2004–05 Tamworth F.C. season

2004–05 Tamworth F.C. season

Events

Season review

Fixtures and results

Statistics

Transfers

References

Events

Season review

Fixtures and results

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References

Pre-season

August

September

October

November

January

February

League

Competitive

Players

Managerial

Pre-season

August

September

October

November

January

February

League

Competitive

Players

Managerial

Results summary

Results by round

Conference Premier

Birmingham Senior Cup

FA Cup

FA Trophy

Staffordshire Senior Cup

Conference League Cup

Results summary

Results by round

Conference Premier

Birmingham Senior Cup

FA Cup

FA Trophy

Staffordshire Senior Cup

Conference League Cup

Tamworth

2004–05 season

Chairman

Bob Andrews

Manager

Mark Cooper

Ground

15th

First Round

Fourth Round

B'ham Senior Cup

First Round

Staffs Senior Cup

First Round

Conference Cup

Fourth Round

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2004–05 season was Tamworth F.C.'s second season in the Conference Premier at the fifth tier of English football, the highest tier ever achieved by the club.

Mark Cooper made his first signings as manager of the club taking over from Darron Gee as former Birmingham City midfielder Chad Sheppard and utility player Dave Bampton from Swindon Town. Norman Sylla, Nicholas Smith and defender Karl Johnson all signed new deals to stay at the club.^[1] Former Aston Villa player Peter Hynes signed for the club following his release. Lee Colkin and Mark Turner also signed. Marcus Ebdon stayed with the club as his possible move to Conference rivals Dagenham & Redbridge fell through.^[2] Former Lincoln City striker Rory May following his release from The Imps at the end of last season.^[3] Barnet defender Matt Redmile joined the club after impressing in a trial.^[4] Defender Lee Ayres joined Notts County on a week trial.^[5]

Lee Ayres joins rivals Burton Albion for an undisclosed fee.^[6] Tristram Whitman joins the club following his release from Scarborough. Former Kidderminster Harriers defender Scott Stamps and Forest Green Rovers' Mark Shaw both put pen to paper following successful trials. Neil Ross joins the club on a month loan from Macclesfield Town.^[7]

West Bromwich Albion legend Bob Taylor joins the club following his release from Cheltenham Town in the summer.^[8] Jason Blunt is released and later joins Halifax Town.^[9] Following the return of Neil Ross to Macclesfield,^[10] The Lambs brought in Notts County's Shaun Harrad on a month-long loan deal.^[11]

Bristol City's Sekani Simpson joined the club on a months loan.^[12] Aaron Brown joined his former club Stafford Rangers on loan to gain more experience.^[13]

Birmingham City Reserves striker Dean Curtis joined the club on a month-long loan deal.^[14] Striker Marvin Brown joined Irish Premier League side Cliftonville on a short-term trial following his release from the club.^[15]

Goalkeeper Chris Neal joined The Lambs on loan from Preston North End.^[16] Mark Rawle joined the club on a month loan from Oxford United.^[17]

Notts County midfielder Eddie McIntyre joined on loan for one month.^[18] Leigh RMI striker Karl Rose joined the club.^[19] Ricky Millard comes to the clubs rescue to cover injured Ryan Price from Barnet on a month loan.^[20] Louie Soares joins on a month-long loan deal from Reading.^[21]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	14	11	17	53	63	−10	50^*	10	3	8	22	22	0	4	8	9	31	41	−10

Source: Blue Square Premier

*deducted 3 points—breach of League rules.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H																																							H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	L	L																																							D

Source: Conference National
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Main article: 2004–05 Football Conference

1 14 August 2004 (2004-08-14)	Tamworth	2 – 1	Halifax Town	Tamworth
15:00 BST	18' Brown 29' Whitman Ebdon A. Smith Ross	Report	6' Foster 53' Haslam Monington	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,325 Referee: R Shoebridge

2 17 August 2004 (2004-08-17)	York City	2 – 0	Tamworth	York
19:45 GMT	15' Groves 60' Robinson	Report	Ross Stamps	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,466 Referee: P Canadine

