2004–05 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the 106th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship, after having suffered relegation from the Premier League during the previous campaign.

Season summary Despite hopes for an immediate return to the top flight, their 2004–05 Championship campaign began dismally, and at one point the side sunk as low as 19th place. Following a 0–1 defeat at Gillingham, a side Wolves had beaten 6–0 just 18 months previous, Jones was sacked at the beginning of November.

Another former England coach was hired the following month, as Glenn Hoddle was appointed on a rolling one-year contract. Under Hoddle, Wolves lost only one of their final 24 league games, but drew 15 to finish ninth in the final table – not enough to qualify for the play-offs.

Results

Preseason Pre season began on 5 July with training based at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall, before the squad flew to Tromsø, Norway to begin a three-match tour (16–22 July).

Football League Championship

A total of 24 teams competed in the Championship during the 2004–05 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 24 June 2004, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

Final table Team 6 West Ham United 46 21 10 15 66 56 +10 73 7 Reading 46 19 13 14 51 44 +7 70 8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 57 56 +1 67 9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 15 21 10 72 59 +13 66

Results summary

Results by round

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Statistics

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Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Joleon Lescott Players' Player of the Season Joleon Lescott Young Player of the Season Leon Clarke Goal of the Season Kenny Miller(vs Preston, 11 August 2004)

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee14 July 2004 Seyi Olofinjana Brann£1.7 million20 July 2004 Rob EdwardsAston Villa£150,0005 August 2004 Joachim BjörklundUnattachedFree27 August 2004 Seol Ki-Hyeon Anderlecht£1.2 million

Out DatePlayerToFee17 May 2004 Ashley VincentCheltenham TownFree18 May 2004 Alex Rae RangersFree14 June 2004 Paul ButlerLeeds UnitedFreeJune 2004 Nathan BlakeReleasedFreeJune 2004 Denis IrwinRetired–June 2004 Steffen IversenReleasedFreeJune 2004 Oleh LuzhnyiReleasedFreeJune 2004 Isaac OkoronkwoReleasedFreeJune 2004 Marlon WaltersReleasedFree8 July 2004 John MelliganCheltenham Town£25,00031 December 2004 Michael TownsendCheltenham TownFree10 March 2005 Shaun NewtonWest Ham United£125,00018 March 2005 Dean SturridgeQueens Park RangersFree

Loans in DatePlayerFromEnd date30 September 2004 Mikkel BischoffManchester City15 November 200414 March 2005 Rohan RickettsTottenham HotspurEnd of season24 March 2005 Mikkel BischoffManchester CityEnd of season

Loans out DatePlayerToEnd date29 June 2004 Silas MarítimoEnd of season30 July 2004 Henri Camara Celtic31 January 20057 October 2004 Sammy ClinganChesterfield8 January 200513 October 2004 Gary MulliganRushden & Diamonds13 January 200513 October 2004 Carl IkemeAccrington Stanley13 November 20041 November 2004 Lewis GobernHartlepool United1 December 200423 December 2004 Paul JonesWatford23 February 200531 January 2005 Henri CamaraSouthamptonEnd of season

Kit The season saw a new kit manufacturer as Le Coq Sportif began a two-year merchandising deal. Chaucer Consulting began a five-year run as the club's shirt sponsor. This meant new home and away kits were produced; the away kit was a navy blue shirt with white shorts and socks.

References