During the 2004–05 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.
Season summary Ipswich missed automatic promotion in the 2004–05 season, finishing third, only two points behind second-placed Wigan Athletic. Again, they lost to West Ham United in the play off semi-finals, this time by a 4–2 aggregate score.
First-team squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Pre-season Ipswich traveled to Denmark for a pre-season tour in July 2004. Ipswich also played a friendly match against Newcastle United on 28 July, a testimonial match which was played in honour of former assistant manager and player Dale Roberts.
Legend WinDrawLoss
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 July 2004 Peterborough UnitedA2–1UnknownCouñago, Westlake 13 July 2004 RandersA0–0Unknown 16 July 2004 AaBA0–2Unknown 21 July 2004 Oxford UnitedA5–1UnknownMiller (2), Bent, Couñago, Magilton 24 July 2004 Crystal PalaceH2–1UnknownDiallo, Bowditch 28 July 2004 Newcastle UnitedH2–124,644Kuqi, Couñago 2 August 2004 OsasunaH2–14,817Couñago, Kuqi
Competitions Football League Championship
League table
Legend WinDrawLoss Ipswich Town's score comes first
Matches DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 2004 GillinghamH2–123,130Naylor, Bowditch 11 August 2004 Nottingham ForestA1–121,125Bent 14 August 2004 Derby CountyA2–322,234Miller, Bowditch 21 August 2004 Cardiff CityH3–121,828Bent, Miller, Westlake 28 August 2004 Rotherham UnitedA2–05,504Kuqi (2) 30 August 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–124,590Bent, Miller 12 September 2004 MillwallH2–026,790Bent, Couñago 14 September 2004 Stoke CityA2–323,029Westlake, de Vos 18 September 2004 West Ham UnitedA1–128,812Couñago 25 September 2004 Plymouth ArgyleH3–223,270de Vos, Kuqi (2) 28 September 2004 ReadingH1–123,167Kuqi 3 October 2004 Coventry CityA2–112,608Bowditch, Mills (own goal) 16 October 2004 BurnleyH1–123,183Richards 19 October 2004 Leicester CityA2–222,497Westlake, Heath (own goal) 23 October 2004 WatfordA2–215,894Westlake, Bent 30 October 2004 Preston North EndH3–023,745Kuqi, Miller, Bent 2 November 2004 Sheffield UnitedH5–122,977Miller, Kuqi (2), Naylor, Westlake 6 November 2004 BurnleyA2–011,969Bent (2) 13 November 2004 Leeds UnitedH1–029,955Bent 21 November 2004 SunderlandA0–231,723 27 November 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionH1–026,269Kuqi 4 December 2004 Crewe AlexandraA2–27,236Naylor, Bent 11 December 2004 Queens Park RangersA4–218,231de Vos, Bent, Currie, Kuqi 21 December 2004 Wigan AthleticH2–128,286Naylor, Bent 26 December 2004 MillwallA1–314,532Kuqi 28 December 2004 Stoke CityH1–026,217Kuqi 1 January 2005 West Ham UnitedH0–230,003 3 January 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA2–117,923Currie (2) 15 January 2005 Coventry CityH3–223,670Bent (2), Kuqi 22 January 2005 ReadingA1–123,203Bent 5 February 2005 Sheffield UnitedA2–020,680Unsworth, Kuqi 12 February 2005 Leicester CityH2–127,392de Vries (own goal), Kuqi 18 February 2005 Preston North EndA1–114,418Miller 22 February 2005 WatfordH1–223,993Miller 26 February 2005 Queens Park RangersH0–229,008 5 March 2005 Wigan AthleticA0–116,744 12 March 2005 Nottingham ForestH6–025,765Naylor, Westlake, Miller (2), Kuqi, Bent 15 March 2005 Cardiff CityA1–011,768Miller 19 March 2005 GillinghamA0–09,311 2 April 2005 Derby CountyH3–228,796Magilton, Bent, Miller 5 April 2005 Rotherham UnitedH4–326,017Westlake, Bent (2), Magilton 11 April 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–225,882 17 April 2005 SunderlandH2–229,230Naylor, Bent 23 April 2005 Leeds UnitedA1–129,607Kuqi 30 April 2005 Crewe AlexandraH5–128,244Kuqi, Magilton, Miller (2), Couñago 8 May 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–16,848Kuqi
