2004–05 Gillingham F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Gillingham

2004–05 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Andy Hessenthaler (until 23 November) Stan Ternent (from 7 December)
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
Championship	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Henderson (9)
Average home league attendance	7,946
Home colours

Season summary

John Gorman was appointed to help Hessenthaler as the side started the 2004–05 season poorly, but as the team continued to struggle at the wrong end of the table Hessenthaler resigned as manager in late November. Somewhat unusually he continued to be employed as a player.[1] Gorman succeeded Hessenthaler in a caretaker capacity but left the club to take the manager's job at Wycombe Wanderers.[2] Gillingham then appointed former Burnley boss Stan Ternent as manager,[3] but despite a late run of positive results, he couldn't prevent the Gills' relegation to League One on the last day of the season. In a reversal of the previous season's fortunes, Crewe Alexandra, the team immediately above Gillingham in the table, survived by just one goal.[4]

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Sunderland	46	29	7	10	76	41	+35	94
P	2	Wigan Athletic	46	25	12	9	79	35	+44	87
	3	Ipswich Town	46	24	13	9	85	56	+29	85
	4	Derby County	46	22	10	14	71	60	+11	76
	5	Preston North End	46	21	12	13	67	58	+9	75
P	6	West Ham United	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73
	7	Reading	46	19	13	14	51	44	+7	70
	8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	57	56	+1	67
	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
	14	Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	−3	60
	15	Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	+3	57
	16	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	−3	54
	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
R	22	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	45	66	-21	50
R	23	Nottingham Forest	46	9	17	20	42	66	−24	44
R	24	Rotherham United	46	5	14	27	35	69	−34	29

Results

Gillingham's score comes first[5]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	23,130	Smith
10 August 2004	Leeds United	H	2–1	10,739	Byfield, Roberts
14 August 2004	Preston North End	H	2–1	7,073	Byfield, Roberts
21 August 2004	Stoke City	A	0–2	13,234
27 August 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	7,391
30 August 2004	Burnley	A	2–1	11,574	Roberts, Byfield
11 September 2004	Sunderland	H	0–4	8,775
15 September 2004	Coventry City	A	2–2	11,966	Agyemang (2)
18 September 2004	Reading	A	1–3	13,867	Byfield
25 September 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	8,365
28 September 2004	Leicester City	H	0–2	6,089
2 October 2004	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–2	13,665	Henderson
17 October 2004	Sheffield United	H	1–3	6,964	Bromby (own goal)
19 October 2004	Millwall	A	1–2	10,722	Nowland
23 October 2004	West Ham United	A	1–3	25,247	Byfield
30 October 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	9,112	Jarvis
2 November 2004	Watford	H	0–0	7,009
6 November 2004	Sheffield United	A	0–0	16,598
13 November 2004	Derby County	H	0–2	8,015
20 November 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4	6,128	Henderson
27 November 2004	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	8,784	Henderson (pen), Johnson
4 December 2004	Cardiff City	A	1–3	10,623	Johnson
11 December 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2	8,451
18 December 2004	Rotherham United	H	3–1	8,576	Hope, Jarvis, Vernazza (own goal)
26 December 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–2	6,420	Crofts
28 December 2004	Coventry City	H	3–1	8,734	Byfield, Cox (2)
1 January 2005	Reading	H	0–0	8,570
3 January 2005	Sunderland	A	1–1	27,147	Henderson
15 January 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	8,451	Crofts
22 January 2005	Leicester City	A	0–2	23,457
5 February 2005	Watford	A	0–2	15,188
12 February 2005	Millwall	H	0–0	9,127
19 February 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	24,949	Henderson, Flynn
22 February 2005	West Ham United	H	0–1	9,510
26 February 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	7,209	Henderson (2)
5 March 2005	Rotherham United	A	3–1	4,367	Flynn, Sidibe, Henderson
12 March 2005	Leeds United	A	1–1	27,995	Hope
15 March 2005	Stoke City	H	2–1	7,766	McEveley, Smith
19 March 2005	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	9,311
2 April 2005	Preston North End	A	1–1	15,054	Smith
5 April 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	16,431	Flynn
9 April 2005	Burnley	H	1–0	9,447	Henderson
16 April 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	10,315	Southall
23 April 2005	Derby County	A	0–2	27,481
30 April 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	10,810	Jarvis
8 May 2005	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	24,800	Melville (own goal), Sidibe

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Portsmouth	A	0–1	14,252

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Northampton Town	H	1–2	3,108	Sidibe

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 1 GK  ENG Steve Banks 2 DF  ENG Nyron Nosworthy 3 DF  ENG John Hills 4 MF  ENG Paul Smith 5 DF  ENG Barry Ashby 6 DF  ENG Ian Cox 7 MF  ENG Nicky Southall 8 MF  ENG Andy Hessenthaler 9 FW  ENG Darius Henderson 10 MF  ENG Mike Flynn 12 GK  FRA Bertrand Bossu 13 GK  ENG Jason Brown 14 MF  ENG Leon Johnson 15 MF  ENG Mark Saunders

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ENG Richard Rose 17 DF  ENG Andrew Crofts 18 DF  ENG Chris Hope 19 FW  WAL Iwan Roberts 20 FW  ENG Darren Byfield 21 MF  ENG Matt Jarvis 22 MF  ENG Danny Spiller 23 MF  ENG Matt Bodkin 24 DF  ENG Jay McEveley (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 25 MF  ENG Alan Pouton 26 MF  IRL Jonathan Douglas (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 27 FW  GHA Jones Awuah 28 DF  ENG Dean Beckwith 29 FW  MLI Mamady Sidibe

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 23 GK  ENG Danny Knowles (to Hastings United) 24 MF  ENG Jon Wallis (to Hastings United) 26 MF  ENG David Perpetuini (to Wycombe Wanderers) 24 MF  ENG Adam Nowland (on loan from West Ham United) 10 FW  GHA Patrick Agyemang (to Preston North End)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  WAL John Robinson (to Crawley Town) 31 MF  ENG Dean Marney (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 30 GK  SCO Paul Gallacher (on loan from Norwich City) 31 MF  ENG Ashley Carew (to Welling United) 11 FW  ENG Tommy Johnson (to Sheffield United)

References

1. "Hessenthaler steps down at Gills". BBC Sport. 23 November 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
2. "Gorman appointed Wycombe manager". BBC Sport. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
3. "Gills unveil Ternent as manager". BBC Sport. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
4. "England 2004/2005". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
5. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/gillingham/2004-2005