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2004–05 Southampton F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Premier League. It was the club's 27th consecutive season in the English top flight and their 120th year in existence, The team would be relegated at the end of the season after a 2–1 loss against Manchester United,[3] they exited the FA Cup on the sixth round due to a 4–0 loss against Manchester United that was broadcast on the BBC,[4] they were also eliminated from the Carling Cup in the fourth round, losing 5–2 against Watford.[5] This season would also be Peter Crouch's only season with the club as he was transferred to Liverpool at the end of the season,[6] while playing for the Saints he would earn his first England call-up.[7]

Southampton F.C.
2004–05 season
ChairmanRupert Lowe
ManagerPaul Sturrock (until 23 August)[1]
Steve Wigley (from 23 August to 8 December)
Harry Redknapp (from 8 December)[2]
StadiumSt Mary's Stadium
Premier League20th (relegated)
FA CupSixth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Peter Crouch (12)
All:
Peter Crouch (16)
Highest home attendance32,066 (vs. Manchester United, 15 May)
Lowest home attendance27,343 (vs. Fulham, 5 January)
Average home league attendance30,609

Season summary edit

Manager Paul Sturrock left Southampton by mutual consent in August, after only six months as manager; his resignation was attributed to a disappointing run of form and rumours of player unrest and boardroom dissatisfaction with his management. His replacement Steve Wigley failed to improve results and he was soon sacked with the club deep in relegation peril. Harry Redknapp came from arch-rivals Portsmouth in an attempt to save the Saints, but despite being able to attain safety and another season of Premiership football by winning on the last day of the season, Southampton lost 2–1 at home to Manchester United and were relegated from the Premiership in last place.

Final league table edit

Main article: 2004–05 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Portsmouth 38 10 9 19 43 59 −16 39
17 West Bromwich Albion 38 6 16 16 36 61 −25 34
18 Crystal Palace (R) 38 7 12 19 41 62 −21 33 Relegation to the Football League Championship
19 Norwich City (R) 38 7 12 19 42 77 −35 33
20 Southampton (R) 38 6 14 18 45 66 −21 32
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated


Kit edit

The season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints. The kit was sponsored by English life insurance company Friends Provident.

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[9]

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   FIN Antti Niemi
2 DF   ENG Jason Dodd
3 DF   ENG Graeme Le Saux
4 DF   BEL Jelle Van Damme
5 DF   NOR Claus Lundekvam
6 DF   SWE Andreas Jakobsson
7 FW   ENG Kevin Phillips
8 MF   ENG Matt Oakley
10 MF   SCO Neil McCann
12 MF   SWE Anders Svensson
13 GK   ENG Paul Smith
14 FW   ENG Peter Crouch
16 DF   ENG Martin Cranie
18 MF   IRL Rory Delap[10]
19 DF   GIB Danny Higginbotham
20 MF   ENG David Prutton
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   ENG Darren Kenton
23 DF   FRA Olivier Bernard
24 FW   ENG Dexter Blackstock[11]
26 DF   ENG Matthew Mills
27 FW   ENG Leon Best[12]
28 GK   NIR Alan Blayney
29 MF   FRA Fabrice Fernandes
30 MF   FRA Léandre Griffit
31 MF   FRA Yoann Folly[13]
33 DF   SCO Paul Telfer
34 FW   TRI Kenwyne Jones
35 MF   SWE Mikael Nilsson
36 FW   ENG Brett Ormerod
37 FW   SEN Henri Camara (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
38 MF   ENG Jamie Redknapp
39 DF   ENG Calum Davenport (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
40 MF   SCO Nigel Quashie[14]

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
9 FW   ENG James Beattie (to Everton)
23 MF   WAL Arron Davies (to Yeovil Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 GK   USA Kasey Keller (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
— DF   ENG Mike Williamson (on loan to Wycombe Wanderers)

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
11 DF   SWE Michael Svensson
15 DF   TUN Alaeddine Yahia[15]
17 FW   LVA Marian Pahars
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   NOR Jo Tessem
25 GK   ENG Michael Poke
32 DF   NIR Chris Baird

