2004–05 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2004–05 season
ManagerAlex Smith
StadiumVictoria Park
Scottish First Division6th
Scottish CupFourth round
Scottish League CupSecond round
Scottish Challenge CupRunner-up

The 2004–05 season saw Ross County compete in the Scottish First Division where they finished in 6th position with 47 points. Ross County reached the 2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final where they lost 2–1 to Falkirk.[1]

Final league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Queen of the South 36 14 9 13 36 38 −2 51
5 Airdrie United 36 14 8 14 44 48 −4 50
6 Ross County 36 13 8 15 40 37 +3 47
7 Hamilton Academical 36 12 11 13 35 36 −1 47
8 St Johnstone 36 12 10 14 38 39 −1 46
Source: "2004-2005 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Ross County's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish First Division
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 7 August 2004 Queen of the South A 1–0 1,910 Burke
2 14 August 2004 St Mirren H 1–1 2,666 Burke
3 21 August 2004 Clyde A 0–1 1,101
4 28 August 2004 Partick Thistle H 0–1 2,781
5 4 September 2004 Raith Rovers A 2–1 1,540 Lauchlan, Adam
6 11 September 2004 St Johnstone H 0–1 2,486
7 18 September 2004 Airdrie United A 2–1 1,484 Canning, Winters
8 25 September 2004 Hamilton Academical A 2–1 1,522 Lauchlan, Higgins
9 2 October 2004 Falkirk H 0–1 3,062
10 16 October 2004 St Mirren A 2–3 2,538 Gillies (o.g.), Adam
11 23 October 2004 Queen of the South H 1–0 2,354 Cowie
12 30 October 2004 Partick Thistle A 0–4 2,898
13 13 November 2004 St Johnstone A 1–1 2,018 Higgins
14 20 November 2004 Airdrie United H 1–2 2,345 Docherty (o.g.)
15 23 November 2004 Raith Rovers H 1–1 1,193 Burke
16 27 November 2004 Falkirk A 2–2 3,330 McGarry, Malcolm
17 4 December 2004 Hamilton Academical H 1–1 2,034 McGarry
18 11 December 2004 Queen of the South A 0–1 1,588
19 18 December 2004 Clyde H 0–1 1,953
20 27 December 2004 Partick Thistle H 2–1 3,112 Cowie, Canning
21 29 December 2004 Raith Rovers A 4–1 1,127 Cowie, Lauchlan, Winters, Burke
22 3 January 2005 St Johnstone H 4–0 3,105 Winters (2), Canning, Lauchlan
23 15 January 2005 Airdrie United A 1–2 1,512 Winters
24 22 January 2005 Hamilton Academical A 1–0 1,476 Winters
25 29 January 2005 Falkirk H 0–1 3,151
26 19 February 2005 Clyde A 0–1 1,086
27 1 March 2005 St Mirren H 0–1 1,302
28 5 March 2005 Raith Rovers H 2–0 2,083 Burke, Higgins
29 12 March 2005 Partick Thistle A 0–0 2,939
30 19 March 2005 St Johnstone A 2–0 1,828 Canning, McGarry
31 2 April 2005 Airdrie United H 3–1 2,032 Cowie, Higgins (2)
32 9 April 2005 Falkirk A 0–1 5,209
33 16 April 2005 Hamilton Academical H 2–1 2,107 Cowie, Kilgannon
34 23 April 2005 Queen of the South H 1–1 2,147 McGarry
35 30 April 2005 St Mirren A 0–1 3,906
36 7 May 2005 Clyde H 1–1 2,130 Burke

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 24 January 2005 Airdrie United H 4–1 1,302 Burke, McGeown (o.g.), Winters
R4 5 February 2005 Clyde H 0–0 1,629
R4 Replay 15 February 2005 Clyde A 1–2 1,576 Rankin

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish League Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 10 August 2004 Dumbarton A 3–1 437 Burke (3)
R2 24 August 2004 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 0–1 3,315

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main articles: 2004–05 Scottish Challenge Cup and 2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 31 July 2004 St Mirren H 2–1 950 Burke (2)
R2 31 August 2004 Peterhead A 2–1 565 Burke, Canning
QF 15 September 2004 Partick Thistle H 1 – 1 (5 – 3 pens) 1,050 Winters
SF 28 September 2004 Forfar Athletic H 5–2 2,328 Winters (3), Burke, Cowie
Final 7 November 2004 Falkirk N 1–2 7,471 Winters

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Stuart Garden 15(1) 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 22(1) 0
GK Scotland Colin Stewart 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
DF Scotland Martin Canning 33 4 3 0 2 0 4 1 42 5
DF Scotland Jim Lauchlan 28 4 3 0 2 0 5 0 38 4
DF Scotland Stuart Malcolm 10(3) 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 13(3) 1
DF Scotland Mark McCulloch 36 0 3 0 2 0 5 0 46 0
DF Scotland Kevin McKinlay 1(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(4) 0
DF Scotland Adam Moffatt 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
DF Scotland John Robertson 25 0 3 0 2 0 3(1) 0 33(1) 0
MF Scotland Charlie Adam 8(2) 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 12(2) 2
MF Scotland Don Cowie 33(1) 5 3 0 2 0 4 1 42(1) 6
MF Scotland Sean Kilgannon 19(8) 1 1(2) 0 1 0 2(2) 0 23(12) 1
MF Scotland John Kilganon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Steven Mackay 3(9) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0(4) 0 4(14) 0
MF Scotland Jamie McCunnie 24(3) 0 2(1) 0 1 0 4 0 31(4) 0
MF Scotland John Rankin 28(2) 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 36(2) 1
MF Scotland Stuart Taylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MF Scotland Fergus Tiernan 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
FW Scotland Alex Burke 28(4) 6 3 1 2 3 4 4 37(4) 14
FW Scotland Craig Gunn 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
FW Scotland Sean Higgins 13(13) 5 0(2) 0 0(2) 0 1(2) 0 14(19) 5
FW Scotland Neil MacDonald 2(5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(5) 0
FW Scotland Steven McGarry 19(13) 4 0(2) 0 1(1) 0 3(2) 0 23(18) 4
FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 10(7) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14(7) 0
FW Scotland David Winters 18(13) 6 3 2 0(2) 0 3(2) 5 24(17) 11

References

  1. ^ "Ross County 2004/05". Statto. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.