2004–05 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United
2004–05 season
Chairman	Peter Ruchniewicz
Manager	Ronnie Moore (until January) ; Alan Knill (caretaker until 7 April) ; Mick Harford (from 7 April)
Stadium	Millmoor
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Butler (6)
Average home league attendance	5,577

During the 2004–05 English football season, Rotherham United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

During the 2004–05 season, the club struggled and spent most of the season bottom of the league. The club was bought by the consortium, Millers 05. Ronnie Moore left by mutual consent during the campaign, after his team were rooted to the bottom of the division for the majority of the season.^[1]

After relegation to League One in April 2005, Mick Harford took over as Millers manager.^[2]

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

Rotherham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	14,547	Shaw
10 August 2004	Burnley	H	0-0	6,243
14 August 2004	Stoke City	H	1-1	5,925	Shaw
21 August 2004	Reading	A	0-1	11,404
28 August 2004	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	5,504
30 August 2004	Preston North End	A	0-2	11,439
11 September 2004	Leicester City	H	0-2	6,272
14 September 2004	West Ham United	A	0-1	26,233
18 September 2004	Coventry City	A	0-0	13,834
25 September 2004	Millwall	H	1-1	5,062	Sedgwick
28 September 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-3	4,498	Burchill, Barker
2 October 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0-2	7,937
16 October 2004	Cardiff City	A	0-2	11,004
19 October 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	0-1	5,088
25 October 2004	Sunderland	H	0-1	6,026
30 October 2004	Derby County	A	2-3	25,096	Swailes, Scott
3 November 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	2-2	21,619	Sedgwick, Júnior
6 November 2004	Cardiff City	H	2-2	5,093	McLaren, Proctor
13 November 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	6,693	McIntosh
20 November 2004	Watford	A	0-0	17,780
29 November 2004	Leeds United	H	1-0	8,860	McIntosh
4 December 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-1	6,076
11 December 2004	Sheffield United	H	2-2	8,195	Swailes, McIntosh
18 December 2004	Gillingham	A	1-3	8,576	Hoskins
26 December 2004	Leicester City	A	1-0	27,014	Barker
28 December 2004	West Ham United	H	2-2	7,769	Butler, McIntosh
1 January 2005	Coventry City	H	1-2	5,742	Júnior
3 January 2005	Millwall	A	2-1	11,725	Butler, Scott
15 January 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0-2	9,050
22 January 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	6,382	Mullin
5 February 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0-0	8,448
12 February 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	14,798	Monkhouse
19 February 2005	Derby County	H	1-3	7,937	Butler (pen)
22 February 2005	Sunderland	A	1-4	22,267	Monkhouse
26 February 2005	Sheffield United	A	0-1	18,431
5 March 2005	Gillingham	H	1-3	4,367	Butler
12 March 2005	Burnley	A	1-2	10,539	Gilchrist
15 March 2005	Reading	H	1-0	3,804	Warne
19 March 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	5,387
2 April 2005	Stoke City	A	2-1	16,552	Butler, Noel-Williams (own goal)
5 April 2005	Ipswich Town	A	3-4	26,017	Thorpe, Butler, McIntosh
9 April 2005	Preston North End	H	1-2	6,312	Hoskins
16 April 2005	Watford	H	0-1	5,438
23 April 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	25,177
30 April 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-1	6,549
8 May 2005	Leeds United	A	0-0	30,900

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Yeovil Town	H	0-3	5,397

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Chesterfield	H	2-1	3,845	Proctor, Barker
R2	22 September 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	11,168	Sedgwick

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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	Mike Pollitt
4	DF	Rob Scott
5	MF	Darren Garner
6	DF	Phil Gilchrist
7	FW	Michael Proctor
8	DF	Chris Swailes
9	FW	Martin Butler
10	FW	Paul Warne
11	MF	Nick Daws
12	FW	Marc Newsham
14	FW	Will Hoskins
15	DF	Martin McIntosh

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Paul Hurst
17	MF	John Mullin
18	DF	Scott Minto
19	MF	Paulo Vernazza
20	FW	Andy Monkhouse
21	MF	Jamal Campbell-Ryce^[5]
22	DF	Shaun Barker
23	MF	Paul McLaren
24	MF	Ben Bradford
25	MF	Michael Keane
29	MF	Sam Duncum
30	GK	Gary Montgomery

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
2	DF	Robbie Stockdale^[6] (to Hull City)
21	FW	Paul Shaw (on loan from Sheffield United)
24	MF	Chris Sedgwick (to Preston North End)
24	MF	Léandre Griffit (on loan from Southampton)

No.	Position	Player
27	FW	Mark Burchill (on loan from Portsmouth)
27	FW	José Júnior (on loan from Derby County)
28	FW	Tony Thorpe (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
29	FW	Richard Barker (to Mansfield Town)

References

↑ "Moore parts company with Millers". BBC Sport. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
↑ "Harford named as Rotherham boss". BBC Sport. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/rotherham-united/2004-2005
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/rother.htm
↑ Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
↑ Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 2002.

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[1] "Moore parts company with Millers". BBC Sport. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

[2] "Harford named as Rotherham boss". BBC Sport. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/rotherham-united/2004-2005

[4] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/rother.htm

[5] Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.

[6] Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 2002.

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