2004–05 Leeds United A.F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Leeds United competed in the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the previous season after 14 years in the top flight. With debts of over £100 million, Leeds were not expected to make a push for an automatic return to the Premiership, with preventing a second successive relegation the priority.

Leeds United

2004–05 season
Chairman	Gerald Krasner (until 21 January)[1] Ken Bates
Manager	Eddie Gray (until 10 May)[2] Kevin Blackwell
Stadium	Elland Road
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: David Healy (7) All: Brian Deane (7) David Healy (7)
Highest home attendance	34,496 vs Plymouth Argyle (28 Dec 2004, The Championship)
Lowest home attendance	18,476 vs Swindon Town (21 Sep 2004, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	28,814

Season summary

In 2004–05 season, Leeds began signing players prepared to accept lower wages. The club were eventually forced to sell both their training ground, for £4.2m,[3] and their Elland Road stadium[4] in the autumn of 2004.

On 21 January 2005, Krasner announced the sale of a 50% stake to Ken Bates for £10m and Bates became the club's new chairman, replacing Krasner.[5] This investment effectively saved Leeds United from going into administration. Bates had previously headed three other league football clubs, most famously Chelsea.

Blackwell was forced to sell most of the remaining players, including Aaron Lennon; somehow he managed to build a team using loan players and experienced professionals nearing the end of their careers. Despite a promising opening day win against Derby County, Leeds's form at the start of the 2004–05 Coca-Cola Championship was little better than in the previous season, and they spent the first half of the campaign looking in serious danger of a second successive relegation. Their form gradually picked up after the club was taken over by Bates and Leeds finished in a relatively safe 14th place.

Kit

Leeds United's home kit was manufactured by Diadora.

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Stoke City	46	17	10	19	36	38	−2	61
13	Burnley	46	15	15	16	38	39	−1	60
14	Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	−3	60
15	Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	+3	57
16	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	−3	54

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.

Results

Leeds United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Derby County	H	1-0	30,459	Richardson
10 August 2004	Gillingham	A	1-2	10,739	Pugh
14 August 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	28,397
21 August 2004	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	31,808	Guppy
29 August 2004	Sheffield United	A	0-2	22,959
11 September 2004	Coventry City	H	3-0	26,725	Carlisle, Joachim, Pugh
14 September 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-0	20,555	Keith (own goal)
18 September 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-2	9,095	Pugh (2)
24 September 2004	Sunderland	H	0-1	28,926
28 September 2004	Stoke City	H	0-0	25,759
2 October 2004	Cardiff City	A	0-0	17,006
16 October 2004	Preston North End	H	1-0	30,458	Pugh
19 October 2004	Reading	A	1-1	22,230	Walton
23 October 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-1	6,716
31 October 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	0-2	27,432
3 November 2004	Burnley	H	1-2	27,490	Wright
6 November 2004	Preston North End	A	4-2	18,531	Deane, Healy (2), Walton
13 November 2004	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	29,955
20 November 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	6-1	29,739	Healy, Deane (4), Wright
24 November 2004	Watford	H	2-2	24,585	Wright, Carlisle
29 November 2004	Rotherham United	A	0-1	8,860
4 December 2004	Leicester City	H	0-2	27,384
10 December 2004	West Ham United	A	1-1	30,684	Healy (pen)
19 December 2004	Millwall	H	1-1	26,265	Oster
26 December 2004	Sunderland	A	3-2	43,253	Lennon, Deane, Joachim
28 December 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-1	34,496	Gilbert (own goal), Healy
1 January 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-2	32,302
3 January 2005	Coventry City	A	2-1	19,084	Blake, Healy
15 January 2005	Cardiff City	H	1-1	29,548	Walton
22 January 2005	Stoke City	A	1-0	18,372	Thomas (own goal)
26 January 2005	Derby County	A	0-2	25,648
29 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-1	27,033	Carlisle
5 February 2005	Burnley	A	1-0	17,789	Einarsson
12 February 2005	Reading	H	3-1	30,034	Healy, Hulse (2)
19 February 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	0-3	17,177
26 February 2005	West Ham United	H	2-1	34,115	Hulse, Derry
6 March 2005	Millwall	A	1-1	11,510	Hulse
12 March 2005	Gillingham	A	1-1	27,995	Hulse
16 March 2005	Nottingham Forest	A	0-0	25,101
2 April 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	29,773	Derry
5 April 2005	Sheffield United	H	0-4	28,936
9 April 2005	Watford	A	2-1	16,306	Hulse, Carlisle
16 April 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	18,182	Seth Johnson
23 April 2005	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	29,607	Spring
1 May 2005	Leicester City	A	0-2	26,593
8 May 2005	Rotherham United	H	0-0	30,900

