League Cup competition results from 2003/2004
A full listing of matches played in the competition throughout the season
| 4th Round |
| Tuesday, 2nd December 2003 |
| Arsenal (PREM) | 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (PREM) | 1 | 28,161 |
| Southampton (PREM) | 2 | Portsmouth (PREM) | 0 | 29,201 |
| Wednesday, 3rd December 2003 |
| Aston Villa (PREM) | 3 | Crystal Palace (LD1) | 0 | 24,258 |
| Liverpool (PREM) | 2 | Bolton Wanderers (PREM) | 3 | 33,185 |
| Middlesbrough (PREM) | 0 | Everton (PREM) | 0 | 18,568 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Middlesbrough won 5-4 on penalties |
| Reading (LD1) | 0 | Chelsea (PREM) | 1 | 24,107 |
| Tottenham Hotspur (PREM) | 3 | Manchester City (PREM) | 1 | 31,727 |
| West Bromwich Albion (LD1) | 2 | Manchester United (PREM) | 0 | 25,282 |
| 3rd Round |
| Tuesday, 28th October 2003 |
| Arsenal (PREM) | 1 | Rotherham United (LD1) | 1 | 27,451 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Arsenal won 9-8 on penalties |
| Blackpool (LD2) | 1 | Crystal Palace (LD1) | 3 | 6,010 |
| Bolton Wanderers (PREM) | 2 | Gillingham (LD1) | 0 | 5,258 |
| Bristol City (LD2) | 0 | Southampton (PREM) | 3 | 17,408 |
| Leeds United (PREM) | 2 | Manchester United (PREM) | 3 | 37,546 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1 |
| Queens Park Rangers (LD2) | 0 | Manchester City (PREM) | 3 | 16,773 |
| Reading (LD1) | 1 | Huddersfield Town (LD3) | 0 | 11,892 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (PREM) | 2 | Burnley (LD1) | 0 | 18,548 |
| Wednesday, 29th October 2003 |
| Aston Villa (PREM) | 1 | Leicester City (PREM) | 0 | 26,729 |
| Blackburn Rovers (PREM) | 3 | Liverpool (PREM) | 4 | 16,918 |
| Chelsea (PREM) | 4 | Notts. County (LD2) | 2 | 35,997 |
| Everton (PREM) | 1 | Charlton Athletic (PREM) | 0 | 24,863 |
| Newcastle United (PREM) | 1 | West Bromwich Albion (LD1) | 2 | 46,932 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1 |
| Nottingham Forest (LD1) | 2 | Portsmouth (PREM) | 4 | 20,078 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur (PREM) | 1 | West Ham United (LD1) | 0 | 36,053 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| Wigan Athletic (LD1) | 1 | Middlesbrough (PREM) | 2 | 8,046 |
| 2nd Round |
| Tuesday, 23rd September 2003 |
| Blackpool (LD2) | 1 | Birmingham City (PREM) | 0 | 7,370 |
| Bristol City (LD2) | 1 | Watford (LD1) | 0 | 5,213 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| Cardiff City (LD1) | 2 | West Ham United (LD1) | 3 | 10,724 |
| Charlton Athletic (PREM) | 4 | Luton Town (LD2) | 4 | 10,905 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 3-3, Charlton Athletic won 8-7 on penalties |
| Crystal Palace (LD1) | 2 | Doncaster Rovers (LD3) | 1 | 4,904 |
| Hartlepool United (LD2) | 1 | West Bromwich Albion (LD1) | 2 | 5,265 |
| Leicester City (PREM) | 1 | Crewe Alexandra (LD1) | 0 | 27,675 |
| Notts. County (LD2) | 2 | Ipswich Town (LD1) | 1 | 4,059 |
| Portsmouth (PREM) | 5 | Northampton Town (LD3) | 2 | 11,130 |
| Rotherham United (LD1) | 1 | Colchester United (LD2) | 0 | 2,474 |
| Scunthorpe United (LD3) | 2 | Burnley (LD1) | 3 | 2,915 |
| Sheffield United (LD1) | 0 | Queens Park Rangers (LD2) | 2 | 9,578 |
| Stoke City (LD1) | 0 | Gillingham (LD1) | 2 | 4,607 |
| Sunderland (LD1) | 2 | Huddersfield Town (LD3) | 4 | 13,516 |
| Tranmere Rovers (LD2) | 0 | Nottingham Forest (LD1) | 0 | 4,477 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Nottingham Forest won 4-1 on penalties |
| Wigan Athletic (LD1) | 1 | Fulham (PREM) | 0 | 4,874 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (PREM) | 2 | Darlington (LD3) | 0 | 10,232 |
