2003–04 Football League Trophy

Country

England

Teams

Champions

Blackpool

Runners-up

Southend United

Matches played

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The 2003–04 Football League Trophy, known as the LDV Vans Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season in the history of the competition. A straight knockout competition for English football clubs in the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system.^[1]

In all, 60 clubs entered the competition, including twelve from the Conference National. It was split into two sections, Northern and Southern, with the winners of each section contesting the final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The competition began on 13 October 2003 and concluded on 21 March 2004.^[2]

The winners were Blackpool, who defeated Southend United 2–0 to win the title for a second time.^[3]

First round

Four clubs received a bye into the Second Round. Bury and Huddersfield Town in the Northern section, and Northampton Town and Swansea City in the Southern section.

Northern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Blackpool	3–2	Tranmere Rovers	2,838
2	Carlisle United	2–0	Rochdale	1,828
3	Chester City	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	1,141
4	Chesterfield	2–1	Macclesfield Town	1,631
5	Darlington	1–3	Hull City	1,578
6	Halifax Town	2–1	York City	1,148
7	Lincoln City	3–1	Telford United	1,503
8	Mansfield Town	1–2	Stockport County	3,718
9	Oldham Athletic	3–3	Hartlepool United	3,575
Oldham Athletic won 5–3 on penalties
10	Scarborough	2–1	Port Vale	1,003
11	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	1,265
12	Wrexham	4–1	Morecambe	1,078
13	Notts County	0–0	Barnsley	1,220
Barnsley won 4–2 on penalties
14	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Grimsby Town	7,323
Sheffield Wednesday won 5–4 on penalties

Southern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	3,969
2	Barnet	3–3	Brentford	1,248
Brentford won 3–1 on penalties
3	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Colchester United	1,324
4	Peterborough United	3–2	Torquay United	1,980
5	Plymouth Argyle	4–0	Bristol City	4,927
6	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Kidderminster Harriers	3,671
7	Southend United	2–1	Bristol Rovers	1,714
8	Stevenage Borough	0–1	Luton Town	1,754
9	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Cambridge United	977
10	Yeovil Town	2–0	Bournemouth	5,035
11	Boston United	2–1	Swindon Town	1,514
12	Dagenham & Redbridge	4–1	Leyton Orient	1,857
13	Oxford United	0–1	Rushden & Diamonds	2,510
14	Hereford United	2–0	Exeter City	1,513

Second round

Northern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Bury	2–1	Oldham Athletic	3,102
2	Blackpool	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	2,954
3	Carlisle United	2–0	Huddersfield Town	1,346
4	Hull City	1–3	Scunthorpe United	6,656
5	Lincoln City	4–3	Chesterfield	2,395
6	Scarborough	0–1	Halifax Town	899
7	Stockport County	5–4	Wrexham	1,469
8	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Barnsley	13,575

Southern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Boston United	4,026
2	Hereford United	1–1	Northampton Town	1,517
Northampton Town won 4–3 on penalties
3	Peterborough United	3–2	Brentford	1,821
4	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Wycombe Wanderers	4,298
Wycombe Wanderers won 4–2 on penalties
5	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	3,036
6	Rushden & Diamonds	1–2	Luton Town	2,746
7	Swansea City	1–2	Southend United	2,055
8	Yeovil Town	2–2	Colchester United	3,052
Colchester United won 4–2 on penalties

Quarter finals

Northern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Bury	0–1	Scunthorpe United	1,246
2	Carlisle United	0–3	Sheffield Wednesday	2,869
3	Stockport County	0–1	Blackpool	2,337
4	Halifax Town	1–0	Lincoln City	1,162

Southern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	7,536
2	Northampton Town	2–1	Peterborough United	4,290
3	Southend United	3–0	Luton Town	2,027
4	Wycombe Wanderers	2–3	Colchester United	1,873

Semi finals

Northern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Blackpool	3–2	Halifax Town	4,764
2	Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	Scunthorpe United	10,236

Southern section

Tie no.	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Northampton Town	2–3	Colchester United	4,034
2	Southend United	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	5,824

Area Finals

Northern section

10 February 2004 First Leg	Blackpool	1 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Taylor 82'	Report		Attendance: 7,482 Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

25 February 2004 Second Leg	Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 2	Blackpool	Hillsborough, Sheffield
19:45 GMT		Report	Sheron 20' Southern 31'	Attendance: 21,390 Referee: Mike Pike (Lancashire)

Southern Section

10 February 2004 First Leg	Colchester United	2 – 3	Southend United	Layer Road, Colchester
19:45 GMT	Pinault 7' Andrews 75'	Report	Constantine 17' Broughton 42' Bramble 68'	Attendance: 5,401 Referee: Graham Laws (Tyne & Wear)

17 February 2004 Second Leg	Southend United	1 – 1	Colchester United	Roots Hall, Southend
19:45 GMT	Broughton 45'	Report	Izzet 3'	Attendance: 9,603 Referee: Michael Ryan (Lancashire)

Final

Main article: 2004 Football League Trophy Final

Blackpool v Southend United

21 March 2004
13:00 GMT

Blackpool	2 – 0	Southend United
Murphy 2' Coid 55'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 34,031
Referee: Roy Pearson (County Durham)

References

↑ "The Football League Trophy". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
↑ "2003–04 LDV Vans Trophy". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
↑ "Blackpool 2–0 Southend". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

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