2004–05 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was Milton Keynes Dons' inaugural season as a new club following the team's change of name from Wimbledon FC on 21 June 2004.[1] This change of name followed the controversial relocation of Wimbledon FC during the previous 2003–04 season.

Milton Keynes Dons

2004–05 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Danny Wilson (from 7 December 2004) Jimmy Gilligan (caretaker, 8 November 2004 to 7 December 2004) Stuart Murdoch (until 8 November 2004)
Stadium	National Hockey Stadium
League One	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Izale McLeod (16) All: Izale McLeod (18)
Highest home attendance	7,620 (vs Luton Town) 20 November 2004, League One
Lowest home attendance	2,065 (vs Lancaster City) 13 November 2004, FA Cup R1
Average home league attendance	4,896
Biggest win	1–4 (vs Bradford City) 8 February 2005, League One
Biggest defeat	5–0 (vs Hartlepool United) 3 January 2005, League One
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Following Wimbledon FC's relegation from the 2003–04 Football League First Division, Milton Keynes Dons played their first season in the newly re-branded Football League One (formerly known as the Second Division).[2]

As well as competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2004–05 Football League One

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
20	Milton Keynes Dons	46	12	15	19	54	67	–13	51
21	Torquay United (R)	46	12	15	19	54	79	–25	51
22	Wrexham (R)	46	13	14	19	62	80	–18	43
23	Peterborough United (R)	46	9	12	25	49	73	–24	39
24	Stockport County (R)	46	6	8	32	48	98	–50	26

Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Ref
7 August 2004 – 15:00	Barnsley	Home	1–1	McLeod	4,720	11	[3]
10 August 2004 – 19:45	Port Vale	Away	2–3	Harding (2)	4,602	16	[4]
14 August 2004 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Away	1–2	Smart	5,060	22	[5]
21 August 2004 – 15:00	Bournemouth	Home	1–3	Smart	3,230	22	[6]
28 August 2004 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Away	0–3		5,066	23	[7]
30 August 2004 – 15:00	Torquay United	Home	1–0	Puncheon	3,015	22	[8]
4 September 2004 – 15:00	Chesterfield	Away	2–2	McLeod, Small	4,537	22	[9]
11 September 2004 – 15:00	Doncaster Rovers	Home	0–1		4,334	22	[10]
18 September 2004 – 15:00	Colchester United	Away	1–0	McLeod	3,460	21	[11]
25 September 2004 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Home	4–2	McLeod (2), Small, Smith	3,685	20	[12]
2 October 2004 – 15:00	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	1–1	McLeod	20,245	20	[13]
8 October 2004 – 19:45	Bradford City	Home	1–2	McLeod	5,060	20	[14]
16 October 2004 – 15:00	Brentford	Home	0–0		5,924	19	[15]
20 October 2004 – 19:45	Hull City	Away	2–3	McLeod, Chorley	14,317	21	[16]
23 October 2004 – 15:00	Huddersfield Town	Away	1–3	Chorley	10,709	22	[17]
30 October 2004 – 15:00	Walsall	Home	1–1	Kamara	4,247	22	[18]
6 November 2004 – 15:00	Bristol City	Away	1–4	Small	10,717	23	[19]
20 November 2004 – 15:00	Luton Town	Home	1–4	Small	7,620	23	[20]
27 November 2004 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Away	0–2		8,402	23	[21]
7 December 2004 – 19:45	Peterborough United	Home	1–1	Small	3,913	22	[22]
11 December 2004 – 15:00	Wrexham	Home	3–0	Rizzo, Small (2)	3,601	22	[23]
18 December 2004 – 15:00	Stockport County	Away	1–3	Tapp	3,902	22	[24]
26 December 2004 – 15:00	Doncaster Rovers	Away	0–3		6,153	23	[25]
28 December 2004 – 15:00	Blackpool	Home	3–1	McLeod, Palmer, Smart	4,943	23	[26]
1 January 2005 – 15:00	Chesterfield	Home	1–1	Smart	4,214	21	[27]
3 January 2005 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Away	0–5		5,060	22	[28]
15 January 2005 – 15:00	Colchester United	Home	2–0	Harding, Small	4,943	21	[29]
22 January 2005 – 15:00	Blackpool	Away	0–1		5,798	22	[30]
29 January 2005 – 15:00	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	2–2	Platt, McLeod	7,325	22	[31]
5 February 2005 – 15:00	Brentford	Away	0–1		5,077	23	[32]
8 February 2005 – 19:45	Bradford City	Away	4–1	Small, McLeod (2), Harding	6,409	21	[33]
12 February 2005 – 15:00	Huddersfield Town	Home	2–1	McLeod, Platt	4,793	21	[34]
19 February 2005 – 15:00	Walsall	Away	0–0		5,888	21	[35]
22 February 2005 – 19:45	Hull City	Home	1–1	Lewington	4,407	21	[36]
26 February 2005 – 15:00	Wrexham	Away	0–0		3,406	21	[37]
5 March 2005 – 15:00	Stockport County	Home	2–1	Lewington, Edds	4,793	20	[38]
12 March 2005 – 15:00	Port Vale	Home	1–1	Platt	4,676	20	[39]
19 March 2005 – 15:00	Barnsley	Away	1–1	Pensée	8,111	20	[40]
25 March 2005 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Home	1–1	Small	7,019	19	[41]
28 March 2005 – 15:00	Bournemouth	Away	1–0	Edds	7,064	20	[42]
2 April 2005 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Home	1–1	Edds	5,426	20	[43]
9 April 2005 – 15:00	Torquay United	Away	0–1		3,509	20	[44]
16 April 2005 – 15:00	Luton Town	Away	0–1		9,000	20	[45]
23 April 2005 – 15:00	Bristol City	Home	1–2	McLeod	5,656	21	[46]
30 April 2005 – 15:00	Peterborough United	Away	3–0	Rizzo, McLeod (2)	3,742	21	[47]
7 May 2005 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Home	2–1	Edds (2)	7,359	20	[48]

