2005–06 Reading F.C. season

Reading Football Club played the season 2005–06 in the Football League Championship, during which they set several League records on their way to winning the Championship, and promotion to the Premier League.

1 Review and events
2 Squad
- 2.1 Current squad
- 2.2 Out on loan
3 Competitions
4 Player details
- 4.1 Top Scorers
5 Team kit
6 References

Review and events

Squad

Current squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marcus Hahnemann
2	DF	Graeme Murty
3	DF	Nicky Shorey
4	MF	Steve Sidwell
5	DF	Ibrahima Sonko
6	MF	Brynjar Gunnarsson
7	MF	Glen Little
8	FW	Leroy Lita
10	MF	Stephen Hunt
11	MF	John Oster
12	FW	Dave Kitson
13	FW	Reading F.C. Fans Everywhere
14	DF	John Halls
15	MF	James Harper

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Ívar Ingimarsson
17	MF	Bobby Convey
18	DF	Michael Dobson
19	FW	Kevin Doyle
21	GK	Graham Stack
23	DF	Chris Makin
24	FW	Shane Long
26	DF	Curtis Osano
29	FW	Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu
30	MF	Sekou Baradji
31	FW	Simon Cox
33	DF	Scott Golbourne

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Adam Federici (Loan to Northwood & Carshalton Athletic)

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League Championship	—	1st		6 August 2005	30 April 2006
Football League Cup	1st round	—	1st round	23 August 2005	29 November 2005
FA Cup	3rd round	—	R4	7 January 2006	7 February 2006

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Championship

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106	19	3	1	58	14	+44	12	10	1	41	18	+23

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	21	18	4	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: [ ]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & results

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

6 August 2005	Reading	1 - 2	Plymouth Argyle	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Lita 54'	Report	Evans 21' Chadwick 90'	Attendance: 16,836

9 August 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 - 2	Reading	Withdean Stadium
19:45		Report	Little 15' Kitson 63'	Attendance: 6,676

13 August 2005	Preston North End	0 - 3	Reading	Deepdale
15:00		Report	Lita 35', 46' Little 58'	Attendance: 13,154

20 August 2005	Reading	5 - 0	Millwall	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Convey 6', 25' Harper 38' Kitson 44' Sidwell 79'	Report	Marshall 23'	Attendance: 14,225

27 August 2005	Watford	0 - 0	Reading	Vicarage Road
17:15		Report		Attendance: 12,152

29 August 2005	Reading	2 - 1	Burnley	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Lita 8' Doyle 70'	Report	Akinbiyi 40'	Attendance: 14,027

10 September 2005	Coventry City	1 - 1	Reading	Ricoh Arena
15:00	Page 86'	Report	Doyle 68'	Attendance: 22,074

13 September 2005	Reading	3 - 2	Crystal Palace	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Doyle 26' Lita 68' Sonko 87'	Report	Johnson 29' Morrison 47'	Attendance: 17,562

17 September 2005	Reading	1 - 0	Crewe Alexandra	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Ingimarsson 78'	Report		Attendance: 17,668

24 September 2005	Norwich City	0 - 1	Reading	Carrow Road
15:00		Report	Harper 61'	Attendance: 24,850

28 September 2005	Southampton	0 - 0	Reading	St Mary's
19:45		Report		Attendance: 24,946

1 October 2005	Reading	2 - 1	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Gunnarsson 3', 88'	Report	Kabba 15'	Attendance: 22,068

16 October 2005	Reading	2 - 0	Ipswich Town	Madejski Stadium
13:30	Naylor 18' (o.g.) Doyle 47'	Report		Attendance: 17,581

18 October 2005	Hull City	1 - 1	Reading	KC Stadium
19:45	Brown 56'	Report	Little 74'	Attendance: 17,698

22 October 2005	Stoke City	0 - 1	Reading	Britannia Stadium
15:00		Report	Kitson 75' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,484

29 October 2005	Reading	1 - 1	Leeds United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Gunnarsson 62'	Report	Ingimarsson 74' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,012

1 November 2005	Reading	2 - 0	Sheffield Wednesday	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Whelan 38' (o.g.) Kitson 64'	Report		Attendance: 16,188

