2004–05 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion
2004–05 season
Chairman England Dick Knight
Manager Scotland Mark McGhee
Stadium Withdean Stadium
Championship 20th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer League: Adam Virgo (8)
All: Adam Virgo (8)
Highest home attendance 6,848 (vs. Ipswich Town, 8 May)
Lowest home attendance 4,217 (vs. Bristol Rovers, 24 August)
Average home league attendance 6,433

During the 2004–05 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Brighton finished 20th out of 24 clubs, narrowly avoiding the drop by a single point, but achieving their highest league position for 14 years.

Final league table

PWDLFAGDPts
C1Sunderland46297107641+3594
P2Wigan Athletic46251297935+4487
 3Ipswich Town46241398556+2985
 4Derby County462210147160+1176
 5Preston North End462112136758+975
P6West Ham United462110156656+1073
 7Reading461913145144+770
 8Sheffield United461813155756+167
 9Wolverhampton Wanderers461521107259+1366
 10Millwall461812165145+666
 11Queens Park Rangers461711185458-462
 12Stoke City461710193638-261
 13Burnley461515163839-160
 14Leeds United461418144952-360
 15Leicester City461221134946+357
 16Cardiff City461315184851-354
 17Plymouth Argyle461411215264-1253
 18Watford461216185259-752
 19Coventry City461313206173-1252
 20Brighton & Hove Albion461312214065-2551
 21Crewe Alexandra461214206686-2050
R22Gillingham461214204566-2150
R23Nottingham Forest46917204266-2444
R24Rotherham United46514273569-3429

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 2004 ReadingA2–315,641Molango, Robinson
10 August 2004 Plymouth ArgyleH0–26,387
14 August 2004 Coventry CityH1–16,368Virgo
21 August 2004 Wigan AthleticA0–38,681
28 August 2004 Preston North EndH1–05,996Broomes (own goal)
30 August 2004 Leicester CityA1–022,263Virgo
11 September 2004 WatfordA1–114,148Virgo
14 September 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–16,804
18 September 2004 Queens Park RangersH2–36,612Hinshelwood, Currie
25 September 2004 GillinghamA1–08,365Knight (pen)
29 September 2004 Nottingham ForestA1–020,109Virgo
2 October 2004 Sheffield UnitedH1–16,418Currie
16 October 2004 Crewe AlexandraA1–36,811Jarrett
19 October 2004 Cardiff CityH1–16,112Knight
23 October 2004 Leeds UnitedH1–16,716Virgo
30 October 2004 SunderlandA0–225,532
3 November 2004 Derby CountyA0–322,480
6 November 2004 Crewe AlexandraH1–36,163Reid
13 November 2004 West Ham UnitedA1–029,514Butters
20 November 2004 BurnleyH0–16,109
27 November 2004 Ipswich TownA0–126,269
4 December 2004 Rotherham UnitedH1–06,076Harding
11 December 2004 MillwallA0–212,196
17 December 2004 Stoke CityH0–16,028
26 December 2004 GillinghamH2–16,420Carpenter, Virgo
28 December 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–128,516Hart
1 January 2005 Queens Park RangersA0–015,898
3 January 2005 WatfordH2–16,335Mayo, Knight
15 January 2005 Sheffield UnitedA2–121,482Carpenter, Knight
22 January 2005 Nottingham ForestH0–06,704
29 January 2005 Leeds UnitedA1–127,033Butters
5 February 2005 Derby CountyH2–36,587McCammon (2)
12 February 2005 Cardiff CityA0–211,435
19 February 2005 SunderlandH2–16,647Carpenter, McCammon
26 February 2005 MillwallH1–06,608Hart
5 March 2005 Stoke CityA0–214,908
12 March 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA1–515,606Oatway
15 March 2005 Wigan AthleticH2–46,306Virgo, Hammond
21 March 2005 ReadingH0–16,108
2 April 2005 Coventry CityA1–218,606Virgo
5 April 2005 Preston North EndA0–314,234
9 April 2005 Leicester CityH1–16,638Reid
16 April 2005 BurnleyA1–111,611Hammond
23 April 2005 West Ham UnitedH2–26,819Hammond (2)
30 April 2005 Rotherham UnitedA1–06,549McLaren (own goal)
8 May 2005 Ipswich TownH1–16,848Virgo

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2005 Tottenham HotspurA1–236,094Carpenter

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R124 August 2004 Bristol RoversH1–24,217Butters

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 Netherlands GK Michel Kuipers
2 England DF Paul Watson
3 England DF Kerry Mayo
5 England DF Joe Dolan (on loan from Millwall)
6 Cyprus MF Alexis Nicolas[3]
7 England FW Leon Knight
9 England FW Gary Hart
10 England MF Charlie Oatway
12 England MF Richard Carpenter
14 England DF Guy Butters
15 Wales DF Nathan Jones
16 Australia MF Paul Reid
17 Switzerland FW Maheta Molango
18 Sierra Leone FW Albert Jarrett
No. Position Player
19 England DF Adam Virgo
20 Sweden GK Rami Shaaban
21 England MF Chris McPhee
22 England MF Dean Hammond
23 Northern Ireland GK Alan Blayney (on loan from Southampton)
24 England DF Adam Hinshelwood
25 England FW Mark McCammon[4]
26 England MF Dan Harding
27 England DF Gary Elphick
28 England DF Adam El-Abd
30 England FW Jake Robinson
31 England MF Dean Cox
33 England GK Chris May
34 England DF Joel Lynch

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
4 England DF Danny Cullip (to Sheffield United)
5 England DF Dean Blackwell (retired)
8 England MF Simon Rodger (retired)
11 England MF Darren Currie (to Ipswich Town)
20 England FW John Piercy (retired)
23 England MF David Lee (to Oldham Athletic)
No. Position Player
23 Germany GK David Yelldell[5] (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
25 England FW Steve Claridge (to Brentford)
27 England MF Dan Beck (to Eastbourne Borough)
29 England GK Ben Roberts (retired)
31 England MF Darren Budd (to Bognor Regis Town)

References

  1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/2004-2005
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/brighton.htm
  3. Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Cyprus internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  4. McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2006.
  5. Yelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and would make his international debut for the United States in March 2011.
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