2004–05 Watford F.C. season

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.^[1] 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;^[2] 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

			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

Watford's score comes first^[3]

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), Dublin
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


Round	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

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alec Chamberlain
3	DF	Paul Mayo
4	DF	Brynjar Gunnarsson
5	DF	Neil Cox
6	DF	Sean Dyche
7	FW	Bruce Dyer
8	MF	Gavin Mahon
9	FW	Danny Webber
10	FW	Paul Devlin
11	MF	Andy Ferrell
14	DF	Jermaine Darlington
16	GK	Richard Lee
17	MF	Jamie Hand
18	FW	Heiðar Helguson
19	DF	James Chambers
20	DF	Lloyd Doyley
21	DF	Jack Smith

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Dominic Blizzard
23	MF	Anthony McNamee
24	FW	Jason Norville
25	FW	Hameur Bouazza
26	DF	Ben Herd
27	MF	Ashley Young
28	MF	Jamie Collins
29	DF	Jay DeMerit
30	FW	Omari Coleman
31	MF	Toumani Diagouraga
32	DF	Danny Cullip (on loan from Sheffield United)
33	DF	Junior Osborne
35	GK	Reece Kirk
37	MF	Al Bangura
38	DF	Adrian Mariappa
39	MF	Joel Grant

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.	Position	Player
2	MF	Neal Ardley (to Cardiff City)
12	FW	Scott Fitzgerald (to Brentford)
13	GK	Paul Jones (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
15	DF	Marcus Gayle (to Brentford)

No.	Position	Player
32	MF	Johnnie Jackson (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
34	MF	Chris Eagles (on loan from Manchester United)
42	GK	Kevin Hitchcock (retired)

Transfers

In

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

Out

References

↑ "Watford dismiss manager Lewington". BBC Sport. 22 March 2005. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
↑ "Watford appoint Boothroyd as boss". BBC Sport. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2004-2005

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