2004–05 Sheffield United F.C. season
# 2004–05 Sheffield United F.C. season

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

## Season summary

In 2004–05 season, Warnock once again brought in a host of new faces with the pick being arguably the signings of former Sheffield Wednesday players Bromby, Quinn and Geary. The Blades again flirted around the play-offs places but some inconsistent performances, which included only winning 5 of their last 20 Championship games, saw the club again fall just short of the top six.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | West Ham United (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 73 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 70 | |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 67 | |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 66 | |
| 10 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 66 | |

## Results

Sheffield United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

### Football League Championship

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 August 2004 | Burnley | A | 1–1 | 16,956 (3,607 away) | Gray |
| 10 August 2004 | Stoke City | H | 0–0 | 19,723 (810 away) | |
| 14 August 2004 | Reading | H | 0–1 | 22,429 (735 away) | |
| 20 August 2004 | Preston North End | A | 1–0 | 12,084 (768 away) | Gray |
| 28 August 2004 | Leeds United | H | 2–0 | 22,959 (3,325 away) | Ward, Harley |
| 31 August 2004 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–0 | 13,804 (840 away) | Gray |
| 11 September 2004 | West Ham United | H | 1–2 | 21,058 (2,284 away) | Quinn |
| 14 September 2004 | Leicester City | A | 2–3 | 23,422 (1,729 away) | Morgan, Forte |
| 18 September 2004 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0–4 | 10,682 (2,257 away) | |
| 25 September 2004 | Coventry City | H | 1–1 | 16,337 (793 away) | Black |
| 28 September 2004 | Sunderland | H | 1–0 | 17,908 (2,211 away) | Shaw |
| 2 October 2004 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–1 | 6,418 (590 away) | Shaw |
| 17 October 2004 | Gillingham | A | 3–1 | 6,964 (448 away) | Shaw (2), Tonge |
| 19 October 2004 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–1 | 19,445 (2,183 away) | Liddell |
| 23 October 2004 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 2–1 | 18,893 (1,375 away) | Bromby, Gray |
| 29 October 2004 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 3–2 | 7,131 (1,049 away) | Harley, Gray, Cadamarteri |
| 2 November 2004 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–5 | 22,977 (468 away) | Bromby |
| 6 November 2004 | Gillingham | H | 0–0 | 16,598 (349 away) | |
| 13 November 2004 | Watford | H | 1–1 | 18,454 (709 away) | Quinn |
| 20 November 2004 | Derby County | A | 1–0 | 25,725 (2,612 away) | Quinn |
| 27 November 2004 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 3–3 | 18,946 (2,463 away) | Bromby, Thirlwell, Shaw |
| 4 December 2004 | Millwall | A | 2–1 | 11,207 (648 away) | Liddell, Geary |
| 11 December 2004 | Rotherham United | A | 2–2 | 8,195 (2,823 away) | Tonge, Shaw |
| 18 December 2004 | Cardiff City | H | 2–1 | 18,240 (662 away) | Liddell, Gray |
| 26 December 2004 | Coventry City | A | 2–1 | 21,146 (3,313 away) | Morgan, Gray |
| 28 December 2004 | Leicester City | H | 2–0 | 22,100 (1,758 away) | Gray, Quinn |
| 1 January 2005 | Wigan Athletic | H | 0–2 | 21,869 (1,207 away) | |
| 3 January 2005 | West Ham United | A | 2–0 | 27,424 (1,245 away) | Řepka (own goal), Bromby |
| 15 January 2005 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–2 | 21,482 (1,133 away) | Mayo (own goal) |
| 22 January 2005 | Sunderland | A | 0–1 | 27,337 (1,437 away) | |
| 5 February 2005 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–2 | 20,680 (2,528 away) | |
| 22 February 2005 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–3 | 13,953 | |
| 26 February 2005 | Rotherham United | H | 1–0 | 18,431 (1,687 away) | Shaw |
| 5 March 2005 | Cardiff City | A | 0–1 | 12,250 (421 away) | |
| 8 March 2005 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 4–0 | 16,079 (180 away) | Kabba (2), Gray (2) |
| 12 March 2005 | Stoke City | A | 0–2 | 17,019 | |
| 15 March 2005 | Preston North End | H | 1–1 | 18,647 (1,134 away) | Bromby |
| 19 March 2005 | Burnley | H | 2–1 | 19,374 (1,218 away) | Quinn, Gray |
| 2 April 2005 | Reading | A | 0–0 | 18,899 | |
| 5 April 2005 | Leeds United | A | 4–0 | 28,936 | Webber, Montgomery, Gray (2) |
| 9 April 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 3–2 | 20,426 | Webber (2), Gray (pen) |
| 12 April 2005 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 | 21,903 | Quinn |
| 15 April 2005 | Derby County | H | 0–1 | 20,794 | |
| 23 April 2005 | Watford | A | 0–0 | 17,138 | |
| 30 April 2005 | Millwall | H | 0–1 | 19,797 | |
| 8 May 2005 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 2–4 | 27,454 (1,710 away) | Quinn, Gray |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 8 January 2005 | Aston Villa | H | 3–1 | 14,003 (2,483 away) | Cullip, Liddell (2) |
| R4 | 29 January 2005 | West Ham United | A | 1–1 | 19,444 (2,687 away) | Jagielka |
| R4R | 13 February 2005 | West Ham United | H | 1–1 (won 3–1 on pens) | 15,067 | Liddell |
| R5 | 19 February 2005 | Arsenal | A | 1–1 | 36,891 | Gray (pen) |
| R5R | 1 March 2005 | Arsenal | H | 0–0 (lost 2–4 on pens) | 27,595 (1,990 away) | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 24 August 2004 | Stockport County | H | 4–1 | 5,399 (492 away) | Morgan, Cutler (own goal), Tonge, Lester |
| R2 | 21 September 2004 | Wrexham | A | 3–2 | 3,423 (386 away) | Gray (2), Jagielka |
| R3 | 26 October 2004 | Watford | H | 0–0 (lost 2–4 on pens) | 7,689 (484 away) | |