Championship play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSF 1st Leg14 May 2005 West Ham UnitedA2–233,723Walker (own goal), KuqiSF 2nd Leg18 May 2005 West Ham UnitedH0–230,010
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 2005 Bolton WanderersH1–320,080Miller
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR124 August 2004 BrentfordH2–010,190Westlake, MillerR221 September 2004 Doncaster RoversA0–26,020
Transfers Transfers in DatePosNameFromFeeRef1 July 2004DF Jason de Vos Wigan AthleticFree transfer1 July 2004DF Jerrome Sobers Ford United£10,0009 July 2004MF Kevin Horlock West Ham UnitedFree transfer10 December 2004MF Darren Currie Brighton & Hove Albion£250,000
Loans in Date fromPosNameFromDate untilRef10 August 2004MF Tony Dinning Wigan Athletic29 September 200421 December 2004DF Danny Karbassiyoon Arsenal30 June 200527 January 2005DF David Unsworth Portsmouth30 June 200531 January 2005MF Jimmy Juan Monaco30 June 200514 February 2005FW James Scowcroft Leicester City30 June 2005
Transfers out DatePosNameToFeeRef8 May 2004DF John McGreal BurnleyFree transfer23 June 2004FW Marcus Bent Everton£450,0001 July 2004MF Jermaine Wright Leeds UnitedFree transfer1 July 2004DF Georges Santos Queens Park RangersFree transfer1 July 2004MF Martijn Reuser Willem IIFree transfer1 July 2004MF Chris Bart-Williams APOELFree transfer2 August 2004DF Chris Makin Leicester CityFree transfer15 September 2004FW Alun Armstrong DarlingtonFree transfer9 December 2004FW Craig Reid Coventry CityFree transfer14 January 2005FW Antonio Murray HibernianUndisclosedIpswich kid wins a Hibs contract, BBC Sport, 14 January 200531 January 2005DF Chris Hogg HibernianFree transfer
Loans out Date fromPosNameFromDate untilRef19 November 2004GK Lewis Price Cambridge United29 December 20049 March 2005FW Dean Bowditch Burnley9 May 200524 March 2005DF Jerrome Sobers Brentford16 May 2005
Squad statistics All statistics updated as of end of season
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Goalscorers No.PosNatPlayerChampionshipFA CupLeague CupPlay-offsTotal18FW Darren Bent200002032FW Shefki Kuqi19001208MF Tommy Miller131101533MF Ian Westlake701086DF Richard Naylor600064DF Jason de Vos300037MF Jim Magilton300039FW Pablo Couñago3000310MF Darren Currie3000317FW Dean Bowditch300033DF Matt Richards1000116DF David Unsworth10001Own goal30010Total8512290
Clean sheets No.NatPlayerChampionshipFA CupLeague CupPlay-offsTotal1Kelvin Davis100001034Lewis Price10102Total1101012
Disciplinary record No.Pos.NameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupPlay-offsTotal 2DF Fabian Wilnis41000010513DF Matt Richards10000000104DF Jason de Vos60000000605DF Drissa Diallo40000000406DF Richard Naylor50000010507MF Jim Magilton40000000408MF Tommy Miller30000000309FW Pablo Couñago200000002010MF Tony Dinning100010002011MF Kevin Horlock600000006012DF Danny Karbassiyoon100000001014FW James Scowcroft400000004016DF David Unsworth300000003017FW Dean Bowditch100000001018FW Darren Bent100000001032FW Shefki Kuqi500000005033MF Ian Westlake4000001050Total551001030591
Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitions
4–4–2 Formation
Awards Player awards AwardPlayerRefPlayer of the Year Shefki KuqiPlayers' Player of the Year Kelvin DavisYoung Player of the Year Billy Clarke
Football League Championship Manager of the Month MonthManagerRefNovember Joe Royle
Football League Championship Player of the Month MonthPlayerRefOctober Kevin Horlock
PFA Championship Team of the Year PlayerRef Kelvin Davis
References