2005–06 Newcastle United F.C. season

During the 2005–06 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League.

Newcastle United
2005–06 season
ChairmanFreddy Shepherd
ManagerGraeme Souness
(until 2 February 2006)
Glenn Roeder
(from 2 February 2006)
StadiumSt. James' Park
FA Premier League7th
FA CupSixth round
League CupFourth round
UEFA Intertoto CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Shearer (10)
All: Alan Shearer (14)
Highest home attendance52,327 (vs. Manchester United)
Lowest home attendance50,451 (vs. Charlton Athletic)

Season summary edit

In July 2005 rumours circulated that Newcastle was being stalked with a new buyer, but this later emerged to be the Shepherds consolidating their interests. On the pitch, Newcastle were eliminated from the Intertoto Cup after a 4–2 aggregate loss to Deportivo La Coruna in the semi-final, eliminating the club from European competition for the season.

Upon Craig Bellamy's return from his loan to Celtic, it was reported that he had not resolved his differences with Souness or Shearer, and was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. During the summer transfer window, Patrick Kluivert, Jermaine Jenas, Aaron Hughes and Andy O'Brien were sold by Souness. Laurent Robert and James Milner were loaned out, to Portsmouth and Aston Villa respectively (Robert would be transferred to Benfica in January). The club signed Emre, Scott Parker, Craig Moore and Albert Luque.

In August, the club signed Michael Owen from Real Madrid, despite strong interest from Owen's former club Liverpool. The fee, £17 million, surpassed Newcastle's previous record of £15 million for Alan Shearer from Blackburn in 1996. In the closing hours of the transfer window, the club re-signed Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa.

Souness's decision to pair Shearer and Owen together up front proved to be lethal, but Owen broke his fourth metatarsal bone in his foot after a clash with Paul Robinson in a match against Tottenham Hotspur, keeping him out for the rest of the season. With Owen injured the team's form dipped.

Souness was sacked as manager following a 3–0 defeat to Manchester City in early February.[1] Shay Given, Robbie Elliott and Alan Shearer have since stated that the fans never really took to him, with his favouritism of players damaging morale and a series of injuries leading to poor form.

United's youth academy director, former West Ham United manager Glenn Roeder, was put in charge as caretaker manager. Upon Roeder's first game in charge, against Portsmouth, Alan Shearer scored his 201st goal for the club, breaking Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals for the club and becoming the club's highest ever goalscorer.

Despite speculation that Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce was interested in taking charge, Roeder guided Newcastle from 15th place to 7th place by the end of the season, winning 9 out of their remaining 14 Premier League games to see the club qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup - a great way for club legend Alan Shearer to end his playing career. Despite the exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Chelsea, Roeder was praised for amazingly achieving a European spot, having seen the prospect of a relegation battle when he joined. At the end of the season he was given a two-year contract by chairman Freddie Shepherd.

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 11 9 53 38 +15 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 6 13 51 42 +9 63
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41 +8 56
9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

Kit edit

Newcastle's kit for the 2005–06 season was produced by German company Adidas. The main shirt sponsor was British bank Northern Rock.

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player Previous club Cost
15 June 2005   Scott Parker   Chelsea £6,500,000[2]
19 July 2005   Emre Belözoğlu   Internazionale £3,800,000[3]
19 July 2005   Tim Krul   ADO Den Haag Undisclosed
29 July 2005   Craig Moore   Borussia Mönchengladbach Free[4]
2 August 2005   Lee Clark   Fulham Free[5]
26 August 2005   Albert Luque   Deportivo de La Coruña £9,500,000[6]
31 August 2005   Michael Owen   Real Madrid £17,000,000[7]
31 August 2005   Nolberto Solano   Aston Villa £1,500,000[8]

Out edit

Date Player Buying club Cost
13 June 2005   Andrew O'Brien   Portsmouth £2,000,000[9]
15 June 2005   Laurent Robert   Portsmouth Loan[10]
7 July 2005   Craig Bellamy   Blackburn Rovers £4,900,000[11]
8 July 2005   Darren Ambrose   Charlton Athletic Undisclosed[12]
3 August 2005   Nicky Butt   Birmingham City Loan[13]
23 August 2005   Hugo Viana   Valencia Loan[14]
31 August 2005   Jermaine Jenas   Tottenham Hotspur £7,000,000[15]
31 August 2005   James Milner   Aston Villa Loan
31 August 2005   Alan O'Brien   Carlisle United Loan
16 February 2006   Daryl Smylie   Stockport County Loan
1 March 2006   Hugo Viana   Valencia £1,700,000

