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SEASON: 2004-05

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Next Season: 2005-06

DIVISION:: Coca-Cola Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Joe Kinnear, Mick Harford, Gary Megson
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Tottenham Hotspur (H) 0-3)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Fulham (H) 2-4)
Player Of The Year:: Paul Gerrard

Top Goalscorer:: Gareth Taylor (11 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	15 times	1 time
Conceded	16 times	12 times	7 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	9 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	13 times	3 times	5 times		1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 28,887
Lowest League Attendance:: 19,209
Average League Attendance:: 23,565
Highest Cup Attendance:: 28,062
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,344

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 6
Yellow cards:: 90
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sunderland	46	29	7	10	76	41	16	4	3	45	21	13	3	7	31	20	35	94	Promoted as Champions	1-2	0-2
2	Wigan Athletic	46	25	12	9	79	35	13	5	5	42	15	12	7	4	37	20	44	87	Promoted	1-1	1-1
3	Ipswich Town	46	24	13	9	85	56	17	3	3	53	26	7	10	6	32	30	29	85		1-1	0-6
4	Derby County	46	22	10	14	71	60	10	7	6	38	30	12	3	8	33	30	11	76		2-2	0-3
5	Preston North End	46	21	12	13	67	58	14	7	2	44	22	7	5	11	23	36	9	75		2-0	2-3
6	West Ham United	46	21	10	15	66	56	12	5	6	36	24	9	5	9	30	32	10	73	Promoted via playoffs	2-1	2-3
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	51	44	13	7	3	33	15	6	6	11	18	29	7	70		1-0	0-1
8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	57	56	9	7	7	28	23	9	6	8	29	33	1	67		1-1	1-1
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	21	10	72	59	9	11	3	40	26	6	10	7	32	33	13	66		1-0	1-2
10	Millwall	46	18	12	16	51	45	12	5	6	33	22	6	7	10	18	23	6	66		1-2	0-1
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	54	58	10	7	6	32	26	7	4	12	22	32	-4	62		2-1	1-2
12	Stoke City	46	17	10	19	36	38	11	2	10	22	18	6	8	9	14	20	-2	61		1-0	0-0
13	Burnley	46	15	15	16	38	39	10	7	6	26	19	5	8	10	12	20	-1	60		1-0	0-1
14	Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	7	10	6	28	26	7	8	8	21	26	-3	60		0-0	1-1
15	Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	8	8	7	24	20	4	13	6	25	26	3	57		1-1	1-0
16	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	10	4	9	24	19	3	11	9	24	32	-3	54		0-0	0-3
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	52	64	9	8	6	31	23	5	3	15	21	41	-12	53		0-3	2-3
18	Watford	46	12	16	18	52	59	5	10	8	25	25	7	6	10	27	34	-7	52		1-2	2-0
19	Coventry City	46	13	13	20	61	73	8	7	8	32	28	5	6	12	29	45	-12	52		1-4	0-2
20	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	7	7	9	24	29	6	5	12	16	36	-25	51		0-1	0-0
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	6	8	9	37	38	6	6	11	29	48	-20	50		2-2	1-1
22	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	45	66	10	6	7	22	23	2	8	13	23	43	-21	50	Relegated	2-2	1-2
23	Nottingham Forest	46	9	17	20	42	66	7	10	6	26	28	2	7	14	16	38	-24	44	Relegated
24	Rotherham United	46	5	14	27	35	69	2	7	14	17	34	3	7	13	18	35	-34	29	Relegated	2-2	0-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 07, 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	1-1	Draw	12,035	8	Taylor (55)
2	Wed Aug 11, 2004	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	21,125	15	Evans (25)
3	Sat Aug 14, 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-2	Draw	24,201	17	Taylor (39), King (71)
4	Sat Aug 21, 2004	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	31,808	14	Reid (78 pen)
