| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 97 | 265 | 2.73 | 49 | 50.52% | 19 | 19.59% | 29 | 29.90% |
| 2003/04 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 19 | WWWW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Sheffield United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 17 | WWLW | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | WBA | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 16 | XLWW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 4 | 2 | West Ham United | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 16 | LWWW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 15 | LWWW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |
| 6 | 3 | Millwall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 15 | WWLL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 7 | 2 | Reading | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | LWLW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | 1 | Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 14 | XWWL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 9 | 1 | Sunderland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | XLWW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| 10 | 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 13 | WLWL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 12 | XWLL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Burnley | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 12 | WLLW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
| 13 | 3 | Gillingham | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 12 | WLLW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 14 | 4 | Cardiff City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 11 | LLWX | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 15 | 3 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 11 | XLLX | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| 16 | 1 | Preston North End | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | WWLW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 | 4 | Bradford City | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 10 | LWWL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 18 | 1 | Coventry City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 8 | WLWL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 8 | WWLL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 20 | 3 | Derby County | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 8 | XWWL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 21 | 3 | Walsall | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 6 | LLLX | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 22 | 1 | Rotherham United | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 5 | LLLL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 23 | 1 | Watford | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 4 | LLWX | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 24 | Wimbledon | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 3 | LLLL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | +2 | Rob EARNSHAW (Cardiff City, 1p) |
| 7 | +1 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 2p) |
| +3 | Peter NDLOVU (Sheffield United, 3p) | |
| 5 | +1 | Rob HULSE (WBA) |
| +1 | Ricardo FULLER (Preston North End) | |
| +1 | Dougie FREEDMAN (Crystal Palace, 2p) | |
| 4 | +1 | Robbie BLAKE (Burnley) |
| Andy REID (Nottingham Forest) | ||
| Shaun GOATER (Reading) | ||
| Mark RIVERS (Norwich City, 2p) | ||
| Nathan ELLINGTON (Wigan Athletic) | ||
| Carl ASABA (Stoke City, 1p) | ||
| David CONNOLLY (West Ham United) | ||
| Marcus STEWART (Sunderland, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Patrick AGYEMANG (Wimbledon) | |
| Lee HUGHES (WBA, 1p) |
| Wednesday, 17 September 2003 | |||||
| 8 | Derby County | 3-2 | Watford | ||
| 18 | Taylor | 38 | Gayle | ||
| 73 | Svensson | 81 | Young | ||
| 88 | Júnior | ||||
| Saturday, 20 September 2003 | |||||
| 9 | Burnley | 4-0 | Bradford City | ||
| 43 | Moore | ||||
| 54 | Chadwick | ||||
| 60 | Chadwick | ||||
| 68 | Blake | ||||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 2-2 | WBA | ||
| 59 | Freedman | 52 | Hulse | ||
| 90 | Johnson | 89 | Koumas | ||
| 9 | Derby County | 1-1 | Sunderland | ||
| 90 | Taylor | 90 | Poom | ||
| 9 | Gillingham | 2-0 | West Ham United | ||
| 57 | King | ||||
| 82 | Benjamin | ||||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 4-1 | Wimbledon | ||
| 24 | Armstrong | 45 | Agyemang | ||
| 26 | Naylor | ||||
| 68 | Bent | ||||
| 81(p) | Couñago | ||||
| 9 | Millwall | 2-1 | Walsall | ||
| 16 | Ward | 7(p) | Corica | ||
| 80(p) | Harris | ||||
| 9 | Preston North End | 4-1 | Rotherham United | ||
| 11 | Cresswell | 45 | Byfield | ||
| 55 | Fuller | ||||
| 65(p) | Alexander | ||||
| 73 | O'Neil | ||||
| 9 | Reading | 1-2 | Coventry City | ||
| 21 | Forster | 35 | Adebola | ||
| 76 | Morrell | ||||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 5-3 | Cardiff City | ||
| 53 | Tonge | 46 | Earnshaw | ||
| 62 | Ndlovu | 64 | Earnshaw | ||
| 78(p) | Ndlovu | 69 | Langley | ||
| 85 | Lester | ||||
| 89(p) | Ndlovu | ||||
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 1-0 | Watford | ||
| 11 | McCulloch | ||||
| 9 | Stoke City | 1-1 | Norwich City | ||
| 35 | Noel-Williams | 67 | Huckerby | ||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 3-1 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 64 | Lunt | 54 | Harewood | ||
| 74 | Ashton | ||||
| 88 | Jones | ||||