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2005–06 Portsmouth F.C. season

During the 2005–06 season, Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League. It was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in English football's top-flight.

Portsmouth
2005–06 season
ChairmanMilan Mandarić
ManagerAlain Perrin (until 24 November)
Joe Jordan (caretaker)
Harry Redknapp (from 7 December)
StadiumFratton Park
FA Premier League17th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Lomana LuaLua (7)
All: Lomana LuaLua/Gary O'Neil/Matthew Taylor (7)
Highest home attendance20,240 vs. Liverpool
(7 May 2006)
Lowest home attendance19,030 vs. Charlton Athletic
(22 October 2005)
Average home league attendance19,635

Season summary edit

Manager Alain Perrin was sacked in November with Portsmouth struggling in the relegation zone. Joe Jordan was appointed caretaker manager after the sacking of Perrin. [1] He was replaced by Harry Redknapp, who had walked out of arch-rivals Southampton after being refused permission by the club to talk to Portsmouth about the managerial vacancy.[2] For a while it looked as if Redknapp's efforts were in vain, with Portsmouth eight points adrift of safety at the end of February. However, by the end of March that had been cut to just three (with a game in hand over seventeenth-placed West Bromwich Albion) and eventually Portsmouth managed to secure survival with a 2–1 win at Wigan Athletic to send West Brom and Birmingham City down.

Kit edit

Portsmouth signed a deal with Jako to produce the club's kit. Oki became the kit sponsors. The strip was manufactured by Pompey Sport, but after the kit deal with Jako, they were rebadged with its logo. The home shirt was atypical for Portsmouth, as it had a large white space under the collar on the rear where players' names were printed. The away was red and gold, whilst the third was white and navy. The white strip was only worn three times, away at Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham United respectively.

Final league table edit

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Manchester City 38 13 4 21 43 48 −5 43
16 Aston Villa 38 10 12 16 42 55 −13 42
17 Portsmouth 38 10 8 20 37 62 −25 38
18 Birmingham City (R) 38 8 10 20 28 50 −22 34 Relegation to the Football League Championship
19 West Bromwich Albion (R) 38 7 9 22 31 58 −27 30
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Portsmouth's score comes first[3]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League edit

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 8 20 37 62  −25 38 5 7 7 17 24  −7 5 1 13 20 38  −18

Last updated: 13 December 2019.
Source: 11v11

Results per matchday edit

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ResultLLDLWDLDDLWLLLLLWDLWLLLDLLLLWWWDDWLWWL
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 2005 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–2 20,215
20 August 2005 West Bromwich Albion A 1–2 24,404 Robert
23 August 2005 Aston Villa H 1–1 19,778 LuaLua
27 August 2005 Manchester City A 1–2 41,022 Viáfara
10 September 2005 Everton A 1–0 36,831 Ferguson (own goal)
17 September 2005 Birmingham City H 1–1 19,319 LuaLua
24 September 2005 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 23,134
1 October 2005 Newcastle United H 0–0 20,220
15 October 2005 Middlesbrough A 1–1 26,551 O'Neil
22 October 2005 Charlton Athletic H 1–2 19,030 Silva
29 October 2005 Sunderland A 4–1 34,926 Vukić, Taylor (2), Silva
5 November 2005 Wigan Athletic H 0–2 19,102
19 November 2005 Liverpool A 0–3 44,394
26 November 2005 Chelsea H 0–2 20,182
3 December 2005 Manchester United A 0–3 67,684
12 December 2005 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–3 36,141 LuaLua
17 December 2005 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 20,052 Todorov
26 December 2005 West Ham United H 1–1 20,168 O'Neil
28 December 2005 Arsenal A 0–4 38,223
31 December 2005 Fulham H 1–0 19,101 O'Neil
2 January 2006 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 19,521 Taylor
14 January 2006 Everton H 0–1 20,094
21 January 2006 Birmingham City A 0–5 29,138
1 February 2006 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 19,128 Karadas
4 February 2006 Newcastle United A 0–2 51,627
11 February 2006 Manchester United H 1–3 20,206 Taylor
25 February 2006 Chelsea A 0–2 42,254
4 March 2006 Aston Villa A 0–1 30,194
11 March 2006 Manchester City H 2–1 19,556 Mendes (2)
18 March 2006 West Ham United A 4–2 34,837 LuaLua, Davis, Mendes, Todorov
1 April 2006 Fulham A 3–1 22,322 O'Neil (2), LuaLua
8 April 2006 Blackburn Rovers H 2–2 20,048 LuaLua, Todorov
12 April 2006 Arsenal H 1–1 20,230 LuaLua
15 April 2006 Middlesbrough H 1–0 20,204 O'Neil
17 April 2006 Charlton Athletic A 1–2 25,419 D'Alessandro
22 April 2006 Sunderland H 2–1 20,078 Todorov, Taylor (pen)
29 April 2006 Wigan Athletic A 2–1 21,126 Mwaruwari, Taylor (pen)
7 May 2006 Liverpool H 1–3 20,240 Koroman

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Ipswich Town A 1–0 15,593 Silva
R4 29 January 2006 Liverpool H 1–2 17,247 Davis

League Cup edit

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 20 September 2005 Gillingham A 2–3 (a.e.t.) 4,903 O'Neil, Taylor

