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1. Wed-16-Jul-2003 [a] (4-1) W6-1 Ayr United (Friendly)

2. Sat-19-Jul-2003 [h] (1-1) W4-2 Bradford City (Friendly)

3. Tue-22-Jul-2003 [a] (0-0) D1-1 Greenock Morton (Friendly)

4. Sat-26-Jul-2003 [h] (1-1) W3-1 Deveronvale (Friendly)

5. Thu-31-Jul-2003 [a] (0-0) W1-0 Cliftonville (Friendly)

6. Sat-02-Aug-2003 [a] (0-0) W3-0 Crusaders (Friendly)

7. Sat-09-Aug-2003 [h] (1-0) D1-1 Livingston (Scottish Premier League - game 1)

8. Sat-16-Aug-2003 [a] (1-0) L1-2 Kilmarnock (Scottish Premier League - game 2)

9. Sat-23-Aug-2003 [h] (1-2) L1-2 Celtic (Scottish Premier League - game 3)

10. Sat-30-Aug-2003 [a] (1-1) D2-2 Motherwell (Scottish Premier League - game 4)

11. Sat-13-Sep-2003 [a] (0-1) L1-2 Aberdeen (Scottish Premier League - game 5)

12. Sat-20-Sep-2003 [h] (0-1) L0-2 Dundee United (Scottish Premier League - game 6)

13. Wed-24-Sep-2003 [a] (1-1) W*2-2 Peterhead (League Cup 2nd Round) aet; * W4-3 pens

14. Sat-27-Sep-2003 [a] (0-0) L1-2 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Premier League - game 7)

15. Sat-04-Oct-2003 [h] (0-0) L0-1 Hibernian (Scottish Premier League - game 8)

16. Sat-18-Oct-2003 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Dundee (Scottish Premier League - game 9)

17. Sat-25-Oct-2003 [h] (0-3) L1-4 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Premier League - game 10)

18. Sat-01-Nov-2003 [a] (0-2) L1-3 Rangers (Scottish Premier League - game 11)

19. Sat-08-Nov-2003 [a] (0-2) L0-2 Livingston (Scottish Premier League - game 12)

20. Sat-22-Nov-2003 [h] (1-1) L2-4 Kilmarnock (Scottish Premier League - game 13)

21. Sat-29-Nov-2003 [a] (1-2) L1-3 Celtic (Scottish Premier League - game 14)

22. Thu-04-Dec-2003 [h] (0-1) L0-2 Celtic (League Cup 3rd Round)

23. Sun-07-Dec-2003 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Motherwell (Scottish Premier League - game 15)

24. Sat-13-Dec-2003 [h] (0-1) L0-3 Aberdeen (Scottish Premier League - game 16)

25. Tue-23-Dec-2003 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Dundee United (Scottish Premier League - game 17)

