2004–05 Norwich City F.C. season explained

Club:	Norwich City
Season:	2004–05
Manager:	Nigel Worthington
Chairman:	Roger Munby
Stadium:	Carrow Road
League:	FA Premier League
League Result:	19th (relegated to the Championship)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round proper
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
League Topscorer:	Dean Ashton Damien Francis Leon McKenzie (7)
Season Topscorer:	Dean Ashton Damien Francis Darren Huckerby Leon McKenzie (7)
Highest Attendance:	25,522 (vs. Manchester United, 9 April 2005)
Lowest Attendance:	23,549 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 11 December 2004)
Average Attendance:	24,350
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Prevseason:	2003–04
Nextseason:	2005–06

The 2004–05 season was the 103rd season in the history of Norwich City. It was the club's first season in the Premier League for nine years, following promotion from the First Division in 2003–04.^[1] However, they were immediately relegated back to the second tier, notably without having won a competitive match away from home during the whole season.^[2] Despite being in pole position to stay up going into the final match of the season against Fulham, a 6–0 defeat at Craven Cottage sealed their fate.^[3] This article shows statistics and lists all matches played by the club during the season.

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Robert Green	38	0	1	0	2	0	41	0	0	0
3	DF	Adam Drury	31 (2)	1	0	0	2	0	33 (2)	1	2	0
4	MF	Graham Stuart	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	7 (1)	0	1	0
5	DF	Craig Fleming	38	1	1	0	2	0	41	1	2	0
6	FW	Darren Huckerby	36 (1)	6	1	0	2	1	39 (1)	7	1	0
7	MF	Philip Mulryne	8 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	8 (3)	0	?	0
8	MF	Gary Holt	21 (6)	0	0	0	2	0	23 (6)	0	?	0
9	MF	Mattias Jonson	19 (9)	0	1	0	1	0	21 (9)	0	2	1
10	FW	David Bentley	22 (4)	2	1	0	0 (1)	0	23 (5)	2	?	0
11	DF	Jim Brennan	6 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	7 (4)	0	0	0
12	GK	Darren Ward	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
14	FW	Leon McKenzie	24 (13)	7	0	0	0	0	24 (13)	7	4	0
15	MF	Youssef Safri	13 (5)	1	0	0	1 (1)	1	14 (6)	2	4	0
16	DF	Simon Charlton	22 (2)	1	1	0	1	0	24 (2)	1	1	0
17	DF	Marc Edworthy	27 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	29 (2)	0	?	1
18	FW	Paul McVeigh	3 (14)	1	0	0	1	0	4 (14)	1	0	0
19	FW	Mathias Svensson	10 (12)	4	0	0	1 (1)	0	11 (13)	4	?	0
20	MF	Damien Francis	32	7	1	0	2	0	35	7	3	0
21	GK	Paul Gallacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Ian Henderson	0 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (4)	0	0	0
23	FW	Ryan Jarvis	1 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (4)	1	0	0
24	DF	Jason Shackell	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0
26	DF	Thomas Helveg	16 (4)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	18 (5)	0	?	0
27	DF	Gary Doherty	17 (3)	2	1	0	2	0	20 (3)	2	0	0
28	FW	Danny Crow	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
30	GK	Joe Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	Dean Ashton	16	7	0	0	0	0	16	7	0	0

Matches

League

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Result	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–4	0–2
Position	11	17	16	17	17	18	19	19	17	18	19	19	20	18	19	19	15	17	17

Round	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	4–4	0–1	3–2	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–4	1–0	0–6
Position	18	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	17	19

May

League Cup

First team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

!Date!Nation!Position!Name!Club From!Fee
3 June 2004	MF	David Bentley	Arsenal	Season-long loan^[4]
25 June 2004	MF	Youssef Safri	Coventry City	£500,000^[5]
13 July 2004	DF	Simon Charlton	Bolton Wanderers	£250,000^[6]
22 July 2004	DF	Thomas Helveg	Inter Milan	Free^[7]
5 August 2004	MF	Mattias Jonson	Brøndby	Undisclosed^[8]
6 August 2004	GK		Nottingham Forest	undisclosed ^[9]
20 August 2004	DF	Gary Doherty	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,000,000^[10]
10 January 2005	FW	Dean Ashton	Crewe Alexandra	£4,450,000^[11] ^[12]
31 January 2005	MF	Graham Stuart	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed^[13]

Out

Date	Position	Name	Club From	Fee
29 April 2004	FW	Iwan Roberts	Released	Free^[14]
23 July 2004	MF	Mark Rivers	Crewe Alexandra	Free^[15]
5 August 2004	DF	Keith Briggs	Crewe Alexandra	One-month loan^[16]
10 September 2004	DF		West Ham United	£300,000^[17]
25 September 2004	DF	Keith Briggs	Released	Free^[18]
7 October 2004	FW	Zema Abbey	Wycombe Wanderers	Free^[19]
15 February 2005	FW	Danny Crow	Northampton Town	One-month loan^[20] (extended 23 March^[21])
18 March 2005	GK	Paul Gallacher	Sheffield Wednesday	One-month loan^[22]

Final league table

See main article: 2004–05 FA Premier League.

Notes and References

News: Norwich back in Premiership. 21 April 2004. BBC Sport. 3 January 2011.
Web site: Club History – 1996 to 2004. 1 April 2010. canaries.co.uk. 3 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006082531/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/History/0,,10355~1025328,00.html. 2010-10-06. dead.
News: Fulham 6–0 Norwich. 15 May 2005. BBC Sport. 3 January 2011.
News: 2004-06-03 . Norwich secure Bentley loan . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-22 . 0261-3077.
News: 25 June 2004 . Safri set for Norwich deal . BBC News .
News: 13 July 2004 . Canaries land Charlton . BBC News .
News: 22 July 2004 . Helveg joins Norwich . BBC News .
News: 5 August 2004 . Norwich snap up Jonson . BBC News .
News: 6 August 2004 . Ward moves to Norwich . BBC Sport . 6 August 2006.
News: 20 August 2004 . Doherty joins Norwich . BBC News .
This figure included a £3,000,000 initial fee and a %20 sell-on fee of £7,250,000 received by Crewe for the transfer of Ashton to West Ham in January 2006.
News: 10 January 2005 . Norwich secure £3m Ashton signing . BBC Sport . 12 September 2012.
News: 31 January 2005 . Stuart joins Norwich from Addicks . BBC News .
News: 29 April 2004 . Norwich release Roberts . BBC News .
News: 2004-07-23 . Rivers signs Crewe deal . en-GB . 2023-12-22.
News: 2004-08-05 . Briggs joins Crewe . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-12-22.
News: 10 September 2004 . Mackay seals Hammers move . BBC News .
News: 25 September 2004 . Canaries release Briggs . BBC News .
News: 7 October 2004 . Wycombe sign Abbey . BBC News .
News: 15 February 2005 . Norwich striker moves to Cobblers . BBC News .
News: 23 March 2005 . Crow extends stint with Cobblers . BBC News .
News: 2005-03-18 . Wednesday sign Gallagher on loan . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-12-22.