2004–05 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford

2004–05 season
Chairman	Eddie Rogers
Manager	Martin Allen
Stadium	Griffin Park
League One	4th
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Deon Burton (10) All: Deon Burton (10) Isaiah Rankin (10)
Highest home attendance	9,604
Lowest home attendance	4,430
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. In his first full season as manager, Martin Allen's "two bob team" reached the 2005 Football League play-off semi-finals.

Season summary

Martin Allen exiting the team bus at Victoria Park in February 2005.

After pulling off "The Great Escape" from relegation towards the end of the 2003–04 season,^[1] manager Martin Allen assembled a "two bob" squad of veterans, youngsters and non-league footballers on free transfers.^[2] The season would be punctuated by bizarre motivational challenges set by Allen, which stretched from ordering the players to prepare their own lunch to swimming in rivers before cup ties.^[3][4] Brentford opened the season with three wins and three losses from the opening six games and though the Bees exited the League Cup and the Football League Trophy at the first attempts, a run of five wins in eight matches through to mid-October had the club rooted in the automatic promotion places.^[5] Though Brentford won just four matches in all competitions during the final two months of 2004, the club managed to remain in the top 10 in League One.^[5]

Victory over Walsall in the first match at Griffin Park of 2005 began a spell in which the Bees lost just three of the following 21 matches, with one of the defeats coming in a replay at home to Southampton to end a memorable run to the fifth round of the FA Cup.^[6] Postponements due to the cup run gave Brentford up to three games in hand from February through March and the club broke back into the playoff positions on 12 April after a 1–0 win over Tranmere Rovers,^[5] still with a game in hand.^[7] Three defeats in a row to Bradford City, Huddersfield Town and Luton Town in April dropped the Bees outside the playoff places again, but a late 2–1 comeback victory away to Wrexham in the penultimate match (the final game in hand) confirmed a place in the playoffs.^[5][8] Martin Allen selected a predominantly youth and reserve lineup for the final match of the league season versus already-promoted Hull City and the experimental team secured a 2–1 victory and a 4th-place finish in League One.^[5][9] Despite finishing 4th, the 9 goals conceded during the three consecutive defeats in April saw Brentford finish the season with a goal difference of -3.^[10]

Brentford met 5th-place Sheffield Wednesday in the 2005 League One playoffs, but a 1–0 defeat in the first leg at Hillsbrough left Brentford with a mountain to climb and despite an improved performance in the second leg,^[11] the Bees crumbled and conceded twice to effectively end the tie, with Andy Frampton grabbing a late consolation.^[12]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town (C) (P)	46	29	11	6	87	48	+39	98	Promotion to 2005–06 Football League Championship
2	Hull City (P)	46	26	8	12	80	53	+27	86
3	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	13	11	73	55	+18	79	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Brentford	46	22	9	15	57	60	−3	75
5	Sheffield Wednesday (P)	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	AFC 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	−2	63
13	Barnsley	46	14	19	13	69	64	+5	61
14	Walsall	46	16	12	18	65	69	−4	60
15	Colchester United	46	14	17	15	60	50	+10	59
16	Blackpool	46	15	12	19	54	59	−5	57
17	Chesterfield	46	14	15	17	55	62	−7	57
18	Port Vale	46	17	5	24	49	59	−10	56
19	Oldham Athletic	46	14	10	22	60	73	−13	52
20	Milton Keynes Dons	46	12	15	19	54	67	−13	51
21	Torquay United (R)	46	12	15	19	54	79	−25	51	Relegation to 2005–06 Football League Two
22	Wrexham (R)	46	13	14	19	62	80	−18	043^‡
23	Peterborough United (R)	46	9	12	25	49	73	−24	39
24	Stockport County (R)	46	6	8	32	48	98	−50	26

Updated to games played on May 2005.
Source: http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-one/2004-2005/table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
^‡Wrexham deducted 10 points for entering administration.^[13]

