The '2004-05 season' was the 125th season of competitive
football in
England.
Overview
★ 2004-05 was the first season to feature the rebranded
Football League. The
First Division,
Second Division and
Third Division were renamed the
Football League Championship,
Football League One and
Football League Two respectively.
Coca-Cola replaced the
Nationwide Building Society as title
sponsor.
★ Wimbledon competed in League One, under their new name of
Milton Keynes Dons.
★ There were also changes in the
Football Conference with the introduction of two new regional divisions below
Conference National,
Conference North and
Conference South. Furthermore, the
National Conference Cup returned, now featuring the teams from the new divisions.
★ Unlike the Football League and the Conference, the
FA Premier League did not undergo any restructuring, but
Barclays Bank replaced their subsidiary
Barclaycard as title sponsors.
★
Wigan Athletic reached the Premiership as Championship runners-up. They had been elected to the Football League only 27 years earlier, had been the league's fourth lowest club 11 years earlier and until 2 years before reaching the Premiership they had never played in the upper half of the English league.
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Nottingham Forest were relegated from the Championship to League One, becoming the first former European Cup winners to slide into the third tier of their domestic league - having won two straight European Cups a quarter of a century earlier. Just ten years ago they had finished third in the Premiership and reached the following season's
UEFA Cup quarter finals.
Events
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August 8 2004 -
Arsenal claim the first silverware of the season when they beat
Manchester United 3-1 to win the
FA Community Shield.
★
August 9 2004 -
West Bromwich Albion striker
Lee Hughes is jailed for six years for causing death by dangerous driving in
November 2003.
★
August 23 2004 -
Southampton manager
Paul Sturrock parts company with the club after just five months in charge. Saints Chairman
Rupert Lowe claimed that media speculation had proved too much for Sturrock to take, despite allegations that he himself placed much pressure on Sturrock.
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August 25 2004 - With a 3-0 home win over
Blackburn Rovers,
Arsenal sets the all-time record for consecutive unbeaten league matches at England's top level, with 43. The record was previously held by
Nottingham Forest, with 42 from November
1977 to September
1978.
★
August 30 2004 -
Newcastle United manager Sir
Bobby Robson is sacked after a poor start to the
Premier League season amid reports of locker-room discontent. His assistant
John Carver takes over as caretaker manager.
★
September 6 2004 -
Graeme Souness resigns as manager of
Blackburn Rovers to take over at
Newcastle United. He officially took over on
September 13, after the two clubs played each other for the first time in the season.
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October 24 2004 -
Arsenal's record streak of unbeaten top-flight league matches ends at 49 after a 2-0 away loss to
Manchester United.
★
October 26 2004 -
Gary Megson is dismissed as manager of
West Bromwich Albion after he notifies the club he will not extend his contract past the current season.
★
October 29 2004 -
Chelsea cancels the contract of
striker Adrian Mutu after he tests positive for
cocaine.
★
November 5,
2004 -
Jacques Santini resigns as manager of
Tottenham Hotspur, citing personal reasons.
Martin Jol is named
caretaker manager.
★
November 8,
2004 - The "caretaker" is removed from
Martin Jol's title, as he signs a contract to manage
Spurs through the
2006-07 season.
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November 9,
2004 -
Bryan Robson is named as the new manager of
West Bromwich Albion.
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November 13,
2004 -
AFC Wimbledon sets a United Kingdom record for consecutive unbeaten league games in senior football, at 76, with a 1-1 draw at
Bromley in
Ryman Division One.
★
November 17,
2004 - The
England national team loses to
Spain 1-0 at the
Bernabéu in
Madrid. However, the match is marred by racist chants from the crowd aimed at black England players.
Ashley Cole and
Shaun Wright-Phillips were particular targets of abuse; every time either touched the ball, monkey noises came from the crowd.
★
November 24,
2004 -
Harry Redknapp quits as manager of
Portsmouth following a row with chairman
Milan Mandaric over the appointment of a Director of Football at the club.
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November 24,
2004 - Sir
Alex Ferguson takes charge of his 1000th match at
Manchester United.
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December 3,
2004 -
League One side
Wrexham enters
financial administration. Under new
Football League rules, the club is penalized 10 league points, placing the club in
relegation danger.
