2004–05 Hibernian F.C. season

September 2020 Hibernian 2004–05 Ken Lewandowski (until December 2004) Rod Petrie (from December 2004) Tony Mowbray SPL 3rd Scottish Cup Semi CIS Cup Quarter Intertoto Cup R2 Riordan, 20 Riordan, 23 2003–04 2005–06 17450 9344 12539http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php Average Home League Game Attendances fitbastats.com 4 November 2013 (up 3389) Season 2004–05 was a relative success for Hibernian, as the team performed well in the league, finishing third and qualifying for the UEFA Cup in Tony Mowbray's first season as manager. Hibs lost to league strugglers Dundee United in both cup competitions; 2–1 in a Scottish Cup semi-final, and 2–1 after extra time in the League Cup quarter-final. The season also saw the development of a number of promising young players, particularly strikers Derek Riordan and Garry O'Connor. This relative success came after the club had been disappointingly beaten by FK Vetra in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. League season Hibs enjoyed a successful first season under new manager Tony Mowbray, as the club finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup competition. Hibs were pushed for third place by Aberdeen and only clinched the position on the final day of the season. The final day match was against Rangers, who needed to win to have a chance of winning the championship, while Hibs needed to avoid a heavy defeat to prevent Aberdeen overtaking them on goal difference. Rangers took a 1–0 lead after 59 minutes, and the later stages of the game were played out without either team chasing a goal as it suited their needs.Mowbray delighted despite defeat, BBC Sport, 22 May 2005. Highlights of the season included wins at Tynecastle and Celtic Park, which were big steps towards finishing in such a high position.Hearts 1–2 Hibernian, BBC Sport, 13 April 2005.Hibs win dents Celtic's title run, CNN, 30 April 2005. Results L 7 August 2004 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Kilmarnock Boyd 73 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,933 Freeland W 14 August 2004 SPL 1–2 Motherwell O'Donnell 20 Hibernian O'Connor 2 78 Fir Park, Motherwell 5,859 Underhill L 21 August 2004 SPL 4–1 Rangers Arveladze 11Prso 15Boumsong 58Løvenkrands 84 Hibernian Caldwell 35 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 48,702 Clark D 28 August 2004 SPL 4–4 Hibernian Shiels 23Riordan 41O'Connor 46 50 Dundee Sutton 7Brady 65Larsen 79Hernandez 90 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,344 Richmond W 11 September 2004 SPL 1–2 Inverness CT Wilson 37 pen. Hibernian Riordan 12 60 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 2,011 Thomson D 19 September 2004 SPL 2–2 Hibernian Balde 8 o.g.Murphy 35 Celtic Camara 34Hartson 45 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,500 McCurry W 25 September 2004 SPL 0–1 Aberdeen Hibernian Riordan 62 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 12,137 McDonald D 2 October 2004 SPL 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Donnelly 86 Hibernian O'Connor 39 East End Park, Dunfermline 7,290 Murray W 16 October 2004 SPL 2–0 Hibernian O'Connor 11Fletcher 55 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,927 Ritchie L 24 October 2004 SPL 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Kisnorbo 15Hamill 76 Hibernian Riordan 90 Tynecastle, Edinburgh 16,720 McCurry W 27 October 2004 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Beuzelin 9Fletcher 23 Livingston Lilley 65 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,534 Dallas L 30 October 2004 SPL 3–1 Kilmarnock Nish 20 42Dargo 40 Hibernian Shiels 69 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 5,959 Dougal W 6 November 2004 SPL 1–0 Hibernian Murray 79 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,022 Thomson L 14 November 2004 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Rangers Prso 65 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,829 Young W 20 November 2004 SPL 1–4 Dundee Lovell 62 Hibernian Beuzelin 17Riordan 43Orman 72Shiels 88 Dens Park, Dundee 5,274 Toner W 27 November 2004 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Beuzelin 39Riordan 47 Inverness CT Juanjo 34 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,728 Conroy L 4 December 2004 SPL 