2004–05 Southampton F.C. season
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During the 2004–05 English football season, Southampton F.C.
competed in the FA Premier League
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left Southampton by mutual consent in August, after only six months as manager; his resignation was attributed to a disappointing run of form and rumours of player unrest and boardroom dissatisfaction with his management. His replacement, Steve Wigley
, failed to improve results and he has soon sacked with the club in deep relegation peril. Harry Redknapp
came from arch-rivals in an attempt to save the Saints, but despite being able to attain safety and another season of Premiership football by winning on the last day of the season, Southampton lost 2-1 at home to and were relegated from the Premiership in last place.
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Ajax, £2,500,000, 9 June 2004 Peter Crouch
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, £2,000,000, 9 July 2004 Andreas Jakobsson
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Brøndby IF
, £1,000,000, 31 August 2004 Kasey Keller
- , 12 November 2004, month loan Calum Davenport
- , 3 January 2005, five-month loan Jamie Redknapp
- , 4 January 2005, free transfer Nigel Quashie
- , 17 January 2005, £2,100,000 Olivier Bernard
- , undisclosed (believed to be £400,000), 31 January 2005 Henri Camara
- , 31 January 2005, four-month loan Alaeddine Yahia
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Guingamp, £350,000 Mikael Nilsson - 
Halmstads
, £400,000
- released (later joined
Aucas
), 17 June 2004 Mike Williamson
- , season loan, 4 July 2004 Fitz Hall
- , £1,500,000, 12 August 2004 Stephen Crainey
- Leeds United
, £200,000, 26 August 2004 Martin Cranie
- Bournemouth
, loan, 29 October 2004 Arron Davies
- , undisclosed, 16 December 2004 Kenwyne Jones
- , loan, 17 December 2004 James Beattie
- , 4 January 2005, £6,000,000 Yoann Folly
- , month loan, 7 January 2005 Alan Blayney
- , loan, 1 February 2005 Alan Blayney
- , loan, 24 March 2005 Jason Dodd
- , month loan, 24 March 2005 Dexter Blackstock
- , loan Leon Best
- , loan Stuart Anderson -
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
competed in the FA Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
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Kit
The season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints. The kit was sponsored by English life insurance company Friends ProvidentFriends Provident
Friends Provident was an organisation offering life insurance based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as a mutual Friendly Society for Quakers, although it was demutualised in 2001 and became a publicly listed company, no longer linked with the Religious Society of Friends...
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Season summary
Manager Paul SturrockPaul Sturrock
Paul Whitehead Sturrock is a Scottish football manager who, since July 2010, is the manager of Southend United. Until this appointment, Sturrock had most recently been at English League 1 club Plymouth Argyle in a business support role, having been relieved of his managerial duties, until he quit...
left Southampton by mutual consent in August, after only six months as manager; his resignation was attributed to a disappointing run of form and rumours of player unrest and boardroom dissatisfaction with his management. His replacement, Steve Wigley
Steve Wigley
Steve Wigley is an English football coach and former player for Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Birmingham City, Portsmouth and Exeter City. He made 340 appearances in the Football League. He is the former manager of Southampton and the former assistant/caretaker manager for Bristol City...
, failed to improve results and he has soon sacked with the club in deep relegation peril. Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....
came from arch-rivals in an attempt to save the Saints, but despite being able to attain safety and another season of Premiership football by winning on the last day of the season, Southampton lost 2-1 at home to and were relegated from the Premiership in last place.
Squad
Left club during season
Starting 11
- Only considering Premiership starts
- #1, GK:
Antti Niemi, 32 - #33, RB:
Paul TelferPaul Telfer (footballer)Paul Norman Telfer is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a full-back for various clubs, including Luton Town, Coventry City, Southampton and Celtic. He also made one appearance for the Scotland national football team...
, 30 - #5, CB:
Claus LundekvamClaus LundekvamClaus Lundekvam is a former Norwegian footballer, who spent most of his career at English side Southampton. He played for Southampton in the 2003 FA Cup Final against Arsenal .-Playing career:...
, 39 - #6, CB: Andreas JakobssonAndreas JakobssonBo Janne Andreas Jakobsson is a Swedish professional football player in the defender position and the Defensive Midfielder...
