2004–05 Coventry City F.C. season

This article describes Coventry City Football Club's progress in the 2004–05 season, during which the Sky Blues competed in the Football League Championship, the FA Cup (entering in the Third Round) and the League Cup (entering from the First Round). The 2004–05 season was the last season in which the club played their home games at Highfield Road before their move to the Ricoh Arena.

Coventry City F.C.
2004–05 season
ManagerMicky Adams
StadiumHighfield Road
Championship19th
FA CupOUT – Newcastle United
Fourth Round 29.01.05 [1]
League CupOUT – Middlesbrough
Third Round 27.10.04 [2]
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: England Gary McSheffrey (14)
Highest home attendance22,728 v Derby County 30.04.05 Cup: 8,362 v Sheffield Wednesday 22.09.04
Lowest home attendance11,966 v Gillingham 15.09.04 Cup: 6,180 v Torquay United 25.08.04
Average home league attendance16,046

Matches

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7 August 2004 1 Coventry City 2–0 Sunderland Coventry
17:35 Suffo   84' (pen.)
Johnson   90'
report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 16,460
Referee: Richard Beeby
10 August 2004 2 Cardiff City 2–1 Coventry City Cardiff
19:45 Earnshaw   54'
Lee   60'
report Barrett   29' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Iain Williamson
14 August 2004 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Coventry City Brighton
15:00 Virgo   88' report Hughes   68' Stadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 6,368
Referee: Phil Joslin
21 August 2004 4 Coventry City 0–1 Millwall Coventry
15:00 report Dichio   78' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,910
Referee: Martin Atkinson
28 August 2004 5 Nottingham Forest 1–4 Coventry City Nottingham
15:00 Johnson   73' report Morrell   39', 50'
Johnson   68'
Hughes   69'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,041
Referee: Michael Ryan
30 August 2004 6 Coventry City 2–1 West Ham United Coventry
15:00 Doyle   45'
Morrell   76'
report Sheringham   40' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,404
Referee: Colin Webster
11 September 2004 7 Leeds United 3–0 Coventry City Leeds
15:00 Carlisle   39'
Joachim   70'
Pugh   90+2'
report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,725
Referee: Paul Robinson
15 September 2004 8 Coventry City 2–2 Gillingham Coventry
19:45 Morrell   30'
John   47'
report Agyemang   64', 76' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,966
Referee: Mike Pike
18 September 2004 9 Coventry City 0–0 Rotherham United Coventry
15:00 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,834
Referee: Phil Crossley
25 September 2004 10 Sheffield United 1–1 Coventry City Sheffield
15:00 Black   29' report Morrell   14' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 16,337
Referee: Graham Laws
28 September 2004 11 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 Coventry City London
19:45 Cureton   32', 40', 73'
Furlong   89'
report Barrett   48' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,680
Referee: Alan Kaye
3 October 2004 12 Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town Coventry
13:00 Suffo   76' report Bowditch   69'
Mills   87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,608
Referee: Clive Penton
16 October 2004 13 Coventry City 1–1 Leicester City Coventry
15:00 Makin   79' (o.g.) report Dublin   69' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,054
Referee: Chris Foy
19 October 2004 14 Burnley 2–2 Coventry City Burnley
19:45 Blake   63' (pen.)
Branch   72'
report Johnson   62'
Barrett   69'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,919
Referee: Scott Mathieson
23 October 2004 15 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Coventry City Wigan
15:00 Mahon   14'
Graham   52'
Ellington   61'
Flynn   90+2'
report Johnson   30' Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 9,632
Referee: Phil Crossley
30 October 2004 16 Coventry City 3–2 Reading Coventry
15:00 John   13' (pen.)
Morrell   50'
Johnson   65'
report Owusu   10'
Kitson   70'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Graham Salisbury
3 November 2004 17 Coventry City 1–1 Preston North End Coventry
19:45 Suffo   49' (pen.) report Lewis   68' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,478
Referee: Kevin Wright
8 November 2004 18 Leicester City 3–0 Coventry City Leicester
19:45 Nalis   26'
Tiatto   46'
Heath   71'
report Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 22,479
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
13 November 2004 19 Coventry City 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Coventry
15:00 Hughes   7'
Barrett   14'
report Evans   47' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,314
Referee: Mike Jones
20 November 2004 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Coventry City Wolverhampton
12:30 report McSheffrey   61' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,291
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 November 2004 21 Coventry City 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00 report Ashton   24' (pen.) Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,823
Referee: Paul Taylor
4 December 2004 22 Derby County 2–2 Coventry City Derby
15:00 Rasiak   87'
Peschisolido   90'
report Hughes   21'
Adebola   79'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 22,648
Referee: Phil Joslin
11 December 2004 23 Stoke City 1–0 Coventry City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 Akinbiyi   21' report Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 15,744
Referee: Clive Penton
18 December 2004 24 Coventry City 1–0 Watford Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   45' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 14,493
Referee: Colin Webster
26 December 2004 25 Coventry City 1–2 Sheffield United Coventry
