User talk:Mancini's Sandbox/2004–05
Manchester City | |
Season 2004–05 | |
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Owner | ![]() |
Chairman | ![]() |
Managers | ![]() ![]() |
Team captain | ![]() |
Home stadium | City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS) |
Premier League | Eighth |
League Cup | Third round |
FA Cup | Third round |
Top goalscorers | League: Shaun Wright-Phillips and Robbie Fowler (10 goals) (15th highest in Premier League) All comps: Shaun Wright-Phillips |
Season revenue | € 90.1 million (7th highest in Premier League) | (17th highest in world)
Average home attendance |
45,192 – over 19 PL home games (3rd highest in Premier League) |
Highest home attendance |
47,221 Middlesbrough 15 May 2005 | v
Highest away attendance |
67,863 Manchester United 7 November 2004 | v
Lowest home attendance |
19,578 Barnsley 21 September 2004 | v
Lowest away attendance |
13,171 Oldham Athletic 8 January 2005 | v
← 2003–04 ![]() |
Results summary - all competitions | ||||
Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | |
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Home | 9 | 6 | 6 | 42.9% |
Away | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25.0% |
Both | 14 | 13 | 14 | 34.1% |
Results summary - Premier League | ||||
Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | |
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Home | 8 | 6 | 5 | 42.1% |
Away | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26.3% |
Both | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34.2% |
The 2004–05 season was Manchester City Football Club's third consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its eighth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 113th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Season review
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Team kit
[edit]The team kit was produced by Reebok and the shirt sponsor was Thomas Cook.
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Historical league performance
[edit]Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Pre-season games
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21 July 2004 | Bury ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Bury, England |
20:00 BST | M.E.N. report | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,412 |
7 August 2004 | Manchester City ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Manchester, England |
15:00 BST | Anelka ![]() Macken ![]() Sibierski ![]() |
M.E.N. report | ![]() |
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 23,132 Referee: Matt Messias (England) |
Competitive games
[edit]Position in final standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a] |
7 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 55 | |
8 | Manchester City | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 52 | |
9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 52 | |
10 | Aston Villa | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Since the finalists of the FA Cup, Arsenal and Manchester United, as well as Chelsea, who won the 2004–05 Football League Cup, were qualified for the Champions League, and the fifth-placed team (Liverpool) were moved to the Champions League, the sixth and seventh-placed teams in the Premier League were rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup.
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | −2 |
Last updated: 15 May 2005 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2004-05
Points breakdown[edit]
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Biggest & smallest[edit]
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Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Individual match reports
[edit]Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Fowler ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Liverpool ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Baros ![]() Gerrard ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() |
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Anelka ![]() ![]() Sinclair ![]() S. Wright-Phillips ![]() |
Guardian report |
Manchester City ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Guardian report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Crystal Palace ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Johnson ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Guardian report | ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Anelka ![]() |
Guardian report |
Newcastle United ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() |
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Robert ![]() Shearer ![]() Elliott ![]() Bellamy ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Flood ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Manchester United ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Smith ![]() ![]() |
Guardian report |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Sibierski ![]() Mills ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Portsmouth ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() |
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O'Neil ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Macken ![]() S. Wright-Phillips ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Middlesbrough ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Viduka ![]() ![]() Hasselbaink ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Bolton Wanderers ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Guardian report | ![]() |
![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Cahill ![]() Bent ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Anelka ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Bosvelt ![]() S. Wright-Phillips ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Arsenal ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Ljungberg ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
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S. Wright-Phillips ![]() ![]() Fowler ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
West Brom ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Campbell ![]() Wallwork ![]() |
Guardian report |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Fowler ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() |
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Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Norwich City ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() |
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Ashton ![]() McKenzie ![]() Jonson ![]() ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Guardian report | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Defoe ![]() Keane ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Charlton Athletic ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() |
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Bartlett ![]() Perry ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Musampa ![]() |
