2004–05 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers 2004–05 football season

Queens Park Rangers

2004–05 season

Chairman

Bill Power

Manager

Ian Holloway

Stadium

Loftus Road (capacity 19,128)

Football League Championship

11th

FA Cup

Third round

League Cup

Second round

Top goalscorer

League:
Paul Furlong (18)
All:
Paul Furlong (19)

Highest home attendance

18,363 16 October 2004 West Ham United

Lowest home attendance

4,882 24 August 2004 Swansea City

Average home league attendance

16,055

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2003–04

2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the Football League Championship, having been promoted from the old Second Division (now renamed League One) the previous season.

Season summary

After a slow start to the season, QPR won seven games in a row to rise up to third in the Championship table, though the good form didn't last and the West London side eventually finished in a comfortable midtable position - 12 points from the relegation zone and 11 points off the play-off places.

QPR were eliminated from the League Cup in the second round by Premiership side Aston Villa and the FA Cup in the third round by fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest.

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Telecomunication company Binatone continued as kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	21	10	72	59	+13	66
10	Millwall	46	18	12	16	51	45	+6	66
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	54	58	−4	62
12	Stoke City	46	17	10	19	36	38	−2	61
13	Burnley	46	15	15	16	38	39	−1	60

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

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
7 August 2004	Rotherham United	H	1–1	Ainsworth	14,547	14
9 August 2004	Watford	A	0–3		14,737	19
14 August 2004	Sunderland	A	2–2	Furlong, Rowlands	26,063	23
21 August 2004	Derby County	H	0–2		15,295	23
27 August 2004	Gillingham	A	1–0	Bean	7,391	14
31 August 2004	Sheffield United	H	0–1		13,804	20
11 September 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–2	Furlong (2), Gallen	15,425	18
14 September 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	Furlong, Santos	5,682	12
18 September 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–2	Gallen, Furlong, Rose	6,612	7
25 September 2004	Leicester City	H	3–2	Cook, Furlong (2)	15,535	7
28 September 2004	Coventry City	H	4–1	Cureton (3), Furlong	14,680	4
2 October 2004	Stoke City	A	1–0	Gallen	16,877	3
16 October 2004	West Ham United	H	1–0	Rose	18,363	3
19 October 2004	Preston North End	A	1–2	Santos	10,548	4
23 October 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	Gallen	27,070	5
30 October 2004	Burnley	H	3–0	Gallen (pen), Santos, Furlong	15,638	4
2 November 2004	Millwall	H	1–1	Furlong	16,685	5
6 November 2004	West Ham United	A	1–2	McLeod	31,365	6
13 November 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	Furlong	15,804	5
20 November 2004	Leeds United	A	1–6	Ainsworth	29,739	5
27 November 2004	Cardiff City	H	1–0	Shittu	15,146	5
4 December 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	Santos	26,099	6
11 December 2004	Ipswich Town	H	2–4	Furlong (2)	18,231	6
18 December 2004	Reading	A	0–1		20,272	9
26 December 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–2	Furlong	19,535	10
28 December 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–2	Shittu	15,770	12
1 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–0		15,898	12
3 January 2005	Leicester City	A	0–1		23,754	13
14 January 2005	Stoke City	H	1–0	Cook	13,559	10
22 January 2005	Coventry City	A	2–1	Cureton, Santos	16,595	9
5 February 2005	Millwall	A	0–0		15,603	11
12 February 2005	Preston North End	H	1–2	Furlong	15,620	11
22 February 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	Gallen	15,029	12
26 February 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	Furlong, Shittu	29,008	11
5 March 2005	Reading	H	0–0		16,971	12
12 March 2005	Watford	H	3–1	Furlong, Gallen (2)	16,638	11
16 March 2005	Derby County	A	0–0		24,486	11
19 March 2005	Rotherham United	A	1–0	Rowlands	5,387	9
2 April 2005	Sunderland	H	1–3	Shittu	18,198	9
5 April 2005	Gillingham	H	1–1	Furlong	16,431	9
9 April 2005	Sheffield United	A	2–3	Rowlands, Gallen	20,426	10
16 April 2005	Leeds United	H	1–1	Gallen	18,182	11
19 April 2005	Burnley	A	0–2		10,396	12
23 April 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0		12,007	13
30 April 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	Curtis (own goal), Bircham	17,834	11
8 May 2005	Cardiff City	A	0–1		15,722	11

