2004–05 West Ham United F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, West Ham United competed in the Football League Championship, having lost the previous season's play-off final 0–1 to Crystal Palace at the Millennium Stadium.

West Ham United F.C.
2004–05 season
ChairmanTerry Brown
ManagerAlan Pardew
StadiumBoleyn Ground
Championship6th
Play-offsWinners (promoted)
(beat Preston North End)
FA CupFourth round
(knocked out by Sheffield United)
League CupThird round
(knocked out by Chelsea)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Teddy Sheringham (20)

All:
Marlon Harewood (22)
Average home league attendance27,403

Season summary edit

Following the previous season's First Division play-off final loss to Crystal Palace, Rob Lee, Brian Deane, Wayne Quinn and Shaun Byrne were all released from West Ham on free transfers. They were closely followed by Kevin Horlock, who signed for Ipswich Town, and David Connolly, who left for Leicester City in a £500,000 deal. Sébastien Carole also returned to Monaco after his loan spell, while Richard Garcia and Elliott Ward signed new contracts.

The first signing Alan Pardew made following the end of the previous season was goalkeeper James Walker, signed on a free transfer from Walsall, where he had been a folk hero. He was brought in as cover for Stephen Bywater. The following month former England international Teddy Sheringham and Serhii Rebrov both signed on free transfers, from Portsmouth and Tottenham respectively. Their arrivals were closely followed by those of AFC Bournemouth captain Carl Fletcher for £275,000 and winger Luke Chadwick from Manchester United on a free transfer. In September, Malky Mackay signed for £300,000 from Norwich City.

West Ham's biggest defeat of the season was away to Cardiff City on 2 November 2004 when they lost 4–1. The Welsh team featured former Hammer Jobi McAnuff, who created the first two goals and scored the fourth. West Ham's biggest win of the season came in their home game against Plymouth Argyle on 19 February 2005 when they won 5–0.

West Ham only lost one of their last ten matches, which helped moved them from seventh to sixth, guaranteeing a play-off spot. The club returned to the FA Premier League at the second time of asking, defeating Preston North End in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off final with a single goal from Bobby Zamora.

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Derby County 46 22 10 14 71 60 +11 76 Qualification for Championship play-offs
5 Preston North End 46 21 12 13 67 58 +9 75
6 West Ham United (O, P) 46 21 10 15 66 56 +10 73
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 51 44 +7 70
8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 57 56 +1 67
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted


First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Stephen Bywater
2 DF   CZE Tomáš Řepka
3 DF   ENG Rufus Brevett
4 MF   SCO Don Hutchison
5 DF   WAL Andy Melville
6 MF   WAL Carl Fletcher
7 DF   SCO Christian Dailly
8 FW   ENG Teddy Sheringham
10 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood
11 MF   NIR Steve Lomas
12 MF   ENG Matthew Etherington
14 MF   ENG Chris Cohen
15 DF   ENG Anton Ferdinand
16 FW   UKR Serhii Rebrov
17 MF   ENG Hayden Mullins
18 FW   FRA Youssef Sofiane
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   ENG Nigel Reo-Coker (captain)
21 DF   SCO Malky Mackay
22 DF   ENG Elliott Ward
23 GK   ENG Jimmy Walker
24 MF   ENG Mark Noble
25 FW   ENG Bobby Zamora
26 MF   ENG Shaun Newton
27 FW   ENG Greg Pearson
28 DF   AUS Trent McClenahan
30 MF   ENG Luke Chadwick
31 DF   ENG Darren Blewitt
32 FW   ENG Moses Ashikodi
34 DF   ENG Chris Powell
35 MF   WAL Gavin Williams
36 MF   ENG Hogan Ephraim

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
6 MF   ENG Michael Carrick (to Tottenham Hotspur)
9 MF   JAM Jobi McAnuff (to Cardiff City)
9 DF   ARG Mauricio Taricco (released)
19 MF   ENG Adam Nowland (to Nottingham Forest)
19 DF   ENG Darren Powell (on loan from Crystal Palace)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   AUS Richard Garcia (to Colchester United)
26 DF   ENG Calum Davenport (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
29 MF   ENG Graeme Carrick (Released)
41 GK   ENG Robert Burch (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

Summer Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Name Club From Fee Reference
10 June 2004 GK Jimmy Walker Walsall Free [2]
14 July 2004 FW Teddy Sheringham Portsmouth Free [3]
27 July 2004 FW Serhii Rebrov Tottenham Hotspur Free [4]
2 August 2004 MF Luke Chadwick Manchester United Free [5]
31 August 2004 MF Carl Fletcher Bournemouth £275,000 [6]
10 September 2004 DF Malky Mackay Norwich City £300,000 [7]

