| 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 | ||||
| 82 | 238 | 2.90 | 33 | 40.24% | 27 | 32.93% | 22 | 26.83% |
| 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 | 2 | Port Vale | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 16 | WXWL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 14 | XWWL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Barnsley | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 14 | LWXW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| 4 | 8 | Hartlepool United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 12 | WOLW | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |
| 5 | 1 | QPR | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 | OXWX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 6 | 4 | Swindon Town | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 12 | WXXX | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 7 | 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 12 | WWXX | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 8 | 3 | Brighton & HA | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 11 | LXXW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| 9 | Bristol City | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | XOWL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Wrexham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 10 | LLWW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 11 | 4 | Rushden & Diamonds | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | +0 | 10 | LWLX | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 12 | 4 | Luton Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 10 | LXWL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 13 | 4 | Bournemouth | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 9 | WOWX | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 14 | Peterborough United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | OXWL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Colchester United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 8 | WXXW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 16 | 3 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 8 | LXLW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| 17 | 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 7 | OLXX | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 18 | 3 | Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 7 | LXLW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 6 | XOWL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Brentford | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 6 | WLLW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 21 | 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 5 | OLLL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 22 | 2 | Notts County | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 5 | WXXL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 23 | 2 | Chesterfield | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 4 | LLLX | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 24 | 1 | Stockport County | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 3 | XXXL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | +3 | Paul ROBINSON (Hartlepool United, 2p) |
| 5 | Leon KNIGHT (Brighton & HA) | |
| Paul FURLONG (QPR) | ||
| Onandi LOWE (Rushden & Diamonds) | ||
| Tommy MOONEY (Swindon Town) | ||
| Scott McGLEISH (Colchester United, 1p) | ||
| Michael BOULDING (Grimsby Town) | ||
| +1 | Shefki KUQI (Sheffield Wednesday) | |
| 4 | Gareth AINSWORTH (QPR) | |
| Tony THORPE (QPR) | ||
| Scott TAYLOR (Blackpool) | ||
| Lee PEACOCK (Bristol City) | ||
| Billy PAYNTER (Port Vale) | ||
| Andy CLARKE (Peterborough United) | ||
| 3 | +1 | Wayne ANDREWS (Colchester United) |
| Stephen McPHEE (Port Vale) | ||
| +1 | Micky EVANS (Plymouth Argyle) | |
| +1 | David FRIIO (Plymouth Argyle) | |
| Gary JONES (Tranmere Rovers) | ||
| Lloyd OWUSU (Sheffield Wednesday) | ||
| +1 | Alan QUINN (Sheffield Wednesday) | |
| Dean GORRÉ (Barnsley, 1p) | ||
| Luke BECKETT (Stockport County) | ||
| Rodney JACK (Rushden & Diamonds) | ||
| Steve HOWARD (Luton Town) | ||
| Sam PARKIN (Swindon Town) | ||
| +1 | Marco GABBIADINI (Hartlepool United, 1p) |
| Friday, 12 September 2003 | |||||
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 8-1 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 19(og) | Groves | 48 | Rowan | ||
| 20(p) | Robinson | ||||
| 28 | Strachan | ||||
| 31 | Humphreys | ||||
| 56 | Robinson | ||||
| 60 | Gabbiadini | ||||
| 66 | Williams | ||||
| 80 | Robinson | ||||
| Saturday, 13 September 2003 | |||||
| 7 | Blackpool | 1-2 | Bournemouth | ||
| 37 | Wellens | 49 | Purches | ||
| 51 | Broadhurst | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 1-0 | Brighton & HA | ||
| 67 | Andrews | ||||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 1-1 | Bristol City | ||
| 54 | Zola | 35 | Butler | ||
| 7 | Port Vale | 3-1 | Barnsley | ||
| 23 | Lipa | 8 | Fallon | ||
| 55 | Pilkington | ||||
| 73 | Littlejohn | ||||
| 7 | QPR | 0-0 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2-2 | Stockport County | ||
| 17 | Kuqi | 46 | Wilbraham | ||
| 31 | Quinn | 74 | Wilbraham | ||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 1-0 | Wrexham | ||
| 79 | Gurney | ||||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 0-1 | Notts County | ||
| 48 | Bolland | ||||
| 7 | Rushden & Diamonds | 0-1 | Brentford | ||
| 19 | Hunt | ||||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 0-0 | Peterborough United | ||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 2-1 | Luton Town | ||
| 82 | Evans | 58 | McSheffrey | ||
| 90 | Friio | ||||