2004–05 Football League

The Football League
Season 2004–05
Champions Sunderland
Promoted Sunderland
Wigan Athletic
West Ham United
Relegated Kidderminster Harriers
Cambridge United

The 2004–05 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th completed season of The Football League.

This season the league was contested through three divisions. 2004–05 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.

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

Final league tables and results

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season 2004–05
Champions Sunderland (4th second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League Sunderland,
Wigan Athletic
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs West Ham United
Relegated Gillingham,
Nottingham Forest,
Rotherham United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1342 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Nathan Ellington (Wigan Athletic), 24 [2]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Sunderland 4616434521133731207641+3594
2 Wigan Athletic 4613554215127437207935+4487
3 Ipswich Town 4617335326710632308556+2985
4 Derby County 4610763830123833307160+1176
5 Preston North End 4614724422751123366758+975
6 West Ham United 461256362495930326656+1073
7 Reading 4613733315661118295144+770
8 Sheffield United 46977282396829335756+167
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4691134026610732337259+1366
10 Millwall 4612563322671018235145+666
11 Queens Park Rangers 4610763226741222325458–462
12 Stoke City 4611210221868914203638–261
13 Burnley 4610762619581012203839–160
14 Leeds United 467106282678821264952–360
15 Leicester City 468872420413625264946+357
16 Cardiff City 4610492419311924324851–354
17 Plymouth Argyle 469863123531521415264–1253
18 Watford 4651082525761027345259–752
19 Coventry City 468783228561229456173–1252
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 467792429651216364065–2551
21 Crewe Alexandra 466893738661129486686–2050
22 Gillingham 4610672223281323434566–2150
23 Nottingham Forest 4671062628271416384266–2444
24 Rotherham United 4627141734371318353569–3429
Key
Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
Promoted to FA Premier League
Participated in play-offs
Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
Relegated

Championship play-offs

  Semifinals
1st leg –May 14th/15th; 2nd leg –May 18th/19th, 2005
Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
May 30th, 2005
                     
3rd  Ipswich Town 2 0 2  
6th  West Ham United 2 2 4  
    5th  Preston North End 0
  6th  West Ham United 1
4th  Derby County 0 0 0
5th  Preston North End 2 0 2  

[1]

Championship Topscorers

Rank Player Club League
1 England Nathan Ellington Wigan Athletic 24
2 Grenada Jason Roberts Wigan Athletic 21
= England Teddy Sheringham West Ham 21
4 Finland Shefki Kuqi Ipswich Town 20
= England Darren Bent Ipswich Town 20
6 Scotland Kenny Miller Wolverhampton Wanderers 19
= England Dave Kitson Reading 19
8 England Marlon Harewood West Ham 18
= England Paul Furlong Queens Park Rangers 18
10 England Richard Cresswell Preston North End 17
= England Dean Ashton Crewe Alexandra 17
11 England Marcus Stewart Sunderland 16

[3]

Football League One

Football League One
Season 2004–05
Champions Luton Town (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion Luton Town,
Hull City
Promoted through play-offs Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated Peterborough United,
Stockport County,
Torquay United,
Wrexham
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1550 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Stuart Elliott (Hull City), 27
Dean Windass (Bradford City), 27 [2]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Luton Town 4617424616127441328748+3998
2 Hull City 46165242171031038368053+2786
3 Tranmere Rovers 461454432388730327355+1879
4 Brentford 4615443422751123385760–375
5 Sheffield Wednesday 461067342899543317759+1872
6 Hartlepool United 4615355130651225367666+1071
7 Bristol City 46986422598632327457+1770
8 Bournemouth 469774030113937347764+1370
9 Huddersfield Town 4612654228841132377465+970
10 Doncaster Rovers 46101123520671030406560+566
11 Bradford City 46968403588724276462+265
12 Swindon Town 4612564030571126386668–263
13 Barnsley 467115383178831336964+561
14 Walsall 4611754028551325416569–460
15 Colchester United 468692723611633276050+1059
16 Blackpool 468782830751126295459–557
17 Chesterfield 469863228571123345562–757
18 Port Vale 4613283323431616364959–1056
19 Oldham Athletic 4610584234451418396073–1352
20 Milton Keynes Dons 4681053328451421405467–1451
21 Torquay United 4685102736410928435579–2451
22 Wrexham 466892637761036436280–1843[notes 1]
23 Peterborough United 4656122735461322384973–2439
24 Stockport County 4634162646341623524898–4926
  1. Wrexham deducted 10points for entering administration.
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Participated in play-offs
Promoted through play-offs
Relegated

