2004–05 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 2004–05 Lennie Lawrence Sam Hammam Championship 16th FA Cup Third round Carling Cup Third round FAW Premier Cup Quarter-finals Peter Thorne (12) Peter Thorne (14) 17,006 vs Leeds United (2 October 2004) 10,007 vs Crewe Alexandra (19 March 2005) 13,029 2003–04 2005–06 During the 2004–05 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the team's second year in the Championship since being promoted from League One. The season was also the last that manager Lennie Lawrence spent at the club before being replaced by Dave Jones at the end of the season. Team kit and sponsorship Cardiff's kits continued to be designed by Puma. Their main shirt sponsor continues as Welsh housing company Redrow homes. Squad Championship FA Cup League Cup FAW Premier Cup 1 England GK Tony Warner 26 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 Wales DF Rhys Weston 23+2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 England DF Gary Croft 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Wales DF Rob Page 8+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Wales DF Danny Gabbidon 45 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 Wales MF John Robinson 8 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 7 England MF Neal Ardley 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Republic of Ireland MF Graham Kavanagh 28 3 2 0 2+1 0 0 0 9 England FW Andy Campbell 6+6 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 10 Wales FW Robert Earnshaw 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 England FW Michael Boulding 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 England FW Peter Thorne 28+3 12 2 0 2 2 0 0 12 Republic of Ireland MF Willie Boland 18+3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 Wales GK Martyn Margetson 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Republic of Ireland FW Alan Lee 24+14 5 2 1 3 1 0 0 15 Jamaica MF Richard Langley 24+1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 England DF Chris Barker 38+1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 Wales DF James Collins 32+2 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 18 England MF Lee Bullock 8+13 3 0+1 0 3+1 2 0 0 19 Wales MF Paul Parry 12+12 4 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 20 England FW Gavin Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Australia DF Tony Vidmar 23+5 1 0+1 0 4 0 0 0 22 England GK Arran Lee-Barrett 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 Scotland GK Neil Alexander 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 England MF Gareth Whalley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 England MF Darren Williams 17+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Jamaica MF Jobi McAnuff 42+1 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 26 England MF Gary O'Neil 8+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 England FW Neil Harris 1+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Japan MF Junichi Inamoto 13+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 Finland MF Toni Koskela 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 Wales MF Nicky Fish 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 Wales DF Byron Anthony 0 0 0 0 1+1 1 1 0 31 Wales MF Michael Parkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 32 Wales FW Danny Thomas 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 Wales FW Richard Ingram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Wales DF Kirk