2004–05 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

2004–05 season
Chairman	Peter Heard[1]
Manager	Phil Parkinson
League One	15th
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	3rd Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Neil Danns (11) All: Craig Fagan (14)
Highest home attendance	4,834 (Torquay United)
Lowest home attendance	2,616 (Walsall)
Average home league attendance	3,534
Home colours
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The 2004–05 season was Colchester United's seventh consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season Review

West Brom became the last-ever top flight club to visit Layer Road on 21 September 2004. Colchester didn't disappoint winning the League Cup tie 2–1 to earn a trip to another Premiership side in Southampton. Backed by a huge half-term holiday following, United scared their lofty opponents before bowing out 3–2.

League form was relatively poor with nine home defeats and just four wins in a 25-game mid season spell. No team managed to score more than two goals in the League against the U's but a mid-table spot was always on the cards.

A tricky set of draws in the FA Cup had Colchester winning through their travels to Mansfield, Rushden & Diamonds and Hull, although the Mansfield tie required a replay, before being paired with Premiership Blackburn at Ewood Park. United were shell-shocked from the moment goalkeeper Aidan Davison ensured his place on 'Football Bloopers' videos for life, applying an air shot to a tame backpass that struck a divot. United never recovered and lost 3–0.

With 15th place in 2004–05 considered a backward step, U's fans became increasingly frustrated at manager Phil Parkinson's 4–5–1 tactics at Layer Road.^[2]

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 GK Aidan Davison 2 DF Greg Halford 3 DF Joe Keith 4 DF Gavin Johnson 5 DF Wayne Brown 6 MF Kevin Watson 7 MF Karl Duguid 8 FW Gareth Williams 9 FW Marino Keith 10 MF Kemal Izzet 11 FW Jamie Cade 12 DF Pat Baldwin 13 GK Dean Gerken

No. Position Player 14 DF Stephen Hunt 15 DF Ben Bowditch 16 DF George Elokobi 17 MF Bobby Bowry 18 DF Liam Chilvers 19 DF Garry Richards 22 MF Ross Crouch 23 DF John White 25 DF Sam Stockley 26 MF Neil Danns 28 MF Richard Garcia 29 FW Jamie Guy 35 GK Mark Cousins

Player Info

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Aidan Davison	Sedgefield	11 May 1968	Grimsby Town	5 July 2004	Free
2	Greg Halford	Chelmsford	8 December 1984	Youth Team	1 August 2002	Free
3	Joe Keith	London	1 October 1978	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free
4	Gavin Johnson	Stowmarket	10 October 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free
5	Wayne Brown	Barking	20 August 1977	Watford	8 July 2004	Free
6	Kevin Watson	Hackney	3 January 1974	Reading	5 July 2004	Free
7	Karl Duguid	Hitchin	21 March 1978	Youth Team	16 July 1995	Free
8	Gareth Williams	Johannesburg	10 September 1982	Crystal Palace	31 August 2004	Free
9	Marino Keith	Peterhead	16 December 1974	Plymouth Argyle	1 March 2005	Free
10	Kemal Izzet	Whitechapel	29 September 1980	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free
11	Jamie Cade	Durham	15 January 1984	Middlesbrough	25 November 2003	Free
12	Pat Baldwin	London	12 November 1982	Chelsea	31 August 2002	Free
13	Dean Gerken	Southend-on-Sea	22 May 1985	Youth Team	1 August 2002	Free
14	Stephen Hunt	Southampton	11 November 1984	Southampton	5 July 2004	Free
15	Ben Bowditch	Harlow	19 February 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	10 August 2004	Free
16	George Elokobi	Mogadishu	31 January 1986	Dulwich Hamlet	1 August 2004	Free
17	Bobby Bowry	Croydon	19 May 1971	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free
18	Liam Chilvers	Chelmsford	6 November 1981	Arsenal	10 June 2004	Free
19	Garry Richards	Romford	11 June 1986	Youth Team	1 July 2004	Free
22	Ross Crouch	Colchester	26 March 1985	Youth Team	1 July 2004	Free
23	John White	Colchester	26 July 1986	Youth Team	1 July 2003	Free
25	Sam Stockley	Tiverton	5 September 1977	Oxford United	31 October 2002	Free
26	Neil Danns	Liverpool	23 November 1982	Blackburn Rovers	23 December 2004	Undisclosed
28	Richard Garcia	Perth	4 September 1981	West Ham United	3 September 2004	Undisclosed
29	Jamie Guy	Barking	1 August 1987	Youth Team	1 July 2004	Free
35	Mark Cousins	Chelmsford	9 January 1987	Youth Team	1 July 2004	Free

