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2004-05 in English football

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The 2004-2005 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.

Contents

Overview

2004-2005 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.

Wimbledon competed in League One, under their new name of Milton Keynes Dons.

There were also changes in the Football Conference with the introduction of two new regional divisions below Conference National, Conference North and Conference South. Furthermore, the National Conference Cup returned, now featuring the teams from the new divisions.

Unlike the Football League and the Conference, the FA Premier League did not undergo any restructuring, but Barclays Bank replaced their subsidiary Barclaycard as title sponsors.

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

National team

England began their qualifying campaign for the Football World Cup 2006. They played alongside UK neighbours Wales and Northern Ireland in the European Group 6.

Date Venue Opponents Score1 Competition England scorers Match Report
August 18, 2004 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (H) 
Ukraine
3–0 F David Beckham, Michael Owen, Shaun Wright-Phillips [BBC]
September 4, 2004 Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna (A) 
Austria
2–2 WCQ Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard [BBC]
September 8, 2004 Silesia Stadium, Chorzow / Katowice (Metropolian Katowice) (A) 
Poland
2–1 WCQ Jermain Defoe, Arkadiusz Glowacki (o.g.) [BBC]
October 9, 2004 Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 
Wales
2–0 WCQ Frank Lampard, David Beckham [BBC]
October 13, 2004 Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku (A) 
Azerbaijan
1–0 WCQ Michael Owen [BBC]
November 17, 2004 Bernabeu, Madrid (A) 
Spain
0–1 F [BBC]
February 9 2005 Villa Park, Birmingham (H) 
Netherlands
0–0 F   [BBC]
March 26, 2005 Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 
Northern Ireland
4–0 WCQ Joe Cole, Michael Owen, Chris Baird (o.g.), Frank Lampard [BBC]
March 30, 2005 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (H) 
Azerbaijan
2–0 WCQ Steven Gerrard, David Beckham [BBC]
May 28, 2005 Soldier Field, Chicago (A) 
USA
2-1 F Kieran Richardson (2) [BBC]
May 31, 2005 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford (N) 
Colombia
3-2 F Michael Owen (3) [BBC]
* England score given first

Key

Honours

Competition Winner External Details
UEFA Champions League Liverpool [Match Report]
FA Premier League Chelsea [Chelsea win title]
FA Cup Arsenal [Match Report]
Carling Cup Chelsea [Match Report]
Football League Championship Sunderland [Sunderland win title]
Football League One Luton Town [Luton win title]
Football League Two Yeovil [Yeovil win title]
FA Community Shield Arsenal [Match Report]

League tables

FA Premier League

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Chelsea 38 29 8 1 72 15
57
95
  2 Arsenal 38 25 8 5 87 36
51
83
  3 Manchester United 38 22 11 5 57 26
32
77
  4 Everton 38 18 7 13 45 46
61
  5 Liverpool 38 17 7 14 52 41
11
58
  6 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 10 12 49 44
5
58
  7 Middlesbrough 38 14 13 11 53 46
7
55
  8 Manchester City 38 13 13 12 47 39
8
52
  9 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 10 14 47 41
6
52
  10 Aston Villa 38 12 11 15 45 51
47
  11 Charlton Athletic 38 12 10 16 42 58
46
  12 Birmingham City 38 11 12 15 40 46
45
  13 Fulham 38 12 8 18 52 60
44
  14 Newcastle United 38 10 14 14 47 57
44
  15 Blackburn Rovers 38 9 15 14 32 43
42
  16 Portsmouth 38 10 9 19 43 59
39
  17 West Bromwich Albion 38 6 16 16 36 61
34
R 18 Crystal Palace 38 7 12 19 41 62
33
R 19 Norwich City 38 7 12 19 42 77
33
R 20 Southampton 38 6 14 18 45 66
32

The Football League

Football League Championship

After narrowly missing out on promotion the previous season, Sunderland managed to clinch a return to the top-flight. Wigan joined them, entering the top-flight for the first time in their history. West Ham made amends for their loss in the play-off final the previous year by beating Preston.