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0–3	11,140

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Swansea City	H	3–0	4,882	Cureton, Rowlands, Gallen
R2	22 September 2004	Aston Villa	A	1–3	26,975	McLeod

Squad

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Cup	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Chris Day	30		3			33
GK	ENG	Simon Royce	13					13
GK	ITA	Generoso Rossi	3					3
DF	CIV	Arthur Gnohere	3		1			4
DF	ENG	Terrell Forbes	2		1			4
DF	ENG	Matthew Rose	24	2	4			28	2
DF	ENG	Marcus Bignot	41		2			45
DF	ENG	Lewis Hamilton						1
DF	ENG	Andrew Davies	9					9
DF	ENG	Richard Edghill	13		2			22
DF	USA	Frankie Simek	5					5
DF	ARG	Gino Padula	28		1			35
DF	NIG	Danny Shittu	33	4	3			37	4
DF	DRC	Pat Kanyuka	1					1
DF	CAM	Serge Branco	3		2			9
MF	CPV	Georges Santos	39	5	1			45	5
MF	ENG	Adam Miller	9					14
MF	ENG	Richard Johnson	6		1			7
MF	ENG	Martin Rowlands	31	3	3	1		38	4
MF	ENG	Marc Bircham	32	1	4			36	1
MF	ENG	Kevin McLeod	4	1	2	1		27	2
MF	ENG	Scott Donnelly			1			2
MF	ENG	Gareth Ainsworth	14	2	1			23	2
MF	ENG	Lee Cook	38	2	2			44	2
MF	ENG	Stefan Bailey	1					2
FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	39	18	1			41	18
FW	ENG	Dean Sturridge						2
FW	ENG	Scot Mulholland						1
FW	ENG	Tony Thorpe	4					11
FW	ENG	Shabazz Baidoo	2					3
FW	ENG	Jamie Cureton	18	4	3	1		33	5
FW	ENG	Luke Townsend						2
FW	ENG	Aaron Brown						1
FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen	46	10	3	1		49	11

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	AUS	Richard Johnson (to Newcastle United Jets)
6	DF	ENG	Andrew Davies (on loan from Middlesbrough)
12	GK	ENG	Nick Culkin (retired)
18	MF	ENG	Kevin McLeod (to Swansea City)
19	DF	ENG	Terrell Forbes (to Grimsby Town)
19	MF	CMR	Serge Branco (to Shinnik)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ENG	Wesley Daly (to Grays Athletic)
21	DF	ENG	Jack Perry (released)
28	DF	USA	Frankie Simek (on loan from Arsenal)
28	FW	IRL	Leon Best^{[notes 1]} (on loan from Southampton)
32	GK	ENG	Simon Royce (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
—	MF	AUS	Ruben Zadkovich (to Notts County)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ENG	Jake Cole
26	DF	ENG	Ryan Johnson
28	DF	ENG	Dominic Shimmin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	ENG	Matthew Hislop
36	DF	ENG	Daniel Murphy

Statistics

References

^ "Queens Park Rangers 2004-2005 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

Notes

^ Best was born in Nottingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.

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National teams

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6)
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League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern Football League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 9–10	Isthmian League (Two) Combined Counties League (Premier, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 9 only) Midland Alliance (level 9 only) Midland Football Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Community Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Club seasons
FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Portsmouth Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion
Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Millwall Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Watford West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham
League Two	Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town