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Paddy Kenny |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Rob Kozluk |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Alan Wright |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Nick Montgomery |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Chris Morgan |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Andy Liddell |
| 8 | FW | SCO | Andy Gray |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ashley Ward |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Danny Cadamarteri |
| 11 | FW | JAM | David Johnson (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Alan Quinn |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Phil Barnes |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Jon Harley |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Paul Thirlwell |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Leigh Bromby |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Michael Tonge |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Steve Kabba |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Chris Armstrong |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Jonathan Forte |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ian Ross |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Kevan Hurst |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Stuart McCall |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Danny Webber (on loan from Watford) |
| 26 | DF | IRL | Derek Geary |
| 27 | MF | IRL | Adrian Harper |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Billy Sharp |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Daniel Ebbutt |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Luke Beckett |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Paul Shaw |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Danny Cullip |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Danny Haystead |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Tommy Johnson |

### Left club during season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 | FW | JAM | Barry Hayles (to Millwall) |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jack Lester (to Nottingham Forest) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Gabrieli (released) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Tommy Black (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Ian Bennett (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| — | MF | ENG | Ashley Sestanovich (released) |

## Transfers

### In

* Jon Harley - Fulham, 21 June, free
* Barry Hayles - Fulham, 23 June, free
* Leigh Bromby - Sheffield Wednesday, 23 June, free
* Alan Quinn - Sheffield Wednesday, 23 June, free
* Andy Liddell - Wigan Athletic, 23 June
* Phil Barnes - Blackpool, 25 June, free
* Paul Thirlwell - Sunderland, 27 July, free
* Danny Cadamarteri - Leeds United, 30 September, £50,000
* Emanuele Gabrieli - 30 September, free
* Derek Geary - Stockport County, 22 October, £25,000
* David Johnson - Nottingham Forest, 10 March, loan
* Luke Beckett - Stockport County, November, £50,000
* Danny Cullip - Brighton & Hove Albion, 17 December, £250,000
* Tommy Johnson - Gillingham
* Danny Haystead
* Adrian Harper

### Out

* Mark Rankine - Tranmere Rovers, 3 June, free
* Wayne Allison - Chesterfield, 25 June, free
* Rob Page - Cardiff City, 2 July, free
* Andy Parkinson - Grimsby Town, July, free
* Kristian Rogers - Worksop Town
* Peter Ndlovu - Mamelodi Sundowns
* Colin Cryan - Scarborough
* Mike Whitlow - Notts County
* Dries Boussatta - Al-Shaab
* Danny Wood
* Dominic Roma
* Sasa Ilic
* Ben Purkiss
* Barry Hayles - Millwall
* Jack Lester - Nottingham Forest
* Emanule Gabrieli - released
* Ashley Sestanovich - Chester City
* Danny Reet - Sheffield Wednesday

### Loans in

* Tommy Black - Crystal Palace, December, loan
* Danny Webber - Watford, 24 March, loan
* Ian Bennett - Birmingham City, loan

### Loans out

* Paul Shaw - Rotherham United, loan
* Ashley Sestanovich - Grimsby Town, free
* Evan Horwood - Stockport County, 11 March, loan
* Colin Marrison - Leigh RMI, 11 March, work experience
* Jake Speight - Leigh RMI, 11 March, work experience
* Luke Beckett - Huddersfield Town, 18 March, loan
* Danny Cullip - Watford, 24 March, loan
