2004–05 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
Bolton Wanderers 2004–05 football season
The 2004–05 season was the 127th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C. 's existence, and was their fourth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.
Season summary
Bolton finished in sixth place in the final Premiership table - tied on points but one place behind that season's European champions Liverpool , and three points off qualification for the Champions League . As it was, sixth place was enough to grant Bolton their first ever excursion into European competition, in the UEFA Cup .
Final league table
Source:
[ 2] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ Although they failed to qualify for the Champions League as one of the top four English clubs, Liverpool were given a special dispensation to compete as the defending champions . They were, however, forced to enter in the first qualifying round.[ 1]
^ Since the finalists of the FA Cup , Arsenal and Manchester United , as well as Chelsea , who won the 2004–05 Football League Cup , were qualified for the Champions League, and the fifth-placed team (Liverpool ) were moved to the Champions League, the sixth and seventh-placed teams in the Premier League were rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup.
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Michael Bridges - Leeds United , free, 9 June[ 3]
Les Ferdinand - Leicester City , free, 5 July[ 4]
Radhi Jaïdi - Espérance , free, 6 July[ 5]
Gary Speed - Newcastle United , £750,000, 21 July[ 6]
Fernando Hierro - Al Rayyan , free, 28 July[ 7]
Tal Ben Haim - Maccabi Tel Aviv , £203,000, 28 July
El Hadji Diouf - Liverpool , season loan, 19 August[ 8]
Blessing Kaku - F.C. Ashdod , free transfer, 24 August[ 9]
Khalilou Fadiga - Internazionale , free, 14 September[ 10]
Vincent Candela - Roma , free transfer, 31 January[ 11]
Júlio César - Real Valladolid , free, July
Out
Simon Charlton - Norwich City , £250,000, 13 July[ 12]
Jeff Smith - Port Vale , free, 22 June[ 13]
Per Frandsen - Wigan Athletic , free, 24 June[ 14]
Emerson Thome - Wigan Athletic , free, 4 August[ 15]
Mário Jardel - Newell's Old Boys , free, 13 August[ 16]
Ibrahim Ba - Çaykur Rizespor , free, 24 August
Michael Bridges - Sunderland , season loan, 23 September[ 17]
Youri Djorkaeff - Blackburn Rovers , free, 28 September[ 18]
Les Ferdinand - Reading , free, 6 January[ 19]
Danny Livesey - Carlisle United , month loan, 25 December
Danny Livesey - Carlisle United , free, 25 January[ 20]
Joey O'Brien - Sheffield Wednesday , loan
Derek Niven - Chesterfield
Steve Howey - New England Revolution , free
Ndiwa Lord-Kangana - released
Jeremy Bon - released
Lewis Hamlin - released
Note: All players listed as joining other clubs from Bolton on a free transfer were released by the club on 17 May 2004,[ 21] with the exception of Ferdinand, who was released on 2 January 2005.[ 22]
Matches
Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H Result W L W W D D D L W W W D L D L L L L L L D W W W W W D L W W L W W D D L D W Position 2 7 3 3 3 4 4 7 4 4 4 4 5 7 8 8 9 11 13 13 14 11 11 9 8 7 6 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
August
Home team v Away team
September
Home team v Away team
October
Home team v Away team
November
Home team v Away team
December
Home team v Away team
January
Home team v Away team
February
Home team v Away team
March
Home team v Away team
April
Home team v Away team
May
Home team v Away team
Statistics
Appearances
Bolton used a total of 26 players during the season.
Top scorers
Notes
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Isthmian League (Two )
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (One , Two )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups