2004–05 Everton F.C. season

Everton
2004–05 season
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	David Moyes
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tim Cahill (11); All: ; Tim Cahill (12)
	← 2003-04 2005-06 →

During the 2004–05 English football season, Everton competed in the Premier League.

Competition	Result	Top scorer
Premier League	4th	Tim Cahill, 11
FA Cup	Fifth round	James McFadden, 2
League Cup	Fourth round	Duncan Ferguson, 1 Nick Chadwick, 1 Lee Carsley, 1 Marcus Bent, 1 Thomas Gravesen, 1

Season summary

Many pundits had tipped Everton for relegation that season: having escaped relegation from the Premier League by six points the previous season, Everton's task to stay in English football's top flight only seemed harder after the multi-million pound transfer of teenage striker Wayne Rooney to Manchester United after setting the summer's European Championships alight. However, the season turned out to be Everton's most successful in Premier League history as they placed fourth in the league with 61pts. Everton kept pace with the likes of Chelsea (95pts) and Arsenal (83pts) at the Premier League summit for the first half of the season, finishing 2004 only a few points adrift of leaders Chelsea. Although Everton's title challenge eventually fizzled out following the sale of out-of-contract midfielder Thomas Gravesen to Spanish giants Real Madrid, they were able to see off competition from arch-rivals Liverpool (58pts) and fellow northwesterners Bolton Wanderers (58pts) to finish in fourth place, three points ahead of both teams. This secured the Toffees qualification to the 2005-06 Champions League, in which they would enter the tournament in the third qualifying round. This unexpected finish was barely soured by Merseyside rivals Liverpool also qualifying for Europe's elite club competition as winners of the Champions League. In the summer, manager David Moyes splashed the cash on the likes of Netherlands and Inter Milan winger Andy van der Meyde in a bid to keep Everton in a position to make a serious challenge for European qualification the following season.

Despite their high league finish, Everton had the unwanted distinction of finishing with a negative goal difference, as a result of an embarrassing 7-0 humbling at Arsenal in the penultimate game of the season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Richard Wright
2	DF	ENG	Steve Watson
3	DF	ITA	Alessandro Pistone
4	DF	ENG	Alan Stubbs
5	DF	SCO	David Weir (captain)
6	MF	ESP	Mikel Arteta (on loan from Real Sociedad)
7	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent
8	FW	ENG	James Beattie
10	FW	SCO	Duncan Ferguson
11	FW	SCO	James McFadden
14	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	SCO	Gary Naysmith
17	MF	AUS	Tim Cahill
20	DF	NGA	Joseph Yobo
21	MF	ENG	Leon Osman
22	DF	ENG	Tony Hibbert
23	DF	AUS	Eddy Bosnar
24	MF	FRA	Guillaume Plessis
25	GK	ENG	Nigel Martyn
26	MF	IRL	Lee Carsley^[2]
31	FW	ENG	James Vaughan

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	ENG	Kevin Campbell (to West Bromwich Albion)
16	MF	DEN	Thomas Gravesen (to Real Madrid)
18	FW	ENG	Wayne Rooney (to Manchester United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ENG	Nick Chadwick (to Plymouth Argyle)
27	DF	ENG	Peter Clarke (to Blackpool)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	CHN	Li Tie
32	DF	ENG	Daniel Fox^[3]
33	DF	IRL	Anthony Gerrard^[4]
37	GK	SCO	Iain Turner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Mark Hughes
—	DF	ENG	Laurence Wilson
—	FW	ENG	Paul Hopkins

Statistics

Transfers

In

Marcus Bent - Ipswich Town, £450,000, 23 June^[5]
Tim Cahill - Millwall, undisclosed (estimated £2,000,000), 23 July^[6]
Eddy Bosnar - Sturm Graz, free, 4 August^[7]
James Beattie - Southampton, £6,000,000, 4 January^[8]
Mikel Arteta - Real Sociedad, five-month loan, 1 February^[9]
Bjarni Viðarsson - FH, undisclosed

Out

Joey Jones - Macclesfield Town, free, 18 May^[10]
Niclas Alexandersson - Gothenburg, free, 1 July^[11]
Paul Gerrard - Nottingham Forest, free, 2 July^[12]
Steve Simonsen - Stoke City, free, 8 July
David Unsworth - Portsmouth, free, 12 July^[13]
Tomasz Radzinski - Fulham, undisclosed, 23 July^[14]
Tobias Linderoth - Copenhagen, undisclosed, 30 July
Steven Schumacher - Bradford City, free, 30 July^[15]
Michael Symes - Bradford City, free, 30 July
Scot Gemmill - Leicester City, free, 5 August^[16]
Wayne Rooney - Manchester United, £20,000,000 (rising to £27,000,000 depending on appearances and achievements), 31 August^[17]
Kevin Campbell - West Bromwich Albion, free, 10 January^[18]
Thomas Gravesen - Real Madrid, £2,500,000, 14 January^[19]
Nick Chadwick - Plymouth Argyle, £250,000, 8 February^[20]
Peter Clarke - Blackpool