5 November 2005	Queens Park Rangers	1 - 2	Reading	Loftus Road
15:00	Cook 47'	Report	Harper 10' Ingimarsson 65'	Attendance: 15,347

19 November 2005	Reading	3 - 1	Hull City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Convey 7' Doyle 69' Little 70'	Report	Barmby 55'	Attendance: 17,864

22 November 2005	Ipswich Town	0 - 3	Reading	Portman Road
19:45		Report	Sidwell 28' Lita 53' Doyle 76'	Attendance: 22,62

26 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	0 - 2	Reading	Home Park
15:00		Report	Little 20' Doyle 56'	Attendance: 14,020

3 December 2005	Reading	3 - 0	Luton Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Sidwell 43' Kitson 75' Doyle 88'	Report		Attendance: 19,478

10 December 2005	Reading	5 - 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Oatway 27' (o.g.) Kitson 51' (pen.), 70', 90' Hunt 76'	Report	Gary Elphick , 48' Kazim-Richards 84'	Attendance: 18,546

17 December 2005	Millwall	0 - 2	Reading	The Den
15:00		Report	Sidwell 40' Doyle 68'	Attendance: 12,920

26 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 - 2	Reading	Molineux
15:00		Report	Kitson 29' Convey 64'	Attendance: 27,980

28 December 2005	Reading	2 - 0	Leicester City	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Doyle 60' Gunnarsson 87'	Report		Attendance: 22,061

31 December 2005	Derby County	2 - 2	Reading	Pride Park
17:15	Johnson 32', 62' Davies , 71'	Report	Doyle 34' Long 88'	Attendance: 21,434

2 January 2006	Reading	5 - 1	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Sidwell 10', 70' Sonko 31' Kitson 50', 75'	Report	Jerome 61'	Attendance: 22,668

14 January 2006	Reading	2 - 0	Coventry City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Kitson 46', 78'	Report		Attendance: 22,813

20 January 2006	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Reading	[{Selhurst Park]]
19:45	Johnson 79' (pen.)	Report	Harper 81'	Attendance: 19,888

31 January 2006	Reading	4 - 0	Norwich City	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Shorey 6' Sidwell 17' Lita 55' Convey 69'	Report		Attendance: 21,442

4 February 2006	Crewe Alexandra	3 - 4	Reading	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Bell 14' Taylor 50' Lunt 68' (pen.)	Report	Shorey 24' Sidwell 26' Lita 43', 53'	Attendance: 6,484

10 February 2006	Reading	2 - 0	Southampton	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Lita 16' Doyle 38'	Report		Attendance: 23,845

14 February 2006	Sheffield United	1 - 1	Reading	Bramall Lane
19:45	Dyer 9'	Report	Kitson 12'	Attendance: 25,011

17 February 2006	Luton Town	3 - 2	Reading	Kenilworth Road
19:45	Vine 20', 26' Morgan 51'	Report	Doyle 1', 90'	Attendance: 8,705

25 February 2006	Reading	2 - 1	Preston North End	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Sidwell 6' Lita 45+1'	Report	Davidson 8'	Attendance: 23,011

4 March 2006	Burnley	0 - 3	Reading	Turf Moor
15:00		Report	Convey 10' Sonko 55' Kitson 90'	Attendance: 12,888

11 March 2006	Reading	0 - 0	Watford	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 23,724

18 March 2006	Reading	1 - 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Convey 22'	Report	Miller 64'	Attendance: 23,502

25 March 2006	Leicester City	1 - 1	Reading	Walkers Stadium
15:00	Hume 38'	Report	Doyle 85'	Attendance: 25,578

1 April 2006	Reading	5 - 0	Derby County	Madejski Stadium
15:00	James Harper (footballer)	Report		Attendance: 22,981

8 April 2006	Cardiff City	2 - 5	Reading	Ninian Park
15:00	Jerome 40' Parry 79'	Report	Harper 10', 90' Kitson 40' Loovens 529' (o.g.) Doyle 87'	Attendance: 11,866

15 April 2006	Leeds United	1 - 1	Reading	Elland Road
15:00	Hulse 47'	Report	Hunt 85'	Attendance: 24,535

17 April 2006	Reading	3 - 1	Stoke City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Sidwell 25' Doyle 56' (pen.) Halls 62'	Report	Rooney 59'	Attendance: 22,119

