2005–06 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2005–06 season
Chairman Dave Allen
Manager Paul Sturrock
Stadium Hillsborough
Championship 19th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer Brunt (7)
Highest home attendance 33,439 vs Sheffield United
(18 Feb 2006, Championship)
Lowest home attendance 14,851 vs Charlton Athletic
(7 Jan 2006, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance 24,853

During the 2005–06 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2005-06 Championship campaign, the Owls' final league position of 19th place wasn't bad considering the current financial situation of the club. For the second successive year targets have been achieved - the season's target had been avoiding relegation.

On 17 April 2006, Sheffield Wednesday retained their place in the Championship with two matches remaining, with a 2-0 away win at Brighton, condemning Brighton, Millwall and Crewe to the drop in the process.[1] Wednesday went on to finish the season in 19th place, 10 points clear of the relegation zone.

Wednesday were statistically the best supported team in the Championship with their average home league attendance of 24,853 marginally beating newly relegated Norwich City with 24,833.

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Reading (C) (P) 46 31 13 2 99 32+67 106 Promotion to 2006–07 FA Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 14 6 76 46+30 92
3 Watford (P) 46 22 15 9 77 53+24 81 Qualification to 2005–06 Championship Playoffs
4 Preston North End 46 20 20 6 59 30+29 80
5 Leeds United 46 21 15 10 57 38+19 78
6 Crystal Palace 46 21 12 13 67 48+19 75
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 19 11 50 42+8 67
8 Coventry City 46 16 15 15 62 653 63
9 Norwich City 46 18 8 20 56 659 62
10 Luton Town 46 17 10 19 66 671 61
11 Cardiff City 46 16 12 18 58 591 60
12 Southampton 46 13 19 14 49 501 58
13 Stoke City 46 17 7 22 54 639 58
14 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 17 16 39 467 56
15 Ipswich Town 46 14 14 18 53 6613 56
16 Leicester City 46 13 15 18 51 598 54
17 Burnley 46 14 12 20 46 548 54
18 Hull City 46 12 16 18 49 556 52
19 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 13 20 39 5213 52
20 Derby County 46 10 20 16 53 6714 50
21 Queens Park Rangers 46 12 14 20 50 6515 50
22 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 9 15 22 57 8629 42 Relegation to 2006–07 League One
23 Millwall (R) 46 8 16 22 35 6227 40
24 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 46 7 17 22 39 7132 38

Updated to games played on 30 April 2006.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
6 August 2005 Stoke CityA0-018,744
9 August 2005 Hull CityH1-129,910Best
13 August 2005 SouthamptonH0-126,688
20 August 2005 Ipswich TownA1-224,238Peacock
26 August 2005 Queens Park RangersA0-012,131
10 September 2005 Leicester CityA0-222,618
13 September 2005 Leeds UnitedH1-029,986Eagles
17 September 2005 MillwallH1-222,446Coughlan
23 September 2005 Luton TownA2-28,267Lee, Graham
27 September 2005 Crystal PalaceA0-217,413
1 October 2005 Coventry CityH3-222,732Coughlan, Brunt (2, 1 pen)
15 October 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA1-116,534Buzsáky (own goal)
18 October 2005 WatfordH1-121,187Brunt
24 October 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionH1-121,787Peacock
29 October 2005 Norwich CityA1-025,383Brunt
1 November 2005 ReadingA0-216,188
5 November 2005 Derby CountyH2-126,334Brunt, Graham
9 November 2005 Cardiff CityH1-320,324Eagles
19 November 2005 WatfordA1-216,988Whelan
22 November 2005 Plymouth ArgyleH0-020,244
26 November 2005 Stoke CityH0-221,970
3 December 2005 Sheffield UnitedA0-130,558
10 December 2005 Hull CityA0-121,329
17 December 2005 Ipswich TownH0-121,716
26 December 2005 Preston North EndA0-018,867
28 December 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH0-224,295
31 December 2005 BurnleyA2-114,607Eagles, Coughlan
2 January 2006 Crewe AlexandraH3-025,656Wood, Tudgay, McCready (own goal)
14 January 2006 Leicester CityH2-125,398Brunt, Coughlan
21 January 2006 Leeds UnitedA0-327,843
31 January 2006 Luton TownH0-223,965
4 February 2006 MillwallA1-011,896Simek
11 February 2006 Crystal PalaceH0-024,784
15 February 2006 Coventry CityA1-220,021Brunt
18 February 2006 Sheffield UnitedH1-233,439MacLean (pen)
25 February 2006 SouthamptonA0-326,236
4 March 2006 Cardiff CityA0-111,851
11 March 2006 Queens Park RangersH1-122,788Burton
18 March 2006 Preston North EndH2-023,429Burton, O'Brien
25 March 2006 Wolverhampton WanderersA3-125,161Tudgay (2), Burton
1 April 2006 BurnleyH0-024,485
8 April 2006 Crewe AlexandraA0-28,007
15 April 2006 Norwich CityH1-030,755Tudgay
17 April 2006 Brighton & Hove AlbionA2-07,573Hart (own goal), O'Brien
22 April 2006 ReadingH1-127,307MacLean (pen)
30 April 2006 Derby CountyA2-030,391Tudgay, Best

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 2006 Charlton AthleticH2-414,851Heckingbottom (2)

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R123 August 2005 Stockport CountyA4-23,001Peacock, Partridge, Proudlock (2)
R220 September 2005 West Ham UnitedH2-414,976Coughlan, Graham

Squad

[3][4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK David Lucas
2 Scotland DF Lee Bullen
4 Togo MF Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)
5 Republic of Ireland DF Graham Coughlan
6 Republic of Ireland MF Glenn Whelan
7 Scotland MF Jon-Paul McGovern
8 Scotland MF Burton O'Brien
9 Scotland FW Steve MacLean
10 Republic of Ireland FW Leon Best (on loan from Southampton)
11 Northern Ireland MF Chris Brunt
12 England DF Patrick Collins
14 England DF John Hills
15 England DF Steve Adams
16 England DF Richard Wood
17 Guinea DF Drissa Diallo
18 Republic of Ireland MF Ritchie Partridge
No. Position Player
19 Jamaica FW Deon Burton
20 United States DF Frankie Simek
21 England GK Chris Adamson
22 England GK Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool)
23 Grenada MF Craig Rocastle
25 England FW Drew Talbot
26 Republic of Ireland FW Barry Corr
27 England GK Ben Kirby
29 Denmark DF Mikkel Bischoff (on loan from Manchester City)
30 Scotland FW David Graham
32 England DF Tommy Spurr
33 England MF Sean McAllister
35 Wales DF Peter Gilbert
38 England MF Matt Thorpe
40 England FW Marcus Tudgay
- England DF Rory McArdle

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 England DF Paul Heckingbottom (to Barnsley)
4 England DF Graeme Lee (to Doncaster Rovers)
10 Scotland FW Lee Peacock (to Swindon Town)
19 England MF Chris Eagles (on loan from Manchester United)
22 England GK Nicky Weaver (on loan from Manchester City)
24 Scotland DF Maurice Ross (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
No. Position Player
27 Wales MF Richard Evans (to Shrewsbury Town)
28 England FW Gabriel Agbonlahor (on loan from Aston Villa)
29 Republic of Ireland FW Daryl Murphy (on loan from Sunderland)
31 England FW Adam Proudlock (to Ipswich Town)
34 England FW Danny Reet (to Mansfield Town)

References

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