2005–06 Preston North End F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Preston North End
2005–06 season
ChairmanDerek Shaw
ManagerBilly Davies
StadiumDeepdale
Football League Championship4th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nugent (10)
All: Nugent (11)
Average home league attendance14,613

Season summary

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In the 2005–06 season, Billy Davies and his assistant David Kelly were rewarded for their success with new and improved contracts in June 2005 and repaid the board's faith by leading Preston to the play-offs for the second year in succession. However, this time they were knocked out in the semi-final stage by Leeds United.

In June 2006, Davies left his post at Deepdale to become manager of Derby County.[1]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 12 8 76 46 +30 90 Promotion to the FA Premier League
3 Watford (O, P) 46 22 15 9 77 53 +24 81 Qualification for Championship play-offs
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Preston North End's score comes first[2]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 August 2005 Watford A 2–1 12,597 Nugent, Etuhu
8 August 2005 Derby County H 1–1 13,127 Nugent
13 August 2005 Reading H 0–3 13,154
20 August 2005 Sheffield United A 1–2 20,519 McKenna
27 August 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–0 12,461
29 August 2005 Ipswich Town A 4–0 22,551 Nugent (2), Jones, Agyemang
10 September 2005 Millwall A 2–1 7,674 Jones, Agyemang
13 September 2005 Burnley H 0–0 17,139
16 September 2005 Stoke City H 0–1 12,453
24 September 2005 Crystal Palace A 1–1 17,291 Lucketti
27 September 2005 Luton Town A 0–3 7,815
1 October 2005 Southampton H 1–1 15,263 Agyemang
15 October 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 13,660 Mawéné
18 October 2005 Cardiff City A 2–2 9,574 Mears, Sedgwick
22 October 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 22,802 Etuhu
29 October 2005 Leicester City H 0–0 13,904
1 November 2005 Hull City H 3–0 13,536 Johnson, Jones, McKenna
5 November 2005 Leeds United A 0–0 22,289
19 November 2005 Cardiff City H 2–1 13,904 Sedgwick, Agyemang
22 November 2005 Queens Park Rangers A 2–0 10,901 Nugent, Davidson
26 November 2005 Watford H 1–1 14,638 Davidson
3 December 2005 Crewe Alexandra A 2–0 6,364 Davidson, Nowland
10 December 2005 Derby County A 1–1 22,740 Davis
16 December 2005 Sheffield United H 0–0 14,378
26 December 2005 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–0 18,867
31 December 2005 Coventry City H 3–1 12,936 Nowland, Alexander (pen), Sedgwick
2 January 2006 Norwich City A 3–0 25,032 Nowland, Alexander (pen), Nugent
14 January 2006 Millwall H 2–0 14,165 Agyemang, Davis
21 January 2006 Burnley A 2–0 17,220 Nugent, Alexander (pen)
31 January 2006 Crystal Palace H 2–0 13,867 Ormerod, O'Neil
4 February 2006 Stoke City A 0–0 13,218
11 February 2006 Luton Town H 5–1 15,237 Neal, Nugent, Mears, Sedgwick (pen), Davis
15 February 2006 Southampton A 0–0 19,534
25 February 2006 Reading A 1–2 23,011 Davidson
7 March 2006 Plymouth Argyle A 0–0 10,874
11 March 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–0 6,361
14 March 2006 Ipswich Town H 3–1 14,507 Nugent (2), Agyemang
18 March 2006 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–2 23,429
25 March 2006 Plymouth Argyle H 0–0 13,925
28 March 2006 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 13,170 Ormerod
1 April 2006 Coventry City A 1–0 21,023 Whaley
8 April 2006 Norwich City H 2–0 15,714 Shackell (own goal), Doherty (own goal)
15 April 2006 Leicester City A 2–1 21,865 Whaley, Jarrett
17 April 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–0 16,885 Neal, Ormerod
22 April 2006 Hull City A 1–1 19,716 Whaley
30 April 2006 Leeds United H 2–0 19,350 Stock, Ormerod

Football League Championship play-offs

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st leg 5 May 2006 Leeds United A 1–1 35,239 Nugent
SF 2nd leg 8 May 2006 Leeds United H 0–2 (lost 1–3 on agg) 20,383

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Crewe Alexandra H 2–1 8,380 Alexander, Sedgwick
R4 28 January 2006 Crystal Palace H 1–1 9,489 O'Neil
R4R 7 February 2006 Crystal Palace A 2–1 7,356 Dichio (2)
R5 19 February 2006 Middlesbrough H 0–2 19,877

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 23 August 2005 Barnsley H 2–2 (lost 4–5 on pens) 3,137 Dichio, Alexander (pen)

First-team squad

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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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Andy Lonergan
2 DF   SCO Graham Alexander[4]
3 DF   SCO Callum Davidson
4 DF   JAM Claude Davis
5 DF   FRA Youl Mawéné
6 MF   ENG Jason Jarrett (on loan from Norwich City)
7 MF   ENG Chris Sedgwick
8 MF   SCO Brian O'Neil
9 FW   GHA Patrick Agyemang[5]
10 FW   ENG David Nugent
11 FW   ENG Danny Dichio
12 GK   ENG Gavin Ward
14 DF   ENG Tyrone Mears
15 MF   ENG Simon Whaley
16 MF   ENG Paul McKenna
17 FW   ENG Brett Ormerod
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ENG Matt Hill
19 FW   NIR Andy Smith
20 DF   ENG Chris Lucketti
21 FW   ENG Dave Hibbert
22 GK   ENG Carlo Nash
23 MF   ENG Lewis Neal
24 MF   ENG Joe Anyinsah
25 MF   ENG Adam Nowland
26 MF   WAL Brian Stock[6]
27 MF   IRL Alan McCormack
28 DF   ENG Kelvin Wilson
29 FW   ENG Mark Jackson
30 GK   ENG Chris Neal
31 FW   ENG Marcus Stewart (on loan from Bristol City)
32 MF   ENG Ashley Parillon
34 MF   ENG Warren Beattie
33 GK   ENG Nathan kerr

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 FW   ENG Richard Cresswell (to Leeds United)
33 FW   USA Jemal Johnson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
6 MF   ENG David Jones (on loan from Manchester United)
15 MF   NGA Dickson Etuhu (to Norwich City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF   IRL David Elebert (to Hamilton Academical)
17 MF   FRA Eric Skora (to Kilmarnock)
28 MF   ENG Michael Brown (to Lancaster City)

References

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  1. ^ "Davies leaves Deepdale for Derby". BBC Lancashire. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "All Preston North End players: 2006".
  4. ^ Alexander was born in Coventry, England.
  5. ^ Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England.
  6. ^ Stock was born in Winchester, England.