2004-12-26

Cup and International
Premier League
Championship
League One
League Two

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Fulham	Highbury	38,047
Henry, Pires	Lineups
Birmingham City	2	0	Middlesbrough	St Andrew's	29,082
Morrison, Heskey	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Newcastle United	Ewood Park	29,271	Largest home gate 2004-05
Dickov, Todd	Lineups		Dyer, Robert
Chelsea	1	0	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	41,950
Duff	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	1	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	25,238
	Lineups		Primus
Everton	2	1	Manchester City	Goodison Park	40,530
Cahill, Bent	Lineups		Fowler
Manchester United	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford	67,867
Giggs, Scholes	Lineups
Norwich City	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Carrow Road	24,508
	Lineups		Keane, Brown
Southampton	0	0	Charlton Athletic	St Mary's Stadium	31,195
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	5	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	27,533
	Lineups		Riise 2, Sinama-Pongolle, Gerrard, Garcia

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Chelsea	19	8	2	0	20	3	6	2	1	18	5	30	46	W	W	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Arsenal	19	6	4	0	27	11	6	1	2	20	11	25	41	W	W	D	W	L	2004-12-29	Newcastle United	A
3	0	Everton	19	7	1	2	13	10	5	3	1	10	5	8	40	W	D	W	W	D	2004-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
4	0	Manchester United	19	7	3	0	19	5	3	4	2	11	8	17	37	W	W	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Aston Villa	A
5	0	Middlesbrough	19	5	3	1	16	9	4	2	4	16	15	8	32	L	W	D	W	L	2004-12-28	Norwich City	H
6	0	Liverpool	19	7	1	1	19	7	2	3	5	14	13	13	31	W	W	D	L	D	2004-12-28	Southampton	H
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	19	3	2	4	16	13	5	2	3	7	5	5	28	W	W	W	W	W	2004-12-28	Crystal Palace	H
8	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	5	2	2	14	9	3	2	5	7	19	-7	28	D	W	W	W	L	2004-12-28	Everton	H
9	3	Portsmouth	19	5	1	3	15	12	2	4	4	9	13	-1	26	W	L	D	D	W	2004-12-28	Chelsea	H
10	-1	Aston Villa	19	5	3	1	15	6	1	4	5	7	17	-1	25	L	L	L	D	L	2004-12-28	Manchester United	H
11	-1	Manchester City	19	3	3	3	10	6	3	2	5	13	14	3	23	L	W	L	L	W	2004-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	2	Birmingham City	19	3	4	3	11	7	2	4	3	9	12	1	23	W	W	W	L	D	2004-12-28	Fulham	A
13	-2	Bolton Wanderers	19	4	2	3	12	9	2	3	5	14	19	-2	23	L	L	L	L	D	2004-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	-1	Newcastle United	19	3	3	3	16	16	2	4	4	15	21	-6	22	D	L	D	L	D	2004-12-29	Arsenal	H
15	0	Fulham	19	3	1	5	9	16	2	2	6	11	16	-12	18	L	L	D	W	L	2004-12-28	Birmingham City	H
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	1	7	2	12	16	1	3	5	6	16	-14	16	D	D	D	L	W	2004-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	0	Norwich City	19	2	4	4	12	17	0	5	4	5	17	-17	15	L	L	L	D	W	2004-12-28	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Crystal Palace	19	2	2	6	8	12	1	3	5	11	18	-11	14	L	L	D	L	D	2004-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	0	Southampton	19	2	6	2	13	13	0	2	7	5	18	-13	14	D	L	D	L	D	2004-12-28	Liverpool	A
20	0	West Bromwich Albion	19	1	4	5	7	19	0	3	6	8	22	-26	10	L	L	L	L	L	2004-12-28	Manchester City	A

Championship

Championship				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Gillingham	Withdean Stadium	6,420
Carpenter, Virgo	Lineups		Crofts
Cardiff City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	16,699
Jerome	Lineups		Miller
Coventry City	1	2	Sheffield United	Highfield Road	21,146
John	Lineups		Morgan, Gray
Leicester City	0	1	Rotherham United	Leicester City Stadium	27,014
	Lineups		Barker S
Millwall	3	1	Ipswich Town	The Den	14,523
Hayles, Dichio, Dobie	Lineups		Kuqi
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Home Park	19,535
Wotton, Evans	Lineups		Furlong
Reading	3	0	Watford	Madejski Stadium	18,757
Sonko, Sidwell, Owusu	Lineups
Stoke City	0	0	Preston North End	Britannia Stadium	20,350
	Lineups
Sunderland	2	3	Leeds United	Stadium of Light	43,253
Lawrence (p), Arca	Lineups		Lennon, Deane, Joachim
West Ham United	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Upton Park	32,270
Etherington, Sheringham 2	Lineups		Johnson 2
Wigan Athletic	1	2	Derby County	Wigan Athletic Stadium	12,420
Roberts J	Lineups		Rasiak, Smith

