2004–05 FA Premier League

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FA Premier League
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Season 2004–05
Dates14 August 2004 – 15 May 2005
Champions Chelsea
1st Premier League title
2nd English title
Relegated Crystal Palace
Norwich City
Southampton
Champions League Chelsea
Arsenal
Manchester United
Everton
Liverpool (as Champions League winners)
UEFA Cup Bolton Wanderers
Middlesbrough
Intertoto Cup Newcastle United
Matches played380
Goals scored975 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Thierry Henry
(25 goals)
Best goalkeeper Petr Čech (24 clean sheets)
Biggest home winArsenal 7–0 Everton
(11 May 2005)
Biggest away win West Bromwich Albion 0–5 Liverpool
(26 December 2004)
Highest scoring Tottenham Hotspur 4–5 Arsenal
(13 November 2004)
Longest winning run8 games [1]
Chelsea
Longest unbeaten run29 games [1]
Chelsea
Longest winless run15 games [1]
West Bromwich Albion
Longest losing run6 games [1]
Bolton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur
Highest attendance67,989
Manchester United 2–1 Portsmouth
(26 February 2005)
Lowest attendance16,180
Fulham 1–0 West Bromwich Albion
(16 January 2005)
Total attendance12,882,140
Average attendance33,900
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The 2004–05 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Premier League. It began on 14 August 2004 and ended on 15 May 2005. Arsenal were the defending champions after going unbeaten the previous season. Chelsea won the title with a then record 95 points, which was previously set by Manchester United in the 1993–94 season, and later surpassed by Manchester City in the 2017–18 season (100), securing the title with a 2–0 win at the Reebok Stadium against Bolton Wanderers. Chelsea also broke a number of other records during their campaign, most notably breaking the record of most games won in a single Premier League campaign, securing 29 wins in the league in home and away matches, which was later surpassed by themselves in the 2016–17 season.

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Season summary

Arsenal were the favourites to defend their title after finishing the previous season unbeaten, but they also faced competition in the form of regular challengers Manchester United and Chelsea, the latter under the new management of Portuguese José Mourinho, who had just won the UEFA Champions League with Porto. Liverpool also had a new manager in Spaniard Rafael Benítez, who had just won La Liga and the UEFA Cup with Valencia and were expected to challenge for the title too. Another managerial change at a club aiming for the top was at Tottenham Hotspur, who appointed Jacques Santini, who had just led France to the quarter-finals of the 2004 European Championship.

At the other end of the table, amongst those tipped for relegation were Norwich City, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion, having all just been promoted from the First Division (rebranded this season as the Championship). Everton, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth were also tipped to struggle, the first three finishing just outside the relegation places the previous season and Portsmouth being in their second season.

Arsenal's record-breaking unbeaten streak of 49 games ended on 24 October 2004, when Manchester United beat them 2–0 at Old Trafford.

Relegation

For the first time since the advent of the Premier League in 1992, no team was relegated before the final day of the season. In each of the last three weekends of the season, the team that was bottom of the table at the start of the weekend finished it outside the drop zone. The final round of the season began with West Bromwich Albion at the bottom, Southampton and Crystal Palace one point ahead and Norwich City a further point ahead, in the last safe spot. West Brom, who had been bottom of the table and eight points from safety on Christmas Day, did their part by beating Portsmouth 2–0. Norwich, the only side to have their fate completely in their own hands, lost 6–0 to Fulham and went down. Southampton took the lead against Manchester United within 10 minutes through a John O'Shea own goal, but ultimately lost the match 2–1 and were also relegated. Crystal Palace, away to Charlton Athletic, were leading 2–1 after 71 minutes, but with eight minutes to go, Jonathan Fortune equalised for Charlton to send their South East London rivals down. Had Palace won they would have stayed up; instead they became the first team to be relegated from the Premier League four times. As a result, West Brom stayed up, becoming the first club in Premier League history to avoid relegation after being bottom of the table at Christmas.

