2005–06 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
2005–06 season
Chairman Gunnar Thor Gislason
Manager Johan Boskamp
Football League Championship 13th (58 Points)
FA Cup Round 5
League Cup Round 1
Top goalscorer Paul Gallagher (13)
Highest home attendance 20,408 vs Leeds United (28 December 2005)
Lowest home attendance 10,121 vs Crystal Palace (13 March 2006)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was Stoke City's 106th season of League football and the 39th in the second tier of English football.

Contents

Overview

Following the sacking of Tony Pulis the board appointed unknown Dutch manager Johan Boskamp. Boskamp promised to play good attacking football and he brought a number of foreign players in from the continent. He broke the clubs record signing when he purchased Sambégou Bangoura from Standard Liège but Bangoura had many problems with discipline despite making a promising start to his Stoke career.

Stoke started the season playing good football regularly outplaying teams and gaining some good results. However Boskamp's real problem was in defence as Stoke let in far too many goals. There was eight matches in which Stoke conceded three goals or more with three home games finishing 3–0 to the opposition. After a match at Coventry there was an argument amongst the management which lead to the resignation of Jan de Koning.

Stoke finished in 13th place in the table with no danger of being involved in a promotion or relegation fight. At the end of the season there was no surprise to see that Johan Boskamp leave after his contract had expired.

With the Icelandic board seemingly failed in their last ditch attempt to secure promotion they put the club up for sale. Former chairman Peter Coates brought the club back from the Icelanders and reinstalled Tony Pulis as manager.

Final league table

Football League Championship

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Reading 46 31 13 2 99 32 +67 106
P 2 Sheffield United 46 26 12 8 76 46 +30 90
P 3 Watford 46 22 15 9 77 53 +24 81
  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 65 -3 63
  9 Norwich City 46 18 8 20 56 65 -9 62
  10 Luton Town 46 17 10 19 66 67 -1 61
  11 Cardiff City 46 16 12 18 58 59 -1 60
  12 Southampton 46 13 19 14 49 50 -1 58
  13 Stoke City 46 17 7 22 54 63 -9 58
  14 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 17 16 39 46 -7 56
  15 Ipswich Town 46 14 14 18 53 66 -13 56
  16 Leicester City 46 13 15 18 51 59 -8 54
  17 Burnley 46 14 12 20 46 54 -8 54
  18 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 13 20 39 52 -13 52
  19 Hull City 46 12 16 18 49 55 -6 51
  20 Derby County 46 10 20 16 53 67 -14 50
  21 Queens Park Rangers 46 12 14 20 50 65 -15 50
R 22 Crewe Alexandra 46 9 15 22 57 86 -29 42
R 23 Millwall 46 8 16 22 35 62 -27 40
R 24 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 7 17 22 39 71 -32 38

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Pre-Season Friendlies

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
1 10 July 2005 Newcastle Town Lyme Valley Stadium 7 – 0 Sidibe (2), Taggart, Russell, Neal, Paterson (2) Report
2 13 July 2005 Chester City Deva Stadium 1 – 1 Sidibe Report
3 16 July 2005 Shrewsbury Town Gay Meadow 0 – 1 Report
4 20 July 2005 VfL Osnabrück Osnatel-Arena 4 – 2 Russell, Guðjónsson, Duberry, Paterson Report
5 25 July 2005 Hannover 96 Wahrendorf Arena 0 – 1 Report
6 28 July 2005 Stockport County Edgeley Park 1 – 2 Dyer Report
7 31 July 2005 Manchester City Britannia Stadium 1 – 2 Dyer 52' Report