Statistics edit

Appearances, goals and cards edit

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
No. Pos. Name League Domestic cups Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Antti Niemi 28 0 4 0 32 0 0 0
2 DF   Jason Dodd 4+1 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0
3 DF   Graeme Le Saux 24+1 1 1 0 24+1 1 3 0
4 DF   Jelle Van Damme 4+2 0 2+1 1 6+3 1 4 0
5 DF   Claus Lundekvam 31+3 2 4+1 1 38+6 3 4 0
6 MF   Andreas Jakobsson 24+3 2 4+1 0 28+4 2 1 0
7 FW   Kevin Phillips 21+9 10 5 3 26+9 13 3 0
8 MF   Matt Oakley 6+1 1 3+1 1 9+2 2 0 0
9 FW   James Beattie 11 3 0 0 11 3 0 0
10 MF   Neil McCann 5+6 0 3+2 1 8+8 1 3 0
11 DF   Michael Svensson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF   Anders Svensson 21+9 3 3 0 24+9 3 0 0
13 GK   Paul Smith 5+1 0 2 0 7+1 0 0 0
14 FW   Peter Crouch 18+9 12 5 4 25+9 16 2 1
15 DF   Alaeddine Yahia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Martin Cranie 3 1 0+2 0 3+2 1 0 0
17 FW   Marian Pahars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   Rory Delap 34+3 2 6 0 40+3 2 6 0
19 DF   Danny Higginbotham 20+1 1 4 0 24+1 1 0 0
20 MF   David Prutton 19+4 1 5 1 24+4 2 9 1
21 FW   Jo Tessem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   Darren Kenton 3 0 3 1 6+2 1 3 0
23 DF   Oliver Bernard 9 0 2 0 11 5 3 0
23 MF   Arron Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   Dexter Blackstock 8+1 1 0+2 4 8+3 5 1 0
25 MF   Michael Poke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Matthew Mills 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW   Leon Best 1+2 0 1+1 0 2+3 0 0 0
28 GK   Alan Blayney 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
29 MF   Fabrice Fernandes 14+2 0 1+1 0 15+3 0 0 0
30 MF   Leandre Griffit 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 1 0
31 MF   Yoann Folly 1+2 0 0+1 0 1+3 0 0 0
32 DF   Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF   Paul Telfer 26+4 0 4+1 0 30+5 0 3 0
34 FW   Kenwyne Jones 1+1 3 0+1 0 2+1 3 8 0
35 DF   Mikael Nilsson 12+4 3 5 0 17+4 3 2 0
36 FW   Brett Ormerod 5+4 0 2+1 1 7+5 1 1 0
37 FW   Henri Camara 10+3 4 1+1 2 11+4 6 0 0
37 GK   Kasey Keller 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
38 MF   Jamie Redknapp 16 0 1 1 17 1 5 0
39 DF   Calum Davenport 5+2 0 4 0 9+2 0 0 0
40 MF   Nigel Quashie 13 1 0 0 13 0 1 0

