2004–05 Everton F.C. season

Everton

2004–05 season
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	David Moyes
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Tim Cahill (11) All: Tim Cahill (12)
Home colours Away colours
← 2003-04 2005-06 →

During the 2004–05 English football season, Everton competed in the Premier League.

Competition	Result	Top scorer
Premier League	4th	Tim Cahill, 11
FA Cup	Fifth round	James McFadden, 2
League Cup	Fourth round	Duncan Ferguson, 1 Nick Chadwick, 1 Lee Carsley, 1 Marcus Bent, 1 Thomas Gravesen, 1

Season summary

Many pundits had tipped Everton for relegation that season: having escaped relegation from the Premier League by six points the previous season, Everton's task to stay in English football's top flight only seemed harder after the multi-million pound transfer of teenage striker Wayne Rooney to Manchester United after setting the summer's European Championships alight. However, the season turned out to be Everton's most successful in Premier League history as they placed fourth in the league with 61pts. Everton kept pace with the likes of Chelsea (95pts) and Arsenal (83pts) at the Premier League summit for the first half of the season, finishing 2004 only a few points adrift of leaders Chelsea. Although Everton's title challenge eventually fizzled out following the sale of out-of-contract midfielder Thomas Gravesen to Spanish giants Real Madrid, they were able to see off competition from arch-rivals Liverpool (58pts) and fellow northwesterners Bolton Wanderers (58pts) to finish in fourth place, three points ahead of both teams. This secured the Toffees qualification to the 2005-06 Champions League, in which they would enter the tournament in the third qualifying round. In the summer, manager David Moyes splashed the cash on the likes of Netherlands and Inter Milan winger Andy van der Meyde in a bid to keep Everton in a position to make a serious challenge for European qualification the following season.

Despite their high league finish, Everton had the unwanted distinction of finishing with a negative goal difference, as a result of an embarrassing 7-0 humbling at Arsenal in the penultimate game of the season.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	29	8	1	72	15	+57	95	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	25	8	5	87	36	+51	83
3	Manchester United	38	22	11	5	58	26	+32	77	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Everton	38	18	7	13	45	46	−1	61
5	Liverpool	38	17	7	14	52	41	+11	58	2005–06 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round ^1
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	10	12	49	44	+5	58	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round ^2
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	52	−7	47
11	Charlton Athletic	38	12	10	16	42	58	−16	46
12	Birmingham City	38	11	12	15	40	46	−6	45
13	Fulham	38	12	8	18	52	60	−8	44
14	Newcastle United	38	10	14	14	47	57	−10	44	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	32	43	−11	42
16	Portsmouth	38	10	9	19	43	59	−16	39
17	West Bromwich Albion	38	6	16	16	36	61	−25	34
18	Crystal Palace (R)	38	7	12	19	41	62	−21	33	Relegation to the 2005–06 Football League Championship
19	Norwich City (R)	38	7	12	19	42	77	−35	33
20	Southampton (R)	38	6	14	18	45	66	−21	32

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^1. Though they failed to qualify for the Champions League as one of the top four English clubs at the end of the season, Liverpool were given a special dispensation to compete as they were defending champions of the European competition. They were, however, forced to enter in the first qualifying round. See Liverpool F.C. 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualification
^2. Since the finalists of the 2004–05 FA Cup, Arsenal and Manchester United, as well as Chelsea, who won the 2004–05 Football League Cup, were confirmed to qualify for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, and the fifth-placed team (Liverpool) were moved to the Champions League, the sixth and seventh-placed teams in the Premier League were rewarded with entry to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
(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.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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 Richard Wright 2 DF Steve Watson 3 DF Alessandro Pistone 4 DF Alan Stubbs 5 DF David Weir (captain) 6 MF Mikel Arteta (on loan from Real Sociedad) 7 FW Marcus Bent 8 FW James Beattie 10 FW Duncan Ferguson 11 FW James McFadden 14 MF Kevin Kilbane[1]

No. Position Player 15 DF Gary Naysmith 17 MF Tim Cahill 20 DF Joseph Yobo 21 MF Leon Osman 22 DF Tony Hibbert 23 DF Eddy Bosnar 24 MF Guillaume Plessis 25 GK Nigel Martyn 26 MF Lee Carsley[2] 31 FW James Vaughan

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 FW Kevin Campbell (to West Bromwich Albion) 16 MF Thomas Gravesen (to Real Madrid) 18 FW Wayne Rooney (to Manchester United)

No. Position Player 19 FW Nick Chadwick (to Plymouth Argyle) 27 DF Peter Clarke (to Blackpool)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 12 MF Li Tie 32 DF Daniel Fox[3] 33 DF Anthony Gerrard[4] 37 GK Iain Turner