Out edit

Date Position Name Club To Fee Reference
1 July 2004 DF Shaun Byrne Free Agency End of Contract [8]
1 July 2004 FW Brian Deane Free Agency End of Contract [8]
1 July 2004 GK David Forde Free Agency End of Contract [8]
1 July 2004 MF Daryl McMahon Free Agency End of Contract [8]
1 July 2004 MF Robert Lee Free Agency End of Contract [8]
9 July 2004 MF Kevin Horlock Ipswich Town Free Transfer [9]
21 July 2004 FW David Connolly Leicester City £500.000 [10]
24 August 2004 MF Michael Carrick Tottenham Hotspur £3,500,000 [11]

Winter Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Name Club From Fee Reference
19 November 2004 DF Mauricio Taricco Tottenham Hotspur Free [12]

Out edit

Date Position Name Club To Fee Reference
5 November 2004 MF Adam Nowland Nottingham Forest £250,000 [13]
24 November 2004 DF Mauricio Taricco Free Agency Released [14]

Results edit

Championship edit

7 August 2004 Leicester City 0–0 West Ham United Leicester
Report Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 30,231
Referee: Mike Ryan
10 August 2004 West Ham United 1–0 Reading London
Sheringham   81' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,242
Referee: Paul Taylor
15 August 2004 West Ham United 1–3 Wigan Athletic London
Zamora   69' Report Ellington   5', 58'
Roberts   45'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 23,271
Referee: Andy D'Urso
21 August 2004 Crewe Alexandra 2–3 West Ham United Crewe
Ashton   31', 82' Report Sheringham   16', 22'
Brevett   30'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 7,857
Referee: Alan Kaye
28 August 2004 West Ham United 1–0 Burnley London
Nowland   62' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 22,119
Referee: Paul Robinson
30 August 2004 Coventry City 2–1 West Ham United Coventry
Doyle   45'
Morrell   76'
Report Sheringham   42' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,404
Referee: Colin Webster
11 September 2004 Sheffield United 1–2 West Ham United Sheffield
Quinn   65' Report Harewood   9'
Sheringham   85'
Stadium: Brammall Lane
Attendance: 21,058
Referee: Alan Wiley
14 September 2004 West Ham United 1–0 Rotherham United London
Etherington   69' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,233
Referee: Michael Jones
18 September 2004 West Ham United 1–1 Ipswich Town London
Mackay   11' Report Couñago   57' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 28,812
Referee: Rob Styles
26 September 2004 Nottingham Forest 2–1 West Ham United Nottingham
Evans   84'
King   90'
Report Harewood   58' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,615
Referee: Matt Messias
29 September 2004 Derby County 1–1 West Ham United Derby
Johnson   6' Report Etherington   11' Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 23,112
Referee: Graham Poll
2 October 2004 West Ham United 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
Sheringham  75' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 29,585
Referee: Barry Knight
16 October 2004 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 West Ham United London
Rose   22' Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 18,363
Referee: Paul Taylor
19 October 2004 West Ham United 2–0 Stoke City London
Harewood   31'
Sheringham   59'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 29,808
Referee: Lee Probert
23 October 2004 West Ham United 3–1 Gillingham London
Zamora   18'
Harewood   25'
Mullins   39'
Report Byfield   45' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 25,247
Referee: Eddie Evans
30 October 2004 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 West Ham United Plymouth
Wotton   76' Report Lomas  43' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 20,220
Referee: Andy Penn
2 November 2004 Cardiff City 4–1 West Ham United Cardiff
Lee   3'
Ledley   16'
Parry   54'
McAnuff   77'
Report Harewood   69' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,222
Referee: Richard Beeby
6 November 2004 West Ham United 2–1 Queens Park Rangers London
Harewood   36', 84' Report McLeod   72' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 31,365
Referee: Martin Atkinson
13 November 2004 West Ham United 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion London
Report Butters   68' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 29,514
Referee: Paul Armstrong
21 November 2004 Millwall 1–0 West Ham United London
Dichio   78' Report Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 15,025
Referee: Peter Walton
27 November 2004 West Ham United 3–2 Watford London
Reo-Coker   28'
D. Powell   30'
Rebrov   58'
Report Gunnarsson   5'
Dyer   21'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 24,541
Referee: Kevin Wright
4 December 2004 Sunderland 0–2 West Ham United Sunderland
Report Harewood   59'
Sheringham   90'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,510
Referee: Graham Salisbury
10 December 2004 West Ham United 1–1 Leeds United London
