2003–04 Crystal Palace F.C. season 2003–04 Crystal Palace F.C. season During the 2003–04 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division. Crystal Palace started the season on the right foot, winning their first three games to top the table, but that was as good as it got under manager Steve Kember and, after a 5–0 defeat at newly promoted Wigan Athletic in November saw the club in 20th place, Kember was sacked (chairman Simon Jordan had previously declared that Kember would have a "job for life" at Palace). Kit Symons stepped up as caretaker until Northern Irishman and former Palace striker
2003–04 Swansea City A.F.C. season with Lincoln City's Gary Fletcher) in the division with 17 goals. While on loan from Manchester United, Alan Tate wore the number 27 jersey. 2003–04 Swansea City A.F.C. season During the 2003–04 English football season, Swansea City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division. After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League on the final day of the previous season, Kenny Jackett's Swansea improved dramatically on last term's 21st-place finish with 10th place, although they were still 12 points adrift of 9th-placed Oxford United. Their cup form improved too, beating Premiership hopefuls Preston North End in the fourth round