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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2004–05 season
ChairmanRick Hayward
ManagerDave Jones
(until 1 November)
Glenn Hoddle
(from 7 December)
Football League Championship9th
FA Cup4th round
League Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kenny Miller (19)
All: Kenny Miller (20)
Highest home attendance28,516 (vs. Brighton, 28 December 2004)
Lowest home attendance12,566 (vs. Millwall,
8 January 2005)
Average home league attendance26,620 (league only)

The 2004–05 season was the 106th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship, after having suffered relegation from the Premier League during the previous campaign.

Season summary

Despite hopes for an immediate return to the top flight, their 2004–05 Championship campaign began dismally, and at one point the side sunk as low as 19th place. Following a 0–1 defeat at Gillingham, a side Wolves had beaten 6–0 just 18 months previous, Jones was sacked at the beginning of November.[1]

Another former England coach was hired the following month, as Glenn Hoddle was appointed on a rolling one-year contract.[2] Under Hoddle, Wolves lost only one of their final 25 league games, but drew 15 to finish ninth in the final table – not enough to qualify for the play-offs.

Results

Pre season

Pre season began on 5 July with training based at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall,[3] before the squad flew to Tromsø, Norway to begin a three-match tour (16–22 July).[4]

14 July 2004 Tamworth 1–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers Tamworth
19:30 BST Bryan 85' Report Ganea 10', 32'
Andrews 18', 36'
Newton 20'		 Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Referee: Simon Barrow
17 July 2004 Tromsø 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nordreisa, Norway
15:00 BST Pedersen 65', 88' Report Craddock 29'
Ganea 46', 58'		 Stadium: Storslett Stadion
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: J. Mathiesen
19 July 2004 Bodø/Glimt 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bodø, Norway
19:00 BST Johansen 14', 21' Report Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Jonny Ditlefsen
21 July 2004 Lyn 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Oslo, Norway
18:00 BST Lustü 33'
Cha 90'		 Report Ince 15' Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 828
Referee: Harald Sjetne
24 July 2004 Northampton Town 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Northampton
19:30 BST Report Stadium: Sixfields
Attendance: 3,132
Referee: Andy Woolmer
28 July 2004 Mansfield Town 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mansfield
19:45 BST Day 62' Report Miller 33'
Newton 65'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Andy Woolmer
30 July 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Manchester City Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Miller 13' Report Iencsi 34' (o.g.)
Wright-Phillips 45'
Wanchope 66'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Peter Walton

Football League Championship

See also: 2004–05 Football League

A total of 24 teams competed in the Championship during the 2004–05 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 24 June 2004, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[5]

