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2004–05 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, after promotion from the second division the previous season.

Brighton & Hove Albion
2004–05 season
ChairmanEngland Dick Knight
ManagerScotland Mark McGhee
StadiumWithdean Stadium
Championship20th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Virgo (8)
All: Adam Virgo (8)
Highest home attendance6,848 (vs. Ipswich Town, 8 May)
Lowest home attendance4,217 (vs. Bristol Rovers, 24 August)
Average home league attendance6,433

Season summary

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Brighton finished 20th out of 24 clubs, narrowly avoiding the drop by a single point, but achieving their highest league position for 14 years.

Final league table

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Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
18 Watford 46 12 16 18 52 59 −7 52
19 Coventry City 46 13 13 20 61 73 −12 52
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 12 21 40 65 −25 51
21 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 66 86 −20 50
22 Gillingham (R) 46 12 14 20 45 66 −21 50 Relegation to Football League One
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.
(R) Relegated


Results

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Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Championship

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 2004 Reading A 2–3 15,641 Molango, Robinson
10 August 2004 Plymouth Argyle H 0–2 6,387
14 August 2004 Coventry City H 1–1 6,368 Virgo
21 August 2004 Wigan Athletic A 0–3 8,681
28 August 2004 Preston North End H 1–0 5,996 Broomes (own goal)
30 August 2004 Leicester City A 1–0 22,263 Virgo
11 September 2004 Watford A 1–1 14,148 Virgo
14 September 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–1 6,804
18 September 2004 Queens Park Rangers H 2–3 6,612 Hinshelwood, Currie
25 September 2004 Gillingham A 1–0 8,365 Knight (pen)
29 September 2004 Nottingham Forest A 1–0 20,109 Virgo
2 October 2004 Sheffield United H 1–1 6,418 Currie
16 October 2004 Crewe Alexandra A 1–3 6,811 Jarrett
19 October 2004 Cardiff City H 1–1 6,112 Knight
23 October 2004 Leeds United H 1–1 6,716 Virgo
30 October 2004 Sunderland A 0–2 25,532
3 November 2004 Derby County A 0–3 22,480
6 November 2004 Crewe Alexandra H 1–3 6,163 Reid
13 November 2004 West Ham United A 1–0 29,514 Butters
20 November 2004 Burnley H 0–1 6,109
27 November 2004 Ipswich Town A 0–1 26,269
4 December 2004 Rotherham United H 1–0 6,076 Harding
11 December 2004 Millwall A 0–2 12,196
17 December 2004 Stoke City H 0–1 6,028
26 December 2004 Gillingham H 2–1 6,420 Carpenter, Virgo
28 December 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 28,516 Hart
1 January 2005 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 15,898
3 January 2005 Watford H 2–1 6,335 Mayo, Knight
15 January 2005 Sheffield United A 2–1 21,482 Carpenter, Knight
22 January 2005 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 6,704
29 January 2005 Leeds United A 1–1 27,033 Butters
5 February 2005 Derby County H 2–3 6,587 McCammon (2)
12 February 2005 Cardiff City A 0–2 11,435
19 February 2005 Sunderland H 2–1 6,647 Carpenter, McCammon
26 February 2005 Millwall H 1–0 6,608 Hart
5 March 2005 Stoke City A 0–2 14,908
12 March 2005 Plymouth Argyle A 1–5 15,606 Oatway
15 March 2005 Wigan Athletic H 2–4 6,306 Virgo, Hammond
21 March 2005 Reading H 0–1 6,108
2 April 2005 Coventry City A 1–2 18,606 Virgo
5 April 2005 Preston North End A 0–3 14,234
9 April 2005 Leicester City H 1–1 6,638 Reid
16 April 2005 Burnley A 1–1 11,611 Hammond
23 April 2005 West Ham United H 2–2 6,819 Hammond (2)
30 April 2005 Rotherham United A 1–0 6,549 McLaren (own goal)
8 May 2005 Ipswich Town H 1–1 6,848 Virgo

FA Cup

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Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 2005 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 36,094 Carpenter

League Cup

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Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 24 August 2004 Bristol Rovers H 1–2 4,217 Butters

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

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   NED Michel Kuipers
2 DF   ENG Paul Watson
3 DF   ENG Kerry Mayo
5 DF   ENG Joe Dolan (on loan from Millwall)
6 MF   CYP Alexis Nicolas[3]
7 FW   ENG Leon Knight
9 FW   ENG Gary Hart
10 MF   ENG Charlie Oatway
12 MF   ENG Richard Carpenter
14 DF   ENG Guy Butters
15 DF   WAL Nathan Jones
16 MF   AUS Paul Reid
17 FW   SUI Maheta Molango
18 FW   SLE Albert Jarrett
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   ENG Adam Virgo
20 GK   SWE Rami Shaaban
21 MF   ENG Chris McPhee
22 MF   ENG Dean Hammond
23 GK   NIR Alan Blayney (on loan from Southampton)
24 DF   ENG Adam Hinshelwood
25 FW   ENG Mark McCammon[4]
26 MF   ENG Dan Harding
27 DF   ENG Gary Elphick
28 DF   ENG Adam El-Abd
30 FW   ENG Jake Robinson
31 MF   ENG Dean Cox
33 GK   ENG Chris May
34 DF   ENG Joel Lynch

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   ENG Danny Cullip (to Sheffield United)
5 DF   ENG Dean Blackwell (retired)
8 MF   ENG Simon Rodger (retired)
11 MF   ENG Darren Currie (to Ipswich Town)
20 FW   ENG John Piercy (retired)
23 MF   ENG David Lee (to Oldham Athletic)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK   GER David Yelldell[5] (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
25 FW   ENG Steve Claridge (to Brentford)
27 MF   ENG Dan Beck (to Eastbourne Borough)
29 GK   ENG Ben Roberts (retired)
31 MF   ENG Darren Budd (to Bognor Regis Town)

References

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  1. ^ "Brighton and Hove Albion 2004-2005 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Brighton & Hove Albion - 2004/05".
  3. ^ Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Cyprus internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  4. ^ McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2006.
  5. ^ Yelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and would make his international debut for the United States in March 2011.
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