2004–05 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2004–05
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	John Wardle
Managers	Kevin Keegan (until 11 March 2005) Stuart Pearce
Team captain	Sylvain Distin
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Eighth
League Cup	Third round
FA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorers	League: 0 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 and 0 Robbie Fowler 0 (10 goals) 0 (15th highest in Premier League) All comps: 0 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 and 0 Robbie Fowler 0 (11 goals)
Season revenue	€ 90.1 million0(17th highest in world) (7th highest in Premier League)
Average home attendance	45,192 – over 19 PL home games (3rd highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,221 0v0 Middlesbrough 15 May 2005
Highest away attendance	67,863 0v0 Manchester United 7 November 2004
Lowest home attendance	19,578 0v0 Barnsley 21 September 2004
Lowest away attendance	13,171 0v0 Oldham Athletic 8 January 2005
← 2003–04 0 0 0 0 0 0 2005–06 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	9	6	6	42.9%
Away	5	7	8	25.0%
Both	14	13	14	34.1%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	8	6	5	42.1%
Away	5	7	7	26.3%
Both	13	13	12	34.2%

The 2004–05 season was Manchester City Football Club's third consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its eighth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 113th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Reebok and the shirt sponsor was Thomas Cook.

Home

Away

Third kit

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Pre-season games

21 July 2004	Bury	0 – 0	Manchester City	Bury, England
20:00 BST		M.E.N. report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,412

Thomas Cook Trophy

7 August 2004	Manchester City	3 – 1	Lazio	Manchester, England
15:00 BST	Anelka  1' Macken  68' Sibierski  74' (pen.)	M.E.N. report	74' (pen.) Oddo	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 23,132 Referee: Matt Messias (England)

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	10	12	49	44	+5	58
7	Middlesbrough	38	14	13	11	53	46	+7	55
8	Manchester City	38	13	13	12	47	39	+8	52
9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	10	14	47	41	+6	52
10	Aston Villa	38	12	11	15	45	52	−7	47

Updated to games played on 15 May 2005 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2004-05
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
38	13	13	12	47	39	+8	52	8	6	5	24	14	+10	5	7	7	23	25	−2

Last updated: 15 May 2005 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2004-05

Points breakdown Points at home: 30 Points away from home: 22 Points against "Big Four" teams: 9 Points against promoted teams: 11 6 points: Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth 4 points: Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Norwich City, Southampton 3 points: Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool 2 points: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham 1 point: 0Arsenal, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, 0West Bromwich Albion 0 points: Everton, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 4–0 vs. Charlton Athletic, 28 August 2004 Biggest home defeat: 0–2 vs. Manchester United, 13 February 2005 Biggest away win: 1–3 vs. Portsmouth, 20 November 2004 Biggest away defeat: 2–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 22 January 2005 Biggest home attendance: 47,221 vs. Middlesbrough, 15 May 2005 Smallest home attendance: 42,453 vs. Birmingham City, 20 April 2005 Biggest away attendance: 67,863 vs. Manchester United, 7 November 2004 Smallest away attendance: 20,101 vs. Portsmouth, 20 November 2004

Results by round

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D

Last updated: 15 May 2005 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2004-05
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

14 August 2004 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 1	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 44,026 Referee: Matt Messias
	Fowler  28'	Guardian report	56' John

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21 August 2004 15:00	Liverpool	2 – 1	Manchester City	Anfield Liverpool Attendance: 42,831 Referee: Graham Poll
	Baros  48' Gerrard  75'	Guardian report	45' Anelka  85' Dunne

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24 August 2004 19:45	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Manchester City	St Andrews Birmingham Attendance: 28,551 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Heskey  8'	Guardian report

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28 August 2004 15:00	Manchester City	4 – 0	Charlton Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 43,593 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Anelka  13'  60' Sinclair  34' S. Wright-Phillips  78'	Guardian report

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11 September 2004 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,006 Referee: Steve Bennett
		Guardian report	60'  61' Cahill