22 April 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	1 - 1	Reading	Hillsborough
15:00	Kitson 59' (pen.)	Report	Kitson 34'	Attendance: 27,307

30 April 2006	Reading	2 - 1	Queens Park Rangers	Madejski Stadium
13:30	Kitson 40' Murty 84' (pen.)	Report	Furlong 40'	Attendance: 23,156

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	19	3	1	58	14	12	10	1	41	18	99	32	+ 67	106
2	Sheffield United	46	15	5	3	43	22	11	7	5	33	24	76	46	+ 30	90
3	Watford	46	11	7	5	39	24	11	8	4	38	29	77	53	+ 24	81
4	Preston North End	46	11	10	2	31	12	9	10	4	28	18	59	30	+ 29	80
5	Leeds United	46	13	7	3	35	18	8	8	7	22	20	57	38	+ 19	78
6	Crystal Palace	46	13	6	4	39	20	8	6	9	28	28	67	48	+ 19	75
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	9	10	4	24	18	7	9	7	26	24	50	42	+ 8	67
8	Coventry City	46	12	7	4	39	22	4	8	11	23	43	62	65	– 3	63
9	Norwich City	46	12	4	7	34	25	6	4	13	22	40	56	65	– 9	62
10	Luton Town	46	11	6	6	45	31	6	4	13	21	36	66	67	– 1	61
11	Cardiff City	46	10	7	6	32	24	6	5	12	26	35	58	59	– 1	60
12	Southampton	46	9	10	4	26	17	4	9	10	23	33	49	50	– 1	58
13	Stoke City	46	7	5	11	24	32	10	2	11	30	31	54	63	– 9	58
14	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	7	6	26	22	3	10	10	13	24	39	46	– 7	56
15	Ipswich Town	46	8	8	7	28	32	6	6	11	25	34	53	66	– 13	56
16	Leicester City	46	8	9	6	30	25	5	6	12	21	34	51	59	– 8	54
17	Burnley	46	11	6	6	34	22	3	6	14	12	32	46	54	– 8	54
18	Hull City	46	8	8	7	24	21	4	8	11	25	34	39	52	– 6	52
19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	7	8	8	22	24	6	5	12	17	28	49	55	– 13	52
20	Derby County	46	8	10	5	33	27	2	10	11	20	40	53	67	– 14	50
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	7	9	24	26	5	7	11	26	39	50	65	– 15	50
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	7	7	9	38	40	2	8	13	19	46	57	86	– 29	42
23	Millwall	46	4	8	11	13	27	4	8	11	22	35	35	62	– 27	40
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	4	8	11	21	34	3	9	11	18	37	39	71	– 32	38

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

7 January 2006 Third Round	West Bromwich Albion	1 - 1	Reading	The Hawthorns
15:00	Gera 82' (pen.)	Report	Doyle 84' (pen.)	Attendance: 19,197

17 January 2006 Third Round Reply	Reading	3 - 2 (A.E.T.)	West Bromwich Albion	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Lita 50', 65', 93'	Report	Chaplow 9', 32'	Attendance: 16,737

28 January 2006 Fourth Round	Reading	1 - 1	Birmingham City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Long 32'	Report	David Dunn 67'	Attendance: 23,762

7 February 2006 Fourth Round Reply	Birmingham City	2 - 1	Reading	St. Andrews
19:45	Forssell 30' Gray 67'	Report	Hunt 51'	Attendance: 16,644

Football League Cup

Main article: 2005-06 Football League Cup

23 August 2005 First Round	Reading	3 - 1 (A.E.T)	Swansea City	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Kitson 13', 95' Lita 114'	Report	Akinfenwa 80' Anderson 85'	Attendance: 7,603

20 September 2005 Second Round	Reading	1 - 0	Luton Town	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Oster 80'	Report		Attendance: 6,941

25 October 2005 Third Round	Reading	2 - 0	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Kitson 53', 75'	Report		Attendance: 11,607

29 November 2005 Forth Round	Arsenal	3 - 0	Reading	Highbury
19:45	Kitson 12' Van Persie 41' Lupoli 12'	Report		Attendance: 36,167