As all four matches ended, cameras focused on West Brom's home ground, The Hawthorns, as confirmation of other results began to filter through. Once the realisation dawned on the players and fans that survival had been achieved, a mass pitch invasion was sparked, with huge celebrations. The Portsmouth fans joined in the celebrations as, through losing, they had "helped" relegate arch-rivals Southampton.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace, returning to the top flight after an absence of nine, one and six years respectively. They replaced Leicester City, Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were relegated to the newly branded Football League Championship. Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers were both relegated after a season's presence, while Leeds United ended their top flight spell of fourteen years.

Stadiums and locations

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West Midlands Premier League football clubs
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Arsenal London (Highbury) Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham (Aston) Villa Park 42,553
Birmingham City Birmingham (Bordesley) St Andrew's 30,079
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Reebok Stadium 28,723
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111
Chelsea London (Fulham) Stamford Bridge 42,360
Crystal Palace London (Selhurst) Selhurst Park 25,073
Everton Liverpool (Walton) Goodison Park 40,569
Fulham London (Fulham) Craven Cottage [a] 24,600
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) Anfield 45,276
Manchester City Manchester (Bradford) City of Manchester Stadium 48,000
Manchester United Manchester (Old Trafford) Old Trafford 68,217
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,049
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,010
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,220
Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,505
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) White Hart Lane 36,240
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,484
  1. ↑ Fulham returned to Craven Cottage this season after a two-year refurbishment took place at their home ground.

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Arsenal Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Arsène Wenger Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Patrick Vieira Nike O2
Aston Villa Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Leary Flag of Sweden.svg Olof Mellberg Hummel DWS Investments
Birmingham City Flag of England.svg Steve Bruce Flag of Ireland.svg Kenny Cunningham Diadora Flybe
Blackburn Rovers Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Hughes Flag of England.svg Garry Flitcroft Lonsdale HSA
Bolton Wanderers Flag of England.svg Sam Allardyce Flag of Nigeria.svg Jay-Jay Okocha Reebok Reebok
Charlton Athletic Flag of England.svg Alan Curbishley Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Holland Joma All:Sports
Chelsea Flag of Portugal.svg José Mourinho Flag of England.svg John Terry Umbro Emirates
Crystal Palace Ulster Banner.svg Iain Dowie Ulster Banner.svg Michael Hughes Diadora Churchill
Everton Flag of Scotland.svg David Moyes Flag of Scotland.svg David Weir Umbro Chang
Fulham Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Coleman Flag of England.svg Lee Clark Puma dabs.com
Liverpool Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Benítez Flag of England.svg Steven Gerrard Reebok Carlsberg
Manchester City Flag of England.svg Stuart Pearce Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sylvain Distin Reebok Thomas Cook
Manchester United Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg Roy Keane Nike Vodafone
Middlesbrough Flag of England.svg Steve McClaren Flag of England.svg Gareth Southgate Erreà 888.com
Newcastle United Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Souness Flag of England.svg Alan Shearer Adidas Northern Rock
Norwich City Ulster Banner.svg Nigel Worthington Flag of England.svg Craig Fleming Xara Proton
Portsmouth Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Alain Perrin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjan De Zeeuw Pompey Sport TY
Southampton Flag of England.svg Harry Redknapp Flag of Scotland.svg Nigel Quashie Saints Friends Provident
Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Jol Flag of England.svg Ledley King Kappa Thomson Holidays
West Bromwich Albion Flag of England.svg Bryan Robson Flag of England.svg Kevin Campbell Diadora T-Mobile