				Home					Away
Ptn		Championship	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Ipswich Town	25	10	2	0	26	9	4	5	4	23	22	18	49	L	W	W	D	W	2004-12-28	Stoke City	H
2	0	Wigan Athletic	25	8	3	2	28	8	5	5	2	17	11	26	47	L	L	W	W	D	2004-12-28	Burnley	A
3	1	Reading	25	10	3	0	24	7	4	2	6	12	15	14	47	W	W	W	L	D	2004-12-28	Preston North End	A
4	-1	Sunderland	25	8	3	2	23	12	6	1	5	12	9	14	46	L	W	W	L	W	2004-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Sheffield United	25	4	6	2	14	11	7	3	3	20	21	2	42	W	W	D	W	D	2004-12-28	Leicester City	H
6	0	West Ham United	25	9	2	2	20	12	3	3	6	13	17	4	41	W	L	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Rotherham United	A
7	1	Derby County	25	5	4	3	23	18	6	2	5	15	13	7	39	W	W	W	D	L	2004-12-28	Millwall	H
8	1	Millwall	25	9	1	3	20	11	2	5	5	8	12	5	39	W	D	W	W	L	2004-12-28	Derby County	A
9	-2	Stoke City	25	7	2	4	11	7	3	6	3	7	10	1	38	D	W	W	W	L	2004-12-28	Ipswich Town	A
10	0	Queens Park Rangers	25	7	2	3	20	14	4	1	8	15	24	-3	36	L	L	L	L	W	2004-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	5	4	3	27	19	4	2	6	16	24	0	33	D	W	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	0	Burnley	24	5	4	3	15	12	3	5	4	6	9	0	33	L	W	L	W	W	2004-12-28	Wigan Athletic	H
13	1	Preston North End	25	8	2	2	22	12	1	4	8	8	24	-6	33	D	W	L	L	W	2004-12-28	Reading	H
14	-1	Leicester City	25	3	5	5	12	13	4	6	2	15	11	3	32	L	D	L	W	W	2004-12-28	Sheffield United	A
15	2	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	4	4	15	15	4	1	7	15	19	-4	32	W	L	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Leeds United	A
16	3	Leeds United	25	4	4	4	16	12	3	5	5	13	15	2	30	W	D	D	L	L	2004-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	4	5	3	20	16	3	4	6	14	18	0	30	D	D	D	L	W	2004-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-3	Watford	25	2	7	3	13	11	4	4	5	16	18	0	29	L	L	D	L	L	2004-12-28	Cardiff City	H
19	-1	Coventry City	25	5	4	4	16	14	2	4	6	14	24	-8	29	L	W	L	D	L	2004-12-28	Gillingham	A
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	4	3	6	11	15	4	1	7	8	18	-14	28	W	L	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	0	Cardiff City	25	4	3	6	12	14	1	5	6	14	20	-8	23	D	L	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Watford	A
22	0	Nottingham Forest	25	4	5	3	14	15	0	4	9	11	23	-13	21	L	D	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Sunderland	H
23	0	Gillingham	25	5	1	6	11	17	1	2	10	12	28	-22	21	L	W	L	L	W	2004-12-28	Coventry City	H
24	0	Rotherham United	25	1	5	6	10	17	1	4	8	7	18	-18	15	W	L	D	L	W	2004-12-28	West Ham United	H

League One

League One				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	0	2	Hull City	Bloomfield Road	8,774	Largest home gate 2004-05
	Lineups		Elliott 2
Bradford City	1	1	Wrexham	Valley Parade	10,268
Schumacher	Lineups		Armstrong (p)
Brentford	1	3	Torquay United	Griffin Park	6,419
Sodje	Lineups		Constantine 3
Chesterfield	0	1	Luton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,158
	Lineups		Showunmi
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Milton Keynes Dons	Belle Vue	6,153
Edds OG, Johnson 2	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park	6,520	Largest home gate 2004-05
Boyd 2 (2p)	Lineups		Holden
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Port Vale	Kirklees Stadium	12,243
Schofield, Abbott	Lineups		Eldershaw
Peterborough United	0	2	Swindon Town	London Road	4,212
	Lineups		Igoe, Parkin
Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	Walsall	Hillsborough	26,996
Jones, Wright OG, MacLean (p)	Lineups		Robinson, McShane
Stockport County	1	2	Bristol City	Edgeley Park	5,071
Feeney	Lineups		Butler, Heffernan
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Barnsley	Prenton Park	11,519
Hume	Lineups		Kay