| Wycombe Wanderers (LD2) | 0 | Aston Villa (PREM) | 5 | 6,072 |
| Wednesday, 24th September 2003 |
| Bolton Wanderers (PREM) | 3 | Walsall (LD1) | 1 | 5,229 |
| Coventry City (LD1) | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur (PREM) | 3 | 15,474 |
| Everton (PREM) | 3 | Stockport County (LD2) | 0 | 19,807 |
| Leeds United (PREM) | 2 | Swindon Town (LD2) | 2 | 29,211 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2, Leeds United won 4-3 on penalties |
| Middlesbrough (PREM) | 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion (LD2) | 0 | 10,435 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| Oxford United (LD3) | 1 | Reading (LD1) | 3 | 9,870 |
| 1st Round |
| Tuesday, 12th August 2003 |
| Barnsley (LD2) | 1 | Blackpool (LD2) | 2 | 5,378 |
| Bradford City (LD1) | 0 | Darlington (LD3) | 0 | 4,077 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Darlington won 5-3 on penalties |
| Bristol Rovers (LD3) | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion (LD2) | 1 | 5,518 |
| Cambridge United (LD3) | 1 | Gillingham (LD1) | 2 | 3,044 |
| Cardiff City (LD1) | 4 | Leyton Orient (LD3) | 1 | 4,503 |
| Cheltenham Town (LD3) | 1 | Queens Park Rangers (LD2) | 2 | 3,697 |
| Chesterfield (LD2) | 0 | Burnley (LD1) | 0 | 2,928 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Burnley won 3-2 on penalties |
| Colchester United (LD2) | 2 | Plymouth Argyle (LD2) | 1 | 2,367 |
| Crewe Alexandra (LD1) | 2 | Wrexham (LD2) | 0 | 3,152 |
| Doncaster Rovers (LD3) | 3 | Grimsby Town (LD2) | 2 | 6,057 |
| Huddersfield Town (LD3) | 2 | Derby County (LD1) | 1 | 6,672 |
| Lincoln City (LD3) | 0 | Stockport County (LD2) | 1 | 2,296 |
| Luton Town (LD2) | 4 | Yeovil Town (LD3) | 1 | 4,337 |
| Macclesfield Town (LD3) | 1 | Sheffield United (LD1) | 2 | 2,764 |
| Millwall (LD1) | 0 | Oxford United (LD3) | 1 | 4,781 |
| Northampton Town (LD3) | 1 | Norwich City (LD1) | 0 | 5,476 |
| Port Vale (LD2) | 0 | Nottingham Forest (LD1) | 0 | 4,950 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Nottingham Forest won 3-2 on penalties |
| Preston North End (LD1) | 0 | Notts. County (LD2) | 0 | 5,016 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Notts. County won 7-6 on penalties |
| Rotherham United (LD1) | 2 | York City (LD3) | 1 | 2,919 |
| Scunthorpe United (LD3) | 2 | Oldham Athletic (LD2) | 1 | 2,366 |
| Southend United (LD3) | 2 | Swindon Town (LD2) | 3 | 3,385 |
| Torquay United (LD3) | 1 | Crystal Palace (LD1) | 1 | 3,366 |
| Tranmere Rovers (LD2) | 1 | Bury (LD3) | 0 | 4,272 |
| Walsall (LD1) | 2 | Carlisle United (LD3) | 1 | 4,665 |
| Watford (LD1) | 1 | Bournemouth (LD2) | 0 | 9,561 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| West Bromwich Albion (LD1) | 4 | Brentford (LD2) | 0 | 10,490 |
| Wigan Athletic (LD1) | 2 | Hull City (LD3) | 0 | 3,295 |
| Wycombe Wanderers (LD2) | 2 | Wimbledon (LD1) | 0 | 1,986 |
| Wednesday, 13th August 2003 |
| Boston United (LD3) | 1 | Reading (LD1) | 3 | 2,055 |
| Bristol City (LD2) | 4 | Swansea City (LD3) | 1 | 5,807 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1 |
| Coventry City (LD1) | 2 | Peterborough United (LD2) | 0 | 8,280 |
| Ipswich Town (LD1) | 1 | Kidderminster Harriers (LD3) | 0 | 11,118 |
| Mansfield Town (LD3) | 1 | Sunderland (LD1) | 2 | 5,665 |
| Sheffield Wednesday (LD2) | 2 | Hartlepool United (LD2) | 2 | 13,410 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Hartlepool United won 5-4 on penalties |
| West Ham United (LD1) | 3 | Rushden & Diamonds (LD2) | 1 | 13,715 |
| Tuesday, 19th August 2003 |
| Stoke City (LD1) | 2 | Rochdale (LD3) | 1 | 4,687 |