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
10 June 2004	DF	Liam Chilvers	Arsenal	Premier League	Free
1 July 2004	GK	Mark Cousins	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 July 2004	DF	Garry Richards	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 July 2004	MF	Ross Crouch	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 July 2004	FW	Jamie Guy	Youth Team	N/A	Free
5 July 2004	GK	Aidan Davison	Grimsby Town	Football League Two	Free
5 July 2004	DF	Stephen Hunt	Southampton	Premier League	Free
5 July 2004	MF	Kevin Watson	Reading	Football League Championship	Free
8 July 2004	DF	Wayne Brown	Watford	Football League Championship	Free
1 August 2004	DF	George Elokobi	Dulwich Hamlet	Isthmian League First Division	Free
10 August 2004	DF	Ben Bowditch	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	Free
31 August 2004	FW	Gareth Williams	Crystal Palace	Premier League	Free	Swap deal with Wayne Andrews
3 September 2004	MF	Richard Garcia	West Ham United	Football League Championship	Undisclosed
19 October 2004	GK	Andy Marriott	Coventry City	Football League Championship	Free
23 December 2004	MF	Neil Danns	Blackburn Rovers	Premier League	Undisclosed
21 January 2005	FW	Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	Sheffield Wednesday	Football League One	Free
1 March 2005	FW	Marino Keith	Plymouth Argyle	Football League Championship	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
2 June 2004	DF	Alan White	Leyton Orient	Football League Two	Free
11 June 2004	DF	Scott Fitzgerald	Brentford	Football League One	Free
11 June 2004	DF	Andy Myers	Brentford	Football League One	Free
24 June 2004	GK	Simon Brown	Hibernian	Scottish Premier League	Free
30 June 2004	GK	Richard McKinney	Walsall	Football League One	Free
30 June 2004	FW	Scott McGleish	Northampton Town	Football League Two	Free
24 July 2004	MF	Thomas Pinault	Grimsby Town	Football League Two	Free
31 August 2004	FW	Wayne Andrews	Crystal Palace	Premier League	£100,000	Swap with Gareth Williams
4 November 2004	GK	Andy Marriott	Bury	Football League Two	Free
28 February 2005	FW	Craig Fagan	Hull City	Football League One	£750,000

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
3 August 2004	FW	Ben May	Millwall	Football League Championship	20 October 2004
10 September 2004	MF	Neil Danns	Blackburn Rovers	Premier League	10 November 2004
17 March 2005	MF	Marc Goodfellow	Bristol City	Football League One	8 May 2005
24 March 2005	FW	Ryan Jarvis	Norwich City	Premier League	8 May 2005

Loans Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
27 January 2005	DF	George Elokobi	Chester City	Football League Two	27 February 2005
29 January 2005	DF	Garry Richards	Gravesend & Northfleet	Conference National	24 April 2005
17 March 2005	DF	Joe Keith	Bristol City	Football League One	8 May 2005

Results

League One Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

League One Results Round by Round

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	W
Position	1	1	1	3	2	2	4	2	6	6	4	4	6	7	11	13	15	14	13	14	17	18	18	17	18	18	17	15	17	17	15	16	16	17	18	18	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	15	16	15