				Home					Away
Ptn		League One	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Luton Town	23	9	1	1	22	6	7	2	3	21	17	20	51	W	W	W	L	D	2004-12-28	Colchester United	H
2	0	Hull City	23	9	1	1	23	6	6	1	5	23	24	16	47	W	W	W	W	W	2004-12-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
3	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	8	3	1	23	12	4	3	4	11	18	4	42	D	L	W	L	W	2004-12-28	Walsall	A
4	3	Hartlepool United	23	10	2	0	26	12	2	0	9	14	25	3	38	W	W	W	L	W	2004-12-28	Bristol City	A
5	-1	AFC Bournemouth	22	6	3	2	22	12	5	1	5	15	15	10	37	W	L	W	L	D	2004-12-28	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Bradford City	23	5	4	3	21	17	6	0	5	13	16	1	37	D	W	D	L	L	2004-12-28	Torquay United	A
7	-2	Brentford	23	9	0	3	20	13	2	4	5	8	17	-2	37	L	W	W	W	L	2004-12-28	Swindon Town	A
8	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	4	4	14	16	6	2	3	27	16	9	36	W	W	L	L	W	2004-12-28	Port Vale	A
9	1	Bristol City	23	5	3	3	27	15	4	5	3	16	18	10	35	W	L	D	D	L	2004-12-28	Hartlepool United	H
10	-2	Chesterfield	23	7	4	1	18	8	2	3	6	10	16	4	34	L	D	W	L	W	2004-12-28	Wrexham	A
11	3	Swindon Town	23	6	2	3	21	15	3	3	6	16	18	4	32	W	L	D	L	L	2004-12-28	Brentford	H
12	1	Huddersfield Town	23	5	2	5	17	15	4	3	4	17	15	4	32	W	L	L	W	L	2004-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
13	3	Doncaster Rovers	23	6	5	1	19	12	2	3	6	11	22	-4	32	W	L	D	D	D	2004-12-29	Hull City	A
14	-2	Barnsley	23	4	3	4	16	14	4	4	4	16	13	5	31	D	W	W	W	W	2004-12-28	Stockport County	H
15	-4	Walsall	23	7	2	2	21	15	1	5	6	14	23	-3	31	L	W	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	-1	Port Vale	23	7	1	3	19	14	2	1	9	9	21	-7	29	L	W	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	0	Oldham Athletic	23	6	2	3	25	17	2	2	8	10	20	-2	28	L	L	W	W	W	2004-12-28	Peterborough United	H
18	0	Colchester United	22	4	1	6	14	15	3	4	4	16	13	2	26	L	L	L	W	D	2004-12-28	Luton Town	A
19	1	Torquay United	23	3	2	6	12	18	3	5	4	16	20	-10	25	W	D	L	L	L	2004-12-28	Bradford City	H
20	-1	Blackpool	23	2	5	5	15	20	3	2	6	13	13	-5	22	L	L	D	W	L	2004-12-28	Milton Keynes Dons	A
21	0	Peterborough United	23	4	3	5	16	11	1	3	7	10	19	-4	21	L	L	L	D	W	2004-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A
22	1	Wrexham	23	4	4	3	14	19	3	3	6	11	19	-13	18	D	L	L	W	W	2004-12-28	Chesterfield	H
23	-1	Milton Keynes Dons	23	3	4	4	14	15	1	2	9	12	29	-18	18	L	L	W	D	L	2004-12-28	Blackpool	H
24	0	Stockport County	23	2	2	8	13	22	1	2	8	10	25	-24	13	L	W	L	L	L	2004-12-28	Barnsley	A

