2004–05 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2004–05 season
Chairman Nigel Doughty
Manager Joe Kinnear (until 16 December)
Gary Megson (from 10 January)
Stadium City Ground
Football League Championship 23rd (relegated)
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League:
Gareth Taylor (7)

All:
Gareth Taylor (11)
Average home league attendance 23,565
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

During the 2004–05 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

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.

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

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 2004 Wigan AthleticA1-112,035Taylor
11 August 2004 Ipswich TownH1-121,125Evans
14 August 2004 Crewe AlexandraH2-224,201Taylor, King
21 August 2004 Leeds UnitedA1-131,808Reid
28 August 2004 Coventry CityH1-423,041Johnson
30 August 2004 Plymouth ArgyleA2-317,538Jess (2)
11 September 2004 Cardiff CityH0-021,607
14 September 2004 SunderlandA0-223,540
18 September 2004 Stoke CityA0-021,115
26 September 2004 West Ham UnitedH2-125,615Evans, King
29 September 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionH0-120,109
3 October 2004 MillwallA0-111,233
15 October 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersH1-021,865Reid
19 October 2004 Sheffield UnitedA1-119,445Johnson
23 October 2004 Preston North EndA2-312,439King (2)
30 October 2004 WatfordH1-224,473Reid
3 November 2004 Rotherham UnitedH2-221,619Johnson, King (pen)
6 November 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersA1-227,605Johnson
13 November 2004 BurnleyA0-111,622
20 November 2004 ReadingH1-021,138Taylor
27 November 2004 GillinghamA1-28,784Taylor
4 December 2004 Queens Park RangersH2-126,099Reid, Lester
11 December 2004 Derby CountyA0-330,793
17 December 2004 Leicester CityH1-121,415Dawson
26 December 2004 West Ham UnitedA2-332,270Johnson (2)
28 December 2004 SunderlandH1-227,457Reid
1 January 2005 Stoke CityH1-022,051Bopp
3 January 2005 Cardiff CityA0-315,545
15 January 2005 MillwallH1-225,949Commons
22 January 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA0-06,704
5 February 2005 Rotherham UnitedA0-08,448
23 February 2005 Preston North EndH2-019,209Evans, Commons
26 February 2005 Derby CountyH2-226,160Evans (pen), Taylor
5 March 2005 Leicester CityA1-027,277Taylor
8 March 2005 WatfordA2-012,118Commons (2)
12 March 2005 Ipswich TownA0-625,765
16 March 2005 Leeds UnitedH0-027,101
19 March 2005 Wigan AthleticH1-124,008Taylor
2 April 2005 Crewe AlexandraA1-18,458Dobie
6 April 2005 Coventry CityA0-222,221
9 April 2005 Plymouth ArgyleH0-328,887
12 April 2005 Sheffield UnitedH1-121,903Commons
16 April 2005 ReadingA0-117,905
23 April 2005 BurnleyH1-024,165Commons
30 April 2005 Queens Park RangersA1-217,834Bopp
8 May 2005 GillinghamH2-224,800Morgan, Bopp

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2005 Queens Park RangersA3-011,140Reid, Commons, Folly
R429 January 2005 Peterborough UnitedH1-016,774King
R512 February 2005 Tottenham HotspurA1-135,640Taylor
R5R2 March 2005 Tottenham HotspurH0-328,062

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R125 August 2004 Scunthorpe UnitedH2-07,344Taylor, King
R222 September 2004 Rotherham UnitedH2-111,168Taylor (2)
R326 October 2004 Doncaster RoversA2-09,261King, Perch
R410 November 2004 FulhamH2-49,252King, Reid

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Republic of Ireland GK Colin Doyle (on loan from Birmingham City)
2 France DF Matthieu Louis-Jean
3 England DF Alan Rogers
4 England DF Wes Morgan
5 Jamaica MF Darryl Powell[4]
6 Republic of Ireland DF John Thompson
7 France MF David Friio
8 Wales MF Paul Evans[5]
9 Jamaica FW David Johnson
10 Wales FW Gareth Taylor
11 Jamaica FW Marlon King[6]
12 Republic of Ireland GK Barry Roche
14 Scotland MF Eoin Jess
15 England MF Andy Impey
16 Scotland DF Chris Doig
17 England MF Kris Commons
No. Position Player
18 England FW Kevin James
19 England FW Jack Lester
20 England FW Craig Westcarr
21 England DF John Curtis
22 England GK Paul Gerrard
23 Germany MF Eugen Bopp
24 Scotland DF Gregor Robertson
26 England MF Ross Gardner
28 England DF James Perch
29 Norway DF Jon Olav Hjelde
30 England DF Des Walker
32 England MF Adam Nowland
33 England FW Neil Harris
34 England FW Scott Dobie
36 Wales DF Andy Melville (on loan from West Ham United)

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
5 England DF Michael Dawson (to Tottenham Hotspur)
7 Republic of Ireland MF Andy Reid (to Tottenham Hotspur)
19 Republic of Ireland MF Brian Cash (to Bristol Rovers)
No. Position Player
21 Australia DF David Tarka (to Perth Glory FC)
34 England MF Shaun Derry (on loan from Crystal Palace)
35 Togo MF Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
25 England DF James Biggins
27 England MF James Beaumont
31 England GK Ian Deakin
35 England DF Justyn Roberts
No. Position Player
37 France DF Vincent Fernandez
38 England MF Gavin Hurren
39 England FW Matthew Glass
40 England GK John Lukic, Jr.

References

  1. "Kinnear resigns as Forest manager". BBC Sport. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. "Forest appoint Megson as manager". BBC Sport. 10 January 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/2004-2005
  4. Powell was born in England.
  5. Evans was born in England.
  6. King was born in Southwark, England.
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