, 28 - #19, LB: Danny HigginbothamDanny HigginbothamDaniel John "Danny" Higginbotham is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Stoke City.Higginbotham started his career at his local side Manchester United he made seven appearances at Old Trafford as well as a loan spell with Belgium side Royal Antwerp before joining...
, 24 - #18, RM:
Rory DelapRory DelapRory John Delap is an English born Irish footballer who plays for Stoke City. He has played eleven times for the Republic of Ireland national football team....
, 40 - #12, CM: Anders Svensson, 24
- #20, CM: David PruttonDavid PruttonDavid Thomas Michael Prutton is an English footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday after leaving Swindon Town, having previously played for Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Leeds United, as well as representing England at Under 21 level 25 times.- Nottingham Forest :Prutton was...
, 24 - #3, LM: Graeme Le SauxGraeme Le SauxGraeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...
, 25 - #7, CF: Kevin PhillipsKevin Phillips (footballer)Kevin Mark Phillips is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy...
, 26 - #14, CF: Peter CrouchPeter CrouchPeter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
, 23
- #1, GK:
In
Jelle Van DammeJelle Van Damme
Jelle Francois Maria Van Damme is a Belgian international footballer who can play as a central defender, left back or left sided midfielder. He is signed to Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège.-Early moves:...
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Ajax, £2,500,000, 9 June 2004 Peter CrouchPeter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
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, £2,000,000, 9 July 2004 Andreas JakobssonAndreas Jakobsson
Bo Janne Andreas Jakobsson is a Swedish professional football player in the defender position and the Defensive Midfielder...
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Brøndby IFBrøndby IF
Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
, £1,000,000, 31 August 2004 Kasey Keller
Kasey Keller
Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....
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, 12 November 2004, month loan Calum DavenportCalum Davenport
Calum Ray Paul Davenport is an English footballer, who is currently playing for Wootton Blue Cross after being released by West Ham United. He plays as a centre back.-Coventry City:...
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, 3 January 2005, five-month loan Jamie RedknappJamie Redknapp
Jamie Frank Redknapp is a retired English footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is now a football pundit with Sky Sports, and an editorial columnist with the Daily Mail....
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, 4 January 2005, free transfer Nigel QuashieNigel Quashie
Nigel Francis Quashie is a British footballer who has played more than 300 games in the Football League. He plays as a midfielder, and has represented Scotland, the country of his grandfather, at full international level. He was released by Queens Park Rangers in 2010.-Personal life:Quashie was...
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, 17 January 2005, £2,100,000 Olivier BernardOlivier Bernard
Olivier Bernard is a retired French footballer. He announced his retirement after leaving Newcastle United on 16 May 2007.-Newcastle United:Bernard made his name during his first spell with Newcastle after joining from Lyon...
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, undisclosed (believed to be £400,000), 31 January 2005 Henri CamaraHenri Camara
Henri Camara is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Greek Superleague side Panetolikos.-Early career:Camara was born in Dakar to a Guinean father and a Senegalese mother...
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, 31 January 2005, four-month loan Alaeddine YahiaAlaeddine Yahia
Alaeddine Yahia is a French-Tunisian football player who plays for Ligue 1 side Racing Club de Lens in France....
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Guingamp, £350,000 Mikael Nilsson - HalmstadsHalmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...
, £400,000
Out
Agustín DelgadoAgustín Delgado
Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá is a retired Ecuadorian footballer. Nicknamed Tín, Delgado is the all-time top scorer for the Ecuadorian national team with 31 goals in 71 games. He played professional club football in Ecuador, Mexico and England.-Southampton:Delgado moved to Southampton in 2001...
- released (later joined
AucasSociedad Deportiva Aucas
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently play in the third tier of the Ecuadorian football league, the Segunda Categoría, but have spent a majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of...
), 17 June 2004 Mike Williamson
Mike Williamson (footballer)
Michael James "Mike" Williamson is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United, as a defender. He signed for Newcastle from Portsmouth on 27 January 2010.-Early career:...
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, season loan, 4 July 2004 Fitz HallFitz Hall
Fitz Benjamin Hall is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. He is a central defender who can also play as a central midfielder. His nickname is "One Size" Fitz Hall, a pun on the phrase "one size fits all"...
