2005–06 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2005–06 season
Chairman	Dave Allen
Manager	Paul Sturrock
Stadium	Hillsborough Stadium
Championship	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Chris Brunt (7)
Average home league attendance	24,853
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2005-06 Championship campaign, the Owls' final league position of 19th place wasn't bad considering the current financial situation of the club. For the second successive year targets have been achieved - the season's target had been avoiding relegation.

On 17 April 2006, Sheffield Wednesday retained their place in the Championship with two matches remaining, with a 2-0 away win at Brighton, condemning Brighton, Millwall and Crewe to the drop in the process.^[1] Wednesday went on to finish the season in 19th place, 10 points clear of the relegation zone.

Wednesday were statistically the best supported team in the Championship with their average home league attendance of 24,853 marginally beating newly relegated Norwich City with 24,833.

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

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Stoke City	A	0-0	18,744
9 August 2005	Hull City	H	1-1	29,910	Best
13 August 2005	Southampton	H	0-1	26,688
20 August 2005	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	24,238	Peacock
26 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	12,131
10 September 2005	Leicester City	A	0-2	22,618
13 September 2005	Leeds United	H	1-0	29,986	Eagles
17 September 2005	Millwall	H	1-2	22,446	Coughlan
23 September 2005	Luton Town	A	2-2	8,267	Lee, Graham
27 September 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	17,413
1 October 2005	Coventry City	H	3-2	22,732	Coughlan, Brunt (2, 1 pen)
15 October 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	16,534	Buzsáky (own goal)
18 October 2005	Watford	H	1-1	21,187	Brunt
24 October 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-1	21,787	Peacock
29 October 2005	Norwich City	A	1-0	25,383	Brunt
1 November 2005	Reading	A	0-2	16,188
5 November 2005	Derby County	H	2-1	26,334	Brunt, Graham
9 November 2005	Cardiff City	H	1-3	20,324	Eagles
19 November 2005	Watford	A	1-2	16,988	Whelan
22 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	0-0	20,244
26 November 2005	Stoke City	H	0-2	13,815
3 December 2005	Sheffield United	A	0-1	30,558
10 December 2005	Hull City	A	0-1	21,329
17 December 2005	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	21,716
26 December 2005	Preston North End	A	0-0	18,867
28 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-2	24,295
31 December 2005	Burnley	A	2-1	14,607	Eagles, Coughlan
2 January 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-0	25,656	Wood, Tudgay, McCready (own goal)
14 January 2006	Leicester City	H	2-1	25,398	Brunt, Coughlan
21 January 2006	Leeds United	A	0-3	27,843
31 January 2006	Luton Town	H	0-2	23,965
4 February 2006	Millwall	A	1-0	11,896	Simek
11 February 2006	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	24,784
15 February 2006	Coventry City	A	1-2	20,021	Brunt
18 February 2006	Sheffield United	H	1-2	33,439	MacLean (pen)
25 February 2006	Southampton	A	0-3	26,236
4 March 2006	Cardiff City	A	0-1	11,851
11 March 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	22,788	Burton
18 March 2006	Preston North End	H	2-0	23,429	Burton, O'Brien
25 March 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-1	25,161	Tudgay (2), Burton
1 April 2006	Burnley	H	0-0	24,485
8 April 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	8,007
15 April 2006	Norwich City	H	1-0	30,755	Tudgay
17 April 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2-0	7,573	Hart (own goal), O'Brien
22 April 2006	Reading	H	1-1	27,307	MacLean (pen)
30 April 2006	Derby County	A	2-0	30,391	Tudgay, Best

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Charlton Athletic	H	2-4	14,851	Heckingbottom (2)

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Stockport County	A	4-2	3,001	Peacock, Partridge, Proudlock (2)
R2	20 September 2005	West Ham United	H	2-4	14,976	Coughlan, Graham

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Lucas
2	DF	Lee Bullen
4	MF	Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)
5	DF	Graham Coughlan
6	MF	Glenn Whelan
7	MF	Jon-Paul McGovern
8	MF	Burton O'Brien
9	FW	Steve MacLean
10	FW	Leon Best (on loan from Southampton)
11	MF	Chris Brunt
12	DF	Patrick Collins
14	DF	John Hills
15	DF	Steve Adams
16	DF	Richard Wood
17	DF	Drissa Diallo
18	MF	Ritchie Partridge

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Deon Burton
20	DF	Frankie Simek
21	GK	Chris Adamson
22	GK	Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool)
23	MF	Craig Rocastle
25	FW	Drew Talbot
26	FW	Barry Corr
27	GK	Ben Kirby
29	DF	Mikkel Bischoff (on loan from Manchester City)
30	FW	David Graham
32	DF	Tommy Spurr
33	MF	Sean McAllister
35	DF	Peter Gilbert
38	MF	Matt Thorpe
40	FW	Marcus Tudgay

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
3	DF	Paul Heckingbottom (to Barnsley)
4	DF	Graeme Lee (to Doncaster Rovers)
10	FW	Lee Peacock (to Swindon Town)
19	MF	Chris Eagles (on loan from Manchester United)
22	GK	Nicky Weaver (on loan from Manchester City)
24	DF	Maurice Ross (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

No.	Position	Player
27	MF	Richard Evans (to Shrewsbury Town)
28	FW	Gabriel Agbonlahor (on loan from Aston Villa)
29	FW	Daryl Murphy (on loan from Sunderland)
31	FW	Adam Proudlock (to Ipswich Town)
34	FW	Danny Reet (to Mansfield Town)

References

↑ "Brighton 0-2 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2005-2006
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/flcham/sheffwed.htm

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