26. Sat-27-Dec-2003 [h] (1-0) W4-1 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Premier League - game 18)

27. Sat-03-Jan-2004 [a] (0-2) L2-3 Hibernian (Scottish Premier League - game 19)

28. Sat-10-Jan-2004 [a] (1-0) W3-0 Greenock Morton (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

29. Sat-17-Jan-2004 [h] (1-0) L1-2 Dundee (Scottish Premier League - game 20)

30. Sat-24-Jan-2004 [a] (0-1) L0-2 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Premier League - game 21)

31. Sun-01-Feb-2004 [h] (0-0) L0-1 Rangers (Scottish Premier League - game 22)

32. Sat-07-Feb-2004 [h] (1-0) W5-1 Hamilton Academical (Scottish Cup 4th Round)

33. Wed-11-Feb-2004 [h] (2-0) W5-2 Livingston (Scottish Premier League - game 23)

34. Sat-14-Feb-2004 [a] (0-0) L1-2 Kilmarnock (Scottish Premier League - game 24)

35. Sun-22-Feb-2004 [h] (0-2) L1-4 Celtic (Scottish Premier League - game 25)

36. Sat-28-Feb-2004 [a] (0-1) L0-3 Motherwell (Scottish Premier League - game 26)

37. Sat-06-Mar-2004 [h] (0-2) L0-3 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

38. Tue-09-Mar-2004 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Aberdeen (Scottish Premier League - game 27)

39. Sat-13-Mar-2004 [h] (0-0) D1-1 Dundee United (Scottish Premier League - game 28)

40. Sat-20-Mar-2004 [a] (0-1) L0-1 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Premier League - game 29)

41. Sat-27-Mar-2004 [h] (0-0) D1-1 Hibernian (Scottish Premier League - game 30)

42. Sat-03-Apr-2004 [a] (1-1) L1-2 Dundee (Scottish Premier League - game 31)

43. Sat-10-Apr-2004 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Premier League - game 32)

44. Sat-17-Apr-2004 [a] (0-1) L0-2 Rangers (Scottish Premier League - game 33)

45. Sat-24-Apr-2004 [h] (0-0) L0-1 Dundee (Scottish Premier League - game 34)

46. Sat-01-May-2004 [h] (1-0) W2-0 Aberdeen (Scottish Premier League - game 35)

47. Wed-05-May-2004 [a] (1-1) W2-1 Hibernian (Scottish Premier League - game 36)

48. Sun-09-May-2004 [a] (1-1) D2-2 Livingston (Scottish Premier League - game 37)

49. Sat-15-May-2004 [h] (1-1) D2-2 Kilmarnock (Scottish Premier League - game 38)

2003-04 summary

P49 W14 D9 L26 (1.041 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.412 ppg (@ 14-Jan-2026) The points-per-game measurements (ppg) above are calculated from our all games criteria, based on 1 point for a draw and 3 points for a win across all eras. How does this season compare? The answers are at your fingertips via our 21 (sortable) results summary tables → Thistle finish as Scotland's 12th club out of 42 in the Leagues. At the end of 2003-04, the club's historical average finish remains 11th. + League finish averages - League finish averages Table limited to the official 125 League seasons. The evolving strength of Aberdeen and Dundee United as well as the emergence of a plethora of strong new clubs vying for Top 12 places has gradually eroded Thistle's position in the Scottish game, pushing the club down around 2½ places in the pecking order since the mid 60s. sortable table headers

see also:

2003-04 (Reserves) →

2003-04 (Z-List) →

2003-04 (Scottish Youth Cup) →

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Iain Brines	16.07.2003 Ayr United [a] W6-1 (Friendly)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
Brian Cassidy	19.07.2003 Bradford City [h] W4-2 (Friendly)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
John Gilmour	22.07.2003 Greenock Morton [a] D1-1 (Friendly)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
Willie Young	26.07.2003 Deveronvale [h] W3-1 (Friendly)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
?	31.07.2003 Cliftonville [a] W1-0 (Friendly)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
Brian Turkington	02.08.2003 Crusaders [a] W3-0 (Friendly)		0	0	0	0		W14-0
Dougie McDonald	09.08.2003 Livingston [h] D1-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 1)	0	0	0		0	0	W2-0
Willie Young	16.08.2003 Kilmarnock [a] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 2)	0	0		0		0	L0-5
Kenny Clark	23.08.2003 Celtic [h] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 3)	0				0	0	L1-7
John Rowbotham	30.08.2003 Motherwell [a] D2-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 4)	0	0					L7-10
Calum Murray	13.09.2003 Aberdeen [a] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 5)	0	0			0	0	W2-1
Kevin Toner	20.09.2003 Dundee United [h] L0-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
Ian Fyfe	24.09.2003 Peterhead [a] W*2-2 (League Cup 2nd Round)	0	0		0	0	0	L0-1
Kenny Clark	27.09.2003 Dunfermline Athletic [a] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 7)	0	0		0	0	0	L0-3
John Rowbotham	04.10.2003 Hibernian [h] L0-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 8)	0	0			0	0	D1-1
Stuart Dougal	18.10.2003 Dundee [a] L0-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 9)	0	0			0	0	W2-1
Willie Young	25.10.2003 Heart of Midlothian [h] L1-4 (Scottish Premier League - game 10)	0	0	0		0	0	W2-0
John Rowbotham	01.11.2003 Rangers [a] L1-3 (Scottish Premier League - game 11)	0				0	0	L2-10
Alan Freeland	08.11.2003 Livingston [a] L0-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 12)	0				0	0	L1-8
Dougie McDonald	22.11.2003 Kilmarnock [h] L2-4 (Scottish Premier League - game 13)	0	0			0	0	D2-2
Craig Thomson	29.11.2003 Celtic [a] L1-3 (Scottish Premier League - game 14)	0	0			0	0	L1-4
Mike McCurry	04.12.2003 Celtic [h] L0-2 (League Cup 3rd Round)	0	0			0	0	D1-1
Tom Brown	07.12.2003 Motherwell [h] W1-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 15)	0	0			0	0	D1-1
Stuart Dougal	13.12.2003 Aberdeen [h] L0-3 (Scottish Premier League - game 16)	0	0			0	0	W2-1
Steve Conroy	23.12.2003 Dundee United [a] D0-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 17)	0	0			0	0	W3-1
Calum Murray	27.12.2003 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W4-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 18)		0	0	0	0		W9-0
Iain Brines	03.01.2004 Hibernian [a] L2-3 (Scottish Premier League - game 19)	0	0		0	0	0	L0-4
John Rowbotham	10.01.2004 Greenock Morton [a] W3-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)		0			0		W16-3
Mike Ritchie	17.01.2004 Dundee [h] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 20)	0	0	0	0	0	0	D0-0
Mike McCurry	24.01.2004 Heart of Midlothian [a] L0-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 21)	0	0				0	L1-8
Stuart Dougal	01.02.2004 Rangers [h] L0-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 22)	0	0			0	0	D3-3
Kevin Toner	07.02.2004 Hamilton Academical [h] W5-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round)	0	0	0		0	0	W2-0
Dougie McDonald	11.02.2004 Livingston [h] W5-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 23)	0	0	0		0	0	W1-0
Iain Brines	14.02.2004 Kilmarnock [a] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 24)	0	0	0		0	0	W2-0
Kenny Clark	22.02.2004 Celtic [h] L1-4 (Scottish Premier League - game 25)	0				0	0	L1-6
Craig Thomson	28.02.2004 Motherwell [a] L0-3 (Scottish Premier League - game 26)	0	0			0	0	L1-2
Alan Freeland	06.03.2004 Dunfermline Athletic [h] L0-3 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)	0					0	L1-11
John Rowbotham	09.03.2004 Aberdeen [a] D0-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 27)	0			0	0	0	L0-6
Hugh Dallas	13.03.2004 Dundee United [h] D1-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 28)	0	0			0	0	L1-2
Willie Young	20.03.2004 Dunfermline Athletic [a] L0-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 29)		0	0	0	0	0	W5-0
John Rowbotham	27.03.2004 Hibernian [h] D1-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 30)		0			0	0	W7-1
Craig Thomson	03.04.2004 Dundee [a] L1-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 31)	0	0			0	0	L1-2
Alan Freeland	10.04.2004 Heart of Midlothian [h] W1-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 32)	0	0			0		W6-4
Mike McCurry	17.04.2004 Rangers [a] L0-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 33)	0	0			0	0	D1-1
Ian Fyfe	24.04.2004 Dundee [h] L0-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 34)	0	0			0	0	W3-1
Iain Brines	01.05.2004 Aberdeen [h] W2-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 35)	0	0	0		0	0	W1-0
Craig Thomson	05.05.2004 Hibernian [a] W2-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 36)	0	0	0		0	0	W2-0
Willie Young	09.05.2004 Livingston [a] D2-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 37)	0	0	0		0	0	W1-0
Stuart Dougal	15.05.2004 Kilmarnock [h] D2-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 38)				0	0	0	W10-6
49	← Totals →	9	7	66	54	4	5	W119-117

