2004–05 season of West Ham United
West Ham United F.C. 2004–05 football season
During the 2004–05 English football season, West Ham United competed in the Football League Championship , having lost the previous season's play-off final 0–1 to Crystal Palace at the Millennium Stadium .
Season summary
Following the previous season's First Division play-off final loss to Crystal Palace , Rob Lee , Brian Deane , Wayne Quinn and Shaun Byrne were all released from West Ham on free transfers . They were closely followed by Kevin Horlock , who signed for Ipswich Town , and David Connolly , who left for Leicester City in a £500,000 deal. Sébastien Carole also returned to Monaco after his loan spell, while Richard Garcia and Elliott Ward signed new contracts.
The first signing Alan Pardew made following the end of the previous season was goalkeeper James Walker , signed on a free transfer from Walsall , where he had been a folk hero. He was brought in as cover for Stephen Bywater . The following month former England international Teddy Sheringham and Serhii Rebrov both signed on free transfers, from Portsmouth and Tottenham respectively. Their arrivals were closely followed by those of AFC Bournemouth captain Carl Fletcher for £275,000 and winger Luke Chadwick from Manchester United on a free transfer. In September, Malky Mackay signed for £300,000 from Norwich City .
West Ham's biggest defeat of the season was away to Cardiff City on 2 November 2004 when they lost 4–1. The Welsh team featured former Hammer Jobi McAnuff , who created the first two goals and scored the fourth. West Ham's biggest win of the season came in their home game against Plymouth Argyle on 19 February 2005 when they won 5–0.
West Ham only lost one of their last ten matches, which helped moved them from seventh to sixth, guaranteeing a play-off spot. The club returned to the FA Premier League at the second time of asking, defeating Preston North End in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off final with a single goal from Bobby Zamora .
Final league table
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 winners;
(P) Promoted
First-team squad
Squad at end of season [ 1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Summer Transfers
In
Out
Winter Transfers
In
Out
Results
Championship
Championship play-offs
League Cup
FA Cup
Statistics
Overview
Competition
Record
Championship
46
21
10
15
66
56
+10
0 45.65
Play-offs
3
2
1
0
5
2
+3
0 66.67
FA Cup
3
1
1
1
3
2
+1
0 33.33
League Cup
3
2
0
1
5
3
+2
0 66.67
Total
55
26
12
17
79
63
+16
0 47.27
Goalscorers
Appearances and goals
References
National teams
League
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Isthmian League (Two ) Combined Counties League (Premier , One Eastern Counties League (Premier , One Essex Senior League (level 9 only )Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West Kent League (level 9 only )Midland Alliance (level 9 only )Midland Football Combination (level 10 only )North West Counties League (One , Two Northern Counties East League (Premier , One Northern League (One , Two Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One Sussex County League (One , Two United Counties League (Premier , One Wessex League (One , Two West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )Western League (Premier , One
Cup
FA cups Football League cups
