuesday 28 October 2003
Saturday 01 November 2003
Saturday 08 November 2003
Tuesday 11 November 2003
Saturday 15 November 2003
Saturday 22 November 2003
Saturday 29 November 2003
Saturday 06 December 2003
Saturday 13 December 2003
Tuesday 16 December 2003
Saturday 20 December 2003
Friday 26 December 2003
Thursday 01 January 2004
Saturday 03 January 2004
Saturday 10 January 2004
Saturday 17 January 2004
Saturday 24 January 2004
Tuesday 03 February 2004
Saturday 07 February 2004
Saturday 14 February 2004
Saturday 21 February 2004
Saturday 06 March 2004
Tuesday 09 March 2004
Saturday 13 March 2004
Saturday 20 March 2004
Saturday 27 March 2004
Tuesday 30 March 2004
Tuesday 06 April 2004
Saturday 10 April 2004
Monday 12 April 2004
Saturday 17 April 2004
Saturday 24 April 2004
Squad Leaders
Full Squad Rollcall
A complete breakdown of every player used during the 2003-04 season.
| Name | Pld | Gls | YC | RC | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Abbey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Rocky Baptiste | 9 (16) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Lee Barnard | 2 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Batt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Battersby | 12 (5) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Graham Benstead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Boyd | 4 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jon Brady | 15 (7) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Brennan | 13 (5) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Michael Brough | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Bunce | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Camara | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Carroll | 18 (6) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Cook | 19 (13) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Costello | 10 (5) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Dean Cracknell | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark E'Beyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Elding | 38 (3) | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo Flack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee Flynn | 25 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Goodliffe | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Gould | 31 (3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Hodgson | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Holloway | 16 (11) | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Rory Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Laker | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Langston | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dino Maamria | 31 (1) | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Clint Marcelle | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lionel Perez | 32 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Geoff Pitcher | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Richards | 11 (17) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Rogers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Scott | 2 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Shamlian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Mark Smith | 14 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sean St Ledger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Talbot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Simon Travis | 23 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Warner | 36 (6) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Watson | 31 (1) | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Ross Weatherstone | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Westhead | 11 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Darren Williams | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Simon Wormull | 27 (1) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
League Table
Final Nationwide Conference standings for the 2003-04 season.
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester City | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 85 | 34 | 51 | 92 |
| 2 | Hereford United | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 103 | 44 | 59 | 91 |
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 67 | 42 | 25 | 74 |
| 4 | Barnet | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 60 | 46 | 14 | 71 |
| 5 | Aldershot Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 70 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 57 | 14 | 69 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 67 |
| 8 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 63 |
| 9 | Woking | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 65 | 52 | 13 | 61 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 61 | 7 | 58 |
| 11 | Ebbsfleet United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 69 | 66 | 3 | 57 |
| 12 | Telford United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 51 | -2 | 52 |
| 13 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 64 | -5 | 54 |
| 14 | Burton Albion | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 57 | 59 | -2 | 51 * |
| 15 | Scarborough | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 54 | -3 | 51 |
| 16 | Margate | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 51 |
| 17 | Tamworth | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 68 | -19 | 49 |
| 18 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 80 | -22 | 48 |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 | 65 | -22 | 44 |
| 20 | Farnborough | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 74 | -21 | 30 |
| 21 | Leigh RMI | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 46 | 97 | -51 | 29 |
| 22 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 80 | -50 | 23 |
Points Per Game Progression
How Boro's cumulative league points-per-game changed across the 2003-04 season.