Football League Championship

Main article: 2005–06 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
1 6 August 2005 Sheffield Wednesday Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 18,744 Report
2 9 August 2005 Leicester City Walkers Stadium 2 – 4 20,519 Broomes 64', Halls 89' Report
3 13 August 2005 Millwall The New Den 1 – 0 8,668 Halls 38' Report
4 20 August 2005 Luton Town Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 18,653 Broomes 63', Brammer 90+2' Report
5 27 August 2005 Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 0 – 2 17,637 Report
6 29 August 2005 Norwich City Britannia Stadium 3 – 1 14,249 Kolář 9', Harper 45', Sidibe 69' Report
7 10 September 2005 Watford Britannia Stadium 0 – 3 14,565 Report
8 13 September 2005 Hull City KC Stadium 1 – 0 18,692 Gallagher 74' Report
9 16 September 2005 Preston North End Deepdale 1 – 0 12,453 Gallagher 76' Report
10 24 September 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers Britannia Stadium 1 – 3 18,181 Buxton 90+1' Report
11 27 September 2005 Cardiff City Britannia Stadium 0 – 3 12,240 Report
12 1 October 2005 Plymouth Argyle Home Park 1 – 2 12,604 Chadwick 47' Report
13 15 October 2005 Derby County Pride Park Stadium 1 – 2 22,229 Hoefkens 59' Report
14 18 October 2005 Crewe Alexandra Britannia Stadium 2 – 0 14,080 Bangoura 41', Duberry 64' Report
15 22 October 2005 Reading Britannia Stadium 0 – 1 13,484 Report
16 29 October 2005 Southampton St Mary's Stadium 0 – 2 24,095 Report
17 2 November 2005 Coventry City Ricoh Arena 2 – 1 16,617 Taggart 37', Gallagher 55' Report
18 5 November 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion Britannia Stadium 3 – 0 15,274 Bangoura 35', 75', Russell 68' Report
19 19 November 2005 Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Stadium 2 – 1 8,942 Bangoura 16', Gallagher 89' Report
20 22 November 2005 Derby County Britannia Stadium 1 – 2 13,205 Bangoura 33' Report
21 26 November 2005 Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough 2 – 0 21,970 Bangoura 17', Sidibe 86' Report
22 3 December 2005 Queens Park Rangers Britannia Stadium 1 – 2 15,367 Bangoura 26' Report
23 9 December 2005 Leicester City Britannia Stadium 3 – 2 11,125 Gallagher 36' (pen), Sidibe 75', Bangoura 78' Report
24 17 December 2005 Luton Town Kenilworth Road 3 – 2 8,296 Gallagher 45+1', 83', Coyne 90+3', (o.g.) Report
25 26 December 2005 Burnley Turf Moor 0 – 1 17,912 Report
26 28 December 2005 Leeds United Britannia Stadium 0 – 1 20,408 Report
27 31 December 2005 Sheffield United Bramall Lane 1 – 2 21,279 Sidibe 57' Report
28 2 January 2006 Ipswich Town Britannia Stadium 2 – 2 14,493 Russell 27', Sidibe 73' Report
29 14 January 2006 Watford Vicarage Road 0 – 1 12,247 Report
30 21 January 2006 Hull City Britannia Stadium 0 – 3 13,444 Report
31 4 February 2006 Preston North End Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 13,218 Report
32 11 February 2006 Cardiff City Ninian Park 0 – 3 10,780 Report
33 14 February 2006 Plymouth Argyle Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 10,242 Report
34 25 February 2006 Millwall Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 11,340 Hoefkens 15' (pen), Gallagher 57' Report
35 4 March 2006 Norwich City Carrow Road 1 – 2 24,223 Gallagher 58' Report
36 7 March 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux 0 – 0 22,439 Report
37 13 March 2006 Crystal Palace Britannia Stadium 1 – 3 10,121 Skoko 47' Report
38 18 March 2006 Burnley Britannia Stadium 1 – 0 12,082 Gallagher 52' Report
39 25 March 2006 Leeds United Elland Road 0 – 0 21,452 Report
40 29 March 2006 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road 2 – 1 10,918 Hoefkens 73' (pen), Sigurðsson 79' Report
41 1 April 2006 Sheffield United Britannia Stadium 1 – 1 17,544 Skoko 16' Report
42 8 April 2006 Ipswich Town Portman Road 4 – 1 23,592 Wilnis 51' (o.g.), Bangoura 82', Chadwick 90', Russell 90+4' Report
43 15 April 2006 Southampton Britannia Stadium 1 – 2 16,501 Gallagher 83' Report
44 17 April 2006 Reading Madejski Stadium 1 – 3 22,119 Rooney 59' Report
45 22 April 2006 Coventry City Britannia Stadium 0 – 1 13,385 Report
46 30 April 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion Withdean Stadium 5 – 1 5,859 Rooney 6', 22', 63', Sidibe 40', Sweeney 82' Report

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R1 23 August 2005 Mansfield Town Field Mill 1 – 1 (0 – 3 pens) 2,799 Brammer 11' (pen) Report

FA Cup

Main article: FA Cup 2005–06
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R3 7 January 2006 Tamworth Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 9,366 Report
R3 Replay 17 January 2006 Tamworth The Lamb Ground 1 – 1 (6 – 4 Pens) 3,812 Gallagher 80' Report
R4 28 January 2006 Walsall Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 8,834 Sidibe 45', Chadwick 49' Report
R5 19 February 2006 Birmingham City Britannia Stadium 0 – 1 18,768 Report