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, £1,500,000, 12 August 2004 Stephen CraineyStephen Crainey
Stephen Daniel Crainey is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left back for Blackpool and the Scottish national team. He has also represented Scotland at under-21 level.-Celtic and Southampton:...
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Leeds UnitedLeeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
, £200,000, 26 August 2004 Martin Cranie
Martin Cranie
Martin James Cranie is an English footballer, currently playing for Championship club Coventry City. He began his career with the famous Southampton youth academy playing alongside Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale before moving to local rivals Portsmouth and later to Coventry City after several loan...
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BournemouthA.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
, loan, 29 October 2004 Arron Davies
Arron Davies
Arron Rhys Davies is a Welsh international footballer who currently plays for Northampton Town.-Southampton:Davies was brought up in Llantwit Major, where he attended Llantwit Major Comprehensive School....
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, undisclosed, 16 December 2004 Kenwyne JonesKenwyne Jones
Kenwyne Joel Jones is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He previously played for Sunderland, Southampton, Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday, W Connection and Joe Public.He began his football...
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, loan, 17 December 2004 James BeattieJames Beattie (footballer)
James Scott Beattie is an English footballer who currently plays for Sheffield United as a striker.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire he came through the ranks at Blackburn Rovers eventually signing professionally for them in 1995...
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, 4 January 2005, £6,000,000 Yoann FollyYoann Folly
Yoann Folly is a French-born Togolese footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen. His previous clubs include Saint-Étienne, Southampton, and Sheffield Wednesday...
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, month loan, 7 January 2005 Alan BlayneyAlan Blayney
Alan Blayney is a professional footballer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, currently with Linfield. Blayney plays as a goalkeeper.-Footballing career:...
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, loan, 1 February 2005 Alan BlayneyAlan Blayney
Alan Blayney is a professional footballer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, currently with Linfield. Blayney plays as a goalkeeper.-Footballing career:...
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, loan, 24 March 2005 Jason DoddJason Dodd
Jason Robert Dodd is an English former footballer and manager, who spent most of his playing career with Southampton, where he was briefly First-Team Coach...
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, month loan, 24 March 2005 Dexter BlackstockDexter Blackstock
Dexter Anthony Titus Blackstock is an English footballer who currently plays for Nottingham Forest in the Football League Championship. He plays as a centre-forward.-Southampton:...
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, loan Leon BestLeon Best
Leon Julian Brendan Best is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League team Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Best represented Ireland at under-21 level and won his first full international cap against Nigeria on 29 May 2009.Best...
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, loan Stuart Anderson - Premier League
- 14 August 2004 (round 1): Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton
- 21 August 2004: Southampton 3-2 Blackburn Rovers (Phillips 32, Anders Svensson 74, Beattie 90 pen.; Ferguson 50, Dickov 68) attendance 27,492, referee Andy D'UrsoAndy D'UrsoAndrew Paul D'Urso is an English football referee in the Football League. D'Urso is based in Billericay, Essex and is a member of the Barking & Dagenham Referees Society.-Career:...
- 25 August 2004: Southampton 1-2 Bolton Wanderers (Crouch 85; Pedersen 7, Okocha 27 pen.) attendance 30,713, referee Steve DunnSteve Dunn (referee)Stephen W. Dunn is an English former FA Premier League football referee. He was born on 24 October 1957, and hails from Gloucestershire, England.-Career:...
- 28 August 2004: Chelsea 2-1 Southampton (Beattie 34 o.g., Lampard 41 pen.; Beattie 1) attendance 40,864, referee Steve BennettSteve Bennett (referee)Stephen Graham Bennett is a former English football referee who operated in the Premier League, and previously for FIFA as an assistant referee and then referee.-Career:...
- 13 September 2004: Charlton Athletic 0-0 Southampton; attendance 24,263, referee Neale BarryNeale Barry-External links:* at soccerbase.com...
- 25 September 2004: Fulham 1-0 Southampton (Radzinski 24) attendance 19,237, referee Graham PollGraham PollGraham Poll is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics...
- 16 October 2004: Everton 1-0 Southampton (Osman 88) attendance 35,256, referee Barry KnightBarry Knight (Referee)Barry Knight is an English football referee, who officiates in the Premier League. Since January 2008 he has been unable to officiate for them, due to injury.-Career:...
