2004–05 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2004–05 season
Chairman England David Sheepshanks
Manager England Joe Royle
Stadium Portman Road
Championship 3rd
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League:
Darren Bent (20)

All:
Darren Bent and Shefki Kuqi (20)
Average home league attendance 25,651

During the 2004–05 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Ipswich missed automatic promotion in the 2004–05 season, finishing third, only two points behind second-placed Wigan Athletic. Again, they lost to West Ham United in the play off semi-finals, this time by a 4–2 aggregate score.[1]

Final league table

PWDLFAGDPts
C1Sunderland46297107641+3594
P2Wigan Athletic46251297935+4487
 3Ipswich Town46241398556+2985
 4Derby County462210147160+1176
 5Preston North End462112136758+975
P6West Ham United462110156656+1073
 7Reading461913145144+770
 8Sheffield United461813155756+167
 9Wolverhampton Wanderers461521107259+1366
 10Millwall461812165145+666
 11Queens Park Rangers461711185458-462
 12Stoke City461710193638-261
 13Burnley461515163839-160
 14Leeds United461418144952-360
 15Leicester City461221134946+357
 16Cardiff City461315184851-354
 17Plymouth Argyle461411215264-1253
 18Watford461216185259-752
 19Coventry City461313206173-1252
 20Brighton & Hove Albion461312214065-2551
 21Crewe Alexandra461214206686-2050
R22Gillingham461214204566-2150
R23Nottingham Forest46917204266-2444
R24Rotherham United46514273569-3429

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 2004 GillinghamH2-123,130Naylor, Bowditch
11 August 2004 Nottingham ForestA1-121,125Bent
14 August 2004 Derby CountyA2-322,234Miller, Bowditch
21 August 2004 Cardiff CityH3-121,828Bent, Miller, Westlake
28 August 2004 Rotherham UnitedA2-05,504Kuqi (2)
30 August 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersH2-124,590Bent, Miller
12 September 2004 MillwallH2-026,790Bent, Couñago
14 September 2004 Stoke CityA2-323,029Westlake, de Vos
18 September 2004 West Ham UnitedA1-128,812Couñago
25 September 2004 Plymouth ArgyleH3-223,270de Vos, Kuqi (2)
28 September 2004 ReadingH1-123,167Kuqi
3 October 2004 Coventry CityA2-112,608Bowditch, Mills (own goal)
16 October 2004 BurnleyH1-123,183Richards
19 October 2004 Leicester CityA2-222,497Westlake, Heath (own goal)
23 October 2004 WatfordA2-215,894Westlake, Bent
30 October 2004 Preston North EndH3-023,745Kuqi, Miller, Bent
2 November 2004 Sheffield UnitedH5-122,977Miller, Kuqi (2), Naylor, Westlake
6 November 2004 BurnleyA2-011,969Bent (2)
13 November 2004 Leeds UnitedH1-029,955Bent
21 November 2004 SunderlandA0-231,723
27 November 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionH1-026,269Kuqi
4 December 2004 Crewe AlexandraA2-27,236Naylor, Bent
11 December 2004 Queens Park RangersA4-218,231de Vos, Bent, Currie, Kuqi
21 December 2004 Wigan AthleticH2-128,286Naylor, Bent
26 December 2004 MillwallA1-314,532Kuqi
28 December 2004 Stoke CityH1-026,217Kuqi
1 January 2005 West Ham UnitedH0-230,003
3 January 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA2-117,923Currie (2)
15 January 2005 Coventry CityH3-223,670Bent (2), Kuqi
22 January 2005 ReadingA1-123,203Bent
5 February 2005 Sheffield UnitedA2-020,680Unsworth, Kuqi
12 February 2005 Leicester CityH2-127,392de Vries (own goal), Kuqi
18 February 2005 Preston North EndA1-114,418Miller
22 February 2005 WatfordH1-223,993Miller
26 February 2005 Queens Park RangersH0-229,008
5 March 2005 Wigan AthleticA0-116,744
12 March 2005 Nottingham ForestH6-025,765Naylor, Westlake, Miller (2), Kuqi, Bent
15 March 2005 Cardiff CityA1-011,768Miller
19 March 2005 GillinghamA0-09,311
2 April 2005 Derby CountyH3-228,796Magilton, Bent, Miller
5 April 2005 Rotherham UnitedH4-326,017Westlake, Bent (2), Magilton
9 April 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersA0-225,882
17 April 2005 SunderlandH2-229,230Naylor, Bent
23 April 2005 Leeds UnitedA1-129,607Kuqi
30 April 2005 Crewe AlexandraH5-128,244Kuqi, Magilton, Miller (2), Couñago
8 May 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1-16,848Kuqi

Championship play-offs

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
SF 1st Leg14 May 2005 West Ham UnitedA2-233,723Walker (own goal), Kuqi
SF 2nd Leg18 May 2005 West Ham UnitedH0-230,010

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2005 Bolton WanderersH1-320,080Miller

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R124 August 2004 BrentfordH2-010,190Westlake, Miller
R221 September 2004 Doncaster RoversA0-26,020

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 England GK Kelvin Davis
2 Suriname DF Fabian Wilnis
3 England DF Matt Richards
4 Canada DF Jason de Vos
5 Guinea DF Drissa Diallo[2]
6 England DF Richard Naylor
7 Northern Ireland MF Jim Magilton
8 England MF Tommy Miller
9 Spain FW Pablo Couñago
10 England MF Darren Currie
11 Northern Ireland MF Kevin Horlock[3]
No. Position Player
14 England FW James Scowcroft (on loan from Leicester City)
16 England DF David Unsworth (on loan from Portsmouth)
17 England FW Dean Bowditch
18 England FW Darren Bent
21 England DF Scott Mitchell
22 England FW Darryl Knights
26 England DF Scott Barron
32 Finland FW Shefki Kuqi[4]
33 England MF Ian Westlake
34 Wales GK Lewis Price[5]

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
10 England MF Tony Dinning (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
12 United States FW Daniel Karbassiyoon (on loan from Arsenal)
19 England FW Antonio Murray (to Hibernian)
No. Position Player
England FW Craig Reid (to Coventry City)
England DF Chris Hogg (to Hibernian)

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
15 England MF Dean McDonald
19 France MF Jimmy Juan (on loan from AS Monaco)
20 England DF Aidan Collins
23 Republic of Ireland MF Owen Garvan
24 Republic of Ireland FW Billy Clarke
No. Position Player
27 England MF Adem Atay
28 Republic of Ireland DF Gerard Nash
29 England DF Ben Patten
30 England DF Jerome Sobers
31 Republic of Ireland GK Shane Supple

References

  1. "Ipswich 0–2 West Ham". BBC Sport. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  2. Diallo was born in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, but also qualifies to represent Guinea internationally and has represented them at international level.
  3. Horlock was born in Erith, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in April 1995.
  4. Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualifies to represent Finland internationally and made his international debut for Finland in 1999.
  5. Price was born in Bournemouth, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 2005.
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