2004–05 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2004–05 season
Chairman	Derek Dooley
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Bramall Lane
Football League Championship	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gray (15); All: Gray (18)
Highest home attendance	27,595 (vs. Arsenal, 1 March)
Lowest home attendance	5,399 (vs. Stockport County, 24 August)
Average home league attendance	19,594

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

Season summary

In 2004–05 season, Warnock once again brought in a host of new faces with the pick being arguably the signings of former Sheffield Wednesday players Bromby, Quinn and Geary. The Blades again flirted around the play-offs places but some inconsistent performances, which included only winning 5 of their last 20 Championship games, saw the club again fall just short of the top six.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	West Ham United (O, P)	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Results

Sheffield United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Burnley	A	1-1	16,956 (3,607 away)	Gray
10 August 2004	Stoke City	H	0-0	19,723 (810 away)
14 August 2004	Reading	H	0-1	22,429 (735 away)
20 August 2004	Preston North End	A	1-0	12,084 (768 away)	Gray
28 August 2004	Leeds United	H	2-0	22,959 (3,325 away)	Ward, Harley
31 August 2004	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	13,804 (840 away)	Gray
11 September 2004	West Ham United	H	1-2	21,058 (2,284 away)	Quinn
14 September 2004	Leicester City	A	2-3	23,422 (1,729 away)	Morgan, Forte
18 September 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0-4	10,682 (2,257 away)
25 September 2004	Coventry City	H	1-1	16,337 (793 away)	Black
28 September 2004	Sunderland	H	1-0	17,908 (2,211 away)	Shaw
2 October 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-1	6,418 (590 away)	Shaw
17 October 2004	Gillingham	A	3-1	6,964 (448 away)	Shaw (2), Tonge
19 October 2004	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	19,445 (2,183 away)	Liddell
23 October 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-1	18,893 (1,375 away)	Bromby, Gray
29 October 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-2	7,131 (1,049 away)	Harley, Gray, Cadamarteri
2 November 2004	Ipswich Town	A	1-5	22,977 (468 away)	Bromby
6 November 2004	Gillingham	H	0-0	16,598 (349 away)
13 November 2004	Watford	H	1-1	18,454 (709 away)	Quinn
20 November 2004	Derby County	A	1-0	25,725 (2,612 away)	Quinn
27 November 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-3	18,946 (2,463 away)	Bromby, Thirlwell, Shaw
4 December 2004	Millwall	A	2-1	11,207 (648 away)	Liddell, Geary
11 December 2004	Rotherham United	A	2-2	8,195 (2,823 away)	Tonge, Shaw
18 December 2004	Cardiff City	H	2-1	18,240 (662 away)	Liddell, Gray
26 December 2004	Coventry City	A	2-1	21,146 (3,313 away)	Morgan, Gray
28 December 2004	Leicester City	H	2-0	22,100 (1,758 away)	Gray, Quinn
1 January 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0-2	21,869 (1,207 away)
3 January 2005	West Ham United	A	2-0	27,424 (1,245 away)	Řepka (own goal), Bromby
15 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-2	21,482 (1,133 away)	Mayo (own goal)
22 January 2005	Sunderland	A	0-1	27,337 (1,437 away)
5 February 2005	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	20,680 (2,528 away)
22 February 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-3	13,953
26 February 2005	Rotherham United	H	1-0	18,431 (1,687 away)	Shaw
5 March 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-1	12,250 (421 away)
8 March 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	4-0	16,079 (180 away)	Kabba (2), Gray (2)
12 March 2005	Stoke City	A	0-2	17,019
15 March 2005	Preston North End	H	1-1	18,647 (1,134 away)	Bromby
19 March 2005	Burnley	H	2-1	19,374 (1,218 away)	Quinn, Gray
2 April 2005	Reading	A	0-0	18,899
5 April 2005	Leeds United	A	4-0	28,936	Webber, Montgomery, Gray (2)
9 April 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-2	20,426	Webber (2), Gray (pen)
12 April 2005	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	21,903	Quinn
15 April 2005	Derby County	H	0-1	20,794
23 April 2005	Watford	A	0-0	17,138
30 April 2005	Millwall	H	0-1	19,797
8 May 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-4	27,454 (1,710 away)	Quinn, Gray

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Aston Villa	H	3-1	14,003 (2,483 away)	Cullip, Liddell (2)
R4	29 January 2005	West Ham United	A	1-1	19,444 (2,687 away)	Jagielka
R4R	13 February 2005	West Ham United	H	1-1 (won 3-1 on pens)	15,067	Liddell
R5	19 February 2005	Arsenal	A	1-1	36,891	Gray (pen)
R5R	1 March 2005	Arsenal	H	0-0 (lost 2-4 on pens)	27,595 (1,990 away)

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Stockport County	H	4-1	5,399 (492 away)	Morgan, Cutler (own goal), Tonge, Lester
R2	21 September 2004	Wrexham	A	3-2	3,423 (386 away)	Gray (2), Jagielka
R3	26 October 2004	Watford	H	0-0 (lost 2-4 on pens)	7,689 (484 away)

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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	Paddy Kenny[notes 1]
2	DF	Rob Kozluk
3	DF	Alan Wright
4	MF	Nick Montgomery[notes 2]
5	DF	Chris Morgan
6	DF	Phil Jagielka
7	FW	Andy Liddell[notes 3]
8	FW	Andy Gray[notes 4]
9	FW	Ashley Ward
10	FW	Danny Cadamarteri
11	FW	David Johnson[notes 5] (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
12	MF	Alan Quinn
13	GK	Phil Barnes
14	DF	Jon Harley
15	MF	Paul Thirlwell
16	DF	Simon Francis
17	DF	Leigh Bromby