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December 4,
2004 -
AFC Wimbledon lose 2-0 to
Cray Wanderers, ending their United Kingdom record run of consecutive unbeaten league games in senior football at 78, having last lost a league game in February 2003 when they were playing in the
Combined Counties League.
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December 8,
2004 -
Southampton sack
Steve Wigley after only 14 games in charge. The Saints announce
Harry Redknapp, who resigned as manager of their arch-rivals
Portsmouth only two weeks ago, as their new manager.
★
January 11,
2005 -
Everton and
Liverpool announce that they have abandoned plans to groundshare at
Liverpool's new stadium, which is scheduled for completion in
2007.
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January 21,
2005 - Former
Chelsea chairman
Ken Bates finalizes a deal to buy a controlling interest in the debt-riddled
Championship club
Leeds United.
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February 7,
2005 -
Manchester United confirms that
U.S. businessman
Malcolm Glazer has made an
£800 million bid to take over the club.
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February 27,
2005 -
Chelsea win the
League Cup beating
Liverpool 3-2 after extra time.
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March 1,
2005 -
Arsenal midfielder
Jermaine Pennant, currently on loan to
Birmingham City, is found guilty of
drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance. He is sentenced to three months in prison; he would be released on
March 31.
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March 10,
2005 -
Kevin Keegan resigns as manager of
Manchester City.
Stuart Pearce takes over as caretaker manager.
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April 1,
2005 -
Newcastle United legend
Alan Shearer announces that he will play in the 2005-06 season, reversing his prior plans to retire following this season.
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April 2,
2005 -
Stockport County become the first League team this season to be relegated.
★
April 2,
2005 - In a stunning finish to the
Premiership match between
Newcastle United and
Aston Villa at
St James' Park, Newcastle teammates
Lee Bowyer and
Kieron Dyer are sent off for fighting each other.
★
April 7,
2005 -
Portsmouth appoint frenchman
Alain Perrin as manager, with the role having been vacant.
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April 10,
2005 -
James Vaughan of
Everton becomes the youngest Premiership scorer as of this date when he scored in a match against
Crystal Palace at the age of 16 years and 271 days.
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April 15,
2005 -
Malcolm Glazer makes a revised bid to take over
Manchester United. This bid reportedly is less dependent on debt than his
February 2005 takeover bid, which was rejected by the club's board because of this issue. United's board has decided not to recommend the bid, but will allow shareholders to vote on whether to accept it, as they consider Glazer's price to be fair. The Takeover Panel subsequently gave Glazer a
17 May deadline to make an offer for the club.
★
April 30,
2005 -
Chelsea win the
Premiership, their first top flight title in 50 years, with a 2-0 victory over
Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.
Frank Lampard scored both goals.
★
May 11,
2005 -
Stuart Pearce is appointed manager of
Manchester City on a full time basis, having previously been caretaker.
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May 12,
2005 -
Malcolm Glazer gained control of
Manchester United after buying the 28.9% share owned by
Irish businessmen and
horse racing magnates
J. P. McManus and
John Magnier. With this purchase, Glazer officially launched his bid for a complete takeover.
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May 15,
2005 -
Crystal Palace,
Norwich City and
Southampton are relegated from the Premiership on the last day of the season, finishing 18th, 19th and 20th respectively.
West Bromwich Albion, which started the day at the bottom of the table, completed an improbable escape to become the first club since the creation of the Premier League in
1992-93 to survive after being the bottom team at Christmas.
★
May 15,
2005 - Also on the last day of the Premiership,
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer saves a
Robbie Fowler penalty in stoppage time to preserve a 1-1 draw at
Manchester City, allowing Boro to finish seventh and grab the final
UEFA Cup berth. If Fowler had converted, Man City would have gone to the UEFA Cup instead of Boro.
★
May 16,
2005 -
Malcolm Glazer announces that he has acquired 75% of the shares of
Manchester United. This level of ownership will enable him to delist the club from the
London Stock Exchange, which he has pledged to do.
★
May 21,
2005 -
Arsenal beat
Manchester Utd on
penalties in the
FA Cup Final after no goals were scored in normal or extra time, this being the first final to be decided on penalties.
Patrick Vieira converted the winning spot-kick in what was his last game for the Gunners.