5	Sat Aug 28, 2004	Coventry City	H	1-4	Loss	23,041	21	Johnson (74)
6	Mon Aug 30, 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-3	Loss	17,538	22	Jess (44, 80)
7	Sat Sep 11, 2004	Cardiff City	H	0-0	Draw	21,607	22
8	Tue Sep 14, 2004	Sunderland	A	0-2	Loss	23,540	22
9	Sat Sep 18, 2004	Stoke City	A	0-0	Draw	21,115	22
10	Sun Sep 26, 2004	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	25,615	21	Evans (84), King (90)
11	Wed Sep 29, 2004	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	0-1	Loss	20,109	22
12	Sun Oct 03, 2004	Millwall	A	0-1	Loss	11,233	22
13	Fri Oct 15, 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	21,865	20	Reid (42)
14	Tue Oct 19, 2004	Sheffield United	A	1-1	Draw	19,445	21	Johnson (84)
15	Sat Oct 23, 2004	Preston North End	A	2-3	Loss	12,439	22	King (78, 80)
16	Sat Oct 30, 2004	Watford	H	1-2	Loss	24,473	22	Reid (45)
17	Wed Nov 03, 2004	Rotherham United	H	2-2	Draw	21,619	22	Johnson (52), King (63 pen)
18	Sat Nov 06, 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	27,605	23	Johnson (25)
19	Sat Nov 13, 2004	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	11,622	23
20	Sat Nov 20, 2004	Reading	H	1-0	Win	21,138	22	Taylor (26)
21	Sat Nov 27, 2004	Gillingham	A	1-2	Loss	8,784	23	Taylor (14)
22	Sat Dec 04, 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	Win	26,099	22	Reid (15), Lester (58)
23	Sat Dec 11, 2004	Derby County	A	0-3	Loss	30,793	22
24	Fri Dec 17, 2004	Leicester City	H	1-1	Draw	21,415	22	Dawson (57)
25	Sun Dec 26, 2004	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	32,270	22	Johnson (65, 68)
26	Tue Dec 28, 2004	Sunderland	H	1-2	Loss	27,457	23	Reid (55)
27	Sat Jan 01, 2005	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	22,051	23	Bopp (68)
28	Mon Jan 03, 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-3	Loss	13,545	23
29	Sat Jan 15, 2005	Millwall	H	1-2	Loss	25,949	23	Commons (88)
30	Sat Jan 22, 2005	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-0	Draw	6,704	23
31	Sat Feb 05, 2005	Rotherham United	A	0-0	Draw	8,448	23
32	Wed Feb 23, 2005	Preston North End	H	2-0	Win	19,209	23	Evans (77), Commons (82)
33	Sat Feb 26, 2005	Derby County	H	2-2	Draw	26,160	23	Evans (36 pen), Taylor (69)
34	Sat Mar 05, 2005	Leicester City	A	1-0	Win	27,277	23	Taylor (41)
35	Tue Mar 08, 2005	Watford	A	2-0	Win	12,118	23	Commons (45, 79)
36	Sat Mar 12, 2005	Ipswich Town	A	0-6	Loss	25,765	23
37	Wed Mar 16, 2005	Leeds United	H	0-0	Draw	25,101	23
38	Sat Mar 19, 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	24,008	23	Taylor (85)
39	Sat Apr 02, 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	Draw	8,458	23	Dobie (37)
40	Wed Apr 06, 2005	Coventry City	A	0-2	Loss	22,221	23
41	Sat Apr 09, 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	0-3	Loss	28,887	23
42	Tue Apr 12, 2005	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw	21,903	23	Commons (47)
43	Sat Apr 16, 2005	Reading	A	0-1	Loss	17,905	23
44	Sat Apr 23, 2005	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	24,165	23	Commons (70)
45	Sat Apr 30, 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	17,834	23	Bopp (77)
46	Sun May 08, 2005	Gillingham	H	2-2	Draw	24,800	23	Morgan (29), Bopp (85)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 08, 2005	Queens Park Rangers	3			A	3-0	Win	11,140	Reid (24), Commons (25), Folly (82)
Sat Jan 29, 2005	Peterborough United	4			H	1-0	Win	16,774	King (10)
Sun Feb 20, 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	5			A	1-1	Draw	35,640	Taylor (56)
Wed Mar 02, 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	5	Y	1	H	0-3	Loss	28,062