21 August 2004 4 Burnley 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley
15:00 BST Blake 24' Report Newton 15' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 13,869
Referee: Colin Webster
30 August 2004 6 Ipswich Town 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ipswich
15:00 BST Bent 28'
Miller 50' (pen.)		 Report Olofinjana 54' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 24,590
Referee: Phil Crossley
11 September 2004 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Miller 15', 65'
Cameron 90'		 Report Jackson 23'
Ellington 28'
Roberts 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,790
Referee: Peter Walton
18 September 2004 9 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Plymouth
15:00 BST Friio 62' Report Cort 77' (pen.)
Sturridge 85'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 18,635
Referee: Richard Beeby
25 September 2004 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Cort 12'
Ince 85'		 Report Parry 11'
Thorne 48'
Kavanagh 59'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,896
Referee: Mike Pike
19 October 2004 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Derby County Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Cooper 19' (pen.), 50' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,465
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
23 October 2004 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Cort 22', 70' Report Gallen 90' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,070
Referee: Lee Probert
30 October 2004 15 Gillingham 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Gillingham
15:00 BST Jarvis 18' Report Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 9,112
Referee: Trevor Kettle
2 November 2004 16 Sunderland 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sunderland
19:45 GMT Lawrence 57', 80'
Elliott 68'		 Report Miller 18' Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 23,925
Referee: Tony Leake
13 November 2004 18 Rotherham United 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Rotherham
15:00 GMT McIntosh 36' Report Cooper 69'
Cort 79'		 Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 6,693
Referee: Mark Halsey
4 December 2004 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Reading Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Cameron 31'
Olofinjana 45'
Clarke 77', 90'		 Report Morgan 47' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,572
Referee: Steve Bennett
7 December 2004 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Millwall Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Cooper 57' (pen.) Report Dobie 9'
Dichio 72'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 24,748
Referee: Trevor Kettle
11 December 2004 23 Watford 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
15:00 GMT Helguson 4' Report Olofinjana 35' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 14,605
Referee: Paul Armstrong
18 December 2004 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Cort 90' Report Ashton 38' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,340
Referee: Barry Curson
26 December 2004 25 Cardiff City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
13:00 GMT Jerome 17' Report Miller 75' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,699
Referee: Paul Taylor
4 January 2005 28 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wigan
20:00 GMT Ellington 17', 26' (pen.) Report Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 10,135
Referee: Kevin Friend
15 January 2005 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–2 West Ham United Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Miller 29', 54'
Ince 72'
Cort 75'		 Report Zamora 36', 57' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,411
Referee: Clive Penton
22 January 2005 30 Millwall 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Wise 77' (pen.) Report Olofinjana 37'
Seol 90'		 Stadium: The New Den
Attendance: 13,145
Referee: Keith Hill
4 February 2005 31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Sunderland Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Seol 13' Report Elliott 12' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,968
Referee: Phil Joslin
19 February 2005 32 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Gillingham Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Miller 60'
Clarke 90'		 Report Henderson 55'
Flynn 90'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 24,949
Referee: Keith Woolmer
26 February 2005 34 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Watford Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,060
Referee: Graham Salisbury
2 March 2005 35 Derby County 3–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Derby
19:45 GMT Idiakez 9', 77' (pen.)
Reich 90'		 Report Miller 12'
Lescott 72'
Cort 90'		 Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 24,109
Referee: Iain Williamson
5 March 2005 36 Crewe Alexandra 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Crewe
15:00 GMT Lunt 11' (pen.) Report Cort 13', 45'
Miller 35' (pen.), 60'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 8,212
Referee: Nigel Miller
15 March 2005 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Burnley Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Miller 38'
Ince 60'		 Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 24,336
Referee: Carl Boyeson
19 March 2005 39 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Stoke City Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Cort 90' Report Noel-Williams 41' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,103
Referee: Chris Foy
2 April 2005 40 Leeds United 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leeds
15:00 BST Derry 50' Report Cort 40' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 29,773
Referee: Phil Crossley
11 April 2005 42 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Ipswich Town Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Cameron 5'
Cort 22'		 Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,882
Referee: Steve Dunn
16 April 2005 43 Coventry City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry
15:00 BST McSheffrey 19' (pen.)
John 90'		 Report Clarke 15'
Naylor 79'		 Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 19,412
Referee: Grant Hegley
23 April 2005 44 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Rotherham United Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Miller 55', 90' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,177
Referee: Mike Pike
30 April 2005 45 Reading 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reading
15:00 BST Forster 8' Report Clarke 53'
Ricketts 84'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 20,495
Referee: Rob Styles

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 West Ham United 46 21 10 15 66 56 +10 73
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 51 44 +7 70
8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 57 56 +1 67
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 15 21 10 72 59 +13 66

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 15 21 10 72 59  +13 66 9 11 3 40 26  +14 6 10 7 32 33  −1

Source: Statto.com

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FA Cup

See also: 2004–05 FA Cup
8 January 2005 R3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Millwall Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Seol 8'
Cort 11'		 Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 12,566
Referee: Lee Mason
29 January 2005 R4 Arsenal 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Vieira 53' (pen.)
Ljungberg 82'		 Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 37,153
Referee: Mike Riley

League Cup

See also: 2004–05 Football League Cup
23 August 2004 R1 Rochdale 2–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Rochdale
19:45 BST Holt 4'
Tait 26'		 Report Ince 42'
Clarke 53'
Miller 60'
Andrews 78'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Paul Robinson

