2004–05 Cardiff City F.C. season

During the 2004–05 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the team's second year in the Championship since being promoted from League One. The season was also the last that manager Lennie Lawrence spent at the club before being replaced by Dave Jones at the end of the season.

Cardiff City

2004–05 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Lennie Lawrence
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	Third round
FAW Premier Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Thorne (12) All: Peter Thorne (14)
Highest home attendance	17,006 vs Leeds United (2 October 2004)
Lowest home attendance	10,007 vs Crewe Alexandra (19 March 2005)
Average home league attendance	13,029
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Team kit and sponsorship

Cardiff's kits continued to be designed by Puma. Their main shirt sponsor continues as Welsh housing company Redrow homes.

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		FAW Premier Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Tony Warner	28	2	26	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	29	0	23+2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	WAL	Rob Page	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon	49	1	45	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	WAL	John Robinson	9	1	8	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Neal Ardley	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	EIR	Graham Kavanagh	33	3	28	3	2	0	2+1	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell	15	0	6+6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
10	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw	5	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Michael Boulding	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne	35	14	28+3	12	2	0	2	2	0	0
12	MF	EIR	Willie Boland	24	0	18+3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
13	GK	WAL	Martyn Margetson	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	EIR	Alan Lee	43	7	24+14	5	2	1	3	1	0	0
15	MF	JAM	Richard Langley	27	2	24+1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Chris Barker	44	0	38+1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
17	DF	WAL	James Collins	40	2	32+2	1	2	1	4	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Lee Bullock	26	5	8+13	3	0+1	0	3+1	2	0	0
19	MF	WAL	Paul Parry	28	4	12+12	4	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Gavin Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	AUS	Tony Vidmar	33	1	23+5	1	0+1	0	4	0	0	0
22	GK	ENG	Arran Lee-Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Gareth Whalley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Darren Williams	20	0	17+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	JAM	Jobi McAnuff	48	3	42+1	2	2	1	3	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Gary O'Neil	9	1	8+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	ENG	Neil Harris	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	JPN	Junichi Inamoto	16	0	13+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	FIN	Toni Koskela	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	WAL	Nicky Fish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF	WAL	Byron Anthony	3	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	1	0
31	MF	WAL	Michael Parkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW	WAL	Danny Thomas	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	WAL	Richard Ingram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	WAL	Kirk Huggins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	FW	ENG	Cameron Jerome	32	7	21+8	6	1	0	0+2	1	0	0
36	MF	WAL	Joe Ledley	32	3	20+8	3	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Stuart Fleetwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Lee Bullock	York City	Free
Jobi McAnuff	West Ham United	£250,000
Rob Page	Sheffield United	Free

Summer transfers out

0*Indicates the player joined after being released by Cardiff

Player	Club	Fee
Mark Bonner	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed
Jason Bowen	Newport County*	Free
Gavin Gordon	Notts County	Undisclosed
Spencer Prior	Southend United*	Free
Gareth Whalley	Wigan Athletic*	Free

Loans in

Player	Club	Date Arrived	Return Date
Darren Williams	Sunderland	September 2004	October 2004
Gary O'Neil	Portsmouth	August 2004	December 2004
Darren Williams	Sunderland	October 2004	December 2004
Neil Harris	Millwall	November 2004	January 2005
Michael Boulding	Barnsley	January 2005	End of Season
Junichi Inamoto	West Bromwich Albion	March 2005	April 2005

January transfer window ins

Player	Club	Fee
Neal Ardley	Unattached	Free
Darren Williams	Sunderland	Free

January transfer window outs

Player	Club	Fee
Robert Earnshaw	West Bromwich Albion	£3 million

Standings

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	−3	60
15	Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	+3	57
16	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	−3	54
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
18	Watford	46	12	16	18	52	59	−7	52

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 by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	W
Position				18	22	23	23		23	22		23	21		21	20		18	20		21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19		20	20	20		20	21		19	21		17	19	16

