2004–05 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United
2004–05 season
Chairman	Peter Ruchniewicz
Manager	Ronnie Moore (until January) ; Alan Knill (caretaker until 7 April) ; Mick Harford (from 7 April)
Stadium	Millmoor
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Butler (6)
Average home league attendance	5,577
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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

Season summary

During the 2004–05 season, the club struggled and spent most of the season bottom of the league. The club was bought by the consortium, Millers 05. Ronnie Moore left by mutual consent during the campaign, after his team were rooted to the bottom of the division for the majority of the season.^[1]

After relegation to League One in April 2005, Mick Harford took over as Millers manager.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	−25	51
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	−20	50
22	Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	45	66	−21	50	Relegation to Football League One
23	Nottingham Forest (R)	46	9	17	20	42	66	−24	44
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	14	27	35	69	−34	29

Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	14,547	Shaw
10 August 2004	Burnley	H	0–0	6,243
14 August 2004	Stoke City	H	1–1	5,925	Shaw
21 August 2004	Reading	A	0–1	11,404
28 August 2004	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	5,504
30 August 2004	Preston North End	A	0–2	11,439
11 September 2004	Leicester City	H	0–2	6,272
14 September 2004	West Ham United	A	0–1	26,233
18 September 2004	Coventry City	A	0–0	13,834
25 September 2004	Millwall	H	1–1	5,062	Sedgwick
28 September 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–3	4,498	Burchill, Barker
2 October 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2	7,937
16 October 2004	Cardiff City	A	0–2	11,004
19 October 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1	5,088
25 October 2004	Sunderland	H	0–1	6,026
30 October 2004	Derby County	A	2–3	25,096	Swailes, Scott
3 November 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	21,619	Sedgwick, Júnior
6 November 2004	Cardiff City	H	2–2	5,093	McLaren, Proctor
13 November 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	6,693	McIntosh
20 November 2004	Watford	A	0–0	17,780
29 November 2004	Leeds United	H	1–0	8,860	McIntosh
4 December 2004	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	6,076
11 December 2004	Sheffield United	H	2–2	8,195	Swailes, McIntosh
18 December 2004	Gillingham	A	1–3	8,576	Hoskins
26 December 2004	Leicester City	A	1–0	27,014	Barker
28 December 2004	West Ham United	H	2–2	7,769	Butler, McIntosh
1 January 2005	Coventry City	H	1–2	5,742	Júnior
3 January 2005	Millwall	A	2–1	11,725	Butler, Scott
15 January 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	9,050
22 January 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	6,382	Mullin
5 February 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	8,448
12 February 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	14,798	Monkhouse
19 February 2005	Derby County	H	1–3	7,937	Butler (pen)
22 February 2005	Sunderland	A	1–4	22,267	Monkhouse
26 February 2005	Sheffield United	A	0–1	18,431
5 March 2005	Gillingham	H	1–3	4,367	Butler
12 March 2005	Burnley	A	1–2	10,539	Gilchrist
15 March 2005	Reading	H	1–0	3,804	Warne
19 March 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	5,387
2 April 2005	Stoke City	A	2–1	16,552	Butler, Noel-Williams (own goal)
5 April 2005	Ipswich Town	A	3–4	26,017	Thorpe, Butler, McIntosh
9 April 2005	Preston North End	H	1–2	6,312	Hoskins
16 April 2005	Watford	H	0–1	5,438
23 April 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	25,177
30 April 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	6,549
8 May 2005	Leeds United	A	0–0	30,900

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Yeovil Town	H	0–3	5,397

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Chesterfield	H	2–1	3,845	Proctor, Barker
R2	22 September 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	11,168	Sedgwick

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Mike Pollitt
4	DF	ENG	Rob Scott
5	MF	ENG	Darren Garner
6	DF	ENG	Phil Gilchrist
7	FW	ENG	Michael Proctor
8	DF	ENG	Chris Swailes
9	FW	ENG	Martin Butler
10	FW	ENG	Paul Warne
11	MF	ENG	Nick Daws
12	FW	ENG	Marc Newsham
14	FW	ENG	Will Hoskins
15	DF	SCO	Martin McIntosh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Paul Hurst
17	MF	ENG	John Mullin
18	DF	ENG	Scott Minto
19	MF	ENG	Paulo Vernazza
20	FW	ENG	Andy Monkhouse
21	MF	JAM	Jamal Campbell-Ryce^{[note 1]}
22	DF	ENG	Shaun Barker
23	MF	ENG	Paul McLaren
24	MF	ENG	Ben Bradford
25	MF	IRL	Michael Keane
29	MF	ENG	Sam Duncum
30	GK	ENG	Gary Montgomery

Left club during season