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2004–05 Watford F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	Watford
season	2004–05
manager	Ray Lewington (until 22 March)
Aidy Boothroyd (from 29 March)
chairman	Graham Simpson
stadium	Vicarage Road
league	Championship
league result	18th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
league topscorer
Heiðar Helguson (16)
season topscorer
Heiðar Helguson (20)
average attendance	14,289
prevseason	2003–04
nextseason	2005–06

Aidy Boothroyd (from 29 March) Heiðar Helguson (16) Heiðar Helguson (20) During the 2004–05 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

The 2004–05 season saw a continuation of the good form of the end of the previous season, with the club well in the upper half of the Championship at the end of September. However, a long run of poor form subsequently saw the club drop steadily towards the relegation zone. Another good cup run further eased the club's financial position, with the team reaching the semi-final of the League Cup, soundly beating Premiership sides Portsmouth and Southampton on the way, before losing narrowly to Liverpool. The club's poor league form, however, came to a head in March, with a run of terrible performances and Lewington was sacked on 22 March. His sacking was controversial, and many fans were unhappy at the loss of a man who had led the club to two cup semi-finals in three seasons, enduring considerable financial hardships.

At the age of 34, Aidy Boothroyd was appointed manager of Watford after serving at Leeds United as a coach; 70-year-old Keith Burkinshaw was recruited as his assistant. Boothroyd's inexperience raised concerns among fans, who worried that he would not be able to keep the side in the Championship. However, Watford secured enough points to ensure survival with two games to go in the season.

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

Results

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Preston North End	A	1–2	12,208	Devlin
9 August 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	14,737	Webber (2), Dyer
14 August 2004	Burnley	H	0–1	12,048
21 August 2004	Leicester City	A	1–0	22,478	Webber
28 August 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–1	13,104	Ardley, Webber (2)
11 September 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	14,148	Webber
14 September 2004	Cardiff City	A	3–0	10,606	Webber (2), Ardley
19 September 2004	Millwall	A	2–0	10,865	Webber, Helguson
25 September 2004	Reading	H	0–1	13,389
28 September 2004	Wigan Athletic	H	0–0	11,361
2 October 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–3	6,382
16 October 2004	Derby County	A	2–2	23,253	Helguson (2)
19 October 2004	Sunderland	H	1–1	13,198	Ardley
23 October 2004	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	22,497	Helguson, Bouazza
30 October 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	24,473	Helguson (2)
2 November 2004	Gillingham	A	0–0	7,009
6 November 2004	Derby County	H	2–2	13,689	Helguson, Gunnarsson
13 November 2004	Sheffield United	A	1–1	18,454	Gunnarsson
20 November 2004	Rotherham United	H	0–0	17,780
24 November 2004	Leeds United	A	2–2	24,585	Dyer (2)
27 November 2004	West Ham United	A	2–3	24,541	Gunnarsson, Dyer
4 December 2004	Stoke City	H	0–1	12,169
11 December 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	14,605	Helguson
18 December 2004	Coventry City	A	0–1	14,493
26 December 2004	Reading	A	0–3	18,757
28 December 2004	Cardiff City	H	0–0	13,409
1 January 2005	Millwall	H	1–0	13,158	Helguson
3 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–2	6,335	Helguson
15 January 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	11,223	Helguson (2), DeMerit
22 January 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	2–2	9,008	Dyer, Webber
5 February 2005	Gillingham	H	2–0	15,188	Ashby (own goal), Eagles
12 February 2005	Sunderland	A	2–4	24,948	Dyer (2)
22 February 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	23,993	DeMerit, Dyer
26 February 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	25,060
5 March 2005	Coventry City	H	2–3	13,794	Dyer, Webber
8 March 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	12,118
12 March 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–3	16,638	Ardley
15 March 2005	Leicester City	H	2–2	11,084	DeMerit, Webber (pen)
19 March 2005	Preston North End	H	0–2	19,649
2 April 2005	Burnley	A	1–3	11,507	Blizzard
5 April 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	15,333
9 April 2005	Leeds United	H	1–2	16,306	Helguson
16 April 2005	Rotherham United	A	1–0	5,438	Helguson
23 April 2005	Sheffield United	H	0–0	17,138
30 April 2005	Stoke City	A	1–0	15,229	Helguson
8 May 2005	West Ham United	H	1–2	19,673	Helguson

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	8 January 2005	Fulham	H	1–1	14,896	Helguson (pen)
	R3R	19 January 2005	Fulham	A	0–2	11,306

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Cambridge United	H	1–0	6,558	Ferrell
R2	21 September 2004	Reading	A	3–0	8,429	Cox (pen), Bouazza, Ingimarsson (own goal)
R3	26 October 2004	Sheffield United	A	0–0 (won 4–2 on pens)	7,689
R4	9 November 2004	Southampton	H	5–2	13,008	Dyer, Chambers (2), Helguson, Bouazza
R5	30 November 2004	Portsmouth	H	3–0	18,877	Helguson (2), Dyer
SF 1st Leg	11 January 2005	Liverpool	A	0–1	35,739
SF 2nd Leg	25 January 2005	Liverpool	H	0–1	19,797

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.

Left club during season

Transfers

In

ENG Andy Ferrell – ENG Newcastle United, free
ENG Jermaine Darlington – ENG Milton Keynes Dons, free
ENG James Chambers – ENG West Bromwich Albion, £250,000

Out

ENG Paolo Vernazza – ENG Rotherham United, free
ENG Wayne Brown – ENG Colchester United, free
JAM Micah HydeHyde was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2001. – ENG Burnley, free
ENG Neal Ardley – WAL Cardiff City, free
ENG Scott Fitzgerald – ENG Brentford, free
JAM Marcus Gayle – ENG Brentford, free

References

Notes

References

(22 March 2005). "Watford dismiss manager Lewington". BBC Sport.
(29 March 2005). "Watford appoint Boothroyd as boss". BBC Sport.
"Watford 2004-2005 Home - statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Watford - 2004/05".

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