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 25, 2004	Scunthorpe United	1	H	2-0	Win	7,344	Taylor (36), King (78)
Wed Sep 22, 2004	Rotherham United	2	H	2-1	Win	11,168	Taylor (17, 94)
Tue Oct 26, 2004	Doncaster Rovers	3	A	2-0	Win	9,261	King (33), Perch (63)
Wed Nov 10, 2004	Fulham	4	H	2-4	Loss	9,252	King (71), Reid (*)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jul 14, 2004	DC United	USA	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Fri Jul 16, 2004	Richmond Kickers	USA	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Tue Jul 20, 2004	Virginia Beach Mariners	USA	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Jul 24, 2004	Lincoln City	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Tue Jul 27, 2004	Middlesbrough	England	H	1-4	Loss	-	? (?)
Sat Jul 31, 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	England	H	0-0	Draw	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Darren Ward
GK	1	Colin Doyle	3	1	1	1					1	25	On loan from Birmingham City
GK	12	Barry Roche	2			2						24
GK	22	Paul Gerrard	50	13	17	20		5	1				Player Of The Year
GK	31	Ian Deakin										2	Reserve squad
GK	40	John Lukic										2	Reserve squad
D		Justyn Roberts											Reserve squad
D	4	Wes Morgan	51	14	16	21	1	5			1
D	5	Michael Dawson	17	5	3	9	1	6			1		Left to join Tottenham Hotspur
D	16	Chris Doig	26	7	11	8		1		1	1	9
D	21	David Tarka										2	Left to join Perth Glory FC
D	25	James Biggins											Reserve squad
D	30	Des Walker	1		1						1
D	36	Andy Melville	15	4	5	6		1		1			On loan from West Ham United
D	37	Vince Fernandez											Reserve squad
D	38	Gavin Hurren											Reserve squad
M		Triallist (2004)
M	2	Matthieu Louis-Jean	29	5	12	12		3		5	3
M	5	Darryl Powell	13	4	4	5		4	1	3		1
M	6	John Thompson	24	6	7	11		6		6	8	5
M	7	David Friio	5	2	2	1				2
M	8	Paul Evans	45	11	16	18	4	9		10	5
M	15	Andy Impey	23	6	9	8		6	1	4	2	3
M	19	Brian Cash										1	Left to join Bristol Rovers
M	21	John Curtis	13	4	6	3				2
M	24	Gregor Robertson	24	6	6	12		2	1	4	8	13
M	26	Ross Gardner	14	3	5	6		2		2	5	12
M	27	James Beaumont										5	Reserve squad
M	28	James Perch	28	8	9	11	1	3		7	7	6
M	29	Jon Olav Hjelde	15	4	5	6		4		1	1	7
M	32	Adam Nowland	6	2	1	3				6	1	1
M	34	Shaun Derry	8	2	2	4		2					Returned to Crystal Palace at end of loan
M	35	Yoann Folly	2	1		1	1				1	1	Returned to Southampton at end of loan
F		Spencer Weir-Daley
F	3	Alan Rogers	39	10	13	16		5		9	1	1
F	7	Andy Reid	28	7	8	13	7	7	1	1			Left to join Tottenham Hotspur
F	9	David Johnson	37	9	11	17	6	2		7	8	2
F	10	Gareth Taylor	43	12	15	16	11	5	1	1	4
F	11	Marlon King	31	7	9	15	9	1		5	10	5
F	14	Eoin Jess	24	5	8	11	2	1		13	5	1
F	17	Kris Commons	36	8	13	15	7	5		13	12	7
F	18	Kevin James	7	1	5	1				1	5	3
F	19	Jack Lester	3	1		2	1	1		1
F	20	Craig Westcarr	1			1					1	1
F	23	Eugen Bopp	20	4	7	9	3	1		3	13	8
F	33	Neil Harris	15	4	2	9		2		3	10	7
F	34	Scott Dobie	12	3	4	5	1	1		5	1
F	39	Matthew Glass											Reserve squad
		Triallist (2007)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
11	Gareth Taylor	43
9	Marlon King	31
7	Andy Reid	28
7	Kris Commons	36
6	David Johnson	37
4	Paul Evans	45
3	Eugen Bopp	20
2	Eoin Jess	24
1	Jack Lester	3
1	James Perch	28
1	Michael Dawson	17
1	Scott Dobie	12
1	Wes Morgan	51
1	Yoann Folly	2

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season