Huggins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 England FW Cameron Jerome 21+8 6 1 0 0+2 1 0 0 36 Wales MF Joe Ledley 20+8 3 0+1 0 2+1 0 0 0 Wales FW Stuart Fleetwood 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 |} Transfers Summer transfers in PlayerClubFeeLee BullockYork CityFreeJobi McAnuffWest Ham United£250,000Rob PageSheffield UnitedFree Summer transfers out *Indicates the player joined after being released by Cardiff PlayerClubFeeMark BonnerOldham AthleticUndisclosedJason BowenNewport County*FreeGavin GordonNotts CountyUndisclosedSpencer PriorSouthend United*FreeGareth WhalleyWigan Athletic*Free Loans in PlayerClubDate ArrivedReturn DateDarren WilliamsSunderlandSeptember 2004October 2004Gary O'NeilPortsmouthAugust 2004December 2004Darren WilliamsSunderlandOctober 2004December 2004Neil HarrisMillwallNovember 2004January 2005Michael BouldingBarnsleyJanuary 2005End of SeasonJunichi InamotoWest Bromwich AlbionMarch 2005April 2005 January transfer window ins PlayerClubFeeNeal ArdleyUnattachedFreeDarren WilliamsSunderlandFree January transfer window outs PlayerClubFeeRobert EarnshawWest Bromwich Albion£3 million Standings 2004–05 Football League Championship y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H Result D/W/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/W/L/D/W/D/D/D/W/D/L/L/L/W/L/L/D/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/L/L/W/D/L/D/D/W/L/L/D/W/D/W Position 15:00//8/18/22/23/23/23/23/22/23/23/21/22/21/20/18/18/20/20/21/21/21/21/21/21/21/21/21/19/19/19/20/20/20/20/20/20/21/17/19/21/20/17/19/16 Points 1p/4p/4p/4p/4p/4p/5p/5p/5p/8p/8p/9p/12p/13p/14p/15p/18p/19p/19p/19p/19p/22p/22p/22p/23p/24p/27p/30p/31p/34p/34p/37p/37p/37p/40p/41p/41p/42p/43p/46p/46p/46p/47p/50p/51p/54p lightblue Home gold Away yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 red1 Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2005-06 Headline Book Publishing 2005 0-7553-1385-2 February 2022 Fixtures and results Championship http://www.skysports.com/cardiff-city-results/2004-05 Cardiff City 2004–05 Sky Sports 1 June 2016 2004 8 7 y 15:00 1 D Crewe Alexandra Cardiff City 22 Dean Ashton 5 pen Michael Higdon 85 44 John Robinson 59 Alan Lee Gresty Road Crewe 7,339 Mick Thorpe (Suffolk) 2004 8 10 y 19:45 2 W Cardiff City Coventry City 21 Robert Earnshaw 54 Lee Bullock 61 29 Graham Barrett Ninian Park Cardiff 14,031 Iain Williamson (Berkshire) 2004 8 13 y 19:45 3 L Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 01 24 og Lee Bullock Ninian Park Cardiff 12,697 Paul Taylor (Middlesex) 2004 8 21 y 15:00 4 L Ipswich Town Cardiff City 31 Darren Bent 21 Tommy Miller 67 Ian Westlake 86 55 Alan Lee Portman Road Ipswich 21,828 Phil Joslin (Nottinghamshire) 2004 8 28 y 15:00 5 L Cardiff City Stoke City 01 37 Gifton Noel-Williams Ninian Park Cardiff 12,929 Howard Webb (Yorkshire) 2004 8 30 y 15:00 6 L Wigan Athletic Cardiff City 21 Nathan Ellington 16 pen Jason Roberts 36 66 pen Alan Lee JJB Stadium Wigan 9,004 Eddie Ilderton (Tyne and Wear) 2004 9 11 y 15:00 7 D Nottingham Forest Cardiff City 00 City Ground Nottingham 21,607 Scott Mathieson (Cheshire) 2004 9 14 y 19:45 8 L Cardiff City Watford 03 11 86 Danny Webber 45 Neil Ardley Ninian Park Cardiff 10,606 Mick Fletcher (Worcestershire) 2004 9 18 y 15:00 9 L Cardiff City Derby County 02 34 Marco Reich 49 Ian Taylor Ninian Park Cardiff 12,008 Steve Dunn (Bristol) 2004 9 25 y 15:00 10 W Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City 23 Carl Cort 12 Paul Ince 85 11 Paul Parry 48 Peter Thorne 59 Graham Kavanagh Molineux