2004–05 Sunderland A.F.C. season

English football club season May 2020 March 2015 Sunderland 2004–05 Mick McCarthy Stadium of Light Championship 1st (promoted) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round Marcus Stewart (16) Marcus Stewart (17) 28,820 2003–04 2005–06 During the 2004–05 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League Championship. Season summary While a poor start to the season saw Sunderland win just one of their first six matches, putting manager Mick McCarthy under pressure, the board kept faith with the manager, and were rewarded with a much more consistent season than the previous one. The team never dropped out of the top six after a victory over Millwall in mid-October, and their form steadily improved over the season. Along with a collapse by early-season pace-setters Ipswich Town, this lifted Sunderland to the top of the table with seven matches remaining, and they held onto top spot, returning to the Premier League after two seasons. Transfers In Summer DatePosNameFromFee1 June 2004FWIRE Stephen ElliottManchester CityFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3767035.stm Elliott joins Sunderland 1 June 2004 BBC News10 June 2004MFWAL Carl RobinsonPortsmouthFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3794743.stm Robinson joins Black Cats 10 June 2004 BBC News21 June 2004MFENG Dean WhiteheadOxford UnitedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3826743.stm Whitehead joins Sunderland 21 June 2004 BBC News25 June 2004MFIRE Liam LawrenceMansfield TownFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3840343.stm Sunderland land Lawrence 25 June 2004 BBC News27 June 2004DFSCO Steven CaldwellNewcastle UnitedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3844057.stm Caldwell thrilled with move 27 June 2004 BBC News15 July 2004DFENG Mark LynchManchester UnitedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3896589.stm McCarthy moves for Lynch 15 July 2004 BBC News13 August 2004DFSCO Neill CollinsDumbarton£25,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dumbarton/3551394.stm Sunderland sign Collins 13 August 2004 BBC News10 September 2004MFENG Simon JohnsonLeeds UnitedLoan (September to November)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3645322.stm Sunderland snap up Johnson 10 September 2004 BBC News16 September 2004MFENG Darren CarterBirmingham CityLoan (September to December)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3662056.stm Sunderland get Carter 16 September 2004 BBC News23 September 2004FWENG Michael BridgesBolton WanderersLoan until the end of the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3678016.stm Bridges rejoins Sunderland 23 September 2004 BBC News11 October 2004DFWAL Danny CollinsChester City£140,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3734758.stm Black Cats sign Collins 11 October 2004 BBC News23 November 2004MFSCO Andy WelshStockport County£35,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/4019387.stm Welsh completes Sunderland deal 23 November 2004 BBC News1 December 2004FWENG Michael BridgesBolton WanderersFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/4379455.stm Deane completes Sunderland switch 24 March 2005 BBC News January DatePosNameFromFee24 March 2005FWENG Brian DeaneLeeds UnitedFree Out Summer DatePosNameToFee25 June 2004MFENG Tommy SmithDerby CountyFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/3840411.stm Rams sign striker Smith 25 June 2004 BBC News18 June 2004DFENG Simon RamsdenGrimsby TownFree19 July 2004MFIRE Jason McAteerMcAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.Tranmere RoversFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/3906355.stm McAteer joins Tranmere 19 July 2004 BBC News20 July 2004FWIRE Michael ReddyGrimsby TownFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/3910175.stm Grimsby sign Reddy 20 July 2004 BBC News21 July 2004FWJAM Darren ByfieldByfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.GillinghamFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/3914019.stm Byfield joins Gillingham 21 July 2004 BBC News27 July 2004MFENG Paul ThirlwellSheffield UnitedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/3929947.stm Blades seal Thirlwell deal 27 July 2004 BBC News5 August 2004DFSWE Joachim BjorklundWolverhampton WanderersFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/3539564.stm Wolves sign Bjorklund 5 August 2004 BBC News31 August 2004MFARG Nicolás MedinaReal MurciaFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3614300.stm Medina departs Sunderland 31 August 2004 BBC News10 September 2004MFIRE Thomas ButlerDunfermline AthleticFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/3634166.stm Pars take Butler gamble 10 September 2004 BBC News23 September 2004DFENG Darren WilliamsCardiff CityLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/4083161.stm Williams makes Bluebirds switch 10 December 2004 BBC News22 October 2004DFENG Ben ClarkHartlepool UnitedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/3944499.stm Hartlepool clinch Clark signing 22 October 2004 BBC News5 November 2004MFWAL John OsterLeeds UnitedLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/3985241.stm Leeds sign Oster on month's loan 5 November 2004 BBC News10 December 2004DFENG Darren WilliamsCardiff CityFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3680036.stm Cardiff seal Williams deal 23 September 2004 BBC News January DatePosNameToFee29 January 2005MFWAL John OsterBurnleyFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/4218751.stm Oster signs contract at Burnley 21 September 2018 BBC News Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/sunder.htm FootballSquads - Sunderland - 2004/05 www.footballsquads.co.ukhttps://www.11v11.com/teams/sunderland/tab/players/season/2005/ All Sunderland players: 2005 www.11v11.com 1 EST GK Mart Poom 2 ENG DF Stephen Wright 3 NIR DF George McCartney 4 WAL MF Carl Robinson 5 IRL DF Gary BreenBreen was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 1996. captain 6 SCO DF Steven Caldwell vice-captain 7 IRL MF Liam LawrenceLawrence was born in Retford, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and would be called up by the Republic of Ireland in February 2006 before making his international debut in May 2009. 8 NIR MF Jeff WhitleyWhitley was born in Ndola, Zambia, but was raised in England and also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father. He represented England at U-17 level and Northern Ireland at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1997. 9 SCO FW Kevin Kyle 10 ENG FW Marcus Stewart 11 SCO MF Andy WelshWelsh was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and has represented them at U-19 level. 12 ENG FW Brian Deane 13 NIR GK Michael InghamIngham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005. 14 ENG MF Dean Whitehead 15 IRL MF Sean Thornton 17 SCO DF Neill Collins 19 IRL FW Stephen Elliott 20 ENG FW Chris Brown 21 ENG MF Matt Piper 22 ENG DF Mark Lynch 23 ENG MF Grant Leadbitter 30 ENG GK Ben Alnwick 33 ARG MF Julio Arca 38 ENG FW Michael Bridges 39 WAL DF Danny CollinsCollins was born in Chester, England, and represented them at C level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in February 2005. 41 NOR GK Thomas Myhre Left club during season 11 ENG MF Simon Johnson on loan from Leeds United 12 WAL MF John OsterOster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997. to Burnley 16 ENG DF Darren Williams to Cardiff City 18 ENG DF Ben Clark to Hartlepool United 24 NIR FW Neil Teggart to Perth Glory 26 ENG MF Jonjo Dickman to Darlington 32 SCO GK Euan McLean to Dundee United 32 ENG MF Darren Carter on loan from Birmingham City Reserves The following players did not appear for the first-team this season. 25 IRL MF Colin Healy 27 IRL MF Richie Ryan 28 ENG DF Ryan Dodds 29 ENG MF Lewis Dodds 31 NIR MF Chris Kingsberry 34 ENG FW Jack Wanless 35 IRL MF Niall Flynn 36 ENG MF Sean Taylor 37 ENG DF Dan Smith 42 NIR GK Trevor Carson 39 USA MF Stuart HoldenHolden was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, but was raised in the United States from the age of 10 and represented them at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for the United States in July 2009. Results Sunderland's score comes first. WinDrawLoss League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersFirst round24 August 2004 Chester CityStadium of Light3-011,450Hessey (own goal), Kyle, CaldwellSecond round21 September 2004 Crewe AlexandraAlexandra Stadium3-3(lost 2–4 on pens)3,804Brown (2), Elliott FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersThird round8 January 2005 