This article provides a summary of Plymouth Argyle's 2004–05 season.
Notable events
- 24 August 2004: The team exit the League Cup in the first round for the 12th consecutive year.
- 28 August 2004: Argyle lose their first League game (3–1 to Watford) since Bobby Williamson was appointed as manager.
Players
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Competitions
Championship
League table
Matches
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Championship match details
|-
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Score<br />F–A
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Scorers
!scope="col" |Attendance
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Millwall
|Home
| style="background-color:#FFFFCC" |D
|0–0
|||16,063||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion
|Away
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W
|2–0
|align=left|Cullip 11' o.g., Wotton 45' pen.
|6,387
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Cardiff City
|Away
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W
|1–0
|align=left|Bullock 24' o.g.
|12,697
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Sunderland
|Home
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W
|2–1
|align=left|Wotton 1', Crawford 40'
|16,874
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Watford
|Away
| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L
|1–3
|align=left|Evans 18'
|13,104
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Nottingham Forest
|Home
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |W
|3–2
|align=left|Norris 26', Coughlan 40', Wotton 90' pen.
|17,538
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Queens Park Rangers
|Away
| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L
|2–3
|align=left|Friio 7', Keith 90'
|15,425
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Leeds United
|Home
| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L
|0–1
|||20,555||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers
|Home
| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" |L
|1–2
|align=left|Friio 62'
|18,635
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Ipswich Town||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||2–3
|align=left|Adams 12', Crawford 13'
|23,270
|
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Preston North End||Away|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1
|align=left| Kouo-Doumbé 19'||11,445||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Gillingham||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||2–1
|align=left| Friio 90', 90'||13,665||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Wigan Athletic||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2
|align=left| Crawford 77'||14,443||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Rotherham United||Away|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||1–0
|align=left| Kouo-Doumbé 65'||5,088||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Sheffield United||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2
|align=left| Friio 87'||18,893||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|West Ham United||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1
|align=left| Wotton 76'||20,220||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Reading||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||2–2
|align=left| Ingimarsson 18' o.g., Crawford 41'||14,336||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Wigan Athletic||Away|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||2–0
|align=left| Wootton 40', Crawford 69'||10,294||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Coventry City||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2
|align=left| Evans 48'||15,314||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Stoke City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||0–0
|align=left| ||15,264||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Leicester City||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2
|align=left| Capaldi 9'||23,799||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Burnley||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||1–0
|align=left| Wotton 90' pen.||13,308||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Crewe Alexandra||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–3
|align=left| ||6,823||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Derby County||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2
|align=left| ||15,335||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Queens Park Rangers||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||2–1
|align=left| Wotton 13', Evans 49'||19,535||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Leeds United||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2
|align=left| Crawford 90'||34,496||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers||Away|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1
|align=left| Friio 58'||27,564||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Ipswich Town||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–2
|align=left| Evans 87'||17,923||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Gillingham||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–1
|align=left| ||8,451||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Preston North End||Home|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2
|align=left| ||13,663||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Reading||Away|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||0–0
|align=left| ||19,783||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Rotherham United||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1
|align=left| Wotton 51' pen.||14,798||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|West Ham United||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–5
|align=left| ||25,490||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Sheffield United||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||3–0
|align=left| Coughlan 3', Wotton 47', Blackstock 88'||13,953||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Crewe Alexandra||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||3–0
|align=left| Wotton 25', Blackstock 68', Taylor 90'||14,918||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Derby County||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–1
|align=left| ||27,581||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||5–1
|align=left| Chadwick 8', Wotton 13' pen., 21', Norris 36', Taylor 88'||15,606||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Sunderland||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||1–5
|align=left| Taylor 88'||25,258||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Millwall||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–3
|align=left| ||11,465||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Cardiff City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1
|align=left| Aljofree 60'||18,045||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Watford||Home|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||1–0
|align=left| Buzsáky 10'||15,333||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Nottingham Forest||Away|| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |W||3–0
|align=left| Blackstock 3', 59', Norris 23'||28,887||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Stoke City||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2
|align=left| ||13,017||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Coventry City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||1–1
|align=left| Capaldi 90'||18,443||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Burnley||Away|| bgcolor="#ffcccc" |L||0–2
|align=left| ||12,893||
|-
!scope=row|
|align=left|Leicester City||Home|| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |D||0–0
|align=left| ||19,199||
|}
Source:
FA Cup
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ FA Cup match details
|-
!scope="col"|Round
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Opponents
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Score<br />F–A
!scope="col"|Scorers
!scope="col"|Attendance
!scope="col"|
|-
!scope="row"|Third round
|align=left|8 January 2005
|align=left|Everton||Home
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|L||1–3
|align=left|Guðjónsson 34'||20,112||
|}
League Cup
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ League Cup match details
|-
!scope="col"|Round
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Opponents
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Score<br />F–A
!scope="col"|Scorers
!scope="col"|Attendance
!scope="col"|
|-
!scope="row"|First round
|align=left|24 August 2004
|align=left|Yeovil Town||Away
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|L||2–3
|align=left|Crawford 30', Wotton 42' pen.||6,217||
|}
Transfers
Out
{| class="wikitable"
!scope=col|Date
!scope=col|Player
!scope=col|Transfer
!scope=col|To
!scope=col|Fee
!scope=col|Source
|-
|11 August 2004
|Marcus Martin
|Season-long loan
|Exeter City
| –
|
|-
|August 2004
|Gary Sawyer
|Season-long loan
|Exeter City
| –
|