Stoke, thanks to a 90th minute winner beat Wimbledon at the Britannia on Saturday while Millwall added more pressure to Mick McCarthy by beating Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Crystal Palace made sure Watford's season started with a defeat by beating the Hornets 1 - 0 at Selhurst Park.
Reading picked up a noteable 3 - 0 win over Notts Forest with Scott Mrray and Shaun Goater among the scorers. Rotherham, last weeks opening day opponents for City were beaten 2 - 0 away at Norwich.
Crewe picked up their first points with a 1 - 0 home win over Ipswich and Wigan got their first point with a 1 - 1 draw with North West rivals Preston.
The best attended game of the day was at Upton park where West Ham drew with Sheff Utd 0 - 0.
| Last game played on Saturday 16th August 2003 | Pld | Home | Away | Overall | Pts | GD | |||||||||||||||||
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +4 | ||||
| 2 | Millwall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +3 | ||||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | ||||
| 4 | Reading | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +3 | ||||
| 5 | Walsall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +3 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +2 | ||||
| 7 | Norwich City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +2 | ||||
| 8 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 9 | Wimbledon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +1 | ||||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | ||||
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | ||||
| 13 | Gillingham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 | ||||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | ||||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | ||||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | ||||
| 20 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | ||||
| 21 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | ||||
| 22 | Watford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| 23 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | ||||
| 24 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | -4 | ||||