2004–05 Leicester City F.C. season

2004–05 season of Leicester City March 2014 March 2014 Leicester City 2004–05 Micky Adams (until 11 October) Dave Bassett (caretaker 11–31 October) Craig Levein (from 31 October) Jim McCahill Walkers Stadium Championship 15th FA Cup Sixth round League Cup Second round David Connolly (13) 24,137 _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder _bluebottom _whiteline 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff _brightblueleftsash 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2003–04 2005–06 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.Adams resigns as Leicester boss https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3732754.stm BBC Sport 11 October 2004 26 January 2012 He was replaced by Hearts' Craig Levein,Leicester appoint Levein as boss https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3960105.stm BBC Sport 29 October 2004 26 January 2012 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.Leicester City - Historical Football Kits http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Leicester_City/Leicester_City.htm 2020-11-14 www.historicalkits.co.uk Final league table 2004–05 Football League Championship LEI Results summary 8 8 7 24 20 4 13 6 25 26 2004-05 Football League Championship table March 2019 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 11v11.com: 2004-05 Leicester City results March 2019 Results Leicester City's score comes first2016-03-04 Leicester City results for the 2004-2005 season - Statto.com http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2004-2005/results 2020-11-14 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065358/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2004-2005/results 4 March 2016 Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Championship DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 2004 West Ham UnitedH0-030,231 11 August 2004 Derby CountyA2-126,650Nalis, Benjamin 14 August 2004 MillwallA0-211,754 21 August 2004 WatfordH0-122,478 28 August 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–127,550Scowcroft 30 August 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–122,263 11 September 2004 Rotherham UnitedA2–06,272Nalis, Dublin 14 September 2004 Sheffield UnitedH3-223,422Scowcroft, Dabizas, Wilcox 18 September 2004 BurnleyH0–022,495 25 September 2004 Queens Park RangersA2-315,535Scowcroft, Connolly 28 September 2004 GillinghamA2–06,089Heath, Dublin 2 October 2004 Preston North EndH1-121,249Benjamin 16 October 2004 Coventry CityA1-118,054Dublin 19 October 2004 Ipswich TownH2–222,497Connolly, Heath 23 October 2004 Stoke CityH1–122,882Halls (own goal) 30 October 2004 Cardiff CityA0-013,759 2 November 2004 Crewe AlexandraA2–26,849Nalis, Guðjónsson 8 November 2004 Coventry CityH3-022,479Nalis, Tiatto, Heath 13 November 2004 SunderlandH0–125,897 20 November 2004 Wigan AthleticA0–010,924 27 November 2004 Plymouth ArgyleH2–123,799Scowcroft, Dublin 4 December 2004 Leeds UnitedA2–027,384Nalis, Kelly (own goal) 11 December 2004 ReadingH0–224,068 17 December 2004 Nottingham ForestA1–121,415Connolly 26 December 2004 Rotherham UnitedH0–127,014 28 December 2004 Sheffield UnitedA0–222,100 3 January 2005 Queens Park RangersH1–023,754Connolly (pen) 15 January 2005 Preston North EndA1–112,677Connolly 22 January 2005 GillinghamH2-023,457Connolly, Nosworthy (own goal) 5 February 2005 Crewe AlexandraH1-127,011Gillespie 12 February 2005 Ipswich TownA1-227,392Stewart 22 February 2005 Stoke CityA2–314,076Williams, Guðjónsson 26 February 2005 ReadingA0–014,651 5 March 2005 Nottingham ForestH0-127,277 8 March 2005 BurnleyA0–010,933 15 March 2005 WatfordA2-211,084Connolly, Hughes 18 March 2005 West Ham UnitedA2–222,031Connolly (pen), Gillespie 2 April 2005 MillwallH3-122,338Stearman, Connolly (pen), De Vries 5 April 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–122,950Maybury 9 April 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–16,638Connolly (pen) 16 April 2005 Wigan AthleticH0-223,894 19 April 2005 Cardiff CityH1–121,336Connolly 23 April 2005 SunderlandA1-234,815Maybury 26 April 2005 Derby CountyH1–025,762Connolly 1 May 2005 Leeds UnitedH2–026,593Dublin, Connolly 8 May 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA0-019,199 FA Cup 2004–05 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 2005 BlackpoolH2-216,750Williams, Edwards (own goal)R3R15 January 2005 BlackpoolA1-06,938GuðjónssonR429 January 2005 ReadingA2–114,825Williams, ScowcroftR519 February 2005 Charlton AthleticA2-123,719Dabizas, DublinQF13 March 2005 Blackburn RoversA0-122,113 League Cup 2004–05 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR24 October 2004 Preston North EndH2-36,751Guðjónsson (pen), Blake Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/leicester.htm FootballSquads - Leicester City - 2004/05 1 ENG GK Ian Walker 2 SCO DF Peter Canero 3 AUS DF Danny Tiatto 4 GRE DF Nikos Dabizas 5 SCO MF Stephen Hughes 6 ENG DF Matt Heath 7 NIR MF Keith Gillespie 8 FRA MF Lilian Nalis 9 ENG FW Dion Dublin 10 ENG FW James Scowcroft 11 ENG MF Jordan Stewart 12 ENG FW Stefan Moore on loan from Aston Villa 14 ENG DF Darren Kenton on loan from Southampton 15 SCO MF Scot Gemmill 16 SCO MF Gareth Williams 17 ENG DF Richard Stearman 19 IRL FW David