Chadwick   50' Report Healy   90' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 30,684
Referee: Mike Pike
18 December 2004 Preston North End 2–1 West Ham United Preston
Lewis   9'
O'Neil   45'
Report Reo-Coker   50' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,451
Referee: Alan Kaye
26 December 2004 West Ham United 3–2 Nottingham Forest London
Etherington   17'
Sheringham   39', 82'
Report Johnson   65', 68' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 32,270
Referee: Andre Marriner
28 December 2004 Rotherham United 2–2 West Ham United Rotherham
Butler   13'
McIntosh   37'
Report Harewood   71'
Sheringham   76'
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 7,769
Referee: Iain Williamson
1 January 2005 Ipswich Town 0–2 West Ham United Ipswich
Report Harewood   1'
Etherington   90'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 30,003
Referee: Paul Taylor
3 January 2005 West Ham United 0–2 Sheffield United London
Report Řepka   40' (o.g.)
Bromby   60'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 27,424
Referee: Trevor Kettle
15 January 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–2 West Ham United Wolverhampton
Miller   29', 54'
Ince   72'
Cort   75'
Report Zamora   36', 57' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,411
Referee: Clive Penton
23 January 2005 West Ham United 1–2 Derby County London
Fletcher   26' Report Rasiak   10', 63' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 30,347
Referee: Lee Mason
6 February 2005 West Ham United 1–0 Cardiff City London
Fletcher   89' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 23,716
Referee: Keith Stroud
19 February 2005 West Ham United 5–0 Plymouth Argyle London
Harewood   10'
McCormick   23' (o.g.)
Mackay   40'
Sheringham   76', 84'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 25,490
Referee: Kevin Friend
22 February 2005 Gillingham 0–1 West Ham United Gillingham
Report Harewood   13' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 9,510
Referee: Phil Crossley
26 February 2005 Leeds United 2–1 West Ham United Leeds
Hulse   51'
Derry   86'
Report Williams   68' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 34,115
Referee: Andy Hall
5 March 2005 West Ham United 1–2 Preston North End London
Zamora   87' Report Nugent   17'
Agyemang   81'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,442
Referee: Steve Tanner
12 March 2005 Reading 3–1 West Ham United Reading
Kitson   13', 27', 57' Report Sheringham   82' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 22,268
Referee: Phil Joslin
15 March 2005 West Ham United 1–1 Crewe Alexandra London
Sheringham   76' Report Jones   90' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,593
Referee: Mike Thorpe
18 March 2005 West Ham United 2–2 Leicester City London
Sheringham   28', 62' Report Connolly   25'
Gillespie   44'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 22,031
Referee: Andre Marriner
2 April 2005 Wigan Athletic 1–2 West Ham United Wigan
Roberts   51' Report Sheringham   55'
Harewood   67'
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 12,993
Referee: Brian Curson
5 April 2005 Burnley 0–1 West Ham United Burnley
Report Sheringham   83' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 12,209
Referee: Kevin Friend
9 April 2005 West Ham United 3–0 Coventry City London
Shaw   76' (o.g.)
Sheringham   89'
Zamora   90'
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 26,839
Referee: Iain Williamson
16 April 2005 West Ham United 1–1 Millwall London
Harewood   35' Report Hayles   12' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 28,221
Referee: Uriah Rennie
19 April 2005 Stoke City 0–1 West Ham United Stoke-on-Trent
Report Zamora   78' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 14,534
Referee: Graham Laws
23 April 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 West Ham United Brighton
Hammond   54', 90' Report Reo-Coker   8'
Harewood   55'
Stadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 6,819
Referee: Andy Penn
29 April 2005 West Ham United 1–2 Sunderland London
Harewood   43' Report Arca   52'
Elliott   87'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 33,482
Referee: Richard Beeby
8 May 2005 Watford 1–2 West Ham United Watford
Helguson   89' Report Ferdinand   42'
Harewood   70'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 19,673
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Championship play-offs edit

14 May 2005 West Ham United 2–2 Ipswich Town London
Harewood   7'
Zamora   13'
Report Walker   45' (o.g.)
Kuqi   74'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 33,723
Referee: Uriah Rennie
18 May 2005 Ipswich Town 0–2
(2–4 agg.)
West Ham United Ipswich
Report Zamora   61', 72' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 30,010
Referee: Steve Dunn
30 May 2005 Preston North End 0–1 West Ham United Cardiff
Report Zamora   57' Stadium: Millennium Stadium
Attendance: 70,275
Referee: Mike Riley

