# 2004–05 Ross County F.C. season

The 2004–05 season saw Ross County compete in the Scottish First Division where they finished in 6th position with 47 points. Ross County reached the 2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final where they lost 2–1 to Falkirk.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 51 |
| 5 | Airdrie United | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 50 |
| 6 | Ross County | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 47 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 47 |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 46 |

## Results

Ross County's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Scottish First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 7 August 2004 | Queen of the South | A | 1–0 | 1,910 | Burke |
| 2 | 14 August 2004 | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | 2,666 | Burke |
| 3 | 21 August 2004 | Clyde | A | 0–1 | 1,101 | |
| 4 | 28 August 2004 | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | 2,781 | |
| 5 | 4 September 2004 | Raith Rovers | A | 2–1 | 1,540 | Lauchlan, Adam |
| 6 | 11 September 2004 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 2,486 | |
| 7 | 18 September 2004 | Airdrie United | A | 2–1 | 1,484 | Canning, Winters |
| 8 | 25 September 2004 | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | 1,522 | Lauchlan, Higgins |
| 9 | 2 October 2004 | Falkirk | H | 0–1 | 3,062 | |
| 10 | 16 October 2004 | St Mirren | A | 2–3 | 2,538 | Gillies (o.g.), Adam |
| 11 | 23 October 2004 | Queen of the South | H | 1–0 | 2,354 | Cowie |
| 12 | 30 October 2004 | Partick Thistle | A | 0–4 | 2,898 | |
| 13 | 13 November 2004 | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 2,018 | Higgins |
| 14 | 20 November 2004 | Airdrie United | H | 1–2 | 2,345 | Docherty (o.g.) |
| 15 | 23 November 2004 | Raith Rovers | H | 1–1 | 1,193 | Burke |
| 16 | 27 November 2004 | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | 3,330 | McGarry, Malcolm |
| 17 | 4 December 2004 | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–1 | 2,034 | McGarry |
| 18 | 11 December 2004 | Queen of the South | A | 0–1 | 1,588 | |
| 19 | 18 December 2004 | Clyde | H | 0–1 | 1,953 | |
| 20 | 27 December 2004 | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 3,112 | Cowie, Canning |
| 21 | 29 December 2004 | Raith Rovers | A | 4–1 | 1,127 | Cowie, Lauchlan, Winters, Burke |
| 22 | 3 January 2005 | St Johnstone | H | 4–0 | 3,105 | Winters (2), Canning, Lauchlan |
| 23 | 15 January 2005 | Airdrie United | A | 1–2 | 1,512 | Winters |
| 24 | 22 January 2005 | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–0 | 1,476 | Winters |
| 25 | 29 January 2005 | Falkirk | H | 0–1 | 3,151 | |
| 26 | 19 February 2005 | Clyde | A | 0–1 | 1,086 | |
| 27 | 1 March 2005 | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | 1,302 | |
| 28 | 5 March 2005 | Raith Rovers | H | 2–0 | 2,083 | Burke, Higgins |
| 29 | 12 March 2005 | Partick Thistle | A | 0–0 | 2,939 | |
| 30 | 19 March 2005 | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | 1,828 | Canning, McGarry |
| 31 | 2 April 2005 | Airdrie United | H | 3–1 | 2,032 | Cowie, Higgins (2) |
| 32 | 9 April 2005 | Falkirk | A | 0–1 | 5,209 | |
| 33 | 16 April 2005 | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 | 2,107 | Cowie, Kilgannon |
| 34 | 23 April 2005 | Queen of the South | H | 1–1 | 2,147 | McGarry |
| 35 | 30 April 2005 | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | 3,906 | |
| 36 | 7 May 2005 | Clyde | H | 1–1 | 2,130 | Burke |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 24 January 2005 | Airdrie United | H | 4–1 | 1,302 | Burke, McGeown (o.g.), Winters |
| R4 | 5 February 2005 | Clyde | H | 0–0 | 1,629 | |
| R4 Replay | 15 February 2005 | Clyde | A | 1–2 | 1,576 | Rankin |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 10 August 2004 | Dumbarton | A | 3–1 | 437 | Burke (3) |
| R2 | 24 August 2004 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 0–1 | 3,315 | |

### Scottish Challenge Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 31 July 2004 | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | 950 | Burke (2) |
| R2 | 31 August 2004 | Peterhead | A | 2–1 | 565 | Burke, Canning |
| QF | 15 September 2004 | Partick Thistle | H | 1 – 1 (5 – 3 pens) | 1,050 | Winters |
| SF | 28 September 2004 | Forfar Athletic | H | 5–2 | 2,328 | Winters (3), Burke, Cowie |
| Final | 7 November 2004 | Falkirk | N | 1–2 | 7,471 | Winters |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Stuart Garden | 15(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22(1) | 0 |
| GK | Colin Stewart | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| DF | Martin Canning | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 5 |
| DF | Jim Lauchlan | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| DF | Stuart Malcolm | 10(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13(3) | 1 |
| DF | Mark McCulloch | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin McKinlay | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| DF | Adam Moffatt | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| DF | John Robertson | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 33(1) | 0 |
| MF | Charlie Adam | 8(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12(2) | 2 |
| MF | Don Cowie | 33(1) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42(1) | 6 |
| MF | Sean Kilgannon | 19(8) | 1 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 23(12) | 1 |
| MF | John Kilganon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Steven Mackay | 3(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 4(14) | 0 |
| MF | Jamie McCunnie | 24(3) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31(4) | 0 |
| MF | John Rankin | 28(2) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36(2) | 1 |
| MF | Stuart Taylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Fergus Tiernan | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| FW | Alex Burke | 28(4) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37(4) | 14 |
| FW | Craig Gunn | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| FW | Sean Higgins | 13(13) | 5 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 14(19) | 5 |
| FW | Neil MacDonald | 2(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(5) | 0 |
| FW | Steven McGarry | 19(13) | 4 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 23(18) | 4 |
| FW | Gary McSwegan | 10(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14(7) | 0 |
| FW | David Winters | 18(13) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0(2) | 0 | 3(2) | 5 | 24(17) | 11 |