League Two

League Two				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Leyton Orient	The Memorial Stadium	8,414
Forrester (p)	Lineups		Lockwood (p)
Chester City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Deva Stadium	3,216
Ellison	Lineups		Torpey
Darlington	0	3	Rochdale	Neasham Road	7,028	Largest home gate 2004-05
	Lineups		Atieno, Holt 2
Grimsby Town	0	0	Macclesfield Town	Blundell Park	5,108
	Lineups
Kidderminster Harriers	1	5	Swansea City	Aggborough Stadium	4,288	Largest home gate 2004-05
Sturrock	Lineups		Connor, Iriekpen, Robinson 2 (1p), Goodfellow
Rushden & Diamonds	3	3	Oxford United	Nene Park	4,140
Dove, Bell, Taylor	Lineups		Hackett, Bradbury, Davies
Wycombe Wanderers	0	1	Southend United	Adams Park	5,669
	Lineups		Eastwood
Yeovil Town	4	1	Cheltenham Town	Huish Park	7,320
Gall, Jevons, Davies, Terry	Lineups		Devaney

				Home					Away
Ptn		League Two	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Scunthorpe United	23	9	1	1	22	9	5	5	2	19	12	20	48	D	W	W	W	W	2004-12-28	Notts County	H
2	0	Yeovil Town	23	9	2	1	30	11	4	2	5	15	20	14	43	W	W	W	W	L	2004-12-28	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Swansea City	23	8	1	2	16	7	5	2	5	14	12	11	42	W	W	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Boston United	H
4	0	Southend United	23	7	2	2	18	10	4	3	5	16	20	4	38	W	W	W	D	D	2004-12-28	Mansfield Town	H
5	2	Macclesfield Town	23	6	2	3	15	13	4	3	5	11	12	1	35	D	L	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Wycombe Wanderers	H
6	-1	Northampton Town	22	5	5	1	16	9	4	2	5	14	16	5	34	W	W	D	W	D	2004-12-28	Bury	H
7	6	Rochdale	23	5	2	4	13	13	5	2	5	15	14	1	34	W	D	L	W	W	2004-12-28	Chester City	H
8	-2	Wycombe Wanderers	23	4	4	4	10	11	5	3	3	13	11	1	34	L	W	W	D	W	2004-12-28	Macclesfield Town	A
9	-1	Darlington	23	5	3	4	14	12	4	3	4	14	12	4	33	L	L	W	W	W	2004-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	1	Leyton Orient	23	3	5	3	18	16	5	4	3	16	17	1	33	D	L	L	D	W	2004-12-28	Rushden & Diamonds	H
11	-2	Boston United	22	7	4	0	19	9	1	4	6	11	15	6	32	W	L	W	L	D	2004-12-28	Swansea City	A
12	-2	Cheltenham Town	23	5	3	3	11	9	3	5	4	10	12	0	32	L	W	D	D	L	2004-12-29	Bristol Rovers	H
13	-1	Lincoln City	22	3	5	3	19	17	5	2	4	12	9	5	31	L	D	L	W	W	2004-12-29	Grimsby Town	H
14	1	Bristol Rovers	23	5	6	1	17	11	2	4	5	8	11	3	31	D	D	D	W	L	2004-12-29	Cheltenham Town	A
15	-1	Bury	22	4	4	3	15	10	3	5	3	16	17	4	30	D	L	D	W	W	2004-12-28	Northampton Town	A
16	1	Grimsby Town	23	5	6	1	18	9	2	2	7	8	15	2	29	D	D	L	W	D	2004-12-29	Lincoln City	A
17	-1	Mansfield Town	22	5	3	3	16	10	2	4	5	10	12	4	28	W	D	L	L	D	2004-12-28	Southend United	A
18	0	Oxford United	23	5	2	4	11	8	2	4	6	10	21	-8	27	D	D	W	L	W	2004-12-28	Kidderminster Harriers	H
19	0	Chester City	23	3	5	4	11	16	2	5	4	10	17	-12	25	D	L	D	L	L	2004-12-28	Rochdale	A
20	1	Rushden & Diamonds	23	3	4	5	13	16	2	4	5	8	12	-7	23	D	L	D	L	L	2004-12-28	Leyton Orient	A
21	-1	Notts County	22	3	3	5	12	12	3	2	6	12	20	-8	23	L	L	L	W	L	2004-12-28	Scunthorpe United	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	3	3	5	11	12	1	4	6	8	19	-12	19	L	D	L	L	W	2004-12-28	Darlington	H
23	0	Cambridge United	22	3	3	5	10	12	0	5	6	9	15	-8	17	D	L	L	L	W	2004-12-28	Yeovil Town	H
24	0	Kidderminster Harriers	23	4	2	6	10	20	0	1	10	3	24	-31	15	L	L	W	L	L	2004-12-28	Oxford United	A