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Football League One
Season	2004–05
Champions	Luton Town (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Luton Town; Hull City
Promoted through play-offs	Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated	Peterborough United; Stockport County; Torquay United; Wrexham
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,550 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stuart Elliott (Hull City), 27; Dean Windass (Bradford City), 27
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Football League One was the first season of the renamed Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football.

Changes from last season

From League One

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

To League One

Relegated from Championship

Promoted from League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Luton Town (C, P)	46	29	11	6	87	48	+39	98	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Hull City (P)	46	26	8	12	80	53	+27	86	Promotion to Football League Championship
3	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	13	11	73	55	+18	79	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Brentford	46	22	9	15	57	60	−3	75
5	Sheffield Wednesday (O, P)	46	19	15	12	77	59	+18	72
6	Hartlepool United	46	21	8	17	76	66	+10	71
7	Bristol City	46	18	16	12	74	57	+17	70
8	Bournemouth	46	20	10	16	77	64	+13	70
9	Huddersfield Town	46	20	10	16	74	65	+9	70
10	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	18	12	65	60	+5	66
11	Bradford City	46	17	14	15	64	62	+2	65
12	Swindon Town	46	17	12	17	66	68	−2	63
13	Barnsley	46	14	19	13	69	64	+5	61
14	Walsall	46	16	12	18	65	69	−4	60
15	Colchester United	46	14	17	15	60	50	+10	59
16	Blackpool	46	15	12	19	54	59	−5	57
17	Chesterfield	46	14	15	17	55	62	−7	57
18	Port Vale	46	17	5	24	49	59	−10	56
19	Oldham Athletic	46	14	10	22	60	73	−13	52
20	Milton Keynes Dons	46	12	15	19	54	68	−14	51
21	Torquay United (R)	46	12	15	19	55	79	−24	51	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Wrexham (R)	46	13	14	19	62	80	−18	43^[a]
23	Peterborough United (R)	46	9	12	25	49	73	−24	39
24	Stockport County (R)	46	6	8	32	49	98	−49	26

Updated to match(es) played on May 2005. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Wrexham deducted 10 points for entering administration.^[1]

Play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2005

19:45

Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Brentford
McGovern 12'	Report

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 28,625

Referee: Mike Jones

13 May 2005

19:45

Hartlepool United	2–0	Tranmere Rovers
Boyd 32', 68'	Report

Victoria Park, Hartlepool

Attendance: 6,604

Referee: Brian Curson

Second leg

16 May 2005

19:45

Brentford	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday
Frampton 87'	Report	Peacock 27' Brunt 53'

Griffin Park, Brentford

Attendance: 10,823

Referee: Tony Leake

Sheffield Wednesday won 3–1 on aggregate.

17 May 2005

19:45

Tranmere Rovers	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Hartlepool United
Taylor 70' Beresford 87'	Report
Penalties
Taylor Hall Roberts Hume Dagnall Beresford Sharps	5–6	Strachan Tinkler Porter Robson Westwood Sweeney Humphreys

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 13,356

Referee: Martin Atkinson

Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Hartlepool United on aggregate. Hartlepool United won 6–5 on penalties.

Final

29 May 2005

15:00

Hartlepool United	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday
Williams 47' Daly 71'	Report	McGovern 45' MacLean 82' (pen.) Whelan 94' Talbot 120'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 59,808

Referee: Phil Crossley

Results

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	League
1	Dean Windass	Bradford City	27
=	Stuart Elliott	Hull City	27
3	Paweł Abbott	Huddersfield Town	26
4	Adam Boyd	Hartlepool United	24
=	Leroy Lita	Bristol City	24
6	Sam Parkin	Swindon Town	23
7	Steve Brooker	Bristol City	21
8	Steven MacLean	Sheffield Wednesday	19
=	James Hayter	Bournemouth	19
=	Luke Beckett	Oldham Athletic	19

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References

^ "Wrexham fail in 10-point appeal". BBC Sport. 6 January 2005.
^ "ESPN". Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

External links

Football League Tables

[table_hth_WRE0.72692439226756-2] Wrexham deducted 10 points for entering administration.^[1]

[1] "Wrexham fail in 10-point appeal". BBC Sport. 6 January 2005.

[3] "ESPN". Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

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