2004–05 Hibernian F.C. season

Season 2004–05 was a relative success for Hibernian, as the team performed well in the league, finishing third and qualifying for the UEFA Cup in Tony Mowbray's first season as manager. Hibs lost to league strugglers Dundee United in both cup competitions; 2–1 in a Scottish Cup semi-final, and 2–1 after extra time in the League Cup quarter-final. The season also saw the development of a number of promising young players, particularly strikers Derek Riordan and Garry O'Connor. This relative success came after the club had been disappointingly beaten by FK Vetra in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Hibernian
2004–05 season
ChairmanKen Lewandowski (until December 2004)
Rod Petrie (from December 2004)
ManagerTony Mowbray
SPL3rd
Scottish CupSemi
CIS CupQuarter
Intertoto CupR2
Top goalscorerLeague: Riordan, 20
All: Riordan, 23
Highest home attendance17450[1]
Lowest home attendance9344[1]
Average home league attendance12539[1] (up 3389)

League season

Hibs enjoyed a successful first season under new manager Tony Mowbray, as the club finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup competition.[2] Hibs were pushed for third place by Aberdeen and only clinched the position on the final day of the season. The final day match was against Rangers, who needed to win to have a chance of winning the championship, while Hibs needed to avoid a heavy defeat to prevent Aberdeen overtaking them on goal difference.[2] Rangers took a 1–0 lead after 59 minutes, and the later stages of the game were played out without either team chasing a goal as it suited their needs.[2] Highlights of the season included wins at Tynecastle and Celtic Park, which were big steps towards finishing in such a high position.[3][4]