★
May 25,
2005 -
Liverpool win the
European Cup for a fifth time, beating
A.C. Milan 3-2 on penalties after extra time. Milan went ahead 3-0 in the first half, but Liverpool scored three goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half to level the score.
★
June 1,
2005 - An independent commission charged by the
Premier League with investigating the alleged "tapping up" of
Arsenal defender
Ashley Cole by
Chelsea issues its findings:
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★ Cole is found guilty of violating Premier League Rule K5, which prohibits players from approaching clubs with intent of negotiating a transfer without the permission of their current clubs. He is fined £100,000.
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★ Chelsea are found guilty of violating Rule K3, which prohibits a club from contacting a player under contract without the permission of his current club. Chelsea are fined £300,000, and receive a suspended three-point deduction for the
2005-06 season. The deduction will be assessed if Chelsea are guilty of another tapping-up offense in 2005-06.
★
★ Chelsea manager
José Mourinho is found guilty of violating Rule Q, which governs managers' conduct, and is fined £200,000.
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June 3,
2005 -
Northwich Victoria's ground is confirmed to be up to
Conference National standards. However, due to legal issues stemming from their spell in administration earlier in the season, their points total is zeroed and they are relegated from the Conference as a result. Previously relegated
Forest Green replace them.
★
June 4,
2005 -
Spurs suspend their sporting director
Frank Arnesen, and accuse
Chelsea of making an illegal approach to him. Chelsea deny the accusations, claiming that they had made an official approach to the club regarding Arnesen.
★
June 7,
2005 -
George Burley resigns as manager of
Derby County, citing differences with the club's board.
★
June 10,
2005 -
UEFA changes the rules for the
UEFA Champions League to ensure that the reigning champions will always be able to defend their title. The immediate effect is to allow
Liverpool to defend their crown, despite a fifth-place finish in the Premiership, outside the four slots currently allotted for England in the competition. Liverpool will have to begin play in the first of three qualifying rounds.
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June 22,
2005 -
Southampton manager
Harry Redknapp confirms reports that the Saints will bring on
Sir Clive Woodward, former
England rugby union head coach and
current head coach of the
British and Irish Lions, as director of football. Woodward will join Saints after the Lions tour.
★
June 24,
2005 -
Spurs and
Chelsea jointly announce that they have reached an agreement in principle regarding Spurs sporting director
Frank Arnesen, who had been suspended after Chelsea had allegedly made an illegal approach to him. The next day, a Chelsea official revealed that the club paid £5 million.
★
June 24,
2005 - The
Welsh champions
Total Network Solutions, who had previously offered to play a two-legged playoff with
Champions League holders
Liverpool for TNS's place in the first qualifying round of the competition, wind up being drawn against Liverpool in the first qualifying round of the competition.
★
June 24,
2005 - Former
Bolton Wanderers assistant manager
Phil Brown becomes
Derby County's fifth manager in four years.
★
July 16,
2005 -
F.C. United of Manchester, a club formed by a group of Manchester United supporters in response to the
Malcolm Glazer takeover of Manchester United, play their first-ever match, a preseason friendly with
Leigh RMI. The match ends in a 0-0 draw.
