2004–05 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup, Scottish Cup, League Cup and the Festival Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
2004–05 season
Chairman George Foulkes
Manager Craig Levein
Peter Houston (Caretaker)
John Robertson
Steven Pressley & John McGlynn (Caretaker managers)
StadiumTynecastle Stadium Murrayfield Stadium
Scottish Premier League5th
Uefa CupGroup stage
Festival CupWinner
Scottish CupSemi Final
League CupSemi Final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Paul Hartley (11)
All:
Paul Hartley (15)
Highest home attendance27,272 v Schalke Uefa Cup 4 November 2004
Lowest home attendance5,924 v Kilmarnock League Cup 22 September 2004
Average home league attendance12,272

Managers

Over the course of the season Hearts had 4 Management teams. They started the season under Craig Levein who left the club on 29 October to join Leicester City. His assistant Peter Houston took charge as care taker manager for 1 game before John Robertson took on the role for 7 months before a fall out with Romanov who dismissed him after he refused to accept a demotion to assistant head coach created a vacancy once again. Steven Pressley and John McGlynn jointly took the role of care taker managers for the final two games of the season.

Stadium

Hearts used two stadiums over the course of the season Tynecastle Stadium for domestic fixtures and Murrayfield Stadium for international fixtures. This was due to Tynecastle not meeting Uefa requirements for holding international fixtures.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SCO Craig Gordon
2 MF  LTU Marius Kižys
3 DF  AUS Patrick Kisnorbo
4 DF  SCO Steven Pressley
5 DF  CAN Kevin McKenna
6 DF  SCO Andy Webster
7 FW  SCO Dennis Wyness
8 MF  ENG Phil Stamp
9 FW  SCO Lee Miller (on loan from Bristol City)
10 MF  SCO Paul Hartley
11 MF  SCO Neil MacFarlane
12 DF  SCO Robbie Neilson
13 GK  FIN Teuvo Moilanen
14 DF  SCO Jamie McAllister
15 FW  ESP Ramón Pereira
16 MF  SCO Stephen Simmons
17 FW  SCO Graham Weir
18 MF  SCO Neil Janczyk
19 MF  SCO Joe Hamill
20 FW  SCO Mark Burchill
21 DF  SCO Christophe Berra
22 MF  SCO Michael Stewart (on loan from Manchester United)
23 MF  LTU Saulius Mikoliūnas (on loan from FBK Kaunas)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  SCO David McGeown
25 MF  NIR Conall Murtagh
26 FW  SCO Chris Gardiner
27 DF  SCO Gary Tierney
28 DF  SCO Craig Sives
29 GK  SCO Jamie MacDonald
30 DF  SCO Marco Pelosi
31 MF  SCO Ryan Kennedy
32 MF  SCO Ryan Gay
33 DF  NIR David Armstrong
34 FW  IRL Denis McLaughlin
35 FW  SCO Calum Elliot
36 GK  SWE Milan Barjaktarevic
37 DF  SCO John Armstrong
38 DF  SCO Jason Thomson
39 DF  SCO Lee Wallace
40 MF  SCO John Neill
41 MF  SCO Andrew Driver[notes 1]
42 MF  NIR Sean Mackle
43 FW  ENG Jamie Mole
44 MF  NIR Matthew Doherty
45 FW  ISL Hjálmar Þórarinsson
48 MF  LTU Deividas Česnauskis (on loan from FBK Kaunas)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IRL Alan Maybury (to Leicester City)
9 FW  SUR Mark de Vries (to Leicester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  SCO Robert Sloan (to St Johnstone)
33 DF  NIR David Armstrong (on loan to Crusaders)

Fixtures

Pre-Season Friendlies
12 July 2004 Friendly Canada B 1–1 Hearts Swangard Stadium
Josh Simpson  92' Wyness  59' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kevin Stott
14 July 2004 Friendly Pacific Coast All Stars 1–4 Hearts Victoria
King  70' McKenna  26' (45), 48' Wyness  78' Attendance: 2,015
Referee: P Ward
14 July 2004 Friendly Millwall 1–1 Hearts Swangard Stadium
Sweeney  19' Pressley  20' (pen.) Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Muaricio Navarro
20 July 2004 Friendly Brechin City 1–2 Hearts Glebe Park
Berra  68' (og.) Simmons Berra Referee: Stephen Duff
24 July 2004 Friendly Airdrie United 1–1 Hearts Excelsior Stadium
Coyle  34' Simmons  74' Attendance: 1,532
Referee: Willie Young
27 July 2004 Friendly Ross County 0–0 Hearts Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mike Ritchie
31 July 2004 Friendly Hearts 0–2 Fulham Tynecastle Stadium
Knight  3' Cole  76' Attendance: 6,457
Referee: John Rowbotham

