2004–05 Football League

The 2004–2005 season was the 105th completed season of The Football League.

1 Overview
2 Events
3 Final league tables and results^[1]
4 Championship playoffs ^[1]
5 Football League Championship ^[1]
- 5.1 Championship Topscorers ^[3]
6 League One Play-offs ^[1]
7 Football League One ^[1]
- 7.1 League One Topscorers ^[4]
8 League Two Play-offs ^[1]
9 Football League Two ^[1]
- 9.1 League Two Topscorers ^[6]
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Overview

This season the league was contested through three divisions. 2004–05 was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two respectively. Coca-Cola replaced the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor.

Wigan Athletic reached the Premiership as Championship runners-up. They had been elected to the Football League only 27 years earlier, had been the league’s fourth lowest club 11 years earlier and until 2 years before reaching the Premiership they had never played in the upper half of the English league.

Nottingham Forest were relegated from the Championship to League One, becoming the first former European Cup winners to slide into the third tier of their domestic league – having won two straight European Cups a quarter of a century earlier. Just ten years ago they had finished third in the Premiership and reached the following season’s UEFA Cup quarter finals.

Events

3 December 2004 – League One side Wrexham enters financial administration. Under new Football League rules, the club is penalised 10 league points, placing the club in relegation danger.
21 January 2005 – Former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates finalises a deal to buy a controlling interest in the debt-riddled Championship club Leeds United.
2 April 2005 – Stockport County become the first League team this season to be relegated.
7 June 2005 – George Burley resigns as manager of Derby County, citing differences with the club’s board.
24 June 2005 – Former Bolton Wanderers assistant manager Phil Brown becomes Derby County’s fifth manager in four years.

Final league tables and results^[1]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1], with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

Semifinals 1st leg – May 14th/15th; 2nd leg – May 18th/19th, 2005					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 30th, 2005

3rd	Ipswich Town	2	0	2
6th	West Ham United	2	2	4
					5th	Preston North End	0
					6th	West Ham United	1
4th	Derby County	0	0	0
5th	Preston North End	2	0	2

Season	2004–05
Champions	Sunderland (4th second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Sunderland, Wigan Athletic
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	West Ham United
Relegated	Gillingham, Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1342 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nathan Ellington (Wigan Athletic), 24 ^[2]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Nathan Ellington	Wigan Athletic	24
2	Jason Roberts	Wigan Athletic	21
=	Teddy Sheringham	West Ham	21
4	Shefki Kuqi	Ipswich Town	20
=	Darren Bent	Ipswich Town	20
6	Kenny Miller	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19
=	Dave Kitson	Reading	19
8	Marlon Harewood	West Ham	18
=	Paul Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	18
10	Richard Cresswell	Preston North End	17
=	Dean Ashton	Crewe Alexandra	17

Semifinals 1st leg – May 12th/13th; 2nd leg – May 16th/17th, 2005					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 29th, 2005

3rd	Tranmere Rovers	0	2	2 (5)
6th	Hartlepool United (pens.)	2	0	2 (6)
					5th	Sheffield Wednesday (a.e.t.)	4
					6th	Hartlepool United	2
4th	Brentford	0	1	1
5th	Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Luton Town	46	17	4	2	46	16	12		7	4	41	32	87	48	+ 39	98
2	Hull City	46	16	5	2	42	17	10		3	10	38	36	80	53	+ 27	86
3	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	5	4	43	23		8	8	7	30	32	73	55	+ 18	79
4	Brentford	46	15	4	4	34	22		7	5	11	23	38	57	60	– 3	75
5	Sheffield Wednesday	46	10	6	7	34	28		9	9	5	43	31	77	59	+ 18	72
6	Hartlepool United	46	15	3	5	51	30		6	5	12	25	36	76	66	+ 10	71
7	Bristol City	46	9	8	6	42	25		9	8	6	32	32	74	57	+ 17	70
8	Bournemouth	46	9	7	7	40	30	11		3	9	37	34	77	64	+ 13	70
9	Huddersfield Town	46	12	6	5	42	28		8	4	11	32	37	74	65	+ 9	70
10	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	11	2	35	20		6	7	10	30	40	65	60	+ 5	66
11	Bradford City	46	9	6	8	40	35		8	8	7	24	27	64	62	+ 2	65
12	Swindon Town	46	12	5	6	40	30		5	7	11	26	38	66	68	– 2	63
13	Barnsley	46	7	11	5	38	31		7	8	8	31	33	69	64	+ 5	61
14	Walsall	46	11	7	5	40	28		5	5	13	25	41	65	69	– 4	60
15	Colchester United	46	8	6	9	27	23		6	11	6	33	27	60	50	+ 10	59
16	Blackpool	46	8	7	8	28	30		7	5	11	26	29	54	59	– 5	57
17	Chesterfield	46	9	8	6	32	28		5	7	11	23	34	55	62	– 7	57
18	Port Vale	46	13	2	8	33	23		4	3	16	16	36	49	59	– 10	56
19	Oldham Athletic	46	10	5	8	42	34		4	5	14	18	39	60	73	– 13	52
20	Milton Keynes Dons	46	8	10	5	33	28		4	5	14	21	40	54	67	– 14	51
21	Torquay United	46	8	5	10	27	36		4	10	9	28	43	55	79	– 24	51
22	Wrexham	46	6	8	9	26	37		7	6	10	36	43	62	80	– 18	43	^{[notes 1]}
23	Peterborough United	46	5	6	12	27	35		4	6	13	22	38	49	73	– 24	39
24	Stockport County	46	3	4	16	26	46		3	4	16	23	52	48	98	– 49	26