National team
England began their qualifying campaign for the
Football World Cup 2006. They played alongside
UK neighbours Wales and Northern Ireland in the European Group 6.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score
★ | Competition | England scorers | Match Report |
|---|
| August 18, 2004 | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (H) | | 3–0 | F | David Beckham, Michael Owen, Shaun Wright-Phillips | BBC |
| September 4, 2004 | Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna (A) | | 2–2 | WCQ | Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard | BBC |
| September 8, 2004 | Silesia Stadium, Chorzow / Katowice (A) | | 2–1 | WCQ | Jermain Defoe, Arkadiusz Glowacki (o.g.) | BBC |
| October 9, 2004 | Old Trafford, Manchester (H) | | 2–0 | WCQ | Frank Lampard, David Beckham | BBC |
| October 13, 2004 | Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku (A) | | 1–0 | WCQ | Michael Owen | BBC |
| November 17, 2004 | Bernabeu, Madrid (A) | | 0–1 | F | | BBC |
| February 9 2005 | Villa Park, Birmingham (H) | | 0–0 | F | | BBC |
| March 26, 2005 | Old Trafford, Manchester (H) | | 4–0 | WCQ | Joe Cole, Michael Owen, Chris Baird (o.g.), Frank Lampard | BBC |
| March 30, 2005 | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (H) | | 2–0 | WCQ | Steven Gerrard, David Beckham | BBC |
| May 28, 2005 | Soldier Field, Chicago (A) | | 2-1 | F | Kieran Richardson (2) | BBC |
| May 31, 2005 | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford (N) | | 3-2 | F | Michael Owen (3) | BBC |
★ England score given first
;Key
★ H = Home match
★ A = Away match
★ N = Neutral site
★ F = Friendly
★ WCQ = FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying, European Zone Group 6
★ o.g. = Own goal
Honours
Final Standings
FA Premier League
Main articles: FA Premier League 2004-05
Chelsea lost just 1 Premiership game all season and set a top flight record of 29 wins and 95 points, opening up a 12-point gap over runners-up and F.A Cup winners Arsenal and finished 18 points ahead of third-placed Manchester United. Everton, who had narrowly avoided relegation a year earlier, surprised all the observers by clinching the fourth Champions League place, and Liverpool's historic European Cup triumph meant that England would have five sides entering the continent's leading club competition for the 2005-06 season.(First time this has happened)
Bolton Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history, while Middlesbrough achieved qualification for the second season running.
After three successive top-five finishes, Newcastle United suffered a setback and finished 14th in the final table - their lowest Premiership finish to date.
All three relegation places were decided on the final day of the season. Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Southampton went down, but West Bromwich Albion stayed up despite having the worst record of any Premiership team to avoid relegation (6 wins and 34 points). They were also the first-ever Premiership team to avoid relegation after being bottom on Christmas Day, and the first top flight team to achieve this feat since Sheffield United in 1991.
The Football League
Football League Championship
After narrowly missing out on promotion the previous season, Sunderland managed to clinch a return to the top-flight. Wigan joined them, entering the top-flight for the first time in their history. West Ham made amends for their loss in the play-off final the previous year by beating Preston.
Unusually, none of the sides relegated to the Championship in 2003-04 did particularly well. While Leeds were widely predicted for a second successive relegation and possible bankruptcy (both of which looked likely in the middle of the season, but were staved off by another takeover), Wolves and Leicester were predicted to challenge for promotion. Instead, both sides started badly, and replaced their managers mid-season, never really looking like promotion contenders.
At the bottom of the table, Rotherham and Gillingham's luck finally ran out, and the sides were relegated after a short few years in which both sides battled the odds on small budgets. What made bigger headlines was Nottingham Forest's relegation to League One, six years after they were in the Premiership, and which made them the first European Cup winners to drop to the third division of their domestic league. While Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra managed to survive relegation on the last day of the season in their 2-1 win over Coventry City, which was their first win without striker Dean Ashton who was sold to Norwich City for £3m.
Football League One
Luton put the bizarre and often farcical takeover of summer 2003 behind them in spectacular style, performing the best out of any League side to clinch promotion. Hull joined them, their second promotion in as many seasons. Sheffield Wednesday - who looked like spending another season fighting relegation in the first few months - returned to the Championship under new manager Paul Sturrock, who put his sacking at Southampton behind him to lead Wednesday to their best season in nearly a decade.
Going down to League Two were Stockport, who continued their decline which began with relegation from Division One in 2001-02, Peterborough, feeling the strain of their financial situation, and Torquay, whose first season out of the bottom division in twelve years ended in disappointment. The fourth relegated side would have been Milton Keynes Dons (formerly Wimbledon), but Wrexham went into administration and lost 10 points as a result (despite the club's argument that it would be harder for them to exit administration if they were relegated).
★ Deducted 10 points for going into administration
Football League Two
Just two years after winning the Conference, Yeovil followed in Doncaster's footsteps by winning the League Two title. Scunthorpe - relegation candidates the season before - joined them, and Swansea edged the last automatic promotion spot. The side that they edged out, Southend, made amends by winning the play-offs, beating Lincoln in the final.
At the bottom, Cambridge and Kidderminster's finances hit them hard, and they fell out of the league, both on the back of signing several foreign players who proved ineffective. While Cambridge went into administration, this happened after they were already relegated, and made no difference overall, short of lifting Kidderminster above them.
