Huddersfield Town F.C. season 2005-06

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Season 2005–06
Huddersfield Town
Manager	Peter Jackson
Chairman	Ken Davy
League	League One
Final league position	4th
FA Cup	Third Round
Carling Cup	Second Round
LDV Vans Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Booth (13) All: Andy Booth Gary Taylor-Fletcher (15)
Highest home attendance	19,223 vs Barnsley (16 May 2006)
Lowest home attendance	5,518 vs Welling United (6 November 2005)

1 Squad at the start of the season
2 Review
3 Squad at the end of the season
4 Results
5 References

[edit] Squad at the start of the season

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Paul Rachubka
2	DF	Andy Holdsworth
3	DF	Danny Adams
4	MF	Mark Hudson
5	DF	David Mirfin
6	DF	Nathan Clarke
7	MF	Chris Brandon
8	MF	Tony Carss
9	FW	Paweł Abbott
10	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher
11	MF	Danny Schofield
12	MF	Adnan Ahmed
14	DF	Tom Clarke

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	John McAliskey
16	DF	Martin McIntosh
17	DF	John McCombe
18	MF	Jon Worthington (Captain)
19	DF	Anthony Lloyd
20	FW	Junior Mendes
21	MF	Lee Fowler
22	GK	Phil Senior
23	FW	Andy Booth
24	MF	Michael Collins
25	MF	Matty Young
26	DF	Aaron Hardy

[edit] Review

Controversial 'Young Guns' campaign

Before the start of the season 2005-06, the club launched the controversial 'Young Guns' campaign. The players, manager Peter Jackson, assistant manager Terry Yorath, and coach Martyn Booty posed for the 2006 calendar in cowboy outfits.^[1] Six of the younger players featured on the cover of the corporate hospitality brochure. Basing the cover around the 'Young Guns' theme was widely considered to be a mistake and caused the booklet to be adversely linked with the Brokeback Mountain film.

Despite losing to Nottingham Forest on the opening day of the season, Huddersfield started the 2005-06 season brightly and were top of the table by mid-October. During the season they got the chance to show their pedigree by playing at Blackburn Rovers in the Carling Cup, which they lost 3-1.

Then they had a big money-spinning FA Cup match at Chelsea in January. They showed superb spirit to only lose 2-1, but many predicted it could be the turning point in Town's season, as they hadn't won a game since being drawn against them, a month earlier.

Gerry Murphy won the Football League's Contribution to Football award on 5 March 2006 selected by listeners of BBC Radio Five Live's Sport on Five.^[2]^[3]

With the season heading towards its climax, Town had to prepare for the play-offs after a disappointing April, which saw them lose out on automatic promotion to the Championship. The goals of Paweł Abbott, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Andy Booth, Danny Schofield and Sheffield Wednesday loan signing David Graham helped Town to have the joint-second best scoring record in the division behind Swansea City.

Huddersfield beat Barnsley 1-0 at Oakwell in the playoff semi-final first leg but lost 1-3 (2-3 on aggregate) in the return.

[edit] Squad at the end of the season

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Paul Rachubka
2	DF	Andy Holdsworth
3	DF	Danny Adams
4	MF	Mark Hudson
5	DF	David Mirfin
6	DF	Nathan Clarke
7	MF	Chris Brandon
8	MF	Tony Carss
9	FW	Paweł Abbott
10	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher
11	MF	Danny Schofield
12	MF	Adnan Ahmed
14	DF	Tom Clarke

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	John McAliskey
16	DF	Martin McIntosh
17	DF	John McCombe
18	MF	Jon Worthington (Captain)
19	DF	Anthony Lloyd
20	FW	Junior Mendes (on loan at Northampton Town)
21	FW	David Graham (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
22	GK	Phil Senior
23	FW	Andy Booth
24	MF	Michael Collins
25	MF	Matty Young
26	DF	Aaron Hardy