Results

Premier League

15 August 2004 1	Everton	1–4	Arsenal	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Carsley 37' 64' Osman 43'	Report	Bergkamp 23' Reyes 39' Cole 53' Ljungberg 54' Pirès 83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,521 Referee: Mike Riley

21 August 2004 2	Crystal Palace	1–3	Everton	Croydon, London
	Hudson 9'	Report	Gravesen 19' (pen) Naysmith 71' Bent 82'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,666 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

28 August 2004 3	Everton	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Osman 2', 70'	Report	Dobie 7'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,510 Referee: Peter Walton

30 August 2004 4	Manchester United	0–0	Everton	Trafford, Greater Manchester
		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,803 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

11 September 2004 5	Manchester City	0–1	Everton	Manchester
15:00		Report	Cahill 60' 61'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,006 Referee: Steve Bennett

19 September 2004 6	Everton	2–1	Middlesbrough	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Bent 47'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,078 Referee: Howard Webb

26 September 2004 7	Portsmouth	0–1	Everton	Portsmouth, Hampshire
		Report	Cahill 80'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,125 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

2 October 2004 8	Everton	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report	Pamarot 53'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,264 Referee: Graham Poll

16 October 2004 9	Everton	1–0	Southampton	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Osman 88'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,256 Referee: Barry Knight

23 October 2004 10	Norwich City	2–3	Everton	Norwich, Norfolk
12:45 BST	McKenzie 48' Francis 57'	Report	Kilbane 10' Bent 40' Ferguson 73'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,871 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

30 October 2004 11	Everton	1–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Bent 33'	Report	Hendrie 26'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,816 Referee: Steve Dunn

6 November 2004 12	Chelsea	1–0	Everton	Fulham, London
	Robben 72'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,965 Referee: Mike Riley

13 November 2004 13	Birmingham City	0–1	Everton	Birmingham, West Midlands
17:15 GMT (UTC)		Report	Gravesen 69' (pen.)	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,388 Referee: Rob Styles

20 November 2004 14	Everton	1–0	Fulham	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Ferguson 67'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,763 Referee: Graham Poll

28 November 2004 15	Newcastle United	1–1	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
	Bellamy 5'	Report	Carsley 56'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,247 Referee: Neale Barry

4 December 2004 16	Everton	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Ferguson 45' Gravesen 75' Jaïdi 85' (o.g.)	Report	Davies 16', 59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,929 Referee: Howard Webb

11 December 2004 17	Everton	1–0	Liverpool	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Carsley 68'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,552 Referee: Steve Bennett

18 December 2004 18	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Everton	Blackburn, Lancashire
		Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,191 Referee: Mark Halsey

26 December 2004 19	Everton	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool, Merseyside
15:00	Cahill 22' Bent 63'	Report	Fowler 42' Negouai 83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,530 Referee: Phil Dowd

28 December 2004 20	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Everton	Greenwich, London
	El Karkouri 82' Hreidarsson 85'	Report	Ferguson 83'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 27,001 Referee: Mike Riley

1 January 2005 21	Tottenham Hotspur	5–2	Everton	Haringey, London
	Marney 16', 80' Ziegler 27' Mendes 59' Keane 68'	Report	Cahill 40' McFadden 87'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,102 Referee: Steve Dunn

4 January 2005 22	Everton	2–1	Portsmouth	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Stubbs 29' Osman 90'	Report	Yakubu 31'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,480 Referee: Peter Walton

16 January 2005 23	Middlesbrough	1–1	Everton	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
	Zenden 26'	Report	Cahill 76'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,794 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

22 January 2005 24	Everton	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report	Holland 45'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,041 Referee: Howard Webb

2 February 2005 25	Everton	1–0	Norwich City	Liverpool, Merseyside
19:45 GMT	Ferguson 78'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,485 Referee: Alan Wiley

6 February 2005 26	Southampton	2–2	Everton	Southampton, Hampshire
	Crouch 36' Camara 55'	Report	Beattie 4' Bent 90'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,509 Referee: Andy D'Urso

12 February 2005 27	Everton	0–1	Chelsea	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Beattie 8'	Report	Gudjohnsen 69'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,270 Referee: Mike Riley

26 February 2005 28	Aston Villa	1–3	Everton	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Solano 46'	Report	Osman 17', 67' Cahill 48'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,248 Referee: Graham Poll

6 March 2005 29	Everton	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report	Stead 71'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,406 Referee: Phil Dowd

