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2004–05 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

2004–05 season of Brighton & Hove Albion

Summary

2004–05 season of Brighton & Hove Albion

Field	Value
club	Brighton & Hove Albion
season	2004–05
manager	SCO Mark McGhee
chairman	ENG Dick Knight
stadium	Withdean Stadium
league	Championship
league result	20th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First round
league topscorer	Adam Virgo (8)
season topscorer	Adam Virgo (8)
highest attendance	6,848 (vs. Ipswich Town, 8 May)
lowest attendance	4,217 (vs. Bristol Rovers, 24 August)
average attendance	6,433
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prevseason	2003–04
nextseason	2005–06

During the 2004–05 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, after promotion from the second division the previous season.

Season summary

Brighton finished 20th out of 24 clubs, narrowly avoiding the drop by a single point, but achieving their highest league position for 14 years.

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Reading	A	2–3	15,641	Molango, Robinson
10 August 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2	6,387
14 August 2004	Coventry City	H	1–1	6,368	Virgo
21 August 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	8,681
28 August 2004	Preston North End	H	1–0	5,996	Broomes (own goal)
30 August 2004	Leicester City	A	1–0	22,263	Virgo
11 September 2004	Watford	A	1–1	14,148	Virgo
14 September 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	6,804
18 September 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	6,612	Hinshelwood, Currie
25 September 2004	Gillingham	A	1–0	8,365	Knight (pen)
29 September 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	20,109	Virgo
2 October 2004	Sheffield United	H	1–1	6,418	Currie
16 October 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–3	6,811	Jarrett
19 October 2004	Cardiff City	H	1–1	6,112	Knight
23 October 2004	Leeds United	H	1–1	6,716	Virgo
30 October 2004	Sunderland	A	0–2	25,532
3 November 2004	Derby County	A	0–3	22,480
6 November 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–3	6,163	Reid
13 November 2004	West Ham United	A	1–0	29,514	Butters
20 November 2004	Burnley	H	0–1	6,109
27 November 2004	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	26,269
4 December 2004	Rotherham United	H	1–0	6,076	Harding
11 December 2004	Millwall	A	0–2	12,196
17 December 2004	Stoke City	H	0–1	6,028
26 December 2004	Gillingham	H	2–1	6,420	Carpenter, Virgo
28 December 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	28,516	Hart
1 January 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	15,898
3 January 2005	Watford	H	2–1	6,335	Mayo, Knight
15 January 2005	Sheffield United	A	2–1	21,482	Carpenter, Knight
22 January 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	6,704
29 January 2005	Leeds United	A	1–1	27,033	Butters
5 February 2005	Derby County	H	2–3	6,587	McCammon (2)
12 February 2005	Cardiff City	A	0–2	11,435
19 February 2005	Sunderland	H	2–1	6,647	Carpenter, McCammon
26 February 2005	Millwall	H	1–0	6,608	Hart
5 March 2005	Stoke City	A	0–2	14,908
12 March 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–5	15,606	Oatway
15 March 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	2–4	6,306	Virgo, Hammond
21 March 2005	Reading	H	0–1	6,108
2 April 2005	Coventry City	A	1–2	18,606	Virgo
5 April 2005	Preston North End	A	0–3	14,234
9 April 2005	Leicester City	H	1–1	6,638	Reid
16 April 2005	Burnley	A	1–1	11,611	Hammond
23 April 2005	West Ham United	H	2–2	6,819	Hammond (2)
30 April 2005	Rotherham United	A	1–0	6,549	McLaren (own goal)
8 May 2005	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	6,848	Virgo

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	8 January 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	36,094	Carpenter

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1	24 August 2004	Bristol Rovers	H	1–2	4,217	Butters

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

References

"Brighton and Hove Albion 2004-2005 Home - statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Brighton & Hove Albion - 2004/05".
Nicolas was born in [[City of Westminster. Westminster]], [[England]], but also qualifies to represent [[Cyprus]] internationally and has represented them at [[Cyprus national under-21 football team. U-21]] level.
McCammon was born in [[London Borough of Barnet. Barnet]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Barbados]] internationally and would make his international debut for [[Barbados national football team. Barbados]] in 2006.
Yelldell was born in [[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]] (now [[Germany]]), but also qualified to represent the [[United States]] internationally and would make his international debut for the [[United States men's national soccer team. United States]] in March 2011.

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