2003–04 Birmingham City F.C. season 2003–04 Birmingham City F.C. season The 2003–04 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 101st season in the English football league system, their second season in the Premier League, and their 52nd season in the top tier of English football. They finished 10th in the 20-team league, three places higher than the previous season. They entered the FA Cup at the third round stage and lost to Sunderland in the fifth after a replay, and lost their opening second-round League Cup-tie to Blackpool. Top scorer was loan signing Mikael Forssell with 19 goals, 17 of which were scored in the league.
2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season a poor League Cup campaign as they narrowly beat Rochdale and were then knocked out 2–0 by Gillingham. "Stoke's score comes first" Stoke's Reserves won the 2003–04 Pontins Holidays Reserve League. 2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season The 2003–04 season was Stoke City's 97th season in the Football League and the 37th in the second tier. With Stoke being successful in avoiding relegation manager Tony Pulis could begin making alterations to his squad for the 2003–04 season. A number of ins and outs followed but after a good start Stoke won just five of their first 21 matches and it seemed