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Liverpool Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Gérard Houllier Mutual consent24 May 2004 [2] Pre-season Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Benítez 16 June 2004 [3]
Chelsea Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Ranieri Sacked31 May 2004 Flag of Portugal.svg José Mourinho 2 June 2004 [4]
Tottenham Hotspur Flag of England.svg David Pleat (caretaker)End of caretaker spell1 June 2004 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jacques Santini 3 June 2004 [5]
Southampton Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Sturrock Mutual consent23 August 2004 [6] 10th Flag of England.svg Steve Wigley 23 August 2004
Newcastle United Flag of England.svg Sir Bobby Robson Sacked30 August 2004 [7] 17th Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Souness 6 September 2004 [8]
Blackburn Rovers Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Souness Signed by Newcastle United 6 September 2004 [8] 19th Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Hughes 16 September 2004 [9]
West Bromwich Albion Flag of England.svg Gary Megson Sacked26 October 2004 [10] 16th Flag of England.svg Bryan Robson 9 November 2004 [11]
Tottenham Hotspur Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jacques Santini Resigned5 November 200411th Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Jol 8 November 2004 [12]
Portsmouth Flag of England.svg Harry Redknapp 24 November 2004 [13] 12th Flag of Croatia.svg Velimir Zajec 21 December 2004 [14]
Southampton Flag of England.svg Steve Wigley Sacked8 December 200418th Flag of England.svg Harry Redknapp 21 December 2004 [15]
Manchester City Flag of England.svg Kevin Keegan Resigned11 March 2005 [16] 12th Flag of England.svg Stuart Pearce (caretaker)11 March 2005
Portsmouth Flag of Croatia.svg Velimir Zajec Returned to director of football position7 April 200516th Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Alain Perrin 7 April 2005 [17]
Manchester City Flag of England.svg Stuart Pearce (caretaker)End of caretaker period12 May 2005 [18] 8th Flag of England.svg Stuart Pearce 12 May 2005

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C)3829817215+5795Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Arsenal 3825858736+5183
3 Manchester United 38221155826+3277Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Everton 38187134546−161
5 Liverpool 38177145241+1158Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round [a]
6 Bolton Wanderers 381610124944+558Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [b]
7 Middlesbrough 381413115346+755
8 Manchester City 381313124739+852
9 Tottenham Hotspur 381410144741+652
10 Aston Villa 381211154552−747
11 Charlton Athletic 381210164258−1646
12 Birmingham City 381112154046−645
13 Fulham 38128185260−844
14 Newcastle United 381014144757−1044Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
15 Blackburn Rovers 38915143243−1142
16 Portsmouth 38109194359−1639
17 West Bromwich Albion 38616163661−2534
18 Crystal Palace (R)38712194162−2133Relegation to the Football League Championship
19 Norwich City (R)38712194277−3533
20 Southampton (R)38614184566−2132
Source: [19]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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  2. ↑ 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

Home \ Away ARS AVL BIR BLB BOL CHA CHE CRY EVE FUL LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NOR POR SOU TOT WBA
Arsenal 3–13–03–02–24–0 2–2 5–17–02–03–1 1–1 2–4 5–31–04–13–02–2 1–0 1–1
Aston Villa 1–3 1–2 1–01–10–00–01–11–32–01–11–20–12–04–23–03–02–01–0 1–1
Birmingham City 2–1 2–0 2–11–21–10–10–10–11–22–01–00–02–02–21–10–02–11–14–0
Blackburn Rovers 0–12–23–30–11–00–11–00–01–32–20–01–10–42–23–01–03–00–11–1
Bolton Wanderers 1–01–21–10–14–10–21–03–23–11–00–12–20–02–11–00–11–13–11–1
Charlton Athletic 1–33–03–11–01–20–4 2–2 2–02–11–22–20–41–21–14–02–10–02–01–4
Chelsea 0–0 1–01–14–02–21–04–11–0 3–1 1–0 0–01–02–04–04–03–02–1 0–0 1–0
Crystal Palace 1–12–02–00–00–1 0–1 0–21–32–01–01–20–00–10–23–30–12–23–03–0
Everton 1–41–11–10–13–20–10–14–01–0 1–0 2–11–01–02–01–02–11–00–12–1
Fulham 0–31–12–30–22–00–0 1–4 3–12–02–41–11–10–21–36–03–11–02–01–0
Liverpool 2–12–10–10–01–02–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–13–13–01–11–02–23–0
Manchester City 0–1 2–03–01–10–14–01–03–10–11–1 1–0 0–2 1–11–11–12–02–10–11–1
Manchester United 2–0 3–12–00–02–02–01–35–20–01–0 2–1 0–0 1–12–12–12–13–00–01–1
Middlesbrough 0–13–02–11–01–12–20–12–11–11–12–03–20–2 2–2 2–01–11–31–04–0
Newcastle United 0–10–32–13–02–11–11–10–01–11–41–04–31–3 0–0 2–21–12–10–13–1
Norwich City 1–40–01–01–13–21–01–31–12–30–11–22–32–04–42–12–22–10–23–2
Portsmouth 0–11–21–10–11–14–20–23–10–14–31–21–32–02–11–11–1 4–1 1–03–2
Southampton 1–12–30–03–21–20–01–32–22–23–32–00–01–22–21–24–3 2–1 1–02–2
Tottenham Hotspur 4–5 5–11–00–01–22–3 0–2 1–15–22–01–12–10–12–01–00–03–15–11–1
West Bromwich Albion 0–2 1–1 2–01–12–10–11–42–21–01–10–52–00–31–20–00–02–00–01–1
Source: Barclays Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Thierry Henry Arsenal25
2 Flag of England.svg Andy Johnson Crystal Palace21
3 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Robert Pires Arsenal14
4 Flag of England.svg Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur13
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Middlesbrough13
Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard Chelsea13
Flag of Nigeria.svg Yakubu Portsmouth13
8 Flag of England.svg Andy Cole Fulham12
Flag of England.svg Peter Crouch Southampton12
Flag of Iceland.svg Eiður Guðjohnsen Chelsea12