2–1 Celtic Hartson 18 83 Hibernian Caldwell 75 Celtic Park, Glasgow 58,384 Brines W 11 December 2004 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Riordan 24Glass 64 Aberdeen Mackie 37 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,503 Rowbotham W 18 December 2004 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Glass 66Riordan 90 Dunfermline Athletic Tod 68 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,859 Mackay W 27 December 2004 SPL 1–4 Dundee United Scotland 8 Hibernian Riordan 13O'Connor 22Orman 58Morrow 81 Tannadice Park, Dundee 10,152 Fyfe D 2 January 2005 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Riordan 24 Heart of Midlothian Hartley 55 Easter Road, Edinburgh 17,259 McDonald W 15 January 2005 SPL 0–2 Livingston Hibernian O'Connor 53Riordan 74 Almondvale, Livingston 6,788 McCurry W 22 January 2005 SPL 3–0 Hibernian Riordan 30 34 52 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,660 Dallas L 12 February 2005 SPL 3–0 Rangers Prso 35 50Buffel 61 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 50,143 Thomson D 15 February 2005 SPL 1–1 Motherwell Craigan 26 Hibernian Riordan 66 pen. Fir Park, Motherwell 7,453 Clark W 19 February 2005 SPL 4–0 Hibernian O'Connor 27 77Whittaker 47Fletcher 76 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,938 Freeland L 2 March 2005 SPL 3–0 Inverness CT Juanjo 39Brewster 50Wilson 77 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 4,443 Underhill L 6 March 2005 SPL 1–3 Hibernian Beuzelin 90 Celtic Petrov 5Hartson 31Bellamy 69 Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,787 Clark L 12 March 2005 SPL 3–0 Aberdeen Anderson 12Whelan 13Mackie 85 pen. Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 14,465 Toner W 19 March 2005 SPL 1–4 Dunfermline Athletic Nicholson 43 Hibernian Riordan 66 81Fletcher 69 75 East End Park, Dunfermline 7,204 Dallas W 2 April 2005 SPL 3–2 Hibernian Shiels 35O'Connor 69Smith 90 Dundee United McIntyre 63Scotland 77 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,058 Underhill W 13 April 2005 SPL 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Miller 40 Hibernian O'Connor 68Shiels 73 Tynecastle, Edinburgh 17,676 Rowbotham L 16 April 2005 SPL 0–3 Hibernian Livingston Lilley 49Kachloul 61O'Brien 87 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,047 Mackay D 23 April 2005 SPL 2–2 Hibernian O'Connor 8Riordan 63 Heart of Midlothian Miller 23Webster 88 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,620 McCurry W 30 April 2005 SPL 1–3 Celtic Beattie 59 Hibernian O'Connor 7Sproule 79Brown 81 Celtic Park, Glasgow 58,322 Clark D 7 May 2005 SPL 2–2 Motherwell Craigan 16 49 Hibernian Caldwell 81Konte 90 Fir Park, Motherwell 8,903 Mackay L 14 May 2005 SPL 1–2 Hibernian Riordan 51 Aberdeen Mackie 28 69 Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,288 Ritchie L 22 May 2005 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Rangers Novo 59 Easter Road, Edinburgh 17,450 Clark Final table HIB Intertoto Cup Despite having finished in the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League table in the previous season, Hibs volunteered to enter the Intertoto Cup. They were drawn against Lithuanian A Lyga side FK Vetra, with Hibs due to play at home first. New manager Tony Mowbray was faced with only having 12 players available for the first training session of the season, just 12 days before the first match with Vetra.Fisher Stewart Hibs prepare to meet Europe's poor relations June 27, 2004 Sunday Herald The first match, which was played in "farcical conditions after a thunderstorm flooded the Easter Road pitch", ended in a 1–1 draw.Intertoto gamble fails to pay off for Hibees, Edinburgh Evening News, 12 July 2004. In the return match, Vetra sat back and allowed Hibs the majority of ball possession, but they were unable to create more than a few goalscoring chances from this. A goal resulting from an error by young goalkeeper Alistair Brown condemned Hibs to defeat. The Edinburgh Evening News described Hibs' participation as "a gamble" that had "backfired"; former Hibs player Stuart Lovell questioned the motives of the Hibs board, and the point of giving short term contracts to players just to play in the matches against Vetra.FOOTBALL: INTERTOTO SHAMBLES; Hibs have left Mowbray in the mire, Sunday Mail, 18 