First-team squad 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
2 DF   ENG Linvoy Primus
3 DF   SCG Dejan Stefanović
4 MF   ARG Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan from Wolfsburg)
5 DF   IRL Andy O'Brien[4]
6 DF   DEN Brian Priske
7 DF   FRA Grégory Vignal
8 FW   NOR Azar Karadas (on loan from Benfica)
9 FW   BUL Svetoslav Todorov
10 MF   CRO Ivica Mornar
11 DF   FRA Noé Pamarot
14 MF   ENG Matthew Taylor
15 GK   ENG Jamie Ashdown
16 DF   ENG Andy Griffin
17 FW   FRA Vincent Péricard[5]
18 MF   SEN Aliou Cissé
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   ZAM Collins Mbesuma
20 MF   SCG Ognjen Koroman (on loan from FC Terek Grozny)
21 MF   FRA Franck Songo'o[6]
22 MF   SCO Richard Hughes
23 FW   POL Emmanuel Olisadebe[7]
24 MF   ENG Wayne Routledge (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
25 FW   ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari
26 MF   ENG Gary O'Neil
28 MF   ENG Sean Davis
29 GK   ITA Andrea Guatelli
30 MF   POR Pedro Mendes
32 FW   COD Lomana LuaLua
33 GK   IRL Dean Kiely[8]
40 MF   SEN Salif Diao (on loan from Liverpool)
43 MF   ENG Scott Harris

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
1 GK   NED Sander Westerveld (on loan to Everton)
4 MF   COL Jhon Viáfara (on loan to Real Sociedad)
11 MF   FRA Laurent Robert (on loan from Newcastle United)
20 MF   GRE Giannis Skopelitis (on loan from Egaleo)
24 DF   WAL Richard Duffy (on loan to Coventry City)
27 FW   SVN Aleksandar Rodić[9] (on loan to Kayserispor)
31 FW   URU Darío Silva (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK   GRE Konstantinos Chalkias (to Real Murcia)
34 FW   ENG James Keene (on loan to GAIS)
35 DF   ENG Gary Silk (on loan to Boston United)
38 MF   SCG Zvonimir Vukić (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
— DF   IRL Marc Wilson (on loan to Yeovil Town)
— MF   NIR Daryl Fordyce (on loan to Bournemouth)

Reserve squad 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
— GK   CAN Asmir Begović
— DF   ENG Jason Pearce
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Liam Horsted

Statistics edit

Starting 11 edit

Considering starts in all competitions[10][11]

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Transfers in:   £16,250,000
Transfers out:   £9,450,000
Total spending:   £6,800,000

Notes edit

  1. ^ A clause was included in Unsworth's transfer that United would only pay a fee to Portmsouth if they gained promotion; they did, but the fee paid is undisclosed.

References edit

  1. ^ "Portsmouth dismiss manager Perrin". BBC Sport. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Portsmouth 2005-2006 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  4. ^ O'Brien was born in Harrogate, England.
  5. ^ Péricard was born in Efok, Cameroon.
  6. ^ Songo'o was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and has represented them at youth level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Cameroon in September 2008.
  7. ^ Olisadebe was born in Warri, Nigeria. but gained Polish citizenship and made his international debut for Poland in 2000.
  8. ^ Kiely was born in Salford, England.
  9. ^ Rodić was born in Kozarska Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina).
  10. ^ "All Portsmouth players: 2006".
  11. ^ "Portsmouth in FA Premier League 2005/2006 fixture".
  12. ^ "Pompey complete deal for O'Brien". BBC News. 13 June 2005.
  13. ^ "Pompey say Robert deal permanent". BBC News. 19 June 2005.
  14. ^ "Pompey complete Viafara signing". BBC News. 7 July 2005.
  15. ^ "Portsmouth clinch deal for Vignal". BBC News. 12 July 2005.
  16. ^ "Portsmouth sign striker Mbesuma". BBC News. 12 July 2005.
  17. ^ "Pompey agree deal with Westerveld". BBC News. 22 July 2005.
  18. ^ "Pompey snap up Benfica's Karadas". BBC News. 22 July 2005.
  19. ^ "Pompey sign Denmark star Priske". BBC News. 22 August 2005.
  20. ^ "Portsmouth sign midfielder Vukic". BBC News. 29 August 2005.
  21. ^ "Pompey add striker Silva to ranks". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
  22. ^ "Portsmouth clinch Songo'o signing". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
  23. ^ "Diao becomes third Pompey signing". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
  24. ^ "Portsmouth seal Olisadebe swoop". BBC News. 4 January 2006.
  25. ^ "Portsmouth sign striker Mwaruwari". BBC News. 6 January 2006.
  26. ^ "Portsmouth swoop for Spurs trio". BBC News. 12 January 2006.
  27. ^ "Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Kiely makes switch to Portsmouth". BBC Sport.
  28. ^ "Pompey sign Routledge & Koroman". BBC News. 30 January 2006.
  29. ^ "Portsmouth snap up d'Alessandro". BBC News. 31 January 2006.
  30. ^ Staff (17 May 2005). "Villa serve up Berger deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  31. ^ "Middlesbrough agree Yakubu deal". 23 May 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  32. ^ "Duffy joins Coventry for season". BBC News. 7 June 2005.
  33. ^ "Hatters seal permanent Vine deal". BBC News. 4 July 2005.
  34. ^ "Leeds complete signing of Stone". BBC News. 29 June 2005.
  35. ^ "Kamara seals £1.5m West Brom deal". BBC News. 26 July 2005.
  36. ^ "Saints snap up Fuller and Hajto". BBC News. 28 July 2005.
  37. ^ "Keeper Hislop signs for West Ham". BBC News. 29 July 2005.
  38. ^ "De Zeeuw makes move back to Wigan". BBC News. 11 August 2005.
  39. ^ "Blades complete deal for Unsworth". BBC News. 22 August 2005.
  40. ^ "Goalkeeper Chalkias leaves Pompey". BBC News. 19 January 2006.
  41. ^ "Redknapp lets Silva leave Pompey". BBC News. 13 February 2006.
  42. ^ "Everton sign Westerveld on loan". BBC News. 24 February 2006.
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