Results
7 August 2004 SPLHibernian0 – 1KilmarnockEaster Road, Edinburgh
Boyd  73' Attendance: 10,933
Referee: Freeland
14 August 2004 SPLMotherwell1 – 2HibernianFir Park, Motherwell
O'Donnell  20' O'Connor  2', 78' Attendance: 5,859
Referee: Underhill
21 August 2004 SPLRangers4 – 1HibernianIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
Arveladze  11'
Prso  15'
Boumsong  58'
Løvenkrands  84'		 Caldwell  35' Attendance: 48,702
Referee: Clark
28 August 2004 SPLHibernian4 – 4DundeeEaster Road, Edinburgh
Shiels  23'
Riordan  41'
O'Connor  46', 50'		 Sutton  7'
Brady  65'
Larsen  79'
Hernandez  90'		 Attendance: 9,344
Referee: Richmond
11 September 2004 SPLInverness CT1 – 2HibernianPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Wilson  37' (pen.) Riordan  12', 60' Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Thomson
19 September 2004 SPLHibernian2 – 2CelticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Balde  8' (o.g.)
Murphy  35'		 Camara  34'
Hartson  45'		 Attendance: 13,500
Referee: McCurry
25 September 2004 SPLAberdeen0 – 1HibernianPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Riordan  62' Attendance: 12,137
Referee: McDonald
2 October 2004 SPLDunfermline Athletic1 – 1HibernianEast End Park, Dunfermline
Donnelly  86' O'Connor  39' Attendance: 7,290
Referee: Murray
16 October 2004 SPLHibernian2 – 0Dundee UnitedEaster Road, Edinburgh
O'Connor  11'
Fletcher  55'		 Attendance: 9,927
Referee: Ritchie
24 October 2004 SPLHeart of Midlothian2 – 1HibernianTynecastle, Edinburgh
Kisnorbo  15'
Hamill  76'		 Riordan  90' Attendance: 16,720
Referee: McCurry
27 October 2004 SPLHibernian2 – 1LivingstonEaster Road, Edinburgh
Beuzelin  9'
Fletcher  23'		 Lilley  65' (pen.) Attendance: 9,534
Referee: Dallas
30 October 2004 SPLKilmarnock3 – 1HibernianRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Nish  20', 42'
Dargo  40'		 Shiels  69' Attendance: 5,959
Referee: Dougal
6 November 2004 SPLHibernian1 – 0MotherwellEaster Road, Edinburgh
Murray  79' Attendance: 10,022
Referee: Thomson
14 November 2004 SPLHibernian0 – 1RangersEaster Road, Edinburgh
Prso  65' (pen.) Attendance: 13,829
Referee: Young
20 November 2004 SPLDundee1 – 4HibernianDens Park, Dundee
Lovell  62' Beuzelin  17'
Riordan  43'
Orman  72'
Shiels  88'		 Attendance: 5,274
Referee: Toner
27 November 2004 SPLHibernian2 – 1Inverness CTEaster Road, Edinburgh
Beuzelin  39'
Riordan  47'		 Juanjo  34' Attendance: 9,728
Referee: Conroy
4 December 2004 SPLCeltic2 – 1HibernianCeltic Park, Glasgow
Hartson  18', 83' Caldwell  75' Attendance: 58,384
Referee: Brines
11 December 2004 SPLHibernian2 – 1AberdeenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Riordan  24'
Glass  64'		 Mackie  37' Attendance: 13,503
Referee: Rowbotham
18 December 2004 SPLHibernian2 – 1Dunfermline AthleticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Glass  66'
Riordan  90'		 Tod  68' Attendance: 9,859
Referee: Mackay
27 December 2004 SPLDundee United1 – 4HibernianTannadice Park, Dundee
Scotland  8' Riordan  13'
O'Connor  22'
Orman  58'
Morrow  81'		 Attendance: 10,152
Referee: Fyfe
2 January 2005 SPLHibernian1 – 1Heart of MidlothianEaster Road, Edinburgh
Riordan  24' Hartley  55' Attendance: 17,259
Referee: McDonald
15 January 2005 SPLLivingston0 – 2HibernianAlmondvale, Livingston
O'Connor  53'
Riordan  74'		 Attendance: 6,788
Referee: McCurry
22 January 2005 SPLHibernian3 – 0KilmarnockEaster Road, Edinburgh
Riordan  30', 34', 52' Attendance: 12,660
Referee: Dallas
12 February 2005 SPLRangers3 – 0HibernianIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
Prso  35', 50'
Buffel  61'		 Attendance: 50,143
Referee: Thomson
15 February 2005 SPLMotherwell1 – 1HibernianFir Park, Motherwell
Craigan  26' Riordan  66' (pen.) Attendance: 7,453
Referee: Clark
19 February 2005 SPLHibernian4 – 0DundeeEaster Road, Edinburgh
O'Connor  27', 77'
Whittaker  47'
Fletcher  76'		 Attendance: 10,938
Referee: Freeland
2 March 2005 SPLInverness CT3 – 0HibernianCaledonian Stadium, Inverness
Juanjo  39'
Brewster  50'
Wilson  77'		 Attendance: 4,443
Referee: Underhill
6 March 2005 SPLHibernian1 – 3CelticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Beuzelin  90' Petrov  5'
Hartson  31'
Bellamy  69'		 Attendance: 15,787
Referee: Clark
12 March 2005 SPLAberdeen3 – 0HibernianPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Anderson  12'
Whelan  13'
Mackie  85' (pen.)		 Attendance: 14,465
Referee: Toner
19 March 2005 SPLDunfermline Athletic1 – 4HibernianEast End Park, Dunfermline
Nicholson  43' Riordan  66', 81'
Fletcher  69', 75'		 Attendance: 7,204
Referee: Dallas
2 April 2005 SPLHibernian3 – 2Dundee UnitedEaster Road, Edinburgh
Shiels  35'
O'Connor  69'
Smith  90'		 McIntyre  63'
Scotland  77'		 Attendance: 11,058
Referee: Underhill
13 April 2005 SPLHeart of Midlothian1 – 2HibernianTynecastle, Edinburgh
Miller  40' O'Connor  68'
Shiels  73'		 Attendance: 17,676
Referee: Rowbotham
16 April 2005 SPLHibernian0 – 3LivingstonEaster Road, Edinburgh
Lilley  49'
Kachloul  61'
O'Brien  87'		 Attendance: 11,047
Referee: Mackay
23 April 2005 SPLHibernian2 – 2Heart of MidlothianEaster Road, Edinburgh
O'Connor  8'
Riordan  63'		 Miller  23'
Webster  88'		 Attendance: 16,620
Referee: McCurry
30 April 2005 SPLCeltic1 – 3HibernianCeltic Park, Glasgow
Beattie  59' O'Connor  7'
Sproule  79'
Brown  81'		 Attendance: 58,322
Referee: Clark
7 May 2005 SPLMotherwell2 – 2HibernianFir Park, Motherwell
Craigan  16', 49' Caldwell  81'
Konte  90'		 Attendance: 8,903
Referee: Mackay
14 May 2005 SPLHibernian1 – 2AberdeenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Riordan  51' Mackie  28', 69' Attendance: 15,288
Referee: Ritchie
22 May 2005 SPLHibernian0 – 1RangersEaster Road, Edinburgh
Novo  59' Attendance: 17,450
Referee: Clark