3 21 August 2004 (2004-08-21)	Canvey Island	3 – 3	Tamworth	Canvey Island
15:00 BST	44' Keeling 55' Boylan 65' (pen) Boylan 90' Keeling Gregory Kennedy Gooden	Report	23' Ross 35' Colkin 71' Whitman Sheppard A. Smith Redmile	Stadium: Brockwell Stadium Attendance: 686 Referee: G Evetts

4 28 August 2004 (2004-08-28)	Tamworth	4 – 0	Forest Green Rovers	Tamworth
15:00 BST	19' Whitman Ebdon 52' Ross Whitman Ross Cooper	Report	Richardson	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,101 Referee: S Rubery

5 30 August 2004 (2004-08-30)	Stevenage Borough	2 – 0	Tamworth	Stevenage
19:45 BST	69' Brady 79' Goodliffe Hanlon	Report	A. Smith Redmile Sheppard	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,878 Referee: S Tomlinson

6 4 September 2004 (2004-09-04)	Tamworth	0 – 2	Farnborough Town	Tamworth
15:00 BST	Cooper Taylor Colkin Redmile	Report	8' Blackman 77' Opinel Allen-Page Hamilton	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,150 Referee: M Harris

7 11 September 2004 (2004-09-11)	Tamworth	0 – 2	Barnet	Tamworth
15:00 BST	Blunt Colkin A. Smith Sheppard	Report	13' Sinclair 45' Grazioli 90' Lee Hendon	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Referee: P Grove

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Trophy

First Round 19 October 2004	Stafford Rangers	3 – 1	Tamworth	Marston Road, Stafford
19:45 BST	1' Grayson 77' Wilding 84' Gibson	Report	18' (pen) Colkin	Attendance: 380

Main article: 2004–05 Conference League Cup

Third Round 25 January 2005	Tamworth	3 – 1	Worcester City	The Lamb Ground, Tamworth
19:45 GMT	37' Francis 42' A. Smith 47' N. Smith	Report	29' Kelly	Attendance: 412

Fourth Round 8 February 2005	Accrington Stanley	5 – 0	Tamworth	Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 GMT	25' McEvilly 29' Mullin 46' McEvilly 51' Prendergast 56' Prendergast	Report		Attendance: 356

Correct as of match played 17 August 2004. Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		FA Trophy		BS Cup		SS Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ryan Price	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	Adie Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	Louis Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Dave Bampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Matt Redmile	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	Aaron Brown	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
7	MF	Nicholas Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Marcus Ebdon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	Clint Marcelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Karl Rose	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Dave Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Sekani Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Kyle Storer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Scott Stamps	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
16	MF	Mark Cooper	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	Dave Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Karl Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	Bob Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	James Francis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Mark Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Richard Dryden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Chad Sheppard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	FW	Mark Shaw	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
25	FW	Tristram Whitman	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
26	FW	Marvin Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Danny Douglas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Richard Munday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Will Stannage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–
Players who no longer play for Tamworth but have made appearances this season:
3	DF	Lee Colkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF	Eddie McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Rory May	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
10	FW	Neil Ross	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
10	FW	Shaun Harrad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Dean Curtis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Jason Blunt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW	Mark Rawle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF	Jude Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Lee Ayres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Norman Sylla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	GK	Ricky Millard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Chris Neal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of match played 23 April 2005

Mark Cooper takes control of the club.

Name	Nat.	From	To	Competition	Record								Honours
Name	Nat.	From	To	Competition	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Honours
Mark Cooper		28 April 2004	24 January 2007
				Conference National	7001420000000000000♠42	7001140000000000000♠14	7001110000000000000♠11	7001170000000000000♠17	7001530000000000000♠53	7001630000000000000♠63	-10	7001333009999900000♠33.3
				FA Cup	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	-2	7001500000000000000♠50.0
				FA Trophy	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000300000000000000♠3	+2	7001500000000000000♠50.0
				Birmingham Senior Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	-3	05000000000000000000♠0.0
				Staffordshire Senior Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	-2	05000000000000000000♠0.0
				Conference League Cup	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6	-3	7001500000000000000♠50.0
Total					7001500000000000000♠50	7001170000000000000♠17	7001110000000000000♠11	7001220000000000000♠22	7001640000000000000♠64	7001820000000000000♠82	-18	7001340000000000000♠34.0

Bob Taylor signed for the club from Cheltenham Town.