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18 September 2004 15:00	Crystal Palace	1 – 2	Manchester City	Selhurst Park London Attendance: 25,768 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Johnson  77' (pen.)	Guardian report	55'  64' (pen.) Anelka

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25 September 2004 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,015 Referee: Neale Barry
		Guardian report	14' Cole

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2 October 2004 12:45	Southampton	0 – 0	Manchester City	St Mary's Stadium Southampton Attendance: 28,605 Referee: Uriah Rennie
		Guardian report

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16 October 2004 17:15	Manchester City	1 – 0	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,047 Referee: Howard Webb
	Anelka  11' (pen.)	Guardian report

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24 October 2004 15:00	Newcastle United	4 – 3	Manchester City	St James' Park Newcastle Attendance: 52,316 Referee: Steve Dunn
	Robert  49' Shearer  58' (pen.) Elliott  69' Bellamy  89'	Guardian report	64'  77' S. Wright-Phillips  67' (pen.) Fowler

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1 November 2004 20:00	Manchester City	1 – 1	Norwich City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,803 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Flood  11'	Guardian report	46' Francis

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7 November 2004 16:05	Manchester United	0 – 0	Manchester City	Old Trafford Manchester Attendance: 67,863 Referee: Graham Poll
	Smith  89'	Guardian report

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13 November 2004 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,504 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Sibierski  45' Mills  77'	Guardian report	78' (pen.) Dickov

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20 November 2004 17:15	Portsmouth	1 – 3	Manchester City	Fratton Park Portsmouth Attendance: 20,101 Referee: Matt Messias
	O'Neil  8'	Guardian report	6' S. Wright-Phillips  79' Sibierski  87' Bosvelt

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27 November 2004 17:15	Manchester City	2 – 0	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 44,530 Referee: Mike Riley
	Macken  29' S. Wright-Phillips  38'	Guardian report	90' Hendrie

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6 December 2004 20:00	Middlesbrough	3 – 2	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough Attendance: 29,787 Referee: Graham Poll
	Viduka  9'  54' Hasselbaink  65'	Guardian report	39' Fowler  80' B. Wright-Phillips

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11 December 2004 15:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,805 Referee: Dermot Gallagher
		Guardian report	57' Kanoute

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18 December 2004 15:00	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium Bolton Attendance: 27,274 Referee: Uriah Rennie
		Guardian report	52' Barton

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26 December 2004 15:00	Everton	2 – 1	Manchester City	Goodison Park Liverpool Attendance: 40,530 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Cahill  22' Bent  63'	Guardian report	42' Fowler  83' Negouai

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28 December 2004 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 1	West Brom	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,177 Referee: Andy D'Urso
	Anelka  32'	Guardian report	85' (o.g.) Dunne  17' Gaardsoe

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1 January 2005 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 1	Southampton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,895 Referee: Chris Foy
	Bosvelt  19' S. Wright-Phillips  40'	Guardian report	90' (pen.) Phillips

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4 January 2005 19:45	Arsenal	1 – 1	Manchester City	Highbury London Attendance: 38,086 Referee: Rob Styles
	Ljungberg  75'	Guardian report	31' S. Wright-Phillips

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15 January 2005 15:00	Manchester City	3 – 1	Crystal Palace	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 44,010 Referee: Andre Marriner
	S. Wright-Phillips  12'  90' Fowler  15'	Guardian report	32' Powell

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22 January 2005 17:15	West Brom	2 – 0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns West Bromwich Attendance: 25,348 Referee: Graham Poll
	Campbell  5' Wallwork  81'	Guardian report

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2 February 2005 19:45	Manchester City	1 – 1	Newcastle United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 45,752 Referee: Andy D'Urso
	Fowler  49' (pen.)	Guardian report	9' Shearer

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6 February 2005 16:05	Chelsea	0 – 0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge London Attendance: 42,093 Referee: Howard Webb
		Guardian report

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13 February 2005 13:00	Manchester City	0 – 2	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,111 Referee: Steve Bennett
		Guardian report	68' Rooney  75' (o.g.) Dunne

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28 February 2005 20:00	Norwich City	2 – 3	Manchester City	Carrow Road Norwich Attendance: 24,302 Referee: Rob Styles
	Ashton  12' McKenzie  16' Jonson  66'	Guardian report	25' Sibierski  37'  90' Fowler

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7 March 2005 20:00	Manchester City	0 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 43,050 Referee: Alan Wiley
		Guardian report	45' Diouf

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19 March 2005 15:00	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Manchester City	White Hart Lane London Attendance: 35,681 Referee: Barry Knight
	Defoe  16' Keane  84'	Guardian report	44' Reyna

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2 April 2005 12:45	Charlton Athletic	2 – 2	Manchester City	The Valley London Attendance: 26,436 Referee: Rob Styles
	Bartlett  10' Perry  90'	Guardian report	4' (o.g.) Hreiðarsson  38' Fowler

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9 April 2005 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 0	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,203 Referee: Mike Riley
	Musampa  90'	Guardian report

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16 April 2005 15:00	Fulham	1 – 1	Manchester City	Craven Cottage London Attendance: 21,796 Referee: Neale Barry
	Boa Morte  76'	Guardian report	20' Reyna

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20 April 2005 19:45	Manchester City	3 – 0	Birmingham City	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 42,453 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Taylor  55' (o.g.) Dunne  80' Sibierski  86' (pen.)	Guardian report

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23 April 2005 15:00	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn Attendance: 24,646 Referee: Chris Foy
		Guardian report

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30 April 2005 15:00	Manchester City	2 – 0	Portsmouth	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 46,454 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Distin  4' Fowler  16'	Guardian report

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7 May 2005 15:00	Aston Villa	1 – 2	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham Attendance: 39,645 Referee: Richard Beeby
	Angel  62'	Guardian report	5' S. Wright-Phillips  12' Musampa

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15 May 2005 15:00	Manchester City	1 – 1	Middlesbrough	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 47,221 Referee: Rob Styles
	Musampa  46'	Guardian report	23' Hasselbaink

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League Cup

Second round

21 September 2004 19:45	Manchester City	7 – 1	Barnsley	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 19,578 Referee: Paul Robinson
	Barton  21' Macken  28'  44' Flood  33' S. Wright-Phillips  36' Sibierski  56'  84'	Guardian report	47' Conlon

Third round

27 September 2004 19:45	Manchester City	1 – 2	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Attendance: 21,708 Referee: Peter Walton
	Fowler  90'	Guardian report	78' van Persie  90' Karbassiyoon

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FA Cup

Third round

8 January 2005 15:00	Oldham Athletic	1 – 0	Manchester City	Boundary Park Oldham Attendance: 13,171 Referee: Mike Dean
	Vernon  14'	Guardian report

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards"

No.	Pos.	Player	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Totals		Discipline
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	David James	380(0)		10(0)				390(0)
2	DF	David Sommeil	010(0)				10(1)		020(1)
3	DF	Ben Thatcher	180(1)		10(0)		20(0)		210(1)		2
5	DF	Sylvain Distin	380(0)	1	10(0)		20(0)		410(0)	1	3
6	MF	Claudio Reyna	170(1)	2					170(1)	2
8	FW	Robbie Fowler	320(4)	10			10(0)	1	330(4)	11	3
10	MF	Antoine Sibierski	350(1)	4	10(0)		20(0)	2	380(1)	6	3
11	FW	Jon Macken	230(7)	1	10(0)		10(0)	2	250(7)	3
12	GK	Nicky Weaver	010(1)						010(1)
14	MF	Kiki Musampa	140(0)	3					140(0)	3
16	DF	Nedum Onuoha	170(6)				10(0)		180(6)
17	DF	Sun Jihai	060(2)				10(0)		070(2)		1
18	DF	Danny Mills	320(3)		10(0)		20(0)		350(3)		5	- / 1
20	MF	Steve McManaman	130(7)		10(1)				140(8)		1
21	GK	Ronald Waterreus					20(0)		020(0)
22	DF	Richard Dunne	350(0)	1	10(0)				360(0)	1	7	1 / -
24	MF	Joey Barton	320(3)	1	10(0)		10(0)	1	340(3)	2	9
25	GK	Geert de Vlieger
26	MF	Paul Bosvelt	280(0)	2	10(0)		10(0)		300(0)	2	6
27	DF	Mikkel Bischoff
28	MF	Trevor Sinclair	040(2)	1			10(0)		050(2)	1
29	MF	Shaun Wright-Phillips	330(1)	10	10(0)		20(0)	1	360(1)	11
30	MF	Christian Negouai	010(1)				10(1)		020(2)			- / 1
31	MF	Jonathan D'Laryea					10(0)		010(0)
32	GK	Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard
33	GK	Kasper Schmeichel
39	Sold	Nicolas Anelka	190(1)	7					190(1)	7
40	MF	Lee Croft	070(7)						070(7)
41	DF	Stephen Jordan	190(0)				10(1)		200(1)		5
42	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	14 (14)	1	10(0)		10(1)		16 (15)	1
43	DF	Paddy McCarthy
44	MF	Willo Flood	090(5)	1	10(1)		20(0)	1	120(6)	2	1
TOTALS				45				8		53	46	1 / 2

Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)

Last updated: 26 February 2011
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Robbie Fowler 11 Shaun Wright-Phillips Nicolas Anelka 7 Antoine Sibierski 6 Jon Macken 3 Kiki Musampa Joey Barton 2 Paul Bosvelt Willo Flood Claudio Reyna Sylvain Distin 1 Richard Dunne Trevor Sinclair Bradley Wright-Phillips

Premier League Scorer Goals Robbie Fowler 10 Shaun Wright-Phillips Nicolas Anelka 7 Antoine Sibierski 4 Kiki Musampa 3 Paul Bosvelt 2 Claudio Reyna Joey Barton 1 Sylvain Distin Richard Dunne Willo Flood Jon Macken Trevor Sinclair Bradley Wright-Phillips

League Cup and FA Cup Scorer Goals Jon Macken 2 Antoine Sibierski Joey Barton 1 Willo Flood Robbie Fowler Shaun Wright-Phillips

Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 21 June 2004 DF Ben Thatcher Leicester City Free[1] 21 June 2004 DF Geert de Vlieger Willem II Free[1] 14 July 2004 GK Danny Mills Leeds United Free[2] 26 Aug. 2004 GK Ronald Waterreus PSV Eindhoven Free[3]

Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee May 2004 GK Árni Gautur Arason Vålerenga Released 26 May 04 DF Gerard Wiekens Veendam Released[4] 01 June 04 FW Stephen Elliott Sunderland Tribunal: £375,000+[5] 16 June 04 DF Michael Tarnat Hannover 96 Free[6] 25 June 04 DF Danny Tiatto Leicester City Free[7] 01 July 04 MF Glenn Whelan Sheffield Wed. Free[8] 05 July 04 FW Matias Vuoso Santos Laguna Undisclosed[9] Aug. 2004 FW Craig Davies Oxford United 26 Aug. 04 FW Paulo Wanchope Malaga £500,000[10] 31 Jan. 05 FW Nicolas Anelka Fenerbahçe £7 million[11] 31 Jan. 05 GK Ronald Waterreus Rangers Free[12] 03 Mar. 05 DF Paddy McCarthy Leicester City £100,000[13] 20 May 05 MF Steve McManaman Retired[14]

Loans in Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 27 Jan. 2005 05 June 2005 MF Kiki Musampa Atlético Madrid[15][16][17]

Loans out Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 30 Sep. 2004 29 Oct. 2004 DF Mikkel Bischoff Wolves[18] 10 Nov. 2004 09 Feb. 2005 MF Lee Croft Oldham Athletic[19] 31 Dec. 2004 30 Jan. 2005 GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard Blackpool[20] 27 Jan. 2005 15 Feb. 2005 MF Christian Negouai Coventry City[21] 24 Mar. 2005 31 May 2005 DF Mikkel Bischoff Wolves[22] 11 Feb. 2005 16 Mar. 2005 FW Karl Bermingham Lincoln City[23][24]

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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