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Rangers 38 29 6 3 78 22 +56 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 30 2 6 85 35 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 7 13 64 57 +7 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39 +5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41 +2 50
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Intertoto Cup

Despite having finished in the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League table in the previous season, Hibs volunteered to enter the Intertoto Cup. They were drawn against Lithuanian A Lyga side FK Vetra, with Hibs due to play at home first. New manager Tony Mowbray was faced with only having 12 players available for the first training session of the season, just 12 days before the first match with Vetra.[5]

The first match, which was played in "farcical conditions after a thunderstorm flooded the Easter Road pitch", ended in a 1–1 draw.[6] In the return match, Vetra sat back and allowed Hibs the majority of ball possession, but they were unable to create more than a few goalscoring chances from this.[6] A goal resulting from an error by young goalkeeper Alistair Brown condemned Hibs to defeat.[6] The Edinburgh Evening News described Hibs' participation as "a gamble" that had "backfired";[6] former Hibs player Stuart Lovell questioned the motives of the Hibs board, and the point of giving short term contracts to players just to play in the matches against Vetra.[7]

Results
3 July 2004 UEFA Intertoto CupHibernian1 – 1FK VetraEaster Road, Edinburgh
O'Connor  77' Sasnauskas  63' Attendance: 8,630
Referee: Tony Asumaa
10 July 2004 UEFA Intertoto CupFK Vetra1 – 0HibernianZalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Vasiliauskas  62' Referee: Krzysztof Slupik

Scottish League Cup

As one of the SPL clubs who had not automatically qualified for European competition, Hibs entered at the last 32 stage (second round) of the competition, in which they defeated Alloa Athletic 4–0 at Easter Road. Hibs were then given a favourable draw against Albion Rovers in the last 16. Despite the underdogs taking a shock lead, Hibs ran out 3–1 winners in a game that was played on a neutral venue (Hamilton).[8] In the quarter-final, Hibs were drawn to play Dundee United at Tannadice. Hibs took the lead through a Derek Riordan goal in the first half and held it for most of the game, but Jim McIntyre scored a late equaliser in normal time, and then scored the winner in extra time.

Results
24 August 2004 Scottish League CupHibernian4 – 0Alloa AthleticEaster Road, Edinburgh
Glass  20'
Orman  48'
Murdock  51'
Riordan  53'		 Attendance: 5,156
Referee: McCurry
22 September 2004 Scottish League CupAlbion Rovers1 – 3HibernianNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
McLaren  7' Dobbie  42'
Shiels  43'
O'Connor  71'		 Attendance: 1,576
Referee: Conroy
9 November 2004 Scottish League CupDundee United2 – 1
AET		HibernianTannadice Park, Dundee
McIntyre  87', 107' Riordan  31' Attendance: 4,865
Referee: Rowbotham

Scottish Cup

Hibs reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, where they met Dundee United. Hibs went into the match as favourites due to the contrasting league form of the two sides;[9] indeed, Hibs had beaten United 3–2 in the league at Easter Road the previous week. Hibs took the lead in the cup match thanks to a Derek Riordan penalty, but then collapsed to a 2–1 defeat, with the winner scored by Jason Scotland.[9]

A curious postscript to the defeat was that Jason Scotland was denied a renewal of a UK work permit the following summer by an expert panel, which included former Hibs players Murdo MacLeod, Tony Higgins, Pat Stanton, Peter Cormack and Tommy McIntyre.[10] The panel was hearing an appeal against a decision to reject the application to renew Scotland's work permit, which had been made automatically because Scotland had only played in two of Trinidad and Tobago's international matches in the preceding two years.[11] The decision forced Scotland to leave United; he signed later that summer for Scottish First Division club St Johnstone, and has subsequently played in the Premier League for Wigan Athletic.

