Manchester City 1 – 2 Arsenal, 2003/04 – Football Research Archive

Manchester City 1 – 2 Arsenal

Source OpenFootballUpdated 16 Oct 2026, 01:37 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 31 Aug 2003, 16:05 BST

Manchester City

1 – 2Half time not held

Arsenal

Kickoff

31 Aug 2003, 16:05 BST

Published as 16:05 Europe/London

Ground

Etihad Stadium

Manchester City's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

46,436

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Graham Poll or G. Poll

According to Wikipedia; the clubs' articles differ

Goals

10′Own goalLaurenManchester City, credited1 – 0
48′GoalSylvain WiltordArsenal1 – 1
72′GoalFreddie LjungbergArsenal1 – 2

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season”, revision 1374051020, read 16 Oct 2026; “2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season”, revision 1368519867, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia), referee (according to Wikipedia). Not held: team match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), full event data, team sheets, bookings, assistant referees, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 16 Oct 2026, 01:37 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:18 BST
Last correction: None

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