Football League Division 2  2003/04

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st   Plymouth Argyle 46 26 12 8 85 41 +44 90 ▲Champions
2nd   Queens Park Rangers 46 22 17 7 80 45 +35 83 ▲Runners Up
3rd   Bristol City 46 23 13 10 58 37 +21 82 Playoffs
4th   Brighton & Hove Albion 46 22 11 13 64 43 +21 77 ▲PO Winners
5th   Swindon Town 46 20 13 13 76 58 +18 73 Playoffs
6th   Hartlepool United 46 20 13 13 76 61 +15 73 Playoffs
7th   Port Vale 46 21 10 15 73 63 +10 73 -
8th   Tranmere Rovers 46 17 16 13 59 56 +3 67 -
9th   AFC Bournemouth 46 17 15 14 56 51 +5 66 -
10th   Luton Town 46 17 15 14 69 66 +3 66 -
11th   Colchester United 46 17 13 16 52 56 -4 64 -
12th   Barnsley 46 15 17 14 54 58 -4 62 -
13th   Wrexham 46 17 9 20 50 60 -10 60 -
14th   Blackpool 46 16 11 19 58 65 -7 59 -
15th   Oldham Athletic 46 12 21 13 66 60 +6 57 -
16th   Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 14 19 48 64 -18 53 -
17th   Brentford 46 14 11 21 52 69 -17 53 -
18th   Peterborough United 46 12 16 18 58 58 0 52 -
19th   Stockport County 46 11 19 16 62 70 -8 52 -
20th   Chesterfield 46 12 15 19 49 71 -22 51 -
21st   Grimsby Town 46 13 11 22 55 81 -26 50 ▼Relegated
22nd   Rushden & Diamonds 46 13 9 24 60 74 -14 48 ▼Relegated
23rd   Notts County 46 10 12 24 50 78 -28 42 ▼Relegated
24th   Wycombe Wanderers 46 6 19 21 50 75 -25 37 ▼Relegated

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Football League Division 2 Playoffs

Semi Finals 1st Leg

Date Home Score Away
15/05/2004 Hartlepool United 1-1 Bristol City
16/05/2004 Swindon Town 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Semi Finals 2nd Leg

19/05/2004 Bristol City 2-1 Hartlepool United
Bristol City Won 3-2 on aggregate
20/05/2004 Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Swindon Town
Brighton & Hove Albion Won 4-3 on Penalties after drawing 2-2 on aggregate
Final
30/05/2004 Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Bristol City

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End of Season Notes

 ▼Walsall were Relegated from Football League Division 1
 ▼Bradford City were Relegated from Football League Division 1
 ▼Wimbledon were Relegated from Football League Division 1
 ▲Plymouth Argyle were Promoted to the newly renamed Football League Championship
 ▲Queens Park Rangers were Promoted to the newly renamed Football League Championship
   Bristol City Qualified for the Playoffs
   Brighton & Hove Albion Qualified for the Playoffs
   Swindon Town Qualified for the Playoffs
   Hartlepool United Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦▲Brighton & Hove Albion were Promoted to the newly renamed Championship via the Playoffs
 ▼Grimsby Town were Relegated to the newly renamed Football League Two
 ▼Rushden & Diamonds were Relegated to the newly renamed Football League Two
 ▼Notts County were Relegated to the newly renamed Football League Two
 ▼Wycombe Wanderers were Relegated to the newly renamed Football League Two
 ▲Doncaster Rovers were Promoted from Football League Division 3
 ▲Hull City were Promoted from Football League Division 3
 ▲Torquay United were Promoted from Football League Division 3
  ♦▲Huddersfield Town were Promoted from Football League Division 3 via the Playoffs
 ♦ Wimbledon would later change there club name to Milton Keynes Dons following a relocation only months earlier
 ♦ The Football League was revamped and the following changes happened, Division 1 was renamed 'The Championship', Division 2 was renamed 'League 1' and Division 3 was renamed 'League 2' - this would all come into affect for the 2004/05 Season