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

League One Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–0	24,138	Fagan, Stockley, J. Keith
10 August 2004	Stockport County	H	3–2	3,346	Watson, Andrews, Fagan
14 August 2004	Peterborough United	H	2–1	3,754	Andrews (pen.), Ireland (o.g.)
21 August 2004	Chesterfield	A	1–2	4,028	Johnson
28 August 2004	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–1	3,803	Fagan, Johnson, Halford, J. Keith
30 August 2004	Hartlepool United	A	1–2	4,371	J. Keith
4 September 2004	Swindon Town	H	0–1	3,868
11 September 2004	Bournemouth	A	3–1	5,944	Fagan, Williams, May
18 September 2004	MK Dons	H	0–1	3,460
25 September 2004	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,166	Halford
2 October 2004	Port Vale	H	2–1	3,230	Danns (2)
9 October 2004	Walsall	A	1–2	5,203	Garcia
16 October 2004	Blackpool	A	1–1	6,464	Watson
19 October 2004	Wrexham	H	1–2	2,866	Danns
23 October 2004	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	3,420	Halford
30 October 2004	Bristol City	A	0–0	11,678
6 November 2004	Bradford City	A	2–2	7,851	Johnson (2)
20 November 2004	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	3,972
27 November 2004	Torquay United	A	3–1	2,984	Fagan (2), Garcia
7 December 2004	Barnsley	H	0–2	2,927
11 December 2004	Hull City	H	1–2	4,046	Williams
18 December 2004	Brentford	A	0–1	5,531
28 December 2004	Luton Town	A	2–2	8.806	Garcia, Halford
1 January 2005	Swindon Town	A	3–0	6,468	Johnson, Danns, Garcia
3 January 2005	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	3,873
15 January 2005	MK Dons	A	0–2	3,833
22 January 2005	Luton Town	H	0–0	4,309
21 January 2005	Walsall	H	5–0	2,616	Fagan (2), Johnson, Williams, Hunt
5 February 2005	Blackpool	H	0–1	3,526
12 February 2005	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	8,098	J. Keith
15 February 2005	Bournemouth	H	3–1	2,820	Johnson, Ndumbu-Nsungu, Danns
19 February 2005	Bristol City	H	0–2	3,412
22 February 2005	Wrexham	A	2–2	2,391	Danns, Brown
26 February 2005	Hull City	A	0–2	16,484
5 March 2005	Brentford	H	0–1	3,066
8 March 2005	Port Vale	A	0–0	3,496
12 March 2005	Stockport County	A	2–1	4,004	Danns (2)
19 March 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	4,169	Heckingbottom (o.g.)
25 March 2005	Peterborough United	A	3–0	4,084	Goodfellow, Danns, M. Keith
28 March 2005	Chesterfield	H	1–0	3,471	M. Keith
1 April 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	6,774	M. Keith
9 April 2005	Hartlepool United	H	1–1	3,649	Johnson
16 April 2005	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2	10,831	Danns, Chilvers
23 April 2005	Bradford City	H	0–0	3,351
30 April 2005	Barnsley	A	1–1	8,162	Johnson
7 May 2005	Torquay United	H	2–1	4,834	Danns, M. Keith

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 August 2004	R1	Cheltenham Town	H	2–1	2,144	Fagan, Johnson
21 September 2004	R2	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	4,591	Fagan, May
27 October 2004	R3	Southampton	A	3–2	20,588	Danns, Halford

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 September 2004	R1 (S)	Southend United	H	1–1 3–5 on Pens	3,469	Garcia

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 November 2004	R1	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	3,202	Halford
23 November 2004	R1 (R)	Mansfield Town	H	4–1	2,492	Garcia, Curtis (o.g.), Fagan (pen.), Williams (pen.)
4 December 2004	R2	Rushden & Diamonds	A	5–2	3,077	Halford (3), Fagan (2)
8 January 2005	R3	Hull City	A	2–0	14,027	Williams, Fagan
29 January 2005	R4	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–3	10,634