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Matches edit

Premier League edit

14 August 2004 1 Aston Villa 2–0 Southampton Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 Vassell   12'
Cole   34'		 Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,690
Referee: Uriah Rennie
21 August 2004 2 Southampton 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Southampton, Hampshire
Phillips   32'
A. Svensson   74'
Beattie   90' (pen.)		 Report Ferguson   50'
Dickov   68'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 27,492
Referee: Andy D'Urso
25 August 2004 3 Southampton 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Southampton, Hampshire
Crouch   85' Report Pedersen   7'
Okocha   27' (pen.)		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,713
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 August 2004 4 Chelsea 2–1 Southampton Fulham, London
Beattie   34' (o.g.)
Lampard   41' (pen.)		 Report Beattie   1' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,864
Referee: Steve Bennett
13 September 2004 5 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Southampton Greenwich, London
Report Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 24,263
Referee: Neale Barry
19 September 2004 6 Southampton 1–2 Newcastle United Southampton, Hampshire
A. Svensson   53' Report Prutton   45' (o.g.)
Carr   57'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,709
Referee: Chris Foy
25 September 2004 7 Fulham 1–0 Southampton Fulham, London
Radzinski   24' Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 19,237
Referee: Graham Poll
2 October 2004 8 Southampton 0–0 Manchester City Southampton, Hampshire
12:45 report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 28,605
Referee: Uriah Rennie
16 October 2004 9 Everton 1–0 Southampton Liverpool, Merseyside
Osman   88' Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,256
Referee: Barry Knight
24 October 2004 10 Southampton 0–0 Birmingham City Southampton, Hampshire
14:00 BST (UTC+01) Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 27,568
Referee: Mike Dean
30 October 2004 11 Arsenal 2–2 Southampton Islington, London
Henry   67'
van Persie   90'		 Report Delap   80', 85' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Matt Messias
6 November 2004 12 Southampton 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Southampton, Hampshire
A. Svensson   28', 87' Report Earnshaw   29', 37' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,057
Referee: Steve Bennett
13 November 2004 13 Southampton 2–1 Portsmouth Southampton, Hampshire
Blackstock   18'
Phillips   71'		 Report Jakobsson   12' (o.g.) Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,921
Referee: Graham Poll
20 November 2004 14 Norwich City 2–1 Southampton Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT Francis   28', 52' Report Beattie   24' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,706
Referee: Mike Riley
27 November 2004 15 Southampton 2–2 Crystal Palace Southampton, Hampshire
Phillips   50'
Jakobsson   76'		 Report Johnson   48'
Jakobsson   54' (o.g.)		 Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,833
Referee: Peter Walton
4 December 2004 16 Manchester United 3–0 Southampton Trafford, Greater Manchester
Scholes   53'
Rooney   58'
Ronaldo   87'		 Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,921
Referee: Barry Knight
11 December 2004 17 Southampton 2–2 Middlesbrough Southampton, Hampshire
Phillips   45'
Crouch   64'		 Report Higgonbotham   89' (o.g.)
Downing   90'		 Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 29,018
Referee: Neale Barry
18 December 2004 18 Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Southampton Haringey, London
Defoe   8', 27', 61'
Kanouté   44'
Keane   88'		 Report Crouch   47' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,054
Referee: Phil Dowd
26 December 2004 19 Southampton 0–0 Charlton Athletic Southampton, Hampshire
Report Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 December 2004 20 Liverpool 1–0 Southampton Liverpool, Merseyside
Sinama Pongolle   44' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,382
Referee: Mark Halsey
1 January 2005 21 Manchester City 2–1 Southampton Manchester, Greater Manchester
15:00 Bosvelt   19'
S. Wright-Phillips   40'		 report Phillips   90' (pen.) Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,895
Referee: Chris Foy
5 January 2005 22 Southampton 3–3 Fulham Southampton, Hampshire
Phillips   21', 29'
Rosenior   71' (o.g.)		 Report Diop   20'
Malbranque   43'
Radzinski   50'		 Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 27,343
Referee: Graham Poll
15 January 2005 23 Newcastle United 2–1 Southampton Newcastle upon Tyne
Shearer   9' (pen.)
Bramble   38'		 Report Crouch   42' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,266
Referee: Uriah Rennie
22 January 2005 24 Southampton 2–0 Liverpool Southampton, Hampshire
Prutton   5'
Crouch   22'		 Report Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 32,017
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 February 2005 25 Birmingham City 2–1 Southampton Birmingham, West Midlands
19:45 GMT (UTC) Pandiani   12'
Blake   41' (pen.)		 Report Camara   52' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 28,797
Referee: Peter Walton
6 February 2005 26 Southampton 2–2 Everton Southampton, Hampshire
Crouch   36'
Camara   55'		 Report Beattie   4'
Bent   90'		 Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,509
Referee: Andy D'Urso
22 February 2005 27 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Southampton West Bromwich, West Midlands
Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,865
Referee: Mike Riley
26 February 2005 28 Southampton 1–1 Arsenal Southampton, Hampshire
Prutton   35'   45'
Crouch   67'		 Report Ljungberg   45'
van Persie     52'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,815
Referee: Alan Wiley
5 March 2005 29 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton, Hampshire
Quashie   51' Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,903
Referee: Peter Walton
20 March 2005 30 Middlesbrough 1–3 Southampton Southampton, Hampshire
Hasselbaink   41' Report Jakobsson   14'
Crouch   60', 67'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,082
Referee: Uriah Rennie
2 April 2005 31 Southampton 1–3 Chelsea Southampton, Hampshire
Phillips   69' Report Lampard   22'
Guðjohnsen   39', 83'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,949
Referee: Mark Halsey
9 April 2005 32 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Southampton Blackburn, Lancashire
Pederson   11'
Jakobson (o.g.)   48'
Reid   55'		 Report Stadium: Ewood Parm
Attendance: 20,726
Referee: Neale Barry
16 April 2005 33 Southampton 2–3 Aston Villa Southampton, Hampshire
Phillips   4'
Crouch   13'		 Report Cole   55'
Solano   70'
Davis   72'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,926
Referee: Andy D'Urso
19 April 2005 34 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Southampton Horwich, Greater Manchester
Giannakopoulos   25' Report Phillips   69' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 25,125
Referee: Mark Calttenburg
24 April 2005 34 Portsmouth 4–1 Southampton Portsmouth, Hampshire
Yakubu   4' (pen.)
de Zeeuw   17'
LuaLua   22', 27'		 Report Camara   20' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,210
Referee: Steve Dunn
30 April 2005 36 Southampton 4–3 Norwich City Southampton, Hampshire
15:00 BST Oakley   7'
Crouch   20'
Le Saux   39'
Camara   88'		 Report Bentley   3'
Higginbotham   31' (o.g.)
McKenzie   45'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,944
Referee: Graham Poll
7 May 2005 37 Crystal Palace 2–2 Southampton Croydon, London
BST Hall   34'
Ventola   72'
Sorondo  		 Report Crouch   37' (pen.)  
Higginbotham   90'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 26,066
Referee: Howard Webb
15 May 2005 38 Southampton 1–2 Manchester United Southampton, Hampshire
BST O'Shea   10' (o.g.) Report Fletcher   19'
van Nistelrooy   63'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 32,066
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup edit

