2004–05 Preston North End F.C. season

During the 2004–05 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary
When Preston went down 1–0 at Brighton thanks to a Marlon Broomes own goal on 28 August 2004, a day later, Craig Brown was sacked and replaced with his assistant Billy Davies.

Davies took Preston to the 2005 play-off final for the first time since 2001, at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium but once again Preston ended up on the losing side, this time to West Ham United, losing 1–0.

Results
Preston North End's score comes first

In

 * Callum Davidson: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester City, Free
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gavin Ward: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Coventry City, Free
 * 🇫🇷 Youl Mawéné: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Derby County, Free
 * 🇬🇭 Patrick Agyemang: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gillingham, £350,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Sedgwick: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rotherham United, £400,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Hill: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol City, £100,000
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Nugent: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bury, Signed
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlo Nash: from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Middlesbrough, Signed

Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Carvill: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Accrington Stanley, Free
 * 🇯🇲 Ricardo Fuller: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Portsmouth, Signed
 * David Healy: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leeds United, Signed
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kelvin Langmead: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shrewsbury Town, Free
 * Ciarán Lyng: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shrewsbury Town, Free
 * Jonathan Gould: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol City, Free
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darran Kempson: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Morecambe, Free
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Armstrong: to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 York City, Signed