2004–05 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2004–05 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Lennie Lawrence
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	Third round
FAW Premier Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Peter Thorne (12); All: ; Peter Thorne (14)
Highest home attendance	17,006 vs Leeds United (2 October 2004)
Lowest home attendance	10,007 vs Crewe Alexandra (19 March 2005)
Average home league attendance	13,029

During the 2004–05 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the team's second year in the Championship since being promoted from League One. The season was also the last that manager Lennie Lawrence spent at the club before being replaced by Dave Jones at the end of the season.

Team kit & sponsorship

Cardiff's kits continued to be designed by Puma. Their main shirt sponsor continues as Welsh housing company Redrow homes.

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		FAW Premier Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Tony Warner	28	2	26	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF		Rhys Weston	29	0	23+2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF		Gary Croft	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Rob Page	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Danny Gabbidon	49	1	45	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		John Robinson	9	1	8	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	MF		Neal Ardley	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Graham Kavanagh	33	3	28	3	2	0	2+1	0	0	0
9	FW		Andy Campbell	15	0	6+6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
10	FW		Robert Earnshaw	5	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
10	FW		Michael Boulding	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Peter Thorne	35	14	28+3	12	2	0	2	2	0	0
12	MF		Willie Boland	24	0	18+3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
13	GK		Martyn Margetson	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Alan Lee	43	7	24+14	5	2	1	3	1	0	0
15	MF		Richard Langley	27	2	24+1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Chris Barker	44	0	38+1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
17	DF		James Collins	40	2	32+2	1	2	1	4	0	0	0
18	MF		Lee Bullock	26	5	8+13	3	0+1	0	3+1	2	0	0
19	MF		Paul Parry	28	4	12+12	4	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
20	FW		Gavin Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Tony Vidmar	33	1	23+5	1	0+1	0	4	0	0	0
22	GK		Arran Lee-Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	GK		Neil Alexander	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF		Gareth Whalley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Darren Williams	20	0	17+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Jobi McAnuff	48	3	42+1	2	2	1	3	0	0	0
26	MF		Gary O'Neil	9	1	8+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Neil Harris	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Junichi Inamoto	16	0	13+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Toni Koskela	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF		Nicky Fish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF		Byron Anthony	3	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	1	0
31	MF		Michael Parkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW		Danny Thomas	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW		Richard Ingram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Kirk Huggins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	FW		Cameron Jerome	32	7	21+8	6	1	0	0+2	1	0	0
36	MF		Joe Ledley	32	3	20+8	3	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
	FW		Stuart Fleetwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Lee Bullock	York City	Free
Jobi McAnuff	West Ham United	£250,000
Rob Page	Sheffield United	Free

Summer transfers out

0*Indicates the player joined after being released by Cardiff

Player	Club	Fee
Mark Bonner	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed
Jason Bowen	Newport County*	Free
Gavin Gordon	Notts County	Undisclosed
Spencer Prior	Southend United*	Free
Gareth Whalley	Wigan Athletic*	Free

Loans in

Player	Club	Date Arrived	Return Date
Darren Williams	Sunderland	September 2004	October 2004
Gary O'Neil	Portsmouth	August 2004	December 2004
Darren Williams	Sunderland	October 2004	December 2004
Neil Harris	Millwall	November 2004	January 2005
Michael Boulding	Barnsley	January 2005	End of Season
Junichi Inamoto	West Bromwich Albion	March 2005	April 2005