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League One

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	7 August 2004	Chesterfield	A	1–3	4,651	Rhodes
2	10 August 2004	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–3	5,621	Rankin, Hargreaves, Burton, Tabb
3	14 August 2004	Wrexham	H	1–0	5,091	O'Connor
4	21 August 2004	Peterborough United	A	0–3	4,868
5	28 August 2004	Stockport County	H	3–0	4,643	Dobson, Salako, Burton
6	30 August 2004	Bristol City	A	1–4	10,296	O'Connor
7	4 September 2004	Bournemouth	H	2–1	5,682	Talbot, Rankin
8	11 September 2004	Torquay United	A	2–2	3,458	Hargreaves, Sodje
9	18 September 2004	Port Vale	H	1–0	5,442	Salako (pen)
10	25 September 2004	Walsall	A	0–1	5,302
11	2 October 2004	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	5,818	Rankin, Burton
12	9 October 2004	Barnsley	A	0–0	8,453
13	16 October 2004	Milton Keynes Dons	A	0–0	5,924
14	19 October 2004	Hartlepool United	H	2–1	4,797	Rankin, Burton
15	23 October 2004	Blackpool	H	0–3	6,722
16	30 October 2004	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	8,740
17	7 November 2004	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	10,810	Sodje
18	20 November 2004	Bradford City	H	1–2	5,909	Rhodes
19	27 November 2004	Hull City	A	0–2	15,710
20	7 December 2004	Luton Town	H	2–0	6,393	Burton, May
21	11 December 2004	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	21,592	Rhodes, Burton
22	18 December 2004	Colchester United	H	1–0	5,634	Salako
23	26 December 2004	Torquay United	H	1–3	6,419	Sodje
24	28 December 2004	Swindon Town	A	0–3	6,875
25	1 January 2005	Bournemouth	A	2–3	8,072	Rankin (2)
26	3 January 2005	Walsall	H	1–0	5,084	Broad (og)
27	15 January 2005	Port Vale	A	1–0	4,230	Hutchinson
28	22 January 2005	Swindon Town	H	2–1	5,867	Burton, Hunt
29	25 January 2005	Barnsley	H	1–1	4,835	Sodje
30	5 February 2005	Milton Keynes Dons	H	1–0	5,077	Hunt (pen)
31	22 February 2005	Hartlepool United	A	1–3	4,206	Rankin
32	26 February 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–3	8,323	Burton, Peters, Hunt
33	5 March 2005	Colchester United	A	1–0	3,066	Tabb
34	12 March 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0	5,525
35	15 March 2005	Oldham Athletic	A	2–0	4,291	S.P. Fitzgerald
36	19 March 2005	Chesterfield	H	2–2	6,097	Burton, Tabb
37	22 March 2005	Blackpool	A	1–2	5,478	Pratley
38	28 March 2005	Peterborough United	H	0–0	6,341
39	2 April 2005	Stockport County	A	2–1	4,408	S.P. Fitzgerald, Sodje
40	9 April 2005	Bristol City	H	1–0	6,780	Sodje
41	12 April 2005	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	6,005	Turner
42	16 April 2005	Bradford City	A	1–4	6,743	Tabb
43	23 April 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	7,703	Owusu
44	30 April 2005	Luton Town	A	2–4	9,313	Sodje, Burton
45	3 May 2005	Wrexham	A	2–1	4,374	Rankin, S.P. Fitzgerald
46	7 May 2005	Hull City	H	2–1	9,604	Sobers, Tabb

Football League Play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
SF (1st leg)	12 May 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	28,625
SF (2nd leg)	16 May 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2 (lost 3–1 on aggregate)	10,823	Frampton

