2005–06 Sheffield United F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Sheffield United's twelfth straight season at the second level of the English football pyramid – a period longer than any other team currently in the Championship, and their longest spell in any Division since 1934.

After beating Cardiff City 1–0 on Good Friday and never being outside of the top two places all season, the Blades required only one point from their final three games to secure their promotion. Results later that evening meant only Leeds United could in theory catch the Blades, but on the following day, 15 April, they failed to beat Reading at Elland Road which saw Sheffield United promoted back to the Premiership after many disappointments in the previous few seasons.^[2]

Kit

United's kit was manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by HFS Loans.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[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	Paddy Kenny
2		Leigh Bromby
3	MF	Garry Flitcroft
4	DF	Craig Short
5	DF	Chris Morgan (captain)
6	MF	Phil Jagielka (vice captain)
7	MF	Paul Ifill
8	FW	Ade Akinbiyi
9	FW	Neil Shipperley
10	FW	Danny Webber
11	FW	Steve Kabba
12	MF	Alan Quinn
13	GK	Phil Barnes
14	FW	Bruce Dyer
15	DF	Rob Kozluk
16	DF	Simon Francis
17	MF	Nick Montgomery
18	MF	Michael Tonge
19	MF	Keith Gillespie
20	DF	Chris Armstrong

No.	Position	Player
21	FW	Jonathan Forte
22	MF	Ian Ross
23	MF	Kevan Hurst
24	DF	David Unsworth
25	DF	Alan Wright
26	DF	Derek Geary
27	FW	Brian Deane
29	FW	Luke Beckett
30	FW	Geoff Horsfield (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
31	DF	Nicky Law
32	DF	Kyle McFadzean
34	FW	Gary Mulligan
35	FW	Colin Marrison
36	DF	Evan Horwood
37	MF	Kyle Nix
38	MF	Stephen Quinn
39	FW	Hao Haidong
40	GK	Jamie Annerson
44	DF	Chris Lucketti
48	GK	Danny Skaife

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	Jon Harley
8	FW	Andy Gray
8	FW	Vincent Péricard (on loan from Portsmouth)
14	MF	Lilian Nalis

No.	Position	Player
28	FW	Billy Sharp
28	DF	Neill Collins (on loan from Sunderland)
30	FW	Paul Shaw
—	FW	Jake Speight

Transfers

In

Summer

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred from	Date
4	1 !DF	Short Craig ! Craig Short	Blackburn Rovers ! Blackburn Rovers	000000002005-06-29-000029 June 2005
34	4 !FW	Mulligan Gary ! Gary Mulligan	Wolverhampton Wanderers ! Wolverhampton Wanderers	000000002005-07-03-00003 July 2005
37	3 !MF	Nix Kyle ! Kyle Nix	Aston Villa ! Aston Villa	000000002005-07-05-00005 July 2005
9	4 !FW	Shipperley Neil ! Neil Shipperley	Crystal Palace ! Crystal Palace	000000002005-07-20-000020 July 2005
19	3 !MF	Gillespie Keith ! Keith Gillespie	Leicester City ! Leicester City	000000002005-08-05-00005 August 2005
24	1 !DF	Unsworth David ! David Unsworth	Portsmouth ! Portsmouth	000000002005-08-22-000022 August 2005

Winter

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
27	4 !FW	Deane Brian ! Brian Deane	Perth Glory ! Perth Glory	0 !Free	000000002005-12-23-000023 December 2005
3	1 !DF	Flitcroft Gary ! Gary Flitcroft	Blackburn Rovers ! Blackburn Rovers	0 !Free	000000002006-01-12-000012 January 2006
8	4 !FW	Akinbyi Ade ! Ade Akinbyi	Burnley ! Burnley	1.75 !£1.75m	000000002006-01-26-000026 January 2006
14	4 !FW	Dyer Bruce ! Bruce Dyer	Stoke City ! Stoke City	0 !Free	000000002006-01-26-000026 January 2006

Final league table

			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 United's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Leicester City	H	4-1	18,224	Gray (pen), Kabba (pen), Ifill, Bromby
9 August 2005	Burnley	A	2-1	11,802	Shipperley, Morgan
13 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	13,497	Kabba
20 August 2005	Preston North End	H	2-1	20,519	Shipperley, Webber
27 August 2005	Coventry City	H	2-1	17,739	Kabba, Unsworth (pen)
29 August 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-1	7,501	Shipperley, Quinn, Kabba
10 September 2005	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	21,059	Kabba (2)
13 September 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-0	6,553	Jagielka
17 September 2005	Watford	A	3-2	15,399	Jagielka, Ifill, Carlisle (own goal)
24 September 2005	Derby County	H	2-1	22,192	Unsworth, Ifill
27 September 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	20,111	Shipperley, Quinn
1 October 2005	Reading	A	1-2	22,068	Kabba
15 October 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	25,533	Shipperley
18 October 2005	Millwall	A	4-0	9,148	Webber (2), Péricard, Quinn
21 October 2005	Leeds United	A	1-1	23,600	Kabba
29 October 2005	Cardiff City	H	0-0	25,311
1 November 2005	Luton Town	H	4-0	22,554	Jagielka (2), Morgan, Péricard
5 November 2005	Crystal Palace	A	3-2	20,344	Jagielka, Ifill, Shipperley
19 November 2005	Millwall	H	2-2	22,292	Unsworth, Webber
22 November 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	24,240
26 November 2005	Leicester City	A	2-4	22,382	Kabba, Webber
3 December 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	30,558	Quinn
10 December 2005	Burnley	H	3-0	23,118	Shipperley (2), Webber
16 December 2005	Preston North End	A	0-0	14,378
26 December 2005	Norwich City	H	1-3	26,505	Jagielka
28 December 2005	Southampton	A	1-0	27,443	Shipperley
31 December 2005	Stoke City	H	2-1	21,279	Montgomery, Morgan
3 January 2006	Hull City	A	3-1	21,929	Ifill, Webber, Armstrong
14 January 2006	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	23,794	Webber
21 January 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3-1	27,514	Jagielka, Ifill, Tonge
1 February 2006	Derby County	A	1-0	26,275	Akinbiyi
6 February 2006	Watford	H	1-4	20,791	Ifill
11 February 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-0	15,017
14 February 2006	Reading	H	1-1	25,011	Dyer
18 February 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	33,439	Tonge, Akinbiyi
25 February 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-3	25,360	Akinbiyi, Bircham (own goal)
3 March 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-0	22,691
11 March 2006	Coventry City	A	0-2	23,506
18 March 2006	Norwich City	A	1-2	25,346	Armstrong
25 March 2006	Southampton	H	3-0	22,824	Jagielka, Ifill, Shipperley
1 April 2006	Stoke City	A	1-1	17,544	Webber
8 April 2006	Hull City	H	3-2	26,324	Shipperley, Ifill, Unsworth
14 April 2006	Cardiff City	A	1-0	11,006	Webber
18 April 2006	Leeds United	H	1-1	29,329	Bakke (own goal)
22 April 2006	Luton Town	A	1-1	10,248	Tonge
30 April 2006	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	27,120	Morgan

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Colchester United	H	1-2	11,820	Kabba

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Boston United	H	1-0	6,014	Ross
R2	20 September 2005	Shrewsbury Town	A	0-0 (won 4-3 on pens)	4,250
R3	25 October 2005	Reading	A	0-2	11,607

References

↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-united/tab/players/season/2006
↑ "Blades promoted after Leeds draw". BBC Sport. 15 April 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/flcham/sheffu.htm
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-united/2005-2006

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Other events

2006 English football corruption investigation

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FA 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
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