2005–06 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2005–06 season
Manager Gary Megson
Football League One 7th
FA Cup Second round
League Cup First round
Football League Trophy First Round
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the Football League One where they finished in 7th position on 48 points. It was a disappointing season for Forest who failed to make the play-offs by two points. They suffered great embarrassment in all three cup competitions going out in early rounds to Macclesfield, Chester and Woking.

Contents

Final League Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Southend United 46 23 13 10 72 43 +29 82
P 2 Colchester United 46 22 13 11 58 40 +18 79
  3 Brentford 46 20 16 10 72 52 +20 76
  4 Huddersfield Town 46 19 16 11 72 59 +13 73
P 5 Barnsley 46 18 18 10 62 44 +18 72
  6 Swansea City 46 18 17 11 78 55 +23 71
  7 Nottingham Forest 46 19 12 15 67 52 +15 69
  8 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 9 17 55 51 +4 69
  9 Bristol City 46 18 11 17 66 62 +4 65
  10 Oldham Athletic 46 18 11 17 58 60 −2 65
  11 Bradford City 46 14 19 13 51 49 +2 60
  12 Scunthorpe United 46 15 15 16 68 73 −5 60
  13 Port Vale 46 16 12 18 49 54 −5 60
  14 Gillingham 46 16 12 18 50 64 −14 60
  15 Yeovil Town 46 15 11 20 54 62 −8 56
  16 Chesterfield 46 14 14 18 63 73 −10 56
  17 Bournemouth 46 12 19 15 49 53 −4 55
  18 Tranmere Rovers 46 13 15 18 50 52 −2 54
  19 Blackpool 46 12 17 17 56 64 −8 53
  20 Rotherham United 46 12 16 18 52 62 −10 52
R 21 Hartlepool United 46 11 17 18 44 59 −15 50
R 22 Milton Keynes Dons 46 12 14 20 45 66 −21 50
R 23 Swindon Town 46 11 15 20 46 65 −19 48
R 24 Walsall 46 11 14 21 47 70 −23 47

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League One

Main article: 2005–06 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 6 August 2005 Huddersfield Town H 2 – 1 24,042 Dobie 45', Johnson 87'
2 9 August 2005 Walsall A 2 – 3 8,703 Commons 36', Friio 85'
3 13 August 2005 Swindon Town A 1 – 2 8,108 Commons 39'
4 20 August 2005 Scunthorpe United H 0 – 1 19,091
5 27 August 2005 Gillingham A 3 – 1 7,228 Johnson 8', Dobie 44', Weir Daley 79'
6 3 September 2005 Brentford H 1 – 2 17,234 Thompson 48'
7 10 September 2005 Barnsley A 0 – 2 10,080
8 17 September 2005 Rotherham United H 2 – 0 20,123 Lester 76' (pen), Commons 88'
9 20 September 2005 Bristol City H 3 – 1 16,666 Lester 25' (pen), Perch 27', Commons 55'
10 24 September 2005 Swansea City A 1 – 1 18,212 Lester 54'
11 27 September 2005 Blackpool H 1 – 1 17,071 Breckin 79'
12 1 October 2005 Tranmere Rovers H 1 – 0 22,022 Taylor 70'
13 9 October 2005 Southend United A 0 – 1 10,104
14 15 October 2005 Hartlepool United H 2 – 0 17,586 Taylor 34', Bopp 90'
15 22 October 2005 Yeovil Town A 0 – 3 9,072
16 29 October 2005 Bradford City H 1 – 0 17,983 Johnson 24'
17 12 November 2005 Bournemouth A 1 – 1 9,222 Southall 19'
18 19 November 2005 Southend United H 2 – 0 19,576 Wilson 51' (o.g.), Southall 70'
19 26 November 2005 Huddersfield Town A 1 – 2 17,370 Lester 46'
20 6 December 2005 Port Vale H 1 – 0 17,696 Tyson 31'
21 10 December 2005 Walsall H 1 – 1 20,912 Breckin 35'
22 16 December 2005 Scunthorpe United A 1 – 3 5,857 Taylor 65' (pen)
23 26 December 2005 Doncaster Rovers H 4 – 0 23,009 Breckin 45', Thompson 50', Southall 53', Taylor 67'
24 31 December 2005 Chesterfield H 0 – 0 21,909
25 2 January 2006 Colchester United A 1 – 3 5,767 Tyson 90'
26 14 January 2006 Oldham Athletic H 3 – 0 17,807 Holt 25', Tyson 63', Southall 67'
27 17 January 2006 Brentford A 1 – 1 7,859 Commons 5'
28 21 January 2006 Rotherham United A 1 – 1 7,222 Tyson 34'
29 27 January 2006 Barnsley H 0 – 2 16,237
30 31 January 2006 Milton Keynes Dons A 0 – 1 7,670
31 4 February 2006 Blackpool A 2 – 2 8,399 Breckin 45', Bennett 90'
32 11 February 2006 Swansea City H 1 – 2 19,132 Tyson 21'
33 15 February 2006 Oldham Athletic A 0 – 3 5,584
34 18 February 2006 Port Vale A 2 – 0 6,792 Commons 40', Tyson 90'
35 25 February 2006 Swindon Town H 7 – 1 22,444 Southall 3', 51', 55', Morgan 17', 57', Breckin 29', Lester 90'
36 4 March 2006 Bristol City A 1 – 1 14,379 Perch 66'
37 11 March 2006 Gillingham H 1 – 1 19,446 Tyson 45'
38 18 March 2006 Doncaster Rovers A 2 – 1 8,229 Commons 25', Holt 47'
39 25 March 2006 Milton Keynes Dons H 3 – 0 18,214 McClenahan 20' (o.g.), Holt 40', Breckin 90'
40 1 April 2006 Chesterfield A 3 – 1 7,073 Breckin 19', Tyson 29', Thompson 87'
41 8 April 2006 Colchester United H 1 – 0 22,680 Perch 72'
42 15 April 2006 Tranmere Rovers A 1 – 0 9,152 Holt 17'
43 17 April 2006 Yeovil Town H 2 – 1 28,193 Breckin 40', Southall 68'
44 22 April 2006 Hartlepool United A 2 – 3 5,336 Tyson 15', Commons 67'
45 29 April 2006 Bournemouth H 1 – 1 26,847 Tyson 56'
46 6 May 2006 Bradford City A 1 – 1 15,608 Bennett 88'

