Season Summary While a poor start to the season saw Sunderland win just one of their first six matches, putting manager Mick McCarthy under pressure, the board kept faith with the manager, and were rewarded with a much more consistent season than the previous one. The team never dropped out of the top six after a victory over Millwall in mid-October, and their form steadily improved over the season. Along with a collapse by early-season pace-setters Ipswich Town, this lifted Sunderland to the top of the table with seven matches remaining, and they held onto top spot, returning to the Premier League after two seasons.
Transfers
In
Summer
January
Out
Summer
January
Players
First-team squad Squad at end of season [27] [28] 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.
Reserves The following players did not appear for the first-team this season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Results Sunderland's score comes first.
League Cup
FA Cup
Championship
League table Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source:
Football League Tables Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 46 29 7 10 76 41 +35 94 16 4 3 45 21 +24 13 3 7 31 20 +11
Last updated: 4 December 2018.11v11
Results by matchday Round 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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H H A H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A H A H Result L W D L D L W W W W L D W D W W W L W W W L W W L W L D W W D W L W W W W W W W W L D W W W Position 24 12 11 16 16 17 15 8 6 4 7 7 5 6 6 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 7 August 2004 Coventry City Highfield Road 0-2 16,460 10 August 2004 Crewe Alexandra Stadium of Light 3–1 22,341 Robinson , Stewart , Elliott 14 August 2004 Queens Park Rangers Stadium of Light 2–2 26,063 Stewart , Caldwell 21 August 2004 Plymouth Argyle Home Park 1–2 16,874 Stewart 28 August 2004 Wigan Athletic Stadium of Light 1–1 26,330 Elliott 31 August 2004 Reading Madjeski Stadium 0–1 15,792 11 September 2004 Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 4–0 8,775 Stewart (3), Elliott 14 September 2004 Nottingham Forest Stadium of Light 2–0 23,540 Arca , Wright 18 September 2004 Preston North End Stadium of Light 3–1 24,264 Elliott (2), Carter 24 September 2004 Leeds United Elland Road 1–0 28,926 Robinson 28 September 2004 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 0–1 17,908 2 October 2004 Derby County Stadium of Light 0–0 29,881 16 October 2004 Millwall Stadium of Light 1–0 23,839 Muscat (own goal)19 October 2004 Watford Vicarage Road 1–1 13,198 Elliott 25 October 2004 Rotherham United Millmoor 1–0 6,026 Whitehead 30 October 2004 Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium of Light 2–0 25,532 Arca , Lawrence (pen)2 November 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stadium of Light 3–1 23,925 Lawrence (2), Elliott 5 November 2004 Millwall The Den 0–2 10,513 13 November 2004 Leicester City Walkers Stadium 1–0 25,897 Caldwell 21 November 2004 Ipswich Town Stadium of Light 2–0 31,723 Elliott , Brown 27 November 2004 Stoke City Britannia Stadium 1–0 16,980 Bridges 4 December 2004 West Ham United Stadium of Light 0–2 29,510 11 December 2004 Cardiff City Ninian Park 2–0 12,528 Whitehead , Lawrence 18 December 2004 Burnley Stadium of Light 2–1 27,102 Arca , Bridges 26 December 2004 Leeds United Stadium of Light 2–3 43,253 Lawrence (pen), Arca 28 December 2004 Nottingham Forest City Ground 2–1 27,457 Elliott , Stewart 1 January 2005 Preston North End Deepdale 2–3 22,051 Elliott , Thornton 3 January 2005 Gillingham Stadium of Light 1–1 27,147 Brown 16 January 2005 Derby County Pride Park 2–0 22,995 Elliott , Whitehead 22 January 2005 Sheffield United Stadium of Light 1–0 27,337 Stewart 4 February 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux 1–1 26,968 Elliott 12 February 2005 Watford Stadium of Light 4–2 24,948 Stewart (3, 1 pen), Brown 19 February 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion Withdean Stadium 1–2 6,647 Arca 22 February 2005 Rotherham United Stadium of Light 4–1 22,267 Whitehead , Thornton (2), Breen 26 February 2005 Cardiff City Stadium of Light 2–1 32,788 Breen , Stewart 4 March 2005 Burnley Turf Moor 2–0 12,103 Lawrence , Stewart 12 March 2005 Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Stadium 1–0 7,949 Elliott 15 March 2005 Plymouth Argyle Stadium of Light 5–1 25,258 Whitehead , Arca , Stewart (pen), Caldwell , Thornton 19 March 2005 Coventry City Stadium of Light 1–0 29,424 Brown 2 April 2005 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road 3–1 18,198 Welsh , Brown , Arca 5 April 2005 Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium 1–0 20,745 Stewart 9 April 2005 Reading Stadium of Light 1–2 34,237 Arca 17 April 2005 Ipswich Town Portman Road 2–2 29,230 Elliott , Robinson 23 April 2005 Leicester City Stadium of Light 2–1 34,815 Stewart , Caldwell 29 April 2005 West Ham United Boleyn Ground 2–1 33,482 Arca , Elliott 8 May 2005 Stoke City Stadium of Light 1–0 47,350 Robinson
Topscorers
References
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