5 January 2005 (2005-01-05) 3 Northampton Town 1–3 Southampton Northampton
15:00 Williamson   30' Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 7,183
Referee: Michael Jones
29 January 2005 4 Southampton 2–1 Portsmouth Southampton, Hampshire
Oakley   54'
Crouch   90' (pen.)		 2–1 Yakubu   57' (pen.)
Kamara   72'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 29,453
Referee: Steve Bennett
19 February 2005 5 Southampton 2–2 Brentford Southampton, Hampshire
Camara   4', 36' Report Rankin   40'
Sodje   58'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 24,741
Referee: Graham Poll
1 March 2005 5 (replay) Brentford 1–3 Southampton Hounslow, London
Hutchinson   4' Report Crouch   11' (90)
Phillips   67'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 11,720
Referee: Barry Knight
12 March 2005 6 Southampton 0–4 Manchester United Southampton, Hampshire
17:15 Report Keane   2'
Ronaldo   45'
Scholes   48', 87'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,971
Referee: Howard Webb

League Cup edit

22 September 2004 2 Northampton Town 0–3 Southampton Northampton, Northamptonshire
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 6,343
Referee: Howard Webb
27 October 2004 3 Southampton 3–2 Colchester United Southampton, Hampshire
Blackstock   50', 54', 80' Report
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 20,588
Referee: M Jones
9 November 2004 4 Watford 5–2 Southampton Watford, Hertfordshire
 Report
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,008
Referee: Barry Knight

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  12. ^ Best was born in Nottingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.
  13. ^ Folly was born in Paris, France, but qualified to represent Togo internationally and made his international debut for Togo in 2008.
  14. ^ Quashie was born in Southwark, England.
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