# 2004–05 West Ham United F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, West Ham United competed in the Football League Championship, having lost the previous season's play-off final 0–1 to Crystal Palace at the Millennium Stadium.

## Season summary

Following the previous season's First Division play-off final loss to Crystal Palace, Rob Lee, Brian Deane, Wayne Quinn and Shaun Byrne were all released from West Ham on free transfers. They were closely followed by Kevin Horlock, who signed for Ipswich Town, and David Connolly, who left for Leicester City in a £500,000 deal. Sébastien Carole also returned to Monaco after his loan spell, while Richard Garcia and Elliott Ward signed new contracts.
The first signing Alan Pardew made following the end of the previous season was goalkeeper James Walker, signed on a free transfer from Walsall, where he had been a folk hero. He was brought in as cover for Stephen Bywater. The following month former England international Teddy Sheringham and Serhii Rebrov both signed on free transfers, from Portsmouth and Tottenham respectively. Their arrivals were closely followed by those of AFC Bournemouth captain Carl Fletcher for £275,000 and winger Luke Chadwick from Manchester United on a free transfer. In September, Malky Mackay signed for £300,000 from Norwich City.
West Ham's biggest defeat of the season was away to Cardiff City on 2 November 2004 when they lost 4–1. The Welsh team featured former Hammer Jobi McAnuff, who created the first two goals and scored the fourth. West Ham's biggest win of the season came in their home game against Plymouth Argyle on 19 February 2005 when they won 5–0.
West Ham only lost one of their last ten matches, which helped moved them from seventh to sixth, guaranteeing a play-off spot. The club returned to the FA Premier League at the second time of asking, defeating Preston North End in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off final with a single goal from Bobby Zamora.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Derby County | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Preston North End | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 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 | |

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Stephen Bywater |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Řepka |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Rufus Brevett |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Don Hutchison |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Andy Melville |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Carl Fletcher |
| 7 | DF | SCO | Christian Dailly |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Teddy Sheringham |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Marlon Harewood |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Steve Lomas |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Matthew Etherington |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Chris Cohen |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Anton Ferdinand |
| 16 | FW | UKR | Serhii Rebrov |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Hayden Mullins |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssef Sofiane |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Nigel Reo-Coker (captain) |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Malky Mackay |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Elliott Ward |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Jimmy Walker |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Mark Noble |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Bobby Zamora |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Shaun Newton |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Greg Pearson |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Trent McClenahan |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Luke Chadwick |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Darren Blewitt |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Moses Ashikodi |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Chris Powell |
| 35 | MF | WAL | Gavin Williams |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Hogan Ephraim |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Michael Carrick (to Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 9 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff (to Cardiff City) |
| 9 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco (released) |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Adam Nowland (to Nottingham Forest) |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Darren Powell (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Richard Garcia (to Colchester United) |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Calum Davenport (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Graeme Carrick (Released) |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Robert Burch (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |

## Summer Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | Club From | Fee |
| 10 June 2004 | GK | Jimmy Walker | Walsall | Free |
| 14 July 2004 | FW | Teddy Sheringham | Portsmouth | Free |
| 27 July 2004 | FW | Serhii Rebrov | Tottenham Hotspur | Free |
| 2 August 2004 | MF | Luke Chadwick | Manchester United | Free |
| 31 August 2004 | MF | Carl Fletcher | Bournemouth | £275,000 |
| 10 September 2004 | DF | Malky Mackay | Norwich City | £300,000 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | Club To | Fee |
| 1 July 2004 | DF | Shaun Byrne | Free Agency | End of Contract |
| 1 July 2004 | FW | Brian Deane | Free Agency | End of Contract |
| 1 July 2004 | GK | David Forde | Free Agency | End of Contract |
| 1 July 2004 | MF | Daryl McMahon | Free Agency | End of Contract |
| 1 July 2004 | MF | Robert Lee | Free Agency | End of Contract |
| 9 July 2004 | MF | Kevin Horlock | Ipswich Town | Free Transfer |
| 21 July 2004 | FW | David Connolly | Leicester City | £500.000 |
| 24 August 2004 | MF | Michael Carrick | Tottenham Hotspur | £3,500,000 |

## Winter Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | Club From | Fee | Reference |
| 19 November 2004 | DF | Mauricio Taricco | Tottenham Hotspur | Free | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | Club To | Fee | Reference |
| 5 November 2004 | MF | Adam Nowland | Nottingham Forest | £250,000 | |
| 24 November 2004 | DF | Mauricio Taricco | Free Agency | Released | |

## Statistics
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 045.65 |
| Play-offs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 033.33 |
| League Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | 55 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 79 | 63 | +16 | 047.27 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Championship | Play-offs | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | 10 | | Marlon Harewood | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | ST | 8 | | Teddy Sheringham | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | ST | 25 | | Bobby Zamora | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | MF | 12 | | Matthew Etherington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | | Nigel Reo-Coker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | | Carl Fletcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | ST | 16 | | Serhii Rebrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 21 | | Malky Mackay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | | Rufus Brevett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 11 | | Steve Lomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 15 | | Anton Ferdinand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | | Hayden Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | | Adam Nowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 19 | | Darren Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 30 | | Luke Chadwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 35 | | Gavin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 66 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 79 |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Play-offs | Play-offs | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Stephen Bywater | 39 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Jimmy Walker | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Řepka | 51 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Rufus Brevett | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Andy Melville | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | SCO | Christian Dailly | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Chris Cohen | 14 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Anton Ferdinand | 36 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Darren Powell | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Malky Mackay | 22 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Elliott Ward | 15 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Calum Davenport | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Trent McClenahan | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Chris Powell | 42 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Don Hutchison | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Carl Fletcher | 36 | 2 | 26+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Steve Lomas | 25 | 1 | 18+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Matthew Etherington | 44 | 4 | 37+2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Hayden Mullins | 45 | 1 | 32+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Adam Nowland | 6 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Nigel Reo-Coker | 47 | 3 | 34+5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Mark Noble | 21 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Shaun Newton | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Luke Chadwick | 36 | 1 | 22+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | WAL | Gavin Williams | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ENG | Teddy Sheringham | 36 | 21 | 26+7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Marlon Harewood | 54 | 22 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | UKR | Serhii Rebrov | 32 | 2 | 12+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Richard Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Bobby Zamora | 39 | 13 | 15+19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |