2004-05 Season

Season Overview

Division: Coca-Cola Football League Two
Final Position: 4 (Promoted)
Chairman: <b>Ron Martin</b>
FA Cup: R1
League Cup: R1
LDV Vans Trophy: LDVFinal

Manager

Steve Tilson — from 20 November 2003 to 4 July 2010

Promoted

Final League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yeovil Town	46	25	8	13	90	65	25	83	pr
2	Scunthorpe United	46	22	14	10	69	42	27	80	pr
3	Swansea City	46	24	8	14	62	43	19	80	pr
4	Southend United	46	22	12	12	65	46	19	78	ppl
5	Macclesfield Town	46	22	9	15	60	49	11	75	pl
6	Lincoln City	46	20	12	14	64	47	17	72	pl
7	Northampton Town	46	20	12	14	62	51	11	72	pl
8	Darlington	46	20	12	14	57	49	8	72
9	Rochdale	46	16	18	12	54	48	6	66
10	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	14	15	58	52	6	65
11	Leyton Orient	46	16	15	15	65	67	-2	63
12	Bristol Rovers	46	13	21	12	60	57	3	60
13	Mansfield Town	46	15	15	16	56	56	0	60
14	Cheltenham Town	46	16	12	18	51	54	-3	60
15	Oxford United	46	16	11	19	50	63	-13	59
16	Boston United	46	14	16	16	62	58	4	58
17	Bury	46	14	16	16	54	54	0	58
18	Grimsby	46	14	16	16	51	52	-1	58
19	Notts County	46	13	13	20	46	62	-16	52
20	Chester City	46	12	16	18	43	69	-26	52
21	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	16	19	48	53	-5	49
22	Rushden + Diamonds	46	10	14	22	42	63	-21	44
23	Kidderminster Harriers	46	10	8	28	39	85	-46	38	r
24	Cambridge United (-10)	46	8	16	22	39	62	-23	30	r

Matches

Date		Opponent		Score		Att.
17 July 2004	Away	East Thurrock	Friendly	7–0	W	400	→
19 July 2004	Home	Canvey Island	Friendly	2–1	W	1000	→
21 July 2004	Home	Millwall	Friendly	0–2	L	1200	→
24 July 2004	Away	Dagenham + R'ge	Friendly	3–3	D	400	→
26 July 2004	Away	Billericay Town	Friendly	1–1	D	300	→
28 July 2004	Home	Brighton + H.A.	Friendly	0–0	D	1500	→
31 July 2004	Away	Grays Athletic	Friendly	0–0	D	300	→
7 August 2004	Home	Cheltenham	League	0–2	L	5332	→
10 August 2004	Away	Lincoln City	League	1–1	D	3991	→
14 August 2004	Away	Rochdale	League	0–2	L	2218	→
21 August 2004	Home	Cambridge United	League	0–0	D	3941	→
24 August 2004	Away	West Ham United	League Cup	0–2	L	16914	→
27 August 2004	Away	Bristol Rovers	League	1–2	L	9287	→
30 August 2004	Home	Macclesfield Town	League	2–1	W	3753	→
4 September 2004	Away	Rushden + Diamonds	League	4–1	W	2804	→
11 September 2004	Home	Wycombe Wand.	League	1–2	L	4771	→
18 September 2004	Away	Notts County	League	2–1	W	4487	→
25 September 2004	Home	Kidderminster H.	League	1–0	W	4087	→
29 September 2004	Away	Colchester United	Trophy	1–1	D	3469	→
2 October 2004	Away	Darlington	League	0–4	L	3901	→
8 October 2004	Home	Boston United	League	2–1	W	5688	→
16 October 2004	Home	Swansea City	League	4–2	W	4940	→
19 October 2004	Away	Scunthorpe United	League	2–3	L	3402	→
23 October 2004	Away	Shrewsbury Town	League	1–1	D	3719	→
30 October 2004	Home	Northampton Town	League	2–1	W	5696	→
2 November 2004	Home	Shrewsbury Town	Trophy	4–1	W	2599	→
6 November 2004	Home	Oxford Utd	League	4–0	W	5608	→
12 November 2004	Home	Luton Town	FA Cup	0–3	L	6683	→
20 November 2004	Away	Yeovil Town	League	1–3	L	5839	→
26 November 2004	Home	Grimsby Town	League	1–1	D	5192	→
30 November 2004	Home	Northampton Town	Trophy	2–0	W	3280	→
7 December 2004	Away	Leyton Orient	League	2–2	D	3852	→
11 December 2004	Away	Bury	League	1–0	W	2522	→
17 December 2004	Home	Chester City	League	1–0	W	4837	→
26 December 2004	Away	Wycombe Wand.	League	1–0	W	5669	→
28 December 2004	Home	Mansfield Town	League	0–1	L	7082	→
1 January 2005	Home	Rushden + Diamonds	League	3–0	W	5930	→
3 January 2005	Away	Kidderminster H.	League	3–1	W	2755	→
12 January 2005	Away	Boston United	League	0–2	L	2389	→
15 January 2005	Home	Notts County	League	0–0	D	5304	→
22 January 2005	Away	Mansfield Town	League	1–1	D	3894	→
25 January 2005	Home	Swindon Town	Trophy	2–0	W	4270	→
29 January 2005	Home	Darlington	League	2–0	W	7358	→
4 February 2005	Away	Swansea City	League	1–1	D	10190	→
11 February 2005	Home	Scunthorpe United	League	0–0	D	8224	→
15 February 2005	Away	Bristol Rovers	Trophy	2–1	W	7110	→
19 February 2005	Away	Northampton Town	League	2–1	W	6602	→
22 February 2005	Home	Shrewsbury Town	League	1–0	W	4219	→
26 February 2005	Home	Bury	League	1–0	W	5553	→
5 March 2005	Away	Chester City	League	2–2	D	2396	→
8 March 2005	Home	Bristol Rovers	Trophy	2–2	D	8143	→
12 March 2005	Home	Lincoln City	League	1–1	D	5824	→
19 March 2005	Away	Cheltenham	League	3–0	W	3341	→
25 March 2005	Home	Rochdale	League	3–0	W	7656	→
28 March 2005	Away	Cambridge United	League	2–0	W	6705	→
1 April 2005	Home	Bristol Rovers	League	2–0	W	7858	→
10 April 2005	Neutral	Wrexham	Trophy	0–2	L	36216	→
15 April 2005	Home	Leyton Orient	League	0–1	L	9189	→
19 April 2005	Away	Macclesfield Town	League	2–1	W	2768	→
23 April 2005	Away	Oxford Utd	League	1–2	L	5916	→
30 April 2005	Home	Yeovil Town	League	0–1	L	11735	→
7 May 2005	Away	Grimsby Town	League	1–1	D	6253	→
15 May 2005	Away	Northampton Town	Play-Offs	0–0	D	6601	→
21 May 2005	Home	Northampton Town	Play-Offs	1–0	W	9152	→
28 May 2005	Neutral	Lincoln City	Play-Offs	2–0	W	19653	→