2004–05 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2004–05 season
Chairman	Bill Power
Manager	Ian Holloway
Stadium	Loftus Road (capacity 19,128)
Football League Championship	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paul Furlong (18); All: ; Paul Furlong (19)
Average home league attendance	16,055

During the 2004–05 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the Football League Championship, having been promoted from the old Second Division (now renamed League One) the previous season.

Season summary

After a slow start to the season, QPR won seven games in a row to rise up to third in the Championship table, though the good form didn't last and the West London side eventually finished in a comfortable midtable position - 12 points from the relegation zone and 11 points off the play-off places.

QPR were eliminated from the League Cup in the second round by Premiership side Aston Villa and the FA Cup in the third round by fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
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

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Rotherham United	H	1-1	14,547	Ainsworth
9 August 2004	Watford	A	0-3	14,737
14 August 2004	Sunderland	A	2-2	26,063	Furlong, Rowlands
21 August 2004	Derby County	H	0-2	15,295
27 August 2004	Gillingham	A	1-0	7,391	Bean
31 August 2004	Sheffield United	H	0-1	13,804
11 September 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-2	15,425	Furlong (2), Gallen
14 September 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-0	5,682	Furlong, Santos
18 September 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3-2	6,612	Gallen, Furlong, Rose
25 September 2004	Leicester City	H	3-2	15,535	Cook, Furlong (2)
28 September 2004	Coventry City	H	4-1	14,680	Cureton (3), Furlong
2 October 2004	Stoke City	A	1-0	16,877	Gallen
16 October 2004	West Ham United	H	1-0	18,363	Rose
19 October 2004	Preston North End	A	1-2	10,548	Santos
23 October 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	27,070	Gallen
30 October 2004	Burnley	H	3-0	15,638	Gallen (pen), Santos, Furlong
2 November 2004	Millwall	H	1-1	16,685	Furlong
6 November 2004	West Ham United	A	1-2	31,365	McLeod
13 November 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	1-0	15,804	Furlong
20 November 2004	Leeds United	A	1-6	29,739	Ainsworth
27 November 2004	Cardiff City	H	1-0	15,146	Shittu
4 December 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	26,099	Santos
11 December 2004	Ipswich Town	H	2-4	18,231	Furlong (2)
18 December 2004	Reading	A	0-1	20,272
26 December 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-2	19,535	Furlong
28 December 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2	15,770	Shittu
1 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-0	15,898
3 January 2005	Leicester City	A	0-1	23,754
14 January 2005	Stoke City	H	1-0	13,559	Cook
22 January 2005	Coventry City	A	2-1	16,595	Cureton, Santos
5 February 2005	Millwall	A	0-0	15,603
12 February 2005	Preston North End	H	1-2	15,620	Furlong
22 February 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	15,029	Gallen
26 February 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	29,008	Furlong, Shittu
5 March 2005	Reading	H	0-0	16,971
12 March 2005	Watford	H	3-1	16,638	Furlong, Gallen (2)
16 March 2005	Derby County	A	0-0	24,486
19 March 2005	Rotherham United	A	1-0	5,387	Rowlands
2 April 2005	Sunderland	H	1-3	18,198	Shittu
5 April 2005	Gillingham	H	1-1	16,431	Furlong
9 April 2005	Sheffield United	A	2-3	20,426	Rowlands, Gallen
16 April 2005	Leeds United	H	1-1	18,182	Gallen
19 April 2005	Burnley	A	0-2	10,396
23 April 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	0-0	12,007
30 April 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	2-1	17,834	Curtis (own goal), Bircham
8 May 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-1	15,722

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0-3	11,140

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Swansea City	H	3-0	4,882	Cureton, Rowlands, Gallen
R2	22 September 2004	Aston Villa	A	1-3	26,975	McLeod

Players

First-team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Chris Day
2	DF	Marcus Bignot
3	DF	Gino Padula
4	DF	Richard Edghill
5	DF	Danny Shittu
7	DF	Matthew Rose
8	MF	Marc Bircham^{[notes 1]}
9	FW	Tony Thorpe
10	FW	Kevin Gallen
11	MF	Gareth Ainsworth
14	MF	Martin Rowlands^{[notes 2]}
15	FW	Jamie Cureton
16	MF	Marcus Bean^{[notes 3]}
17	MF	Lee Cook

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Stefan Bailey
19	GK	Generoso Rossi
20	FW	Dean Sturridge
21	MF	Adam Miller
22	DF	Arthur Gnohéré
23	DF	Georges Santos^{[notes 4]}
24	DF	Lewis Hamilton
25	MF	Scott Donnelly
27	FW	Aaron Brown
29	FW	Paul Furlong
30	MF	Scott Mulholland
31	FW	Luke Townsend
34	FW	Shabazz Baidoo
35	DF	Patrick Kanyuka

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Richard Johnson (to Newcastle United Jets)
6	DF	Andrew Davies (on loan from Middlesbrough)
12	GK	Nick Culkin (retired)
18	MF	Kevin McLeod (to Swansea City)
19	DF	Terrell Forbes (to Grimsby Town)
19	MF	Serge Branco (to Shinnik)

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Wesley Daly (to Grays Athletic)
21	DF	Jack Perry (released)
28	DF	Frankie Simek (on loan from Arsenal)
28	FW	Leon Best^{[notes 5]} (on loan from Southampton)
32	GK	Simon Royce (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
	MF	Ruben Zadkovich (to Notts County)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Position	Player
13	GK	Jake Cole
26	DF	Ryan Johnson
28	DF	Dominic Shimmin

No.		Position	Player
33		DF	Matthew Hislop
36		DF	Daniel Murphy

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/2004-2005

Notes

↑ Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.
↑ Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.
↑ Bean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.
↑ Santos was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Cape Verde in September 2002.
↑ Best was born in Nottingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/2004-2005

[2] Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.

[3] Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.

[4] Bean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.

[5] Santos was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Cape Verde in September 2002.

[6] Best was born in Nottingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.

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