2004–05_Brentford_F.C._season

2004–05 Brentford F.C. season

2004–05 season of Brentford F.C.

During the 2004–05 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. In his first full season as manager of the club, Martin Allen's "two bob team" reached the 2005 Football League play-off semi-finals and the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Brentford

2004–05 season

Chairman

Eddie Rogers

Manager

Stadium

Football League Trophy

First round

Top goalscorer

League: Burton (10)
All: Burton, Rankin (10)

Highest home attendance

9,604

Lowest home attendance

4,430

Average home league attendance

6,082

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Season summary

Centre back Sam Sodje's performances won him the Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year award.

After pulling off "The Great Escape" from relegation at the end of the 2003–04 season,^[1] Brentford manager Martin Allen signed a three-year contract and assembled a "two bob" squad of veterans,^[2] youngsters and non-League footballers on free transfers.^[3] The club was £7 million in debt and facing annual interest payments on its overdraft of £300,000.^[4] The season was punctuated by bizarre motivational challenges set by Allen, which stretched from ordering the players to prepare their own lunch to swimming in rivers before cup ties.^[5]^[6]

As the season got underway, Brentford suffered first round exits from the League Cup and the Football League Trophy, but a run of five wins in eight league matches through to mid-October 2004 saw the club rooted in the League One automatic promotion places.^[7] Though Brentford then won just four matches in all competitions during the final two months of 2004, the club managed to remain in the top 10 in League One.^[7] Victory over Walsall in the first match at Griffin Park of 2005 began a spell in which the Bees lost just three of the following 21 matches in all competitions.^[7] One of the defeats came in a FA Cup fifth round replay at home to Southampton,^[7] which ended a memorable run that earned the club over £500,000 in match revenues.^[4]^[8] Postponements due to the cup run gave Brentford up to three games in hand from February through March.^[7]

Brentford broke back into the playoff positions on 12 April, after a 1–0 win over Tranmere Rovers,^[7] still with a game in hand.^[9] Consecutive defeats to Bradford City, Huddersfield Town and Luton Town in April dropped the Bees outside the playoff places,^[7] but a late 2–1 comeback victory away to Wrexham in the penultimate match of the regular season (the final game in hand) confirmed a place in the playoffs.^[10] Martin Allen selected a predominantly youth and reserve lineup for the final match of the league season versus already-promoted Hull City.^[11] The experimental team secured a 2–1 victory and a 4th-place finish in League One.^[7] Despite finishing 4th, the 9 goals conceded during the three defeats in April saw Brentford finish the season with a goal difference of −3.^[12]

Brentford met 5th-place Sheffield Wednesday in the 2005 League One playoffs, but a 1–0 defeat in the first leg at Hillsborough left the Bees with a mountain to climb.^[13] Despite an improved performance in the second leg at Griffin Park, the team crumbled and conceded twice to effectively end the tie, before Andy Frampton grabbed a late consolation.^[14]

League table

Main article: 2004–05 Football League One

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Hull City (P)	46	26	8	12	80	53	+27	86	Promotion to 2005–06 Football League Championship
3	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	13	11	73	55	+18	79	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Brentford	46	22	9	15	57	60	−3	75
5	Sheffield Wednesday (P)	46	19	15	12	77	59	+18	72
6	Hartlepool United	46	21	8	17	76	66	+10	71

Updated to match(es) played on May 2005. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Pre-season

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
17 July 2004	Hampton & Richmond Borough	A	3–0	n/a	Burton, Hutchinson, Salako
20 July 2004	AFC Wimbledon	H	2–0	2,562	Burton, Peters
25 July 2004	Reading	H	1–0	3,230	Rankin
28 July 2004	Aldershot Town	A	3–2	1,400	Burton (2), Hargreaves
31 July 2004	Newmarket Town	A	5–0	n/a	Muldowney, Rhodes (3, 1 pen), Peters
2 August 2004	Arundel	A	3–0	471	Smith, Sodje, Moleski