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
13 November 2004 – 15:00	First round	Lancaster City	Home	1–0	Small	2,065	[49]
3 December 2004 – 15:00	Second round	Cambridge City	Away	1–0	Smart	2,000	[50]
8 January 2005 – 15:00	Third round	Peterborough	Home	0–2		4,407	[51]

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
24 August 2004 – 19:45	First round	Peterborough United	Away	3–0	McLeod, Smart, Kamara	2,886	[52]
21 September 2004 – 19:45	Second round	Cardiff City	Home	1–4	McLeod	2,266	[53]

League Trophy

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Trophy

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
28 September 2004 – 19:45	First round	Brentford	Away	3–0	Pacquette, Lewington, Small	1,679	[54]
2 November 2004 – 19:45	Second round	Bristol City	Away	1–2	Makofo	3,367	[55]

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Scott Bevan	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF		Harry Ntimban-Zeh	26	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Dean Lewington	48	3	43	2	3	0	1	0	1	1
4	DF		Ben Chorley	47	2	41	2	2	0	2	0	2	0
5	DF		Mark Williams	15	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
6	MF		Ben Harding	26	4	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Malvin Kamara	29	2	25	1	2	0	1	1	1	0
8	MF		Wade Small	50	12	44	10	3	1	2	0	1	1
9	FW		Allan Smart	22	6	18	4	2	1	2	1	0	0
10	MF		Gary Smith	28	1	23	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF		Alex Tapp	15	1	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	GK		David Martin	20	0	15	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
13	MF		Gareth Edds	44	5	39	5	2	0	2	0	1	0
14	DF		Shola Oyedele	30	0	25	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
15	MF		Laurent Hervé	26	0	20	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
16	MF		Jamie Mackie	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Jason Puncheon	31	1	25	1	2	0	2	0	2	0
18	DF		Steve Palmer	37	1	32	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
19	DF		Nathan Koo-Boothe	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Leon Crooks	19	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21	FW		Julien Hornuss	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	FW		Richard Pacquette	7	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
22	GK		Paul Rachubka	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Nick Rizzo	20	2	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Izale McLeod	48	18	43	16	3	0	2	2	0	0
24	MF		Richard Johnson	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Paul Mitchell	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Craig Westcarr	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Matt Baker	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Anthony Danze	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Trent McClenahan	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Clive Platt	20	3	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Nick McKoy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Serge Makofo	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
31	DF		Michel Pensée	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2004	MF	Gareth Edds	Bradford City	Free transfer	[56]
	MF	Laurent Hervé	AS Beauvais
7 July 2004	DF	Steve Palmer	Free agent[lower-alpha 1]		[56]
13 July 2004	FW	Allan Smart	Free agent[lower-alpha 2]		[56]
31 July 2004	FW	Izale McLeod	Derby County	Undisclosed	[56]
24 September 2004	FW	Richard Pacquette	Free agent[lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[57]
19 November 2004	FW	Nick Rizzo	Free agent[lower-alpha 4]		[58]
17 December 2004	GK	Matt Baker	Free agent[lower-alpha 5]		[59]
1 January 2005	DF	Michel Pensée	Free agent[lower-alpha 6]
12 January 2005	FW	Clive Platt	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[60]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 November 2004	FW	Richard Pacquette	Released[lower-alpha 7]		[61]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
6 August 2004	GK	Paul Rachubka	Charlton Athletic	6 September 2004	[62]
26 October 2004	MF	Richard Johnson	Queens Park Rangers	26 November 2004	[63]
10 December 2004	DF	Paul Mitchell	Wigan Athletic	10 January 2005	[64]
23 December 2004	MF	Anthony Danze	Crystal Palace	23 January 2005	[65]
24 March 2005	FW	Craig Westcarr	Nottingham Forest	End of season	[66]
	MF	Trent McClenahan	West Ham United		[67]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
3 March 2005	DF	Mark Williams	Rushden & Diamonds	End of season	[68]

1. Previous club: Queens Park Rangers.
2. Previous club: Crewe Alexandra.
3. Previous club: Queens Park Rangers.
4. Previous club: AC Prato.
5. Previous club: Wrexham.
6. Previous club: Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
7. Joined Brentford on 26 November 2004.

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External links

• Official website
• Official Supporters Association website
• MK Dons news on MKWeb