20 March 2005 30	Liverpool	2–1	Everton	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Gerrard 27' Luis García 32'	Report	Cahill 82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,224 Referee: Rob Styles

3 April 2005 31	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Everton	West Bromwich, West Midlands
	Gera 63'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,805 Referee: Graham Poll

10 April 2005 32	Everton	4–0	Crystal Palace	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Arteta 7' Cahill 47', 54' Vaughan 87'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,519 Referee: Uriah Rennie

20 April 2005 33	Everton	1–0	Manchester United	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Ferguson 55'	Report	G. Neville 72' Scholes 90'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,160 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 April 2005 34	Everton	1–1	Birmingham City	Liverpool, Merseyside
12:30 BST (UTC+01)	Ferguson 86'	Report	Heskey 5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,828 Referee: Andy D'Urso

30 April 2005 35	Fulham	2–0	Everton	Fulham, London
	John 15' McBride 39'	Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 21,881 Referee: Steve Bennett

7 May 2005 36	Everton	2–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Weir 43' Cahill 59'	Report	Ameobi 56'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,438 Referee: Barry Knight

11 May 2005 37	Arsenal	7–0	Everton	Islington, London
	van Persie 8' Pirès 12', 50' Vieira 37' Edu 70' (pen.) Bergkamp 77' Flamini 85'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,073 Referee: Alan Wiley

15 May 2005 38	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Everton	Bolton, Greater Manchester
	N'Gotty 45' Jaidi 53' Davies 61' Stelios 66'	Report	Cahill 9' Carsley 63'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,701 Referee: Neale Barry

FA Cup

Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Everton (attendance 20,112)
Everton 3–0 Sunderland (attendance 33,186)
Everton 0–2 Manchester United (attendance 38,664)

League Cup

22 September 2004: Bristol City 2–2 Everton (3–4 pen.)
27 October 2004: Everton 2–0 Preston North End

9 November 2004	Arsenal	3–1	Everton	London
	Owusu-Abeyie 25' Lupoli 52', 85'	Report	Gravesen 8'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 27,791 Referee: Alan Wiley

References

^ Kilbane was born in Preston, England.
^ Carsley was born in Birmingham, England.
^ Fox was born in Winsford, England, and has represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in November 2009.
^ Gerrard was born in Huyton, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has played for them at youth level.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Everton clinch Bent signing". BBC News. 2004-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Cahill signs for Everton". BBC News. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Bosnar joins Toffees". BBC News. 2004-08-04. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Beattie completes Everton switch". BBC News. 2005-01-04. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Everton sign up playmaker Arteta". BBC News. 2005-02-01. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Macclesfield Town | Macc sign Rooney cousin". BBC News. 2004-05-18. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Transfers - July 2004". BBC News. 2004-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Nottm Forest | Gerrard signs for Forest". BBC News. 2004-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey seal double signing". BBC News. 2004-07-12. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Fulham | Fulham land Radzinski". BBC News. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Bradford City | Bantams snap up trialists". BBC News. 2004-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Leicester City | Gemmill joins Foxes". BBC News. 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Man Utd | Man Utd sign Rooney". BBC News. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | West Brom sign striker Campbell". BBC News. 2005-01-10. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ McNulty, Phil (2005-01-14). "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Real are set to unveil Gravesen". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth snap up Everton striker". BBC News. 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[1] Kilbane was born in Preston, England.

[2] Carsley was born in Birmingham, England.

[3] Fox was born in Winsford, England, and has represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in November 2009.

[4] Gerrard was born in Huyton, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has played for them at youth level.

[5] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Everton clinch Bent signing". BBC News. 2004-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[6] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Cahill signs for Everton". BBC News. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[7] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Bosnar joins Toffees". BBC News. 2004-08-04. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[8] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Beattie completes Everton switch". BBC News. 2005-01-04. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[9] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Everton sign up playmaker Arteta". BBC News. 2005-02-01. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[10] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Macclesfield Town | Macc sign Rooney cousin". BBC News. 2004-05-18. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[11] "BBC SPORT | Football | Transfers - July 2004". BBC News. 2004-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[12] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Nottm Forest | Gerrard signs for Forest". BBC News. 2004-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[13] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey seal double signing". BBC News. 2004-07-12. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[14] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Fulham | Fulham land Radzinski". BBC News. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[15] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Bradford City | Bantams snap up trialists". BBC News. 2004-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[16] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Leicester City | Gemmill joins Foxes". BBC News. 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[17] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Man Utd | Man Utd sign Rooney". BBC News. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[18] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | West Brom sign striker Campbell". BBC News. 2005-01-10. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[19] McNulty, Phil (2005-01-14). "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Real are set to unveil Gravesen". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[20] "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth snap up Everton striker". BBC News. 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

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