Crystal PalaceStadium of Light2-117,536Welsh, Stewart (pen)Fourth round29 January 2005 EvertonGoodison Park0-333,186 Championship 2004–05 Football League Championship League table SUN Results summary 16 4 3 45 21 13 3 7 31 20 4 December 2018 11v11 May 2007 Results by matchday 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/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/D/L/D/L/W/W/W/W/L/D/W/D/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/D/W/W/W Position 24/12/11/16/16/17/15/8/6/4/7/7/5/6/6/5/3/4/4/3/3/3/3/3/4/2/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/2/1/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd yellow1 red1 DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 2004 Coventry CityHighfield Road0-216,460 10 August 2004 Crewe AlexandraStadium of Light3–122,341Robinson, Stewart, Elliott 14 August 2004 Queens Park RangersStadium of Light2–226,063Stewart, Caldwell 21 August 2004 Plymouth ArgyleHome Park1–216,874Stewart 28 August 2004 Wigan AthleticStadium of Light1–126,330Elliott 31 August 2004 ReadingMadjeski Stadium0–115,792 11 September 2004 GillinghamPriestfield Stadium4–08,775Stewart (3), Elliott 14 September 2004 Nottingham ForestStadium of Light2–023,540Arca, Wright 18 September 2004 Preston North EndStadium of Light3–124,264Elliott (2), Carter 24 September 2004 Leeds UnitedElland Road1–028,926Robinson 28 September 2004 Sheffield UnitedBramall Lane0–117,908 2 October 2004 Derby CountyStadium of Light0–029,881 16 October 2004 MillwallStadium of Light1–023,839Muscat (own goal) 19 October 2004 WatfordVicarage Road1–113,198Elliott 25 October 2004 Rotherham UnitedMillmoor1–06,026Whitehead 30 October 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionStadium of Light2–025,532Arca, Lawrence (pen) 2 November 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersStadium of Light3–123,925Lawrence (2), Elliott 5 November 2004 MillwallThe Den0–210,513 13 November 2004 Leicester CityWalkers Stadium1–025,897Caldwell 21 November 2004 Ipswich TownStadium of Light2–031,723Elliott, Brown 27 November 2004 Stoke CityBritannia Stadium1–016,980Bridges 4 December 2004 West Ham UnitedStadium of Light0–229,510 11 December 2004 Cardiff CityNinian Park2–012,528Whitehead, Lawrence 18 December 2004 BurnleyStadium of Light2–127,102Arca, Bridges 26 December 2004 Leeds UnitedStadium of Light2–343,253Lawrence (pen), Arca 28 December 2004 Nottingham ForestCity Ground2–127,457Elliott, Stewart 1 January 2005 Preston North EndDeepdale2–322,051Elliott, Thornton 3 January 2005 GillinghamStadium of Light1–127,147Brown 16 January 2005 Derby CountyPride Park2–022,995Elliott, Whitehead 22 January 2005 Sheffield UnitedStadium of Light1–027,337Stewart 4 February 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersMolineux1–126,968Elliott 12 February 2005 WatfordStadium of Light4–224,948Stewart (3, 1 pen), Brown 19 February 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionWithdean Stadium1–26,647Arca 22 February 2005 Rotherham UnitedStadium of Light4–122,267Whitehead, Thornton (2), Breen 26 February 2005 Cardiff CityStadium of Light2–132,788Breen, Stewart 4 March 2005 BurnleyTurf Moor2–012,103Lawrence, Stewart 12 March 2005 Crewe AlexandraAlexandra Stadium1–07,949Elliott 15 March 2005 Plymouth ArgyleStadium of Light5–125,258Whitehead, Arca, Stewart (pen), Caldwell, Thornton 19 March 2005 Coventry CityStadium of Light1–029,424Brown 2 April 2005 Queens Park RangersLoftus Road3–118,198Welsh, Brown, Arca 5 April 2005 Wigan AthleticJJB Stadium1–020,745Stewart 9 April 2005 ReadingStadium of Light1–234,237Arca 17 April 2005 Ipswich TownPortman Road2–229,230Elliott, Robinson 23 April 2005 Leicester CityStadium of Light2–134,815Stewart, Caldwell 29 April 2005 West Ham UnitedBoleyn Ground2–133,482Arca, Elliott 8 May 2005 Stoke CityStadium of Light1–047,350Robinson Topscorers ENG Marcus Stewart - 17 IRE Stephen Elliott - 16 ARG Julio Arca - 9 ENG Chris Brown - 7 IRE Liam Lawrence - 6 ENG Dean Whitehead - 5 WAL Carl Robinson, IRE Sean Thornton and SCO Steven Caldwell - 4 ENG Michael Bridges, SCO Andy Welsh and IRE Gary Breen - 2 SCO Kevin Kyle, ENG Darren Carter and ENG Stephen Wright - 1 References Mart Poom calms fears of fans - https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3631300.stm Notes notes Category:Sunderland A.F.C. seasons Sunderland A.F.C.