2004–05 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2004–05 season
Chairman Derek Shaw
Manager Craig Brown (until 29 August)
Billy Davies (from 29 August)
Stadium Deepdale
Championship 5th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Richard Cresswell (16)
All: Richard Cresswell (21)
Average home league attendance 12,841

During the 2004–05 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

When Preston went down 1-0 at Brighton thanks to a Marlon Broomes own goal on 28 August 2004, a day later, Craig Brown was sacked and replaced with his assistant Billy Davies.[1]

Davies took Preston to the 2005 play-off final for the first time since 2001, at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium but once again Preston ended up on the losing side, this time to West Ham United, losing 1-0.[2]

Final league table

PWDLFAGDPts
C1Sunderland46297107641+3594
P2Wigan Athletic46251297935+4487
 3Ipswich Town46241398556+2985
 4Derby County462210147160+1176
 5Preston North End462112136758+975
P6West Ham United462110156656+1073
 7Reading461913145144+770
 8Sheffield United461813155756+167
 9Wolverhampton Wanderers461521107259+1366
 10Millwall461812165145+666
 11Queens Park Rangers461711185458-462
 12Stoke City461710193638-261
 13Burnley461515163839-160
 14Leeds United461418144952-360
 15Leicester City461221134946+357
 16Cardiff City461315184851-354
 17Plymouth Argyle461411215264-1253
 18Watford461216185259-752
 19Coventry City461313206173-1252
 20Brighton & Hove Albion461312214065-2551
 21Crewe Alexandra461214206686-2050
R22Gillingham461214204566-2150
R23Nottingham Forest46917204266-2444
R24Rotherham United46514273569-3429

Results

Preston North End's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 2004 WatfordH2-112,208Cresswell, Healy (pen)
11 August 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersA2-226,115Lucketti, Healy
14 August 2004 GillinghamA1-27,073Fuller
20 August 2004 Sheffield UnitedH0-112,084
28 August 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionA0-15,996
30 August 2004 Rotherham UnitedH2-011,439Etuhu (2)
11 September 2004 Stoke CityH3-012,759Cresswell (2), Healy
14 September 2004 ReadingA1-311,857Healy
18 September 2004 SunderlandA1-324,264Alexander (pen)
25 September 2004 Crewe AlexandraH1-011,823Davidson
28 September 2004 Plymouth ArgyleH1-111,445Cresswell
2 October 2004 Leicester CityA1-121,249Lonergan
16 October 2004 Leeds UnitedA0-130,458
19 October 2004 Queens Park RangersH2-110,548Healy, Cresswell (pen)
23 October 2004 Nottingham ForestH3-212,439McKenna, Lucketti, Etuhu
30 October 2004 Ipswich TownA0-323,745
3 November 2004 Coventry CityA1-112,478Lewis
6 November 2004 Leeds UnitedH2-418,531Cresswell (2)
13 November 2004 MillwallH1-110,339Lewis
19 November 2004 Cardiff CityA1-010,950Mawéné
27 November 2004 Derby CountyH3-012,702Alexander (2, 1 pen), Cresswell
5 December 2004 Wigan AthleticA0-510,565
11 December 2004 BurnleyA0-215,318
18 December 2004 West Ham UnitedH2-113,451Lewis
26 December 2004 Stoke CityA0-020,350
28 December 2004 ReadingH3-012,795Agyemang, Hughes (own goal), Lewis
1 January 2005 SunderlandH3-216,940Cresswell (3)
3 January 2005 Crewe AlexandraA2-18,667Sedgwick, O'Neil
15 January 2005 Leicester CityH1-112,677McKenna
22 January 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA2-013,663Sedgwick, Agyemang
5 February 2005 Coventry CityH3-213,691Alexander (pen), Cresswell, Lucketti
12 February 2005 Queens Park RangersA2-115,620Nugent, Lucketti
18 February 2005 Ipswich TownH1-114,418Nugent
23 February 2005 Nottingham ForestA0-219,209
26 February 2005 BurnleyH1-018,202Alexander (pen)
5 March 2005 West Ham UnitedA2-126,442Nugent, Agyemang
12 March 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH2-216,296Cresswell, Alexander (pen)
15 March 2005 Sheffield UnitedA1-118,647Cresswell
19 March 2005 WatfordA2-019,649Nugent, McKenna
2 April 2005 GillinghamH1-115,054Brown (own goal)
5 April 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionH3-014,234Alexander (pen), Cresswell, Nugent
9 April 2005 Rotherham UnitedA2-16,312Sedgwick, Mawéné
16 April 2005 Cardiff CityH3-015,141Nugent (2), Cresswell
24 April 2005 MillwallA1-211,417Nugent
30 April 2005 Wigan AthleticH1-120,221O'Neil
8 May 2005 Derby CountyA1-331,237Agyemang

Championship play-offs

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
SF 1st Leg15 May 2005 Derby CountyH2-020,315Nugent, Cresswell
SF 2nd Leg19 May 2005 Derby CountyA0-031,310
F30 May 2005 West Ham UnitedN0-170,275

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2005 West Bromwich AlbionH0-213,005

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R121 September 2004 Mansfield TownA4-03,208Cresswell, Alexander, Daley, Lynch
R24 October 2004 Leicester CityA3-26,751Cresswell (3, 1 pen)
R327 October 2004 EvertonA0-233,922

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Andy Lonergan
2 Scotland DF Graham Alexander
3 Scotland DF Brian O'Neil
4 Nigeria MF Dickson Etuhu
5 Scotland DF Callum Davidson
6 England DF Marlon Broomes
8 France MF Eric Skora
9 Ghana FW Patrick Agyemang
10 England FW Andy Smith
11 England MF Chris Sedgwick
12 England GK Gavin Ward
14 Scotland FW Simon Lynch
15 France DF Youl Mawéné
16 England MF Paul McKenna
17 England MF Eddie Lewis
No. Position Player
18 England DF Matt Hill
20 England DF Chris Lucketti (captain)
21 Republic of Ireland DF David Elebert
22 Jamaica DF Claude Davis
24 England DF Tyrone Mears
25 England FW Richard Cresswell
27 Republic of Ireland MF Alan McCormack
28 England MF Michael Brown
29 England FW Joe O'Neill
30 Australia MF Kieran Tracey
31 England GK Chris Neal
32 England FW Mark Jackson
33 England GK Carlo Nash
35 England FW David Nugent

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
9 Jamaica FW Ricardo Fuller (to Portsmouth)
11 Northern Ireland FW David Healy (to Leeds United)
9 Republic of the Congo FW Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu (to Sheffield Wednesday)
18 England DF John Curtis (on loan from Portsmouth)
30 England FW Kelvin Langmead (to Shrewsbury Town)
33 Republic of Ireland MF Ciarán Lyng (to Shrewsbury Town)
19 Portugal FW Filipe Oliveira (on loan from Chelsea)
No. Position Player
33 England DF Robert Kozluk (on loan from Sheffield United)
23 Scotland GK Jonathan Gould (to Bristol City)
26 England DF Darran Kempson (on loan from Morecambe)
33 England GK Chris Day (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
7 Jamaica MF Omar Daley (on loan from Portmore United)
34 England DF Kyle Armstrong (to York City)
19 France MF Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)

Transfers

In

Out

References

  1. "Brown leaves Preston post". BBC Sport. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. "West Ham 1-0 Preston". BBC Sport. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/preston-north-end/2004-2005