[edit] Results

[edit] Football League One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
6 August 2005	Nottingham Forest	A	1 - 2	Abbott [64 (pen)]	24,042	16th
9 August 2005	Bristol City	H	1 - 0	Abbott [89]	11,138	12th
13 August 2005	Swansea City	H	3 - 1	Booth [27], Abbott [41], Schofield [76]	10,304	3rd
20 August 2005	Southend United	A	1 - 1	Abbott [45]	5,567	5th
27 August 2005	Hartlepool United	H	2 - 1	Abbott [12], Schofield [17]	11,241	2nd
29 August 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	2 - 1	Brandon [2], Worthington [40]	7,222	1st
2 September 2005	Scunthorpe United	H	1 - 4	Abbott [66 (pen)]	14,112	2nd
10 September 2005	Oldham Athletic	A	3 - 0	Schofield [27], Taylor-Fletcher [37, 72]	8,803	3rd
17 September 2005	Brentford	H	3 - 2	Abbott [34], Schofield [90], Booth [90]	11,622	2nd
24 September 2005	Colchester United	A	1 - 1	Taylor-Fletcher [65]	3,415	3rd
27 September 2005	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 - 0	Schofield [87]	10,640	3rd
1 October 2005	Bournemouth	H	2 - 2	Schofield [14], Taylor-Fletcher [21]	13,522	3rd
10 October 2005	Bradford City	A	2 - 1	Hudson [21], Booth [79]	12,285	2nd
15 October 2005	Walsall	H	3 - 1	Booth [15], Abbott [34, 78]	11,642	1st
22 October 2005	Chesterfield	A	3 - 4	Hudson [80], Worthington [87], Holdsworth [90]	6,206	2nd
29 October 2005	Swindon Town	H	1 - 1	Brandon [54]	11,352	3rd
12 November 2005	Yeovil Town	A	2 - 1	Booth [11], Hudson [39]	6,742	2nd
19 November 2005	Bradford City	H	0 - 0		17,331	2nd
26 November 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	2 - 1	Schofield [21], Booth [26]	17,370	2nd
6 December 2005	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2 - 2	Abbott [7], Booth [64]	4,832	2nd
10 December 2005	Bristol City	A	0 - 2		9,949	2nd
17 December 2005	Southend United	H	0 - 0		11,223	3rd
26 December 2005	Rotherham United	A	1 - 1	Taylor-Fletcher [90]	7,380	3rd
28 December 2005	Port Vale	H	0 - 3		10,824	3rd
31 December 2005	Barnsley	A	2 - 2	Booth [76], Taylor-Fletcher [90]	13,063	4th
2 January 2006	Gillingham	H	0 - 0		11,483	5th
10 January 2006	Scunthorpe United	A	2 - 2	Schofield [44], McIntosh [90]	4,450	4th
14 January 2006	Blackpool	H	2 - 0	T. Clarke [9], Schofield [73]	11,977	3rd
21 January 2006	Brentford	A	0 - 2		7,636	5th
28 January 2006	Oldham Athletic	H	3 - 2	Branston [45 (og)], Abbott [48], Graham [59]	14,973	3rd
3 February 2006	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 - 2	Graham [48]	8,300	4th
11 February 2006	Colchester United	H	2 - 0	Worthington [14], Graham [68]	13,515	5th
14 February 2006	Blackpool	A	1 - 0	Brandon [43 (pen)]	6,004	5th
18 February 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	H	5 - 0	McIntosh [19], Taylor-Fletcher [24], Worthington [36], Mirfin [77], Collins [90]	11,423	3rd
24 February 2006	Swansea City	A	2 - 2	McIntosh [70], Graham [82]	13,110	2nd
4 March 2006	Doncaster Rovers	H	2 - 2	McIntosh [8], Graham [40]	14,490	2nd
10 March 2006	Hartlepool United	A	1 - 3	Graham [22]	5,648	3rd
18 March 2006	Rotherham United	H	4 - 1	Booth [32, 39, 82], Taylor-Fletcher [83]	15,264	3rd
25 March 2006	Port Vale	A	1 - 1	Booth [81]	5,664	2nd
1 April 2006	Barnsley	H	1 - 0	Taylor-Fletcher [55]	19,052	3rd
8 April 2006	Gillingham	A	0 - 2		7,014	3rd
15 April 2006	Bournemouth	A	1 - 1	Taylor-Fletcher [71]	7,406	3rd
18 April 2006	Chesterfield	H	1 - 2	Graham [13]	13,368	4th
22 April 2006	Walsall	A	3 - 1	Graham [25], Abbott [83], Booth [90]	5,554	4th
29 April 2006	Yeovil Town	H	1 - 2	Graham [8]	14,473	4th
6 May 2006	Swindon Town	A	0 - 0		6,353	4th

[edit] League One Play-Offs

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
11 May 2006	Semi-Final 1st Leg	Barnsley	A	1 - 0	Taylor-Fletcher [85]	16,127
15 May 2006	Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Barnsley	H	1 - 3	Worthington [65]	19,223 Huddersfield lost 3-2 on aggregate.

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
6 November 2005	Round 1	Welling United	H	4 - 1	Booth [27, 69], Schofield [50 (pen)], Holdsworth [81]	5,518
4 December 2005	Round 2	Worcester City	A	1 - 0	Brandon [61]	4,163
7 January 2006	Round 3	Chelsea	A	1 - 2	Taylor-Fletcher [74]	41,650