2004–05 Preston North End F.C. season

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Preston North End
2004–05 season
ChairmanDerek Shaw
ManagerCraig Brown (until 29 August)
Billy Davies (from 29 August)
StadiumDeepdale
Championship5th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Richard Cresswell (16)
All: Richard Cresswell (21)
Average home league attendance12,841

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[]

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship
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[]

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship[]

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[]

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 2005 West Bromwich Albion H 0–2 13,005

League Cup[]

Main article: 2004–05 Football 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Andy Lonergan
2 DF Scotland SCO Graham Alexander
3 DF Scotland SCO Brian O'Neil
4 MF Nigeria NGA Dickson Etuhu
5 DF Scotland SCO Callum Davidson
6 DF England ENG Marlon Broomes
8 MF France FRA Eric Skora
9 FW Ghana GHA Patrick Agyemang
10 FW England ENG Andy Smith
11 MF England ENG Chris Sedgwick
12 GK England ENG Gavin Ward
14 FW Scotland SCO Simon Lynch
15 DF France FRA Youl Mawéné
16 MF England ENG Paul McKenna
17 MF United States USA Eddie Lewis
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF England ENG Matt Hill
20 DF England ENG Chris Lucketti (captain)
21 DF Republic of Ireland IRL David Elebert
22 DF Jamaica JAM Claude Davis
24 DF England ENG Tyrone Mears
25 FW England ENG Richard Cresswell
27 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan McCormack
28 MF England ENG Michael Brown
29 FW England ENG Joe O'Neill
30 MF Australia AUS Kieran Tracey
31 GK England ENG Chris Neal
32 FW England ENG Mark Jackson
33 GK England ENG Carlo Nash
35 FW England ENG David Nugent

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 Jamaica JAM Ricardo Fuller (to Portsmouth)
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR David Healy (to Leeds United)
9 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu (to Sheffield Wednesday)
18 DF England ENG John Curtis (on loan from Portsmouth)
30 FW England ENG Kelvin Langmead (to Shrewsbury Town)
33 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ciarán Lyng (to Shrewsbury Town)
19 FW Portugal POR Filipe Oliveira (on loan from Chelsea)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF England ENG Rob Kozluk (on loan from Sheffield United)
23 GK Scotland SCO Jonathan Gould (to Bristol City)
26 DF England ENG Darran Kempson (on loan from Morecambe)
33 GK England ENG Chris Day (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
7 MF Jamaica JAM Omar Daley (on loan from Portmore United)
34 DF England ENG Kyle Armstrong (to York City)
19 MF France FRA Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brown leaves Preston post". BBC Sport. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ^ "West Ham 1–0 Preston". BBC Sport. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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