2004–05 Coventry City F.C. season

This article describes Coventry City Football Club's progress in the 2004–05 season, during which the Sky Blues competed in the Football League Championship, the FA Cup (entering in the Third Round) and the League Cup (entering from the First Round). The 2004–05 season was the last season in which the club played their home games at Highfield Road before their move to the Ricoh Arena.

Coventry City F.C.
2004–05 season
ManagerMicky Adams
StadiumHighfield Road
Championship19th
FA CupOUT – Newcastle United
Fourth Round 29.01.05 [1]
League CupOUT – Middlesbrough
Third Round 27.10.04 [2]
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: England Gary McSheffrey (14)
Highest home attendance22,728 v Derby County 30.04.05Cup: 8,362 v Sheffield Wednesday 22.09.04
Lowest home attendance11,966 v Gillingham 15.09.04Cup: 6,180 v Torquay United 25.08.04
Average home league attendance16,046

Matches

7 August 2004 1 Coventry City 2–0 Sunderland Coventry
17:35Suffo 84' (pen.)
Johnson 90'
reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 16,460
Referee: Richard Beeby
10 August 2004 2 Cardiff City 2–1 Coventry City Cardiff
19:45Earnshaw 54'
Lee 60'
reportBarrett 29'Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Iain Williamson
21 August 2004 4 Coventry City 0–1 Millwall Coventry
15:00reportDichio 78'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,910
Referee: Martin Atkinson
28 August 2004 5 Nottingham Forest 1–4 Coventry City Nottingham
15:00Johnson 73'reportMorrell 39', 50'
Johnson 68'
Hughes 69'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,041
Referee: Michael Ryan
30 August 2004 6 Coventry City 2–1 West Ham United Coventry
15:00Doyle 45'
Morrell 76'
reportSheringham 40'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,404
Referee: Colin Webster
11 September 2004 7 Leeds United 3–0 Coventry City Leeds
15:00Carlisle 39'
Joachim 70'
Pugh 90+2'
reportStadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,725
Referee: Paul Robinson
15 September 2004 8 Coventry City 2–2 Gillingham Coventry
19:45Morrell 30'
John 47'
reportAgyemang 64', 76'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,966
Referee: Mike Pike
18 September 2004 9 Coventry City 0–0 Rotherham United Coventry
15:00reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,834
Referee: Phil Crossley
25 September 2004 10 Sheffield United 1–1 Coventry City Sheffield
15:00Black 29'reportMorrell 14'Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 16,337
Referee: Graham Laws
28 September 2004 11 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 Coventry City London
19:45Cureton 32', 40', 73'
Furlong 89'
reportBarrett 48'Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,680
Referee: Alan Kaye
3 October 2004 12 Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town Coventry
13:00Suffo 76'reportBowditch 69'
Mills 87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,608
Referee: Clive Penton
16 October 2004 13 Coventry City 1–1 Leicester City Coventry
15:00Makin 79' (o.g.)reportDublin 69'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,054
Referee: Chris Foy
19 October 2004 14 Burnley 2–2 Coventry City Burnley
19:45Blake 63' (pen.)
Branch 72'
reportJohnson 62'
Barrett 69'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,919
Referee: Scott Mathieson
23 October 2004 15 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Coventry City Wigan
15:00Mahon 14'
Graham 52'
Ellington 61'
Flynn 90+2'
reportJohnson 30'Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 9,632
Referee: Phil Crossley
30 October 2004 16 Coventry City 3–2 Reading Coventry
15:00John 13' (pen.)
Morrell 50'
Johnson 65'
reportOwusu 10'
Kitson 70'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Graham Salisbury
3 November 2004 17 Coventry City 1–1 Preston North End Coventry
19:45Suffo 49' (pen.)reportLewis 68'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,478
Referee: Kevin Wright
8 November 2004 18 Leicester City 3–0 Coventry City Leicester
19:45Nalis 26'
Tiatto 46'
Heath 71'
reportStadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 22,479
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
13 November 2004 19 Coventry City 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Coventry
15:00Hughes 7'
Barrett 14'
reportEvans 47'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,314
Referee: Mike Jones
27 November 2004 21 Coventry City 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00reportAshton 24' (pen.)Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,823
Referee: Paul Taylor
4 December 2004 22 Derby County 2–2 Coventry City Derby
15:00Rasiak 87'
Peschisolido 90'
reportHughes 21'
Adebola 79'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 22,648
Referee: Phil Joslin
11 December 2004 23 Stoke City 1–0 Coventry City Stoke-on-Trent
15:00Akinbiyi 21'reportStadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 15,744
Referee: Clive Penton
18 December 2004 24 Coventry City 1–0 Watford Coventry
15:00McSheffrey 45'reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 14,493
Referee: Colin Webster
