2005–06 Stoke City F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Stoke City's 99th season in the Football League, the 39th in the second tier and second in the Championship.

Stoke City
2005–06 season
ChairmanGunnar Gíslason
ManagerJohan Boskamp
StadiumBritannia Stadium
Championship13th (58 Points)
FA CupFifth Round
League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paul Gallagher (11)
All: Paul Gallagher (12)
Highest home attendance20,408 vs Leeds United
(28 December 2005)
Lowest home attendance10,121 vs Crystal Palace
(13 March 2006)
Average home league attendance14,738

In June 2005 Tony Pulis was sacked by Stoke's Icelandic board and Dutch manager Johan Boskamp was appointed. He went about changing Stoke's style of play to a more European passing style which also meant a decent number of foreign players were signed by the club. The change in style had mixed success whilst Stoke did play good attacking football the defensive qualities by Pulis's side went missing and Stoke suffered some poor defeats particularly at home. Stoke were far too inconsistent to be anything other than a mid-table side and they finished in 13th position. At the end of the season Boskamp left the club and Icelandic chairman Gunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale. Former chairman Peter Coates bought the club back and re-appointed Tony Pulis as manager.[1]

Season review edit

League edit

On 28 June 2005 manager Tony Pulis was sacked by Gunnar Gíslason for "failing to exploit the foreign transfer market".[2] The next day Dutch manager Johan Boskamp was named as Pulis' successor.[3] Boskamp went about changing Stoke's style of play to be more attacking and possession based during pre-season and he brought in a number of foreign players. Most came from the Belgian Pro League and mainly his old club Anderlecht. In came Carl Hoefkens, Hannes Sigurðsson, Junior N'Galula and Martin Kolář whilst Marlon Broomes, Paul Gallagher Mamady Sidibé, Peter Sweeney and Luke Chadwick the domestic based players to join the club.[1]

The first match of the 2005–06 season saw City come up against newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke struggled to a goalless draw after Gerry Taggart had been sent-off after just 10 minutes.[1] In the next match Stoke lost 4–2 away at Leicester City to set the defensive tone for the season. The club record fee was broken with the £950,000 signing of Sambégou Bangoura on transfer deadline day but three bad home defeats by Watford, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Cardiff City saw supporters begin to ask questions.[1] Bangoura then went on a good run of form scoring seven goals in six matches as Stoke won six matches in November and December to give them a platform to build on going into the new year.[1] But in one of those wins away at Coventry City Boskamp and his assistant Jan de Koning and director of football John Rudge were involved in an argument which led to Boskamp almost resigning.[1][4]

Stoke began 2006 in terrible form winning just one match in ten and scoring a mere six goals in that time.[1] Bangoura had been away on international duty with Guinea and failed to return to the club at the agreed date which caused the shortage of goals and with Stoke's season fizzling out with no chance of promotion Boskamp was not offered a new contract by Gunnar Gíslason.[5] Stoke ended the season with an emphatic 5–1 win at relegated Brighton & Hove Albion and young striker Adam Rooney scored a hat-trick becoming Stoke's youngest scorer of a hat-trick.[1]

With the Icelandic board failing to gain promotion to the Premier League and with debts now at around £5million chairman Gunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale and he sold the club back to former chairman Peter Coates.[6][7] Coates then re-appointed Tony Pulis as manager who had spent the season with Plymouth Argyle.[8]

FA Cup edit

Stoke had three ties against Birmingham opposition in this seasons FA Cup firstly beating plucky non-league Tamworth on penalties in a replay and then a 2–1 win against Walsall before losing 1–0 to Birmingham City.[1]

League Cup edit

Stoke continued their poor showing against lower league sides in the first round this time losing 3–0 on penalties to Mansfield Town.[1]

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
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

Stoke City's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Pre-Season Friendlies edit

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers
1 10 July 2005 Newcastle Town A 7–0 Sidibé (2), Taggart, Russell, Neal, Paterson (2)
2 13 July 2005 Chester City A 1–1 Sidibé
3 16 July 2005 Shrewsbury Town A 0–1
4 20 July 2005 VfL Osnabrück A 4–2 Russell, Guðjónsson, Duberry, Paterson
5 25 July 2005 Hannover 96 A 0–1
6 28 July 2005 Stockport County A 1–2 Dyer
7 31 July 2005 Manchester City H 1–2 Dyer

Football League Championship edit

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
1 6 August 2005 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–0 18,744 Report
2 9 August 2005 Leicester City A 2–4 20,519 Broomes 64', Halls 89' Report
3 13 August 2005 Millwall A 1–0 8,668 Halls 38' Report
4 20 August 2005 Luton Town H 2–1 18,653 Broomes 63', Brammer 90+2' Report
5 27 August 2005 Crystal Palace A 0–2 17,637 Report
6 29 August 2005 Norwich City H 3–1 14,249 Kolář 9', Harper 45', Sidibé 69' Report
7 10 September 2005 Watford H 0–3 14,565 Report
8 13 September 2005 Hull City A 1–0 18,692 Gallagher 74' Report
9 16 September 2005 Preston North End A 1–0 12,453 Gallagher 76' Report
10 24 September 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–3 18,181 Buxton 90+1' Report
11 27 September 2005 Cardiff City H 0–3 12,240 Report
12 1 October 2005 Plymouth Argyle A 1–2 12,604 Chadwick 47' Report
13 15 October 2005 Derby County A 1–2 22,229 Hoefkens 59' Report
14 18 October 2005 Crewe Alexandra H 2–0 14,080 Bangoura 41', Duberry 64' Report
15 22 October 2005 Reading H 0–1 13,484 Report
16 29 October 2005 Southampton A 0–2 24,095 Report
17 2 November 2005 Coventry City A 2–1 16,617 Taggart 37', Gallagher 55' Report
18 5 November 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion H 3–0 15,274 Bangoura (2) 35', 75', Russell 68' Report
19 19 November 2005 Crewe Alexandra A 2–1 8,942 Bangoura 16', Gallagher 89' Report
20 22 November 2005 Derby County H 1–2 13,205 Bangoura 33' Report
21 26 November 2005 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–0 21,970 Bangoura 17', Sidibé 86' Report
22 3 December 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 1–2 15,367 Bangoura 26' Report
23 9 December 2005 Leicester City H 3–2 11,125 Gallagher 36' (pen), Sidibé 75', Bangoura 78' Report
24 17 December 2005 Luton Town A 3–2 8,296 Gallagher (2) 45+1', 83', Coyne 90+3', (o.g.) Report
25 26 December 2005 Burnley A 0–1 17,912 Report
26 28 December 2005 Leeds United H 0–1 20,408 Report
27 31 December 2005 Sheffield United A 1–2 21,279 Sidibé 57' Report
28 2 January 2006 Ipswich Town H 2–2 14,493 Russell 27', Sidibé 73' Report
29 14 January 2006 Watford A 0–1 12,247 Report
30 21 January 2006 Hull City H 0–3 13,444 Report
31 4 February 2006 Preston North End H 0–0 13,218 Report
32 11 February 2006 Cardiff City A 0–3 10,780 Report
33 14 February 2006 Plymouth Argyle H 0–0 10,242 Report
34 25 February 2006 Millwall H 2–1 11,340 Hoefkens 15' (pen), Gallagher 57' Report
35 4 March 2006 Norwich City A 1–2 24,223 Gallagher 58' Report
36 7 March 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–0 22,439 Report
37 13 March 2006 Crystal Palace H 1–3 10,121 Skoko 47' Report
38 18 March 2006 Burnley H 1–0 12,082 Gallagher 52' Report
39 25 March 2006 Leeds United A 0–0 21,452 Report
40 29 March 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 2–1 10,918 Hoefkens 73' (pen), Sigurðsson 79' Report
41 1 April 2006 Sheffield United H 1–1 17,544 Skoko 16' Report
42 8 April 2006 Ipswich Town A 4–1 23,592 Wilnis 51' (o.g.), Bangoura 82', Chadwick 90', Russell 90+4' Report
43 15 April 2006 Southampton H 1–2 16,501 Gallagher 83' Report
44 17 April 2006 Reading A 1–3 22,119 Rooney 59' Report
45 22 April 2006 Coventry City H 0–1 13,385 Report
46 30 April 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion A 5–1 5,859 Rooney (3) 6', 22', 63', Sidibé 40', Sweeney 82' Report

