User talk:Mancini's Sandbox/2004–05

The 2004–05 season was Manchester City Football Club's third consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its eighth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 113th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Team kit
The team kit was produced by Reebok and the shirt sponsor was Thomas Cook.

Historical league performance
Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Points breakdown
Points at home: 30 Points away from home: 22

Points against "Big Four" teams: 9 Points against promoted teams: 11


 * 6 points: Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth
 * 4 points: Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Norwich City, Southampton
 * 3 points: Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool
 * 2 points: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham
 * 1 point: Arsenal, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United,
 * West Bromwich Albion
 * 0 points: Everton, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest &amp; smallest
Biggest home wins: 4–0 vs. Charlton Athletic, 28 August 2004 Biggest home defeat: 0–2 vs. Manchester United, 13 February 2005 Biggest away win: 1–3 vs. Portsmouth, 20 November 2004 Biggest away defeat: 2–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 22 January 2005 Biggest home attendance: 47,221 vs. Middlesbrough, 15 May 2005 Smallest home attendance: 42,453 vs. Birmingham City, 20 April 2005 Biggest away attendance: 67,863 vs. Manchester United, 7 November 2004 Smallest away attendance: 20,101 vs. Portsmouth, 20 November 2004

Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only ''Apps. numbers denote:'' "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)" Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards"

Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)

League Cup and FA Cup
Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)