15:00 John   18' report Morgan   31'
Gray   39'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,146
Referee: Mike Dean
28 December 2004 26 Gillingham 3–1 Coventry City Gillingham
15:00 Byfield   14'
Cox   47', 48'
report Adebola   36' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Phil Joslin
1 January 2005 27 Rotherham United 1–2 Coventry City Rotherham
15:00 Júnior   38' report John   57'
Williams   75'
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 5,742
Referee: Lee Mason
3 January 2005 28 Coventry City 1–2 Leeds United Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   81' report Blake   27'
Healy   64'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,084
Referee: Nigel Miller
15 January 2005 29 Ipswich Town 3–2 Coventry City Ipswich
15:00 Bent   44', 58'
Kuqi   78'
report John   11'
McSheffrey   60' (pen.)
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,670
Referee: Mike Russell
22 January 2005 30 Coventry City 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Coventry
15:00 Williams   59' report Cureton   13'
Furlong   90+2'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 16,595
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
5 February 2005 31 Preston North End 3–2 Coventry City Preston
15:00 Alexander   22' (pen.)
Cresswell   23'
Lucketti   48'
report Jørgensen   14'
McSheffrey   72'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,691
Referee: Russell Booth
12 February 2005 32 Coventry City 0–2 Burnley Coventry
15:00 report Oster   64'
Thomas-Moore   69'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,236
Referee: Steve Tanner
19 February 2005 33 Reading 1–2 Coventry City Reading
15:00 Ferdinand   8' report McSheffrey   63'
John   72'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,904
Referee: Graham Salisbury
23 February 2005 34 Coventry City 1–2 Wigan Athletic Coventry
19:45 McSheffrey   22' (pen.) report Teale   9'
Ellington   68'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: Richard Beeby
26 February 2005 35 Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Coventry
15:00 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,871
Referee: Jarnail Singh
5 March 2005 36 Watford 2–3 Coventry City Watford
15:00 Dyer   32'
Webber   84'
report Benjamin   14'
Jørgensen   54'
Doyle   78'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,794
Referee: Mike Thorpe
12 March 2005 37 Coventry City 1–1 Cardiff City Coventry
15:00 John   16' report Bullock   19' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,059
Referee: Lee Mason
15 March 2005 38 Millwall 1–1 Coventry City London
19:45 Morris   69' report Jørgensen   89' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8,835
Referee: Clive Penton
19 March 2005 39 Sunderland 1–0 Coventry City Sunderland
15:00 Brown   76' report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,424
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 April 2005 40 Coventry City 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   47' (pen.)
Staunton   84'
report Virgo   62' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,606
Referee: Mark Cowburn
6 April 2005 41 Coventry City 2–0 Nottingham Forest Coventry
19:45 McSheffrey   24' (pen.)
Adebola   41'
report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,221
Referee: Andy D'Urso
9 April 2005 42 West Ham United 3–0 Coventry City London
15:00 Shaw   76' (o.g.)
Sheringham   89' (pen.)
Zamora   90'
report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 26,839
Referee: Iain Williamson
16 April 2005 43 Coventry City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   19' (pen.)
John   90'
report Clarke   15'
Naylor   79'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,412
Referee: Grant Hegley
23 April 2005 44 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Coventry City Plymouth
15:00 Capaldi   90+6' report John   45+1' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 18,443
Referee: Lee Probert
30 April 2005 45 Coventry City 6–2 Derby County Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   20', 29' (pen.)
Adebola   37'
John   40', 55'
Whing   68'
report Bolder   51'
Peschisolido   63'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,728
Referee: Mick Fletcher
8 May 2005 46 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Coventry City Crewe
13:00 Higdon   54'
Jones   72'
report Adebola   23' Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 9,269
Referee: Alan Kaye
25 August 2004 R1 Coventry City 4–1 Torquay United Coventry
19:45 Hughes   52'
Suffo   62', 65'
Morrell   82'
report Kuffour   73' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 6,180
Referee: Andy Penn
22 September 2004 R2 Coventry City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Coventry
19:45 Doyle   35' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 8,362
Referee: Paul Armstrong
27 October 2004 R3 Middlesbrough 3–0 Coventry City Middlesbrough
20:00 Németh   4'
Morrison   24'
Graham   70'
report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 11,833
Referee: Uriah Rennie
8 January 2005 R3 Coventry City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey   25', 69'
John   45'
report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 7,629
Referee: Iain Williamson
29 January 2005 R4 Newcastle United 3–1 Coventry City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Shearer   37'
Ameobi   42'
Bakayogo   52'
report Adebola   45+2' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 44,044
Referee: Neale Barry

Championship data

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 52 64 −12 53
18 Watford 46 12 16 18 52 59 −7 52
19 Coventry City 46 13 13 20 61 73 −12 52
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 12 21 40 65 −25 51
21 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 66 86 −20 50
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 13 20 61 73  −12 52 8 7 8 32 28  +4 5 6 12 29 45  −16

