The City Ground

SEASON: 2005-06

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Next Season: 2006-07

DIVISION:: Coca Cola League One (Tier 3)
MANAGER(s):: Gary Megson, Frank Barlow and Ian McPartland
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Chester City (A) 0-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Macclesfield Town (H) 2-3)
Player Of The Year:: Ian Breckin

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Breckin, Nathan Tyson (10 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	13 times	5 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	21 times	7 times	9 times
Won By	8 times	8 times	2 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	11 times	4 times	3 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 28,193
Lowest League Attendance:: 28,193
Average League Attendance:: 20,257
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,305
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 5,050

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 14
Red cards:: 7
Yellow cards:: 61
Penalties scored:: 4
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

LEAGUE ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Southend United	46	23	13	10	72	43	13	6	4	37	16	10	7	6	35	27	29	82	Promoted as Champions	2-0	0-1
2	Colchester United	46	22	13	11	58	40	15	4	4	39	21	7	9	7	19	19	18	79	Promoted	1-0	1-3
3	Brentford	46	20	16	10	72	52	10	8	5	35	23	10	8	5	37	29	20	76		1-2	1-1
4	Huddersfield Town	46	19	16	11	72	59	13	6	4	40	25	6	10	7	32	34	13	73		2-1	1-2
5	Barnsley	46	18	18	10	62	44	11	11	1	37	19	7	7	9	25	25	18	72	Promoted via playoffs	0-2	0-2
6	Swansea City	46	18	17	11	78	55	11	9	3	42	23	7	8	8	36	32	23	71		1-2	1-1
7	Nottingham Forest	46	19	12	15	67	52	14	5	4	40	15	5	7	11	27	37	15	69
8	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	9	17	55	51	11	6	6	30	19	9	3	11	25	32	4	69		4-0	2-1
9	Bristol City	46	18	11	17	66	62	11	7	5	38	22	7	4	12	28	40	4	65		3-1	1-1
10	Oldham Athletic	46	18	11	17	58	60	12	4	7	32	24	6	7	10	26	36	-2	65		3-0	0-3
11	Bradford City	46	14	19	13	51	49	8	9	6	28	25	6	10	7	23	24	2	61		1-0	1-1
12	Scunthorpe United	46	15	15	16	68	73	8	8	7	36	33	7	7	9	32	40	-5	60		0-1	1-3
13	Port Vale	46	16	12	18	49	54	10	5	8	30	26	6	7	10	19	28	-5	60		1-0	2-0
14	Gillingham	46	16	12	18	50	64	13	4	6	31	21	3	8	12	19	43	-14	60		1-1	3-1
15	Yeovil Town	46	15	11	20	54	62	8	8	7	27	24	7	3	13	27	38	-8	56		2-1	0-3
16	Chesterfield	46	14	14	18	63	73	6	7	10	31	37	8	7	8	32	36	-10	56		0-0	3-1
17	Bournemouth	46	12	19	15	49	53	7	11	5	25	20	5	8	10	24	33	-4	55		1-1	1-1
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	15	18	50	52	7	8	8	32	30	6	7	10	18	22	-2	54		1-0	1-0
19	Blackpool	46	12	17	17	56	64	9	8	6	33	27	3	9	11	23	37	-8	53		1-1	2-2
20	Rotherham United	46	12	16	18	52	62	7	9	7	31	26	5	7	11	21	36	-10	52		2-0	1-1
21	Hartlepool United	46	11	17	18	44	59	6	10	7	28	30	5	7	11	16	29	-15	50	Relegated	2-0	2-3
22	Milton Keynes Dons	46	12	14	20	45	66	8	8	7	28	25	4	6	13	17	41	-21	50	Relegated	3-0	0-1
23	Swindon Town	46	11	15	20	46	65	9	5	9	31	31	2	10	11	15	34	-19	48	Relegated	7-1	1-2
24	Walsall	46	11	14	21	47	70	7	7	9	27	34	4	7	12	20	36	-23	47	Relegated	1-1	2-3

