2004–05 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City F.C. 2004–05 football season
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

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.

Matches

Championship

Coventry City v Sunderland
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
Cardiff City v Coventry City
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
Brighton & Hove Albion v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Millwall
21 August 2004 4 Coventry City 0–1 Millwall Coventry
15:00 report Dichio 78' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,910
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Nottingham Forest v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v West Ham United
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
Leeds United v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Gillingham
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
Coventry City v Rotherham United
18 September 2004 9 Coventry City 0–0 Rotherham United Coventry
15:00 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,834
Referee: Phil Crossley
Sheffield United v Coventry City
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
Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Ipswich Town
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
Coventry City v Leicester City
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
Burnley v Coventry City
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
Wigan Athletic v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Reading
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
Coventry City v Preston North End
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
Leicester City v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Plymouth Argyle
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
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Coventry City
20 November 2004 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Coventry City Wolverhampton
12:30 report McSheffrey 61' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,291
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Coventry City v Crewe Alexandra
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
Derby County v Coventry City
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
Stoke City v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Watford
18 December 2004 24 Coventry City 1–0 Watford Coventry
15:00 McSheffrey 45' report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 14,493
Referee: Colin Webster
Coventry City v Sheffield United
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
Gillingham v Coventry City
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
Rotherham United v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Leeds United
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
Ipswich Town v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers
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
Preston North End v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Burnley
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
Reading v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Wigan Athletic
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
Coventry City v Stoke City
26 February 2005 35 Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Coventry
15:00 report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,871
Referee: Jarnail Singh
Watford v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Cardiff City
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
Millwall v Coventry City
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
Sunderland v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Brighton & Hove Albion
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
Coventry City v Nottingham Forest
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
West Ham United v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
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
Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City
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
Coventry City v Derby County
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
Crewe Alexandra v Coventry City
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

League Cup

Coventry City v Torquay United
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
Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday
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
Middlesbrough v Coventry City
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

FA Cup

Coventry City v Crewe Alexandra
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
Newcastle United v Coventry City
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

League table

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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

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

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

Scores Overview

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

Season statistics

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 Scotland SCO Scott Shearer 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Andy Whing 19 1 9+7 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Staunton 37 1 32+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF England ENG Lloyd Dyer 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Wales WAL Ady Williams 23 2 21+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF England ENG Stephen Hughes 44 5 39+1 4 2+0 1 2+0 0
8 DF Wales WAL Richard Duffy 15 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Nigeria NGA Dele Adebola 26 6 19+6 5 0+0 0 0+1 1
10 FW England ENG Gary McSheffrey 41 14 31+6 12 1+1 0 2+0 2
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Barrett 26 4 13+11 4 1+1 0 0+0 0
12 FW England ENG Andy Morrell 38 7 24+10 6 2+0 1 2+0 0
14 MF England ENG Tim Sherwood 11 0 10+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Faroe Islands FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 20 3 11+6 3 0+1 0 0+2 0
16 FW England ENG Eddie Johnson 29 5 22+4 5 1+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Michael Doyle 49 3 43+1 2 3+0 1 2+0 0
18 MF England ENG Neil Wood 16 0 6+7 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW Jamaica JAM Trevor Benjamin 12 1 6+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF England ENG Richard Shaw 37 0 30+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF England ENG Dean Leacock 16 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
24 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Stern John 33 12 25+5 11 1+0 0 2+0 1
25 MF England ENG Isaac Osbourne 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG Stuart Giddings 15 0 11+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF England ENG Marcus Hall 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Wales WAL Rob Page 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Bermuda BER Shaun Goater 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK England 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 England ENG Ian Bennett 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Louis Carey 27 0 23+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Calum Davenport 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF France FRA Éric Deloumeaux 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF France FRA Florent Laville 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Matt Mills 5 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Iceland ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson 13 0 3+7 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF France FRA Christian Negouai 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Rohan Ricketts 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Cameroon CMR Patrick Suffo 25 5 2+19 3 1+2 2 0+1 0

Goalscorers

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

Overall

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 Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle (49 appearances)
Top scorer England Gary McSheffrey (14 goals)
Points 52 / 138 (37.68%)

References

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