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
R1	12 November 2004	Bristol City	A	1–1	7,547	Salako
R1 (replay)	25 November 2004	Bristol City	H	1–1 (a.e.t, won 4–3 on pens)	3,706	Frampton
R2	5 December 2004	Hinckley United	A	0–0	2,661
R2 (replay)	14 December 2004	Hinckley United	H	2–1	4,002	Rhodes, Talbot
R3	8 January 2005	Luton Town	A	2–0	6,861	Hargreaves, Tabb
R4	29 January 2005	Hartlepool United	H	0–0	8,967
R4 (replay)	12 February 2005	Hartlepool United	A	1–0	7,580	Rankin
R5	19 February 2005	Southampton	A	2–2	24,741	Rankin, Sodje
R5 (replay)	1 March 2005	Southampton	H	1–3	11,720	Hutchinson

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R1	24 August 2004	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	10,190

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
SR1	28 September 2004	Milton Keynes Dons	H	0–3	1,679

• Sources: Soccerbase, 11v11

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2004–05 season.

No	Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
	Goalkeepers
1	GK	Stuart Nelson		17 September 1981 (aged 22)	Hucknall Town	2004
21	GK	Josh Lennie		26 March 1986 (aged 18)	Trainee	2003	Loaned to Carshalton Athletic and Maidenhead United
31	GK	Ademola Bankole		9 September 1969 (aged 34)	Unattached	2005	Goalkeeping coach
45	GK	Clark Masters		31 May 1987 (aged 17)	Trainee	2005
	Defenders
2	DF	Michael Dobson (c)		9 April 1981 (aged 23)	Trainee	1999
3	DF	Andy Myers		3 November 1973 (aged 30)	Colchester United	2004
5	DF	Michael Turner		9 November 1983 (aged 20)	Charlton Athletic	2004	Loaned from Charlton Athletic before transferring permanently Allotted squad number 27 while on loan
6	DF	Scott B. Fitzgerald		13 August 1969 (aged 34)	Colchester United	2004
12	DF	Andy Frampton		3 September 1979 (aged 24)	Crystal Palace	2002
16	DF	Kevin O'Connor		24 February 1982 (aged 22)	Trainee	2000
17	DF	Sam Sodje		14 July 1980 (aged 24)	Margate	2004
20	DF	Jamie Palmer		25 November 1985 (aged 18)	Trainee	2005	Loaned to Kingstonian and Staines Town
22	DF	Sean Hillier		19 April 1986 (aged 18)	Trainee	2004	Loaned to Welling United, Hendon and North Greenford United
37	DF	Darius Charles		10 December 1987 (aged 16)	Trainee	2004
38	DF	Karleigh Osborne		19 March 1988 (aged 16)	Trainee	2004
42	DF	Ahmet Rifat		3 January 1986 (aged 18)	Reading	2005
44	DF	Ryan Watts		18 May 1988 (aged 16)	Trainee	2005
	Midfielders
4	MF	Stewart Talbot		14 June 1973 (aged 31)	Rotherham United	2004
7	MF	Eddie Hutchinson		23 February 1982 (aged 22)	Sutton United	2000
8	MF	Jay Tabb		21 February 1984 (aged 20)	Crystal Palace	2000
10	MF	Stephen Hunt		1 August 1981 (aged 23)	Crystal Palace	2001
11	MF	Chris Hargreaves		12 May 1972 (aged 32)	Northampton Town	2004
15	MF	Alex Rhodes		23 January 1982 (aged 22)	Newmarket Town	2003
19	MF	San Lee		5 October 1985 (aged 18)	West Ham United	2004
23	MF	Luke Muldowney		31 July 1986 (aged 18)	Trainee	2004	Loaned to Kingstonian and Staines Town
24	MF	James Morrison		22 September 1985 (aged 18)	Trainee	2004	Loaned to Hendon and Chertsey Town
25	MF	Ryan Peters		21 August 1987 (aged 16)	Trainee	2004	Loaned to Windsor & Eton and Gravesend & Northfleet
26	MF	John Salako		11 February 1969 (aged 35)	Reading	2004
28	MF	Jamie Lawrence		8 March 1970 (aged 34)	Grimsby Town	2004
29	MF	Darren Pratley		22 April 1985 (aged 19)	Fulham	2005	On loan from Fulham
39	MF	Scott Weight		3 April 1987 (aged 17)	Trainee	2004
40	MF	George Moleski		27 July 1987 (aged 17)	Trainee	2005
43	MF	Aaron Steele		1 February 1987 (aged 17)	Trainee	2004
	Forwards
9	FW	Isaiah Rankin		22 May 1978 (aged 26)	Grimsby Town	2004
14	FW	Matt Harrold		24 July 1984 (aged 20)	Harlow Town	2003	Loaned to Dagenham & Redbridge and Grimsby Town
18	FW	Deon Burton		25 October 1976 (aged 27)	Portsmouth	2004
30	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald		18 November 1979 (aged 24)	Watford	2005	Loaned from Watford before transferring permanently
32	FW	Jerrome Sobers		18 April 1986 (aged 18)	Ipswich Town	2005	On loan from Ipswich Town
33	FW	Marcus Gayle		27 September 1970 (aged 33)	Watford	2005
41	FW	Charlie Ide		10 May 1988 (aged 16)	Trainee	2005
	Players who left the club mid-season
27	FW	Ben May		10 March 1984 (aged 20)	Millwall	2004	Returned to Millwall after loan expired
29	FW	Steve Claridge		10 April 1966 (aged 38)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2004	Loaned to Wycombe Wanderers, released
30	DF	Matt Somner		8 December 1982 (aged 21)	Trainee	2001	Loaned to Cambridge United, transferred to Cambridge United
31	GK	Alan Julian		11 March 1983 (aged 21)	Trainee	2001	Transferred to Stevenage Borough
32	MF	Jay Smith		29 December 1981 (aged 22)	Trainee	2001	Transferred to Farnborough Town
32	FW	Richard Pacquette		28 January 1983 (aged 21)	Fisher Athletic	2004	Non-contract

