# 2004–05 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

## Season summary

Ipswich missed automatic promotion in the 2004–05 season, finishing third, only two points behind second-placed Wigan Athletic. Again, they lost to West Ham United in the play off semi-finals, this time by a 4–2 aggregate score.

## First-team squad

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 | Kelvin Davis |
| 2 | DF | NED | Fabian Wilnis |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matt Richards |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Jason de Vos |
| 5 | DF | GUI | Drissa Diallo |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Richard Naylor |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Jim Magilton (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tommy Miller |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Pablo Couñago |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Darren Currie |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Kevin Horlock |
| 12 | DF | USA | Danny Karbassiyoon (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 14 | FW | ENG | James Scowcroft (on loan from Leicester City) |
| 16 | DF | ENG | David Unsworth (on loan from Portsmouth) |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent |
| 32 | FW | FIN | Shefki Kuqi |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ian Westlake |
| 34 | GK | WAL | Lewis Price |

### 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 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Tony Dinning (on loan from Wigan Athletic) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Dean Bowditch (on loan to Burnley) |

### Reserve squad

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 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Dean McDonald |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Juan (on loan from AS Monaco) |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Aidan Collins |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Scott Mitchell |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Darryl Knights |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Owen Garvan |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Billy Clarke |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Scott Barron |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Adem Atay |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Gerard Nash |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ben Patten |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Jerrome Sobers |
| 31 | GK | IRL | Shane Supple |

## Pre-season

Ipswich traveled to Denmark for a pre-season tour in July 2004. Ipswich also played a friendly match against Newcastle United on 28 July, a testimonial match which was played in honour of former assistant manager and player Dale Roberts.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 July 2004 | Peterborough United | A | 2–1 | Unknown | Couñago, Westlake |
| 13 July 2004 | Randers | A | 0–0 | Unknown | |
| 16 July 2004 | AaB | A | 0–2 | Unknown | |
| 21 July 2004 | Oxford United | A | 5–1 | Unknown | Miller (2), Bent, Couñago, Magilton |
| 24 July 2004 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–1 | Unknown | Diallo, Bowditch |
| 28 July 2004 | Newcastle United | H | 2–1 | 24,644 | Kuqi, Couñago |
| 2 August 2004 | Osasuna | H | 2–1 | 4,817 | Couñago, Kuqi |

## Competitions
### Football League Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sunderland (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 94 | Promotion to the FA Premier League |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic (P) | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 87 | Promotion to the FA Premier League |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 85 | 56 | +29 | 85 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 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 |

#### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
Ipswich Town's score comes first

