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2004–05 Ipswich Town F.C. season

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

Ipswich Town
2004–05 season
ChairmanDavid Sheepshanks
ManagerJoe Royle
StadiumPortman Road
Championship3rd
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Play-offsSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Darren Bent (20)
All: Darren Bent / Shefki Kuqi (20)
Highest home attendance30,010
(vs West Ham United, 18 May 2005, Championship Play-offs)
Lowest home attendance10,190
(vs Brentford, 24 Aug 2004, League Cup)
Average home league attendance25,651

Season summary edit

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]

First-team squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Kelvin Davis
2 DF   NED Fabian Wilnis
3 DF   ENG Matt Richards
4 DF   CAN Jason de Vos
5 DF   GUI Drissa Diallo
6 DF   ENG Richard Naylor
7 MF   NIR Jim Magilton (captain)
8 MF   ENG Tommy Miller
9 FW   ESP Pablo Couñago
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   ENG Darren Currie
11 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock
12 DF   USA Danny Karbassiyoon (on loan from Arsenal)
14 FW   ENG James Scowcroft (on loan from Leicester City)
16 DF   ENG David Unsworth (on loan from Portsmouth)
18 FW   ENG Darren Bent
32 FW   FIN Shefki Kuqi
33 MF   ENG Ian Westlake
34 GK   WAL Lewis Price

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   ENG Tony Dinning (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ENG Dean Bowditch (on loan to Burnley)

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   ENG Dean McDonald
19 MF   FRA Jimmy Juan (on loan from AS Monaco)
20 DF   ENG Aidan Collins
21 DF   ENG Scott Mitchell
22 FW   ENG Darryl Knights
23 MF   IRL Owen Garvan
24 FW   IRL Billy Clarke
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF   ENG Scott Barron
27 MF   ENG Adem Atay
28 DF   IRL Gerard Nash
29 DF   ENG Ben Patten
30 DF   ENG Jerrome Sobers
31 GK   IRL Shane Supple

Pre-season edit

Ipswich traveled to Denmark for a pre-season tour in July 2004.[2] Ipswich also played a friendly match against Newcastle United on 28 July, a testimonial match which was played in honour of former assistant manager and player Dale Roberts.[3]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 July 2004   Peterborough United A 2–1 Unknown Couñago, Westlake
13 July 2004   Randers A 0–0 Unknown
16 July 2004   AaB A 0–2 Unknown
21 July 2004   Oxford United A 5–1 Unknown Miller (2), Bent, Couñago, Magilton
24 July 2004   Crystal Palace H 2–1 Unknown Diallo, Bowditch
28 July 2004   Newcastle United H 2–1 24,644 Kuqi, Couñago
2 August 2004   Osasuna H 2–1 4,817 Couñago, Kuqi

Competitions edit

Football League Championship edit

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sunderland (C, P) 46 29 7 10 76 41 +35 94 Promotion to the FA Premier League
2 Wigan Athletic (P) 46 25 12 9 79 35 +44 87
3 Ipswich Town 46 24 13 9 85 56 +29 85 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Derby County 46 22 10 14 71 60 +11 76
5 Preston North End 46 21 12 13 67 58 +9 75
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted


Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 2004 Gillingham H 2–1 23,130 Naylor, Bowditch
11 August 2004 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 21,125 Bent
14 August 2004 Derby County A 2–3 22,234 Miller, Bowditch
21 August 2004 Cardiff City H 3–1 21,828 Bent, Miller, Westlake
28 August 2004 Rotherham United A 2–0 5,504 Kuqi (2)
30 August 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 24,590 Bent, Miller
12 September 2004 Millwall H 2–0 26,790 Bent, Couñago
14 September 2004 Stoke City A 2–3 23,029 Westlake, de Vos
18 September 2004 West Ham United A 1–1 28,812 Couñago
25 September 2004 Plymouth Argyle H 3–2 23,270 de Vos, Kuqi (2)
28 September 2004 Reading H 1–1 23,167 Kuqi
3 October 2004 Coventry City A 2–1 12,608 Bowditch, Mills (own goal)
16 October 2004 Burnley H 1–1 23,183 Richards
19 October 2004 Leicester City A 2–2 22,497 Westlake, Heath (own goal)
23 October 2004 Watford A 2–2 15,894 Westlake, Bent
30 October 2004 Preston North End H 3–0 23,745 Kuqi, Miller, Bent
2 November 2004 Sheffield United H 5–1 22,977 Miller, Kuqi (2), Naylor, Westlake
6 November 2004 Burnley A 2–0 11,969 Bent (2)
13 November 2004 Leeds United H 1–0 29,955 Bent
21 November 2004 Sunderland A 0–2 31,723
27 November 2004 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–0 26,269 Kuqi
4 December 2004 Crewe Alexandra A 2–2 7,236 Naylor, Bent
11 December 2004 Queens Park Rangers A 4–2 18,231 de Vos, Bent, Currie, Kuqi
21 December 2004 Wigan Athletic H 2–1 28,286 Naylor, Bent
26 December 2004 Millwall A 1–3 14,532 Kuqi
28 December 2004 Stoke City H 1–0 26,217 Kuqi
1 January 2005 West Ham United H 0–2 30,003
3 January 2005 Plymouth Argyle A 2–1 17,923 Currie (2)
15 January 2005 Coventry City H 3–2 23,670 Bent (2), Kuqi
22 January 2005 Reading A 1–1 23,203 Bent
5 February 2005 Sheffield United A 2–0 20,680 Unsworth, Kuqi
12 February 2005 Leicester City H 2–1 27,392 de Vries (own goal), Kuqi
18 February 2005 Preston North End A 1–1 14,418 Miller
22 February 2005 Watford H 1–2 23,993 Miller
26 February 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 0–2 29,008
5 March 2005 Wigan Athletic A 0–1 16,744
12 March 2005 Nottingham Forest H 6–0 25,765 Naylor, Westlake, Miller (2), Kuqi, Bent
15 March 2005 Cardiff City A 1–0 11,768 Miller
19 March 2005 Gillingham A 0–0 9,311
2 April 2005 Derby County H 3–2 28,796 Magilton, Bent, Miller
5 April 2005 Rotherham United H 4–3 26,017 Westlake, Bent (2), Magilton
11 April 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–2 25,882
17 April 2005 Sunderland H 2–2 29,230 Naylor, Bent
23 April 2005 Leeds United A 1–1 29,607 Kuqi
30 April 2005 Crewe Alexandra H 5–1 28,244 Kuqi, Magilton, Miller (2), Couñago
8 May 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–1 6,848 Kuqi

Championship play-offs edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg 14 May 2005 West Ham United A 2–2 33,723 Walker (own goal), Kuqi
SF 2nd Leg 18 May 2005 West Ham United H 0–2 30,010

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 2005 Bolton Wanderers H 1–3 20,080 Miller

League Cup edit

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 24 August 2004 Brentford H 2–0 10,190 Westlake, Miller
R2 21 September 2004 Doncaster Rovers A 0–2 6,020

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Pos Name From Fee Ref
1 July 2004 DF   Jason de Vos   Wigan Athletic Free transfer [4]
1 July 2004 DF   Jerrome Sobers   Ford United £10,000 [5]
9 July 2004 MF   Kevin Horlock   West Ham United Free transfer [6]
10 December 2004 MF   Darren Currie   Brighton & Hove Albion £250,000 [7]

Loans in edit

Date from Pos Name From Date until Ref
10 August 2004 MF   Tony Dinning   Wigan Athletic 29 September 2004 [8]
21 December 2004 DF   Danny Karbassiyoon   Arsenal 30 June 2005 [9]
27 January 2005 DF   David Unsworth   Portsmouth 30 June 2005 [10]
31 January 2005 MF   Jimmy Juan   Monaco 30 June 2005 [11]
14 February 2005 FW   James Scowcroft   Leicester City 30 June 2005 [12]

Transfers out edit

Date Pos Name To Fee Ref
8 May 2004 DF   John McGreal   Burnley Free transfer [13]
23 June 2004 FW   Marcus Bent   Everton £450,000 [14]
1 July 2004 MF   Jermaine Wright   Leeds United Free transfer [15]
1 July 2004 DF   Georges Santos   Queens Park Rangers Free transfer [16]
1 July 2004 MF   Martijn Reuser   Willem II Free transfer [17]
1 July 2004 MF   Chris Bart-Williams   APOEL Free transfer [18]
2 August 2004 DF   Chris Makin   Leicester City Free transfer [19]
15 September 2004 FW   Alun Armstrong   Darlington Free transfer [18]
9 December 2004 FW   Craig Reid   Coventry City Free transfer [20]
14 January 2005 FW   Antonio Murray   Hibernian Undisclosed [21]
31 January 2005 DF   Chris Hogg   Hibernian Free transfer [22]