July 2004. Results D 3 July 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1–1 Hibernian O'Connor 77 FK Vetra Sasnauskas 63 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,630 Tony Asumaa L 10 July 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1–0 FK Vetra Vasiliauskas 62 Hibernian Zalgiris Stadium, Vilnius Krzysztof Slupik Scottish League Cup As one of the SPL clubs who had not automatically qualified for European competition, Hibs entered at the last 32 stage (second round) of the competition, in which they defeated Alloa Athletic 4–0 at Easter Road. Hibs were then given a favourable draw against Albion Rovers in the last 16. Despite the underdogs taking a shock lead, Hibs ran out 3–1 winners in a game that was played on a neutral venue (Hamilton).Dobbie and Shiels spark Hibs recovery, The Scotsman, 23 September 2004. In the quarter-final, Hibs were drawn to play Dundee United at Tannadice. Hibs took the lead through a Derek Riordan goal in the first half and held it for most of the game, but Jim McIntyre scored a late equaliser in normal time, and then scored the winner in extra time. Results W 24 August 2004 Scottish League Cup 4–0 Hibernian Glass 20Orman 48Murdock 51Riordan 53 Alloa Athletic Easter Road, Edinburgh 5,156 McCurry W 22 September 2004 Scottish League Cup 1–3 Albion Rovers McLaren 7 Hibernian Dobbie 42Shiels 43O'Connor 71 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 1,576 Conroy L 9 November 2004 Scottish League Cup 2–1 AET Dundee United McIntyre 87 107 Hibernian Riordan 31 Tannadice Park, Dundee 4,865 Rowbotham Scottish Cup Hibs reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, where they met Dundee United. Hibs went into the match as favourites due to the contrasting league form of the two sides; indeed, Hibs had beaten United 3–2 in the league at Easter Road the previous week. Hibs took the lead in the cup match thanks to a Derek Riordan penalty, but then collapsed to a 2–1 defeat, with the winner scored by Jason Scotland.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/scotlands-strike-extends-hibernian-cup-hoodoo-531516.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/scotlands-strike-extends-hibernian-cup-hoodoo-531516.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Scotland's strike extends Hibernian cup hoodoo The Independent 10 April 2005 August 2021 medicmedic A curious postscript to the defeat was that Jason Scotland was denied a renewal of a UK work permit the following summer by an expert panel, which included former Hibs players Murdo MacLeod, Tony Higgins, Pat Stanton, Peter Cormack and Tommy McIntyre.http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2005/07/01/sportstory7290863t0.asp Further shock over Scotland affair The Courier DC Thomson 1 July 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110605020856/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2005/07/01/sportstory7290863t0.asp 5 June 2011 The panel was hearing an appeal against a decision to reject the application to renew Scotland's work permit, which had been made automatically because Scotland had only played in two of Trinidad and Tobago's international matches in the preceding two years.http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/1589-jason-scotland-annexes?version=1 The decision to refuse footballer Jason Scotland a work permit - Annexes Home Office 15 November 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070101104858/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/1589-jason-scotland-annexes?version=1 1 January 2007 The decision forced Scotland to leave United; he signed later that summer for Scottish First Division club St Johnstone, and has subsequently played in the Premier League for Wigan Athletic. Results W 8 January 2005 Scottish Cup 2–0 Hibernian Whittaker 76Morrow 87 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,706 Brines W 5 February 2005 Scottish Cup 4–0 Hibernian Morrow 24O'Connor 32 57Caldwell 63 Brechin City Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,563 McCurry W 26 February 2005 Scottish Cup 2–0 Hibernian Brown 45O'Connor 72 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,195 Young L 9 April 2005 Scottish Cup 2–1 Dundee United McIntyre 73Scotland 76 Hibernian Riordan 58 pen. Hampden Park, Glasgow 27,271 McCurry Transfers