Wolverhampton 27,896 Mike Pike (Cumbria) 2004 9 28 y 19:45 11 L Burnley Cardiff City 10 Richard Chaplow 88 Turf Moor Burnley 11,200 Keith Hill (Hertfordshire) 2004 10 2 y 15:00 12 D Cardiff City Leeds United 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 17,006 Phil Crossley (Kent) 2004 10 16 y 15:00 13 W Cardiff City Rotherham United 20 Peter Thorne 56 75 Ninian Park Cardiff 11,004 Kevin Friend 2004 10 19 y 19:45 14 D Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 11 Leon Knight 10 81 Lee Bullock Withdean Stadium Brighton 6,112 Lee Mason (Bolton) 2004 10 23 y 15:00 15 D Millwall Cardiff City 22 Jo Tessem 47 Neil Harris 74 40 Gary O'Neil 68 Alan Lee The Den Millwall 10,476 Howard Webb (Yorkshire) 2004 10 30 y 15:00 16 D Cardiff City Leicester City 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,759 Mike Ryan (Preston) 2004 11 2 y 19:45 17 W Cardiff City West Ham United 41 Alan Lee 3 Joe Ledley 16 Paul Parry 54 Jobi McAnuff 77 69 pen Marlon Harewood Ninian Park Cardiff 14,222 Richard Beeby (Northampton) 2004 11 6 y 15:00 18 D Rotherham United Cardiff City 22 Paul McLaren 76 Michael Proctor 80 70 Joe Ledley 74 Paul Parry Millmoor Rotherham 5,119 Colin Webster (Tyne and Wear) 2004 11 13 y 15:00 19 L Reading Cardiff City 21 Dean Morgan 13 Dave Kitson 39 87 Cameron Jerome Madejski Stadium Reading 16,107 Eddie Evans (Manchester) 2004 11 19 y 19:45 20 L Cardiff City Preston North End 01 14 Youl Mawene Ninian Park Cardiff 10,950 Phil Crossley (Kent) 2004 11 27 y 12:45 21 L Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City 10 Danny Shittu 23 Loftus Road London 15,146 Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire) 2004 12 4 y 15:00 22 W Cardiff City Gillingham 31 Cameron Jerome 13 Peter Thorne 41 pen 55 33 Tommy Johnson Ninian Park Cardiff 10,623 Kevin Wright (Cambridgeshire) 2004 12 11 y 15:00 23 L Cardiff City Sunderland 02 67 Dean Whitehead 77 Liam Lawrence Ninian Park Cardiff 12,528 Brian Curson (Leicestershire) 2004 12 18 y 12:00 24 L Sheffield United Cardiff City 21 Andy Liddell 69 Andy Gray 76 41 Neil Harris Bramall Lane Sheffield 18,240 Andre Marriner (Birmingham) 2004 12 26 y 13:00 25 D Cardiff City Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 Cameron Jerome 17 75 Kenny Miller Ninian Park Cardiff 16,699 Paul Taylor (Middlesex) 2004 12 28 y 15:00 26 D Watford Cardiff City 00 Vicarage Road Watford 13,409 Peter Walton (Northamptonshire) 2005 1 1 y 12:00 27 W Derby County Cardiff City 01 27 Peter Thorne Pride Park Derby 22,800 Alan Kaye (West Yorkshire) 2005 1 3 y 13:00 28 W Cardiff City Nottingham Forest 30 Peter Thorne 55 pen 86 Graham Kavanagh 90 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,545 Phil Crossley (Kent) 2005 1 15 y 15:00 29 D Leeds United Cardiff City 11 Simon Walton 14 52 pen Peter Thorne Elland Road Leeds 29,548 Neale Barry (Lincolnshire) 2005 1 22 y 15:00 30 W Cardiff City Burnley 20 Richard Langley 13 Graham Kavanagh 74 Ninian Park Cardiff 11,562 Trevor Kettle (Berkshire) 2005 2 6 y 13:00 31 L West Ham United Cardiff City 10 Carl Fletcher 89 Upton Park London 23,716 Keith Stroud (Dorset) 2005 2 12 y 15:00 32 W Cardiff City Brighton & Hove Albion 20 Peter Thorne 16 pen James Collins 19 Ninian Park Cardiff 11,435 Mike Russell (Hertfordshire) 2005 2 22 y 19:45 33 L Cardiff City Millwall 01 20 pen Danny Dichio Ninian Park Cardiff 11,424 Mike Jones (Chester) 2005 2 26 y 15:00 34 L Sunderland Cardiff City 21 Gary Breen 4 Marcus Stewart 42 85 Tony Vidmar Stadium of Light Sunderland 32,788 Tony Leake (Hertfordshire) 2005 3 5 y 15:00 35 