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Premier League
7 August 2004 SPL Dundee 0–1 Hearts Dens Park
Pressley  85' (pen.) Attendance: 7,770
Referee: Craig Thomson
14 August 2004 SPL Hearts 0–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 13,864
Referee: Kevin Toner
21 August 2004 SPL Hearts 3–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Weir  13' Pereira  57' Pressley  71' (pen.) Attendance: 11,403
Referee: Stuart Dougal
28 August 2004 SPL Motherwell 2–0 Hearts Fir Park
McBride  59' (pen.) O'Donnell  67' Attendance: 11,403
Referee: Alan Freeland
12 September 2004 SPL Hearts 0–0 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 14,601
Referee: Dougie McDonald
19 September 2004 SPL Dunfermline 1–0 Hearts East End Park
Nicholson  65' Attendance: 5,883
Referee: Mark Ritchie
25 September 2004 SPL Hearts 1–0 Inverness Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley  15' Attendance: 10,340
Referee: Kenny Clark
3 October 2004 SPL Hearts 0–0 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 10,646
Referee: Charlie Richmond
16 October 2004 SPL Celtic 3–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Camara  41' Juninho  56' Hartson  82' Attendance: 58,869
Referee: Kenny Clark
24 October 2004 SPL Hearts 2–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Kisnorbo  14' Hamill  76' Riordan  90' Attendance: 16,720
Referee: Mike McCurry
27 October 2004 SPL Dundee United 1–1 Hearts Tannadice
Wilson  62' McKenna  5' Attendance: 5,723
Referee: Iain Brines
30 October 2004 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
McKenna  34' Hartley  81' Wyness  92' Attendance: 10,172
Referee: Craig Thomson
7 November 2004 SPL Aberdeen 0–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Hartley  60' (pen.) Attendance: 13,055
Referee: Stuart Dougal
13 November 2004 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Hearts Rugby Park
Leven  31' Wyness  69' Attendance: 6,129
Referee: Calum Murray
20 November 2004 SPL Hearts 0–1 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Foran  28' (pen.) Attendance: 10,598
Referee: John Rowbotham
28 November 2004 SPL Rangers 3–2 Hearts Ibrox
McAllister  45' (og.) Novo  56' (81) Hartley  16' (pen.) De Vries  66' Attendance: 48,494
Referee: Dougie McDonald
4 December 2004 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness  11' Pereira  46' Hartley  56' (pen.) Attendance: 10,084
Referee: John Underhill
11 December 2004 SPL Inverness 1–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Juanjo  67' (pen.) Hartley  62' (pen.) Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Calum Murray
26 December 2004 SPL Hearts 0–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
McGeady  9' Petrov  68' Attendance: 16,163
Referee: Mike McCurry
2 January 2005 SPL Hibs 1–1 Hearts Easter Road
Riordan  22' Hartley  55' Attendance: 17,259
Referee: Dougie McDonald
15 January 2005 SPL Hearts 3–2 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Pressley  44' Miller  48' Hartley  86' Robson  19' Alan Archibald  53' Attendance: 10,305
Referee: Mark Ritchie
22 January 2005 SPL Dundee 1–1 Hearts Dens Park
Caballero  54' Hamill  60' Attendance: 5,780
Referee: Willie Young
25 January 2005 SPL Livingston 1–2 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Lilley  74' Hartley  85' Miller  86' Attendance: 4,318
Referee: Kenny Clark
29 January 2005 SPL Hearts 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness  57' (pen.) Attendance: 12,269
Referee: Mike McCurry
12 February 2005 SPL Hearts 3–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Mikoliunas  15' Fowler  25' (og.) Miller  67' Attendance: 9,220
Referee: John Underhill
19 February 2005 SPL Motherwell 2–0 Hearts Fir Park
McDonald  25' Fitzpatrick  39' Attendance: 7,390
Referee: Calum Murray
2 March 2005 SPL Hearts 1–2 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Burchill  87' Novo  49' Ricksen  94' (pen.) Attendance: 13,842
Referee: Hugh Dallas
5 March 2011 SPL Dunfermline 1–1 Hearts East End Park
Wilson  32' Hartley  62' (pen.) Attendance: 5,934
Referee: Charlie Richmond
12 March 2005 SPL Hearts 0–2 Inverness Tynecastle Stadium
Dods  55' Wilson  73' Attendance: 9,822
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 March 2005 SPL Hearts 3–1 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
Miller  22' Burchill  65' Neilson  68' Dair  45' Attendance: 9,187
Referee: Kenny Clark
2 April 2005 SPL Celtic 0–2 Hearts Celtic Park
Miller  8' Burchill  19' Attendance: 59,562
Referee: Hugh Dallas
13 April 2005 SPL Hearts 1–2 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Miller  39' O'Connor  68' Shiels  73' Attendance: 17,676
Referee: John Rowbotham
16 April 2005 SPL Dundee United 2–1 Hearts Tannadice
Robson  37' Brebner  91' Miller  39' Attendance: 7,704
Referee: Alan Freeland
23 April 2011 SPL Hibs 2–2 Hearts Easter Road
Garry O'Connor  8' Derek Riordan  63' Miller  23' Webster  88' Attendance: 16,620
Referee: Mike McCurry
30 April 2011 SPL Hearts 0–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 10,337
Referee: Iain Brines
7 May 2005 SPL Rangers 2–1 Hearts Ibrox
Buffel  9' Andrews  42' Andrews  84' (og.) Attendance: 49,342
Referee: Charlie Richmond
15 May 2005 SPL Hearts 1–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley  71' Thompson  25' Beattie  77' Attendance: 15,927
Referee: Willie Young
22 May 2005 SPL Aberdeen 2–0 Hearts Pittodrie
Byrne  45' Adams  49' Attendance: 16,155
Referee: Ian Fyfye

