During the 2004–05 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the

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, following promotion from the

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(renamed the

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) the previous season.

Season summary

Despite the 21 league goals of striker Andy Johnson, and being just ahead of the relegation zone for most of the season, Palace were unable to remain in the top flight and were relegated on the last day of the season, following a 2–2 draw with fellow south-east London rivals

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at The Valley, combined with

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's 2–0 win over

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. With relegation, speculation reigned over Johnson's future; Johnson even handed in a transfer request, but ultimately the striker would sign a five-year contract with the club with an improved wage, pledging to help the club regain top-flight status. Young winger

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also impressed with 10 assists in the Premier League, making him more productive than the likes of

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and

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following Palace's relegation.

Final league table

Kit

Italian company

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became Palace's new kit manufacturers, and introduced a new home kit for the season. The home kit featured red shorts and socks (dispensing with the navy attire of the previous two seasons) and predominantly red shirts with blue stripes. The away kit featured white shirts with blue arms.

Churchill Insurance Churchill Insurance is a British insurance company based in Bromley, London. Founded in 1989, as one of the country's first direct to customer car insurance companies, the company has expanded to offer a range of general insurance products. Sin ...

remained kit sponsors for the fifth consecutive season.

Staff

* Manager:

Iain Dowie Iain Dowie (born 9 January 1965) is a football manager, former professional footballer and sports television pundit. He played as a striker from 1983 until 2001, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham Unit ...

* Player-coach:

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Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Statistics

Player statistics

:''as 16 May 2005'' Source: * *= Second yellow card.

Transfers

In

* Mark Hudson -

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, 11 July, £550,000 * Emmerson Boyce -

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, 12 July, free transfer *

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, 13 July, £750,000 *

Joonas Kolkka Joonas Einari Kolkka (born 28 September 1974) is a Finnish retired professional footballer who played as a left winger most of his career, but could also play on the right wing. Having started his career in his native Finland, he went on to play ...

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, 22 July, undisclosed *

Sándor Torghelle Sándor Torghelle (; born 5 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Honvéd, Marcali, Crystal Palace, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Augsburg, Fortuna Düss ...

- MTK Hungaria, 3 August, undisclosed *

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, 12 August, £1,500,000 * Wayne Andrews -

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, 1 September, six-figure fee *

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, 31 August, season loan *

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, 31 August, season loan *

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, unknown date, unknown fee * Anthony Danze - Inglewood United, unknown date, unknown fee

Out

Julian Gray Julian Raymond Marvin Gray (born 21 September 1979) is an English football coach and former professional player. He played in the Football League and Premier League for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Coventry City, Fu ...

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, 23 June, free *

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, 31 July, undisclosed *

Shaun Derry Shaun Peter Derry (born 6 December 1977) is an English former professional footballer and manager. He previously managed Notts County and Cambridge United, and played for Crystal Palace, Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers among other clubs. D ...

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, 23 November, £250,000 * Jamie Smith -

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, August, free * Ben Surey -

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* Gavin Heeroo - Billericay Town * Tariq Nabil * Cédric Berthelin - RAEC Mons * Gareth Williams -

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, loan ended

Results

Premiership

League Cup

FA Cup

Awards

* Andy Johnson:

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, October * Club Goal of the Season:

(vs. Liverpool, at

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, Premiership)

Notes

References

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