2004–05 Leicester City F.C. season
2004–05 season | |
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Stadium | Walkers Stadium |
Football League Championship | 15th |
FA Cup | Sixth round |
League Cup | Second round |
Top goalscorer | Connolly (13) |
Average home league attendance | 24,137 |
During the 2004–05 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.
Season summary
Leicester City were hoping to make an immediate return to the FA Premier League following relegation the previous season, but got off to a poor to indifferent start to the season, seeing them drawing too many games and prompting Micky Adams to resign in October despite claims by the club that they wanted him to continue.[1] He was replaced by Hearts' Craig Levein,[2] but he couldn't inspire Leicester to improve and the club finished the season in a disappointing 15th place.
Kit
Leicester retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by Narborough-based bank Alliance & Leicester.[3]
Final league table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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C | 1 | Sunderland | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 94 |
P | 2 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 87 |
3 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 85 | 56 | +29 | 85 | |
4 | Derby County | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 76 | |
5 | Preston North End | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 75 | |
P | 6 | West Ham United | 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 | |
9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 66 | |
10 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 66 | |
11 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 62 | |
12 | Stoke City | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 61 | |
13 | Burnley | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 39 | -1 | 60 | |
14 | Leeds United | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 49 | 52 | -3 | 60 | |
15 | Leicester City | 46 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 57 | |
16 | Cardiff City | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 51 | -3 | 54 | |
17 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 52 | 64 | -12 | 53 | |
18 | Watford | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 52 | 59 | -7 | 52 | |
19 | Coventry City | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 61 | 73 | -12 | 52 | |
20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 65 | -25 | 51 | |
21 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 66 | 86 | -20 | 50 | |
R | 22 | Gillingham | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 66 | -21 | 50 |
R | 23 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 42 | 66 | -24 | 44 |
R | 24 | Rotherham United | 46 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 69 | -34 | 29 |
Results
Leicester City's score comes first[4]
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League Championship
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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7 August 2004 | West Ham United | H | 0-0 | 30,231 | |
11 August 2004 | Derby County | A | 2-1 | 26,650 | Nalis, Benjamin |
14 August 2004 | Millwall | A | 0-2 | 11,754 | |
21 August 2004 | Watford | H | 0-1 | 22,478 | |
28 August 2004 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 1-1 | 27,550 | Scowcroft |
30 August 2004 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 0-1 | 22,263 | |
11 September 2004 | Rotherham United | A | 2-0 | 6,272 | Nalis, Dublin |
14 September 2004 | Sheffield United | H | 3-2 | 23,422 | Scowcroft, Dabizas, Wilcox |
18 September 2004 | Burnley | H | 0-0 | 22,495 | |
25 September 2004 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 2-3 | 15,535 | Scowcroft, Connolly |
28 September 2004 | Gillingham | A | 2-0 | 6,089 | Heath, Dublin |
2 October 2004 | Preston North End | H | 1-1 | 21,249 | Benjamin |
16 October 2004 | Coventry City | A | 1-1 | 18,054 | Dublin |
19 October 2004 | Ipswich Town | H | 2-2 | 22,497 | Connolly, Heath |
23 October 2004 | Stoke City | H | 1-1 | 22,882 | Halls (own goal) |
30 October 2004 | Cardiff City | A | 0-0 | 13,759 | |
2 November 2004 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2-2 | 6,849 | Nalis, Guðjónsson |
8 November 2004 | Coventry City | H | 3-0 | 22,479 | Nalis, Tiatto, Heath |
13 November 2004 | Sunderland | H | 0-1 | 25,897 | |
20 November 2004 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0-0 | 10,924 | |
27 November 2004 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 2-1 | 23,799 | Scowcroft, Dublin |
4 December 2004 | Leeds United | A | 2-0 | 27,384 | Nalis, Kelly (own goal) |
11 December 2004 | Reading | H | 0-2 | 24,068 | |
17 December 2004 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1-1 | 21,415 | Connolly |
26 December 2004 | Rotherham United | H | 0-1 | 27,014 | |
28 December 2004 | Sheffield United | A | 0-2 | 22,100 | |
3 January 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1-0 | 23,754 | Connolly (pen) |
15 January 2005 | Preston North End | A | 1-1 | 12,677 | Connolly |
22 January 2005 | Gillingham | H | 2-0 | 23,457 | Connolly, Nosworthy (own goal) |
5 February 2005 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1-1 | 27,011 | Gillespie |
12 February 2005 | Ipswich Town | A | 1-2 | 27,392 | Stewart |
22 February 2005 | Stoke City | A | 2-3 | 14,076 | Williams, Guðjónsson |
26 February 2005 | Reading | A | 0-0 | 14,651 | |
5 March 2005 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0-1 | 27,277 | |
8 March 2005 | Burnley | A | 0-0 | 10,933 | |
15 March 2005 | Watford | A | 2-2 | 11,084 | Connolly, Hughes |
18 March 2005 | West Ham United | A | 2-2 | 22,031 | Connolly (pen), Gillespie |
2 April 2005 | Millwall | H | 3-1 | 22,338 | Stearman, Connolly (pen), De Vries |
5 April 2005 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1-1 | 22,950 | Maybury |
9 April 2005 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1-1 | 6,638 | Connolly (pen) |
16 April 2005 | Wigan Athletic | H | 0-2 | 23,894 | |
19 April 2005 | Cardiff City | H | 1-1 | 21,336 | Connolly |
23 April 2005 | Sunderland | A | 1-2 | 34,815 | Maybury |
26 April 2005 | Derby County | H | 1-0 | 25,762 | Connolly |
1 May 2005 | Leeds United | H | 2-0 | 26,593 | Dublin, Connolly |
8 May 2005 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0-0 | 19,199 |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R3 | 8 January 2005 | Blackpool | H | 2-2 | 16,750 | Williams, Edwards (own goal) |
R3R | 15 January 2005 | Blackpool | A | 1-0 | 6,938 | Guðjónsson |
R4 | 29 January 2005 | Reading | A | 2-1 | 14,825 | Williams, Scowcroft |
R5 | 19 February 2005 | Charlton Athletic | A | 2-1 | 23,719 | Dabizas, Dublin |
QF | 13 March 2005 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0-1 | 22,113 |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R2 | 4 October 2004 | Preston North End | H | 2-3 | 6,751 | Guðjónsson (pen), Blake |
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
Paddy McCarthy: from Manchester City, £100,000 Danny Tiatto: from Manchester City David Connolly: from West Ham United Joey Guðjónsson: from Real Betis Dion Dublin: from Aston Villa Peter Canero: from Kilmarnock Scott Gemmill: from Preston North End Stephen Hughes: from Rangers Jason Wilcox: from Leeds United Mark de Vries: from Heart of Midlothian Alan Maybury: from Heart of Midlothian Lars Hirschfeld: from Dundee United
Out
Paul Dickov: to Blackburn Rovers Muzzy Izzet: to Birmingham City Les Ferdinand: to Bolton Wanderers Riccardo Scimeca: to West Bromwich Albion Frank Sinclair: to Burnley Danny Coyne: to Burnley Andy Impey: to Nottingham Forest Craig Hignett: to Leeds United Steve Guppy: to Leeds United Alan Rogers: to Nottingham Forest
References
- ↑ "Adams resigns as Leicester boss". BBC Sport. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ "Leicester appoint Levein as boss". BBC Sport. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Leicester_City/Leicester_City.htm
- ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2004-2005/results