League One play-offs

  Semifinals
1st leg –May 12th/13th; 2nd leg –May 16th/17th, 2005
Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
May 29th, 2005
                     
3rd  Tranmere Rovers 0 2 2 (5)  
6th  Hartlepool United (pens.) 2 0 2 (6)  
    5th  Sheffield Wednesday (a.e.t.) 4
  6th  Hartlepool United 2
4th  Brentford 0 1 1
5th  Sheffield Wednesday 1 2 3  

[1]

League One Topscorers

Rank Player Club League
1 England Dean Windass Bradford City 27
= Northern Ireland Stuart Elliott Hull City 27
3 Poland Paweł Abbott Huddersfield Town 26
4 England Adam Boyd Hartlepool United 24
= Democratic Republic of the Congo Leroy Lita Bristol City 24
6 England Sam Parkin Swindon Town 23
7 England Steve Brooker Bristol City 21
8 Scotland Steven MacLean Sheffield Wednesday 19
= England James Hayter Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 19
= England Luke Beckett Oldham Athletic 19

[4]

Football League Two

Football League Two
Season 2004–05
Champions Yeovil Town (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion Yeovil Town,
Scunthorpe United,
Swansea City
Promoted through play-offs Southend United
Relegated to Conference Cambridge United,
Kidderminster Harriers
New club in the league Chester City,
Shrewsbury Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1347 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Phil Jevons (Yeovil Town), 27 [2]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Yeovil Town 4616435728941033379065+2583
2 Scunthorpe United 461652431669826266942+2780
3 Swansea City 4615533616931126276243+1980
4 Southend United 461355311497734326546+1978
5 Macclesfield Town 4615353924761021256049+1175
6 Lincoln City 4611843722941027256447+1772
7 Northampton Town 4611933520931127316251+1172
8 Darlington 461346332178824285749+872
9 Rochdale 4611843421510820275448+666
10 Wycombe Wanderers 46878282697730265852+665
11 Leyton Orient 4610854030671025376567–263
12 Bristol Rovers 46101213922391121356057+360
13 Mansfield Town 469862924671027325656±060
14 Cheltenham Town 4610582723671024315154–360
15 Oxford United 4611482924571121395063–1359
16 Boston United 4611843924381223346258+458
17 Bury 468962618671028365454±058
18 Grimsby Town 4681052819661123335152–158
19 Notts County 4667102127761025354662–1652
20 Chester City 467882533581018364369–2652
21 Shrewsbury Town 469773418291214354853–549
22 Rushden & Diamonds 468692929281313344263–2144
23 Kidderminster Harriers 4666112139421718463985–4638
24 Cambridge United 46761022271101217353962–2330[notes2 1][5]
  1. Cambridge United deducted 10 points for entering financial administration.
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Participated in play-offs
Promoted through play-offs
New clubs in the league
Relegated to Conference

League Two play-offs

  Semifinals
1st leg –May 14th/15th; 2nd leg –May 21st, 2005
Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
May 28th, 2005
                     
4th  Southend United 0 1 1  
7th  Northampton Town 0 0 0  
    4th  Southend United (a.e.t.) 2
  6th  Lincoln City 0
5th  Macclesfield Town 0 1 1
6th  Lincoln City 1 1 2  

[1]

League Two Topscorers

Rank Player Club League
1 England Phil Jevons Yeovil Town 27
2 Northern Ireland Andy Kirk Northampton Town 26
3 England Jon Parkin Macclesfield Town 22
= England Lee Trundle Swansea City 22
= England Nathan Tyson Wycombe Wanderers 22
6 England Freddy Eastwood Southend United 21
= England Simon Yeo Lincoln City 21
8 Ghana Junior Agogo Bristol Rovers 19
9 England Paul Hayes Scunthorpe United 17
= England Grant Holt Rochdale 17

[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "England 2004–05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  3. soccernet.espn.go.com
  4. soccernet.espn.go.com
  5. "Cambridge United file for administration". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  6. soccernet.espn.go.com

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