Football League Two 2004/05

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Football League Two 2004/05
Football League Two logo
master Yeovil Town
Climbers Yeovil Town
Scunthorpe United
Swansea City
Southend United (as play-off winner)
Relegation ↑ Southend United
Mansfield Town
Lincoln City
Northampton Town
Relegated Kidderminster Harriers
Cambridge United
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,347  (ø 2.44 per game)
Top scorer Phil Jevons ( Yeovil Town )
← Football League Third Division 2003/04
↑ Football League One 2004/05

The Football League One 2004/05 was the first season of the Football League Two as the fourth highest English division behind the Premier League , the Football League Championship and the Football League One as well as the 13th season of the third highest division of the Football League after the introduction of the Premier League in 1992.

The top three clubs, Yeovil Town , Scunthorpe United and Swansea City , went straight to Football League One. The clubs in places four to seven determined the fourth promoted team in play-off mode. Here the Southend United prevailed.

Kidderminster Harriers and Cambridge United rose to the National League and were replaced by FC Barnet and Carlisle United the following season .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Yeovil Town  46  25th  8th  13 090:650 +25 83
 2. Scunthorpe United  46  22nd  14th  10 069:420 +27 80
 3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  24  8th  14th 062:430 +19 80
 4th Southend United  46  22nd  12  12 065:460 +19 78
 5. Macclesfield Town  46  22nd  9  15th 060:490 +11 75
 6th Lincoln City  46  20th  12  14th 064:470 +17 72
 7th Northampton Town  46  20th  12  14th 062:510 +11 72
 8th. Darlington FC  46  20th  12  14th 057:490  +8 72
 9. Rochdale AFC  46  16  18th  12 054:480  +6 66
10. Wycombe Wanderers (A)  46  17th  14th  15th 058:520  +6 65
11. Leyton Orient  46  16  15th  15th 065:670  −2 63
12. Bristol Rovers  46  13  21st  12 060:570  +3 60
13. Mansfield Town  46  15th  15th  16 056:560  ± 0 60
14th Cheltenham Town  46  16  12  18th 051:540  −3 60
15th Oxford United  46  16  11  19th 050:630 −13 59
16. Boston United  46  14th  16  16 062:580  +4 58
17th Bury FC  46  14th  16  16 054:540  ± 0 58
18th Grimsby Town (A)  46  14th  16  16 051:520  −1 58
19th Notts County (A)  46  13  13  20th 046:620 −16 52
20th Chester City (N)  46  12  16  18th 043:690 −26 52
21st Shrewsbury Town (N)  46  11  16  19th 048:530  −5 49
22nd Rushden & Diamonds (A)  46  10  14th  22nd 042:630 −21 44
23. Kidderminster Harriers  46  10  8th  28 039:850 −46 38
24. Cambridge United 1  46  8th  16  22nd 039:620 −23 30th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

1 Cambridge United was deducted ten points.
  • Promoted to Football League One 2005/06
  • Participants in the play-off round
  • Play-off winners and promoted to Football League One in 2005/06
  • Relegated to the National League
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 2003/04
    (N) Newcomers from the National League

    Play-off round

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) final
                         
    4th  Southend United 0 1 1    
    7th  Northampton Town 0 0 0  
    4th  Southend United n.V.00000 2
      6th  Lincoln City 0
    5  Macclesfield Town 0 1 1
    6th  Lincoln City 1 1 2  

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Cambridge United file for administration. In: bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport, September 24, 2014, accessed May 20, 2018 .