2004–05 Coventry City F.C. season

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Coventry City F.C.
2004–05 season
ManagerMicky Adams
StadiumHighfield Road
Championship19th
FA CupOUT – Newcastle United
Fourth Round 29.01.05 [1]
League CupOUT – Middlesbrough
Third Round 27.10.04 [2]
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: England Gary McSheffrey (14)
Highest home attendance22,728 v Derby County 30.04.05 Cup: 8,362 v Sheffield Wednesday 22.09.04
Lowest home attendance11,966 v Gillingham 15.09.04 Cup: 6,180 v Torquay United 25.08.04
Average home league attendance16,046

This article describes Coventry City Football Club's progress in the 2004–05 season, during which the Sky Blues competed in the Football League Championship, the FA Cup (entering in the Third Round) and the League Cup (entering from the First Round). The 2004–05 season was the last season in which the club played their home games at Highfield Road before their move to the Ricoh Arena.

Matches[]

Championship[]

7 August 2004 1 Coventry City 2–0 Sunderland Coventry
17:35 Suffo Goal 84' (pen.)
Johnson Goal 90'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 16,460
Referee: Richard Beeby
10 August 2004 2 Cardiff City 2–1 Coventry City Cardiff
19:45 Earnshaw Goal 54'
Lee Goal 60'		 report Barrett Goal 29' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,031
Referee:
14 August 2004 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Coventry City Brighton
15:00 Virgo Goal 88' report Hughes Goal 68' Stadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 6,368
Referee: Phil Joslin
21 August 2004 4 Coventry City 0–1 Millwall Coventry
15:00 report Dichio Goal 78' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,910
Referee: Martin Atkinson
28 August 2004 5 Nottingham Forest 1–4 Coventry City Nottingham
15:00 Johnson Goal 73' report Morrell Goal 39', 50'
Johnson Goal 68'
Hughes Goal 69'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,041
Referee:
30 August 2004 6 Coventry City 2–1 West Ham United Coventry
15:00 Doyle Goal 45'
Morrell Goal 76'		 report Sheringham Goal 40' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,404
Referee:
11 September 2004 7 Leeds United 3–0 Coventry City Leeds
15:00 Carlisle Goal 39'
Joachim Goal 70'
Pugh Goal 90+2'		 report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,725
Referee:
15 September 2004 8 Coventry City 2–2 Gillingham Coventry
19:45 Morrell Goal 30'
John Goal 47'		 report Agyemang Goal 64', 76' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,966
Referee: Mike Pike
18 September 2004 9 Coventry City 0–0 Rotherham United Coventry
15:00 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,834
Referee:
25 September 2004 10 Sheffield United 1–1 Coventry City Sheffield
15:00 Black Goal 29' report Morrell Goal 14' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 16,337
Referee: Graham Laws
28 September 2004 11 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 Coventry City London
19:45 Cureton Goal 32', 40', 73'
Furlong Goal 89'		 report Barrett Goal 48' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,680
Referee:
3 October 2004 12 Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town Coventry
13:00 Suffo Goal 76' report Bowditch Goal 69'
Mills Goal 87' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,608
Referee:
16 October 2004 13 Coventry City 1–1 Leicester City Coventry
15:00 Makin Goal 79' (o.g.) report Dublin Goal 69' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,054
Referee: Chris Foy
19 October 2004 14 Burnley 2–2 Coventry City Burnley
19:45 Blake Goal 63' (pen.)
Branch Goal 72'		 report Johnson Goal 62'
Barrett Goal 69'		 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,919
Referee:
23 October 2004 15 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Coventry City Wigan
15:00 Mahon Goal 14'
Graham Goal 52'
Ellington Goal 61'
Flynn Goal 90+2'		 report Johnson Goal 30' Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 9,632
Referee:
30 October 2004 16 Coventry City 3–2 Reading Coventry
15:00 John Goal 13' (pen.)
Morrell Goal 50'
Johnson Goal 65'		 report Owusu Goal 10'
Kitson Goal 70'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,663
Referee:
3 November 2004 17 Coventry City 1–1 Preston North End Coventry
19:45 Suffo Goal 49' (pen.) report Lewis Goal 68' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,478
Referee:
8 November 2004 18 Leicester City 3–0 Coventry City Leicester
19:45 Nalis Goal 26'
Tiatto Goal 46'
Heath Goal 71'		 report Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 22,479
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
13 November 2004 19 Coventry City 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Coventry
15:00 Hughes Goal 7'
Barrett Goal 14'		 report Evans Goal 47' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,314
Referee: Mike Jones
20 November 2004 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Coventry City Wolverhampton
12:30 report McSheffrey Goal 61' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,291
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 November 2004 21 Coventry City 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00 report Ashton Goal 24' (pen.) Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,823
Referee: Paul Taylor
4 December 2004 22 Derby County 2–2 Coventry City Derby
15:00 Rasiak Goal 87'
Peschisolido Goal 90'		 report Hughes Goal 21'
Adebola Goal 79'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 22,648
Referee: Phil Joslin
11 December 2004 23 Stoke City 1–0 Coventry City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 Akinbiyi Goal 21' report Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 15,744
Referee:
18 December 2004 24 Coventry City 1–0 Watford Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey Goal 45' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 14,493
Referee:
26 December 2004 25 Coventry City 1–2 Sheffield United Coventry
15:00 John Goal 18' report Morgan Goal 31'
Gray Goal 39'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,146
Referee: Mike Dean
28 December 2004 26 Gillingham 3–1 Coventry City Gillingham
15:00 Byfield Goal 14'
Cox Goal 47', 48'		 report Adebola Goal 36' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Phil Joslin
1 January 2005 27 Rotherham United 1–2 Coventry City Rotherham
15:00 Júnior Goal 38' report John Goal 57'
Williams Goal 75'		 Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 5,742
Referee: Lee Mason
3 January 2005 28 Coventry City 1–2 Leeds United Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey Goal 81' report Blake Goal 27'
Healy Goal 64'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,084
Referee:
15 January 2005 29 Ipswich Town 3–2 Coventry City Ipswich
15:00 Bent Goal 44', 58'
Kuqi Goal 78'		 report John Goal 11'
McSheffrey Goal 60' (pen.)		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,670
Referee:
22 January 2005 30 Coventry City 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Coventry
15:00 Williams Goal 59' report Cureton Goal 13'
Furlong Goal 90+2'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 16,595
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
5 February 2005 31 Preston North End 3–2 Coventry City Preston
15:00 Alexander Goal 22' (pen.)
Cresswell Goal 23'
Lucketti Goal 48'		 report Jørgensen Goal 14'
McSheffrey Goal 72'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,691
Referee:
12 February 2005 32 Coventry City 0–2 Burnley Coventry
15:00 report Oster Goal 64'
Thomas-Moore Goal 69'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,236
Referee: Steve Tanner
19 February 2005 33 Reading 1–2 Coventry City Reading
15:00 Ferdinand Goal 8' report McSheffrey Goal 63'
John Goal 72'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,904
Referee:
23 February 2005 34 Coventry City 1–2 Wigan Athletic Coventry
19:45 McSheffrey Goal 22' (pen.) report Teale Goal 9'
Ellington Goal 68'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: Richard Beeby
26 February 2005 35 Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Coventry
15:00 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,871
Referee: Jarnail Singh
5 March 2005 36 Watford 2–3 Coventry City Watford
15:00 Dyer Goal 32'
Webber Goal 84'		 report Benjamin Goal 14'
Jørgensen Goal 54'
Doyle Goal 78'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,794
Referee:
12 March 2005 37 Coventry City 1–1 Cardiff City Coventry
15:00 John Goal 16' report Bullock Goal 19' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,059
Referee: Lee Mason
15 March 2005 38 Millwall 1–1 Coventry City London
19:45 Morris Goal 69' report Jørgensen Goal 89' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8,835
Referee:
19 March 2005 39 Sunderland 1–0 Coventry City Sunderland
15:00 Brown Goal 76' report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance:
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 April 2005 40 Coventry City 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey Goal 47' (pen.)
Staunton Goal 84'		 report Virgo Goal 62' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,606
Referee:
6 April 2005 41 Coventry City 2–0 Nottingham Forest Coventry
19:45 McSheffrey Goal 24' (pen.)
Adebola Goal 41'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,221
Referee: Andy D'Urso
9 April 2005 42 West Ham United 3–0 Coventry City London
15:00 Shaw Goal 76' (o.g.)
Sheringham Goal 89' (pen.)
Zamora Goal 90'		 report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 26,839
Referee:
16 April 2005 43 Coventry City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey Goal 19' (pen.)
John Goal 90'		 report Clarke Goal 15'
Naylor Goal 79'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,412
Referee:
23 April 2005 44 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Coventry City Plymouth
15:00 Capaldi Goal 90+6' report John Goal 45+1' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 18,443
Referee: Lee Probert
30 April 2005 45 Coventry City 6–2 Derby County Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey Goal 20', 29' (pen.)
Adebola Goal 37'
John Goal 40', 55'
Whing Goal 68'		 report Bolder Goal 51'
Peschisolido Goal 63'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,728
Referee:
8 May 2005 46 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Coventry City Crewe
13:00 Higdon Goal 54'
Jones Goal 72'		 report Adebola Goal 23' Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 9,269
Referee:

League Cup[]

25 August 2004 R1 Coventry City 4–1 Torquay United Coventry
19:45 Hughes Goal 52'
Suffo Goal 62', 65'
Morrell Goal 82'		 report Kuffour Goal 73' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 6,180
Referee:
22 September 2004 R2 Coventry City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Coventry
19:45 Doyle Goal 35' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 8,362
Referee:
27 October 2004 R3 Middlesbrough 3–0 Coventry City Middlesbrough
20:00 Németh Goal 4'
Morrison Goal 24'
Graham Goal 70'		 report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 11,833
Referee: Uriah Rennie

FA Cup[]

8 January 2005 R3 Coventry City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey Goal 25', 69'
John Goal 45'		 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 7,629
Referee:
29 January 2005 R4 Newcastle United 3–1 Coventry City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Shearer Goal 37'
Ameobi Goal 42'
Bakayogo Goal 52'		 report Adebola Goal 45+2' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 44,044
Referee: Neale Barry

Championship data[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 52 64 −12 53
18 Watford 46 12 16 18 52 59 −7 52
19 Coventry City 46 13 13 20 61 73 −12 52
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 12 21 40 65 −25 51
21 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 66 86 −20 50
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 summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 13 20 61 73  −12 52 8 7 8 32 28  +4 5 6 12 29 45  −16

Last updated: 8 May 2005.
Source: CCFC Championship Results

Round by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultWLDLWWLDDDLLDDLWDLWWLDLWLLWLLLLLWLDWDDLWWLDDWL
Position177159511101110171819181918162017161818191819191920202121212021212121212219171718191719
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2005. Source: Championship Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores Overview[]

Opposition Home Score Away Score Double
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 1–1 Red XN
Burnley 0–2 2–2 Red XN
Cardiff City 1–1 1–2 Red XN
Crewe Alexandra 0–1 1–2 Red XN
Derby County 6–2 2–2 Red XN
Gillingham 2–2 1–3 Red XN
Ipswich Town 1–2 2–3 Red XN
Leeds United 1–2 0–3 Red XN
Leicester City 1–1 0–3 Red XN
Millwall 0–1 1–1 Red XN
Nottingham Forest 2–0 4–1 Green tickY
Plymouth Argyle 2–1 1–1 Red XN
Preston North End 1–1 2–3 Red XN
Queens Park Rangers 1–2 1–4 Red XN
Reading 3–2 2–1 Green tickY
Rotherham United 0–0 2–1 Red XN
Sheffield United 1–2 1–1 Red XN
Stoke City 0–0 0–1 Red XN
Sunderland 2–0 0–1 Red XN
Watford 1–0 3–2 Green tickY
West Ham United 2–1 0–3 Red XN
Wigan Athletic 1–2 1–4 Red XN
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 1–0 Red XN