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Dean Windass	Bradford City	27
=	Stuart Elliott	Hull	27
3	Pawel Abbott	Huddersfield Town	26
4	Adam Boyd	Hartlepool United	24
=	Leroy Lita	Bristol City	24
6	Sam Parkin	Swindon Town	23
7	Steve Brooker	Bristol City	21
8	Steven MacLean	Sheffield Wednesday	19
=	James Hayter	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19
=	Luke Beckett	Oldham	19

Semifinals 1st leg – May 14th/15th; 2nd leg – May 21st, 2005					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 28th, 2005

4th	Southend United	0	1	1
7th	Northampton Town	0	0	0
					4th	Southend United (a.e.t.)	2
					6th	Lincoln City	0
5th	Macclesfield Town	0	1	1
6th	Lincoln City	1	1	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Yeovil Town	46	16	4	3	57	28	9	4	10	33	37	90	65	+ 25	83
2	Scunthorpe United	46	16	5	2	43	16	6	9	8	26	26	69	42	+ 27	80
3	Swansea City	46	15	5	3	36	16	9	3	11	26	27	62	43	+ 19	80
4	Southend United	46	13	5	5	31	14	9	7	7	34	32	65	46	+ 19	78
5	Macclesfield Town	46	15	3	5	39	24	7	6	10	21	25	60	49	+ 11	75
6	Lincoln City	46	11	8	4	37	22	9	4	10	27	25	64	47	+ 17	72
7	Northampton Town	46	11	9	3	35	20	9	3	11	27	31	62	51	+ 11	72
8	Darlington	46	13	4	6	33	21	7	8	8	24	28	57	49	+ 8	72
9	Rochdale	46	11	8	4	34	21	5	10	8	20	27	54	48	+ 6	66
10	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	7	8	28	26	9	7	7	30	26	58	52	+ 6	65
11	Leyton Orient	46	10	8	5	40	30	6	7	10	25	37	65	67	– 2	63
12	Bristol Rovers	46	10	12	1	39	22	3	9	11	21	35	60	57	+ 3	60
13	Mansfield Town	46	9	8	6	29	24	6	7	10	27	32	56	56	± 0	60
14	Cheltenham Town	46	10	5	8	27	23	6	7	10	24	31	51	54	– 3	60
15	Oxford United	46	11	4	8	29	24	5	7	11	21	39	50	63	– 13	59
16	Boston United	46	11	8	4	39	24	3	8	12	23	34	62	58	+ 4	58
17	Bury	46	8	9	6	26	18	6	7	10	28	36	54	54	± 0	58
18	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	28	19	6	6	11	23	33	51	52	– 1	58
19	Notts County	46	6	7	10	21	27	7	6	10	25	35	46	62	– 16	52
20	Chester	46	7	8	8	25	33	5	8	10	18	36	43	69	– 26	52
21	Shrewsbury Town	46	9	7	7	34	18	2	9	12	14	35	48	53	– 5	49
22	Rushden & Diamonds	46	8	6	9	29	29	2	8	13	13	34	42	63	– 21	44
23	Kidderminster Harriers	46	6	6	11	21	39	4	2	17	18	46	39	85	– 46	38
24	Cambridge United	46	7	6	10	22	27	1	10	12	17	35	39	62	– 23	30	^{[notes2 1]} ^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Phil Jevons	Yeovil Town	27
2	Andy Kirk	Northampton Town	26
3	Jon Parkin	Macclesfield Town	22
=	Lee Trundle	Swansea City	22
=	Nathan Tyson	Wycombe Wanderers	22
6	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	21
=	Simon Yeo	Lincoln City	21
8	Junior Agogo	Bristol Rovers	19
9	Paul Hayes	Scunthorpe United	17
=	Grant Holt	Rochdale	17

2004–05 Football League

Contents

Overview

Events

Final league tables and results[1]

Championship playoffs [1]

Football League Championship [1]

Championship Topscorers [3]

League One Play-offs [1]

Football League One [1]

League One Topscorers [4]

League Two Play-offs [1]

Football League Two [1]

League Two Topscorers [6]

See also

References

External links

Final league tables and results^[1]

Championship playoffs ^[1]

Football League Championship ^[1]

Championship Topscorers ^[3]

League One Play-offs ^[1]

Football League One ^[1]

League One Topscorers ^[4]

League Two Play-offs ^[1]

Football League Two ^[1]

League Two Topscorers ^[6]