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
August Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) Flag of Spain.svg José Antonio Reyes (Arsenal)
September Flag of Scotland.svg David Moyes (Everton) Flag of England.svg Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur)
October Flag of England.svg Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth) Flag of England.svg Andy Johnson (Crystal Palace)
November Flag of Portugal.svg José Mourinho (Chelsea) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
December Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Jol (Tottenham Hotspur) Flag of England.svg Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
January Flag of Portugal.svg José Mourinho (Chelsea) Flag of England.svg John Terry (Chelsea)
February Flag of Scotland.svg Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) Flag of England.svg Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
March Flag of England.svg Harry Redknapp (Southampton) Flag of England.svg Joe Cole (Chelsea)
April Flag of England.svg Stuart Pearce (Manchester City) Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

Annual awards

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Player's Player of the year award was won by Chelsea captain John Terry.

The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows: [20]

PFA Young Player of the Year

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was the recipient for this award.

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard won this award for the first time.

PFA Team of the year

Goalkeeper – Petr Čech
Defenders – Gary Neville, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole
Midfielders – Shaun Wright-Phillips, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Arjen Robben
Strikers – Thierry Henry, Andy Johnson

FWA Footballer of the Year

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard won this award.

Premier League Player of the Season

Chelsea's midfielder Frank Lampard won the Premier League Player of the Season award.

Premier League Golden Boot

Arsenal and French striker Thierry Henry won the Premier League Golden Boot award for the third time in his career with 25 goals.

Premier League Golden Glove

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech won the Premier League Golden Glove, for 25 clean sheets, in his debut season as he set a remarkable record of 10 consecutive clean sheets, as Chelsea won the title.

Premier League Manager of the Season

José Mourinho was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Season award after he led Chelsea to their first Premier League title, second Top division title in their history. [21] [22] During his first season at the club, Chelsea won the Premier League title (their first league title in 50 years) and the League Cup. The season was also notable for the number of records set during the season: Fewest goals against in a Premier League season (15), most clean sheets kept in a season (25), most wins in a season (29), most consecutive away wins (9) and the most points in a season (95).

Premier League Fair Play Award

The Premier League Fair Play Award is merit given to the team who has been the most sporting and best behaved team. Arsenal won the award for the second year in a row, ahead of Tottenham. [23] The least sporting side for 2004–05 was Blackburn Rovers, who achieved a significantly lower fair play score than any other side. [24]

See also

References

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  12. ↑ "Spurs appoint Jol as new boss". BBC Sport. 8 November 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  13. ↑ "Redknapp quits as Portsmouth boss". BBC Sport. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  14. ↑ "Zajec named as Pompey boss". BBC Sport. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  15. ↑ "Saints name Redknapp as boss". BBC Sport. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Keegan ends his reign at Man City". BBC Sport. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  17. ↑ "Pompey unveil Perrin as new boss". BBC Sport. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  18. ↑ "Man City unveil Pearce as manager". BBC Sport. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  19. ↑ "2004–05 Premier League table". Premier League. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Blues trio head PFA list". The Guardian. 14 April 2005.
  21. ↑ "Premier League History - 2004/05 Season Review". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "SEASONAL AWARDS 2004/05". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ↑ "Fair Play League" (PDF). 12 December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2005.
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