Players

Statistics

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.PosNamePGPGPGPG A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline
1 GK England Michael Oakes 35 0 1 0 2 0 38 0 0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Mark Clyde 17(1) 0 1 0 2 0 20(1) 0 5 0
3 DF England Lee Naylor 36(2) 1 2 0 1 0 39(2) 1 4 0
4 MF Nigeria Seyi Olofinjana 41(1) 5 2 0 1(1) 0 44(2) 5 5 0
5 DF England Joleon Lescott 41 4 2 0 0 0 43 4 5 0
6 DF England Jody Craddock 40(2) 1 2 0 2 0 44(2) 1 4 0
7 MF England Shaun Newton † 21(3) 1 1(1) 0 2 0 24(4) 1 1 0
8 MF England Paul Ince (c) 25(3) 3 2 0 1 1 28(3) 4 8 0
9 FW Romania Vio Ganea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Scotland Colin Cameron 24(13) 3 0(2) 0 1 0 25(15) 3 3 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy 27(3) 0 2 0 0 0 29(3) 0 1 0
12 DF Wales Rob Edwards 15(2) 0 0 0 1 0 16(2) 0 2 0
13 GK England Matt Murray 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
14 MF Portugal Silas ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF England Kevin Cooper 15(15) 6 0 0 1 0 16(15) 6 0 1
16 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 41(3) 19 1(1) 0 1 1 43(4) 20 8 1
17 FW Senegal Henri Camara ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Nigeria George Ndah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF South Korea Seol Ki-Hyeon 28(9) 4 2 1 1 1 31(9) 6 3 0
20 DF Sweden Joachim Björklund 2(1) 0 1 0 1 0 4(1) 0 0 0
21 GK Wales Paul Jones ¤ 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
24 MF Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews 14(6) 0 2 0 2 1 18(6) 1 0 0
25 DF Denmark Mikkel Bischoff ‡ 9(2) 1 0 0 0 0 9(2) 1 0 0
27 FW Guyana Carl Cort 34(3) 15 2 1 1 0 37(3) 16 1 0
28 MF England Rohan Ricketts ‡ 3(4) 1 0 0 0 0 3(4) 1 1 0
29 FW England Dean Sturridge † 5(6) 1 0 0 0 0 5(6) 1 2 0
30 GK Nigeria Carl Ikeme ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW England Leon Clarke 11(17) 7 0(1) 0 1(1) 1 12(19) 8 3 0
34 MF England Lewis Gobern ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Republic of Ireland Gary Mulligan ¤ 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
37 MF England Chris Cornes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF England Keith Lowe 11 0 0 0 1(1) 0 12(1) 0 0 0

Awards

Award Winner[6]
Fans' Player of the Season Joleon Lescott
Players' Player of the Season Joleon Lescott
Young Player of the Season Leon Clarke
Goal of the Season Kenny Miller
(vs Preston, 11 August 2004)

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
14 July 2004 Nigeria Seyi Olofinjana Brann £1.7 million[7]
20 July 2004 Wales Rob Edwards Aston Villa £150,000[8]
5 August 2004 Sweden Joachim Björklund Unattached Free[9]
27 August 2004 South Korea Seol Ki-Hyeon Anderlecht £1.2 million[10]

Out

Date Player To Fee
17 May 2004 England Ashley Vincent Cheltenham Town Free[11]
18 May 2004 Scotland Alex Rae Rangers Free[12]
14 June 2004 Republic of Ireland Paul Butler Leeds United Free[13]
June 2004 Wales Nathan Blake Released Free[14]
June 2004 Republic of Ireland Denis Irwin Retired –[15]
June 2004 Norway Steffen Iversen Released Free[14]
June 2004 Ukraine Oleh Luzhny Released Free[14]
June 2004 Nigeria Isaac Okoronkwo Released Free[14]
June 2004 England Marlon Walters Released Free
8 July 2004 Republic of Ireland John Melligan Cheltenham Town £25,000[16]
31 December 2004 England Michael Townsend Cheltenham Town Free[17]
10 March 2005 England Shaun Newton West Ham United £125,000[18]
18 March 2005 England Dean Sturridge Queens Park Rangers Free[19]