Last updated: 8 May 2005.
Source: CCFC Championship Results

Round by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultWLDLWWLDDDLLDDLWDLWWLDLWLLWLLLLLWLDWDDLWWLDDWL
Position177159511101110171819181918162017161818191819191920202121212021212121212219171718191719
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2005. Source: Championship Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores Overview

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Opposition Home Score Away Score Double
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 1–1  N
Burnley 0–2 2–2  N
Cardiff City 1–1 1–2  N
Crewe Alexandra 0–1 1–2  N
Derby County 6–2 2–2  N
Gillingham 2–2 1–3  N
Ipswich Town 1–2 2–3  N
Leeds United 1–2 0–3  N
Leicester City 1–1 0–3  N
Millwall 0–1 1–1  N
Nottingham Forest 2–0 4–1  Y
Plymouth Argyle 2–1 1–1  N
Preston North End 1–1 2–3  N
Queens Park Rangers 1–2 1–4  N
Reading 3–2 2–1  Y
Rotherham United 0–0 2–1  N
Sheffield United 1–2 1–1  N
Stoke City 0–0 0–1  N
Sunderland 2–0 0–1  N
Watford 1–0 3–2  Y
West Ham United 2–1 0–3  N
Wigan Athletic 1–2 1–4  N
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 1–0  N

Season statistics

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Stats and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Scott Shearer 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Andy Whing 19 1 9+7 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
3 DF   IRL Steve Staunton 37 1 32+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF   ENG Lloyd Dyer 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   WAL Ady Williams 23 2 21+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   ENG Stephen Hughes 44 5 39+1 4 2+0 1 2+0 0
8 DF   WAL Richard Duffy 15 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW   NGA Dele Adebola 26 6 19+6 5 0+0 0 0+1 1
10 FW   ENG Gary McSheffrey 41 14 31+6 12 1+1 0 2+0 2
11 FW   IRL Graham Barrett 26 4 13+11 4 1+1 0 0+0 0
12 FW   ENG Andy Morrell 38 7 24+10 6 2+0 1 2+0 0
14 MF   ENG Tim Sherwood 11 0 10+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 20 3 11+6 3 0+1 0 0+2 0
16 FW   ENG Eddie Johnson 29 5 22+4 5 1+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF   IRL Michael Doyle 49 3 43+1 2 3+0 1 2+0 0
18 MF   ENG Neil Wood 16 0 6+7 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW   JAM Trevor Benjamin 12 1 6+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   ENG Richard Shaw 37 0 30+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF   ENG Dean Leacock 16 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
24 FW   TRI Stern John 33 12 25+5 11 1+0 0 2+0 1
25 MF   ENG Isaac Osbourne 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   ENG Stuart Giddings 15 0 11+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF   ENG Marcus Hall 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF   WAL Rob Page 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW   BER Shaun Goater 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK   ENG Luke Steele 36 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
Players who featured for Coventry but left before the end of the season:
GK   ENG Ian Bennett 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Louis Carey 27 0 23+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Calum Davenport 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   FRA Éric Deloumeaux 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   FRA Florent Laville 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Matt Mills 5 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson 13 0 3+7 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF   FRA Christian Negouai 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   ENG Rohan Ricketts 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   CMR Patrick Suffo 25 5 2+19 3 1+2 2 0+1 0

Goalscorers

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No. Flag Pos Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
10   FW Gary McSheffrey 12 0 2   14
24   FW Stern John 11 0 1   12
12   FW Andy Morrell 6 1 0   7
9   FW Dele Adebola 5 0 1   6
6   MF Stephen Hughes 4 1 0   5
16   FW Eddie Johnson 5 0 0   5
  FW Patrick Suffo 3 2 0   5
11   FW Graham Barrett 4 0 0   4
17   MF Michael Doyle 2 1 0   3
15   MF Claus Bech Jørgensen 3 0 0   3
5   DF Ady Williams 2 0 0   2
19   FW Trevor Benjamin 1 0 0   1
3   DF Steve Staunton 1 0 0   1
2   DF Andy Whing 1 0 0   1

Overall

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Games played 51 (46 Championship, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Games won 16 (13 Championship, 2 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn 13 (13 Championship, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost 22 (20 Championship, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored 70 (61 Championship, 5 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)
Goals conceded 80 (73 Championship, 4 League Cup, 3 FA Cup)
Goal difference −10
Best result W 6–2 (H) v Derby CountyChampionship – 30 April 2005
Worst result L 1–4 (A) v Queens Park RangersChampionship – 28 September 2004
L 1–4 (A) v Wigan AthleticChampionship – 23 October 2004
Most appearances   Michael Doyle (49 appearances)
Top scorer   Gary McSheffrey (14 goals)
Points 52 / 138 (37.68%)

References

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  1. ^ "Newcastle 3 – 1 Coventry". CCFC.
  2. ^ "City Out Of League Cup". CoventryCityMad.
  3. ^ "Coventry City Squad 04-05". FootballSquads.