Football League One

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No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	7 August 2004	Chesterfield	A	1–3	4,651	Rhodes
2	10 August 2004	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–3	5,621	Rankin, Hargreaves, Burton, Tabb
3	14 August 2004	Wrexham	H	1–0	5,091	O'Connor
4	21 August 2004	Peterborough United	A	0–3	4,868
5	28 August 2004	Stockport County	H	3–0	4,643	Dobson, Salako, Burton
6	30 August 2004	Bristol City	A	1–4	10,296	O'Connor
7	4 September 2004	Bournemouth	H	2–1	5,682	Talbot, Rankin
8	11 September 2004	Torquay United	A	2–2	3,458	Hargreaves, Sodje
9	18 September 2004	Port Vale	H	1–0	5,442	Salako (pen)
10	25 September 2004	Walsall	A	0–1	5,302
11	2 October 2004	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	5,818	Rankin, Burton
12	9 October 2004	Barnsley	A	0–0	8,453
13	16 October 2004	Milton Keynes Dons	A	0–0	5,924
14	19 October 2004	Hartlepool United	H	2–1	4,797	Rankin, Burton
15	23 October 2004	Blackpool	H	0–3	6,722
16	30 October 2004	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	8,740
17	7 November 2004	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	10,810	Sodje
18	20 November 2004	Bradford City	H	1–2	5,909	Rhodes
19	27 November 2004	Hull City	A	0–2	15,710
20	7 December 2004	Luton Town	H	2–0	6,393	Burton, May
21	11 December 2004	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	21,592	Rhodes, Burton
22	18 December 2004	Colchester United	H	1–0	5,634	Salako
23	26 December 2004	Torquay United	H	1–3	6,419	Sodje
24	28 December 2004	Swindon Town	A	0–3	6,875
25	1 January 2005	Bournemouth	A	2–3	8,072	Rankin (2)
26	3 January 2005	Walsall	H	1–0	5,084	Broad (og)
27	15 January 2005	Port Vale	A	1–0	4,230	Hutchinson
28	22 January 2005	Swindon Town	H	2–1	5,867	Burton, Hunt
29	25 January 2005	Barnsley	H	1–1	4,835	Sodje
30	5 February 2005	Milton Keynes Dons	H	1–0	5,077	Hunt (pen)
31	22 February 2005	Hartlepool United	A	1–3	4,206	Rankin
32	26 February 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–3	8,323	Burton, Peters, Hunt
33	5 March 2005	Colchester United	A	1–0	3,066	Tabb
34	12 March 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0	5,525
35	15 March 2005	Oldham Athletic	A	2–0	4,291	S.P. Fitzgerald
36	19 March 2005	Chesterfield	H	2–2	6,097	Burton, Tabb
37	22 March 2005	Blackpool	A	1–2	5,478	Pratley
38	28 March 2005	Peterborough United	H	0–0	6,341
39	2 April 2005	Stockport County	A	2–1	4,408	S.P. Fitzgerald, Sodje
40	9 April 2005	Bristol City	H	1–0	6,780	Sodje
41	12 April 2005	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	6,005	Turner
42	16 April 2005	Bradford City	A	1–4	6,743	Tabb
43	23 April 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	7,703	Owusu
44	30 April 2005	Luton Town	A	2–4	9,313	Sodje, Burton
45	3 May 2005	Wrexham	A	2–1	4,374	Rankin, S.P. Fitzgerald
46	7 May 2005	Hull City	H	2–1	9,604	Sobers, Tabb

Football League play-offs

Main article: 2005 Football League play-offs

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
SF (1st leg)	12 May 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	28,625
SF (2nd leg)	16 May 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2 (lost 3–1 on aggregate)	10,823	Frampton

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
R1	12 November 2004	Bristol City	A	1–1	7,547	Salako
R1 (replay)	25 November 2004	Bristol City	H	1–1 (a.e.t.), won 4–3 on pens)	3,706	Frampton
R2	5 December 2004	Hinckley United	A	0–0	2,661
R2 (replay)	14 December 2004	Hinckley United	H	2–1	4,002	Rhodes, Talbot
R3	8 January 2005	Luton Town	A	2–0	6,861	Hargreaves, Tabb
R4	29 January 2005	Hartlepool United	H	0–0	8,967
R4 (replay)	12 February 2005	Hartlepool United	A	1–0	7,580	Rankin
R5	19 February 2005	Southampton	A	2–2	24,741	Rankin, Sodje
R5 (replay)	1 March 2005	Southampton	H	1–3	11,720	Hutchinson

Football League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R1	24 August 2004	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	10,190

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Trophy

More information Round, Date ...

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
SR1	28 September 2004	Milton Keynes Dons	H	0–3	1,679

Sources: Soccerbase, 11v11

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2004–05 season.