• Source: Soccerbase

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Martin Allen	Manager
Adrian Whitbread	First Team Coach
Ademola Bankole	Goalkeeping Coach
Damien Doyle	Sports Therapist
Matt Hirons	Physiotherapist
John Griffin	Chief Scout

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Play-offs		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Stuart Nelson	43	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	55	0
2	DF		Michael Dobson	13 (5)	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18 (5)	1
3	DF		Andy Myers	6 (4)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9 (4)	0
4	MF		Stewart Talbot	35 (2)	1	9	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	46 (3)	2
5	DF		Michael Turner	45	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	55	1
6	DF		Scott B. Fitzgerald	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
7	MF		Eddie Hutchinson	14 (1)	1	5 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	21 (2)	2
8	MF		Jay Tabb	29 (11)	5	5 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	36 (17)	6
9	FW		Isaiah Rankin	33 (8)	8	8 (1)	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	41 (12)	10
10	MF		Stephen Hunt	13 (6)	3	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15 (9)	3
11	MF		Chris Hargreaves	30	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	39	3
12	DF		Andy Frampton	34 (1)	0	6 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	43 (2)	2
14	FW		Matt Harrold	6 (13)	0	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8 (16)	0
15	MF		Alex Rhodes	4 (18)	3	1 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7 (21)	4
16	DF		Kevin O'Connor	32 (5)	2	4 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	38 (6)	2
17	DF		Sam Sodje	40	7	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	50	8
18	MF		Deon Burton	38 (2)	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	50	10
20	DF		Jamie Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	GK		Josh Lennie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
22	DF		Sean Hillier	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF		Luke Muldowney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF		Ryan Peters	1 (8)	1	0 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3 (9)	1
26	MF		John Salako	30 (5)	4	8 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	39 (7)	5
28	MF		Jamie Lawrence	8 (6)	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12 (7)	0
29	FW		Steve Claridge	3 (1)	0	0	0	—		—		—		3 (1)	0
30	DF		Matt Somner	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		1 (1)	0
30	FW		Scott P. Fitzgerald	7 (5)	4	—		—		—		1	0	8 (5)	4
31	GK		Alan Julian	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
31	GK		Ademola Bankole	3	0	—		—		—		0	0	3	0
32	MF		Jay Smith	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1 (2)	0
32	FW		Richard Pacquette	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
33	FW		Marcus Gayle	4 (2)	0	—		—		—		1 (1)	0	5 (3)	0
37	DF		Darius Charles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	DF		Karleigh Osborne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	MF		Scott Weight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
40	MF		George Moleski	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
41	FW		Charlie Ide	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
44	DF		Ryan Watts	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
	Players loaned in during the season
27	FW		Ben May	7 (3)	1	4 (2)	0	—		—		—		11 (5)	1
29	MF		Darren Pratley	11 (3)	1	—		—		—		2	0	13 (3)	1
32	FW		Jerrome Sobers	1	1	—		—		—		0	0	1	1

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1	FAC	FLC	FLT	FLP	Total
18	FW		Deon Burton	10	0	0	0	0	10
9	FW		Isaiah Rankin	8	2	0	0	0	10
17	DF		Sam Sodje	7	1	0	0	0	8
8	MF		Jay Tabb	5	1	0	0	0	6
26	MF		John Salako	4	1	0	0	0	5
30	FW		Scott P. Fitzgerald	4	—	—	—	0	4
15	MF		Alex Rhodes	3	1	0	0	0	4
10	MF		Stephen Hunt	3	0	0	0	0	3
11	MF		Chris Hargreaves	2	1	0	0	0	3
16	DF		Kevin O'Connor	2	0	0	0	0	2
4	MF		Stewart Talbot	1	1	0	0	0	2
7	MF		Eddie Hutchinson	1	1	0	0	0	2
12	DF		Andy Frampton	0	1	0	0	1	2
2	DF		Michael Dobson	1	0	0	0	0	1
5	DF		Michael Turner	1	0	0	0	0	1
25	MF		Ryan Peters	1	0	0	0	0	1
27	FW		Ben May	1	0	—	—	—	1
29	MF		Darren Pratley	1	—	—	—	0	1
32	FW		Jerrome Sobers	1	—	—	—	0	1
Opponent				1	0	0	0	0	1
Total				57	10	0	0	1	68

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
				P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Martin Allen		7 August 2004	16 May 2005	59	25	14	20	42.37|	46	22	9	15	47.83

Summary

Games played	59 (46 League One, 9 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Games won	25 (22 League One, 3 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Games drawn	14 (9 League One, 5 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Games lost	20 (15 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Goals scored	68 (57 League One, 10 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs)
Goals conceded	76 (60 League One, 8 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs)
Clean sheets	21 (17 League One, 4 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Biggest league win	3–0 versus Stockport County, 28 August 2004
Worst league defeat	3–0 on three occasions, 4–1 on two occasions
Most appearances	55, Stuart Nelson (43 League One, 9 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Top scorer (league)	10, Deon Burton
Top scorer (all competitions)	10, Deon Burton & Isaiah Rankin

