| Football League Two 2004-05 | ||
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| Season information | ||
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| Winners | Yeovil Town (1st fourth tier title) | |
| Continental cup qualifiers | ||
| Direct promotion | Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Swansea City | |
| Promoted through play-offs | Southend United | |
| Relegated to Conference | Cambridge United, Kidderminster Harriers | |
| New club in the league | Chester, Shrewsbury Town | |
| Season statistics | ||
| Matches played | 552 | |
| Goals scored | 1347 | |
| Top goalscorer | Phil Jevons (Yeovil Town), 27 | |
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The 2004–05 Football League Two season was the first season since the Football League Third Division was renamed League Two, following a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola. The league was made up of eighteen teams from the Third Division who were neither promoted nor relegated, the four relegated teams from the Second Division, and the two promoted from the Football Conference (all from the 2003–04 season).
Promotion and relegation[]
Start of season[]
Teams promoted to League One 2005-06
Teams promoted from Conference 2003-04
End of season[]
Teams relegated from League One 2004-05
Teams relegated to Conference 2005-06
Final league table[]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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| 1 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 65 | +25 | 83 | |
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 80 | |
| 3 |  Swansea City
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46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 80 | |
| 4 | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 78 | Qualification to the League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 75 | |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 72 | |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 72 | |
| 8 | Darlington | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 72 | |
| 9 | Rochdale | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 66 | |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 65 | |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 63 | |
| 12 |  Bristol Rovers
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46 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 60 | |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 60 | |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 60 | |
| 15 | Oxford United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 59 | |
| 16 | Boston United | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 58 | |
| 17 | Bury | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 58 | |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 58 | |
| 19 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 52 | |
| 20 | Chester | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 52 | |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 49 | |
| 22 | Rushden & Diamonds | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 44 | |
| 23 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 38 | |
| 24 | Cambridge United | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 30‡ |
Updated to games played on 15 September 2009
Source: 2004–05 League Two
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
‡ Cambridge United deducted 10 points for entering administration
Play-offs[]
| Semi-finals | Final at Millennium Stadium | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northampton Town | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southend United | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southend United | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Macclesfield Town | ||||||||||||
Top goalscorers[]
| Pos | Player | Team(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Jevons | Yeovil | 27 |
| 2 | Andy Kirk | Northampton | 26 |
| 3 | Jon Parkin | Macclesfield | 22 |
| 3 | Lee Trundle | Swansea | 22 |
| 3 | Nathan Tyson | Wycombe | 22 |
| 6 | Freddy Eastwood | Southend | 21 |
| 6 | Simon Yeo | Lincoln City | 21 |
| 8 | Junior Agogo | Bristol Rovers | 19 |
| 9 | Paul Hayes | Scunthorpe | 17 |
| 9 | Grant Holt | Rochdale | 17 |
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