. . . . . . . . . . "2004\u201305 Stoke City F.C. season"@en . . . . . . . "FFFFFF"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "25191820"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . "_red_stripes"@en . . . . "_red_stripes"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2005"^^ . . "23951"^^ . . . . . "12"^^ . . "16455"^^ . "The 2004\u201305 season was Stoke City's 98th season in the Football League and the 38th in the second tier, it was also the first season in the new re-branded Football League Championship. With supporter expectation now rising there were hopes that Stoke could soon begin to mount a serious attempt to return to the top flight. But after a poor summer in terms of transfer activity those hopes subsided, but soon returned after a good start to the season with Stoke going top of the table in early September. But any hopes of a promotion push soon vanished with some poor performances and most notably a lack of goals being scored. In fact Stoke went on a dull run of 'binary' results, from 23 October 2004 to 22 February 2005 the only score line was that of 0\u20130, 1\u20130, 0\u20131 and 1\u20131. Supporters began to ve"@en . . . . . . . . . "Third Round"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The 2004\u201305 season was Stoke City's 98th season in the Football League and the 38th in the second tier, it was also the first season in the new re-branded Football League Championship. With supporter expectation now rising there were hopes that Stoke could soon begin to mount a serious attempt to return to the top flight. But after a poor summer in terms of transfer activity those hopes subsided, but soon returned after a good start to the season with Stoke going top of the table in early September. But any hopes of a promotion push soon vanished with some poor performances and most notably a lack of goals being scored. In fact Stoke went on a dull run of 'binary' results, from 23 October 2004 to 22 February 2005 the only score line was that of 0\u20130, 1\u20130, 0\u20131 and 1\u20131. Supporters began to vent their anger at the lack of entertainment on offer as the side fell into mid-table obscurity and a final finish of 12th the outcome of a forgettable season."@en . . . "12785"^^ . . . "23029"^^ . . . . "_redstripes2"@en . . . . . . "FFFFFF"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "_band_red"@en . . . . . . "1088725156"^^ . . . . . . . . "2004"^^ . . . ""@en . . . . . . . "First Round"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2003"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "_redsides"@en . . . . . . .