League Cup edit

24 August 2004 First Round West Ham United 2–0 Southend United London
Harewood   11', 90' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 16,910
Referee: Paul Armstrong
21 September 2004 Second Round West Ham United 3–2 Notts County London
Zamora   1', 54'
Rebrov   62'
Report Wilson   13'
Richardson   57'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 11,111
Referee: Iaian Williamson
27 October 2004 Third Round Chelsea 1–0 West Ham United London
Kežman   57' Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,774
Referee: Andy D'Urso

FA Cup edit

8 January 2005 Third Round West Ham United 1–0 Norwich City London
Harewood   81' Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 23,389
Referee: Uriah Rennie
29 January 2005 Fourth Round West Ham United 1–1 Sheffield United London
Harewood   39' Report Jagielka   57' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 19,444
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
13 February 2005 Fourth Round Replay Sheffield United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
West Ham United Sheffield
Liddell   8' Report Sheringham   63' Stadium: Brammall Lane
Attendance: 15,067
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Penalties

Statistics edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 46 21 10 15 66 56 +10 045.65
Play-offs 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 066.67
FA Cup 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 033.33
League Cup 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 066.67
Total 55 26 12 17 79 63 +16 047.27

Goalscorers edit

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Championship Play-offs FA Cup League Cup Total
1 ST 10   Marlon Harewood 17 1 2 2 22
2 ST 8   Teddy Sheringham 20 0 1 0 21
3 ST 25   Bobby Zamora 7 4 0 2 13
4 MF 12   Matthew Etherington 4 0 0 0 4
5 MF 20   Nigel Reo-Coker 3 0 0 0 3
6 MF 6   Carl Fletcher 2 0 0 0 2
ST 16   Serhii Rebrov 1 0 0 1 2
DF 21   Malky Mackay 2 0 0 0 2
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
10 DF 3   Rufus Brevett 1 0 0 0 1
MF 11   Steve Lomas 1 0 0 0 1
DF 15   Anton Ferdinand 1 0 0 0 1
MF 17   Hayden Mullins 1 0 0 0 1
MF 19   Adam Nowland 1 0 0 0 1
DF 19   Darren Powell 1 0 0 0 1
MF 30   Luke Chadwick 1 0 0 0 1
MF 35   Gavin Williams 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 66 5 3 5 79

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Play-offs FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ENG Stephen Bywater 39 0 36 0 0+1 0 2 0 0 0
23 GK   ENG Jimmy Walker 17 0 10 0 3 0 1 0 3 0
Defenders
2 DF   CZE Tomáš Řepka 51 0 42 0 3 0 3 0 3 0
3 DF   ENG Rufus Brevett 13 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF   WAL Andy Melville 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
7 DF   SCO Christian Dailly 5 0 2+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
9 DF   ARG Mauricio Taricco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   ENG Chris Cohen 14 0 1+10 0 0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
15 DF   ENG Anton Ferdinand 36 1 24+5 1 3 0 3 0 1 0
19 DF   ENG Darren Powell 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   SCO Malky Mackay 22 2 17+1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0
22 DF   ENG Elliott Ward 15 0 10+1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF   ENG Calum Davenport 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   ENG Trent McClenahan 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF   ENG Chris Powell 42 0 35+1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF   SCO Don Hutchison 6 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
6 MF   WAL Carl Fletcher 36 2 26+6 2 1 0 3 0 0 0
9 MF   JAM Jobi McAnuff 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF   NIR Steve Lomas 25 1 18+5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 MF   ENG Matthew Etherington 44 4 37+2 4 3 0 0 0 2 0
17 MF   ENG Hayden Mullins 45 1 32+5 1 3 0 2+1 0 2 0
19 MF   ENG Adam Nowland 6 1 3+1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF   ENG Nigel Reo-Coker 47 3 34+5 3 3 0 1+1 0 3 0
24 MF   ENG Mark Noble 21 0 10+3 0 0+3 0 3 0 0+2 0
26 MF   ENG Shaun Newton 14 0 11 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   ENG Luke Chadwick 36 1 22+10 1 0 0 3 0 1 0
35 MF   WAL Gavin Williams 10 1 7+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
8 FW   ENG Teddy Sheringham 36 21 26+7 20 0 0 2 1 0+1 0
10 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood 54 22 45 17 3 1 3 2 3 2
16 FW   UKR Serhii Rebrov 32 2 12+14 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 1
21 FW   AUS Richard Garcia 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW   ENG Bobby Zamora 39 13 15+19 7 3 4 0 0 2 2

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