First-team squad edit

The following players made appearances for the first-team squad this season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRL Shay Given
2 DF   IRL Stephen Carr
3 DF   ENG Robbie Elliott
4 MF   PER Nolberto Solano
5 MF   TUR Emre Belözoğlu
6 DF   FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong[16]
8 MF   ENG Kieron Dyer
9 FW   ENG Alan Shearer
10 FW   ENG Michael Owen
11 MF   ENG Lee Bowyer
12 GK   ENG Steve Harper
14 MF   FRA Charles N'Zogbia
15 MF   SEN Amdy Faye
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   ENG Scott Parker
18 DF   AUS Craig Moore
19 DF   ENG Titus Bramble
20 MF   ESP Albert Luque
21 MF   ENG Lee Clark
23 FW   ENG Shola Ameobi[17]
26 DF   ENG Peter Ramage
27 DF   ENG Steven Taylor
28 FW   ENG Michael Chopra
33 DF   NGA Celestine Babayaro
35 MF   RSA Matty Pattison
37 MF   IRL Alan O'Brien
39 MF   ENG Martin Brittain

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF   ENG Jermaine Jenas (to Tottenham Hotspur)
16 MF   ENG James Milner (on loan to Aston Villa)
20 MF   POR Hugo Viana (on loan to Valencia)
No. Pos. Nation Player
40 GK   ENG Ben Smith (to Stockport County)
MF   FRA Laurent Robert (to Benfica)
MF   ENG Nicky Butt (on loan to Birmingham City)

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Manager   Glenn Roeder
Assistant manager   Lee Clark
First team coach   Nigel Pearson
Goalkeeping coach   Andy Woodman
Development coach   Arthur Cox
Reserve team coach   David Ginola
Chief scout   Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source: [1]

Reserve squad edit

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team this season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK   ENG Tony Caig
36 DF   ENG Kris Gate
38 MF   NIR Daryl Smylie
54 DF   ENG Paul Huntington
GK   ENG Mark Cook
GK   ENG Fraser Forster
GK   NED Tim Krul
DF   ENG Liam Atkin
DF   ENG Craig Baxter
DF   ENG Phil Cave
DF   ENG Chris Farman
DF   ENG Chris Shanks
DF   CAN David Edgar
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Nicky Deverdics
MF   ENG Mark Doninger
MF   ENG Robert Cavener
MF   ENG Dean Critchlow
MF   ENG Callum Little
MF   COD Kazenga LuaLua
MF   AUS James Troisi
FW   ENG Andy Carroll
FW   ENG Carl Finnigan
FW   ENG Scott Marshall
FW   ENG Marc Walton
  ENG Michael Terrell
   Glen Reay

Trialists edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   FRA Yohan Lachor (on trial from Lens)
FW   ENG Fabian Pritchard (on trial from N/A)
DF   ITA Francesco Coco (on trial from Inter Milan)
DF   GER Frank Wiblishauser (on trial from 1. FC Nürnberg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   CMR Jean-Hugues Ateba (on trial from Paris Saint-Germain)
FW   DEN Nicki Bille Nielsen (on trial from Frem)

Match results edit

Pre-season edit

6 August 2005 Newcastle United 5–0 Yeading Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST Moore   39'
Milner   79'
Emre   79'
Ameobi   90', 90'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 6,151
Referee: Clive Oliver
9 August 2005 Bray Wanderers 1–7 Newcastle United Bray
19:45 BST Georgescu   53' Ameobi   37', 45'
Dyer   47'
Milner   49'
N'Zogbia   66', 83'
Chopra   75'
Stadium: Carlisle Grounds
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ian Stokes
2 September 2005 Málaga 2–0 Newcastle United Málaga
22:00 Hidalgo   76' (pen.)
Couñago   80'
Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
Attendance: 9,750
Referee: Rafael Ramirez Dominguez

UEFA Intertoto Cup edit

17 July 2005 Third round first leg FK Dubnica 1–3 Newcastle United Dubnica nad Váhom
16:00 Tesak   13' Report Chopra   4'
Svestka   6' (o.g.)
Milner   70'
Stadium: Mestský štadión
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Alon Yefet
3 August 2005 Semi–finals 2nd leg Newcastle United 1–2 Deportivo de La Coruña Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Milner   39' Report Andrade   45'
Munitis   48'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,215
Referee: Helmut Fleischer

