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2004–05 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

{{Use British English|date = August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date = March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Plymouth Argyle

|season=2004–05

|manager=Bobby Williamson

|stadium=Home Park

|league=Championship

|league result=17th

|cup1=FA Cup

|cup1 result=Third round
(eliminated by Everton)

|cup2=Football League Cup

|cup2 result=First round
(eliminated by Yeovil Town)

|highest attendance=20,555 vs Leeds United

|lowest attendance=13,308 vs Burnley

|largest win=5–0 (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, home)

|largest loss=5–0 (vs. West Ham United, away)

|prevseason=2003–04

|nextseason=2005–06

}}

This article provides a summary of Plymouth Argyle's 2004–05 season.

Notable events

  • 24 August 2004: The team exit the League Cup in the first round for the 12th consecutive year.
  • 28 August 2004: Argyle lose their first League game (3–1 to Watford) since Bobby Williamson was appointed as manager.

Players

=First-team squad=

:Squad at end of season{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/plymouth.htm|title=FootballSquads – Plymouth Argyle – 2004/05}}

{{fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Romain Larrieu}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=David Worrell}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Lee Hodges}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Graham Coughlan}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Keith Lasley}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=David Norris}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Ákos Buzsáky}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=Mickey EvansEvans was born in Plymouth, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in October 1997.}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ISL|pos=MF|name=Bjarni Guðjónsson}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Steven Milne}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Mathias Kouo-Doumbé}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=Tony CapaldiCapaldi was born in Porsgrunn, Norway, and raised in England, but also qualified to represent Scotland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father and grandmother respectively and represented Northern Ireland at under-18 and under-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2004.}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Paul Wotton}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Hasney Aljofree}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Nick Chadwick}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Scott Taylor}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Paul Connolly}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Luke McCormick}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Peter GilbertGilbert was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented Wales at under-21 level.}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ryan Dickson}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Luke Summerfield}}

{{Fs end}}

=Left club during season=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=David Friio|other=to Nottingham Forest}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jason Dodd|other=on loan from Southampton}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Stevie Crawford|other=to Dundee United}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Lee Makel|other=to Dunfermline Athletic}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Nathan Lowndes|other=to Port Vale}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Marino Keith|other=to Colchester United}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Steve Adams|other=to Sheffield Wednesday}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Blair Sturrock|other=to Kidderminster Harriers}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Dexter BlackstockBlackstock was born in Oxford, England, and represented England at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda internationally through his father and grandfather respectively and made his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in February 2012.|other=on loan from Southampton}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Stewart Yetton|other=to Tiverton Town}}

{{Fs end}}

Competitions

=Championship=

==League table==

{{:2004–05 Football League Championship|showteam=PLY}}

==Matches==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Championship match details

scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Score
F–A

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Scorers

!scope="col" |Attendance

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

scope=row|{{dts|7 August 2004}}

|align=left|Millwall

|Home

| style="background-color:#FFFFCC" |D

|0–0

|||||

scope=row|{{dts|10 August 2004}}

|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion

|Away

| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W

|2–0

|align=left|Cullip 11' (o.g.), Wotton 45' (pen.)

|

|

scope=row|{{dts|13 August 2004}}

|align=left|Cardiff City

|Away

| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W

|1–0

|align=left|Bullock 23' (o.g.)

|

|

scope=row|{{dts|21 August 2004}}

|align=left|Sunderland

|Home

| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W

|2–1

|align=left|Wotton 1', Crawford 40'

|16,874

|{{Cite news |date=2004-08-21 |title=Plymouth 2-1 Sunderland |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3564506.stm |access-date=2024-08-28 |language=en-GB}}

scope=row|{{dts|28 August 2004}}

|align=left|Watford

|Away

| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L

|1–3

|align=left|Evans 18'

|

|

scope=row|{{dts|30 August 2004}}

|align=left|Nottingham Forest

|Home

| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W

|3–2

|align=left|Norris 26' Coughlan 40', Wotton 90' (pen.)

|

|

scope=row|{{dts|11 September 2004}}

|align=left|Queens Park Rangers

|Away

| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L

|2–3

|align=left|Friio 7', Keith 90'

|

|

scope=row|{{dts|14 September 2004}}

|align=left|Leeds United

|Home

| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L

|0–1

|||20,555||{{Cite news |date=2004-09-14 |title=Plymouth 0-1 Leeds |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3647034.stm |access-date=2024-08-28 |language=en-GB}}

scope=row|{{dts|18 September 2004}}

|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers

|Home

| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L

|1–2

|align=left|Friio 62

|

|

scope=row|{{dts|25 September 2004}}

|align=left|Ipswich Town||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||2–3

|align=left|Adams 12', Crawford 13'

|23,270

|{{Cite news |date=2004-09-24 |title=Ipswich 3-2 Plymouth |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3656484.stm |access-date=2024-03-24 |language=en-GB}}

scope=row|{{dts|28 September 2004}}

|align=left|Preston North End||Away|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|2 October 2004}}

|align=left|Gillingham||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||2–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|16 October 2004}}

|align=left|Wigan Athletic||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|19 October 2004}}

|align=left|Rotherham United||Away|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||1–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|23 October 2004}}

|align=left|Sheffield United||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|30 October 2004}}

|align=left|West Ham United||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|2 November 2004}}

|align=left|Reading||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||2–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|6 November 2004}}

|align=left|Wigan Athletic||Away|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||2–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|13 November 2004}}

|align=left|Coventry City||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|20 November 2004}}

|align=left|Stoke City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||0–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|27 November 2004}}

|align=left|Leicester City||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|4 December 2004}}

|align=left|Burnley||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||1–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|11 December 2004}}

|align=left|Crewe Alexandra||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–3

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|18 December 2004}}

|align=left|Derby County||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|26 December 2004}}

|align=left|Queens Park Rangers||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||2–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|28 December 2004}}

|align=left|Leeds United||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|1 January 2005}}

|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers||Away|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|3 January 2005}}

|align=left|Ipswich Town||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|15 January 2005}}

|align=left|Gillingham||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|22 January 2005}}

|align=left|Preston North End||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|5 February 2005}}

|align=left|Reading||Away|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||0–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|12 February 2005}}

|align=left|Rotherham United||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|19 February 2005}}

|align=left|West Ham United||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–5

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|22 February 2005}}

|align=left|Sheffield United||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||3–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|26 February 2005}}

|align=left|Crewe Alexandra||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||3–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|5 March 2005}}

|align=left|Derby County||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|12 March 2005}}

|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||5–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|15 March 2005}}

|align=left|Sunderland||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–5

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|20 March 2005}}

|align=left|Millwall||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–3

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|2 April 2005}}

|align=left|Cardiff City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|5 April 2005}}

|align=left|Watford||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||1–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|9 April 2005}}

|align=left|Nottingham Forest||Away|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||3–0

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|16 April 2005}}

|align=left|Stoke City||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|23 April 2005}}

|align=left|Coventry City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|30 April 2005}}

|align=left|Burnley||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2

|align=left| ||||

scope=row|{{dts|8 May 2005}}

|align=left|Leicester City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||0–0

|align=left| ||||

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/plymouth-argyle/tab/matches/season/2005/comp/196/|title=Plymouth Argyle match record: League Championship 2005|website=www.11v11.com|access-date=25 August 2019}}

=FA Cup=

{{main|2004–05 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ FA Cup match details

scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Opponents

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Score
F–A

!scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

!scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

scope="row"|Third round

|align=left|8 January 2005

|align=left|Everton||Home

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|L||1–3

|align=left|Guðjónsson 34'||20,112||{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4139319.stm | title=Plymouth 1-3 Everton | date=8 January 2005 }}

=League Cup=

{{main|2004–05 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ League Cup match details

scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Opponents

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Score
F–A

!scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

!scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

scope="row"|First round

|align=left|24 August 2004

|align=left|Yeovil Town||Away

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|L||2–3 {{aet}}

|align=left|Crawford 30', Wotton 42' pen.||6,217||{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3585856.stm | title=Yeovil 3-2 Plymouth | date=24 August 2004 }}

Transfers

{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2007}}

= Out =

class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1"

!style="background:#006600"|Date

!style="background:#006600"|Player

!style="background:#006600"|Transfer

!style="background:#006600"|To

!style="background:#006600"|Fee

!style="background:#006600"|Source

11 August 2004

|Marcus Martin

|Season-long loan

|Exeter City

| –

|{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3525886.stm|title=Transfers – August 2004 – 11 August 2004|date=2004-08-26|access-date=2019-08-19|language=en-GB}}

August 2004

|Gary Sawyer

|Season-long loan

|Exeter City

| –

|

October 2004

|Nathan Lowndes

|Free

|Port Vale

| –

|

December 2004

|Blair Sturrock

|Free

|Kidderminster Harriers

| –

|

December 2004

|Lee Makel

|Free

|Dunfermline Athletic

| –

|

January 2005

|Stevie Crawford

|Sale

|Dundee United

|£80,000

|

February 2005

|David Friio

|Sale

|Nottingham Forest

|£100,000

|

= In =

class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1"

!style="background:#006600"|Date

!style="background:#006600"|Player

!style="background:#006600"|Transfer

!style="background:#006600"|From

!style="background:#006600"|Fee

!style="background:#006600"|Source

December 2004

|Bjarni Guðjónsson

|Free transfer

|Coventry City

| –

|

December 2004

|Scott Taylor

|Buy

|Blackpool

|£100,000

|

January 2005

|Ákos Buzsáky

|Short-term loan

|Porto

| –

|

February 2005

|Dexter Blackstock

|Short-term loan

|Southampton

| –

|

February 2005

|Nick Chadwick

|Buy

|Everton

|£250,000

|

March 2005

|Jason Dodd

|Short-term loan

|Southampton

| –

|

June 2005

|Rufus Brevett

|Free transfer

|West Ham United

| –

|

References

{{Reflist}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group=notes}}

{{Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons}}

{{2004–05 in English football}}

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