Loans in

Date Player From End date
30 September 2004 Denmark Mikkel Bischoff Manchester City 15 November 2004[20]
14 March 2005 England Rohan Ricketts Tottenham Hotspur End of season[21]
24 March 2005 Denmark Mikkel Bischoff Manchester City End of season[22]

Loans out

Date Player To End date
29 June 2004 Portugal Silas Marítimo End of season[23]
30 July 2004 Senegal Henri Camara Celtic 31 January 2005[24]
7 October 2004 Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan Chesterfield 8 January 2005[25]
13 October 2004 Republic of Ireland Gary Mulligan Rushden & Diamonds 13 January 2005[26]
13 October 2004 Nigeria Carl Ikeme Accrington Stanley 13 November 2004[27]
1 November 2004 England Lewis Gobern Hartlepool United 1 December 2004[28]
23 December 2004 Wales Paul Jones Watford 23 February 2005[29]
31 January 2005 Senegal Henri Camara Southampton End of season[30]

Kit

The season saw a new kit manufacturer as Le Coq Sportif began a two-year merchandising deal.[31] Chaucer Consulting began a five-year run as the club's shirt sponsor.[32] This meant new home and away kits were produced; the away kit was a navy blue shirt with white shorts and socks.[33]

References

  1. ^ "Jones dismissed as Wolves manager". BBC News. 1 November 2004.
  2. ^ "Wolves appoint Hoddle as manager". BBC News. 7 December 2004.
  3. ^ "Good start at Lilleshall". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 5 July 2004.
  4. ^ "Night flight in the light!". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 16 July 2004.
  5. ^ "Leeds get home start". BBC Sport. 24 June 2004.
  6. ^ "Player of the Year". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 28 April 2005.
  7. ^ "Olofinjana signs for Wolves". BBC Sport. 15 July 2004.
  8. ^ "Wolves seal Edwards deal". BBC Sport. 20 July 2004.
  9. ^ "Wolves sign Bjorklund". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004.
  10. ^ "Wolves sign striker Seol". BBC Sport. 28 August 2004.
  11. ^ "Cheltenham sign Vincent". BBC Sport. 17 May 2004.
  12. ^ "Rangers seal Rae deal". BBC Sport. 18 May 2004.
  13. ^ "Joachim seals Leeds switch". BBC Sport. 14 June 2004.
  14. ^ a b c d "Wolves release four". BBC Sport. 18 May 2004.
  15. ^ "Goodbye Denis". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 15 May 2004.
  16. ^ "Cheltenham sign Melligan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2004.
  17. ^ "Ward snaps up Wolves centre-half". BBC Sport. 31 December 2004.
  18. ^ "Hammers complete Newton capture". BBC Sport. 10 March 2005.
  19. ^ "Sturridge completes move to QPR". BBC Sport. 18 March 2005.
  20. ^ "Bischoff joins Wolves". BBC Sport. 30 September 2004.
  21. ^ "Ricketts in loan switch to Wolves". BBC Sport. 14 March 2005.
  22. ^ "Bischoff makes return to Wolves". BBC Sport. 24 March 2005.
  23. ^ "Silas loaned to Maritimo". BBC Sport. 29 June 2004.
  24. ^ "Camara joins Celtic". BBC Sport. 30 July 2004.
  25. ^ "Spireites sign Clingan". BBC Sport. 7 October 2004.
  26. ^ "Rushden snap up Mulligan on loan". BBC Sport. 13 October 2004.
  27. ^ "Accrington snap up keeper Ikeme". BBC Sport. 13 October 2004.
  28. ^ "Gobern completes Hartlepool move". BBC Sport. 1 November 2004.
  29. ^ "Lewington brings in duo on loan". BBC Sport. 23 December 2004.
  30. ^ "Camara completes switch to Saints". BBC Sport. 31 January 2005.
  31. ^ "Wolves announce new kit manufacturer". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 13 May 2004.
  32. ^ "Photo gallery". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 19 May 2004.
  33. ^ "Away kit available now". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 5 August 2004.
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