Premier League edit

14 August 2005 1 Arsenal 2–0 Newcastle United London
13:30 Henry   81' (pen.)
van Persie   87'
Report Jenas   32' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,072
Referee: Steve Bennett
24 August 2005 3 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Newcastle United Bolton
20:00 Diouf   37'
Giannakopoulos   50'
Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 29,504
Referee: Rob Styles
10 September 2005 5 Newcastle United 1–1 Fulham Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 N'Zogbia   78'
Parker   83'  
Report McBride   13' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,208
Referee: Alan Wiley
18 September 2005 6 Blackburn Rovers 0–3 Newcastle United Blackburn
14:00 Report Shearer   62'
Owen   66'
Taylor   72'
N'Zogbia   85'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,725
Referee: Mike Riley
24 September 2005 7 Newcastle United 1–0 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Owen   18' Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,280
Referee: Graham Poll
1 October 2005 8 Portsmouth 0–0 Newcastle United Portsmouth
15:00 Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,220
Referee: Steve Bennett
15 October 2005 9 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Newcastle United Wigan
12:45 Roberts   40'
McCulloch   85'
Report Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 22,374
Referee: Phil Dowd
23 October 2005 10 Newcastle United 3–2 Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 Ameobi   34', 37'
Emre   63'
Report Lawrence   35'
Elliott   41'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,302
Referee: Rob Styles
30 October 2005 11 West Bromwich Albion 0–3 Newcastle United West Bromwich
16:00 Report Owen   46', 78'
Shearer   80'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,216
Referee: Howard Webb
5 November 2005 12 Newcastle United 1–0 Birmingham City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Emre   78' Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,191
Referee: Mike Dean
19 November 2005 13 Chelsea 3–0 Newcastle United London
15:00 Cole   47'
Crespo   51'
Duff   90'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 42,268
Referee: Mark Halsey
27 November 2005 14 Everton 1–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
13:30 Yobo   46' Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,207
Referee: Howard Webb
3 December 2005 15 Newcastle United 1–1 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Shearer   32' (pen.) Report McCann   75' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,267
Referee: Alan Wiley
10 December 2005 16 Newcastle United 1–0 Arsenal Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano   82' Report Silva   57'   Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,297
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
17 December 2005 17 West Ham United 2–4 Newcastle United London
15:30 Solano   20' (o.g.)
Harewood   73' (pen.)
Report Owen   5', 43', 90'
Shearer   66'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,836
Referee: Phil Dowd
26 December 2005 18 Liverpool 2–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
15:00 Gerrard   14'
Crouch   43'
Report Bowyer   66' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,197
Referee: Mark Halsey
31 December 2005 19 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Newcastle United London
13:00 Tainio   43'
Mido   66'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,246
Referee: Howard Webb
2 January 2006 20 Newcastle United 2–2 Middlesbrough Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano   27'
Clark   90+3'
Report Yakubu   54'
Hasselbaink   87'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,302
Referee: Steve Bennett
14 January 2006 21 Fulham 1–0 Newcastle United London
15:00 Malbranque   75' Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 21,974
Referee: Alan Wiley
21 January 2006 22 Newcastle United 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Pedersen   75' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,323
Referee: Howard Webb
1 February 2006 23 Manchester City 3–0 Newcastle United Manchester
19:45 Riera   14'
Cole   38'
Vassell   62'
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,413
Referee: Chris Foy
4 February 2006 24 Newcastle United 2–0 Portsmouth Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 N'Zogbia   41'
Shearer   64'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,627
Referee: Mark Halsey
11 February 2006 25 Aston Villa 1–2 Newcastle United Birmingham
15:00 Moore   16' Report Ameobi   2'
N'Zogbia   29'
Babayaro   61'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,140
Referee: Mike Riley
25 February 2006 27 Newcastle United 2–0 Everton Newcastle upon Tyne
17:15 Solano   64', 76' Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,916
Referee: Graham Poll
4 March 2006 28 Newcastle United 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano   64'
Shearer   45'
Ameobi   70'
Report Davies   72' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,012
Referee: Alan Wiley
12 March 2006 29 Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United Manchester
13:30 Rooney   8', 12' Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,858
Referee: Rob Styles
19 March 2006 30 Newcastle United 1–3 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
Ameobi   41'
Boumsong  
Report Crouch   10'
Gerrard   35'
Cissé   52' (pen.)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,302
Referee: Mike Riley
26 March 2006 31 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Newcastle United London
14:00 Bent   24' (pen.)
Bowyer   37' (o.g.)
Bothroyd   89'
Report Parker   35' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 27,019
Referee: Mark Halsey
1 April 2006 32 Newcastle United 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Bowyer   2'
Ameobi   25'
Shearer   30' (pen.)
Report Keane   19'
Dawson   61'  
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,185
Referee: Mike Dean
9 April 2006 33 Middlesbrough 1–2 Newcastle United Middlesbrough
15:00 Boateng   79' Report Boateng   29' (o.g.)
Ameobi   44'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 31,202
Referee: Alan Wiley
15 April 2006 34 Newcastle United 3–1 Wigan Athletic Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Shearer   28' (pen.), 66'
Bramble   36'
Report Bullard   5' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,302
Referee: Uriah Rennie
17 April 2006 35 Sunderland 1–4 Newcastle United Sunderland
15:00 Hoyte   32' Report Chopra   60'
Shearer   61' (pen.)
N'Zogbia   66'
Luque   87'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 40,032
Referee: Chris Foy
22 April 2006 36 Newcastle United 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano   30'
Ameobi   40' (pen.), 90'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,272
Referee: Howard Webb
29 April 2006 37 Birmingham City 0–0 Newcastle United Birmingham
15:00 Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 28,331
Referee: Martin Atkinson
7 May 2006 38 Newcastle United 1–0 Chelsea Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Bramble   73'
Carr   75'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,309
Referee: Mike Riley

