Preston North End 2004–05 football season
During the 2004–05 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Championship .
Season summary [ ]
When Preston went down 1–0 at Brighton thanks to a Marlon Broomes own goal on 28 August 2004, a day later, Craig Brown was sacked and replaced with his assistant Billy Davies .[1]
Davies took Preston to the 2005 play-off final for the first time since 2001, at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium but once again Preston ended up on the losing side, this time to West Ham United , losing 1–0.[2]
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
3
Ipswich Town
46
24
13
9
85
56
+29
85
Qualification for Championship play-offs
4
Derby County
46
22
10
14
71
60
+11
76
5
Preston North End
46
21
12
13
67
58
+9
75
6
West Ham United (O, P)
46
21
10
15
66
56
+10
73
7
Reading
46
19
13
14
51
44
+7
70
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.
(O) Play-off winner;
(P) Promoted
Results [ ]
Preston North End's score comes first [3]
Legend [ ]
[ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
7 August 2004
Watford
H
2–1
12,208
Cresswell , Healy (pen)
11 August 2004
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
2–2
26,115
Lucketti , Healy
14 August 2004
Gillingham
A
1–2
7,073
Fuller
20 August 2004
Sheffield United
H
0–1
12,084
28 August 2004
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
0–1
5,996
30 August 2004
Rotherham United
H
2–0
11,439
Etuhu (2)
11 September 2004
Stoke City
H
3–0
12,759
Cresswell (2), Healy
14 September 2004
Reading
A
1–3
11,857
Healy
18 September 2004
Sunderland
A
1–3
24,264
Alexander (pen)
25 September 2004
Crewe Alexandra
H
1–0
11,823
Davidson
28 September 2004
Plymouth Argyle
H
1–1
11,445
Cresswell
2 October 2004
Leicester City
A
1–1
21,249
Lonergan
16 October 2004
Leeds United
A
0–1
30,458
19 October 2004
Queens Park Rangers
H
2–1
10,548
Healy , Cresswell (pen)
23 October 2004
Nottingham Forest
H
3–2
12,439
McKenna , Lucketti , Etuhu
30 October 2004
Ipswich Town
A
0–3
23,745
3 November 2004
Coventry City
A
1–1
12,478
Lewis
6 November 2004
Leeds United
H
2–4
18,531
Cresswell (2)
13 November 2004
Millwall
H
1–1
10,339
Lewis
19 November 2004
Cardiff City
A
1–0
10,950
Mawéné
27 November 2004
Derby County
H
3–0
12,702
Alexander (2, 1 pen), Cresswell
5 December 2004
Wigan Athletic
A
0–5
10,565
11 December 2004
Burnley
A
0–2
15,318
18 December 2004
West Ham United
H
2–1
13,451
Lewis
26 December 2004
Stoke City
A
0–0
20,350
28 December 2004
Reading
H
3–0
12,795
Agyemang , Hughes (own goal), Lewis
1 January 2005
Sunderland
H
3–2
16,940
Cresswell (3)
3 January 2005
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–1
8,667
Sedgwick , O'Neil
15 January 2005
Leicester City
H
1–1
12,677
McKenna
22 January 2005
Plymouth Argyle
A
2–0
13,663
Sedgwick , Agyemang
5 February 2005
Coventry City
H
3–2
13,691
Alexander (pen), Cresswell , Lucketti
12 February 2005
Queens Park Rangers
A
2–1
15,620
Nugent , Lucketti
18 February 2005
Ipswich Town
H
1–1
14,418
Nugent
23 February 2005
Nottingham Forest
A
0–2
19,209
26 February 2005
Burnley
H
1–0
18,202
Alexander (pen)
5 March 2005
West Ham United
A
2–1
26,442
Nugent , Agyemang
12 March 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
2–2
16,296
Cresswell , Alexander (pen)
15 March 2005
Sheffield United
A
1–1
18,647
Cresswell
19 March 2005
Watford
A
2–0
19,649
Nugent , McKenna
2 April 2005
Gillingham
H
1–1
15,054
Brown (own goal)
5 April 2005
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
3–0
14,234
Alexander (pen), Cresswell , Nugent
9 April 2005
Rotherham United
A
2–1
6,312
Sedgwick , Mawéné
16 April 2005
Cardiff City
H
3–0
15,141
Nugent (2), Cresswell
24 April 2005
Millwall
A
1–2
11,417
Nugent
30 April 2005
Wigan Athletic
H
1–1
20,221
O'Neil
8 May 2005
Derby County
A
1–3
31,237
Agyemang
Championship play-offs [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg
15 May 2005
Derby County
H
2–0
20,315
Nugent , Cresswell
SF 2nd Leg
19 May 2005
Derby County
A
0–0
31,310
F
30 May 2005
West Ham United
N
0–1
70,275
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
8 January 2005
West Bromwich Albion
H
0–2
13,005
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1
21 September 2004
Mansfield Town
A
4–0
3,208
Cresswell , Alexander , Daley , Lynch
R2
4 October 2004
Leicester City
A
3–2
6,751
Cresswell (3, 1 pen)
R3
27 October 2004
Everton
A
0–2
33,922
Squad [ ]
[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Callum Davidson : from Leicester City , Free
Gavin Ward : from Coventry City , Free
Youl Mawéné : from Derby County , Free
Patrick Agyemang : from Gillingham , £350,000
Chris Sedgwick : from Rotherham United , £400,000
Matt Hill : from Bristol City , £100,000
David Nugent : from Bury , Signed
Carlo Nash : from Middlesbrough , Signed
Out [ ]
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