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 23 August 2005 Macclesfield Town H 2 – 3 5,050 Breckin 9', 83'

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 5 November 2005 Weymouth H 1 – 1 10,305 Holt 39'
R1 Replay 14 November 2005 Weymouth A 2 – 0 6,500 Taylor 67', 73'
R2 3 December 2005 Chester City A 0 – 3 4,732

Football League Trophy

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 18 October 2005 Woking A 2 – 3 3,127 Bopp 20', Weir-Daley 38'

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Felix Bastians 2(9) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 3(10) 0
DF Julian Bennett 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2
MF Eugen Bopp 2(10) 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5(10) 2
DF Ian Breckin 46 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 49 10
MF Sammy Clingan 14(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14(1) 0
MF Kris Commons 36(1) 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 37(1) 8
DF Danny Cullip 10(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 11(2) 0
DF John Curtis 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
FW Eugène Dadi 0(5) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(5) 0
FW Scott Dobie 6(2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(2) 2
DF Nicky Eaden 26(2) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28(2) 0
DF Vincent Fernandez 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0
MF David Friio 11(6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11(6) 0
MF Ross Gardner 6(6) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 1 0 9(7) 0
GK Paul Gerrard 21(1) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 23(1) 0
FW Neil Harris 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1(1) 0
MF Gary Holt 23(3) 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 27(3) 1
FW Grant Holt 18(1) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18(1) 4
GK Russell Hoult 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
FW Kevin James 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW David Johnson 12(5) 3 2 0 0(1) 0 0 0 14(6) 3
FW Jack Lester 15(23) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 16(23) 5
DF Wes Morgan 41(2) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 44(2) 2
DF Gino Padula 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
GK Rune Pedersen 17(1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19(1) 0
DF James Perch 34(4) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 36(4) 3
FW Jon-Paul Pittman 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
MF Nicky Southall 37(3) 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 40(3) 8
FW Gareth Taylor 17(3) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 19(3) 4
DF John Thompson 28(7) 3 2 0 0(1) 0 1 0 31(8) 3
FW Nathan Tyson 28 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 10
DF Martin Vickerton 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0
FW Spencer Weir-Daley 0(6) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 1 1 1(7) 2

References

Nottingham Forest 2005–06 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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