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No	Position	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Stuart Nelson	(1981-09-17)17 September 1981 (aged 22)	Hucknall Town	2004
21	GK	Josh Lennie	(1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 18)	Youth	2003	Loaned to Carshalton Athletic and Maidenhead United
31	GK	Ademola Bankole	(1969-09-09)9 September 1969 (aged 34)	Maidenhead United	2005	Goalkeeping coach
45	GK	Clark Masters	(1987-05-31)31 May 1987 (aged 17)	Youth	2005
Defenders
2	DF	Michael Dobson (c)	(1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 23)	Youth	1999
3	DF	Andy Myers	(1973-11-03)3 November 1973 (aged 30)	Colchester United	2004
5	DF	Michael Turner	(1983-11-09)9 November 1983 (aged 20)	Charlton Athletic	2004	Loaned from Charlton Athletic before transferring permanently
6	DF	Scott B. Fitzgerald	(1969-08-13)13 August 1969 (aged 34)	Colchester United	2004
12	DF	Andy Frampton	(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 24)	Crystal Palace	2002
16	DF	Kevin O'Connor	(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 22)	Youth	2000
17	DF	Sam Sodje	(1980-07-14)14 July 1980 (aged 24)	Margate	2004
20	DF	Jamie Palmer	(1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 18)	Youth	2005	Loaned to Kingstonian and Staines Town
22	DF	Sean Hillier	(1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 18)	Youth	2004	Loaned to Welling United, Hendon and North Greenford United
37	DF	Darius Charles	(1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 16)	Youth	2004
38	DF	Karleigh Osborne	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 16)	Youth	2004
42	DF	Ahmet Rifat	(1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 18)	Reading	2005
44	DF	Ryan Watts	(1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (aged 16)	Youth	2005
Midfielders
4	MF	Stewart Talbot	(1973-06-14)14 June 1973 (aged 31)	Rotherham United	2004
7	MF	Eddie Hutchinson	(1982-02-23)23 February 1982 (aged 22)	Sutton United	2000
8	MF	Jay Tabb	(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 20)	Crystal Palace	2000
10	MF	Stephen Hunt	(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 23)	Crystal Palace	2001
11	MF	Chris Hargreaves	(1972-05-12)12 May 1972 (aged 32)	Northampton Town	2004
15	MF	Alex Rhodes	(1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 22)	Newmarket Town	2003
19	MF	San Lee	(1985-10-05)5 October 1985 (aged 18)	West Ham United	2004	Loaned to São Paulo
23	MF	Luke Muldowney	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 18)	Youth	2004	Loaned to Kingstonian and Staines Town
24	MF	James Morrison	(1985-09-22)22 September 1985 (aged 18)	Youth	2004	Loaned to Hendon and Chertsey Town
25	MF	Ryan Peters	(1987-08-21)21 August 1987 (aged 16)	Youth	2004	Loaned to Windsor & Eton and Gravesend & Northfleet
26	MF	John Salako	(1969-02-11)11 February 1969 (aged 35)	Reading	2004
28	MF	Jamie Lawrence	(1970-03-08)8 March 1970 (aged 34)	Grimsby Town	2004
29	MF	Darren Pratley	(1985-04-22)22 April 1985 (aged 19)	Fulham	2005	On loan from Fulham
39	MF	Scott Weight	(1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 17)	Youth	2004
40	MF	George Moleski	(1987-07-27)27 July 1987 (aged 17)	Youth	2005
43	MF	Aaron Steele	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 17)	Youth	2004
Forwards
9	FW	Isaiah Rankin	(1978-05-22)22 May 1978 (aged 26)	Grimsby Town	2004
14	FW	Matt Harrold	(1984-07-24)24 July 1984 (aged 20)	Harlow Town	2003	Loaned to Dagenham & Redbridge and Grimsby Town
18	FW	Deon Burton	(1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (aged 27)	Portsmouth	2004
30	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald	(1979-11-18)18 November 1979 (aged 24)	Watford	2005	Loaned from Watford before transferring permanently
32	FW	Jerrome Sobers	(1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 18)	Ipswich Town	2005	On loan from Ipswich Town
33	FW	Marcus Gayle	(1970-09-27)27 September 1970 (aged 33)	Watford	2005
41	FW	Charlie Ide	(1988-05-10)10 May 1988 (aged 16)	Youth	2005
Players who left the club mid-season
27	FW	Ben May	(1984-03-10)10 March 1984 (aged 20)	Millwall	2004	Returned to Millwall after loan expired
29	FW	Steve Claridge	(1966-04-10)10 April 1966 (aged 38)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2004	Loaned to Wycombe Wanderers, released
30	DF	Matt Somner	(1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 21)	Youth	2001	Loaned to Cambridge United, transferred to Cambridge United
31	GK	Alan Julian	(1983-03-11)11 March 1983 (aged 21)	Youth	2001	Transferred to Stevenage Borough
32	FW	Richard Pacquette	(1983-01-28)28 January 1983 (aged 21)	Fisher Athletic	2004	Non-contract
32	MF	Jay Smith	(1981-12-29)29 December 1981 (aged 22)	Youth	2001	Transferred to Farnborough Town