January transfer window ins

Player	Club	Fee
Neal Ardley	Unattached	Free
Darren Williams	Sunderland	Free

January transfer window outs

Player	Club	Fee
Robert Earnshaw	West Bromwich Albion	£3 million

Fixtures & results

Championship

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 Aug	Crewe Alexandra	A	D 2 – 2	7,339	Robinson, Lee
10 Aug	Coventry City	H	W 2 – 1	14,031	Earnshaw, Bullock
13 Aug	Plymouth Argyle	H	L 0 – 1	12,697
21 Aug	Ipswich Town	A	L 1 – 3	21,828	Lee
28 Aug	Stoke City	H	L 0 – 1	12,929
30 Aug	Wigan Athletic	A	L 1 – 2	9,004	Lee
11 Sep	Nottingham Forest	A	D 0 – 0	21,607
14 Sep	Watford	H	L 0 – 3	10,606
18 Sep	Derby County	H	L 0 – 2	12,008
25 Sep	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	W 3 – 2	27,896	Parry, Thorne, Kavanagh
28 Sep	Burnley	A	L 0 – 1	11,200
2 Oct	Leeds United	H	D 0 – 0	17,006
16 Oct	Rotherham United	H	W 2 – 0	11,004	Thorne (2)
19 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	D 1 – 1	6,112	Bullock
23 Oct	Millwall	A	D 2 – 2	10,476	O'Neil, Lee
30 Oct	Leicester City	H	D 0 – 0	13,759
2 Nov	West Ham United	H	W 4 – 1	14,222	Lee, Ledley, Parry, McAnuff
6 Nov	Rotherham United	A	D 2 – 2	5,119	Ledley, Parry
13 Nov	Reading	A	L 1 – 2	16,107	Jerome
19 Nov	Preston North End	H	L 0 – 1	10,950
27 Nov	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 0 – 1	15,146
4 Dec	Gillingham	H	W 3 – 1	10,623	Jerome, Thorne (2)
11 Dec	Sunderland	H	L 0 – 2	12,528
18 Dec	Sheffield United	A	L 1 – 2	18,240	Harris
26 Dec	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D 1 – 1	16,699	Jerome
28 Dec	Watford	A	D 0 – 0	13,409
1 Jan	Derby County	A	W 1 – 0	22,800	Thorne
3 Jan	Nottingham Forest	H	W 3 – 0	13,545	Thorne (2), Kavanagh
15 Jan	Leeds United	A	D 1 – 1	29,548	Thorne
22 Jan	Burnley	H	W 2 – 0	11,562	Langley, Kavanagh
6 Feb	West Ham United	A	L 0 – 1	23,716
12 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	W 2 – 0	11,435	Thorne, Collins
22 Feb	Millwall	H	L 0 – 1	11,424
26 Feb	Sunderland	A	L 1 – 2	32,788	Vidmar
5 Mar	Sheffield United	H	W 1 – 0	12,250	Ledley
12 Mar	Coventry City	A	D 1 – 1	17,059	Bullock
15 Mar	Ipswich Town	H	L 0 – 1	11,768
19 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	H	D 1 – 1	10,007	Gabbidon
2 Apr	Plymouth Argyle	A	D 1 – 1	18,045	Langley
5 Apr	Stoke City	A	W 3 – 1	12,785	Jerome (2), Thorne
9 Apr	Wigan Athletic	H	L 0 – 2	16,858
16 Apr	Preston North End	A	L 0 – 3	15,141
19 Apr	Leicester City	A	D 1 – 1	21,336	Ardley
23 Apr	Reading	H	W 2 – 0	14,821	Thorne, Jerome
30 Apr	Gillingham	A	D 1 – 1	10,810	Parry
8 May	Queens Park Rangers	H	W 1 – 0	15,722	McAnuff

League Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 Aug	One	Kidderminster Harriers	A	W 1 – 1 (5–4 on pens)	1,897	Earnshaw
21 Sep	Two	Milton Keynes Dons	A	W 4 – 1	2,266	Thorne (2), Bullock, Anthony
26 Oct	Three	Bournemouth	A	W 3 – 3 (5–4 on pens)	8,598	Lee, Bullock, Jerome
9 Nov	Four	Portsmouth	H	L 0 – 2	13,555

FA Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 Jan	Three	Blackburn Rovers	H	D 1 – 1	14,145	Lee
19 Jan	Three (replay)	Blackburn Rovers	A	L 2 – 3	9,140	McAnuff, Collins

FAW Premier Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 Jan	Quarter-final	Bangor City	A	L 0 – 1	–

References

↑ "Cardiff City 2004–05". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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[1] "Cardiff City 2004–05". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.