FA Cup edit

28 January 2006 Round 4 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Newcastle United Cheltenham
12:30 Report Chopra   41'
Parker   43'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 7,022
Referee: Mike Riley
18 February 2006 Round 5 Newcastle United 1–0 Southampton Newcastle upon Tyne
17:40 Dyer   68' Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,975
Referee: Martin Atkinson
22 March 2006 Round 6 Chelsea 1–0 Newcastle United London
20:05 Terry   4' Report Elliott   90' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 42,279
Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup edit

26 October 2005 Round 3 Grimsby Town 0–1 Newcastle United Cleethorpes
19:45 Report Shearer   80' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 9,311
Referee: Mark Halsey
30 November 2005 Round 4 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Newcastle United Wigan
19:45 Connolly   88' (pen.) Report Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 11,574
Referee: Steve Bennett

Alan Shearer testimonial edit

11 May 2006 Newcastle United 3–2 Celtic Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Luque   70'
Lawson   90+1' (o.g.)
Shearer   90+3' (pen.)
(Report) Maloney   79' (pen.)
Hartson   83'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,275
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   IRL Shay Given 47 0 38 0 4 0 2 0 3 0
12 GK   ENG Steve Harper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   IRL Stephen Carr 24 0 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF   ENG Robbie Elliott 22 0 14+3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
6 DF   FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong 41 0 30+3 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
18 DF   AUS Craig Moore 9 0 8 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   ENG Titus Bramble 28 2 21+3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Peter Ramage 29 0 23 0 3+1 0 2 0 0 0
27 DF   ENG Steven Taylor 17 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
33 DF   NGA Celestine Babayaro 35 0 26+2 0 3 0 1 0 3 0
Midfielders
4 MF   PER Nolberto Solano 35 6 27+2 6 4 0 2 0 0 0
5 MF   TUR Emre Belözoğlu 25 2 19+1 2 1+2 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF   ENG Kieron Dyer 13 1 4+7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF   ENG Lee Bowyer 34 2 18+10 1 1+1 0 1 0 3 1
14 MF   FRA Charles N'Zogbia 41 6 27+5 5 2+1 0 2 0 3+1 1
15 MF   SEN Amdy Faye 28 0 14+8 0 0 0 1+1 0 4 0
17 MF   ENG Scott Parker 32 2 26 1 3 1 2 0 1 0
21 MF   ENG Lee Clark 25 1 8+14 1 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
35 MF   RSA Matty Pattison 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   IRL Alan O'Brien 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   ENG Martin Brittain 6 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 0 0+3 0
Forwards
9 FW   ENG Alan Shearer 41 14 31+1 10 3 1 2 1 4 2
10 FW   ENG Michael Owen 11 7 10+1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   ESP Albert Luque 18 1 6+8 1 1+2 0 1 0 0 0
23 FW   ENG Shola Ameobi 34 9 25+5 9 3 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 FW   ENG Michael Chopra 20 3 6+7 1 1+1 1 1+1 0 1+2 1
Players transferred out during the season
7 MF   ENG Jermaine Jenas 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF   ENG James Milner 7 2 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
MF   ENG Nicky Butt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Last updated: 30 May 2006
Source: Competitions

References edit

  1. ^ "Newcastle dismiss manager Souness". BBC News. 2 February 2006.
  2. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Newcastle seal £6.5m Parker deal". BBC News. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Newcastle finalise Emre transfer". BBC News. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Moore signs deal with Newcastle". BBC News. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Clark makes return to Newcastle". BBC News. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Luque finalises move to Newcastle". BBC News. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  7. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Owen completes move to Newcastle". BBC News. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  8. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Solano makes return to Newcastle". BBC News. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  9. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey complete deal for O'Brien". BBC News. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  10. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey say Robert deal permanent". BBC News. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  11. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Bellamy makes switch to Blackburn". BBC News. 7 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  12. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Charlton Athletic | Charlton sign Newcastle's Ambrose". BBC News. 8 July 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  13. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Birmingham City | Birmingham wrap up Butt loan deal". BBC News. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  14. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Viana agrees Valencia loan move". BBC News. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  15. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Tottenham Hotspur | Jenas completes £7m Spurs switch". BBC News. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  16. ^ Boumsong was born in Douala, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and made his full international debut for France in June 2003.
  17. ^ Ameobi was born in Zaria, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them on U-21 level. However, he later opted to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Nigeria in November 2012.

External links edit