Guardian report |
Fulham ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Boa Morte ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Taylor ![]() Dunne ![]() Sibierski ![]() |
Guardian report |
Manchester City ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Distin ![]() Fowler ![]() |
Guardian report |
Aston Villa ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Angel ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Musampa ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Second round
[edit]Manchester City ![]() | 7 – 1 | ![]() |
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Barton ![]() Macken ![]() ![]() Flood ![]() S. Wright-Phillips ![]() Sibierski ![]() ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() |
Third round
[edit]Manchester City ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Fowler ![]() |
Guardian report | ![]() ![]() |
Third round
[edit]Oldham Athletic ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Vernon ![]() |
Guardian report |
Playing statistics
[edit]Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards"
No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Totals | Discipline | |||||
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Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | ![]() |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
38 | (0)1 | (0)39 | (0)|||||||
2 | DF | ![]() |
1 (0) | 1 | (1)2 (1) | |||||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
18 | (1)1 | (0)2 | (0)21 | (1)2 | |||||
5 | DF | ![]() |
38 | (0)1 | 1 | (0)2 | (0)41 | (0)1 | 3 | |||
6 | MF | ![]() |
17 | (1)2 | 17 | (1)2 | ||||||
8 | FW | ![]() |
32 | (4)10 | 1 | (0)1 | 33 | (4)11 | 3 | |||
10 | MF | ![]() |
35 | (1)4 | 1 | (0)2 | (0)2 | 38 | (1)6 | 3 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() |
23 | (7)1 | 1 | (0)1 | (0)2 | 25 | (7)3 | |||
12 | GK | ![]() |
1 (1) | 1 (1) | ||||||||
14 | MF | ![]() |
14 | (0)3 | 14 | (0)3 | ||||||
16 | DF | ![]() |
17 | (6)1 | (0)18 | (6)|||||||
17 | DF | ![]() |
6 (2) | 1 | (0)7 (2) | 1 | ||||||
18 | DF | ![]() |
32 | (3)1 | (0)2 | (0)35 | (3)5 | - / 1 | ||||
20 | MF | ![]() |
13 | (7)1 | (1)14 | (8)1 | ||||||
21 | GK | ![]() |
2 | (0)2 (0) | ||||||||
22 | DF | ![]() |
35 | (0)1 | 1 | (0)36 | (0)1 | 7 | 1 / - | |||
24 | MF | ![]() |
32 | (3)1 | 1 | (0)1 | (0)1 | 34 | (3)2 | 9 | ||
25 | GK | ![]() |
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26 | MF | ![]() |
28 | (0)2 | 1 | (0)1 | (0)30 | (0)2 | 6 | |||
27 | DF | ![]() |
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28 | MF | ![]() |
4 (2) | 1 | 1 | (0)5 (2) | 1 | |||||
29 | MF | ![]() |
33 | (1)10 | 1 | (0)2 | (0)1 | 36 | (1)11 | |||
30 | MF | ![]() |
1 (1) | 1 | (1)2 (2) | - / 1 | ||||||
31 | MF | ![]() |
1 | (0)1 (0) | ||||||||
32 | GK | ![]() |
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33 | GK | ![]() |
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39 | Sold | ![]() |
19 | (1)7 | 19 | (1)7 | ||||||
40 | MF | ![]() |
7 (7) | 7 (7) | ||||||||
41 | DF | ![]() |
19 | (0)1 | (1)20 | (1)5 | ||||||
42 | FW | ![]() |
14 (14) | 1 | 1 | (0)1 | (1)16 (15) | 1 | ||||
43 | DF | ![]() |
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44 | MF | ![]() |
9 (5) | 1 | 1 | (1)2 | (0)1 | 12 | (6)2 | 1 | ||
TOTALS | 45 | 8 | 53 | 46 | 1 / 2 |
Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)
Last updated: 26 February 2011.
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above
Goal scorers
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All competitions[edit] |
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League Cup and FA Cup[edit]
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Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)
Transfers and loans
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Transfers in[edit]
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Transfers out[edit]
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Loans in[edit]
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Loans out[edit]
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "2004–05 Premier League table". Premier League. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Man City sign Thatcher". BBC Sport. 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Keegan delighted with Mills signing". Manchester Evening News. 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Manchester City sign Waterreus". RTÉ Sport. 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Wiekens eyes English deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-05-26. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Sunderland win benefits Man City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-04-25. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Tarnat signs for Hannover". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Leicester swoop for Tiatto". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-06-25. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Owls track Whelan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-03-30. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Man City reserves move home". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-07-05. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Wanchope joins Malaga". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Anelka completes Fenerbahce move". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "'Keeper Waterreus joins Rangers". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Foxes land City stopper". skysports.com. sky SPORTS. 2005-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Manchester City let McManaman go". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-05-20. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Man City seal Musampa loan deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-01-27. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Musampa stays at Man City on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Musampa happy to extend City stay". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-06-08. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Bischoff joins Wolves". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-09-30. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ "Oldham snap up Croft on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-11-10. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Transfers - December 2004". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Negouai joins Sky Blues on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-01-27. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ "Bischoff makes return to Wolves". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-03-24. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Ipoua signs loan deal at Lincoln". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Duo end loan spells with Lincoln". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-03-16. Retrieved 2011-03-04.