2004–05 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

2004–05 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	Joe Royle
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	3rd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Play-offs	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Darren Bent (20) All: Darren Bent / Shefki Kuqi (20)
Highest home attendance	30,010 (vs West Ham United, 18 May 2005, Championship Play-offs)
Lowest home attendance	10,190 (vs Brentford, 24 Aug 2004, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	25,651
Home colours Away colours

During the 2004–05 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Ipswich missed automatic promotion in the 2004–05 season, finishing third, only two points behind second-placed Wigan Athletic. Again, they lost to West Ham United in the play off semi-finals, this time by a 4–2 aggregate score.^[1]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Kelvin Davis 2 DF  NED Fabian Wilnis 3 DF  ENG Matt Richards 4 DF  CAN Jason de Vos 5 DF  GUI Drissa Diallo 6 DF  ENG Richard Naylor 7 MF  NIR Jim Magilton (captain) 8 MF  ENG Tommy Miller 9 FW  ESP Pablo Couñago

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  ENG Darren Currie 11 MF  NIR Kevin Horlock 12 DF  USA Danny Karbassiyoon (on loan from Arsenal) 14 FW  ENG James Scowcroft (on loan from Leicester City) 16 DF  ENG David Unsworth (on loan from Portsmouth) 18 FW  ENG Darren Bent 32 FW  FIN Shefki Kuqi 33 MF  ENG Ian Westlake 34 GK  WAL Lewis Price

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  ENG Tony Dinning (on loan from Wigan Athletic)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG Dean Bowditch (on loan to Burnley)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ENG Dean McDonald 19 MF  FRA Jimmy Juan (on loan from AS Monaco) 20 DF  ENG Aidan Collins 21 DF  ENG Scott Mitchell 22 FW  ENG Darryl Knights 23 MF  IRL Owen Garvan 24 FW  IRL Billy Clarke

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  ENG Scott Barron 27 MF  ENG Adem Atay 28 DF  IRL Gerard Nash 29 DF  ENG Ben Patten 30 DF  ENG Jerrome Sobers 31 GK  IRL Shane Supple

Pre-season

Ipswich traveled to Denmark for a pre-season tour in July 2004.^[2] Ipswich also played a friendly match against Newcastle United on 28 July, a testimonial match which was played in honour of former assistant manager and player Dale Roberts.^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 July 2004	Peterborough United	A	2–1	Unknown	Couñago, Westlake
13 July 2004	Randers	A	0–0	Unknown
16 July 2004	AaB	A	0–2	Unknown
21 July 2004	Oxford United	A	5–1	Unknown	Miller (2), Bent, Couñago, Magilton
24 July 2004	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Unknown	Diallo, Bowditch
28 July 2004	Newcastle United	H	2–1	24,644	Kuqi, Couñago
2 August 2004	Osasuna	H	2–1	4,817	Couñago, Kuqi

Competitions

Football League Championship

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	46	29	7	10	76	41	+35	94	Promotion to the FA Premier League
2	Wigan Athletic (P)	46	25	12	9	79	35	+44	87
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