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Steve Simonsen 45 0 4 0 1 0 50 0
2 DF Carl Hoefkens 44 3 4 0 1 0 49 3
3 DF Marlon Broomes 36(1) 2 4 0 1 0 41(1) 2
4 MF John Eustace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Michael Duberry 41 1 3 0 1 0 45 1
6 DF Clint Hill 12(1) 0 1 0 0 0 13(1) 0
7 FW Sambégou Bangoura 23(1) 9 1 0 0 0 23(1) 9
8 MF Dave Brammer 38(2) 1 4 0 1 1 43(2) 2
9 FW Mamady Sidibe 37(5) 6 4 1 1 0 42(5) 7
10 FW Hannes Sigurðsson 10(13) 1 0(3) 0 0 0 10(16) 1
11 MF Kevin Harper 4(9) 1 1(1) 0 1 0 6(10) 1
12 MF Peter Sweeney 8(9) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 11(10) 0
14 MF Þórður Guðjónsson 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0
15 GK Ed de Goey 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
16 FW Bruce Dyer 2(9) 0 0 0 1 0 3(9) 0
17 MF Darel Russell 35(2) 3 1 0 0(1) 0 36(3) 2
18 MF Junior N'Galula 16(6) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 17(7) 0
19 MF Luke Chadwick 33(3) 2 4 1 0 0 37(3) 2
20 MF Martin Kolář 12(2) 1 0 0 1 0 13(2) 1
20 MF Josip Skoko 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2
21 MF John Halls 13 2 0 0 1 0 14 2
22 DF Lewis Buxton 25(7) 1 3 0 0(1) 0 28(8) 1
23 MF Karl Henry 11(13) 0 3 0 1 0 15(13) 0
24 FW Paul Gallagher 32(5) 12 3 1 0 0 35(5) 13
25 MF Peter Kopteff 3(3) 0 1(2) 0 0 0 4(5) 0
26 MF Anthony Pulis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Andy Wilkinson 4(2) 0 0 0 0 0 4(2) 0
30 FW Martin Paterson 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0
31 DF Carl Dickinson 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 0
32 DF Gerry Taggart 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
33 GK Robert Duggan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Adam Rooney 2(3) 4 0(2) 0 0 0 2(5) 4
35 MF Robert Garrett 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
36 MF Matthew Hazley 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0

Reserves

Game Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Report
1
17 August 2005
Rotherham United
H
1 – 0
 Wilkinson Report
2
24 August 2005
Walsall
A
3 – 2
 Paterson (3) Report
3
7 September 2005
Sheffield United
H
0 – 3
 Report
4
21 September 2005
Nottingham Forest
A
0 – 0
 Report
5
16 October 2005
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0 – 1
 Report
6
26 October 2005
Huddersfield Town
H
2 – 0
 Sweeney, Paterson Report
7
15 November 2005
Barnsley Town
A
0 – 3
 Report
8
23 November 2005
Bradford City
H
3 – 0
 Danny Smith (2), Holloway (o.g.) Report
9
15 December 2005
Rotherham United
A
1 – 3
 Rooney Report
10
18 January 2006
Sheffield United
A
2 – 7
 Pulis, Dyer Report
11
25 January 2006
Nottingham Forest
H
0 – 2
 Report
12
8 February 2006
Oldham Athletic
A
0 – 1
 Report
13
22 February 2006
Walsall
H
3 – 1
 Paterson (2), Keith Thomas Report
14
8 March 2006
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1 – 3
 Kopteff Report
15
28 March 2006
Oldham Athletic
H
1 – 1
 Nathan McDonald Report
16
5 April 2006
Barnsley
H
3 – 0
 Hazley, Paterson, Nathan McDonald Report
17
12 April 2006
Huddersfield Town
A
0 – 1
 Paterson Report
18
20 April 2006
Bradford City
A
1 – 3
 Shotton Report

Reserve Appearances

Pos. Name League
Apps Goals
DF Lewis Buxton 1 0
DF James Curley 4 0
MF Niall Derry 0 (2) 0
DF Carl Dickinson 10 0
MF Hayden Doyle 1 (2) 0
GK Robert Duggan 11 (1) 0
FW Bruce Dyer 5 1
GK Ed de Goey 2 0
MF Robert Garrett 8 (2) 0
MF Þórður Guðjónsson 2 0
DF Tony Grant 1 0
DF John Halls 3 0
MF Kevin Harper 1 0
MF Matthew Hazley 9 (1) 1
MF Karl Henry 10 0
DF Clint Hill 2 0
DF Adriano Hoelzle 3 0
MF Jeff Ho 1 0
DF Danny Hughes 3 0
DF Gabriel Ngalula Junior 3 0
MF Martin Kolář 3 0
MF Peter Kopteff 4 1
FW Nathan McDonald 2 (1) 2
MF Geoff McGaw 0 (2) 0
MF Ryan Mullan 3 (3) 0
MF Liam Page 3 (4) 0
FW Martin Paterson 13 8
MF Anthony Pulis 9 1
DF John Quigley 8 (2) 0
GK Aaron Ratchford 2 0
DF Sean Robinson 5 0
FW Adam Rooney 8 1
MF Darel Russell 2 0
GK Chris Sanna 2 0
DF Ryan Shotton 11 1
FW Hannes Sigurðsson 3 0
FW Danny Smith 1 (2) 2
MF Peter Sweeney 6 1
DF Gerry Taggart 1 0
FW Keith Thomas 1 (2) 1
MF Jack Watson 1 (1) 0
MF Nathaniel Wedderburn 1 0
DF Andy Wilkinson 9 1
DF Josh Wilson 9 (3) 0
MF Leon Williams 1 0
MF Ádám Vass 6 (2) 0
FW Norbert Zsivóczky 3 (2) 0

References

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