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Championship

^[2]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 Aug	Crewe Alexandra	A	D 2 – 2	7,339	Robinson, Lee
10 Aug	Coventry City	H	W 2 – 1	14,031	Earnshaw, Bullock
13 Aug	Plymouth Argyle	H	L 0 – 1	12,697
21 Aug	Ipswich Town	A	L 1 – 3	21,828	Lee
28 Aug	Stoke City	H	L 0 – 1	12,929
30 Aug	Wigan Athletic	A	L 1 – 2	9,004	Lee
11 Sep	Nottingham Forest	A	D 0 – 0	21,607
14 Sep	Watford	H	L 0 – 3	10,606
18 Sep	Derby County	H	L 0 – 2	12,008
25 Sep	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	W 3 – 2	27,896	Parry, Thorne, Kavanagh
28 Sep	Burnley	A	L 0 – 1	11,200
2 Oct	Leeds United	H	D 0 – 0	17,006
16 Oct	Rotherham United	H	W 2 – 0	11,004	Thorne (2)
19 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	D 1 – 1	6,112	Bullock
23 Oct	Millwall	A	D 2 – 2	10,476	O'Neil, Lee
30 Oct	Leicester City	H	D 0 – 0	13,759
2 Nov	West Ham United	H	W 4 – 1	14,222	Lee, Ledley, Parry, McAnuff
6 Nov	Rotherham United	A	D 2 – 2	5,119	Ledley, Parry
13 Nov	Reading	A	L 1 – 2	16,107	Jerome
19 Nov	Preston North End	H	L 0 – 1	10,950
27 Nov	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 0 – 1	15,146
4 Dec	Gillingham	H	W 3 – 1	10,623	Jerome, Thorne (2)
11 Dec	Sunderland	H	L 0 – 2	12,528
18 Dec	Sheffield United	A	L 1 – 2	18,240	Harris
26 Dec	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D 1 – 1	16,699	Jerome
28 Dec	Watford	A	D 0 – 0	13,409
1 Jan	Derby County	A	W 1 – 0	22,800	Thorne
3 Jan	Nottingham Forest	H	W 3 – 0	13,545	Thorne (2), Kavanagh
15 Jan	Leeds United	A	D 1 – 1	29,548	Thorne
22 Jan	Burnley	H	W 2 – 0	11,562	Langley, Kavanagh
6 Feb	West Ham United	A	L 0 – 1	23,716
12 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	W 2 – 0	11,435	Thorne, Collins
22 Feb	Millwall	H	L 0 – 1	11,424
26 Feb	Sunderland	A	L 1 – 2	32,788	Vidmar
5 Mar	Sheffield United	H	W 1 – 0	12,250	Ledley
12 Mar	Coventry City	A	D 1 – 1	17,059	Bullock
15 Mar	Ipswich Town	H	L 0 – 1	11,768
19 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	H	D 1 – 1	10,007	Gabbidon
2 Apr	Plymouth Argyle	A	D 1 – 1	18,045	Langley
5 Apr	Stoke City	A	W 3 – 1	12,785	Jerome (2), Thorne
9 Apr	Wigan Athletic	H	L 0 – 2	16,858
16 Apr	Preston North End	A	L 0 – 3	15,141
19 Apr	Leicester City	A	D 1 – 1	21,336	Ardley
23 Apr	Reading	H	W 2 – 0	14,821	Thorne, Jerome
30 Apr	Gillingham	A	D 1 – 1	10,810	Parry
8 May	Queens Park Rangers	H	W 1 – 0	15,722	McAnuff

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 Aug	One	Kidderminster Harriers	A	W 1 – 1 (5–4 on pens)	1,897	Earnshaw
21 Sep	Two	Milton Keynes Dons	A	W 4 – 1	2,266	Thorne (2), Bullock, Anthony
26 Oct	Three	Bournemouth	A	W 3 – 3 (5–4 on pens)	8,598	Lee, Bullock, Jerome
9 Nov	Four	Portsmouth	H	L 0 – 2	13,555

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 Jan	Three	Blackburn Rovers	H	D 1 – 1	14,145	Lee
19 Jan	Three (replay)	Blackburn Rovers	A	L 2 – 3	9,140	McAnuff, Collins

FAW Premier Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 Jan	Quarter-final	Bangor City	A	L 0 – 1	–

See also

• List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons
• 2004–05 in English football

References

1. Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2005-06. Headline Book Publishing. 2005. ISBN 0-7553-1385-2.
2. "Cardiff City 2004–05". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.