2004–05 Leicester City F.C. season
2004–05 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 2004–05 football season
During the 2004–05 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship .
Season summary
Leicester City were hoping to make an immediate return to the FA Premier League following relegation the previous season, but got off to a poor to indifferent start to the season, seeing them drawing too many games and prompting Micky Adams to resign in October despite claims by the club that they wanted him to continue.[ 1] He was replaced by Hearts ' Craig Levein ,[ 2] but he couldn't inspire Leicester to improve and the club finished the season in a disappointing 15th place.
Kit
Leicester retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by Narborough -based bank Alliance & Leicester .[ 3]
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.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
12
21
13
49
46
+3
57
8
8
7
24
20
+4
4
13
6
25
26
−1
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 H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A A A H A A A H H A H H A H H A Result D W L L D L W W D L W D D D D D D W L D W W L D L L W D W D L L D L D D D W D D L D L W W D Position 14 6 15 19 17 19 17 11 13 16 10 11 11 14 13 14 13 12 13 15 13 8 13 12 14 15 15 16 14 15 15 18 18 18 18 19 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 15
Results
Leicester City's score comes first [ 4]
Legend
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
7 August 2004
West Ham United
H
0-0
30,231
11 August 2004
Derby County
A
2-1
26,650
Nalis , Benjamin
14 August 2004
Millwall
A
0-2
11,754
21 August 2004
Watford
H
0-1
22,478
28 August 2004
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
1–1
27,550
Scowcroft
30 August 2004
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
0–1
22,263
11 September 2004
Rotherham United
A
2–0
6,272
Nalis , Dublin
14 September 2004
Sheffield United
H
3-2
23,422
Scowcroft , Dabizas , Wilcox
18 September 2004
Burnley
H
0–0
22,495
25 September 2004
Queens Park Rangers
A
2-3
15,535
Scowcroft , Connolly
28 September 2004
Gillingham
A
2–0
6,089
Heath , Dublin
2 October 2004
Preston North End
H
1-1
21,249
Benjamin
16 October 2004
Coventry City
A
1-1
18,054
Dublin
19 October 2004
Ipswich Town
H
2–2
22,497
Connolly , Heath
23 October 2004
Stoke City
H
1–1
22,882
Halls (own goal)
30 October 2004
Cardiff City
A
0-0
13,759
2 November 2004
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–2
6,849
Nalis , Guðjónsson
8 November 2004
Coventry City
H
3-0
22,479
Nalis , Tiatto , Heath
13 November 2004
Sunderland
H
0–1
25,897
20 November 2004
Wigan Athletic
A
0–0
10,924
27 November 2004
Plymouth Argyle
H
2–1
23,799
Scowcroft , Dublin
4 December 2004
Leeds United
A
2–0
27,384
Nalis , Kelly (own goal)
11 December 2004
Reading
H
0–2
24,068
17 December 2004
Nottingham Forest
A
1–1
21,415
Connolly
26 December 2004
Rotherham United
H
0–1
27,014
28 December 2004
Sheffield United
A
0–2
22,100
3 January 2005
Queens Park Rangers
H
1–0
23,754
Connolly (pen)
15 January 2005
Preston North End
A
1–1
12,677
Connolly
22 January 2005
Gillingham
H
2-0
23,457
Connolly , Nosworthy (own goal)
5 February 2005
Crewe Alexandra
H
1-1
27,011
Gillespie
12 February 2005
Ipswich Town
A
1-2
27,392
Stewart
22 February 2005
Stoke City
A
2–3
14,076
Williams , Guðjónsson
26 February 2005
Reading
A
0–0
14,651
5 March 2005
Nottingham Forest
H
0-1
27,277
8 March 2005
Burnley
A
0–0
10,933
15 March 2005
Watford
A
2-2
11,084
Connolly , Hughes
18 March 2005
West Ham United
A
2–2
22,031
Connolly (pen), Gillespie
2 April 2005
Millwall
H
3-1
22,338
Stearman , Connolly (pen), De Vries
5 April 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
1–1
22,950
Maybury
9 April 2005
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
1–1
6,638
Connolly (pen)
16 April 2005
Wigan Athletic
H
0-2
23,894
19 April 2005
Cardiff City
H
1–1
21,336
Connolly
23 April 2005
Sunderland
A
1-2
34,815
Maybury
26 April 2005
Derby County
H
1–0
25,762
Connolly
1 May 2005
Leeds United
H
2–0
26,593
Dublin , Connolly
8 May 2005
Plymouth Argyle
A
0-0
19,199
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
[ 5]
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.
Transfers
In
Out
Transfers in: £1,200,000
Transfers out: £375,000
Total spending: £825,000
References
National teams
League competitions
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 competitions
FA cups Football League cups