Unusually, none of the sides relegated to the Championship in 2003-04 did particularly well. While Leeds were widely predicted for a second successive relegation and possible bankruptcy (both of which looked likely in the middle of the season, but were staved off by another takeover), Wolves and Leicester were predicted to challenge for promotion. Instead, both sides started badly, and replaced their managers mid-season, never really looking like promotion contenders.

At the bottom of the table, Rotherham and Gillingham's luck finally ran out, and the sides were relegated after a short few years in which both sides battled the odds on small budgets. What made bigger headlines was Nottingham Forest's relegation to League One, six years after they were in the Premiership, and which made them the first European Cup winners to drop to the second division of their domestic league. While Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra managed to survive relegation on the last day of the season in their 2-1 win over Coventry City, which was their first win without striker Dean Ashton who was sold to Norwich City for £3m.

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

Football League One

Luton put the bizarre and often farcical takeover of summer 2003 behind them in spectacular style, performing the best out of any League side to clinch promotion. Hull joined them, their second promotion in as many seasons. Sheffield Wednesday - who looked like spending another season fighting relegation in the first few months - returned to the Championship under new manager Paul Sturrock, who put his sacking at Southampton behind him to lead Wednesday to their best season in nearly a decade.

Going down to League Two were Stockport, who continued their decline which began with relegation from Division One in 2001-02, Peterborough, feeling the strain of their financial situation, and Torquay, whose first season out of the bottom division in twelve years ended in disappointment. The fourth relegated side would have been Milton Keynes Dons (formerly Wimbledon), but Wrexham went into administration and lost 10 points as a result (despite the club's argument that it'd be harder for them to exit administration if they were relegated).

P W D L F A GD Pts
P 1 Luton Town 46 29 11 6 87 48
39
98
P 2 Hull City 46 26 8 12 80 53
27
86
  3 Tranmere Rovers 46 22 13 11 73 55
18
79
  4 Brentford 46 22 9 15 57 60
75
P 5 Sheffield Wednesday 46 19 15 12 77 59
18
72
  6 Hartlepool United 46 21 8 17 76 66
10
71
  7 Bristol City 46 18 16 12 74 57
17
70
  8 Bournemouth 46 20 10 16 77 64
13
70
  9 Huddersfield Town 46 20 10 16 74 65
9
70
  10 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 18 12 65 60
5
66
  11 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 64 62
2
65
  12 Swindon Town 46 17 12 17 66 68
63
  13 Barnsley 46 14 19 13 69 64
5
61
  14 Walsall 46 16 12 18 65 69
60
  15 Colchester United 46 14 17 15 60 50
10
59
  16 Blackpool 46 15 12 19 54 59
57
  17 Chesterfield 46 14 15 17 55 62
57
  18 Port Vale 46 17 5 24 49 59
56
  19 Oldham Athletic 46 14 10 22 60 73
52
  20 Milton Keynes Dons 46 12 15 19 54 67
51
R 21 Torquay United 46 12 15 19 55 79
51
R 22 Wrexham 46 13 14 19 62 80
43*
R 23 Peterborough United 46 9 12 25 49 73
39
R 24 Stockport County 46 6 8 32 48 98
26
* Deducted 10 points for going into administration

Football League Two

Just two years after winning the Conference, Yeovil followed in Doncaster's footsteps by winning the League Two title. Scunthorpe - relegation candidates the season before - joined them, and Swansea edged the last automatic promotion spot. The side that they edged out, Southend, made amends by winning the play-offs, beating Lincoln in the final.

At the bottom, Cambridge and Kidderminster's finances hit them hard, and they fell out of the league, both on the back of signing several foreign players who proved ineffective. While Cambridge went into administration, this happened after they were already relegated, and made no difference overall, short of lifting Kidderminster above them.

P W D L F A GD Pts
P 1 Yeovil Town 46 25 8 13 90 65
25
83
P 2 Scunthorpe United 46 22 14 10 69 42
27
80
P 3 Swansea City 46 24 8 14 62 43
19
80
P 4 Southend United 46 22 12 12 65 46
19
78
  5 Macclesfield Town 46 22 9 15 60 49
11
75
  6 Lincoln City 46 20 12 14 64 47
17
72
  7 Northampton Town 46 20 12 14 62 51
11
72
  8 Darlington 46 20 12 14 57 49
8
72
  9 Rochdale 46 16 18 12 54 48
6
66
  10 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 14 15 58 52
6
65
  11 Leyton Orient 46 16 15 15 65 67
63
  12 Bristol Rovers 46 13 21 12 60 57
3
60
  13 Mansfield Town 46 15 15 16 56 56
0
60
  14 Cheltenham Town 46 16 12 18 51 54
60
  15 Oxford United 46 16 11 19 50 63
59
  16 Boston United 46 14 16 16 62 58
4
58
  17 Bury 46 14 16 16 54 54
0
58
  18 Grimsby Town 46 14 16 16 51 52
58
  19 Notts County 46 13 13 20 46 62
52
  20 Chester City 46 12 16 18 43 69
52
  21 Shrewsbury Town 46 11 16 19 48 53
49
  22 Rushden & Diamonds 46 10 14 22 42 63
44
R 23 Kidderminster Harriers 46 10 8 28 39 85
38
R 24 Cambridge United 46 8 16 22 39 62
30*
* Deducted 10 points for going into administration

Transfer deals

Summer transfer window

The summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.
18 May 2004
3 June 2004
  • Juan Sebastian Veron from Chelsea to Inter Milan, loan
    • 8 June 2004
  • Petr Cech from Rennes to Chelsea, £12m
  • Arjen Robben from PSV to Chelsea, £7m
    • 11 June 2004
  • Gabriel Heinze from Paris Saint-Germain to Manchester United, £6.9m
    • 22 June 2004
  • Paulo Ferreira from Porto to Chelsea, £13.2m
    • 1 July 2004
  • Dennis Rommedahl from PSV to Charlton Athletic, £2m
  • Djibril Cisse from Auxerre to Liverpool, £14m
    • 2 July 2004
  • James Milner from Leeds United to Newcastle United, £3.6m
    • 5 July 2004
  • Les Ferdinand from Leicester City to Bolton Wanderers, free
    • 6 July 2004
  • Michael Reiziger from Barcelona to Middlesbrough, free
    • 8 July 2004
  • Mark Viduka from Leeds United to Middlesbrough, £4.5m
    • 9 July 2004
  • Peter Crouch from Aston Villa to Southampton
  • Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink from Chelsea to Middlesbrough
  • Hélder Postiga from Spurs to Porto
  • Pedro Mendes from Porto to Spurs
    • 12 July 2004
  • Mateja Kežman from PSV to Chelsea
  • Jesper Grønkjær from Chelsea to Birmingham City
  • Lomana LuaLua from Newcastle United to Portsmouth (making a previous loan deal permanent)
  • David Unsworth from Everton to Portsmouth
    • 14 July 2004
  • Teddy Sheringham from Portsmouth to West Ham
    • 15 July 2004
  • Hernán Crespo from Chelsea to AC Milan (loan deal)
    • 16 July 2004
  • Markus Babbel from Liverpool to VfB Stuttgart
    • 20 July 2004
  • Didier Drogba from Olympique de Marseille to Chelsea
  • Martin Keown from Arsenal to Leicester City
  • Gary Speed from Newcastle United to Bolton Wanderers
    • 21 July 2004
  • Patrick Kluivert from Barcelona to Newcastle United
  • Tiago from Benfica to Chelsea
  • Hugo Viana from Newcastle United to Sporting Lisbon (loan deal)
    • 22 July 2004
  • Tim Cahill from Millwall to Everton
  • Bobby Convey from Major League Soccer to Reading
  • Thomas Helveg from Inter Milan to Norwich City
  • Tomasz Radzinski from Everton to Fulham
    • 23 July 2004
  • Claus Jensen from Charlton Athletic to Fulham
  • Ray Parlour from Arsenal to Middlesbrough
    • 27 July 2004
  • Ricardo Carvalho from Porto to Chelsea
  • Papa Bouba Diop from Lens to Fulham
  • Josemi from Málaga to Liverpool
  • Sergei Rebrov from Spurs to West Ham
    • 28 July 2004
  • Fernando Hierro from Al Rayyan (Qatar) to Bolton Wanderers
    • 29 July 2004
  • Henri Camara from Wolves to Celtic (loan deal)
    • 30 July 2004
  • Nicky Butt from Manchester United to Newcastle United
  • Zoltan Gera from Ferencváros to West Brom
  • Nwankwo Kanu from Arsenal to West Brom
    • 2 August 2004
  • Boudewijn Zenden from Chelsea to Middlesbrough, free (making a previous loan deal permanent)
    • 5 August 2004
  • Mattias Jonson from Brøndby to Norwich City, Undisclosed
    • 13 August 2004
  • Michael Owen from Liverpool to Real Madrid, £12 million
  • Antonio Nuñez from Real Madrid to Liverpool, free (Part of Michael Owen deal)
    • 20 August 2004
  • Xabi Alonso from Real Sociedad to Liverpool, £10.5m
  • Luis Garcia from Barcelona to Liverpool, Undisclosed
  • Jonathan Woodgate from Newcastle United to Real Madrid, £15 million
    • 21 August 2004
  • Diego Forlán from Manchester United to Villarreal, Undisclosed (reportedly €3 million)
    • 28 August 2004
  • Seol Ki-hyun from Anderlecht to Wolves, £2m
    • 30 August 2004
  • Robert Earnshaw from Cardiff City to West Brom, £3m
    • 31 August 2004
  • Junichi Inamoto from Gamba Osaka to West Brom, £200k
  • Wayne Rooney from Everton to Manchester United, £20m
  • Dwight Yorke from Blackburn Rovers to Birmingham City, free
  • Sylvain Wiltord from Arsenal to Lyon, free
  • Paulo Wanchope from Manchester City to Malaga CF, £500k
  • Marcus Allback from Aston Villa to Hansa Rostock, free
  • Calum Davenport from Coventry City to Tottenham Hotspur, £3m
  • Juninho from Middlesbrough to Celtic, free

