# 2004–05 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

The 2004–05 season saw Scunthorpe United compete in Football League Two where they finished in 2nd position with 80 points, gaining automatic promotion to League One.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Yeovil Town (C, P) | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 65 | +25 | 83 | Promotion to League One |
| 2 | Scunthorpe United (P) | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 80 | Promotion to League One |
| 3 | Swansea City (P) | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 80 | Promotion to League One |
| 4 | Southend United (O, P) | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |

## Results

Scunthorpe United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 7 August 2004 | Rochdale | H | 3–1 | 4,409 | Taylor, Hayes, Sparrow |
| 2 | 10 August 2004 | Cheltenham Town | A | 2–0 | 3,647 | Kell, Keogh |
| 3 | 14 August 2004 | Oxford United | A | 1–1 | 4,920 | Hayes |
| 4 | 21 August 2004 | Lincoln City | H | 3–2 | 5,212 | Kell, Butler (2) |
| 5 | 28 August 2004 | Macclesfield Town | A | 2–2 | 2,321 | Sparrow, Hayes |
| 6 | 30 August 2004 | Northampton Town | H | 2–0 | 4,201 | Keogh, Crosby |
| 7 | 4 September 2004 | Darlington | A | 0–0 | 3,983 | |
| 8 | 11 September 2004 | Chester City | H | 1–2 | 4,203 | Butler |
| 9 | 18 September 2004 | Bury | A | 1–0 | 2,846 | Rankine |
| 10 | 25 September 2004 | Mansfield Town | H | 1–1 | 5,463 | Baraclough |
| 11 | 2 October 2004 | Boston United | A | 1–2 | 3,640 | Hayes |
| 12 | 8 October 2004 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 2–0 | 4,373 | Hayes, Crosby |
| 13 | 16 October 2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 2–3 | 2,167 | Hayes, Torpey |
| 14 | 19 October 2004 | Southend United | H | 3–2 | 3,402 | Hayes, Torpey, Crosby |
| 15 | 23 October 2004 | Yeovil Town | H | 1–0 | 4,470 | Butler |
| 16 | 30 October 2004 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–1 | 4,359 | Butler, Torpey |
| 17 | 6 November 2004 | Grimsby Town | H | 2–0 | 8,054 | Hayes (2) |
| 18 | 20 November 2004 | Bristol Rovers | A | 3–0 | 7,039 | Hayes (2), Torpey |
| 19 | 27 November 2004 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 3–1 | 4,418 | Hayes, Taylor, Beagrie |
| 20 | 7 December 2004 | Cambridge United | A | 2–1 | 2,666 | Torpey, Taylor |
| 21 | 11 December 2004 | Swansea City | H | 1–0 | 5,075 | Torpey |
| 22 | 18 December 2004 | Rushden & Diamonds | A | 3–1 | 3,198 | Torpey, Butler (2) |
| 23 | 26 December 2004 | Chester City | A | 1–1 | 3,216 | Torpey |
| 24 | 28 December 2004 | Notts County | H | 0–0 | 6,399 | |
| 25 | 1 January 2005 | Darlington | H | 0–1 | 5,131 | |
| 26 | 3 January 2005 | Mansfield Town | A | 0–1 | 5,315 | |
| 27 | 15 January 2005 | Bury | H | 3–2 | 5,635 | Torpey (2), Butler |
| 28 | 22 January 2005 | Notts County | A | 0–2 | 6,429 | |
| 29 | 29 January 2005 | Boston United | H | 1–1 | 5,056 | Butler |
| 30 | 5 February 2005 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 2–1 | 5,023 | Hayes, Baraclough |
| 31 | 11 February 2005 | Southend United | A | 0–0 | 8,224 | |
| 32 | 15 February 2005 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–2 | 4,089 | Sparrow |
| 33 | 19 February 2005 | Leyton Orient | H | 1–0 | 5,162 | Keogh |
| 34 | 22 February 2005 | Yeovil Town | A | 3–4 | 7,598 | Hayes (2), Butler |
| 35 | 26 February 2005 | Swansea City | A | 1–2 | 7,249 | Butler |
| 36 | 5 March 2005 | Rushden & Diamonds | H | 1–0 | 4,932 | Beagrie |
| 37 | 12 March 2005 | Cheltenham Town | H | 4–1 | 4,659 | Sparrow (2), Kell, Byrne |
| 38 | 19 March 2005 | Rochdale | A | 0–0 | 3,605 | |
| 39 | 25 March 2005 | Oxford United | H | 1–1 | 5,977 | Baraclough |
| 40 | 28 March 2005 | Lincoln City | A | 0–2 | 6,729 | |
| 41 | 2 April 2005 | Macclesfield Town | H | 0–0 | 5,536 | |
| 42 | 9 April 2005 | Northampton Town | A | 2–1 | 6,523 | Hayes, Kell |
| 43 | 16 April 2005 | Cambridge United | H | 4–0 | 5,642 | Kell, Crosby, Taylor |
| 44 | 23 April 2005 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–0 | 7,941 | |
| 45 | 30 April 2005 | Bristol Rovers | H | 4–0 | 6,925 | Torpey (2), Taylor, Hayes |
| 46 | 7 May 2005 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–0 | 6,285 | |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 13 November 2004 | Chesterfield | H | 2–0 | 4,869 | Hayes, Baraclough |
| R2 | 3 December 2004 | Wrexham | H | 2–0 | 5,668 | Ridley, Sparrow |
| R3 | 8 January 2005 | Chelsea | A | 1–3 | 40,019 | Hayes |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 25 August 2004 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–2 | 7,344 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 28 September 2004 | Hereford United | A | 1 – 1 (3 – 4 pens) | 1,414 | Torpey |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Tom Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Nathan Stanton | 18(3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20(3) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kevin Sharp | 4(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Andy Crosby | 43(1) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47(1) | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Wayne Corden | 3(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(5) | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Mark Jackson | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Cliff Byrne | 24(5) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28(5) | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Matt Sparrow | 35(9) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39(10) | 6 |
| 8 | MF | Wayne Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Paul Hayes | 41(5) | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 45(6) | 19 |
| 10 | FW | Steve Torpey | 33(1) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36(1) | 13 |
| 11 | DF | Ian Baraclough | 45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4 |
| 12 | DF | Lee Ridley | 43(1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47(1) | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Peter Beagrie | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | Cleveland Taylor | 18(26) | 6 | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20(29) | 6 |
| 16 | MF | Terry Barwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Andy Parton | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Andy Butler | 36(1) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40(1) | 10 |
| 19 | MF | Richard Kell | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 5 |
| 20 | DF | Richard Hinds | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Lee Featherstone | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Richie Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Jonathan Walters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Neil Teggart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Paul Musselwhite | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Russell Penn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Marcus Williams | 0(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(6) | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Josh Lillis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Mat Bailey | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Andy Keogh | 13(12) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(12) | 3 |
| 28 | DF | Stevland Angus | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Tom Brighton | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Michael Rankine | 1(20) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(21) | 1 |