Loans out edit

Date from Pos Name From Date until Ref
19 November 2004 GK   Lewis Price   Cambridge United 29 December 2004 [23]
9 March 2005 FW   Dean Bowditch   Burnley 9 May 2005 [24]
24 March 2005 DF   Jerrome Sobers   Brentford 16 May 2005 [25]

Squad statistics edit

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ENG Kelvin Davis 42 0 39 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
34 GK   WAL Lewis Price 10 0 7+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   NED Fabian Wilnis 44 0 40+1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF   ENG Matt Richards 28 1 15+9 1 0+1 0 1 0 1+1 0
4 DF   CAN Jason de Vos 49 3 45 3 1 0 1 0 2 0
5 DF   GUI Drissa Diallo 29 0 23+3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
6 DF   ENG Richard Naylor 50 6 46 6 0 0 2 0 2 0
15 DF   USA Danny Karbassiyoon 6 0 3+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   ENG David Unsworth 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   ENG Scott Mitchell 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Scott Barron 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF   NIR Jim Magilton 44 3 33+6 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
8 MF   ENG Tommy Miller 50 15 45 13 0+1 1 0+2 1 2 0
10 MF   ENG Darren Currie 27 3 19+5 3 1 0 0 0 1+1 0
11 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock 44 0 33+8 0 1 0 0+1 0 1 0
33 MF   ENG Ian Westlake 50 8 41+4 7 1 0 2 1 2 0
Forwards
9 FW   ESP Pablo Couñago 22 3 4+15 3 0+1 0 2 0 0 0
14 FW   ENG James Scowcroft 9 0 3+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW   ENG Darren Bent 50 20 45 20 1 0 2 0 2 0
22 FW   ENG Darryl Knights 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW   FIN Shefki Kuqi 48 20 40+3 19 1 0 0+2 0 2 1
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
10 MF   ENG Tony Dinning 9 0 3+4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
17 FW   ENG Dean Bowditch 24 3 6+15 3 0 0 2 0 0+1 0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

No. Pos Nat Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Play-offs Total
18 FW   Darren Bent 20 0 0 0 20
32 FW   Shefki Kuqi 19 0 0 1 20
8 MF   Tommy Miller 13 1 1 0 15
33 MF   Ian Westlake 7 0 1 0 8
6 DF   Richard Naylor 6 0 0 0 6
4 DF   Jason de Vos 3 0 0 0 3
7 MF   Jim Magilton 3 0 0 0 3
9 FW   Pablo Couñago 3 0 0 0 3
10 MF   Darren Currie 3 0 0 0 3
17 FW   Dean Bowditch 3 0 0 0 3
3 DF   Matt Richards 1 0 0 0 1
16 DF   David Unsworth 1 0 0 0 1
Own goal 3 0 0 1 0
Total 85 1 2 2 90

Clean sheets edit

No. Nat Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Play-offs Total
1   Kelvin Davis 10 0 0 0 10
34   Lewis Price 1 0 1 0 2
Total 11 0 1 0 12

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Play-offs Total
                   
2 DF   Fabian Wilnis 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
3 DF   Matt Richards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   Jason de Vos 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 DF   Drissa Diallo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 DF   Richard Naylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
7 MF   Jim Magilton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF   Tommy Miller 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW   Pablo Couñago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 MF   Tony Dinning 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
11 MF   Kevin Horlock 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
12 DF   Danny Karbassiyoon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 FW   James Scowcroft 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 DF   David Unsworth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 FW   Dean Bowditch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW   Darren Bent 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 FW   Shefki Kuqi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
33 MF   Ian Westlake 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Total 55 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 59 1

Starting 11 edit

Considering starts in all competitions[26]

Awards edit

Player awards edit

Award Player Ref
Player of the Year   Shefki Kuqi [27]
Players' Player of the Year   Kelvin Davis [28]
Young Player of the Year   Billy Clarke [28]

Football League Championship Manager of the Month edit

Month Manager Ref
November   Joe Royle [29]

Football League Championship Player of the Month edit

Month Player Ref
October   Kevin Horlock [30]

PFA Championship Team of the Year edit

Player Ref
  Kelvin Davis [31]

References edit

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