Source: Soccerbase

Coaching staff

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Name	Role
Martin Allen	Manager
Adrian Whitbread	First Team Coach
Ademola Bankole	Goalkeeping Coach
Damien Doyle	Sports Therapist
Matt Hirons	Physiotherapist
John Griffin	Chief Scout

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

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No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Play-offs		Total
No	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Stuart Nelson	43	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	55	0
2	DF		Michael Dobson	13 (5)	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18 (5)	1
3	DF		Andy Myers	6 (4)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9 (4)	0
4	MF		Stewart Talbot	35 (2)	1	9	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	46 (3)	2
5	DF		Michael Turner	45	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	55	1
6	DF		Scott B. Fitzgerald	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
7	MF		Eddie Hutchinson	14 (1)	1	5 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	21 (2)	2
8	MF		Jay Tabb	29 (11)	5	5 (4)	1	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	36 (17)	6
9	FW		Isaiah Rankin	33 (8)	8	8 (1)	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	41 (12)	10
10	MF		Stephen Hunt	13 (6)	3	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15 (9)	3
11	MF		Chris Hargreaves	30	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	39	3
12	DF		Andy Frampton	34 (1)	0	6 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	43 (2)	2
14	FW		Matt Harrold	6 (13)	0	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8 (16)	0
15	MF		Alex Rhodes	4 (18)	3	1 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7 (21)	4
16	DF		Kevin O'Connor	32 (5)	2	4 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	38 (6)	2
17	DF		Sam Sodje	40	7	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	50	8
18	MF		Deon Burton	38 (2)	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	50	10
20	DF		Jamie Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	GK		Josh Lennie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
22	DF		Sean Hillier	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF		Luke Muldowney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF		Ryan Peters	1 (8)	1	0 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3 (9)	1
26	MF		John Salako	30 (5)	4	8 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	39 (7)	5
28	MF		Jamie Lawrence	8 (6)	0	3 (1)	0	—		1	0	0	0	12 (7)	0
29	FW		Steve Claridge	3 (1)	0	0	0	—		—		—		3 (1)	0
30	DF		Matt Somner	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		1 (1)	0
30	FW		Scott P. Fitzgerald	7 (5)	4	—		—		—		1	0	8 (5)	4
31	GK		Alan Julian	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
31	GK		Ademola Bankole	3	0	—		—		—		0	0	3	0
32	MF		Jay Smith	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1 (2)	0
32	FW		Richard Pacquette	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
33	FW		Marcus Gayle	4 (2)	0	—		—		—		1 (1)	0	5 (3)	0
37	DF		Darius Charles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	DF		Karleigh Osborne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	MF		Scott Weight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
40	MF		George Moleski	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
41	FW		Charlie Ide	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
44	DF		Ryan Watts	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
	Players loaned in during the season
27	FW		Ben May	7 (3)	1	4 (2)	0	—		—		—		11 (5)	1
29	MF		Darren Pratley	11 (3)	1	—		—		—		2	0	13 (3)	1
32	FW		Jerrome Sobers	1	1	—		—		—		0	0	1	1