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 06, 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	2-1	Win	24,042	6	Dobie (45), Johnson (87)
2	Tue Aug 09, 2005	Walsall	A	2-3	Loss	8,703	10	Commons (36), Friio (85)
3	Sat Aug 13, 2005	Swindon Town	A	1-2	Loss	8,108	16	Commons (39)
4	Sat Aug 20, 2005	Scunthorpe United	H	0-1	Loss	19,091	20
5	Sat Aug 27, 2005	Gillingham	A	3-1	Win	7,228	15	Johnson (8), Dobie (44), Weir-Daley (79)
6	Sat Sep 03, 2005	Brentford	H	1-2	Loss	17,234	17	Thompson (48)
7	Sat Sep 10, 2005	Barnsley	A	0-2	Loss	10,080	21
8	Sat Sep 17, 2005	Rotherham United	H	2-0	Win	20,123	18	Lester (76 pen), Commons (88)
9	Tue Sep 20, 2005	Bristol City	H	3-1	Win	16,666	13	Lester (25 pen), Perch (27), Commons (55)
10	Sat Sep 24, 2005	Swansea City	A	1-1	Draw	18,212	14	Lester (54)
11	Tue Sep 27, 2005	Blackpool	H	1-1	Draw	17,071	11	Breckin (79)
12	Sat Oct 01, 2005	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-0	Win	22,022	9	Taylor (70)
13	Sun Oct 09, 2005	Southend United	A	0-1	Loss	10,104	11
14	Sat Oct 15, 2005	Hartlepool United	H	2-0	Win	17,586	7	Taylor (34), Bopp (90 pen)
15	Sat Oct 22, 2005	Yeovil Town	A	0-3	Loss	9,072	11
16	Sat Oct 29, 2005	Bradford City	H	1-0	Win	17,983	10	Johnson (24)
17	Sat Nov 12, 2005	Bournemouth	A	1-1	Draw	9,222	9	Southall (19)
18	Sat Nov 19, 2005	Southend United	H	2-0	Win	19,576	7	Che Wilson (51 OG), Southall (70)
19	Sat Nov 26, 2005	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	17,370	10	Lester (46)
20	Tue Dec 06, 2005	Port Vale	H	1-0	Win	17,696	8	Tyson (31)
21	Sat Dec 10, 2005	Walsall	H	1-1	Draw	20,912	8	Breckin (35)
22	Fri Dec 16, 2005	Scunthorpe United	A	1-3	Loss	5,857	8	Taylor (65 pen)
23	Mon Dec 26, 2005	Doncaster Rovers	H	4-0	Win	23,009	8	Breckin (45), Thompson (50), Southall (53), Taylor (67)
24	Sat Dec 31, 2005	Chesterfield	H	0-0	Draw	21,909	9
25	Mon Jan 02, 2006	Colchester United	A	1-3	Loss	5,767	9	Tyson (89)
26	Sat Jan 14, 2006	Oldham Athletic	H	3-0	Win	17,807	10	Holt (25), Tyson (63), Southall (67)
27	Tue Jan 17, 2006	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	7,859	9	Commons (5)
28	Sat Jan 21, 2006	Rotherham United	A	1-1	Draw	7,222	9	Tyson (34)
29	Fri Jan 27, 2006	Barnsley	H	0-2	Loss	16,237	9
30	Tue Jan 31, 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	A	0-1	Loss	7,670	9
31	Sat Feb 04, 2006	Blackpool	A	2-2	Draw	8,399	9	Breckin (45), Bennett (90)
32	Sat Feb 11, 2006	Swansea City	H	1-2	Loss	19,132	10	Tyson (21)
33	Wed Feb 15, 2006	Oldham Athletic	A	0-3	Loss	5,584	13
34	Sat Feb 18, 2006	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	6,793	10	Commons (40), Tyson (90)
35	Sat Feb 25, 2006	Swindon Town	H	7-1	Win	22,444	9	Southall (3, 51, 55), Morgan (17, 57), Breckin (29), Lester (90)
36	Sat Mar 04, 2006	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	14,397	10	Perch (66)
37	Sat Mar 11, 2006	Gillingham	H	1-1	Draw	19,446	10	Tyson (45)
38	Sat Mar 18, 2006	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-1	Win	8,299	8	Commons (25), Holt (47)
39	Sat Mar 25, 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	H	3-0	Win	18,214	8	Trent McClenahan (20 OG), Holt (34), Breckin (90)
40	Sat Apr 01, 2006	Chesterfield	A	3-1	Win	7,073	8	Breckin (19), Tyson (29), Thompson (87)
41	Sat Apr 08, 2006	Colchester United	H	1-0	Win	22,680	8	Perch (72)
42	Sat Apr 15, 2006	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-0	Win	9,152	7	Holt (17)
43	Mon Apr 17, 2006	Yeovil Town	H	2-1	Win	28,193	6	Breckin (40), Southall (68)
44	Sat Apr 22, 2006	Hartlepool United	A	2-3	Loss	5,336	7	Tyson (15), Commons (67)
45	Sat Apr 29, 2006	Bournemouth	H	1-1	Draw	26,847	7	Tyson (56)
46	Sat May 06, 2006	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	15,608	7	Bennett (88)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Nov 05, 2005	Weymouth	1			H	1-1	Draw	10,305	Holt (39)
Mon Nov 14, 2005	Weymouth	1	Y	1	A	2-0	Win	6,500	Taylor (67, 73)
Sat Dec 03, 2005	Chester City	2			A	0-3	Loss	4,732