W Cardiff City Sheffield United 10 Joe Ledley 75 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,250 Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire) 2005 3 12 y 15:00 36 D Coventry City Cardiff City 11 Stern John 16 19 Lee Bullock Highfield Road Coventry 17,059 Lee Mason (Bolton) 2005 3 15 y 19:45 37 L Cardiff City Ipswich Town 01 62 pen Tommy Miller Ninian Park Cardiff 11,768 Ray Olivier (Sutton Coldfield) 2005 3 19 y 13:00 38 D Cardiff City Crewe Alexandra 11 Danny Gabbidon 21 57 David Vaughan Ninian Park Cardiff 10,007 Steve Tanner (East Sussex) 2005 4 2 y 15:00 39 D Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 11 Hasney Aljofree 60 22 Richard Langley Home Park Plymouth 18,045 Richard Beeby (Northampton) 2005 4 5 y 19:45 40 W Stoke City Cardiff City 13 Clint Hill 40 26 58 Cameron Jerome 60 pen Peter Thorne Britannia Stadium Stoke 12,785 Andy Hall (West Midlands) 2005 4 9 y 15:00 41 L Cardiff City Wigan Athletic 02 51 Jason Roberts 86 Alan Mahon Ninian Park Cardiff 16,858 Grant Hegley (Hertfordshire) 2005 4 16 y 15:00 42 L Preston North End Cardiff City 30 David Nugent 67 79 Richard Cresswell 85 Deepdale Preston 15,141 Nigel Miller (Co Durham) 2005 4 19 y 19:45 43 D Leicester City Cardiff City 11 David Connolly 33 58 Neil Ardley Filbert Street Leicester 21,336 Paul Taylor (Middlesex) 2005 4 23 y 15:00 44 W Cardiff City Reading 20 Peter Thorne 12 Cameron Jerome 30 Ninian Park Cardiff 14,821 Scott Mathieson (Cheshire) 2005 4 30 y 15:00 45 D Gillingham Cardiff City 11 Matt Jarvis 72 85 Paul Parry Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 10,810 Alan Kaye (West Yorkshire) 2005 5 8 y 13:00 46 W Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers 10 Jobi McAnuff 27 Ninian Park Cardiff 15,722 Andre Marriner (Birmingham) League Cup 2004 8 24 y 19:45 Round 1 D Kidderminster Harriers Cardiff City 11 yes 45 Simon Brown 32 28 Robert Earnshaw Ian Foster Steve Burton Richie Appleby Dean Keates Wayne Hatswell Graham Kavanagh Robert Earnshaw Stuart Fleetwood Willie Boland John Robinson Aggborough Kidderminster 1,897 Brian Curson (Leicestershire) 2004 9 21 y 19:45 Round 2 W Milton Keynes Dons Cardiff City 14 Izale McLeod 85 14 Peter Thorne 21 Peter Thorne 19 Lee Bullock 72 Byron Anthony National Hockey Stadium Milton Keynes 2,266 Mike Jones (Chester) 2004 10 26 y 19:45 Round 3 D Bournemouth Cardiff City 33 yes 45 James Hayter 8 90 Brian Stock 118 24 Alan Lee 49 Lee Bullock 108 Cameron Jerome Brian Stock Alan Connell John Spicer James Hayter Wade Elliott Marcus Browning Graham Kavanagh James Collins Lee Bullock Byron Anthony Alan Lee Chris Barker Dean Court Bournemouth 8,598 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) 2004 11 9 y 19:45 Round 4 L Cardiff City Portsmouth 02 47 55 pen Yakubu Ninian Park Cardiff 13,555 Graham Laws (Northumberland) FA Cup 2005 1 8 y 15:00 Round 3 D Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers 11 Alan Lee 35 5 Morten Gamst Pedersen Ninian Park Cardiff 14,145 Steve Dunn (Bristol) 2005 1 19 y 20:00 Round 3 (replay) L Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 32 David Thompson 9 32 Morten Gamst Pedersen 47 24 Jobi McAnuff 54 James Collins Ewood Park Blackburn 9,140 Steve Dunn (Bristol) FAW Premier Cup 2005 1 25 y Quarter Final L Bangor City Cardiff City 10 Byron Anthony 4 og Farrar Road Bangor BBC report See also List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons 2004–05 in English football References 2004-05 Category:Welsh football clubs 2004–05 season Category:2004–05 Football League Championship by team