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

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No	Pos	Player	FL1	FAC	FLC	FLT	FLP	Total
18	FW	Deon Burton	10	0	0	0	0	10
9	FW	Isaiah Rankin	8	2	0	0	0	10
17	DF	Sam Sodje	7	1	0	0	0	8
8	MF	Jay Tabb	5	1	0	0	0	6
26	MF	John Salako	4	1	0	0	0	5
30	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald	4	—	—	—	0	4
15	MF	Alex Rhodes	3	1	0	0	0	4
10	MF	Stephen Hunt	3	0	0	0	0	3
11	MF	Chris Hargreaves	2	1	0	0	0	3
16	DF	Kevin O'Connor	2	0	0	0	0	2
7	MF	Eddie Hutchinson	1	1	0	0	0	2
4	MF	Stewart Talbot	1	1	0	0	0	2
12	DF	Andy Frampton	0	1	0	0	1	2
27	FW	Ben May	1	0	—	—	—	1
29	MF	Darren Pratley	1	—	—	—	0	1
32	FW	Jerrome Sobers	1	—	—	—	0	1
2	DF	Michael Dobson	1	0	0	0	0	1
25	MF	Ryan Peters	1	0	0	0	0	1
5	DF	Michael Turner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Opponent			1	0	0	0	0	1
Total			57	10	0	0	1	68

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

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No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1		FAC		FLC		FLT		FLP		Total		Pts
No	Pos	Nat	Player													Pts
11	MF		Chris Hargreaves	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
18	FW		Deon Burton	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	11
17	DF		Sam Sodje	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	10
4	MF		Stewart Talbot	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
9	FW		Isaiah Rankin	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	9
12	DF		Andy Frampton	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	8
5	DF		Michael Turner	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	8
28	MF		Jamie Lawrence	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
29	MF		Darren Pratley	4	0	—		—		—		1	0	5	0	5
3	DF		Andy Myers	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	5
8	MF		Jay Tabb	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
7	MF		Eddie Hutchinson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4
27	FW		Ben May	2	0	1	0	—		—		—		3	0	3
10	MF		Stephen Hunt	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
16	DF		Kevin O'Connor	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
30	DF		Matt Somner	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	1	3
6	DF		Scott B. Fitzgerald	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
2	DF		Michael Dobson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1	GK		Stuart Nelson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2
30	FW		Scott P. Fitzgerald	1	0	—		—		—		0	0	1	0	1
25	MF		Ryan Peters	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
15	MF		Alex Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				76	5	12	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	97	5	112

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: ESPN FC

International caps

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No	Pos	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
18	FW		Deon Burton	1	0	^[15]
28	MF		Jamie Lawrence	3	0	^[16]

Management

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Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Martin Allen		7 August 2004	16 May 2005	59	25	14	20	042.37\|	46	22	9	15	047.83

Summary

Games played	59 (46 League One, 9 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Games won	25 (22 League One, 3 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Games drawn	14 (9 League One, 5 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Games lost	20 (15 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Goals scored	68 (57 League One, 10 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs)
Goals conceded	76 (60 League One, 8 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs)
Clean sheets	21 (17 League One, 4 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Biggest league win	3–0 versus Stockport County, 28 August 2004
Worst league defeat	3–0 on three occasions, 4–1 on two occasions
Most appearances	55, Stuart Nelson (43 League One, 9 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Top scorer (league)	10, Deon Burton
Top scorer (all competitions)	10, Deon Burton & Isaiah Rankin

Transfers & loans

More information Players transferred in, Date ...