    • January transfer window

    The mid-season transfer window runs from 1 to 31 January 2006.
    1 January 2005
    3 January 2005
  • Celestine Babayaro from Chelsea to Newcastle United, free
    • 4 January 2005
  • James Beattie from Southampton to Everton, £6 million
  • Jamie Redknapp from Spurs to Southampton, free
    • 6 January 2005
  • Ryan Nelsen from Major League Soccer (D.C. United) to Blackburn Rovers, free
    • 10 January 2005
  • Dean Ashton from Crewe Alexandra to Norwich City, approx £3 million
  • Kevin Campbell from Everton to West Brom, free
    • 12 January 2005
  • Fernando Morientes from Real Madrid to Liverpool, €9 million
    • 14 January 2005
  • Thomas Gravesen from Everton to Real Madrid, £2.5 million
    • 15 January 2005
  • Kasey Keller from Spurs to Mönchengladbach, free
    • 17 January 2005
  • Nigel Quashie from Portsmouth to Southampton, £2.1 million
    • 19 January 2005
  • Robbie Savage from Birmingham City to Blackburn Rovers, approximately £3 million
    • 21 January 2005
  • Scott Carson from Leeds United to Liverpool, £1 million
    • 22 January 2005
  • Bernt Haas from West Brom to Bastia, free
    • 25 January 2005
  • Amady Faye from Portsmouth to Newcastle United, approx £2m
    • 27 January 2005
  • Mounir El Hamdaoui from Excelsior Rotterdam to Spurs, undisclosed fee
    • 28 January 2005
  • Mido from AS Roma to Spurs, 18-month loan
  • Nicolas Anelka from Manchester City to Fenerbahçe, £7m
  • Stephane Henchoz from Liverpool to Celtic.
    • 31 January 2005
  • Eric Djemba-Djemba from Manchester United to Aston Villa, £1.35m
  • Mikel Arteta from Real Sociedad to Everton, loan for remainder of season.
  • Craig Bellamy from Newcastle United to Celtic, loan for remainder of season
  • Barry Ferguson from Blackburn Rovers to Rangers, £4.5m
  • Jermaine Pennant from Arsenal to Birmingham City, loan for remainder of season. Made permanent on 25 April for £3m.
  • Andy Reid from Nottingham Forest to Tottenham Hotspur, £4m
  • Michael Dawson from Nottingham Forest to Tottenham Hotspur, £4m

    • 17 April 2005
    For subsequent transfer deals see 2005-06 in English football.

    Retirements

    Deaths

     

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