★ Deducted 10 points for going into administration
Non-League Football
Transfer deals
Summer transfer window
The summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.
;
28 April 2004
★
Fabien Barthez from
Manchester United to
Marseille, free
;
18 May 2004
★
Emile Heskey from
Liverpool to
Birmingham City, £6.25m
;
25 May 2004
★
Giovanni van Bronckhorst from
Arsenal to
Barcelona, Undisclosed
;
3 June 2004
★
Juan Sebastián Verón from
Chelsea to
Inter Milan, two season-long loan
★
Martin Albrechtsen from
FC Copenhagen to
West Bromwich Albion, £2.7m
★
Muzzy Izzet from
Leicester City to
Birmingham City, free
;
7 June 2004
★
Paul Dickov from
Leicester City to
Blackburn Rovers, £150k
;
8 June 2004
★
Petr Čech from
Rennes to
Chelsea, £12m
★
Arjen Robben from
PSV to
Chelsea, £7m
;
11 June 2004
★
Gabriel Heinze from
Paris Saint-Germain to
Manchester United, £6.9m
;
14 July 2004
★
Dion Dublin from
Aston Villa to
Leicester City, free
★
Paul Butler from
Wolverhampton Wanderers to
Leeds United, free
;
18 June 2004
★
Darren Purse from
Birmingham City to
West Bromwich Albion, £500k
;
22 June 2004
★
Paulo Ferreira from
Porto to
Chelsea, £13.2m
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23 June 2004
★
Marcus Bent from
Ipswich Town to
Everton, £450k
★
Julian Gray from
Crystal Palace to
Birmingham City, free
;
1 July 2004
★
Dennis Rommedahl from
PSV to
Charlton Athletic, £14m
;
2 July 2004
★
James Milner from
Leeds United to
Newcastle United, £3.6m
;
5 July 2004
★
Les Ferdinand from
Leicester City to
Bolton Wanderers, free
;
6 July 2004
★
Michael Reiziger from
Barcelona to
Middlesbrough, free
;
7 July 2004
★
Dominic Matteo from
Leeds United to
Blackburn Rovers, free
;
8 July 2004
★
Mark Viduka from
Leeds United to
Middlesbrough, £4.5m
;
9 July 2004
★
Peter Crouch from
Aston Villa to
Southampton, £2m
★
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink from
Chelsea to
Middlesbrough, free
★
Hélder Postiga from
Spurs to
Porto, £5m
★
Pedro Mendes from
Porto to
Tottenham Hotspur, £2m
★
Mario Melchiot from
Chelsea to
Birmingham City, free
★
Sean Davis from
Fulham to
Tottenham Hotspur, Undisclosed
;
12 July 2004
★
Mateja Kežman from
PSV to
Chelsea, £5m
★
Jesper Grønkjær from
Chelsea to
Birmingham City, £2.2m
★
Lomana LuaLua from
Newcastle United to
Portsmouth, £1.7m (making a previous loan deal permanent)
★
David Unsworth from
Everton to
Portsmouth, free
;
14 July 2004
★
Teddy Sheringham from
Portsmouth to
West Ham United, free
;
15 July 2004
★
Hernán Crespo from
Chelsea to
AC Milan, season-long loan
;
16 July 2004
★
Markus Babbel from
Liverpool to
VfB Stuttgart, Undisclosed
;
18 July 2004
★
Andy Cole from
Blackburn Rovers to
Fulham, free
;
20 July 2004
★
Didier Drogba from
Marseille to
Chelsea, £24m
★
Martin Keown from
Arsenal to
Leicester City, free
★
David Connolly from
West Ham United to
Leicester City, £500k
★
Tiago from
Benfica to
Chelsea
;
21 July 2004
★
Patrick Kluivert from
Barcelona to
Newcastle United, free
★
Gary Speed from