FA Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R3 7 January 2006 Tamworth H 0–0 9,366 Report
R3 Replay 17 January 2006 Tamworth A 1–1 (5–4 pens) 3,812 Gallagher 80' Report
R4 28 January 2006 Walsall H 2–1 8,834 Sidibé 45', Chadwick 49' Report
R5 19 February 2006 Birmingham City H 0–1 18,768 Report

League Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R1 23 August 2005 Mansfield Town A 1–1 (0–3 pens) 2,799 Brammer 11' (pen) Report

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Steve Simonsen 45 0 4 0 1 0 50 0 2 1
2 DF   Carl Hoefkens 44 3 4 0 1 0 49 3 6 0
3 DF   Marlon Broomes 36(1) 2 4 0 1 0 41(1) 2 7 1
4 MF   John Eustace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Michael Duberry 41 1 3 0 1 0 45 1 6 1
6 DF   Clint Hill 12(1) 0 1 0 0 0 13(1) 0 0 0
7 FW   Sambégou Bangoura 23(1) 9 1 0 0 0 24(1) 9 6 0
8 MF   Dave Brammer 38(2) 1 4 0 1 1 43(2) 2 7 0
9 FW   Mamady Sidibé 37(5) 6 4 1 1 0 42(5) 7 3 0
10 FW   Hannes Sigurðsson 10(13) 1 0(3) 0 0 0 10(16) 1 1 0
11 MF   Kevin Harper 5(9) 1 1(1) 0 1 0 7(10) 1 2 0
12 MF   Peter Sweeney 8(9) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 10(10) 0 1 0
14 MF   Þórður Guðjónsson 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
15 GK   Ed de Goey 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(2) 0 0 0
16 FW   Bruce Dyer[9] 2(9) 0 0 0 1 0 3(9) 0 1 0
17 MF   Darel Russell 35(2) 3 1 0 0(1) 0 36(3) 3 7 1
18 MF   Junior N'Galula 16(6) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 17(7) 0 2 1
19 MF   Luke Chadwick 33(3) 2 4 1 0 0 37(3) 3 5 0
20 MF   Martin Kolář 12(2) 1 0 0 1 0 13(2) 1 1 0
20 MF   Josip Skoko 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 0
21 MF   John Halls 13 2 0 0 1 0 14 2 2 1
22 DF   Lewis Buxton 25(7) 1 3 0 0(1) 0 28(8) 1 6 0
23 MF   Karl Henry 11(13) 0 3 0 1 0 15(13) 0 2 0
24 FW   Paul Gallagher 32(5) 11 3 1 0 0 35(5) 12 10 0
25 MF   Peter Kopteff 3(3) 0 1(2) 0 0 0 4(5) 0 0 0
26 MF   Anthony Pulis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   Andy Wilkinson 4(2) 0 0 0 0 0 4(2) 0 1 0
30 FW   Martin Paterson 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 0 0
31 DF   Carl Dickinson 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 0 0 0
32 DF   Gerry Taggart 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
33 GK   Robert Duggan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW   Adam Rooney 2(3) 4 0(2) 0 0 0 2(5) 4 1 0
35 MF   Robert Garrett 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
36 MF   Matthew Hazley 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Own goals 2 0 0 2

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Stoke City season review 2005-06 Boskamp's one season in charge is a bizarre experience". The Sentinel. 18 May 2006.
  2. ^ "Manager Pulis is sacked by Stoke". BBC Sport. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Boskamp named as new Stoke boss". BBC Sport. 29 June 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Boskamp keen to resolve future". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Boskamp will not be offered deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Chairman Gislason departs Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Coates takes over as Stoke owner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Pulis confirmed as Stoke manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  9. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.