Louie Soares joined on loan from Reading.

Players transferred in
No.	Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
23	17 May 2004	FW	Chad Sheppard	Birmingham City	Free	^[1]
4	17 May 2004	MF	Dave Bampton	Swindon Town	Free	^[1]
	15 June 2004	FW	Peter Hynes	Aston Villa	Free	^[2]
9	23 June 2004	FW	Rory May	Lincoln City	Free	^[3]
5	21 July 2004	DF	Matt Redmile	Barnet	Free	^[4]
25	13 August 2004	FW	Tristram Whitman	Scarborough	Free	^[7]
15	13 August 2004	DF	Scott Stamps	Kidderminster Harriers	Free	^[7]
24	13 August 2004	FW	Mark Shaw	Forest Green Rovers	Free	^[7]
19	1 September 2004	FW	Bob Taylor	Cheltenham Town	Free	^[8]
10	15 February 2005	FW	Karl Rose	Leigh RMI	Free	^[19]
Players transferred out
No.	Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
	July 2004	FW	Peter Hynes	Dublin City	Free
	July 2004	FW	Paul Barnes	Hinckley United	Free
12	9 August 2004	DF	Lee Ayres	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	^[6]
11	23 September 2004	MF	Jason Blunt	Halifax Town	Free	^[9]
26	26 November 2004	FW	Marvin Brown	Cliftonville	Free	^[15]
Players loaned in
No.	Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
10	13 August 2004	FW	Neil Ross	Macclesfield Town	13 September 2004	^[7]
10	24 September 2004	FW	Shaun Harrad	Notts County	24 October 2004	^[11]
12	1 October 2004	DF	Sekani Simpson	Bristol City	1 November 2004	^[12]
10	12 November 2004	FW	Dean Curtis	Birmingham City	12 December 2004	^[14]
99	7 January 2005	GK	Chris Neal	Preston North End	7 February 2005	^[16]
11	20 January 2005	FW	Mark Rawle	Oxford United	20 February 2005	^[17]
3	9 February 2005	MF	Eddie McIntyre	Notts County	9 March 2005	^[18]
98	18 February 2005	GK	Ricky Millard	Barnet	18 March 2005	^[20]
3	28 February 2005	DF	Louie Soares	Reading	28 March 2005	^[21]
Players loaned out
No.	Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
6	24 October 2004	DF	Aaron Brown	Stafford Rangers	24 November 2004	^[13]

General

Tamworth F.C. Official Website

Specific

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cooper makes first signings". BBC Sport. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2004.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tamworth snap up Hynes". BBC Sport. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2004.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "May completes Tamworth move". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2004.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tamworth line up Taylor". BBC Sport. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2004.
↑ "Magpies look at Ayres". BBC Sport. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2004.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ayres wings in at Burton". BBC Sport. 9 August 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2004.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Lambs recruit quartet". BBC Sport. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2004.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "Taylor joins Tamworth". BBC Sport. 1 September 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2004.
↑ 9.0 9.1 "Blunt signs for Halifax". BBC Sport. 23 September 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2004.
↑ "Ross back at Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 16 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2004.
↑ 11.0 11.1 "O'Grady in move to Magpies". BBC Sport. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2004.
↑ 12.0 12.1 "Simpson in Tamworth switch". BBC Sport. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2004.
↑ 13.0 13.1 "Lambs manager rings the changes". BBC Sport. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2004.
↑ 14.0 14.1 "Blues striker signs for Tamworth". BBC Sport. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2004.
↑ 15.0 15.1 "Brown gets Cliftonville chance". BBC Sport. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2004.
↑ 16.0 16.1 "Keeper Neal in Tamworth loan move". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2005.
↑ 17.0 17.1 "Lambs take striker Rawle on loan". BBC Sport. 20 January 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2005.
↑ 18.0 18.1 "McIntyre joins Tamworth on loan". BBC Sport. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2005.
↑ 19.0 19.1 "Tamworth complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2005.
↑ 20.0 20.1 "Tamworth bring in Millard on loan". BBC Sport. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2005.
↑ 21.0 21.1 "Lambs leap into action for Soares". BBC Sport. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2005.

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