2004–05 Football League Two
The 2004–05 Football League Two season was the first season since the Football League Third Division was renamed League Two, following a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola. The league was made up of eighteen teams from the Third Division who were neither promoted nor relegated, the four relegated teams from the Second Division, and the two promoted from the Football Conference (all from the 2003–04 season).
Season | 2004–05 |
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Champions | Yeovil Town (1st fourth tier title) |
Direct promotion | Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Swansea City |
Promoted through play-offs | Southend United |
Relegated to Conference | Cambridge United, Kidderminster Harriers |
New club in the league | Chester, Shrewsbury Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,347 (2.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Phil Jevons (Yeovil Town), 27 |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → |
Promotion and relegation
Relegated from Second Division
Promoted from Football Conference
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Yeovil Town (C, P) | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 65 | +25 | 83 | Promotion to League One |
2 | Scunthorpe United (P) | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 80 | |
3 | Swansea City (P) | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 80 | |
4 | Southend United (P) | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
5 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 75 | |
6 | Lincoln City | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 72 | |
7 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 72 | |
8 | Darlington | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 72 | |
9 | Rochdale | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 66 | |
10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 65 | |
11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 63 | |
12 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 60 | |
13 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 60 | |
14 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 60 | |
15 | Oxford United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 59 | |
16 | Boston United | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 58 | |
17 | Bury | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 58 | |
18 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 58 | |
19 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 52 | |
20 | Chester City | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 52 | |
21 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 49 | |
22 | Rushden & Diamonds | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 44 | |
23 | Kidderminster Harriers (R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 38 | Relegation to Conference National |
24 | Cambridge United (R) | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 30[lower-alpha 1] |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2009. Source: 2004–05 League Two
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Cambridge United deducted 10 points for entering administration[1]
Play-offs
Semi-finals | Final at Millennium Stadium | |||||||||
7 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
4 | Southend United | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
4 | Southend United | 2 | ||||||||
6 | Lincoln City | 0 | ||||||||
6 | Lincoln City | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
5 | Macclesfield Town | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top scorers
Pos | Player | Team(s) | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Phil Jevons | Yeovil | 27 |
2 | Andy Kirk | Northampton | 26 |
3 | Jon Parkin | Macclesfield | 22 |
3 | Lee Trundle | Swansea | 22 |
3 | Nathan Tyson | Wycombe | 22 |
6 | Freddy Eastwood | Southend | 21 |
6 | Simon Yeo | Lincoln City | 21 |
8 | Junior Agogo | Bristol Rovers | 19 |
9 | Paul Hayes | Scunthorpe | 17 |
9 | Grant Holt | Rochdale | 17 |
References
- "Cambridge United file for administration". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
External links
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