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Michael Tonge
19	FW	Steve Kabba
20	DF	Chris Armstrong
21	FW	Jonathan Forte[notes 6]
22	MF	Ian Ross
23	MF	Kevan Hurst
24	MF	Stuart McCall[notes 7]
25	FW	Danny Webber (on loan from Watford)
26	DF	Derek Geary
27	MF	Adrian Harper
28	FW	Billy Sharp
29	FW	Luke Beckett
30	FW	Paul Shaw
32	DF	Danny Cullip
33	GK	Danny Haystead
34	FW	Tommy Johnson

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
10	FW	Barry Hayles[notes 8] (to Millwall)
11	FW	Jack Lester (to Nottingham Forest)
25	DF	Emanule Gabrieli (released)

No.	Position	Player
29	MF	Tommy Black (on loan from Crystal Palace)
31	GK	Ian Bennett (on loan from Birmingham City)
	MF	Ashley Sestanovich (released)

Transfers

In

Jon Harley - Fulham, 21 June, free[2]
Barry Hayles - Fulham, 23 June, free[3]
Leigh Bromby - Sheffield Wednesday, 23 June, free
Alan Quinn - Sheffield Wednesday, 23 June, free
Andy Liddell - Wigan Athletic, 23 June
Phil Barnes - Blackpool, 25 June, free[4]
Paul Thirlwell - Sunderland, 27 July, free[5]
Danny Cadamarteri - Leeds United, 30 September, £50,000[6]
Emanuele Gabrieli - 30 September, free
Derek Geary - Stockport County, 22 October, £25,000
David Johnson - Nottingham Forest, 10 March, loan
Luke Beckett - Stockport County, November, £50,000
Danny Cullip - Brighton & Hove Albion, 17 December, £250,000[7]
Tommy Johnson - Gillingham
Danny Haystead
Adrian Harper

Out

Mark Rankine - Tranmere Rovers, 3 June, free[8]
Wayne Allison - Chesterfield, 25 June, free
Rob Page - Cardiff City, 2 July, free[9]
Andy Parkinson - Grimsby Town, July, free
Kristian Rogers - Worksop Town
Peter Ndlovu - Mamelodi Sundowns
Colin Cryan - Scarborough
Mike Whitlow - Notts County
Dries Boussatta - Al-Shaab
Danny Wood
Dominic Roma
Sasa Ilic
Ben Purkiss
Barry Hayles - Millwall
Jack Lester - Nottingham Forest
Emanule Gabrieli - released
Ashley Sestanovich - Chester City
Danny Reet - Sheffield Wednesday

Loans in

Tommy Black - Crystal Palace, December, loan
Danny Webber - Watford, 24 March, loan[10]
Ian Bennett - Birmingham City, loan

Loans out

Paul Shaw - Rotherham United, loan
Ashley Sestanovich - Grimsby Town, free
Evan Horwood - Stockport County, 11 March, loan
Colin Marrison - Leigh RMI, 11 March, work experience
Jake Speight - Leigh RMI, 11 March, work experience
Luke Beckett - Huddersfield Town, 18 March, loan
Danny Cullip - Watford, 24 March, loan[10]

References

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/sheffu.htm
"Harley to join Blades". BBC News. 21 June 2004.
"Warnock's quadruple swoop". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Blades snap up Barnes". BBC Sport. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Blades seal Thirlwell deal". BBC News. 27 July 2004.
"Cadamarteri to join Blades". BBC Sport. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Blades agree deal to sign Cullip". BBC Sport. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Tranmere sign Rankine". BBC Sport. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Page seals Cardiff switch". BBC Sport. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Cullip and Webber make loan swap". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

Notes

Kenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004.
Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Liddell was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.
Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.
Johnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but also qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally under FIFA guidelines as he held a British passport and represented England at B level before making his international debut for Jamaica in March 1999. He would later be called up by Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, but was only eligible to represent England due to an agreement between the home nations.
Forte was born in Sheffield, England, and represented them at U-16, U-17, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Barbados in March 2010.
McCall was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1990.
Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so.

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

[10] "Harley to join Blades". BBC News. 21 June 2004.

[Warnock's_quadruple_swoop-11] "Warnock's quadruple swoop". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[Blades_snap_up_Barnes-12] "Blades snap up Barnes". BBC Sport. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[13] "Blades seal Thirlwell deal". BBC News. 27 July 2004.

[14] "Cadamarteri to join Blades". BBC Sport. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[Blades_agree_deal_to_sign_Cullip-15] "Blades agree deal to sign Cullip". BBC Sport. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[16] "Tranmere sign Rankine". BBC Sport. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[17] "Page seals Cardiff switch". BBC Sport. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[cullip-18] "Cullip and Webber make loan swap". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[2] Kenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004.

[3] Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[4] Liddell was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.

[5] Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.

[6] Johnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but also qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally under FIFA guidelines as he held a British passport and represented England at B level before making his international debut for Jamaica in March 1999. He would later be called up by Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, but was only eligible to represent England due to an agreement between the home nations.

[7] Forte was born in Sheffield, England, and represented them at U-16, U-17, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Barbados in March 2010.

[8] McCall was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1990.

[9] Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so.