Player details

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Football League Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Marcus Hahnemann	47	0	45	0	0	0	2	0
2		DF	Graeme Murty	44	1	40	1	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Nicky Shorey	44	2	40	2	1	0	3	0
4		MF	Steve Sidwell	40	10	33	10	4	0	3	0
5		DF	Ibrahima Sonko	52	3	46	3	2	0	4	0
6		MF	Brynjar Gunnarsson	34	4	29	4	4	0	1	0
7		MF	Glen Little	38	5	35	5	1	0	2	0
8		FW	Leroy Lita	32	15	26	11	3	3	3	1
10		MF	Stephen Hunt	45	3	37	2	4	1	4	0
11		MF	John Oster	40	2	32	1	4	0	4	1
12		FW	Dave Kitson	39	22	34	18	2	0	3	4
14		DF	John Halls	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
15		MF	James Harper	51	7	45	7	3	0	3	0
16		DF	Ívar Ingimarsson	53	2	46	2	3	0	4	0
17		MF	Bobby Convey	45	7	45	7	0	0	0	0
18		DF	Michael Dobson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19		FW	Kevin Doyle	51	19	45	18	3	1	3	0
21		GK	Graham Stack	8	0	1	0	4	0	3	0
23		DF	Chris Makin	19	0	12	0	4	0	3	0
24		FW	Shane Long	15	4	11	3	4	1	0	0
26		DF	Curtis Osano	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29		FW	Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
30		MF	Sekou Baradji	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
31		FW	Simon Cox	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
33		DF	Scott Golbourne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	12	Dave Kitson	18	0	4	22
2	FW	19	Kevin Doyle	18	1	0	19
3	FW	8	Leroy Lita	11	3	1	15
4	MF	4	Steve Sidwell	10	0	0	10
5	MF	15	James Harper	7	0	0	7
=	MF	17	Bobby Convey	7	0	0	7
7	FW	7	Glen Little	5	0	0	5
8	DF	6	Brynjar Gunnarsson	4	0	0	4
=			Own Goal	4	0	0	4
=	FW	24	Shane Long	3	1	0	4
11	DF	5	Ibrahima Sonko	3	0	0	3
12	DF	16	Ívar Ingimarsson	2	0	0	2
=	DF	3	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	2
=	MF	10	Stephen Hunt	2	0	0	2
=	MF	11	John Oster	1	0	1	2
16	DF	2	Graeme Murty	1	0	0	1
=	DF	14	John Halls	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	99	6	6	111

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2005–06 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Kyocera.

2005–06 home colours

2005–06 away colours

2005–06 third choice colours

References

General: Official Yearbook Reading FC 2006/07 (ISBN 1-903073-57-X)

Reading F.C. seasons

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2005–06 in English football

« 2004–05 2006–07 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds · Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and Football League	Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Play-offs (Championship Final · League One Final · League Two Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference (National · North · South)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	Champions League (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup

Related to national team	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6) · Sven-Göran Eriksson

Other events	2006 English football corruption investigation

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Everton · Fulham · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Portsmouth · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic

Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Cardiff City · Coventry City · Crewe Alexandra · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Luton Town · Millwall · Norwich City · Plymouth Argyle · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Stoke City · Watford · Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley · Blackpool · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Bristol City · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Doncaster Rovers · Gillingham · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Milton Keynes Dons · Nottingham Forest · Oldham Athletic · Port Vale · Rotherham United · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Swansea City · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Yeovil Town

League Two	Barnet · Boston United · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Carlisle United · Cheltenham Town · Chester City · Darlington · Grimsby Town · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Rochdale · Rushden & Diamonds · Shrewsbury Town · Stockport County · Torquay United · Wrexham · Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Altrincham · Burton Albion · Cambridge United · Canvey Island · Crawley Town · Dagenham & Redbridge · Exeter City · Forest Green Rovers · Gravesend & Northfleet · Grays Athletic · Halifax Town · Hereford United · Kidderminster Harriers · Morecambe · Scarborough · Southport · Stevenage Borough · Tamworth · Woking · York City

Conference South	Newport County

Northern Premier League	Gateshead

Summer 2005 transfers · Winter 2005–06 transfers · Summer 2006 transfers

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106	19	3	1	58	14	+44	12	10	1	41	18	+23

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106	19	3	1	58	14	+44	12	10	1	41	18	+23