The City Ground

SEASON: 2004-05

Prev Season: 2003-04
This Season: 2004-05
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 (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	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	9	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	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (14)				Out (18)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Ian Deakin	Bought			David Tarka	Sold
	John Lukic	Bought			Des Walker	Retired
	Triallist (2004)	Bought			Ian Deakin	Sold
Jul 14, 2004	Kevin James	Bought			John Lukic	Sold
Jul 14, 2004	Kris Commons	Bought			Jon Olav Hjelde	Sold
Nov 06, 2004	Adam Nowland	Bought	£210,000		Jon Olav Hjelde	Sold
Dec 26, 2004	Neil Harris	Bought			Matthieu Louis-Jean	Sold
Dec 26, 2004	Shaun Derry	Loan In		Aug 12, 2003	James Biggins	Sold
Jan 08, 2005	Yoann Folly	Loan In		Jul 16, 2004	Darren Ward	Released
Feb 05, 2005	Andy Melville	Loan In		Aug 07, 2004	Des Walker	Sold	£1,190,000
Feb 05, 2005	John Curtis	Bought		Aug 30, 2004	Barry Roche	Released
Feb 20, 2005	Darryl Powell	Bought		Nov 27, 2004	Eoin Jess	Released
Feb 23, 2005	David Friio	Bought	£100,000	Dec 26, 2004	Andy Impey	Released
Feb 26, 2005	Scott Dobie	Bought	£525,000	Jan 15, 2005	Michael Dawson	Sold	£4,900,000
				Feb 20, 2005	Marlon King	Loan out
				Apr 30, 2005	Darryl Powell	Released
				Apr 30, 2005	Gregor Robertson	Released
				Jun 30, 2005	Chris Doig	Sold

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