2005–06 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2005–06 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	Joe Royle
Stadium	Portman Road
Football League Championship	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Forster (7)
Average home league attendance	24,251
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Although Ipswich had been pre-season promotion favourites for the 2005–06 season, they finished 15th, the club's lowest finish in the English football pyramid since 1966,^[1] and Joe Royle resigned on 11 May 2006.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 Football League

			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	Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	−6	52
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	−13	52
	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

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Cardiff City	H	1-0	24,292	Forster
9 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	14,632	Parkin
13 August 2005	Leicester City	A	0-0	21,879
20 August 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	24,238	Naylor, Westlake
27 August 2005	Millwall	A	2-1	8,277	Currie, Parkin
29 August 2005	Preston North End	H	0-4	22,551
10 September 2005	Sheffield United	A	0-2	21,054
13 September 2005	Southampton	H	2-2	22,997	Naylor, Garvan
18 September 2005	Norwich City	H	0-1	29,184
24 September 2005	Leeds United	A	2-0	21,626	Parkin (2)
27 September 2005	Burnley	A	0-3	10,496
1 October 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-1	23,145	Currie, Forster
16 October 2005	Reading	A	0-2	17,581
18 October 2005	Coventry City	H	2-2	22,656	Currie, Juan
22 October 2005	Watford	H	0-1	24,069
29 October 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-1	6,867	Parkin
2 November 2005	Derby County	A	3-3	21,598	Naylor, Magilton, Richards
5 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	23,083	McEveley, Juan, Richards (pen)
19 November 2005	Coventry City	A	1-1	18,316	Williams
22 November 2005	Reading	H	0-3	22,621
28 November 2005	Cardiff City	A	1-2	8,724	Juan
3 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	23,563	Richards (pen)
10 December 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-2	24,628	de Vos, Haynes
17 December 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	21,716	Forster
26 December 2005	Crystal Palace	H	0-2	27,392
28 December 2005	Hull City	A	0-2	20,124
31 December 2005	Luton Town	H	1-0	23,957	Westlake
2 January 2006	Stoke City	A	2-2	14,493	de Vos, Wilnis
14 January 2006	Sheffield United	H	1-1	23,794	Juan
21 January 2006	Southampton	A	2-0	22,250	Lee
31 January 2006	Leeds United	H	1-1	25,845	Haynes
4 February 2006	Norwich City	A	2-1	21,385	Juan, Doherty (own goal)
11 February 2006	Burnley	H	2-1	24,482	Lee, Richards (pen)
14 February 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-1	5,686	Lee, McDonald
18 February 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	23,561
25 February 2006	Leicester City	H	2-0	24,861	Garvan, Fuller
11 March 2006	Millwall	H	1-1	24,864	Garvan
14 March 2006	Preston North End	A	1-3	14,507	de Vos
18 March 2006	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	22,076	Soares (own goal), Fuller
25 March 2006	Hull City	H	1-1	23,968	Currie
1 April 2006	Luton Town	A	0-1	9,820
8 April 2006	Stoke City	H	1-4	23,592	Haynes
15 April 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-2	21,865	Forster
17 April 2006	Watford	A	1-2	16,721	Forster
22 April 2006	Derby County	H	2-0	24,067	Forster, Currie
30 April 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-2	15,921	Forster

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2006	Portsmouth	H	0-1	15,593

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Yeovil Town	H	0-2	11,299

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]^[5]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Fabian Wilnis
3	DF	Matt Richards
4	DF	Jason de Vos
5	DF	Jay McEveley (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
6	DF	Richard Naylor
7	MF	Jim Magilton
8	FW	Nicky Forster
9	FW	Sam Parkin
10	MF	Darren Currie
11	MF	Kevin Horlock
12	MF	Jaime Peters
14	MF	Dean McDonald
15	DF	Sito
16	DF	Chris Casement

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Dean Bowditch
19	MF	Jimmy Juan (on loan from AS Monaco)
20	DF	Aidan Collins
23	MF	Owen Garvan
24	FW	Billy Clarke
25	GK	Andy Rhodes
26	MF	Scott Barron
27	MF	Vemund Brekke Skard
29	MF	Danny Haynes
30	MF	Gavin Williams
31	GK	Shane Supple
32	FW	Alan Lee
33	MF	Ian Westlake
34	GK	Lewis Price
36	MF	Liam Trotter

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
18		DF	Mark Fish (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
18		FW	Adam Proudlock (released)

No.		Position	Player
35		FW	Ricardo Fuller (on loan from Southampton)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
21		DF	Scott Mitchell
22		FW	Darryl Knights

No.		Position	Player
28		DF	Gerard Nash
35		DF	James Krause

References

↑ "Pride Of Anglia". Plymouth 2 – 1 Ipswich (April 30, 2006 match report). Retrieved 29 August 2006.
↑ "Who will succeed Joe Royle?". BBC Suffolk. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ipswich-town/2005-2006/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/flcham/ipswich.htm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/2006

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