2004–05 Rotherham United F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Rotherham United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Rotherham United

2004–05 season
Chairman	Peter Ruchniewicz
Manager	Ronnie Moore (until January) Alan Knill (caretaker until 7 April) Mick Harford (from 7 April)
Stadium	Millmoor
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Butler (6)
Average home league attendance	5,577
Home colours
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Season summary

During the 2004–05 season, the club struggled and spent most of the season bottom of the league. The club was bought by the consortium, Millers 05. Ronnie Moore left by mutual consent during the campaign, after his team were rooted to the bottom of the division for the majority of the season.^[1]

After relegation to League One in April 2005, Mick Harford took over as Millers manager.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	−25	51
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	−20	50
22	Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	45	66	−21	50	Relegation to Football League One
23	Nottingham Forest (R)	46	9	17	20	42	66	−24	44
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	14	27	35	69	−34	29

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.
(R) Relegated

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	14,547	Shaw
10 August 2004	Burnley	H	0–0	6,243
14 August 2004	Stoke City	H	1–1	5,925	Shaw
21 August 2004	Reading	A	0–1	11,404
28 August 2004	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	5,504
30 August 2004	Preston North End	A	0–2	11,439
11 September 2004	Leicester City	H	0–2	6,272
14 September 2004	West Ham United	A	0–1	26,233
18 September 2004	Coventry City	A	0–0	13,834
25 September 2004	Millwall	H	1–1	5,062	Sedgwick
28 September 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–3	4,498	Burchill, Barker
2 October 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2	7,937
16 October 2004	Cardiff City	A	0–2	11,004
19 October 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1	5,088
25 October 2004	Sunderland	H	0–1	6,026
30 October 2004	Derby County	A	2–3	25,096	Swailes, Scott
3 November 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	21,619	Sedgwick, Júnior
6 November 2004	Cardiff City	H	2–2	5,093	McLaren, Proctor
13 November 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	6,693	McIntosh
20 November 2004	Watford	A	0–0	17,780
29 November 2004	Leeds United	H	1–0	8,860	McIntosh
4 December 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	6,076
11 December 2004	Sheffield United	H	2–2	8,195	Swailes, McIntosh
18 December 2004	Gillingham	A	1–3	8,576	Hoskins
26 December 2004	Leicester City	A	1–0	27,014	Barker
28 December 2004	West Ham United	H	2–2	7,769	Butler, McIntosh
1 January 2005	Coventry City	H	1–2	5,742	Júnior
3 January 2005	Millwall	A	2–1	11,725	Butler, Scott
15 January 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	9,050
22 January 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	6,382	Mullin
5 February 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	8,448
12 February 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	14,798	Monkhouse
19 February 2005	Derby County	H	1–3	7,937	Butler (pen)
22 February 2005	Sunderland	A	1–4	22,267	Monkhouse
26 February 2005	Sheffield United	A	0–1	18,431
5 March 2005	Gillingham	H	1–3	4,367	Butler
12 March 2005	Burnley	A	1–2	10,539	Gilchrist
15 March 2005	Reading	H	1–0	3,804	Warne
19 March 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	5,387
2 April 2005	Stoke City	A	2–1	16,552	Butler, Noel-Williams (own goal)
5 April 2005	Ipswich Town	A	3–4	26,017	Thorpe, Butler, McIntosh
9 April 2005	Preston North End	H	1–2	6,312	Hoskins
16 April 2005	Watford	H	0–1	5,438
23 April 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	25,177
30 April 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	6,549
8 May 2005	Leeds United	A	0–0	30,900

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Yeovil Town	H	0–3	5,397

League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Chesterfield	H	2–1	3,845	Proctor, Barker
R2	22 September 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	11,168	Sedgwick

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Mike Pollitt 4 DF  ENG Rob Scott 5 MF  ENG Darren Garner 6 DF  ENG Phil Gilchrist 7 FW  ENG Michael Proctor 8 DF  ENG Chris Swailes 9 FW  ENG Martin Butler 10 FW  ENG Paul Warne 11 MF  ENG Nick Daws 12 FW  ENG Marc Newsham 14 FW  ENG Will Hoskins 15 DF  SCO Martin McIntosh

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ENG Paul Hurst 17 MF  ENG John Mullin 18 DF  ENG Scott Minto 19 MF  ENG Paulo Vernazza 20 FW  ENG Andy Monkhouse 21 MF  JAM Jamal Campbell-Ryce[note 1] 22 DF  ENG Shaun Barker 23 MF  ENG Paul McLaren 24 MF  ENG Ben Bradford 25 MF  IRL Michael Keane 29 MF  ENG Sam Duncum 30 GK  ENG Gary Montgomery

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SCO Robbie Stockdale[note 2] (to Hull City) 21 FW  ENG Paul Shaw (on loan from Sheffield United) 24 MF  ENG Chris Sedgwick (to Preston North End) 24 MF  FRA Léandre Griffit (on loan from Southampton)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  SCO Mark Burchill (on loan from Portsmouth) 27 FW  BRA José Júnior (on loan from Derby County) 28 FW  ENG Tony Thorpe (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) 29 FW  ENG Richard Barker (to Mansfield Town)

Notes

1. Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
2. Stockdale was born in Redcar, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 2002.