2004–05 Tamworth F.C. season
2004–05 season | |||
Chairman | Bob Andrews | ||
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Manager | Mark Cooper | ||
Ground | The Lamb Ground | ||
Conference National | 15th | ||
FA Cup | First Round | ||
FA Trophy | Fourth Round | ||
B'ham Senior Cup | First Round | ||
Staffs Senior Cup | First Round | ||
Conference Cup | Fourth Round | ||
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The 2004–05 season was Tamworth F.C.'s second season in the Conference Premier at the fifth tier of English football, the highest tier ever achieved by the club.
Events
Pre-season
Mark Cooper made his first signings as manager of the club taking over from Darron Gee as former Birmingham City midfielder Chad Sheppard and utility player Dave Bampton from Swindon Town. Norman Sylla, Nicholas Smith and defender Karl Johnson all signed new deals to stay at the club.[1] Former Aston Villa player Peter Hynes signed for the club following his release. Lee Colkin and Mark Turner also signed. Marcus Ebdon stayed with the club as his possible move to Conference rivals Dagenham & Redbridge fell through.[2] Former Lincoln City striker Rory May following his release from The Imps at the end of last season.[3] Barnet defender Matt Redmile joined the club after impressing in a trial.[4] Defender Lee Ayres joined Notts County on a week trial.[5]
August
Lee Ayres joins rivals Burton Albion for an undisclosed fee.[6] Tristram Whitman joins the club following his release from Scarborough. Former Kidderminster Harriers defender Scott Stamps and Forest Green Rovers' Mark Shaw both put pen to paper following successful trials. Neil Ross joins the club on a month loan from Macclesfield Town.[7]
September
West Bromwich Albion legend Bob Taylor joins the club following his release from Cheltenham Town in the summer.[8] Jason Blunt is released and later joins Halifax Town.[9] Following the return of Neil Ross to Macclesfield,[10] The Lambs brought in Notts County's Shaun Harrad on a month-long loan deal.[11]
October
Bristol City's Sekani Simpson joined the club on a months loan.[12] Aaron Brown joined his former club Stafford Rangers on loan to gain more experience.[13]
November
Birmingham City Reserves striker Dean Curtis joined the club on a month-long loan deal.[14] Striker Marvin Brown joined Irish Premier League side Cliftonville on a short-term trial following his release from the club.[15]
January
Goalkeeper Chris Neal joined The Lambs on loan from Preston North End.[16] Mark Rawle joined the club on a month loan from Oxford United.[17]
February
Notts County midfielder Eddie McIntyre joined on loan for one month.[18] Leigh RMI striker Karl Rose joined the club.[19] Ricky Millard comes to the clubs rescue to cover injured Ryan Price from Barnet on a month loan.[20] Louie Soares joins on a month-long loan deal from Reading.[21]
Season review
League
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 50* | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 41 | −10 |
Source: Blue Square Premier
*deducted 3 points—breach of League rules.
Results 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 |
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Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D |
Source: Conference National
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Fixtures and results
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Competitive
Conference Premier
14 August 2004 1 | Tamworth | 2 – 1 | Halifax Town | Tamworth |
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15:00 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,325 Referee: ![]() |
17 August 2004 2 | York City | 2 – 0 | Tamworth | York |
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19:45 GMT | ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,466 Referee: ![]() |
21 August 2004 3 | Canvey Island | 3 – 3 | Tamworth | Canvey Island |
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15:00 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Brockwell Stadium Attendance: 686 Referee: ![]() |
28 August 2004 4 | Tamworth | 4 – 0 | Forest Green Rovers | Tamworth |
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15:00 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,101 Referee: ![]() |
30 August 2004 5 | Stevenage Borough | 2 – 0 | Tamworth | Stevenage |
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19:45 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,878 Referee: ![]() |
4 September 2004 6 | Tamworth | 0 – 2 | Farnborough Town | Tamworth |
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15:00 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,150 Referee: ![]() |
11 September 2004 7 | Tamworth | 0 – 2 | Barnet | Tamworth |
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15:00 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: The Lamb Ground Referee: ![]() |
18 September 2004 8 | Carlisle United | v | Tamworth | Carlisle |
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15:00 GMT | [ Report] | Stadium: Brunton Park |
21 September 2004 9 | Tamworth | v | Woking | Tamworth |
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19:45 GMT | [ Report] | Stadium: The Lamb Ground |
25 September 2004 10 | Exeter City | v | Tamworth | Exeter |
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15:00 GMT | [ Report] | Stadium: St James Park |
2 October 2004 11 | Tamworth | v | Aldershot Town | Tamworth |
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15:00 GMT | [ Report] | Stadium: The Lamb Ground |
5 October 2004 12 | Accrington Stanley | v | Tamworth | Accrington |
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19:45 GMT | [ Report] | Stadium: Crown Ground |
Birmingham Senior Cup
12 October 2004 First Round | Tamworth | 0 – 3 | Redditch United | The Lamb Ground, Tamworth |
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19:45 BST | [Report] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
FA Cup
FA Trophy
Staffordshire Senior Cup
19 October 2004 First Round | Stafford Rangers | 3 – 1 | Tamworth | Marston Road, Stafford |
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19:45 BST | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 380 |
Conference League Cup
25 January 2005 Third Round | Tamworth | 3 – 1 | Worcester City | The Lamb Ground, Tamworth |
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19:45 GMT | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 412 |
8 February 2005 Fourth Round | Accrington Stanley | 5 – 0 | Tamworth | Crown Ground, Accrington |
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19:45 GMT | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 356 |
Statistics
Players
- Correct as of match played 17 August 2004. Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.
No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | BS Cup | SS Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | FW | ![]() |
0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | FW | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
26 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | – | Own goals | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – |
Players who no longer play for Tamworth but have made appearances this season: | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | MF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
98 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
99 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Managerial
- As of match played 23 April 2005

Name | Nat. | From | To | Competition | Record | Honours | |||||||
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PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||||
Mark Cooper | ![]() |
28 April 2004 | 24 January 2007 | ||||||||||
Conference National | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 33.3 | |||||
FA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 50.0 | |||||
FA Trophy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 50.0 | |||||
Birmingham Senior Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.0 | |||||
Staffordshire Senior Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.0 | |||||
Conference League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 50.0 | |||||
Total | 50 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 64 | 82 | −18 | 34.0 | |||||
Transfers


Players transferred in | ||||||
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No. | Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
23 | 17 May 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Birmingham City | Free | [1] |
4 | 17 May 2004 | MF | ![]() |
Swindon Town | Free | [1] |
15 June 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Aston Villa | Free | [2] | |
9 | 23 June 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Lincoln City | Free | [3] |
5 | 21 July 2004 | DF | ![]() |
Barnet | Free | [4] |
25 | 13 August 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Scarborough | Free | [7] |
15 | 13 August 2004 | DF | ![]() |
Kidderminster Harriers | Free | [7] |
24 | 13 August 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Forest Green Rovers | Free | [7] |
19 | 1 September 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Cheltenham Town | Free | [8] |
10 | 15 February 2005 | FW | ![]() |
Leigh RMI | Free | [19] |
Players transferred out | ||||||
No. | Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
July 2004 | FW | ![]() |
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Free | ||
July 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Hinckley United | Free | ||
12 | 9 August 2004 | DF | ![]() |
Burton Albion | Undisclosed | [6] |
11 | 23 September 2004 | MF | ![]() |
Halifax Town | Free | [9] |
26 | 26 November 2004 | FW | ![]() |
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Free | [15] |
Players loaned in | ||||||
No. | Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
10 | 13 August 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Macclesfield Town | 13 September 2004 | [7] |
10 | 24 September 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Notts County | 24 October 2004 | [11] |
12 | 1 October 2004 | DF | ![]() |
Bristol City | 1 November 2004 | [12] |
10 | 12 November 2004 | FW | ![]() |
Birmingham City | 12 December 2004 | [14] |
99 | 7 January 2005 | GK | ![]() |
Preston North End | 7 February 2005 | [16] |
11 | 20 January 2005 | FW | ![]() |
Oxford United | 20 February 2005 | [17] |
3 | 9 February 2005 | MF | ![]() |
Notts County | 9 March 2005 | [18] |
98 | 18 February 2005 | GK | ![]() |
Barnet | 18 March 2005 | [20] |
3 | 28 February 2005 | DF | ![]() |
Reading | 28 March 2005 | [21] |
Players loaned out | ||||||
No. | Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
6 | 24 October 2004 | DF | ![]() |
Stafford Rangers | 24 November 2004 | [13] |
See also
References
- General
- Specific
- 1 2 3 "Cooper makes first signings". BBC Sport. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2004.
- 1 2 "Tamworth snap up Hynes". BBC Sport. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2004.
- 1 2 "May completes Tamworth move". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2004.
- 1 2 "Tamworth line up Taylor". BBC Sport. 21 July 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2004.
- ↑ "Magpies look at Ayres". BBC Sport. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2004.
- 1 2 "Ayres wings in at Burton". BBC Sport. 9 August 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Lambs recruit quartet". BBC Sport. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2004.
- 1 2 "Taylor joins Tamworth". BBC Sport. 1 September 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2004.
- 1 2 "Blunt signs for Halifax". BBC Sport. 23 September 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2004.
- ↑ "Ross back at Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 16 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2004.
- 1 2 "O'Grady in move to Magpies". BBC Sport. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2004.
- 1 2 "Simpson in Tamworth switch". BBC Sport. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2004.
- 1 2 "Lambs manager rings the changes". BBC Sport. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2004.
- 1 2 "Blues striker signs for Tamworth". BBC Sport. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2004.
- 1 2 "Brown gets Cliftonville chance". BBC Sport. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2004.
- 1 2 "Keeper Neal in Tamworth loan move". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2005.
- 1 2 "Lambs take striker Rawle on loan". BBC Sport. 20 January 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2005.
- 1 2 "McIntyre joins Tamworth on loan". BBC Sport. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2005.
- 1 2 "Tamworth complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2005.
- 1 2 "Tamworth bring in Millard on loan". BBC Sport. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2005.
- 1 2 "Lambs leap into action for Soares". BBC Sport. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2005.
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