2005–06 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

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

Sheffield Wednesday
2005–06 season
ChairmanDave Allen
ManagerPaul Sturrock
StadiumHillsborough
Championship19th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerBrunt (7)
Highest home attendance33,439 vs Sheffield United
(18 Feb 2006, Championship)
Lowest home attendance14,851 vs Charlton Athletic
(7 Jan 2006, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance24,853

Season summary edit

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first[2]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship edit

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 21,970
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 edit

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

League Cup edit

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 edit

[3][4]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 David Lucas
2 DF   SCO Lee Bullen
4 MF   TOG Yoann Folly (on loan from Southampton)
5 DF   IRL Graham Coughlan
6 MF   IRL Glenn Whelan
7 MF   SCO Jon-Paul McGovern
8 MF   SCO Burton O'Brien
9 FW   SCO Steve MacLean
10 FW   IRL Leon Best (on loan from Southampton)
11 MF   NIR Chris Brunt
12 DF   ENG Patrick Collins
14 DF   ENG John Hills
15 DF   ENG Steve Adams
16 DF   ENG Richard Wood
17 DF   GUI Drissa Diallo
18 MF   IRL Ritchie Partridge
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   JAM Deon Burton
20 DF   USA Frankie Simek
21 GK   ENG Chris Adamson
22 GK   ENG Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool)
23 MF   GRN Craig Rocastle
25 FW   ENG Drew Talbot
26 FW   IRL Barry Corr
27 GK   ENG Ben Kirby
29 DF   DEN Mikkel Bischoff (on loan from Manchester City)
30 FW   SCO David Graham
32 DF   ENG Tommy Spurr
33 MF   ENG Sean McAllister
35 DF   WAL Peter Gilbert
38 MF   ENG Matt Thorpe
40 FW   ENG Marcus Tudgay
- DF   ENG Rory McArdle

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
3 DF   ENG Paul Heckingbottom (to Barnsley)
4 DF   ENG Graeme Lee (to Doncaster Rovers)
10 FW   SCO Lee Peacock (to Swindon Town)
19 MF   ENG Chris Eagles (on loan from Manchester United)
22 GK   ENG Nicky Weaver (on loan from Manchester City)
24 DF   SCO Maurice Ross (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF   WAL Richard Evans (to Shrewsbury Town)
28 FW   ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor (on loan from Aston Villa)
29 FW   IRL Daryl Murphy (on loan from Sunderland)
31 FW   ENG Adam Proudlock (to Ipswich Town)
34 FW   ENG Danny Reet (to Mansfield Town)

References edit

  1. ^ "Brighton 0–2 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday results for the 2005-2006 season". statto.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Sheffield Wednesday - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  4. ^ "All Sheffield Wednesday players: 2006". www.11v11.com.