2004–05 Football League One

Football League One
Season 2004–05
Champions Luton Town (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion Luton Town
Hull City
Promoted through play-offs Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated Peterborough United
Stockport County
Torquay United
Wrexham
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1550 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Stuart Elliott (Hull City), 27
Dean Windass (Bradford City), 27

The 2004–05 Football League One was the first season of the renamed Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football.

Changes from last season

From League One

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

To League One

Relegated from Championship

Promoted from League Two

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Luton Town (C) (P) 46 29 11 6 87 48+39 98 Promotion to 2005–06 Football League Championship
2 Hull City (P) 46 26 8 12 80 53+27 86
3 Tranmere Rovers 46 22 13 11 73 55+18 79 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Brentford 46 22 9 15 57 60−3 75
5 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 46 19 15 12 77 59+18 72
6 Hartlepool United 46 21 8 17 76 66+10 71
7 Bristol City 46 18 16 12 74 57+17 70
8 Bournemouth 46 20 10 16 77 64+13 70
9 Huddersfield Town 46 20 10 16 74 65+9 70
10 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 18 12 65 60+5 66
11 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 64 62+2 65
12 Swindon Town 46 17 12 17 66 68−2 63
13 Barnsley 46 14 19 13 69 64+5 61
14 Walsall 46 16 12 18 65 69−4 60
15 Colchester United 46 14 17 15 60 50+10 59
16 Blackpool 46 15 12 19 54 59−5 57
17 Chesterfield 46 14 15 17 55 62−7 57
18 Port Vale 46 17 5 24 49 59−10 56
19 Oldham Athletic 46 14 10 22 60 73−13 52
20 Milton Keynes Dons 46 12 15 19 54 67−13 51
21 Torquay United (R) 46 12 15 19 54 79−25 51 Relegation to 2005–06 Football League Two
22 Wrexham (R) 46 13 14 19 62 80−18 043‡
23 Peterborough United (R) 46 9 12 25 49 73−24 39
24 Stockport County (R) 46 6 8 32 48 98−50 26

Updated to games played on May 2005.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
 ‡Wrexham deducted 10 points for entering administration.[1]

Play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2005
19:45
Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Brentford
McGovern  12' Report
Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 28,625
Referee: Mike Jones

13 May 2005
19:45
Hartlepool United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers
Boyd  32', 68' Report
Victoria Park, Hartlepool
Attendance: 6,604
Referee: Brian Curson
Second leg

16 May 2005
19:45
Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday
Frampton  87' Report Peacock  27'
Brunt  53'
Griffin Park, Brentford
Attendance: 10,823
Referee: Tony Leake

Sheffield Wednesday won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Hartlepool United on aggregate. Hartlepool United won 6–5 on penalties.

Final

29 May 2005
15:00
Hartlepool United 2 – 4
(a.e.t.) 		Sheffield Wednesday
Williams  47'
Daly  71'		 Report McGovern  45'
MacLean  82' (pen.)
Whelan  94'
Talbot  120'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 59,808
Referee: Phil Crossley

Top scorers

Rank Player Club League
1 Dean Windass Bradford City 27
= Stuart Elliott Hull City 27
3 Paweł Abbott Huddersfield Town 26
4 Adam Boyd Hartlepool United 24
= Leroy Lita Bristol City 24
6 Sam Parkin Swindon Town 23
7 Steve Brooker Bristol City 21
8 Steven MacLean Sheffield Wednesday 19
= James Hayter Bournemouth 19
= Luke Beckett Oldham Athletic 19

[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Wrexham fail in 10-point appeal". BBC Sport. 6 January 2005.
  2. ↑ soccernet.espn.go.com

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