Players in PlayerFromFeeEngland Simon BrownColchester UnitedFreeNorthern Ireland Sam MorrowIpswich TownFreeFrance Guillaume BeuzelinLe Havre ACFreeEngland Mark VenusCambridge UnitedFreeNorthern Ireland Dean ShielsArsenalFreeEngland David MurphyMiddlesbroughFreeEngland Antonio MurrayIpswich TownFreeMali Amadou KonteCambridge UnitedFreeEngland Chris HoggIpswich TownFreeNorthern Ireland Ivan SprouleInstitute£5,000http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/top-football-stories/hibs-ivan-the-incredible-1-1403354 Hibs' Ivan the Incredible Scotland on Sunday Johnston Press 28 August 2005 27 May 2012 Players out PlayerToFeeGermany Mathias JackFC Sachsen LeipzigFreeFinland Jarkko WissTampere UnitedFreeScotland Allan DempsieElgin CityFreeCanada Paul FenwickRetiredFreeSweden Daniel AnderssonHelsingborgs IFFreeFrance Mathias Kouo-DoumbéPlymouth ArgyleFreeFrance Yannick ZambernardiLa LouviereFreeIreland Nick ColganBarnsleyFreeEngland Roland EdgeHull CityFreeScotland Grant BrebnerDundee UnitedFreeScotland Tam McManusDundeeFreeNorthern Ireland Colin MurdockCrewe AlexandraFreeScotland Alan ReidSt MirrenFree Loans in PlayerFromGrenada Craig RocastleChelsea Loans out PlayerToScotland Tam McManusBoston UnitedScotland Stephen DobbieSt Johnstone Player stats During the 2004–05 season, Hibs used 32 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1227 Hibernian 2004/2005 player appearances Soccerbase 13 December 2009The soccerbase statistics do not include the lineup for the second Intertoto Cup match, which is listed https://web.archive.org/web/20080403032429/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uic04det.html 3 April 2008 at RSSSF. SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Intertoto Cup Alistair Brown GK Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Simon Brown GK England 38 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 Jonathan Baillie DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gary Caldwell DF Scotland 37 3 4 1 3 0 2 0 Colin Murdock DF Northern Ireland 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 David Murphy DF England 27 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 Ian Murray DF Scotland 29 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 Alan Reid DF Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jay Shields DF Scotland 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Smith DF Scotland 20 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 Mark Venus DF England 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Steven Whittaker DF Scotland 37 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 Guillaume Beuzelin MF France 26 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 Grant Brebner MF Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Scott Brown MF Scotland 20 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 Stephen Glass MF Scotland 36 2 3 0 3 1 2 0 Jamie McCluskey MF Scotland 10 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Kevin McDonald MF England 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Antonio Murray MF England 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Nicol MF Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Alen Orman MF Austria 12 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 Craig Rocastle MF Grenada 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dean Shiels MF Northern Ireland 37 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 Ivan Sproule MF Northern Ireland 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Thomson MF Scotland 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Stephen Dobbie FW Scotland 7 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 Steven Fletcher FW Scotland 20 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 Amadou Konte FW Mali 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tam McManus FW Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sam Morrow FW Northern Ireland 22 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 Garry O'Connor FW Scotland 36 14 4 3 1 1 2 1 Derek Riordan FW Scotland 37 20 4 1 3 2 0 0 |} See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons Notes 30em External links Fixtures & Results, Hibernian F.C. official site Hibernian 2004/2005 results and fixtures, Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian