User:Ytfc23/YTFC Sandbox/2003–04

The 2003–04 season was the 108th season in existence and their first season in the Football League played by Yeovil Town Football Club, an English football club based in Yeovil, Somerset.

Yeovil began their first campaign in the Third Division with a 3–1 victory away at Rochdale, in front of more than 2,000 away fans.
 * Majority of season in and around the play-offs
 * Missed out on goal difference

The team reached the third round of the FA Cup before losing 2–0 at home to Premier League side Liverpool. The team played their first ever Football League Cup campaign being knocked out in the first round losing 4–1 away at Luton Town, while in the Football League Trophy the club were knocked out on penalties by Colchester United in the second round. Welsh attacking midfielder Gavin Williams was the club's top goalscorer scoring 13 goals, with 9 in the league, three in the FA Cup and one in the Football League Trophy.

Background
The 2002–03 season was manager Gary Johnson's second season in charge, and the club started the season as favourites for the Conference title. Yeovil began the season playing their home matches at The Avenue Stadium, home of Dorchester Town, while the Huish Park pitch was being relaid. Yeovil occupied top spot in the Conference from late September until the end of the season, eventually winning the title by a records points margin and earning promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's 108 year history. The club reached the first round of the FA Cup but lost to Cheltenham Town and failed to defend their FA Trophy title being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Burscough.

The end of the season saw manager the club release four players, including Jimmy Aggrey, Kim Grant, Neil Mustoe, Jon Sheffield, while defender Tom White was invited back to pre-season training to prove his fitness. While seven players all signed new contracts at the end of the season including Abdou El-Kholti, Kevin Gall, Chris Giles, Andy Lindegaard, Roy O'Brien, Stephen Reed and Adam Stansfield.

Club

 * Wear hoops for the first time

Match results
League positions are sourced from Statto, while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.

Squad statistics

 * Source:


 * Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
 * Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
 * Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Yeovil.
 * Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
 * Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward