2004–05 Ross County F.C. season

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Ross County

|season=2004–05

|manager=Alex Smith

|chairman=

|stadium=Victoria Park

|league=Scottish First Division

|league result=6th

|cup1=Scottish Cup

|cup1 result=Fourth round

|cup2=Scottish League Cup

|cup2 result=Second round

|cup3=Scottish Challenge Cup

|cup3 result=Runner-up

|league topscorer=

|season topscorer=

|highest attendance=

|lowest attendance=

|average attendance=

|prevseason=2003–04

|nextseason=2005–06

}}

The 2004–05 season saw Ross County compete in the Scottish First Division where they finished in 6th position with 47 points. Ross County reached the 2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final where they lost 2–1 to Falkirk.{{cite web|title=Ross County 2004/05|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ross-county/2004-2005|website=Statto|accessdate=21 June 2014|archive-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606204820/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ross-county/2004-2005|url-status=dead}}

Final league table

{{:2004–05 Scottish First Division|showteam=ROS}}

Results

Ross County's score comes first

=Legend=

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"|Win

|style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"|Draw

|style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"|Loss

=Scottish First Division=

{{Main article|2004–05 Scottish First Division}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|1

7 August 2004Queen of the SouthA1–01,910Burke
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|2

14 August 2004St MirrenH1–12,666Burke
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|3

21 August 2004ClydeA0–11,101
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|4

28 August 2004Partick ThistleH0–12,781
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|5

4 September 2004Raith RoversA2–11,540Lauchlan, Adam
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|6

11 September 2004St JohnstoneH0–12,486
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|7

18 September 2004Airdrie UnitedA2–11,484Canning, Winters
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|8

25 September 2004Hamilton AcademicalA2–11,522Lauchlan, Higgins
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|9

2 October 2004FalkirkH0–13,062
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|10

16 October 2004St MirrenA2–32,538Gillies (o.g.), Adam
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|11

23 October 2004Queen of the SouthH1–02,354Cowie
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|12

30 October 2004Partick ThistleA0–42,898
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|13

13 November 2004St JohnstoneA1–12,018Higgins
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|14

20 November 2004Airdrie UnitedH1–22,345Docherty (o.g.)
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|15

23 November 2004Raith RoversH1–11,193Burke
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|16

27 November 2004FalkirkA2–23,330McGarry, Malcolm
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|17

4 December 2004Hamilton AcademicalH1–12,034McGarry
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|18

11 December 2004Queen of the SouthA0–11,588
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|19

18 December 2004ClydeH0–11,953
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|20

27 December 2004Partick ThistleH2–13,112Cowie, Canning
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|21

29 December 2004Raith RoversA4–11,127Cowie, Lauchlan, Winters, Burke
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|22

3 January 2005St JohnstoneH4–03,105Winters (2), Canning, Lauchlan
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|23

15 January 2005Airdrie UnitedA1–21,512Winters
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|24

22 January 2005Hamilton AcademicalA1–01,476Winters
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|25

29 January 2005FalkirkH0–13,151
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|26

19 February 2005ClydeA0–11,086
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|27

1 March 2005St MirrenH0–11,302
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|28

5 March 2005Raith RoversH2–02,083Burke, Higgins
style="background: #FFFFCC;"

|29

12 March 2005Partick ThistleA0–02,939
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|30

19 March 2005St JohnstoneA2–01,828Canning, McGarry
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|31

2 April 2005Airdrie UnitedH3–12,032Cowie, Higgins (2)
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|32

9 April 2005FalkirkA0–15,209
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|33

16 April 2005Hamilton AcademicalH2–12,107Cowie, Kilgannon
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|34

23 April 2005Queen of the SouthH1–12,147McGarry
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|35

30 April 2005St MirrenA0–13,906
style="background: #FFFFCC;"

|36

7 May 2005ClydeH1–12,130Burke

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main article|2004–05 Scottish Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|R3

24 January 2005Airdrie UnitedH4–11,302Burke, McGeown (o.g.), Winters
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|R4

5 February 2005ClydeH0–01,629
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|R4 Replay

15 February 2005ClydeA1–21,576Rankin

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main article|2004–05 Scottish League Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|R1

10 August 2004DumbartonA3–1437Burke (3)
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|R2

24 August 2004Inverness Caledonian ThistleH0–13,315

=Scottish Challenge Cup=

{{Main article|2004–05 Scottish Challenge Cup|2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Match!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|R1

31 July 2004St MirrenH2–1950Burke (2)
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|R2

31 August 2004PeterheadA2–1565Burke, Canning
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|QF

15 September 2004Partick ThistleH1 – 1 (5 – 3 pens)1,050Winters
style="background: #CCFFCC;"

|SF

28 September 2004Forfar AthleticH5–22,328Winters (3), Burke, Cowie
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|Final

7 November 2004FalkirkN1–27,471Winters

Squad statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|Other

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart Garden

|15(1)

000205022(1)0
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Stewart

|21

0300000240
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Martin Canning

|33

4302041425
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Lauchlan

|28

4302050384
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart Malcolm

|10(3)

100003113(3)1
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Mark McCulloch

|36

0302050460
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kevin McKinlay

|1(4)

00000001(4)0
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Adam Moffatt

|0(1)

00000000(1)0
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Robertson

|25

030203(1)033(1)0
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Charlie Adam

|8(2)

200004012(2)2
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Don Cowie

|33(1)

530204142(1)6
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sean Kilgannon

|19(8)

11(2)0102(2)023(12)1
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Kilganon

|1

000000010
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Steven Mackay

|3(9)

0001(1)00(4)04(14)0
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie McCunnie

|24(3)

02(1)0104031(4)0
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Rankin

|28(2)

031203036(2)1
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart Taylor

|5

000000050
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Fergus Tiernan

|16

0300000190
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Alex Burke

|28(4)

631234437(4)14
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Craig Gunn

|0(1)

000000(1)00(2)0
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sean Higgins

|13(13)

50(2)00(2)01(2)014(19)5
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Neil MacDonald

|2(5)

00000002(5)0
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Steven McGarry

|19(13)

40(2)01(1)03(2)023(18)4
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Gary McSwegan

|10(7)

000202014(7)0
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} David Winters

|18(13)

6320(2)03(2)524(17)11

References

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