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2004	DF	Scott B. Fitzgerald	Colchester United	Free	^[17]
1 July 2004	MF	Chris Hargreaves	Northampton Town	Free	^[17]
1 July 2004	DF	Andy Myers	Colchester United	Free	^[17]
1 July 2004	FW	Isaiah Rankin	Grimsby Town	Free	^[18]
1 July 2004	DF	Sam Sodje	Margate	Free	^[18]
12 July 2004	MF	San Lee	West Ham United	Free	^[19]
20 July 2004	MF	John Salako	Reading	Free	^[20]
1 August 2004	FW	Deon Burton	Portsmouth	Free	^[21]
17 September 2004	MF	Jamie Lawrence	Grimsby Town	Non-contract	^[22]
2 November 2004	DF	Michael Turner	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	^[23]
26 November 2004	FW	Richard Pacquette	Fisher Athletic	Non-contract	^[24]
17 December 2004	FW	Steve Claridge	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	^[25]
4 February 2005	GK	Ademola Bankole	Maidenhead United	Free	^[26]
24 March 2005	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald	Watford	Undisclosed	^[27]
24 March 2005	FW	Marcus Gayle	Watford	Non-contract	^[28]
March 2005	DF	Ahmet Rifat	Reading	Non-contract	^[29]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
4 August 2004	DF	Michael Turner	Charlton Athletic	1 November 2004	^[30]
3 December 2004	FW	Ben May	Millwall	23 February 2005	^[31]
22 February 2005	DF	Darren Pratley	Fulham	End of season	^[32]
4 March 2005	FW	Scott P. Fitzgerald	Watford	23 March 2005	^[33]
24 March 2005	FW	Jerrome Sobers	Ipswich Town	End of season	^[34]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2004	DF	Ibrahima Sonko	Reading	Free	^[35]
22 October 2004	MF	Jay Smith	Farnborough Town	Free	^[36]
2 February 2005	DF	Matt Somner	Cambridge United	Free	^[37]
4 February 2005	GK	Alan Julian	Stevenage Borough	Undisclosed	^[38]
10 February 2005	GK	Steve Claridge	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	^[39]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
3 September 2004	MF	Sean Hillier	Welling United	27 September 2004	^[40]
September 2004	MF	Ryan Peters	Windsor & Eton	October 2004	^[41]
October 2004	GK	Josh Lennie	Carshalton Athletic	January 2005	^[42]
1 December 2004	DF	Matt Somner	Cambridge United	1 February 2005	^[43]
10 December 2004	MF	Ryan Peters	Gravesend & Northfleet	10 January 2005	^[44]
17 December 2004	FW	Matt Harrold	Dagenham & Redbridge	17 January 2005	^[45]
23 December 2004	MF	Luke Muldowney	Kingstonian	16 March 2005	^[46]
23 December 2004	DF	Jamie Palmer	Kingstonian	16 March 2005	^[46]
13 January 2005	FW	Steve Claridge	Wycombe Wanderers	9 February 2005	^[47]
January 2005	MF	Sean Hillier	Hendon	February 2005	^[48]
January 2005	MF	James Morrison	Hendon	February 2005	^[48]
February 2005	MF	Sean Hillier	North Greenford United	End of season	^[49]
February 2005	GK	Josh Lennie	Maidenhead United	n/a	^[50]
February 2005	MF	James Morrison	Chertsey Town	2005	^[51]
4 March 2005	FW	Matt Harrold	Grimsby Town	4 May 2005	^[40]
March 2005	MF	Luke Muldowney	Staines Town	End of season	^[52]
March 2005	DF	Jamie Palmer	Staines Town	End of season	^[53]
April 2005	MF	San Lee	São Paulo	30 June 2005	^[54]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
3 December 2004	MF	Richard Pacquette	Farnborough Town	7 December 2004	^[55]
30 June 2005	FW	Deon Burton	Rotherham United	11 July 2005	^[56]
30 June 2005	DF	Scott B. Fitzgerald	Retired		^[56]
30 June 2005	MF	Sean Hillier	AFC Wimbledon	30 July 2005	^[57]
30 June 2005	MF	Stephen Hunt	Reading	1 July 2005	^[56]
30 June 2005	FW	Jamie Lawrence	Fisher Athletic	2005	^[56]
30 June 2005	GK	Josh Lennie	AFC Wimbledon	1 July 2005	^[54]
30 June 2005	MF	James Morrison	Chertsey Town	2005	^[57]
30 June 2005	MF	Luke Muldowney	Staines Town	2005	^[54]
30 June 2005	DF	Andy Myers	Retired		^[56]
30 June 2005	DF	Jamie Palmer	Staines Town	2005	^[54]
30 June 2005	DF	Ahmet Rifat	Wingate & Finchley	2005	^[58]
30 June 2005	MF	John Salako	Retired		^[56]
30 June 2005	MF	Scott Weight	Hampton & Richmond Borough	2005	^[59]

Kit

Supplier: TFG
Sponsor(s): St. George

Home

Away

Third^[60]

Source: Brentford F.C.

Awards

Supporters' Player of the Year: Sam Sodje^[61]
Players' Player of the Year: Michael Turner^[61]
Most Improved Player of the Year: Kevin O'Connor^[61]
Football League One Manager of the Month: Martin Allen (September 2004)^[62]
Evening Standard Player of the Month: Sam Sodje (February 2005)^[63]
FA Cup Goal of the Round: Isaiah Rankin (fifth round)^[64]

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