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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Gillingham	H	2–1	23,130	Naylor, Bowditch
11 August 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	21,125	Bent
14 August 2004	Derby County	A	2–3	22,234	Miller, Bowditch
21 August 2004	Cardiff City	H	3–1	21,828	Bent, Miller, Westlake
28 August 2004	Rotherham United	A	2–0	5,504	Kuqi (2)
30 August 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	24,590	Bent, Miller
12 September 2004	Millwall	H	2–0	26,790	Bent, Couñago
14 September 2004	Stoke City	A	2–3	23,029	Westlake, de Vos
18 September 2004	West Ham United	A	1–1	28,812	Couñago
25 September 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–2	23,270	de Vos, Kuqi (2)
28 September 2004	Reading	H	1–1	23,167	Kuqi
3 October 2004	Coventry City	A	2–1	12,608	Bowditch, Mills (own goal)
16 October 2004	Burnley	H	1–1	23,183	Richards
19 October 2004	Leicester City	A	2–2	22,497	Westlake, Heath (own goal)
23 October 2004	Watford	A	2–2	15,894	Westlake, Bent
30 October 2004	Preston North End	H	3–0	23,745	Kuqi, Miller, Bent
2 November 2004	Sheffield United	H	5–1	22,977	Miller, Kuqi (2), Naylor, Westlake
6 November 2004	Burnley	A	2–0	11,969	Bent (2)
13 November 2004	Leeds United	H	1–0	29,955	Bent
21 November 2004	Sunderland	A	0–2	31,723
27 November 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	26,269	Kuqi
4 December 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–2	7,236	Naylor, Bent
11 December 2004	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–2	18,231	de Vos, Bent, Currie, Kuqi
21 December 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	28,286	Naylor, Bent
26 December 2004	Millwall	A	1–3	14,532	Kuqi
28 December 2004	Stoke City	H	1–0	26,217	Kuqi
1 January 2005	West Ham United	H	0–2	30,003
3 January 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–1	17,923	Currie (2)
15 January 2005	Coventry City	H	3–2	23,670	Bent (2), Kuqi
22 January 2005	Reading	A	1–1	23,203	Bent
5 February 2005	Sheffield United	A	2–0	20,680	Unsworth, Kuqi
12 February 2005	Leicester City	H	2–1	27,392	de Vries (own goal), Kuqi
18 February 2005	Preston North End	A	1–1	14,418	Miller
22 February 2005	Watford	H	1–2	23,993	Miller
26 February 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2	29,008
5 March 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1	16,744
12 March 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	6–0	25,765	Naylor, Westlake, Miller (2), Kuqi, Bent
15 March 2005	Cardiff City	A	1–0	11,768	Miller
19 March 2005	Gillingham	A	0–0	9,311
2 April 2005	Derby County	H	3–2	28,796	Magilton, Bent, Miller
5 April 2005	Rotherham United	H	4–3	26,017	Westlake, Bent (2), Magilton
11 April 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	25,882
17 April 2005	Sunderland	H	2–2	29,230	Naylor, Bent
23 April 2005	Leeds United	A	1–1	29,607	Kuqi
30 April 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	5–1	28,244	Kuqi, Magilton, Miller (2), Couñago
8 May 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–1	6,848	Kuqi

Championship play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	14 May 2005	West Ham United	A	2–2	33,723	Walker (own goal), Kuqi
SF 2nd Leg	18 May 2005	West Ham United	H	0–2	30,010

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–3	20,080	Miller

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Brentford	H	2–0	10,190	Westlake, Miller
R2	21 September 2004	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2	6,020

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2004	DF	Jason de Vos	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2004	DF	Jerrome Sobers	Ford United	£10,000	[5]
9 July 2004	MF	Kevin Horlock	West Ham United	Free transfer	[6]
10 December 2004	MF	Darren Currie	Brighton & Hove Albion	£250,000	[7]

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
10 August 2004	MF	Tony Dinning	Wigan Athletic	29 September 2004	[8]
21 December 2004	DF	Danny Karbassiyoon	Arsenal	30 June 2005	[9]
27 January 2005	DF	David Unsworth	Portsmouth	30 June 2005	[10]
31 January 2005	MF	Jimmy Juan	Monaco	30 June 2005	[11]
14 February 2005	FW	James Scowcroft	Leicester City	30 June 2005	[12]

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
8 May 2004	DF	John McGreal	Burnley	Free transfer	[13]
23 June 2004	FW	Marcus Bent	Everton	£450,000	[14]
1 July 2004	MF	Jermaine Wright	Leeds United	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2004	DF	Georges Santos	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2004	MF	Martijn Reuser	Willem II	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2004	MF	Chris Bart-Williams	APOEL	Free transfer	[18]
2 August 2004	DF	Chris Makin	Leicester City	Free transfer	[19]
15 September 2004	FW	Alun Armstrong	Darlington	Free transfer	[18]
9 December 2004	FW	Craig Reid	Coventry City	Free transfer	[20]
14 January 2005	FW	Antonio Murray	Hibernian	Undisclosed	[21]
31 January 2005	DF	Chris Hogg	Hibernian	Free transfer	[22]