Newcastle United to
Bolton Wanderers, £750k
★
Hugo Viana from
Newcastle United to
Sporting Lisbon sseason-long loan
;
22 July 2004
★
Thomas Helveg from
Inter Milan to
Norwich City, free
;
23 July 2004
★
Bobby Convey from
Major League Soccer to
Reading, Undisclosed
★
Tomasz Radzinski from
Everton to
Fulham, Undisclosed
★
Tim Cahill from
Millwall to
Everton, £2m
★
Claus Jensen from
Charlton Athletic to
Fulham, £1.25m
★
Ray Parlour from
Arsenal to
Middlesbrough, free
;
27 July 2004
★
Ricardo Carvalho from
Porto to
Chelsea, £19.85m
★
Papa Bouba Diop from
Lens to
Fulham, Undisclosed
★
Josemi from
Málaga to
Liverpool, £2m
★
Sergei Rebrov from
Tottenham Hotspur to
West Ham, free
;
28 July 2004
★
Fernando Hierro from
Al Rayyan (
Qatar) to
Bolton Wanderers, free
;
29 July 2004
★
Henri Camara from
Wolves to
Celtic season-long loan
★
Nicky Butt from
Manchester United to
Newcastle United, £2.5m
★
Jonathan Greening from
Middlesbrough to
West Bromwich Albion £1.25m
;
30 July 2004
★
Zoltan Gera from
Ferencváros to
West Bromwich Albion, £1.5m
★
Nwankwo Kanu from
Arsenal to
West Bromwich Albion, free
;
2 August 2004
★
Boudewijn Zenden from
Chelsea to
Middlesbrough, free (making a previous loan deal permanent)
★
Neil Sullivan from
Chelsea to
Leeds United, free
;
5 August 2004
★
Mattias Jonson from
Brøndby to
Norwich City, Undisclosed
;
10 August 2004
★
Francis Jeffers from
Arsenal to
Charlton Athletic, £2.6m
★
Stephen Carr from
Tottenham Hotspur to
Newcastle United, Undisclosed
★
Paolo di Canio from
Charlton Athletic to
Lazio, free
★
Darren Anderton from
Tottenham Hotspur to
Birmingham City, free
;
12 August 2004
★
Fitz Hall from
Southampton to
Crystal Palace, £1.5m
★
Gabor Kiraly from
Hertha Berlin to
Crystal Palace, free
;
13 August 2004
★
Michael Owen from
Liverpool to
Real Madrid, £12m
★
Antonio Nuñez from
Real Madrid to
Liverpool, free (Part of Owen deal)
;
20 August 2004
★
Xabi Alonso from
Real Sociedad to
Liverpool, £10.5m
★
Luis Garcia from
Barcelona to
Liverpool, Undisclosed
★
Jonathan Woodgate from
Newcastle United to
Real Madrid, £15m
;
21 August 2004
★
Diego Forlán from
Manchester United to
Villarreal, Undisclosed
;
24 August 2004
★
Michael Carrick from
West Ham United to
Tottenham Hotspur, Undisclosed
;
28 August 2004
★
Seol Ki-hyun from
Anderlecht to
Wolves, £2m
;
30 August 2004
★
Robert Earnshaw from
Cardiff City to
West Brom, £3m
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31 August 2004
★
Junichi Inamoto from
Gamba Osaka to
West Brom, £200k
★
Wayne Rooney from
Everton to
Manchester United, £20m
★
Dwight Yorke from
Blackburn Rovers to
Birmingham City, free
★
Sylvain Wiltord from
Arsenal to
Lyon, free
★
Paulo Wanchope from
Manchester City to
Málaga CF, £500k
★
Marcus Allbäck from
Aston Villa to
Hansa Rostock, free
★
Calum Davenport from
Coventry City to
Tottenham Hotspur, £3m
★
Juninho Paulista from
Middlesbrough to
Celtic, free
January transfer window
The mid-season transfer window runs from 1 to 31 January 2006.