#### Matches

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 7 August 2004 | Gillingham | H | 2–1 | 23,130 | Naylor, Bowditch |
| 11 August 2004 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 | 21,125 | Bent |
| 14 August 2004 | Derby County | A | 2–3 | 22,234 | Miller, Bowditch |
| 21 August 2004 | Cardiff City | H | 3–1 | 21,828 | Bent, Miller, Westlake |
| 28 August 2004 | Rotherham United | A | 2–0 | 5,504 | Kuqi (2) |
| 30 August 2004 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 2–1 | 24,590 | Bent, Miller |
| 12 September 2004 | Millwall | H | 2–0 | 26,790 | Bent, Couñago |
| 14 September 2004 | Stoke City | A | 2–3 | 23,029 | Westlake, de Vos |
| 18 September 2004 | West Ham United | A | 1–1 | 28,812 | Couñago |
| 25 September 2004 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 3–2 | 23,270 | de Vos, Kuqi (2) |
| 28 September 2004 | Reading | H | 1–1 | 23,167 | Kuqi |
| 3 October 2004 | Coventry City | A | 2–1 | 12,608 | Bowditch, Mills (own goal) |
| 16 October 2004 | Burnley | H | 1–1 | 23,183 | Richards |
| 19 October 2004 | Leicester City | A | 2–2 | 22,497 | Westlake, Heath (own goal) |
| 23 October 2004 | Watford | A | 2–2 | 15,894 | Westlake, Bent |
| 30 October 2004 | Preston North End | H | 3–0 | 23,745 | Kuqi, Miller, Bent |
| 2 November 2004 | Sheffield United | H | 5–1 | 22,977 | Miller, Kuqi (2), Naylor, Westlake |
| 6 November 2004 | Burnley | A | 2–0 | 11,969 | Bent (2) |
| 13 November 2004 | Leeds United | H | 1–0 | 29,955 | Bent |
| 21 November 2004 | Sunderland | A | 0–2 | 31,723 | |
| 27 November 2004 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–0 | 26,269 | Kuqi |
| 4 December 2004 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2–2 | 7,236 | Naylor, Bent |
| 11 December 2004 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 4–2 | 18,231 | de Vos, Bent, Currie, Kuqi |
| 21 December 2004 | Wigan Athletic | H | 2–1 | 28,286 | Naylor, Bent |
| 26 December 2004 | Millwall | A | 1–3 | 14,532 | Kuqi |
| 28 December 2004 | Stoke City | H | 1–0 | 26,217 | Kuqi |
| 1 January 2005 | West Ham United | H | 0–2 | 30,003 | |
| 3 January 2005 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 2–1 | 17,923 | Currie (2) |
| 15 January 2005 | Coventry City | H | 3–2 | 23,670 | Bent (2), Kuqi |
| 22 January 2005 | Reading | A | 1–1 | 23,203 | Bent |
| 5 February 2005 | Sheffield United | A | 2–0 | 20,680 | Unsworth, Kuqi |
| 12 February 2005 | Leicester City | H | 2–1 | 27,392 | de Vries (own goal), Kuqi |
| 18 February 2005 | Preston North End | A | 1–1 | 14,418 | Miller |
| 22 February 2005 | Watford | H | 1–2 | 23,993 | Miller |
| 26 February 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–2 | 29,008 | |
| 5 March 2005 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0–1 | 16,744 | |
| 12 March 2005 | Nottingham Forest | H | 6–0 | 25,765 | Naylor, Westlake, Miller (2), Kuqi, Bent |
| 15 March 2005 | Cardiff City | A | 1–0 | 11,768 | Miller |
| 19 March 2005 | Gillingham | A | 0–0 | 9,311 | |
| 2 April 2005 | Derby County | H | 3–2 | 28,796 | Magilton, Bent, Miller |
| 5 April 2005 | Rotherham United | H | 4–3 | 26,017 | Westlake, Bent (2), Magilton |
| 11 April 2005 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–2 | 25,882 | |
| 17 April 2005 | Sunderland | H | 2–2 | 29,230 | Naylor, Bent |
| 23 April 2005 | Leeds United | A | 1–1 | 29,607 | Kuqi |
| 30 April 2005 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 5–1 | 28,244 | Kuqi, Magilton, Miller (2), Couñago |
| 8 May 2005 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–1 | 6,848 | Kuqi |

### Championship play-offs

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| SF 1st Leg | 14 May 2005 | West Ham United | A | 2–2 | 33,723 | Walker (own goal), Kuqi |
| SF 2nd Leg | 18 May 2005 | West Ham United | H | 0–2 | 30,010 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 8 January 2005 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–3 | 20,080 | Miller |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 | 24 August 2004 | Brentford | H | 2–0 | 10,190 | Westlake, Miller |
| R2 | 21 September 2004 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0–2 | 6,020 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2004 | DF | Jason de Vos | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2004 | DF | Jerrome Sobers | Ford United | £10,000 |
| 9 July 2004 | MF | Kevin Horlock | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 10 December 2004 | MF | Darren Currie | Brighton & Hove Albion | £250,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Pos | Name | From | Date until |
| 10 August 2004 | MF | Tony Dinning | Wigan Athletic | 29 September 2004 |
| 21 December 2004 | DF | Danny Karbassiyoon | Arsenal | 30 June 2005 |
| 27 January 2005 | DF | David Unsworth | Portsmouth | 30 June 2005 |
| 31 January 2005 | MF | Jimmy Juan | Monaco | 30 June 2005 |
| 14 February 2005 | FW | James Scowcroft | Leicester City | 30 June 2005 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 May 2004 | DF | John McGreal | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2004 | FW | Marcus Bent | Everton | £450,000 |
| 1 July 2004 | MF | Jermaine Wright | Leeds United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2004 | DF | Georges Santos | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2004 | MF | Martijn Reuser | Willem II | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2004 | MF | Chris Bart-Williams | APOEL | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2004 | DF | Chris Makin | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2004 | FW | Alun Armstrong | Darlington | Free transfer |
| 9 December 2004 | FW | Craig Reid | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2005 | FW | Antonio Murray | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2005 | DF | Chris Hogg | Hibernian | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Pos | Name | From | Date until |
| 19 November 2004 | GK | Lewis Price | Cambridge United | 29 December 2004 |
| 9 March 2005 | FW | Dean Bowditch | Burnley | 9 May 2005 |
| 24 March 2005 | DF | Jerrome Sobers | Brentford | 16 May 2005 |

## Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Kelvin Davis | 42 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | WAL | Lewis Price | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Fabian Wilnis | 44 | 0 | 40+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matt Richards | 28 | 1 | 15+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Jason de Vos | 49 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GUI | Drissa Diallo | 29 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Richard Naylor | 50 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Danny Karbassiyoon | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | David Unsworth | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Scott Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Scott Barron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | NIR | Jim Magilton | 44 | 3 | 33+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tommy Miller | 50 | 15 | 45 | 13 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Darren Currie | 27 | 3 | 19+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Kevin Horlock | 44 | 0 | 33+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ian Westlake | 50 | 8 | 41+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Pablo Couñago | 22 | 3 | 4+15 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | James Scowcroft | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent | 50 | 20 | 45 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Darryl Knights | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | FIN | Shefki Kuqi | 48 | 20 | 40+3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ENG | Tony Dinning | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Dean Bowditch | 24 | 3 | 6+15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: end of season Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Total |
| 18 | FW | | Darren Bent | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 32 | FW | | Shefki Kuqi | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | MF | | Tommy Miller | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 33 | MF | | Ian Westlake | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | DF | | Richard Naylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | | Jason de Vos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Jim Magilton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Pablo Couñago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Darren Currie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | | Dean Bowditch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Matt Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | David Unsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 85 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 90 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | | Kelvin Davis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 34 | | Lewis Price | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Fabian Wilnis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Matt Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jason de Vos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Drissa Diallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Richard Naylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jim Magilton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Tommy Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Pablo Couñago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Tony Dinning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kevin Horlock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Danny Karbassiyoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | James Scowcroft | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | David Unsworth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Dean Bowditch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Darren Bent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Shefki Kuqi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Ian Westlake | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 1 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
| No. | Pos. | Name | MS |
| 1 | GK | Kelvin Davis | 42 |
| 5 | RB | Drissa Diallo | 26 |
| 4 | CB | Jason de Vos | 49 |
| 6 | CB | Richard Naylor | 50 |
| 2 | LB | Fabian Wilnis | 43 |
| 11 | RM | Kevin Horlock | 35 |
| 8 | CM | Tommy Miller | 47 |
| 7 | CM | Jim Magilton | 26 |
| 33 | LM | Ian Westlake | 46 |
| 18 | CF | Darren Bent | 50 |
| 32 | CF | Shefki Kuqi | 43 |
* 4–4–2 Formation
* Davis
* Diallo
* de Vos
* Naylor
* Wilnis
* Miller
* Westlake
* Magilton(C)
* Horlock
* Kuqi
* Bent

## Awards
### Player awards

| Award | Player |
| Player of the Year | Shefki Kuqi |
| Players' Player of the Year | Kelvin Davis |
| Young Player of the Year | Billy Clarke |

### Football League Championship Manager of the Month

| Month | Manager | Ref |
| November | Joe Royle | |

### Football League Championship Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| October | Kevin Horlock | |

### PFA Championship Team of the Year

| Player | Ref |
| Kelvin Davis | |