2004–05 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Manager Joe Kinnear was hoping to push for promotion from the newly named Coca-Cola Championship in 2004–05, but the start to the season was poor. Despite a promising draw with Wigan on the first day of the season (the game which started a run of four consecutive draws), the team's form and league position went downhill. With fans getting restless, and the threat of demonstrations against the team management, Kinnear resigned in December after a 3–0 defeat to arch-rivals Derby County at Pride Park left Forest struggling at the foot of the Championship.[1] Following Mick Harford's brief reign as caretaker, in January 2005, Gary Megson was named as Nottingham Forest's new manager. He had previously won promotion to the Premiership twice with West Bromwich Albion, having taken over at a time when they were on the verge of relegation to League One,[2] and it was hoped that he could achieve the same success with Forest. But that target was made all the more difficult to achieve at the end of the 2004–05 season, when Forest finished second from bottom in the Coca-Cola Championship and were relegated to League One. This made them the first former winners of the European Cup to suffer relegation to the third tier of their domestic league.

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[3]

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 Colin Doyle (on loan from Birmingham City) 2 DF Matthieu Louis-Jean 3 DF Alan Rogers 4 DF Wes Morgan 5 MF Darryl Powell[4] 6 DF John Thompson 7 MF David Friio 8 MF Paul Evans[5] 9 FW David Johnson 10 FW Gareth Taylor 11 FW Marlon King[6] 12 GK Barry Roche 14 MF Eoin Jess 15 MF Andy Impey 16 DF Chris Doig 17 MF Kris Commons 18 FW Kevin James 19 FW Jack Lester 20 FW Craig Westcarr

No. Position Player 21 DF John Curtis 22 GK Paul Gerrard 23 MF Eugen Bopp 24 DF Gregor Robertson 26 MF Ross Gardner 27 MF James Beaumont 28 DF James Perch 29 DF Jon Olav Hjelde 30 DF Des Walker 31 GK Ian Deakin 32 MF Adam Nowland 33 FW Neil Harris 34 FW Scott Dobie 35 DF Justyn Roberts 36 DF Andy Melville (on loan from West Ham United) 37 DF Vincent Fernandez 38 MF Gavin Hurren 39 FW Matthew Glass 40 GK John Lukic

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 1 GK Darren Ward (to Norwich City) 5 DF Michael Dawson (to Tottenham Hotspur) 7 MF Andy Reid (to Tottenham Hotspur) 19 MF Brian Cash (to Bristol Rovers)

No. Position Player 21 DF David Tarka (to Perth Glory FC) 34 MF Shaun Derry (on loan from Crystal Palace) 35 MF Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)