Uefa Cup
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup
16 September 2004 Uefa Cup Round 1 First Leg Hearts 3–1 Braga Murrayfield Stadium
Webster  52' Hartley  62' Kisnorbo  91' Paulo Sergio Almeida  65' Attendance: 18,769
Referee: Anton Genov
30 September 2004 Uefa Cup Round 1 Second Leg Braga 2–2 Hearts Estadio Municipal de Braga
Joao Henrique Pataco Tomas  12' Jaime Junior da Silva Aquino  75' De Vries  27' (48) Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Anton Stredak
21 October 2004 Uefa Cup Group A Round 1 Feyenoord 3–0 Hearts Stadion Feijenoord
Kuyt  22' (83) Goor  58' BBC SPORT Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Tonny Kolbech Poulsen
4 November 2004 Uefa Cup Group A Round 2 Hearts 0–1 Schalke Murrayfield Stadium
Kisnorbo  48'  BBC SPORT Lincoln  73' Attendance: 27,272
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov
25 November 2004 Uefa Cup Group A Round 3 Basel 1–2 Hearts St. Jakob-Park
Carignano  76' BBC SPORT Wyness  31' Neilson  89' Attendance: 21,645
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson
16 December 2004 Uefa Cup Group A Round 4 Hearts 0–1 Ferencvaros Murrayfield Stadium
BBC SPORT Rosa  30' Attendance: 26,182
Referee: Levan Paniashvili

Festival Cup
Main article: Festival Cup
4 September 2004 Festival Cup Hearts 3–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Sives  41' De Vries  63' Wyness  81' Dobbie  80' (pen.) Attendance: 7,282
Referee: John Rowbotham

League Cup
22 September 2004 League Cup Round 3 Hearts 2–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley  15' (52) Leven  56' Attendance: 5,924
Referee: Hugh Dallas
10 November 2004 League Cup Round QF Dunfermline 1–3 Hearts East End Park
Mehmet  60' Webster  33' Hartley  66' (pen.) Hamill  84' Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Hugh Dallas
1 February 2005 League Cup Round SF Hearts 2–3 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Easter Road
Burchill  85' Thorarinsson  92' Craigan  20' Foran  78' (pen.) Fitzpatrick  120' Attendance: 14,069
Referee: Dougie McDonald

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Cup
8 January 2005 Scottish Cup R3 Partick Thistle 0–0 Hearts Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 5,666
Referee: Calum Murray
19 January 2005 Scottish Cup R3 Replay Partick Thistle 2–1 Hearts Tynecastle Stadium
MacFarlane  34' Wyness  89' One  8' Attendance: 7,340
Referee: Craig MacKay
5 February 2005 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 2–2 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness  18' Miller  45' Nish  25' Naismith  89' Attendance: 10,308
Referee: John Rowbotham
16 February 2005 Scottish Cup R4 Replay Kilmarnock 1–3 Hearts Rugby Park
Boyd  92' (pen.) Wallace  6' Miller  13' Cesnauskis  57' Attendance: 6,366
Referee: John Rowbotham
27 February 2005 Scottish Cup QF Hearts 2–1 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
Miller  1' McAllister  10' Easton  60' Attendance: 9,796
Referee: Alan Freeland
10 April 2005 Scottish Cup SF Hearts 1–2 Celtic Hampden Park
Cesnauskis  60' Sutton  3' Craig Bellamy  49' Attendance: 38,505
Referee: Stuart Dougal

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hibernian 38 18 7 13 64 57 +7 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39 +5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41 +2 50
6 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 46 49 −3 48
7 Kilmarnock 38 15 4 19 49 55 −6 49
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

See also

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/faprem/fulham.htm

Notes
  1. Driver was born in Oldham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-16 level.
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