2004–05 Football League#Football League Two

• 3 December 2004 – League One side Wrexham enters financial administration. Under new Football League rules, the club is penalised 10 league points, placing the club in relegation danger.
• 21 January 2005 – Former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates finalises a deal to buy a controlling interest in the debt-riddled Championship club Leeds United.
• 2 April 2005 – Stockport County become the first League team this season to be relegated.
• 29 April 2005 – League Two side Cambridge United enters financial administration, six days after being formally relegated from the Football League.{{cite news |title=Cambridge United file for administration... is this the end of the U's? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2005/04/29/cambridge_united_administration_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC |date=29 April 2005 |access-date=18 September 2009}}
• 7 June 2005 – George Burley resigns as manager of Derby County, citing differences with the club’s board.
• 24 June 2005 – Former Bolton Wanderers assistant manager Phil Brown becomes Derby County’s fifth manager in four years.

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at [https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2004-05.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] website,{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2004-05.html |title=England 2004–05 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=2010-02-24| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100127102634/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/2004-05.html| archive-date= 27 January 2010 | url-status= live}} with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

{{Main|2004–05 Football League Championship}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Football League Championship

| season = 2004–05

| winners = Sunderland (4th second tier title)

| continentalcup1 = Direct promotion to FA Premier League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Sunderland,
Wigan Athletic

| continentalcup2 = Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = West Ham United

| continentalcup3 = Relegated

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Gillingham,
Nottingham Forest,
Rotherham United

| league topscorer = Nathan Ellington (Wigan Athletic), 24 {{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html | title = English League Leading Goalscorers |website=RSSSF | access-date = 2010-10-31 }}

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches = 552

| total goals = 1342

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2003–04 (First Division)

| nextseason = 2005–06

}}

{{:2004–05 Football League Championship}}

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}}

{{Main|Football League Championship play-offs#2005}}

{{4TeamBracket

| sets=2/1 | aggregate=y | nowrap=y

| RD1=Semi-finals
1st leg – 14/15 May; 2nd leg – 18/19 May 2005

| RD2=Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
30 May 2005

| RD1-seed1=3rd

| RD1-team1= Ipswich Town

| RD1-score1-1=2

| RD1-score1-2=0

| RD1-score1-agg=2

| RD1-seed2=6th

| RD1-team2=West Ham United

| RD1-score2-1=2

| RD1-score2-2=2

| RD1-score2-agg=4

| RD1-seed3=4th

| RD1-team3=Derby County

| RD1-score3-1=0

| RD1-score3-2=0

| RD1-score3-agg=0

| RD1-seed4=5th

| RD1-team4=Preston North End

| RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-score4-2=0

| RD1-score4-agg=2

| RD2-seed1=5th

| RD2-team1=Preston North End

| RD2-score1=0

| RD2-seed2=6th

| RD2-team2=West Ham United

| RD2-score2=1

}}

{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.2&year=2004&cc=5901 |title=ESPN |access-date=2007-11-14 |archive-date=2009-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511225009/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.2&year=2004&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}

{{Main|2004–05 Football League One}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Football League One

| season = 2004–05

| winners = Luton Town (1st divisional title)

| continentalcup1 = Direct promotion

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Luton Town,
Hull City

| continentalcup2 = Promoted through play-offs

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Sheffield Wednesday

| continentalcup3 = Relegated

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Peterborough United,
Stockport County,
Torquay United,
Wrexham

| league topscorer = Stuart Elliott (Hull City), 27
Dean Windass (Bradford City), 27

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches = 552

| total goals = 1551

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2003–04

| nextseason = 2005–06

}}

{{trim|{{#section-h:2004–05 Football League One|League table}}}}

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}}

{{Main|Football League One play-offs#2005}}

{{4TeamBracket

| sets=2/1 | aggregate=y | nowrap=y

| RD1=Semi-finals
1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 16/17 May 2005

| RD2=Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
29 May 2005

| RD1-seed1=3rd

| RD1-team1= Tranmere Rovers

| RD1-score1-1=0

| RD1-score1-2=2

| RD1-score1-agg=2 (5)

| RD1-seed2=6th

| RD1-team2=Hartlepool United (pens.)

| RD1-score2-1=2

| RD1-score2-2=0

| RD1-score2-agg=2 (6)

| RD1-seed3=4th

| RD1-team3=Brentford

| RD1-score3-1=0

| RD1-score3-2=1

| RD1-score3-agg=1

| RD1-seed4=5th

| RD1-team4=Sheffield Wednesday

| RD1-score4-1=1

| RD1-score4-2=2

| RD1-score4-agg=3

| RD2-seed1=5th

| RD2-team1=Sheffield Wednesday {{aet}}

| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=6th

| RD2-team2=Hartlepool United

| RD2-score2=2

}}

{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.3&year=2004&cc=5901 |title=ESPN |access-date=2007-11-14 |archive-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105224340/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/topscorers?league=eng.3 |url-status=dead }}

{{main|2004–05 Football League Two}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Football League Two

| season = 2004–05

| winners = Yeovil Town (1st fourth tier title)

| continentalcup1 = Direct promotion

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Yeovil Town,
Scunthorpe United,
Swansea City

| continentalcup2 = Promoted through play-offs

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Southend United

| continentalcup3 = Relegated to Conference

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Cambridge United,
Kidderminster Harriers

| continentalcup4 = New club in the league

| continentalcup4 qualifiers = Chester City,
Shrewsbury Town

| league topscorer = Phil Jevons (Yeovil Town), 27

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches = 552

| total goals = 1347

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2003–04

| nextseason = 2005–06

}}

{{trim|{{#section-h:2004–05 Football League Two|League table}}}}

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{{location map~ |England |lat=53.14 | long=-1.20 |label=|position=right}}

{{location map~ |England |lat=52.24 | long=-0.90 |label=|position=right}}

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}}

{{Main|Football League Two play-offs#2005}}

{{4TeamBracket

| sets=2/1 | aggregate=y | nowrap=y

| RD1=Semi-finals
1st leg – 14/15 May; 2nd leg – 21 May 2005

| RD2=Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
28 May 2005

| RD1-seed1=4th

| RD1-team1=Southend United

| RD1-score1-1=0

| RD1-score1-2=1

| RD1-score1-agg=1

| RD1-seed2=7th

| RD1-team2=Northampton Town

| RD1-score2-1=0

| RD1-score2-2=0

| RD1-score2-agg=0

| RD1-seed3=5th

| RD1-team3=Macclesfield Town

| RD1-score3-1=0

| RD1-score3-2=1

| RD1-score3-agg=1

| RD1-seed4=6th

| RD1-team4=Lincoln City

| RD1-score4-1=1

| RD1-score4-2=1

| RD1-score4-agg=2

| RD2-seed1=4th

| RD2-team1=Southend United {{aet}}

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=6th

| RD2-team2=Lincoln City

| RD2-score2=0

}}

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• 2004–05 in English football
• 2004 in association football
• 2005 in association football

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2004-05.html Football League Tables]

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{{2004–05 in English football}}

{{2004–05 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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