Thistle's 2003-04 Summary
Average crime count per game	4.82 pts
The crime count % balance	50-50 in favour of Thistle
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win)	1.041 (W14 D9 L26)
compiled to our All Games criteria

Thistle's Historical Summary
Average crime count per game ᵃ	1.454 pts
Average crime count per game ᵇ	4.639 pts
The crime count % balance	48-52 to Thistle's detriment
Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win)	1.412 (W2754 D1437 L2677)
ᵃ from 1886-87 to 1996-97 (see crime count notes)
ᵇ from 1997-98 to date (see crime count notes)
compiled to our All Games criteria @ 14-Jan-2026

	Crime Count notes
	5 pts are allocated for a penalty, in favour of whichever team is awarded the kick. Our data is comprehensive from 1891-92 (the season of introduction) to date.
	1 pt is allocated for any given player's first yellow card, the point being in Thistle's favour when an opponent is booked and vice-versa. Second yellows are always ignored as superfluous. We introduce the yellow card count from season 1997-98 onwards as our records are comprehensive and meaningful from that season onwards. Official cautions began in the 1940s and we continue to (casually) build such data with a view to, perhaps, setting an earlier date for our yellow card analysis. Incidentally, the actual yellow card was first introduced to the Scottish domestic game in season 1979-80.
	4 pts are allocated for sending offs, the points being in Thistle's favour when an opponent is sent-off and vice-versa. Our crime count database is 'open for business' from 1886-87 onwards as this was the first season that the English FA decreed that the referee had the power to send a player off, although the first known in a Scottish game wasn't until a season later and the first known in a Thistle game wasn't until 1891. Our data is comprehensive from then to the present day. As per the yellow, the actual red card was first introduced to the Scottish domestic game in season 1979-80.

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Squad List 2003-04

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• Sorted by position then name. Page refreshes will return this order.
• Table is limited to the 25 players listed in any competitive first-team matchday squad this season.
• Quoted ages are dated @ Sat-15-May-2004, the last competitive match of the season.
• Average age of the starting eleven this season was 27y, 1m, 15d. (per DB snapshot @ 18-Feb-2025)

notes

Participants unchanged from last season. First time this has happened in the "officially recognised" Top Flight since 1920-21. 3 pts for a win, 1 pt for a draw. Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. League split into 2 groups of 6 after 33 games, after which no side could fall below 6th or rise above 7th. Table per John Litster, data integrity verified by the Thistle Archive. Abbreviations (where necessary): CL = Champions League; UFC = UEFA Cup; ITC = Intertoto Cup; R = Relegated. Dunfermline Athletic qualified for Europe as Scottish Cup runners up, having lost to League champions Celtic. Hibernian qualified for Europe as the highest placed club to accept UEFA's invitation for one participant in the Intertoto Cup. Joint lowest scorers with Aberdeen

see also:

2003-04 (season overview) →

Results Summary: PTFC League →

Results Summary: PTFC League (home) →

Results Summary: PTFC League (away) →

Results Summary: PTFC Top-Flight →

Results Summary: PTFC Top-Flight (home) →

Results Summary: PTFC Top-Flight (away) →

Results Summary: League finish averages →

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