2004–05 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City
2004–05 season
Chairman Huw Jenkins
Manager Kenny Jackett
Stadium Vetch Field
Football League Two 3rd (promoted)
FA Cup Third round proper
League Cup First round
Football League Trophy Second round
FAW Premier Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Lee Trundle (22)[1]
All:
Lee Trundle (23)[2]
Highest home attendance 11,469 (30 April 2005 vs Shrewsbury Town, Football League Two)[3]
Lowest home attendance 3,559 (28 September 2004 vs Luton Town, Football League Trophy)[3]
Average home league attendance 8,457[4]

The 2004–05 season was Swansea City Association Football Club's 27th season in the newly formed Football League Two, and their 76th in English football. Alan Curtis had left the club early before the season's start, with Kenny Jackett replacing him.[5] Swansea City gained promotion by finishing in third place. In the cup competitions, they reached the third round of the FA Cup, having defeated Cheltenham Town and Stockport County, before losing 2–1 on aggregate against Reading. A 3–0 loss against Queens Park Rangers saw Swansea exit in the first round of the League Cup. They were eliminated in the second round of the Football League Trophy, but reached the final in the FAW Premier Cup, beating Wrexham 2–1.

Lee Trundle was the club's top goalscorer with 23 goals in all competitions.

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Republic of Ireland Brian Murphy 21EU 2003 15 0 Free[6]
2 DF Wales Sam Ricketts 22EU 2004 53 1 Free[7][8]
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Austin 31Non-EU 2004 50 0 Free[9]
4 DF Wales Kristian O'Leary 26EU 1995 263 9 Youth system
5 DF England Alan Tate 21EU 2002 83 1 Free[10]
6 MF Spain Roberto Martínez 30EU 2003 91 2 Free[11]
7 MF England Leon Britton 21EU 2003 108 4 Free[12]
8 FW England Kevin Nugent 35EU 2003 82 19 Free[13]
9 FW Wales James Thomas 25EU 2002 66 17 Free[14]
10 FW England Lee Trundle 27EU 2003 87 45 Free[15]
11 MF England Adrian Forbes 25EU 2004 86 12 Free[16][17]
12 FW England Lee Thorpe 28EU 2005 15 3 Loan[18] On loan from Bristol Rovers
14 MF England Brad Maylett 23EU 2003 63 5 Free[19] On loan to Boston United
15 MF England Gary Fisken 22EU 2004 7 0 Free[20] On loan to Cambridge United[21]
16 DF England Garry Monk 25EU 2004 41 0 Free[22]
17 FW England Paul Connor 25EU 2004 58 18 £35,000[23]
18 MF England Andy Robinson 24EU 2003 85 18 Free[24]
19 DF England Andy Gurney 24EU 2004 33 1 Free[25]
19 FW England Dennis Oli 20EU 2004 1 0 Free[26]
20 DF Wales Stuart Jones 25EU 2002 38 0 Youth system
21 DF England Ijah Anderson 28EU 2004 21 0 Free[27]
22 DF England Izzy Iriekpen 22EU 2003 71 3 2005[28] Free[28]
23 MF England Antonio Corbisiero 19EU 2002 5 0 Youth system
24 GK Wales Kyle Letheren 16EU 2003 0 0 Youth system
25 FW England Scott Fitzgerald 24EU 2004 4 0 2004 Loan[29] On loan from Watford
25 FW Wales Mark Pritchard 18EU 2003 4 0 Youth system On loan to Merthyr Tydfil[21]
26 FW Wales Chad Bond 17EU 2003 0 0 Youth system
27 GK France Willy Guéret 30EU 2004 52 0 Undisclosed[30]
28 MF England Marc Goodfellow 22EU 2004 8 4 Loan[27] On loan from Bristol City
29 MF England Kevin McLeod 23EU 2005 11 0 Undisclosed[31]
30 MF England Marcus Bean 19EU 2005 8 0 2005 Loan[31][32] On loan from Queens Park Rangers

Transfers

In

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Team Source
17 FW England Paul Connor England Rochdale £35,000 12 March 2004 First-team
2 DF England Sam Ricketts England Telford United Free transfer 27 May 2004 First-team [33]
16 DF England Garry Monk England Barnsley Free transfer 4 June 2004 First-team [33]
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Austin England Bristol Rovers Free transfer 18 June 2004 First-team [33]
11 MF England Adrian Forbes England Luton Town Free transfer 18 June 2004 First-team [33]
15 MF England Gary Fisken England Watford Free transfer 22 June 2004 First-team [33]
27 GK France Willy Guéret England Millwall Free transfer 1 July 2004 First-team [33]
19 FW England Dennis Oli England Farnborough Town Free transfer 6 July 2004 First-team [33]
19 DF England Andy Gurney England Swindon Town Free transfer 1 September 2004 First-team
21 DF England Ijah Anderson England Bristol Rovers Free transfer 25 November 2004 First-team
29 MF England Kevin McLeod England Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 16 February 2005 First-team
12 FW England Lee Thorpe England Bristol Rovers Free transfer 16 February 2005 First-team

Out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
12 DF England Leon Hylton Free agent Released 31 May 2004
19 FW England Dennis Oli England Cambridge United Free transfer 10 September 2004 [34]
21 DF England Jamie Rewbury Free agent Released 1 November 2004
25 FW England Scott Fitzgerald England Brentford Free transfer 24 March 2005
30 MF England Marcus Bean England Blackpool Undisclosed 24 January 2006 [35]
28 MF England Marc Goodfellow England Grimsby Town Free transfer 31 January 2006

Out on loan

Squad # Position Player Loaned to Loan expires Date Source
25 FW England Scott Fitzgerald England Leyton Orient 14 January 2005
25 FW England Scott Fitzgerald England Brentford 4 March 2005
14 MF England Brad Maylett England Boston United 18 March 2005 [36]

Matches

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Swansea City 46 25 8 13 90 65+25 83 Promotion to League One
2 Scunthorpe United 46 22 14 10 69 42+27 80
3 Yeovil Town 46 24 8 14 62 43+19 80
4 Southend United 46 22 12 12 65 46+19 78 Qualification to League Two playoffs
5 Macclesfield Town 46 22 9 15 60 49+11 75

Updated to games played on 15 September 2009.
Source: 2004–05 League Two
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.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 24 8 14 62 43 +19 80 15 5 3 36 16 +20 9 3 11 26 27 −1

Last updated: 15 September 2009.
Source: 2004–05 League Two

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result L W L D W W L W W W D W L W D W W L L W L W W W L W D W W D L L D L W L D D W W W L W L W W
Position 22 10 19 18 13 7 10 8 5 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3

Last updated: 29 January 2012.
Source: Football League Two
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Wales Kenny Jackett
Assistant manager England Kevin Nugent

Pre-season

Football League Two

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

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