26 December 2004 25 Coventry City 1–2 Sheffield United Coventry
15:00John 18'reportMorgan 31'
Gray 39'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,146
Referee: Mike Dean
28 December 2004 26 Gillingham 3–1 Coventry City Gillingham
15:00Byfield 14'
Cox 47', 48'
reportAdebola 36'Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Phil Joslin
1 January 2005 27 Rotherham United 1–2 Coventry City Rotherham
15:00Júnior 38'reportJohn 57'
Williams 75'
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 5,742
Referee: Lee Mason
3 January 2005 28 Coventry City 1–2 Leeds United Coventry
15:00McSheffrey 81'reportBlake 27'
Healy 64'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,084
Referee: Nigel Miller
15 January 2005 29 Ipswich Town 3–2 Coventry City Ipswich
15:00Bent 44', 58'
Kuqi 78'
reportJohn 11'
McSheffrey 60' (pen.)
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,670
Referee: Mike Russell
5 February 2005 31 Preston North End 3–2 Coventry City Preston
15:00Alexander 22' (pen.)
Cresswell 23'
Lucketti 48'
reportJørgensen 14'
McSheffrey 72'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,691
Referee: Russell Booth
12 February 2005 32 Coventry City 0–2 Burnley Coventry
15:00reportOster 64'
Thomas-Moore 69'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,236
Referee: Steve Tanner
19 February 2005 33 Reading 1–2 Coventry City Reading
15:00Ferdinand 8'reportMcSheffrey 63'
John 72'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,904
Referee: Graham Salisbury
23 February 2005 34 Coventry City 1–2 Wigan Athletic Coventry
19:45McSheffrey 22' (pen.)reportTeale 9'
Ellington 68'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: Richard Beeby
26 February 2005 35 Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Coventry
15:00reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,871
Referee: Jarnail Singh
5 March 2005 36 Watford 2–3 Coventry City Watford
15:00Dyer 32'
Webber 84'
reportBenjamin 14'
Jørgensen 54'
Doyle 78'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,794
Referee: Mike Thorpe
12 March 2005 37 Coventry City 1–1 Cardiff City Coventry
15:00John 16'reportBullock 19'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,059
Referee: Lee Mason
15 March 2005 38 Millwall 1–1 Coventry City London
19:45Morris 69'reportJørgensen 89'Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8,835
Referee: Clive Penton
19 March 2005 39 Sunderland 1–0 Coventry City Sunderland
15:00Brown 76'reportStadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,424
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 April 2005 40 Coventry City 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry
15:00McSheffrey 47' (pen.)
Staunton 84'
reportVirgo 62'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,606
Referee: Mark Cowburn
6 April 2005 41 Coventry City 2–0 Nottingham Forest Coventry
19:45McSheffrey 24' (pen.)
Adebola 41'
reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,221
Referee: Andy D'Urso
9 April 2005 42 West Ham United 3–0 Coventry City London
15:00Shaw 76' (o.g.)
Sheringham 89' (pen.)
Zamora 90'
reportStadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 26,839
Referee: Iain Williamson
16 April 2005 43 Coventry City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry
15:00McSheffrey 19' (pen.)
John 90'
reportClarke 15'
Naylor 79'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,412
Referee: Grant Hegley
23 April 2005 44 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Coventry City Plymouth
15:00Capaldi 90+6'reportJohn 45+1'Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 18,443
Referee: Lee Probert
30 April 2005 45 Coventry City 6–2 Derby County Coventry
15:00McSheffrey 20', 29' (pen.)
Adebola 37'
John 40', 55'
Whing 68'
reportBolder 51'
Peschisolido 63'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,728
Referee: Mick Fletcher
8 May 2005 46 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Coventry City Crewe
13:00Higdon 54'
Jones 72'
reportAdebola 23'Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 9,269
Referee: Alan Kaye
25 August 2004 R1 Coventry City 4–1 Torquay United Coventry
19:45Hughes 52'
Suffo 62', 65'
Morrell 82'
reportKuffour 73'Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 6,180
Referee: Andy Penn
22 September 2004 R2 Coventry City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Coventry
19:45Doyle 35'reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 8,362
Referee: Paul Armstrong
27 October 2004 R3 Middlesbrough 3–0 Coventry City Middlesbrough
20:00Németh 4'
Morrison 24'
Graham 70'
reportStadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 11,833
Referee: Uriah Rennie
8 January 2005 R3 Coventry City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00McSheffrey 25', 69'
John 45'
reportStadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 7,629
Referee: Iain Williamson
29 January 2005 R4 Newcastle United 3–1 Coventry City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00Shearer 37'
Ameobi 42'
Bakayogo 52'
reportAdebola 45+2'Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 44,044
Referee: Neale Barry