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
19 November 2004	GK	Lewis Price	Cambridge United	29 December 2004	[23]
9 March 2005	FW	Dean Bowditch	Burnley	9 May 2005	[24]
24 March 2005	DF	Jerrome Sobers	Brentford	16 May 2005	[25]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Kelvin Davis	42	0	39	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
34	GK	WAL	Lewis Price	10	0	7+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NED	Fabian Wilnis	44	0	40+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Matt Richards	28	1	15+9	1	0+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
4	DF	CAN	Jason de Vos	49	3	45	3	1	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	GUI	Drissa Diallo	29	0	23+3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Richard Naylor	50	6	46	6	0	0	2	0	2	0
15	DF	USA	Danny Karbassiyoon	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	David Unsworth	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Scott Mitchell	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Scott Barron	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	NIR	Jim Magilton	44	3	33+6	3	1	0	2	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller	50	15	45	13	0+1	1	0+2	1	2	0
10	MF	ENG	Darren Currie	27	3	19+5	3	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	MF	NIR	Kevin Horlock	44	0	33+8	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
33	MF	ENG	Ian Westlake	50	8	41+4	7	1	0	2	1	2	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago	22	3	4+15	3	0+1	0	2	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	James Scowcroft	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Darren Bent	50	20	45	20	1	0	2	0	2	0
22	FW	ENG	Darryl Knights	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi	48	20	40+3	19	1	0	0+2	0	2	1
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
10	MF	ENG	Tony Dinning	9	0	3+4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Dean Bowditch	24	3	6+15	3	0	0	2	0	0+1	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Play-offs	Total
18	FW		Darren Bent	20	0	0	0	20
32	FW		Shefki Kuqi	19	0	0	1	20
8	MF		Tommy Miller	13	1	1	0	15
33	MF		Ian Westlake	7	0	1	0	8
6	DF		Richard Naylor	6	0	0	0	6
4	DF		Jason de Vos	3	0	0	0	3
7	MF		Jim Magilton	3	0	0	0	3
9	FW		Pablo Couñago	3	0	0	0	3
10	MF		Darren Currie	3	0	0	0	3
17	FW		Dean Bowditch	3	0	0	0	3
3	DF		Matt Richards	1	0	0	0	1
16	DF		David Unsworth	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				3	0	0	1	0
Total				85	1	2	2	90

Clean sheets

No.	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Play-offs	Total
1		Kelvin Davis	10	0	0	0	10
34		Lewis Price	1	0	1	0	2
Total			11	0	1	0	12

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-offs		Total
2	DF	Fabian Wilnis	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
3	DF	Matt Richards	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Jason de Vos	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5	DF	Drissa Diallo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	DF	Richard Naylor	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
7	MF	Jim Magilton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	Tommy Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	Pablo Couñago	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Tony Dinning	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
11	MF	Kevin Horlock	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
12	DF	Danny Karbassiyoon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	James Scowcroft	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16	DF	David Unsworth	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	FW	Dean Bowditch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	Darren Bent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW	Shefki Kuqi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
33	MF	Ian Westlake	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total			55	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	59	1

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[26]

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 1 GK Kelvin Davis 42 5 RB Drissa Diallo 26 4 CB Jason de Vos 49 6 CB Richard Naylor 50 2 LB Fabian Wilnis 43 11 RM Kevin Horlock 35 8 CM Tommy Miller 47 7 CM Jim Magilton 26 33 LM Ian Westlake 46 18 CF Darren Bent 50 32 CF Shefki Kuqi 43

4–4–2 Formation Davis Diallo de Vos Naylor Wilnis Miller Westlake Magilton(C) Horlock Kuqi Bent

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Shefki Kuqi	[27]
Players' Player of the Year	Kelvin Davis	[28]
Young Player of the Year	Billy Clarke	[28]

Football League Championship Manager of the Month

Month	Manager	Ref
November	Joe Royle	[29]

Football League Championship Player of the Month

Month	Player	Ref
October	Kevin Horlock	[30]

PFA Championship Team of the Year

Player	Ref
Kelvin Davis	[31]

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