Results
8 January 2005 Scottish CupHibernian2 – 0DundeeEaster Road, Edinburgh
Whittaker  76'
Morrow  87'		 Attendance: 9,706
Referee: Brines
5 February 2005 Scottish CupHibernian4 – 0Brechin CityEaster Road, Edinburgh
Morrow  24'
O'Connor  32', 57'
Caldwell  63'		 Attendance: 13,563
Referee: McCurry
5 February 2005 Scottish CupHibernian2 – 0St MirrenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Brown  45'
O'Connor  72'		 Attendance: 15,195
Referee: Young
9 April 2005 Scottish CupDundee United2 – 1HibernianHampden Park, Glasgow
McIntyre  73'
Scotland  76'		 Riordan  58' (pen.) Attendance: 27,271
Referee: McCurry

Transfers

Player stats

During the 2004–05 season, Hibs used 32 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[13][14]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPLScottish CupLeague CupIntertoto Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Alistair Brown 4010001020
GK Simon Brown 440380402000
DF Jonathan Baillie 2010001000
DF Gary Caldwell 464373413020
DF Colin Murdock 9150002120
DF David Murphy 321271302000
DF Ian Murray 341291302000
DF Alan Reid 2000000020
DF Jay Shields 6060000000
DF Gary Smith 261201401010
DF Mark Venus 1000001000
DF Steven Whittaker 452371412020
MF Guillaume Beuzelin 294264102000
MF Grant Brebner 4020000020
MF Scott Brown 242201210020
MF Stephen Glass 443362303120
MF Jamie McCluskey 130100201000
MF Kevin McDonald 3020100000
MF Antonio Murray 140120200000
MF Kevin Nicol 4010001020
MF Alen Orman 183122202120
MF Craig Rocastle 140130001000
MF Dean Shiels 436375303100
MF Ivan Sproule 8171100000
MF Kevin Thomson 4030100000
FW Stephen Dobbie 12170003120
FW Steven Fletcher 265205402000
FW Amadou Konte 131131000000
FW Tam McManus 4020000020
FW Sam Morrow 293221322020
FW Garry O'Connor 43193614431121
FW Derek Riordan 44233720413200

See also

Notes
  1. "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. Mowbray delighted despite defeat, BBC Sport, 22 May 2005.
  3. Hearts 1–2 Hibernian, BBC Sport, 13 April 2005.
  4. Hibs win dents Celtic's title run, CNN, 30 April 2005.
  5. Hibs prepare to meet Europe's poor relations; Stewart Fisher finds, Sunday Herald, 27 June 2004.
  6. Intertoto gamble fails to pay off for Hibees, Edinburgh Evening News, 12 July 2004.
  7. FOOTBALL: INTERTOTO SHAMBLES; Hibs have left Mowbray in the mire, Sunday Mail, 18 July 2004.
  8. Dobbie and Shiels spark Hibs recovery, The Scotsman, 23 September 2004.
  9. "Scotland's strike extends Hibernian cup hoodoo". The Independent. 10 April 2005.
  10. "Further shock over Scotland affair". The Courier. DC Thomson. 1 July 2005. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
  11. "The decision to refuse footballer Jason Scotland a work permit - Annexes". Home Office. 15 November 2005. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007.
  12. "Hibs' Ivan the Incredible". Scotland on Sunday. Johnston Press. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  13. "Hibernian 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  14. The soccerbase statistics do not include the lineup for the second Intertoto Cup match, which is listed Archived 3 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine at RSSSF.
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