- 13 November 2004: Southampton 2-1 Portsmouth (Blackstock 18, Phillips 71; Jakobsson 12 o.g.) attendance 30,921, referee Graham PollGraham PollGraham Poll is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics...
- 4 December 2004: Manchester United 3-0 Southampton (Scholes 53, Rooney 58, Ronaldo 87) attendance 67,921, referee Barry KnightBarry Knight (Referee)Barry Knight is an English football referee, who officiates in the Premier League. Since January 2008 he has been unable to officiate for them, due to injury.-Career:...
- 11 December 2004: Southampton 2-2 Middlesbrough (Phillips 45, Crouch 64; Higginbotham 89 o.g., Downing 90) attendance 29,018, referee Neale BarryNeale Barry-External links:* at soccerbase.com...
- 18 December 2004: Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Southampton (Defoe 8, 27, 61, Kanoute 44, Keane 88; Crouch 47) attendace 36,054, referee Phil DowdPhil DowdPhilip Dowd is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League. He is based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire....
- 26 December 2004: Southampton 0-0 Charlton Athletic; referee Steve DunnSteve Dunn (referee)Stephen W. Dunn is an English former FA Premier League football referee. He was born on 24 October 1957, and hails from Gloucestershire, England.-Career:...
- 5 January 2005: Southampton 3-3 Fulham (Phillips 21, 29, Rosenior 71 o.g.; Diop 20, Malbranque 43, Radzinski 50) attendance 27,343, referee Graham PollGraham PollGraham Poll is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics...
- 6 February 2005: Southampton 2-2 Everton (Crouch 36, Camara 55; Beattie 4, Bent 90) attendance 31,509, referee Andy D'UrsoAndy D'UrsoAndrew Paul D'Urso is an English football referee in the Football League. D'Urso is based in Billericay, Essex and is a member of the Barking & Dagenham Referees Society.-Career:...
- 5 March 2005: Southampton 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Quashie 51) attendance 31,903, referee Peter WaltonPeter Walton (referee)Peter Walton , is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League, and former player in the United Counties League. He is based in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, the town which he played his football for...
- 20 March 2005: Middlesbrough 1-3 Southampton (Hasselbaink 41; Jakobsson 14, Crouch 60, 67) attendance 30,082, referee Uriah RennieUriah RennieUriah D. Rennie is a retired English football referee.-Career:He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees.He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August...
- 2 April 2005: Southampton 1-3 Chelsea (Phillips 69; Lampard 22, Gudjohnsen 39, 83) attendance 31,949, referee Mark HalseyMark HalseyMark R. Halsey is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League. He was formerly based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, currently in Bolton, Lancashire....
- 9 April 2005: Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Southampton (Pedersen 11, Jakobsson 48 o.g., Reid 55) attendance 20,726, referee Neale BarryNeale Barry-External links:* at soccerbase.com...
- 16 April 2005: Southampton 2-3 Aston Villa (Phillips 4, Crouch 13; Cole 55, Solano 70, Davis 72) attendance 31,926, referee Andy D'UrsoAndy D'UrsoAndrew Paul D'Urso is an English football referee in the Football League. D'Urso is based in Billericay, Essex and is a member of the Barking & Dagenham Referees Society.-Career:...
- 19 April 2005: Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Southampton (Giannakopoulos 25; Phillips 69) attendance 25,125, referee Mark ClattenburgMark ClattenburgMark Clattenburg is an English professional football referee, who officiates primarily in the Premier League, and for FIFA. He is based in Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne...
- 15 May 2005: Southampton 1-2 (O'Shea 10 o.g.; Fletcher 19, van Nistelrooy 63) attendance 32,066, referee Steve BennettSteve Bennett (referee)Stephen Graham Bennett is a former English football referee who operated in the Premier League, and previously for FIFA as an assistant referee and then referee.-Career:...
- Portsmouth 4-1 Southampton
- Southampton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
- West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Southampton
- 15 May 2005: Southampton 1-2 (O'Shea 10 o.g.; Fletcher 19, van Nistelrooy 63) attendance 32,066, referee Steve Bennett