# 2004–05 Mansfield Town F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 13th position with 60 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 63 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 60 |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 60 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 60 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 59 |

## Results

Mansfield Town's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 7 August 2004 | Bristol Rovers | H | 0–2 | 5,709 | |
| 2 | 11 August 2004 | Oxford United | A | 0–1 | 5,029 | |
| 3 | 14 August 2004 | Chester City | A | 3–0 | 2,648 | Asamoah, Buxton, Larkin |
| 4 | 21 August 2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 2–1 | 3,859 | Larkin (2) |
| 5 | 28 August 2004 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–2 | 5,693 | |
| 6 | 30 August 2004 | Yeovil Town | H | 4–1 | 3,826 | Asamoah, Larkin, Corden, Artell |
| 7 | 5 September 2004 | Northampton Town | H | 4–1 | 5,173 | Asamoah, Larkin, Corden (2) |
| 8 | 11 September 2004 | Cambridge United | A | 2–2 | 3,549 | Larkin, MacKenzie |
| 9 | 18 September 2004 | Rochdale | H | 1–0 | 4,266 | Larkin |
| 10 | 25 September 2004 | Scunthorpe United | A | 1–1 | 5,463 | Artell |
| 11 | 2 October 2004 | Lincoln City | H | 2–2 | 5,349 | Murray, Baptiste |
| 12 | 8 October 2004 | Swansea City | A | 0–1 | 8,868 | |
| 13 | 16 October 2004 | Notts County | H | 3–1 | 7,682 | Day, Larkin, Woodman |
| 14 | 19 October 2004 | Cheltenham Town | A | 0–2 | 2,706 | |
| 15 | 26 October 2004 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–1 | 4,215 | Asamoah |
| 16 | 30 October 2004 | Bury | H | 0–0 | 4,147 | |
| 17 | 6 November 2004 | Macclesfield Town | H | 0–1 | 3,816 | |
| 18 | 20 November 2004 | Boston United | A | 0–0 | 3,354 | |
| 19 | 27 November 2004 | Leyton Orient | H | 0–1 | 3,803 | |
| 20 | 7 December 2004 | Darlington | A | 1–2 | 3,686 | Barker |
| 21 | 11 December 2004 | Rushden & Diamonds | H | 0–0 | 3,776 | |
| 22 | 18 December 2004 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 2–0 | 3,469 | Murray, Asamoah |
| 23 | 28 December 2004 | Southend United | A | 1–0 | 7,082 | Warne |
| 24 | 1 January 2005 | Northampton Town | A | 1–2 | 6,112 | Rowson (o.g.) |
| 25 | 3 January 2005 | Scunthorpe United | H | 1–0 | 5,315 | Murray |
| 26 | 11 January 2005 | Cambridge United | H | 0–0 | 3,557 | |
| 27 | 15 January 2005 | Rochdale | A | 1–1 | 2,576 | Barker |
| 28 | 22 January 2005 | Southend United | H | 1–1 | 3,894 | Murray |
| 29 | 29 January 2005 | Lincoln City | A | 0–2 | 5,511 | |
| 30 | 5 February 2005 | Notts County | H | 1–0 | 10,005 | Barker |
| 31 | 8 February 2005 | Swansea City | H | 1–0 | 3,829 | Barker |
| 32 | 12 February 2005 | Cheltenham Town | A | 1–2 | 3,665 | Larkin |
| 33 | 19 February 2005 | Bury | A | 2–0 | 2,595 | Murray, Rundle |
| 34 | 22 February 2005 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 1–4 | 2,497 | Barker |
| 35 | 26 February 2005 | Rushden & Diamonds | A | 0–0 | 3,096 | |
| 36 | 5 March 2005 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 1–1 | 3,278 | Neil |
| 37 | 12 March 2005 | Oxford United | H | 1–3 | 3,030 | Larkin |
| 38 | 19 March 2005 | Bristol Rovers | A | 4–4 | 5,294 | Larkin, Barker (2), Lloyd |
| 39 | 25 March 2005 | Chester City | H | 0–0 | 3,437 | |
| 40 | 28 March 2005 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 3–1 | 3,237 | Barker, Brown |
| 41 | 2 April 2005 | Grimsby Town | H | 2–0 | 3,424 | Rundle, Brown |
| 42 | 9 April 2005 | Yeovil Town | A | 2–5 | 6,471 | Rundle, Day |
| 43 | 16 April 2005 | Darlington | H | 1–1 | 3,569 | Day |
| 44 | 23 April 2005 | Macclesfield Town | A | 1–3 | 2,459 | Lloyd |
| 45 | 30 April 2005 | Boston United | H | 3–2 | 3,223 | Lloyd, Barker, Rundle |
| 46 | 7 May 2005 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–2 | 3,882 | Lloyd |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 13 November 2004 | Colchester United | H | 1–1 | 3,202 | Baptiste |
| R1 Replay | 23 November 2004 | Colchester United | A | 1–4 | 2,492 | Neil |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 21 September 2004 | Preston North End | H | 0–4 | 3,208 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 28 September 2004 | Darlington | H | 0–0 (4–3 pens) | 1,651 | |
| R2 | 2 November 2004 | Macclesfield Town | A | 0–4 | 1,027 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Kevin Pilkington | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Scott McNiven | 24(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(1) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Adam Eaton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tom Curtis | 26(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29(6) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rhys Day | 11(7) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13(8) | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Adam Rundle | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Craig Woodman | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Jason Talbot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Alex Neil | 40(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42(1) | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Adam Murray | 27(5) | 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31(6) | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Colin Larkin | 29(4) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32(4) | 11 |
| 10 | FW | Derek Asamoah | 24(6) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 27(7) | 5 |
| 11 | MF | Giles Coke | 7(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Wayne Corden | 19(5) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(5) | 3 |
| 12 | MF | Simon Brown | 16(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(5) | 2 |
| 13 | GK | Jason White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Neil MacKenzie | 9(6) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14(6) | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Andrew Barrowman | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Alex John-Baptiste | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 44(1) | 2 |
| 16 | DF | Jake Buxton | 29(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32(1) | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Chris Wood | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Chris Tate | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Joe O'Neill | 3(12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5(12) | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Paul Warne | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Goma Lambu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Austin McIntosh | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Tom Curle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Luke Dimech | 19(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24(6) | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Callum Lloyd | 7(3) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10(3) | 4 |
| 23 | MF | Dean Hankey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Leyton Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Danny Heron | 1(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Lee Williamson | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 25 | DF | David Artell | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | Fraser McLachlan | 16(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(5) | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Guy Ipoua | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Richard Lonsdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Richie Barker | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 |
| 31 | MF | Gareth Jelleyman | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Joel Kitamirike | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Shane Smeltz | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| – | – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 |