Championship data

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
17Plymouth Argyle461411215264−1253
18Watford461216185259−752
19Coventry City461313206173−1252
20Brighton & Hove Albion461312214065−2551
21Crewe Alexandra461214206686−2050
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 summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
461313206173 −12528783228 +456122945 −16

Last updated: 8 May 2005.
Source: CCFC Championship Results

Round by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultWLDLWWLDDDLLDDLWDLWWLDLWLLWLLLLLWLDWDDLWWLDDWL
Position177159511101110171819181918162017161818191819191920202121212021212121212219171718191719
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2005. Source: Championship Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores Overview

OppositionHome ScoreAway ScoreDouble
Brighton & Hove Albion2–11–1 N
Burnley0–22–2 N
Cardiff City1–11–2 N
Crewe Alexandra0–11–2 N
Derby County6–22–2 N
Gillingham2–21–3 N
Ipswich Town1–22–3 N
Leeds United1–20–3 N
Leicester City1–10–3 N
Millwall0–11–1 N
Nottingham Forest2–04–1 Y
Plymouth Argyle2–11–1 N
Preston North End1–12–3 N
Queens Park Rangers1–21–4 N
Reading3–22–1 Y
Rotherham United0–02–1 N
Sheffield United1–21–1 N
Stoke City0–00–1 N
Sunderland2–00–1 N
Watford1–03–2 Y
West Ham United2–10–3 N
Wigan Athletic1–21–4 N
Wolverhampton Wanderers2–21–0 N

Season statistics

Stats and goals

[3]

No.PosNatPlayerTotalChampionshipLeague CupFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK  SCOScott Shearer908+001+000+00
2DF  ENGAndy Whing1919+710+300+00
3DF  IRLSteve Staunton37132+311+001+00
4MF  ENGLloyd Dyer606+000+000+00
5DF  WALAdy Williams23221+020+002+00
6MF  ENGStephen Hughes44539+142+012+00
8DF  WALRichard Duffy15014+000+001+00
9FW  NGADele Adebola26619+650+000+11
10FW  ENGGary McSheffrey411431+6121+102+02
11FW  IRLGraham Barrett26413+1141+100+00
12FW  ENGAndy Morrell38724+1062+012+00
14MF  ENGTim Sherwood11010+100+000+00
15MF  FROClaus Bech Jørgensen20311+630+100+20
16FW  ENGEddie Johnson29522+451+100+10
17MF  IRLMichael Doyle49343+123+012+00
18MF  ENGNeil Wood1606+702+001+00
19FW  JAMTrevor Benjamin1216+610+000+00
20DF  ENGRichard Shaw37030+303+001+00
21DF  ENGDean Leacock16012+101+001+10
24FW  TRIStern John331225+5111+002+01
25MF  ENGIsaac Osbourne907+200+000+00
26DF  ENGStuart Giddings15011+102+001+00
27DF  ENGMarcus Hall10010+000+000+00
28DF  WALRob Page909+000+000+00
30FW  BERShaun Goater604+200+000+00
33GK  ENGLuke Steele36032+002+002+00
Players who featured for Coventry but left before the end of the season:
GK  ENGIan Bennett606+000+000+00
DF  SCOLouis Carey27023+003+001+00
DF  ENGCalum Davenport706+001+000+00
DF  FRAÉric Deloumeaux301+101+000+00
DF  FRAFlorent Laville605+100+000+00
DF  ENGMatt Mills504+001+000+00
MF  ISLBjarni Guðjónsson1303+703+000+00
MF  FRAChristian Negouai201+000+001+00
MF  ENGRohan Ricketts605+100+000+00
FW  CMRPatrick Suffo2552+1931+220+10

Goalscorers

No.FlagPosNameChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotal
10 FWGary McSheffrey1202 14
24 FWStern John1101 12
12 FWAndy Morrell610 7
9 FWDele Adebola501 6
6 MFStephen Hughes410 5
16 FWEddie Johnson500 5
FWPatrick Suffo320 5
11 FWGraham Barrett400 4
17 MFMichael Doyle210 3
15 MFClaus Bech Jørgensen300 3
5 DFAdy Williams200 2
19 FWTrevor Benjamin100 1
3 DFSteve Staunton100 1
2 DFAndy Whing100 1

Overall

Games played51 (46 Championship, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Games won16 (13 Championship, 2 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn13 (13 Championship, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost22 (20 Championship, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored70 (61 Championship, 5 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)
Goals conceded80 (73 Championship, 4 League Cup, 3 FA Cup)
Goal difference−10
Best resultW 6–2 (H) v Derby CountyChampionship – 30 April 2005
Worst resultL 1–4 (A) v Queens Park RangersChampionship – 28 September 2004
L 1–4 (A) v Wigan AthleticChampionship – 23 October 2004
Most appearances Michael Doyle (49 appearances)
Top scorer Gary McSheffrey (14 goals)
Points52 / 138 (37.68%)

References