| 2004–05 season | |||
| Manager | Alan Pardew | ||
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| Stadium | Boleyn Ground | ||
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During the 2004–05 season, Rob Lee, Brian Deane, Wayne Quinn and Shaun Byrne were all released from West Ham United on free transfers, following their Championship playoff loss to Crystal Palace. Their departures were closely followed by those of Kevin Horlock, who signed for Ipswich Town, and David Connolly, who left for Leicester City in a £500,000 deal. Sébastien Carole also returned to Monaco after his loan spell, while Richard Garcia and Elliott Ward signed new contracts.
The first signing Alan Pardew made following the end of the previous season was goalkeeper James Walker, signed on a free transfer from Walsall where he had been a folk hero. He was brought in as cover for Stephen Bywater. The following month former England international Teddy Sheringham and Sergei Rebrov both signed on free transfers, from Portsmouth and Tottenham respectively. Their arrivals were closely followed by those of Bournemouth captain Carl Fletcher for £275,000 and winger Luke Chadwick from Manchester United on a free transfer. In September Malky Mackay signed for £300,000 from Norwich City.
West Ham's biggest defeat of the season was away to Cardiff City on 2 November 2004 when they lost 1–4. The Welsh team, featured former Hammer Jobi McAnuff who created the first two goals and scored the fourth. West Ham's biggest win of the season came in their home game against Plymouth Argyle on 19 February 2005 when they won 5–0. Marlon Harewood scored the first goal by sending the keeper the wrong way from the penalty spot. The penalty was given after the defender inexplicably punched the ball away. The second was an own goal by the keeper as he fumbled a Sergei Rebrov corner into his own net. Malky Mackay lobbed the keeper from another corner to net the third. Goals four and five were scored by Teddy Sheringham. The fourth, and arguably the best of the day's goals, came when Carl Fletcher crossed for Teddy to head home. The fifth goal was a twice taken penalty.
West Ham only lost one of their last ten games which helped push them up from 7th and into 6th, guaranteeing a play-off spot. The club returned to the FA Premier League at the second time of asking, beating Preston North End in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off Final with a single goal from Bobby Zamora.
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| First XI (Most appearances) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Bywater | GK | 0 (1) | 36 | 2 | 38 (1) | ' | 20 February 1998 | Rochdale | ||||||
| 2 | Tomas Repka | RB | 3 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 51 | ' | 14 September 2001 | Fiorentina | |||||
| 34 | Chris Powell | LB | 3 | 35 (1) | 3 | 41 (1) | ' | September 2004 | Charlton | ||||||
| 21 | Malky Mackay | CB | 17 (1) | 3 | 1 | 21 (1) | ' | 10 September 2004 | Norwich City | ||||||
| 15 | Anton Ferdinand | CB | 3 | 24 (5) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31 (5) | 1 | 14 December 2002 | Academy | ||||
| 17 | Hayden Mullins | CM | 3 | 32 (5) | 1 | 2 (1) | 2 | 39 (6) | 1 | 23 October 2003 | Crystal Palace | ||||
| 30 | Luke Chadwick | RM | 22(10) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26(10) | 1 | 2 August 2004 | Manchester United | |||||
| 20 | Nigel Reo-Coker (Captain) | CM | 3 | 34 (5) | 3 | 3 | 1 (1) | 41 (6) | 3 | 22 January 2004 | M.K. Dons | ||||
| 8 | Teddy Sheringham | CF | 26 (7) | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 (1) | 28 (8) | 21 | 14 July 2004 | Portsmouth | ||||
| 10 | Marlon Harewood | CF | 3 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 22 | 25 November 2003 | Nottingham Forest | |
| 12 | Matthew Etherington | LM | 3 | 37 (2) | 4 | 2 | 42 (2) | 4 | 4 August 2003 | Tottenham | |||||
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| 6 | Carl Fletcher | CM/D | 1 | 26 (6) | 2 | 3 | 30 (6) | 2 | 31 August 2004 | Bournemouth | |||||
| 25 | Bobby Zamora | CF | 3 | 4 | 15 (19) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20(19) | 13 | 2 February 2004 | Tottenham | |||
| 11 | Steve Lomas | CM | 18 (5) | 1 | 2 | 20 (5) | 1 | March 1997 | Manchester City | ||||||
| 23 | James Walker | GK | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 17 | ' | June 2004 | Walsall | |||||
| 16 | Sergei Rebrov | F | 12(15) | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 15(17) | 1 | 27 July 2004 | Tottenham | |||||
| 22 | Elliott Ward | CB | 3 | 10 (1) | 1 | 14 (1) | ' | 1 August 2001 | Academy | ||||||
| 24 | Mark Noble | M | 0 (3) | 10 (3) | 3 | 0 (2) | 13 (8) | ' | 1 July 2003 | Academy | |||||
| 26 | Shaun Newton | RM | 2 (1) | 11 | 13 (1) | ' | March 2005 | Wolves | |||||||
| 3 | Rufus Brevett | LB | 10 (1) | 1 | 3 | 13 (1) | 1 | 31 January 2003 | Fulham | ||||||
| 26 | Calum Davenport | CB | 10 | 10 | ' | 9 September 2004 | Tottenham | ||||||||
| 35 | Gavin Williams | M/F | 7 (3) | 1 | 7 (3) | 1 | December 2004 | Yeovil | |||||||
| Other players with appearances | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | Adam Nowland | M/F | 3 (1) | 1 | 2 | 5 (1) | 1 | 23 January 2004 | M.K. Dons | ||||||
| 19 | Darren Powell | CB | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 November 2004 | Crystal Palace | |||||||
| 5 | Andy Melville | CB | 3 | 0 (1) | 3 (1) | ' | 17 January 2004 | Fulham | |||||||
| 14 | Chris Cohen | LB/M | 1 (10) | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (12) | ' | 1 July 2003 | Academy | ||||||
| 4 | Don Hutchison | F | 2 (3) | 0 (1) | 2 (4) | ' | 30 August 2001 | Sunderland | |||||||
| 7 | Christian Dailly | CD/M | 0 (1) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | ' | January 2000 | Blackburn Rovers | |||||||
| 28 | Trent McClenahan | CB | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 (2) | ' | 1 July 2003 | Academy | |||||||
| 9 | Mauricio Taricco | D | 1 | 1 | ' | 19 November 2004 | Tottenham | ||||||||
| 21 | Richard Garcia | F | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | ' | 16 September 1998 | Academy | ||||||||
| 9 | Jobi McAnuff | RM | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | ' | 3 February 2004 | M.K. Dons | ||||||||
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