Top scorers

• David Healy 7
• Brian Deane 6
• Rob Hulse 6
• Danny Pugh 5
• Clarke Carlisle 4
• Simon Walton 3
• Jermaine Wright 3
• Julian Joachim 2
• Shaun Derry 2
• Frazer Richardson 1
• Steve Guppy 1
• John Oster 1
• Aaron Lennon 1
• Nathan Blake 1
• Gylfi Einarsson 1
• Seth Johnson 1
• Matthew Spring 1

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Birmingham City	A	0-3	25,159

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	30,115	Pugh
R2	21 September 2004	Swindon Town	H	1-0	18,476	Ricketts
R3	26 October 2004	Portsmouth	A	1-2	15,215	Deane

Top scorers

• Danny Pugh 1
• Michael Ricketts 1
• Brian Deane 1

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Neil Sullivan[7] 2 DF  IRL Gary Kelly 3 DF  SCO Stephen Crainey 4 DF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 5 DF  RSA Lucas Radebe 6 DF  IRL Paul Butler 7 MF  ENG Jermaine Wright 8 MF  ENG Sean Gregan 9 FW  NIR David Healy 10 FW  ENG Michael Ricketts 11 FW  ENG Julian Joachim 12 MF  ENG Danny Pugh 14 FW  JAM Marlon King[8] (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 15 DF  ENG Frazer Richardson 16 MF  ISL Gylfi Einarsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG Matthew Spring 18 MF  ENG Simon Walton 19 MF  NOR Eirik Bakke 20 MF  ENG Seth Johnson 21 MF  ENG Shaun Derry (on loan from Crystal Palace) 22 FW  ENG Ian Moore 23 GK  AUS Saša Ilić 25 MF  ENG Aaron Lennon 26 DF  ENG Matthew Kilgallon 27 MF  SCO Martin Woods 29 FW  ENG Rob Hulse (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 33 DF  ENG Michael Gray (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 39 FW  ENG Simon 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. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ENG Brett Ormerod (on loan from Southampton) 13 GK  ENG Scott Carson (to Liverpool) 13 GK  ENG Paul Harrison (on loan from Liverpool) 14 MF  CMR Serge Branco (to Queens Park Rangers) 14 MF  WAL John Oster (on loan from Sunderland) 14 MF  FRA Leandre Griffit (on loan from Southampton) 16 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri (to Sheffield United) 21 FW  WAL Nathan Blake (on loan from Leicester City) 22 DF  ENG Michael Duberry (on loan to Stoke City) 23 GK  ENG Kevin Pressman (to Coventry City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ENG Craig Hignett (to Darlington) 24 MF  ENG Steve Guppy (to Stoke City) 28 MF  AUS Jamie McMaster (to Chesterfield) 30 FW  ENG Brian Deane (to Sunderland) 32 MF  ENG Harpal Singh (to Stockport County) 38 FW  IRL Andy Keogh (to Scunthorpe United) 40 FW  ENG Jamie Winter (to Aberdeen) — DF  NIR Henry McStay (to Halifax Town) — FW  IRL Barry Corr (to Sheffield Wednesday)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  IRL Paul Keegan

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[9]

