2004–05 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2004–05 season
ChairmanDavid Sheepshanks
ManagerJoe Royle
StadiumPortman Road
Championship3rd
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Play-offsSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Darren Bent (20)
All: Darren Bent / Shefki Kuqi (20)
Highest home attendance30,010
(vs West Ham United, 18 May 2005, Championship Play-offs)
Lowest home attendance10,190
(vs Brentford, 24 Aug 2004, League Cup)
Average home league attendance25,651

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

League table

Pos Team 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

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

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]

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]
Month Manager Ref
November Joe Royle [29]
Month Player Ref
October Kevin Horlock [30]
Player Ref
Kelvin Davis [31]

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