;
1 January 2005
★
Jean-Alain Boumsong from
Rangers to
Newcastle United, £8m
;
3 January 2005
★
Celestine Babayaro from
Chelsea to
Newcastle United, Undisclosed
;
4 January 2005
★
James Beattie from
Southampton to
Everton, £6m
★
Jamie Redknapp from
Spurs to
Southampton, free
;
6 January 2005
★
Ryan Nelsen from
Major League Soccer (
D.C. United) to
Blackburn Rovers, free
★
Jiri Jarosik from
CSKA Moscow to
Chelsea, Undisclosed
;
7 January 2005
★
Emmanuel Eboué from
Beveren to
Arsenal, £1.5m
;
10 January 2005
★
Dean Ashton from
Crewe Alexandra to
Norwich City, £3m
★
Kevin Campbell from
Everton to
West Brom, free
;
12 January 2005
★
Fernando Morientes from
Real Madrid to
Liverpool, £6.3m
;
14 January 2005
★
Thomas Gravesen from
Everton to
Real Madrid, £2.5m
;
15 January 2005
★
Kasey Keller from
Spurs to
Mönchengladbach, free
;
17 January 2005
★
Nigel Quashie from
Portsmouth to
Southampton, £2.1m
;
19 January 2005
★
Robbie Savage from
Birmingham City to
Blackburn Rovers, £3m
;
21 January 2005
★
Scott Carson from
Leeds United to
Liverpool, £1m
;
22 January 2005
★
Bernt Haas from
West Brom to
Bastia, free
;
25 January 2005
★
Amady Faye from
Portsmouth to
Newcastle United, £2m
;
27 January 2005
★
Mounir El Hamdaoui from
Excelsior Rotterdam to
Spurs, Undisclosed
;
28 January 2005
★
Mido from
AS Roma to
Spurs, two-season long loan
★
Stephane Henchoz from
Liverpool to
Celtic, free
;
31 January 2005
★
Nicolas Anelka from
Manchester City to
Fenerbahçe, £7m
★
Eric Djemba-Djemba from
Manchester United to
Aston Villa, £1.35m
★
Mikel Arteta from
Real Sociedad to
Everton, six-month loan
★
Craig Bellamy from
Newcastle United to
Celtic, six-month loan
★
Barry Ferguson from
Blackburn Rovers to
Rangers, £4.5m
★
Olivier Bernard from
Newcastle United to
Southampton, Undisclosed
★
Vincent Candela from
AS Roma to
Bolton Wanderers, free
★
Jermaine Pennant from
Arsenal to
Birmingham City, six-month loan
★
Andy Reid from
Nottingham Forest to
Tottenham Hotspur, £4m
★
Michael Dawson from
Nottingham Forest to
Tottenham Hotspur, £4m
;
17 April 2005
★
Dwight Yorke from
Birmingham City to
Sydney FC, free
;
25 April 2005
★
Jermaine Pennant from
Arsenal to
Birmingham City, £3m
For subsequent transfer deals see
2005-06 in English football.
Retirements
★
Fernando Hierro (
Bolton Wanderers)
★
Mark Fish (
Charlton Athletic)
★
Denis Irwin (
Wolverhampton Wanderers)
★
Lucas Radebe (
Leeds United)
★
Martin Grainger (
Birmingham City)
★
Emmanuel Petit (
Chelsea)
★
Mario Stanic (
Chelsea)
★
Dean Richards (
Tottenham Hotspur)
★
Graeme Le Saux (
Southampton)
★
Jamie Redknapp (
Southampton)
Deaths
★
Brian Clough, 69, who achieved league title success as manager with
Derby County in 1972 but is best remembered for his achievement at
Nottingham Forest - where he won promotion to the original First Division and established Forest as one of Europe's top sides. They were league champions once, European Cup winners twice and League Cup winners four times. He underwent a liver transplant in January 2003, 20 months before his death from stomach cancer in a Derby hospital.
★
Bill Nicholson, 85, who won a host of domestic and European trophies with Tottenham during the 1960s and 1970s, including the double in 1961 - which made Tottenham the first English club to win the double during the 20th century.
★
Emlyn Hughes, 57, former
Liverpool player and
England captain who won numerous domestic and European trophies with Liverpool as well as a League Cup with Wolves. During the 1980s he was a successful team captain on BBC's
A Question of Sport.
★
Bill Brown, 73, was goalkeeper for
Spurs when they won the double in 1961.
★
Bedford Jezzard, 77, was a centre forward for
Fulham and
England during the 1950s.
★
Dave Carr, 48, was a defender with
Luton Town,
Lincoln City and
Torquay United.
★
Harry McNally, 68, was a charismatic former manager of
Wigan Athletic and
Chester City. His popularity at Chester was such that the home terrace at the
Deva Stadium would later be named after him.
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