• GK: #1, Neil Sullivan, 50
• RB: #2, Gary Kelly, 47
• CB: #6, Paul Butler, 41
• CB: #4, Clarke Carlisle, 32
• LB: #15, Frazer Richardson, 31
• RM: #18, Simon Walton, 25
• CM: #8, Sean Gregan, 37
• CM: #7, Jermaine Wright, 35
• LM: #12, Danny Pugh, 36
• CF: #9, David Healy, 28
• CF: #30, Brian Deane, 24 (Matthew Kilgallon has 28 starts as a centre-back)

Transfers

In

• Julian Joachim - Coventry City, 14 June,[10] free[11]
• Michael Ricketts - Middlesbrough, 23 June, free[12]
• Jermaine Wright - Ipswich Town, 30 June, free[13]
• Matthew Spring - Luton Town, 1 July, undisclosed[14]
• Brian Deane - West Ham United, 22 July, free[15]
• Neil Sullivan - Chelsea, 31 July, free[16]
• Stephen Crainey - Southampton, 10 August, £200,000
• Serge Branco - Stuttgart, 20 August, free[17]
• Sean Gregan - West Bromwich Albion, 16 September, £750,000[18]
• Shaun Derry - Crystal Palace, 18 February, undisclosed[19]
• Kevin Pressman - Leicester City, 25 February, free[20]
• Ian Moore - Burnley, 23 March, £50,000[21]
• Paul Butler - Wolverhampton Wanderers, free
• Gylfi Einarsson - Lillestrøm, January
• Craig Hignett - Leicester City
• Steve Guppy - Leicester City
• Danny Cadamarteri - Bradford City
• Clarke Carlisle - Queens Park Rangers
• David Healy - Preston North End
• Danny Pugh - Manchester United
• Saša Ilić

Out

• Paul Robinson - Tottenham Hotspur, 14 May, £1,500,000[22]
• Alan Smith - Manchester United, 24 May, £7,000,000 [23]
• James Milner - Newcastle United, 2 July, £5,000,000[24]
• Stephen McPhail - Barnsley, 2 July, undisclosed[25]
• Mark Viduka - Middlesbrough, 2 July, £4,000,000[26]
• Ian Harte - Levante, 3 July, undisclosed[27]
• Nick Barmby - Hull City, 6 July, free[28]
• Dominic Matteo - Blackburn Rovers, 7 July, free[29]
• Danny Mills - Manchester City, 13 July, free[30]
• Craig Hignett - released, 8 September (later joined Darlington on 8 September)[31]
• Steve Guppy - released, 8 September[32] (later joined Stoke City)
• Danny Cadamarteri - Sheffield United, 30 September, £50,000[33]
• Scott Carson - Liverpool, 21 January, £1,000,000[34]
• Andy Keogh - Scunthorpe United, 14 February, undisclosed[35]
• Brian Deane - Sunderland, 24 March, free[36]
• Barry Corr - released (later joined Sheffield Wednesday on 19 April)[37]
• Kevin Pressman - Coventry City, March
• Jason Wilcox - Leicester City, free
• Danny Milosevic - Celtic, free
• Michael Bridges - free
• David Batty - retired
• Serge Branco - Queens Park Rangers
• Henry McStay - Halifax Town
• Jamie Winter - Aberdeen
• Shaun Allaway

Loan in

• Brett Ormerod - Southampton, 19 September, one month[38]
• John Oster - Sunderland, 5 November, one month[39]
• Shaun Derry - Crystal Palace, 23 November[40]
• Nathan Blake - Leicester City, 31 December, one month[41]
• Leandre Griffit - Southampton, 6 January, one month[42]
• Michael Gray - Blackburn Rovers, 3 February, three months[43]
• Rob Hulse - West Bromwich Albion, 9 February, season-long[44]
• Marlon King - Nottingham Forest, 4 March[45]
• Paul Harrison - Liverpool

Loan out

• Michael Duberry - Stoke City, 15 October, three months[46]
• Harpal Singh - Stockport County, 18 February, one month[47]
• Jamie McMaster - Chesterfield, 7 January, season[48][49]

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8. King was born in England.
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