2004–05 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

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

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

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	−25	51
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	−20	50
22	Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	45	66	−21	50	Relegation to Football League One
23	Nottingham Forest (R)	46	9	17	20	42	66	−24	44
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	14	27	35	69	−34	29

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.
(R) Relegated.

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	1-1	12,035	Taylor
11 August 2004	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	21,125	Evans
14 August 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-2	24,201	Taylor, King
21 August 2004	Leeds United	A	1-1	31,808	Reid
28 August 2004	Coventry City	H	1-4	23,041	Johnson
30 August 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-3	17,538	Jess (2)
11 September 2004	Cardiff City	H	0-0	21,607
14 September 2004	Sunderland	A	0-2	23,540
18 September 2004	Stoke City	A	0-0	21,115
26 September 2004	West Ham United	H	2-1	25,615	Evans, King
29 September 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-1	20,109
3 October 2004	Millwall	A	0-1	11,233
15 October 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	21,865	Reid
19 October 2004	Sheffield United	A	1-1	19,445	Johnson
23 October 2004	Preston North End	A	2-3	12,439	King (2)
30 October 2004	Watford	H	1-2	24,473	Reid
3 November 2004	Rotherham United	H	2-2	21,619	Johnson, King (pen)
6 November 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	27,605	Johnson
13 November 2004	Burnley	A	0-1	11,622
20 November 2004	Reading	H	1-0	21,138	Taylor
27 November 2004	Gillingham	A	1-2	8,784	Taylor
4 December 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	26,099	Reid, Lester
11 December 2004	Derby County	A	0-3	30,793
17 December 2004	Leicester City	H	1-1	21,415	Dawson
26 December 2004	West Ham United	A	2-3	32,270	Johnson (2)
28 December 2004	Sunderland	H	1-2	27,457	Reid
1 January 2005	Stoke City	H	1-0	22,051	Bopp
3 January 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-3	15,545
15 January 2005	Millwall	H	1-2	25,949	Commons
22 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-0	6,704
5 February 2005	Rotherham United	A	0-0	8,448
23 February 2005	Preston North End	H	2-0	19,209	Evans, Commons
26 February 2005	Derby County	H	2-2	26,160	Evans (pen), Taylor
5 March 2005	Leicester City	A	1-0	27,277	Taylor
8 March 2005	Watford	A	2-0	12,118	Commons (2)
12 March 2005	Ipswich Town	A	0-6	25,765
16 March 2005	Leeds United	H	0-0	27,101
19 March 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	1-1	24,008	Taylor
2 April 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	8,458	Dobie
6 April 2005	Coventry City	A	0-2	22,221
9 April 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	0-3	28,887
12 April 2005	Sheffield United	H	1-1	21,903	Commons
16 April 2005	Reading	A	0-1	17,905
23 April 2005	Burnley	H	1-0	24,165	Commons
30 April 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	17,834	Bopp
8 May 2005	Gillingham	H	2-2	24,800	Morgan, Bopp

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-0	11,140	Reid, Commons, Folly
R4	29 January 2005	Peterborough United	H	1-0	16,774	King
R5	12 February 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	35,640	Taylor
R5R	2 March 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-3	28,062

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	25 August 2004	Scunthorpe United	H	2-0	7,344	Taylor, King
R2	22 September 2004	Rotherham United	H	2-1	11,168	Taylor (2)
R3	26 October 2004	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-0	9,261	King, Perch
R4	10 November 2004	Fulham	H	2-4	9,252	King, Reid

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 1 GK  IRL Colin Doyle (on loan from Birmingham City) 2 DF  FRA Matthieu Louis-Jean 3 DF  ENG Alan Rogers 4 DF  ENG Wes Morgan 5 MF  JAM Darryl Powell[4] 6 DF  IRL John Thompson 7 MF  FRA David Friio 8 MF  WAL Paul Evans[5] 9 FW  JAM David Johnson 10 FW  WAL Gareth Taylor 11 FW  JAM Marlon King[6] 12 GK  IRL Barry Roche 14 MF  SCO Eoin Jess 15 MF  ENG Andy Impey 16 DF  SCO Chris Doig 17 MF  ENG Kris Commons 18 FW  ENG Kevin James 19 FW  ENG Jack Lester 20 FW  ENG Craig Westcarr

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ENG John Curtis 22 GK  ENG Paul Gerrard 23 MF  GER Eugen Bopp 24 DF  SCO Gregor Robertson 26 MF  ENG Ross Gardner 27 MF  ENG James Beaumont 28 DF  ENG James Perch 29 DF  NOR Jon Olav Hjelde 30 DF  ENG Des Walker 31 GK  ENG Ian Deakin 32 MF  ENG Adam Nowland 33 FW  ENG Neil Harris 34 FW  ENG Scott Dobie 35 DF  ENG Justyn Roberts 36 DF  WAL Andy Melville (on loan from West Ham United) 37 DF  FRA Vincent Fernandez 38 MF  ENG Gavin Hurren 39 FW  ENG Matthew Glass 40 GK  ENG John Lukic

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 1 GK  WAL Darren Ward (to Norwich City) 5 DF  ENG Michael Dawson (to Tottenham Hotspur) 7 MF  IRL Andy Reid (to Tottenham Hotspur) 19 MF  IRL Brian Cash (to Bristol Rovers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  AUS David Tarka (to Perth Glory FC) 34 MF  ENG Shaun Derry (on loan from Crystal Palace) 35 MF  TOG Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		Carling Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Darren Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Colin Doyle	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Matthieu Louis-Jean	29	0	22+3	0	1	0	3	0
3	DF		Alan Rogers	39	0	32+1	0	2	0	4	0
4	DF		Wes Morgan	51	1	42+1	1	4	0	4	0
5	DF		Michael Dawson	17	1	13+1	1	1	0	2	0
5	MF		Darryl Powell	13	0	11	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF		John Thompson	24	0	14+6	0	1+2	0	1	0
7	MF		Andy Reid	28	7	25	5	2	1	1	1
7	MF		David Friio	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Paul Evans	45	4	34+5	4	3	0	3	0
9	FW		David Johnson	36	6	24+7	6	1	0	4	0
10	FW		Gareth Taylor	43	11	33+3	7	4	1	2+1	3
11	FW		Marlon King	31	9	17+9	5	1+1	1	3	3
12	GK		Barry Roche	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Eoin Jess	24	2	16+4	2	0	0	3+1	0
15	MF		Andy Impey	23	0	18+2	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF		Chris Doig	26	0	20+1	0	4	0	1	0
17	MF		Kris Commons	36	7	19+11	6	3	1	2+1	0
18	MF		Kevin James	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Brian Cash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Jack Lester	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Craig Westcarr	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		David Tarka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		John Curtis	13	0	11	0	2	0	0	0
22	GK		Paul Gerrard	49	0	42	0	3	0	4	0
23	MF		Eugen Bopp	20	3	6+12	3	1	0	+1	0
24	DF		Gregor Robertson	24	0	13+7	0	2	0	1+1	0
25	DF		James Biggins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Ross Gardner	14	0	9+5	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		James Beaumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		James Perch	28	1	17+5	0	2+1	0	2+1	1
29	DF		Jon Olav Hjelde	15	0	13+1	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF		Des Walker	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Ian Deakin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Adam Nowland	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Neil Harris	14	0	5+8	0	+1	0	0	0
34	MF		Shaun Derry	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
34	FW		Scott Dobie	12	1	11+1	1	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Yoann Folly	2	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0
35	DF		Justyn Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Andy Melville	15	0	13	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF		Vincent Fernandez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Gavin Hurren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Matthew Glass	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		John Lukic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.