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
27 May 2004	FW	Isaiah Rankin	Grimsby Town	Free	[14]
27 May 2004	DF	Sam Sodje	Margate	Free	[14]
11 June 2004	DF	Scott B. Fitzgerald	Colchester United	Free	[15]
11 June 2004	MF	Chris Hargreaves	Northampton Town	Free	[15]
11 June 2004	DF	Andy Myers	Colchester United	Free	[15]
13 July 2004	MF	San Lee	West Ham United	Free	[16]
16 July 2004	FW	Deon Burton	Portsmouth	Free	[16]
20 July 2004	MF	John Salako	Reading	Free	[16]
2 November 2004	DF	Michael Turner	Charlton Athletic	Nominal	[17]
26 November 2004	FW	Richard Pacquette	Fisher Athletic	Non-contract	[17]
17 December 2004	FW	Steve Claridge	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[18]
4 February 2005	GK	Ademola Bankole	Unattached	Free	[19]
24 March 2005	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald	Watford	Undisclosed	[20]
24 March 2005	FW	Marcus Gayle	Watford	Non-contract	[20]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
4 August 2004	DF	Michael Turner	Charlton Athletic	1 November 2004	[21]
3 December 2004	FW	Ben May	Millwall	23 February 2005	[22]
22 February 2005	DF	Darren Pratley	Fulham	End of season	[19]
4 March 2005	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald	Watford	23 March 2005	[20]
24 March 2005	FW	Jerrome Sobers	Ipswich Town	End of season	[20]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2004	DF	Ibrahima Sonko	Reading	Free	[23]
22 October 2004	MF	Jay Smith	Farnborough Town	Free	[24]
2 February 2005	DF	Matt Somner	Cambridge United	Free	[19]
4 February 2005	GK	Alan Julian	Stevenage Borough	Undisclosed	[19]
10 February 2005	GK	Steve Claridge	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	[19]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
3 September 2004	MF	Sean Hillier	Welling United	27 September 2004	[24]
September 2004	MF	Ryan Peters	Windsor & Eton	October 2004	[25]
October 2004	GK	Josh Lennie	Carshalton Athletic	January 2005	[26]
1 December 2004	DF	Matt Somner	Cambridge United	1 February 2005	[18]
10 December 2004	MF	Ryan Peters	Gravesend & Northfleet	10 January 2005	[27]
17 December 2004	FW	Matt Harrold	Dagenham & Redbridge	17 January 2005	[24]
23 December 2004	MF	Luke Muldowney	Kingstonian	16 March 2005	[28]
23 December 2004	DF	Jamie Palmer	Kingstonian	16 March 2005	[28]
13 January 2005	FW	Steve Claridge	Wycombe Wanderers	9 February 2005	[29]
January 2005	MF	Sean Hillier	Hendon	February 2005	[30]
January 2005	MF	James Morrison	Hendon	February 2005	[30]
February 2005	MF	Sean Hillier	North Greenford United	End of season	[31]
February 2005	GK	Josh Lennie	Maidenhead United	n/a	[32]
February 2005	MF	James Morrison	Chertsey Town	2005	[33]
4 March 2005	FW	Matt Harrold	Grimsby Town	4 May 2005	[24]
March 2005	MF	Luke Muldowney	Staines Town	End of season	[34]
March 2005	DF	Jamie Palmer	Staines Town	End of season	[35]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
13 December 2004	MF	Richard Pacquette	Farnborough Town	7 December 2004	[24]
30 June 2005	GK	Josh Lennie	AFC Wimbledon	1 July 2005	[36]
30 June 2005	DF	Scott B. Fitzgerald	Retired		[37]
30 June 2005	MF	Sean Hillier	AFC Wimbledon	30 July 2005	[37]
30 June 2005	FW	Jamie Lawrence	Fisher Athletic	2005	[37]
30 June 2005	MF	James Morrison	Chertsey Town	2005	[37]
30 June 2005	MF	Luke Muldowney	Staines Town	2005	[37]
30 June 2005	DF	Andy Myers	Retired		[37]
30 June 2005	DF	Jamie Palmer	Staines Town	2005	[35]
30 June 2005	DF	Ahmet Rifat	Wingate & Finchley	2005	[38]
30 June 2005	MF	John Salako	Retired		[39]
30 June 2005	MF	Scott Weight	Hampton & Richmond Borough	2005	[40]

Awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year: Sam Sodje^[41]
• Players' Player of the Year: Michael Turner^[42]
• Most Improved Player of the Year: Kevin O'Connor^[43]
• Football League One Manager of the Month: Martin Allen (September 2004)^[44]

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