No. Position Player DF Mark Hughes DF Laurence Wilson FW Paul Hopkins

Transfers

In

• Marcus Bent - Ipswich Town, £450,000, 23 June^[5]
• Tim Cahill - Millwall, undisclosed (estimated £2,000,000), 23 July^[6]
• Eddy Bosnar - Sturm Graz, free, 4 August^[7]
• James Beattie - Southampton, £6,000,000, 4 January^[8]
• Mikel Arteta - Real Sociedad, five-month loan, 1 February^[9]
• Bjarni Viðarsson - FH, undisclosed

Out

• Joey Jones - Macclesfield Town, free, 18 May^[10]
• Niclas Alexandersson - Gothenburg, free, 1 July^[11]
• Paul Gerrard - Nottingham Forest, free, 2 July^[12]
• Steve Simonsen - Stoke City, free, 8 July
• David Unsworth - Portsmouth, free, 12 July^[13]
• Tomasz Radzinski - Fulham, undisclosed, 23 July^[14]
• Tobias Linderoth - Copenhagen, undisclosed, 30 July
• Steven Schumacher - Bradford City, free, 30 July^[15]
• Michael Symes - Bradford City, free, 30 July
• Scot Gemmill - Leicester City, free, 5 August^[16]
• Wayne Rooney - Manchester United, £20,000,000 (rising to £27,000,000 depending on appearances and achievements), 31 August^[17]
• Kevin Campbell - West Bromwich Albion, free, 10 January^[18]
• Thomas Gravesen - Real Madrid, £2,500,000, 14 January^[19]
• Nick Chadwick - Plymouth Argyle, £250,000, 8 February^[20]
• Peter Clarke - Blackpool

Results

Premier League

Everton v Arsenal

15 August 2004 1	Everton	1–4	Arsenal	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Carsley  37'  64' Osman  43'	Report	Bergkamp  23' Reyes  39' Cole  53' Ljungberg  54' Pirès  83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,521 Referee: Mike Riley

Crystal Palace v Everton

21 August 2004 2	Crystal Palace	1–3	Everton	Croydon, London
	Hudson  9'	Report	Gravesen 19' (pen) Naysmith  71' Bent  82'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,666 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Everton v West Bromwich Albion

28 August 2004 3	Everton	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Osman  2', 70'	Report	Dobie  7'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,510 Referee: Peter Walton

Manchester United v Everton

30 August 2004 4	Manchester United	0–0	Everton	Trafford, Greater Manchester
		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,803 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Manchester City v Everton

11 September 2004 5	Manchester City	0–1	Everton	Manchester
15:00		Report	Cahill  60'  61'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,006 Referee: Steve Bennett

Everton v Middlesbrough

19 September 2004 6	Everton	1–0	Middlesbrough	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Bent  47'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,078 Referee: Howard Webb

Portsmouth v Everton

26 September 2004 7	Portsmouth	0–1	Everton	Portsmouth, Hampshire
		Report	Cahill  80'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,125 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

2 October 2004 8	Everton	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report	Pamarot  53'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,264 Referee: Graham Poll

Everton v Southampton

16 October 2004 9	Everton	1–0	Southampton	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Osman  88'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,256 Referee: Barry Knight

Norwich City v Everton

23 October 2004 10	Norwich City	2–3	Everton	Norwich, Norfolk
12:45 BST	McKenzie  48' Francis  57'	Report	Kilbane  10' Bent  40' Ferguson  73'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,871 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Everton v Aston Villa

30 October 2004 11	Everton	1–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Bent  33'	Report	Hendrie  26'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,816 Referee: Steve Dunn

Chelsea v Everton

6 November 2004 12	Chelsea	1–0	Everton	Fulham, London
	Robben  72'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,965 Referee: Mike Riley

Birmingham City v Everton

13 November 2004 13	Birmingham City	0–1	Everton	Birmingham, West Midlands
17:15 GMT (UTC)		Report	Gravesen  69' (pen.)	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,388 Referee: Rob Styles

Everton v Fulham

20 November 2004 14	Everton	1–0	Fulham	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Ferguson  67'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,763 Referee: Graham Poll

Newcastle United v Everton

28 November 2004 15	Newcastle United	1–1	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
	Bellamy  5'	Report	Carsley  56'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,247 Referee: Neale Barry

Everton v Bolton Wanderers

4 December 2004 16	Everton	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Ferguson  45' Gravesen  75' Jaïdi  85' (o.g.)	Report	Davies  16', 59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,929 Referee: Howard Webb

Everton v Liverpool

11 December 2004 17	Everton	1–0	Liverpool	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Carsley  68'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,552 Referee: Steve Bennett

