Three points for Southampton would have seen them leapfrog Blues into tenth place in the league on goal difference and that looked the likely outcome with the Saints leading the game 3-2 but Darren Ambrose popped up with an injury time equaliser for Sir Bobby Robsons side. Southampton (2) 3 Newcastle United (2) 3 31,815
The result at St Mary's killed-off the Geordies chances of finishing in fourth spot and they now have to hope that the Villa drop points at home to Manchester Utd on Saturday and that they get something from their final game against Liverpool at Anfield to finish fifth and claim a UEFA Cup spot. Here's Hoping!Last game played on
Wednesday 12th May 2004Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 [P] Arsenal 37 14 4 0 38 13 11 8 0 33 12 25 12 0 71 25 87 +46 2 Chelsea 37 11 4 3 33 13 12 3 4 33 17 23 7 7 66 30 76 +36 3 Manchester United 37 12 4 3 37 15 10 2 6 25 20 22 6 9 62 35 72 +27 4 Liverpool 37 10 3 5 28 14 6 8 5 26 22 16 11 10 54 36 59 +18 5 Aston Villa 37 9 6 3 24 17 6 5 8 24 25 15 11 11 48 42 56 +6 6 Newcastle United 37 11 5 3 33 14 2 11 5 18 25 13 16 8 51 39 55 +12 7 Bolton Wanderers 37 6 8 4 24 19 8 3 8 24 35 14 11 12 48 54 53 -6 8 Charlton Athletic 37 6 6 6 27 28 7 5 7 22 22 13 11 13 49 50 50 -1 9 Fulham 37 9 4 6 29 21 4 6 8 21 25 13 10 14 50 46 49 +4 10 Birmingham City 37 8 5 6 26 24 4 8 6 16 23 12 13 12 42 47 49 -5 11 Middlesbrough 37 8 4 7 25 23 5 5 8 18 24 13 9 15 43 47 48 -4 12 Southampton 37 8 6 5 24 17 4 5 9 19 26 12 11 14 43 43 47 0 13 Blackburn Rovers 37 5 3 10 24 30 7 4 8 26 28 12 7 18 50 58 43 -8 14 Portsmouth 37 9 4 5 30 18 2 5 12 12 35 11 9 17 42 53 42 -11 15 Tottenham Hotspur 37 9 4 6 33 27 3 2 13 12 30 12 6 19 45 57 42 -12 16 Everton 37 8 5 6 27 20 1 7 10 17 32 9 12 16 44 52 39 -8 17 Manchester City 37 4 9 5 26 23 4 5 10 24 30 8 14 15 50 53 38 -3 18 [R] Leicester City 37 3 10 6 19 28 3 5 10 28 35 6 15 16 47 63 33 -16 19 [R] Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 7 5 6 23 33 0 7 12 15 42 7 12 18 38 75 33 -37 20 [R] Leeds United 37 5 7 7 25 31 3 2 13 15 47 8 9 20 40 78 33 -38