Connolly 20 IRL DF Paddy McCarthy from March 21 ENG MF Jason Wilcox 22 ISL MF Joey Guðjónsson 23 ENG MF Tommy Wright 24 IRL DF Alan Maybury 25 WAL FW Nathan Blake 26 NED FW Mark de Vries 27 ENG MF Lee Morris 28 IRL MF Stephen Dawson 29 ENG DF Alan Sheehan 30 IRL GK Conrad Logan 31 ENG FW Chris O'Grady 33 CAN GK Lars Hirschfeld Left club during season 5 ENG DF Martin Keown to Reading 12 ENG DF Chris Makin to Derby County 13 ENG GK Stuart Taylor on loan from Arsenal 14 SCO MF Kevin Harper on loan from Portsmouth 18 SCO DF Matt Elliott retired 20 JAM FW Trevor Benjamin to Northampton 36 ENG GK Kevin Pressman to Leeds United WAL MF Paul Ashton to Grimsby Town Transfers In DatePosNameFromFeeNotes1 July 2004MFENG Jason WilcoxENG Leeds UnitedFree transfer1 July 2004FWENG Dion DublinENG Aston VillaFree transferLeicester seal Dublin deal https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3786743.stm BBC Sport 12 June 2004 15 March 20191 July 2004DFAUS Danny TiattoENG Manchester CityFree transferLeicester swoop for Tiatto https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3838767.stm BBC Sport 25 June 2004 15 March 20191 July 2004MFSCO Gareth WilliamsENG Nottingham Forest£500,00014 July 2004GKENG Kevin PressmanENG Sheffield WednesdayFree transfer20 July 2004DFENG Martin KeownENG ArsenalFree transferLeicester sign Keown https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3909591.stm BBC Sport 20 July 2004 15 March 201920 July 2004FWIRL David ConnollyENG West Ham United£500,000Connolly joins Foxes https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3905223.stm BBC Sport 20 July 2004 15 March 20191 August 2004FWWAL Nathan BlakeENG Wolverhampton WanderersFree transferBlake joins Leicester https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3939237.stm BBC Sport 1 August 2004 15 March 20191 August 2004MFISL Joey GuðjónssonESP Real BetisFree transfer2004-07-29 Gudjonsson joins Leicester https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3937471.stm 2025-04-05 BBC Sport en-GB2 August 2004DFENG Chris MakinENG Ipswich TownFree transfer5 August 2004MFSCO Scot GemmillENG EvertonFree transferGemmill joins Foxes https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3922639.stm BBC Sport 5 August 2004 15 March 20196 January 2005FWNED Mark de VriesSCO HeartsNominalLeicester swoop for Hearts pair https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/4141437.stm BBC Sport 6 January 2005 15 March 20196 January 2005DFIRL Alan MayburySCO HeartsNominal29 January 2005GKCAN Lars HirschfeldSCO Dundee UnitedFree transfer31 January 2005MFSCO Stephen HughesSCO Rangers£100,0003 March 2005DFIRL Paddy McCarthyENG Manchester City£100,00027 April 2005DFAUS Patrick KisnorboSCO HeartsFree transfer Out DatePosNameToFeeNotes17 May 2004DFENG Alan RogersENG Nottingham ForestFree transfer18 May 2004 DFENG Riccardo ScimecaENG West Bromwich Albion£100,000Scimeca joins West Brom https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/3726847.stm BBC Sport 18 May 2004 15 March 201919 May 2004MFENG Andy ImpeyENG Nottingham ForestFree transfer3 June 2004MFTUR Muzzy IzzetENG Birmingham CityFree transferBirmingham sign Izzet https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/3742427.stm BBC Sport 3 June 2004 15 March 20197 June 2004FWSCO Paul DickovENG Blackburn Rovers£150,00021 June 2004DFENG Ben ThatcherENG Manchester City£100,0001 July 2004MFENG Steve GuppyENG Leeds UnitedFree transfer1 July 2004MFSCO Billy McKinlayENG FulhamFree transfer2 July 2004MFENG Paul BrookerENG ReadingFree transfer5 July 2004FWENG Les FerdinandENG Bolton WanderersFree transferFerdinand joins Bolton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/3863503.stm BBC Sport 5 July 2004 15 March 20195 July 2004MFENG Junior LewisENG Hull CityFree transfer10 July 2004DFSCO Callum DavidsonENG Preston North EndFree transfer17 July 2004GKWAL Danny CoyneENG Burnley£25,000Coyne joins Burnley https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/3896703.stm BBC Sport 16 July 2004 15 March 201923 July 2004DFJAM Frank SinclairENG BurnleyFree transferSinclair joins Clarets https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/3919183.stm BBC Sport 23 July 2004 15 March 201923 July 2004DFFRA Nicolas PrietENG Doncaster RoversFree transfer1 August 2004MFENG Craig HignettENG Leeds UnitedFree transfer29 October 2004MFENG Tom WilliamsonENG Canvey IslandFree transfer19 January 2005FWJAM Trevor BenjaminENG Northampton TownFree transferCobblers seal move for Benjamin https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/4139339.stm BBC Sport 1 January 2005 15 March 201928 January 2005DFENG Martin KeownENG ReadingFree transferKeown signs contract at Reading https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/4214999.stm BBC Sport 28 January 2005 15 March 201931 January 2005DFSCO Matt Elliott RetiredElliott to retire https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2005/01/31/matt_elliott_retires_feature.shtml BBC 31 January 2005 16 March 201925 February 2005GKENG Kevin PressmanENG Leeds UnitedFree transfer17 May 2005MFFRA Lilian NalisENG Sheffield UnitedFree transfer Transfers in: £1,200,000 Transfers out: £375,000 Total spending: £825,000 References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City F.C.