Blackburn Rovers v Everton

18 December 2004 18	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Everton	Blackburn, Lancashire
		Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,191 Referee: Mark Halsey

Everton v Manchester City

26 December 2004 19	Everton	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool, Merseyside
15:00	Cahill  22' Bent  63'	Report	Fowler  42' Negouai  83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,530 Referee: Phil Dowd

Charlton Athletic v Everton

28 December 2004 20	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Everton	Greenwich, London
	El Karkouri  82' Hreidarsson  85'	Report	Ferguson  83'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 27,001 Referee: Mike Riley

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

1 January 2005 21	Tottenham Hotspur	5–2	Everton	Haringey, London
	Marney  16', 80' Ziegler  27' Mendes  59' Keane  68'	Report	Cahill  40' McFadden  87'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,102 Referee: Steve Dunn

Everton v Portsmouth

4 January 2005 22	Everton	2–1	Portsmouth	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Stubbs  29' Osman  90'	Report	Yakubu  31'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,480 Referee: Peter Walton

Middlesbrough v Everton

16 January 2005 23	Middlesbrough	1–1	Everton	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
	Zenden  26'	Report	Cahill  76'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,794 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Everton v Charlton Athletic

22 January 2005 24	Everton	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report	Holland  45'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,041 Referee: Howard Webb

Everton v Norwich City

2 February 2005 25	Everton	1–0	Norwich City	Liverpool, Merseyside
19:45 GMT	Ferguson  78'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,485 Referee: Alan Wiley

Southampton v Everton

6 February 2005 26	Southampton	2–2	Everton	Southampton, Hampshire
	Crouch  36' Camara  55'	Report	Beattie  4' Bent  90'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,509 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Everton v Chelsea

12 February 2005 27	Everton	0–1	Chelsea	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Beattie  8'	Report	Gudjohnsen  69'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,270 Referee: Mike Riley

Aston Villa v Everton

26 February 2005 28	Aston Villa	1–3	Everton	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Solano  46'	Report	Osman  17', 67' Cahill  48'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,248 Referee: Graham Poll

Everton v Blackburn Rovers

6 March 2005 29	Everton	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report	Stead  71'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,406 Referee: Phil Dowd

Liverpool v Everton

20 March 2005 30	Liverpool	2–1	Everton	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Gerrard  27' Luis García  32'	Report	Cahill  82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,224 Referee: Rob Styles

West Bromwich Albion v Everton

3 April 2005 31	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Everton	West Bromwich, West Midlands
	Gera  63'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,805 Referee: Graham Poll

Everton v Crystal Palace

10 April 2005 32	Everton	4–0	Crystal Palace	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Arteta  7' Cahill  47', 54' Vaughan  87'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,519 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Everton v Manchester United

20 April 2005 33	Everton	1–0	Manchester United	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Ferguson  55'	Report	G. Neville  72' Scholes  90'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,160 Referee: Phil Dowd

Everton v Birmingham City

23 April 2005 34	Everton	1–1	Birmingham City	Liverpool, Merseyside
12:30 BST (UTC+01)	Ferguson  86'	Report	Heskey  5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,828 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Fulham v Everton

30 April 2005 35	Fulham	2–0	Everton	Fulham, London
	John  15' McBride  39'	Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 21,881 Referee: Steve Bennett

Everton v Newcastle United

7 May 2005 36	Everton	2–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Weir  43' Cahill  59'	Report	Ameobi  56'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,438 Referee: Barry Knight

Arsenal v Everton

11 May 2005 37	Arsenal	7–0	Everton	Islington, London
	van Persie  8' Pirès  12', 50' Vieira  37' Edu  70' (pen.) Bergkamp  77' Flamini  85'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,073 Referee: Alan Wiley

Bolton Wanderers v Everton

15 May 2005 38	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Everton	Bolton, Greater Manchester
	N'Gotty  45' Jaidi  53' Davies  61' Stelios  66'	Report	Cahill  9' Carsley  63'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,701 Referee: Neale Barry

FA Cup

• Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Everton (attendance 20,112)
• Everton 3–0 Sunderland (attendance 33,186)
• Everton 0–2 Manchester United (attendance 38,664)

League Cup

• 22 September 2004: Bristol City 2–2 Everton (3–4 pen.)
• 27 October 2004: Everton 2–0 Preston North End

Arsenal v Everton

9 November 2004	Arsenal	3–1	Everton	London
	Owusu-Abeyie  25' Lupoli  52', 85'	Report	Gravesen  8'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 27,791 Referee: Alan Wiley

References

1. Kilbane was born in Preston, England.
2. Carsley was born in Birmingham, England.
3. Fox was born in Winsford, England, and has represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in November 2009.
4. Gerrard was born in Huyton, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has played for them at youth level.
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