2003–04 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Partick Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 12th position with 26 points, suffering relegation to the Scottish First Division.[1]

Partick Thistle

Scottish Premier League	12th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
Scottish League Cup	Third Round

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic	38	31	5	2	105	25	+80	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Rangers	38	25	6	7	76	33	+43	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	19	11	8	56	40	+16	68	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
4	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	11	13	45	52	−7	53
5	Dundee United	38	13	10	15	47	60	−13	49
6	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	49	−7	46
7	Dundee	38	12	10	16	48	57	−9	46
8	Hibernian	38	11	11	16	41	60	−19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[lower-alpha 3]
9	Livingston	38	10	13	15	48	57	−9	43
10	Kilmarnock	38	12	6	20	51	74	−23	42
11	Aberdeen	38	9	7	22	39	63	−24	34
12	Partick Thistle	38	6	8	24	39	67	−28	26	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. As Celtic, the 2003–04 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runners-up.
3. Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

Results

Partick Thistle's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 2003	Livingston	H	1–1	4,220	Milne 31'
2	16 August 2003	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	6,778	Grady 39'
3	23 August 2003	Celtic	H	1–2	9,045	Grady 26'
4	30 August 2003	Motherwell	A	2–2	6,193	Britton 26', Taylor 82'
5	13 September 2003	Aberdeen	A	1–2	10,597	Mitchell 52'
6	20 September 2003	Dundee United	H	0–2	4,711
7	27 September 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2	4,684	Grady 50'
8	4 October 2003	Hibernian	H	0–1	4,125
9	18 October 2003	Dundee	A	0–1	6,497
10	25 October 2003	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–4	4,814	Waddell 63'
11	1 November 2003	Rangers	A	1–3	49,551	Grady 82'
12	8 November 2003	Livingston	A	0–2	5,226
13	22 November 2003	Kilmarnock	H	2–4	4,445	Mitchell 19', Grady 81'
14	29 November 2003	Celtic	A	1–3	58,202	Grady 12'
15	7 December 2003	Motherwell	H	1–0	4,124	McBride 59'
16	13 December 2003	Aberdeen	H	0–3	5,136
17	23 December 2003	Dundee United	A	0–0	6,440
18	27 December 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	4,337	Thomson 38', Grady 56', 90', Ross 89'
19	3 January 2004	Hibernian	A	2–3	8,875	Grady 53', 90', Madaschi 78'
20	17 January 2004	Dundee	H	1–2	4,690	Rowson 31'
21	24 January 2004	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	10,264
22	1 February 2004	Rangers	H	0–1	8,220
23	11 February 2004	Livingston	H	5–2	3,011	Grady 10', Britton (2) 41', 73', McNamee 68' (o.g.), Thomson 82'
24	14 February 2004	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	5,818	Bonnes 52'
25	22 February 2004	Celtic	H	1–4	8,131	Britton 55'
26	28 February 2004	Motherwell	A	0–3	5,814
27	9 March 2004	Aberdeen	A	0–0	7,395
28	13 March 2004	Dundee United	H	1–1	3,510	Rowson 65'
29	20 March 2004	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1	4,349
30	27 March 2004	Hibernian	H	1–1	3,155	Thomson 30'
31	3 April 2004	Dundee	A	1–2	5,084	Thomson 14'
32	10 April 2004	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	4,043	Thomson 49'
33	17 April 2004	Rangers	A	0–2	49,279
34	24 April 2004	Dundee	H	0–1	2,727
35	1 May 2004	Aberdeen	H	2–0	2,839	Grady 10', Mitchell 80'
36	5 May 2004	Hibernian	A	2–1	5,447	Murdock 60' (o.g.), Grady 38'
37	9 May 2004	Livingston	A	2–2	3,160	Madaschi 5', Grady 63'
38	15 May 2004	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	4,124	Grady (2) 19', 90'

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	10 January 2004	Greenock Morton	H	3–0	6,613	Rowson 35', Grady (2) 53', 90'
R4	7 February 2004	Hamilton Academical	H	5–1	4,004	Mitchell 40', Britton (2) 54', 62', McBride 81', Bonnes 84'
QF	6 March 2004	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–3	5,335

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	24 September 2003	Peterhead	A	2–2 (4–3 pens)	1,350	Grady 2', Milne 108'
R3	4 December 2003	Celtic	H	0–2	5,700

References

1. "Scotland 2003/04". RSSSF.

External links

• Partick Thistle 2003–04 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)