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Aidan Davison	39	0	33	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Greg Halford	53	9	44	4	5	4	3	1	1	0
3	DF		Joe Keith	40	4	31	4	5	0	3	0	1	0
4	DF		Gavin Johnson	44	10	37	9	4	0	2	1	1	0
5	DF		Wayne Brown	47	1	40	1	3	0	3	0	1	0
6	MF		Kevin Watson	53	2	44	2	5	0	3	0	1	0
7	MF		Karl Duguid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW		Gareth Williams	34	5	29	3	3	2	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Marino Keith	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Kemal Izzet	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Jamie Cade	13	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF		Pat Baldwin	46	0	38	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
13	GK		Dean Gerken	16	0	13	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF		Stephen Hunt	25	1	20	1	2	0	2	0	1	0
15	DF		Ben Bowditch	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		George Elokobi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Bobby Bowry	15	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF		Liam Chilvers	48	1	41	1	5	0	2	0	0	0
19	DF		Garry Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Marc Goodfellow	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Ross Crouch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		John White	24	0	20	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW		Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Sam Stockley	44	1	37	1	5	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF		Neil Danns	36	12	32	11	1	0	2	1	1	0
28	MF		Richard Garcia	30	6	24	4	3	1	2	0	1	1
29	FW		Jamie Guy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Ryan Jarvis	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Mark Cousins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
8	FW		Wayne Andrews	6	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Craig Fagan	34	14	26	8	5	4	3	2	0	0
20	FW		Ben May	16	2	14	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
30	GK		Andy Marriott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scorers

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All Scorer Goals Craig Fagan 14 Neil Danns 12 Gavin Johnson 10 Greg Halford 9 Richard Garcia 6 Gareth Williams 5 Joe Keith 4 Marino Keith Wayne Andrews 2 Ben May Kevin Watson Wayne Brown 1 Liam Chilvers Marc Goodfellow Stephen Hunt Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Sam Stockley Own goal 3

League Scorer Goals Neil Danns 11 Gavin Johnson 9 Craig Fagan 8 Richard Garcia 4 Greg Halford Joe Keith Marino Keith Gareth Williams 3 Wayne Andrews 2 Kevin Watson Wayne Brown 1 Liam Chilvers Marc Goodfellow Stephen Hunt Ben May Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Sam Stockley Own goal 2

FA Cup Scorer Goals Craig Fagan 4 Greg Halford Gareth Williams 2 Richard Garcia 1 Own goal 1

League Cup Scorer Goals Craig Fagan 2 Neil Danns 1 Greg Halford Gavin Johnson Ben May

League Trophy Scorer Goals Richard Garcia 1

Assists

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Assistant	League	Cup	Total
Kevin Watson	11	1	12
Greg Halford	8		9
Joe Keith	4	2	6
Craig Fagan		0	4
Sam Stockley	2	2
Ben May	3	0	3
Richard Garcia	1	2
Gareth Williams	2	0	2
Pat Baldwin	1		1
Neil Danns
Stephen Hunt
Bobby Bowry	0	1
Gavin Johnson
John White

Disciplinary record

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Pos.	Name	League		Cups		Total
DF	Pat Baldwin	2	0	3	0	5	0
DF	Wayne Brown	4	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Liam Chilvers	6	1	0	0	0	0
MF	Neil Danns	11	0	1	0	12	0
FW	Craig Fagan	10	1	3	0	13	1
MF	Richard Garcia	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Greg Halford	5	0	0	0	5	0
DF	Stephen Hunt	1	1	1	0	2	1
DF	Gavin Johnson	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Joe Keith	3	0	1	0	4	0
FW	Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Sam Stockley	5	0	1	0	6	0
MF	Kevin Watson	2	0	0	0	2	0

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4–5–1 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No. Pos. Name Apps. Goals 1 GK Aidan Davison 33 0 25 DF Sam Stockley 33 1 5 DF Wayne Brown 38 1 12 DF Pat Baldwin 35 0 18 DF Liam Chilvers 40 1 2 MF Greg Halford 43 4 26 MF Neil Danns 32 11 6 MF Kevin Watson 44 1 4 MF Gavin Johnson 36 9 3 MF Joe Keith 27 4 9 FW Craig Fagan 25 8

Davison Stockley Brown Baldwin Chilvers Halford Watson Johnson Danns Keith Fagan

References

1. Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
2. "The U's History: The 00s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
3. "2004–05 Season Appearance Data". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
4. "2004–05 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
5. "2004–05 Season Assists Data". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
6. "2004–05 Season Discipline Data". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.