During the 2004–05 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary Manager Joe Kinnear was hoping to push for promotion from the newly named Coca-Cola Championship in 2004–05, but the start to the season was poor. Despite a promising draw with Wigan on the first day of the season (the game which started a run of four consecutive draws), the team's form and league position went downhill. With fans becoming restless, and the threat of demonstrations against the team management, Kinnear resigned in December after a 3–0 defeat to arch-rivals Derby County at Pride Park left Forest struggling at the foot of the Championship. Following Mick Harford's brief reign as caretaker, in January 2005, Gary Megson was named as Nottingham Forest's new manager. He had previously won promotion to the Premiership twice with West Bromwich Albion, having taken over at a time when they were on the verge of relegation to League One, and it was hoped that he could achieve the same success with Forest. After a loss to Millwall in Megson's first match in charge, a six-game unbeaten run gave the fans hope that survival might be on the cards. However, Forest would win only one more league game all season after that, and they finished second from bottom in the Coca-Cola Championship and were relegated to League One. This made them the first former European Cup winners to suffer relegation to the third tier of their domestic league.

Final league table

Results Nottingham Forest's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Championship DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 2004 Wigan AthleticA1–112,035Taylor 11 August 2004 Ipswich TownH1–121,125Evans 14 August 2004 Crewe AlexandraH2–224,201Taylor, King 21 August 2004 Leeds UnitedA1–131,808Reid 28 August 2004 Coventry CityH1–423,041Johnson 30 August 2004 Plymouth ArgyleA2–317,538Jess (2) 11 September 2004 Cardiff CityH0–021,607 14 September 2004 SunderlandA0–223,540 18 September 2004 Stoke CityA0–021,115 26 September 2004 West Ham UnitedH2–125,615Evans, King 29 September 2004 Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–120,109 3 October 2004 MillwallA0–111,233 15 October 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–021,865Reid 19 October 2004 Sheffield UnitedA1–119,445Johnson 23 October 2004 Preston North EndA2–312,439King (2) 30 October 2004 WatfordH1–224,473Reid 3 November 2004 Rotherham UnitedH2–221,619Johnson, King (pen) 6 November 2004 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–227,605Johnson 13 November 2004 BurnleyA0–111,622 20 November 2004 ReadingH1–021,138Taylor 27 November 2004 GillinghamA1–28,784Taylor 4 December 2004 Queens Park RangersH2–126,099Reid, Lester 11 December 2004 Derby CountyA0–330,793 17 December 2004 Leicester CityH1–121,415Dawson 26 December 2004 West Ham UnitedA2–332,270Johnson (2) 28 December 2004 SunderlandH1–227,457Reid 1 January 2005 Stoke CityH1–022,051Bopp 3 January 2005 Cardiff CityA0–315,545 15 January 2005 MillwallH1–225,949Commons 22 January 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA0–06,704 5 February 2005 Rotherham UnitedA0–08,448 23 February 2005 Preston North EndH2–019,209Evans, Commons 26 February 2005 Derby CountyH2–226,160Evans (pen), Taylor 5 March 2005 Leicester CityA1–027,277Taylor 8 March 2005 WatfordA2–012,118Commons (2) 12 March 2005 Ipswich TownA0–625,765 16 March 2005 Leeds UnitedH0–027,101 19 March 2005 Wigan AthleticH1–124,008Taylor 2 April 2005 Crewe AlexandraA1–18,458Dobie 6 April 2005 Coventry CityA0–222,221 9 April 2005 Plymouth ArgyleH0–328,887 12 April 2005 Sheffield UnitedH1–121,903Commons 16 April 2005 ReadingA0–117,905 23 April 2005 BurnleyH1–024,165Commons 30 April 2005 Queens Park RangersA1–217,834Bopp 8 May 2005 GillinghamH2–224,800Morgan, Bopp

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 2005 Queens Park RangersA3–011,140Reid, Commons, FollyR429 January 2005 Peterborough UnitedH1–016,774KingR512 February 2005 Tottenham HotspurA1–135,640TaylorR5R2 March 2005 Tottenham HotspurH0–328,062

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR125 August 2004 Scunthorpe UnitedH2–07,344Taylor, KingR222 September 2004 Rotherham UnitedH2–111,168Taylor (2)R326 October 2004 Doncaster RoversA2–09,261King, PerchR410 November 2004 FulhamH2–49,252King, Reid

Squad

Left club during season

Appearances

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