Season statistics[]

Stats and goals[]

[3]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Shearer 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Andy Whing 19 1 9+7 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
3 DF Ireland EIR Steve Staunton 37 1 32+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF England ENG Lloyd Dyer 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Wales WAL Adrian Williams 23 2 21+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF England ENG Stephen Hughes 44 5 39+1 4 2+0 1 2+0 0
8 DF Wales WAL Richard Duffy 15 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Nigeria NGA Dele Adebola 26 6 19+6 5 0+0 0 0+1 1
10 FW England ENG Gary McSheffrey 41 14 31+6 12 1+1 0 2+0 2
11 FW Ireland EIR Graham Barrett 26 4 13+11 4 1+1 0 0+0 0
12 FW England ENG Andy Morrell 38 7 24+10 6 2+0 1 2+0 0
14 MF England ENG Tim Sherwood 11 0 10+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Faroe Islands FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 20 3 11+6 3 0+1 0 0+2 0
16 FW England ENG Eddie Johnson 29 5 22+4 5 1+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF Ireland EIR Michael Doyle 49 3 43+1 2 3+0 1 2+0 0
18 MF England ENG Neil Wood 16 0 6+7 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW Jamaica JAM Trevor Benjamin 12 1 6+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF England ENG Richard Shaw 37 0 30+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF England ENG Dean Leacock 16 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
24 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Stern John 33 12 25+5 11 1+0 0 2+0 1
25 MF England ENG Isaac Osbourne 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG Stuart Giddings 15 0 11+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF England ENG Marcus Hall 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Wales WAL Rob Page 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Bermuda BER Shaun Goater 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK England ENG Luke Steele 36 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
Player's featured for Coventry who left before end of the season:
GK England ENG Ian Bennett 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Louis Carey 27 0 23+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Calum Davenport 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF France FRA Éric Deloumeaux 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF France FRA Florent Laville 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Matt Mills 5 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Iceland ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson 13 0 3+7 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF France FRA Christian Negouai 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Rohan Ricketts 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Cameroon CMR Patrick Suffo 25 5 2+19 3 1+2 2 0+1 0

Goalscorers[]

No. Flag Pos Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
10 England FW Gary McSheffrey 12 0 2 Goal 14
24 Trinidad and Tobago FW Stern John 11 0 1 Goal 12
12 England FW Andy Morrell 6 1 0 Goal 7
9 Nigeria FW Dele Adebola 5 0 1 Goal 6
6 England MF Stephen Hughes 4 1 0 Goal 5
16 England FW Eddie Johnson 5 0 0 Goal 5
Cameroon FW Patrick Suffo 3 2 0 Goal 5
11 Republic of Ireland FW Graham Barrett 4 0 0 Goal 4
17 Republic of Ireland MF Michael Doyle 2 1 0 Goal 3
15 Faroe Islands MF Claus Bech Jørgensen 3 0 0 Goal 3
5 Wales DF Adrian Williams 2 0 0 Goal 2
19 Jamaica FW Trevor Benjamin 1 0 0 Goal 1
3 Republic of Ireland DF Steve Staunton 1 0 0 Goal 1
2 England DF Andy Whing 1 0 0 Goal 1

Overall[]

Games played 51 (46 Championship, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Games won 16 (13 Championship, 2 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn 13 (13 Championship, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost 22 (20 Championship, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored 70 (61 Championship, 5 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)
Goals conceded 80 (73 Championship, 4 League Cup, 3 FA Cup)
Goal difference −10
Best result W 6–2 (H) v Derby County – Championship – 30 April 2005
Worst result L 1–4 (A) v Queens Park Rangers – Championship – 28 September 2004
L 1–4 (A) v Wigan Athletic – Championship – 23 October 2004
Most appearances Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle (49 appearances)
Top scorer England Gary McSheffrey (14 goals)
Points 52 / 138 (37.68%)

References[]

  1. ^ "Newcastle 3 – 1 Coventry". CCFC.
  2. ^ "City Out Of League Cup". CoventryCityMad.
  3. ^ "Coventry City Squad 04-05". FootballSquads.
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