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Aug 23, 2005	Macclesfield Town	1				H	2-3	Loss	5,050	Breckin (9, 83)

Associate Members Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Oct 18, 2005	Woking	1	A	2-3	Loss	3,127	Bopp (20), Weir-Daley (38)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Thu Jul 14, 2005	Silkeborg IF	Denmark	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Jul 16, 2005	Odense BK	Denmark	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Jul 20, 2005	Slagelse	Denmark	A	1-2	Loss	-	? (?)
Sat Jul 23, 2005	Boston United	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Jul 27, 2005	Exeter City	England	A	2-1	Win	-	? (?, ?)
Sat Jul 30, 2005	Torquay United	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Commons (?), Dobie (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK	1	Paul Gerrard	25	7	7	11				1	1	14
GK	20	Rune Pedersen	20	9	4	7					1	22
GK	28	Russell Hoult	8	4	2	2
GK	34	Patrick Gamble										13
D		Justyn Roberts
D	2	Nicky Eaden	31	11	7	13		2		6	3	2
D	5	Wes Morgan	47	20	13	14	2	3	1	2	2	3
D	6	Ian Breckin	49	20	13	16	10	3	1				Player Of The Year
D	22	Danny Cullip	13	3	3	7		3		3	1	11
D	33	Vince Fernandez	2		1	1					1	5
D	37	Martin Vickerton	2			2		1			1
M	3	Gino Padula	4	1		3				1		2
M	4	Gary Holt	31	12	7	12	1	3	1	5	3	4
M	7	Nicky Southall	44	16	12	16	8	5		11	3	1
M	11	David Friio	16	6	4	6	1	2		4	5	1
M	12	Ross Gardner	17	4	3	10		3		3	8	17
M	16	Paul Evans
M	17	James Perch	41	16	12	13	3	3		4	4	5
M	18	John Thompson	40	18	9	13	3	4		3	9	6
M	21	John Curtis	29	14	7	8		1		4		3
M	24	James Beaumont
M	28	Adam Nowland
M	29	Julian Bennett	18	9	6	3	2	4	1
M	36	Felix Bastians	13	5	3	5		1		2	10	5
M	40	Sammy Clingan	15	7	3	5		1		7	1	2
F		Marlon King
F	8	Kris Commons	38	16	9	13	8	4		14	1	1
F	9	Gareth Taylor	23	8	3	12	6	2	1	7	3
F	10	Scott Dobie	8	2	1	5	2			1	2
F	14	Jack Lester	40	18	12	10	5	5	1	9	24	1
F	15	Neil Harris	2			2				1	1
F	19	Eugen Bopp	15	6	3	6	2	3		4	10	14
F	23	Eugene Dadi	7	2	1	4		2			6	4
F	25	Kevin James	1			1
F	26	David Johnson	21	8	4	9	3	1		8	6
F	27	Alan Rogers
F	30	Spencer Weir-Daley	8	2	2	4	2				7
F	35	Jon-Paul Pittman	2			2				1	2	3
F	38	Nathan Tyson	28	12	9	7	10	3	1	4
F	39	Grant Holt	19	9	6	4	4	2		11	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
10	Ian Breckin	49
10	Nathan Tyson	28
8	Kris Commons	38
8	Nicky Southall	44
6	Gareth Taylor	23
5	Jack Lester	40
4	Grant Holt	19
3	David Johnson	21
3	James Perch	41
3	John Thompson	40
2	Eugen Bopp	15
2	Julian Bennett	18
2	Scott Dobie	8
2	Spencer Weir-Daley	8
2	Wes Morgan	47
1	David Friio	16
1	Gary Holt	31

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2005-06

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Doncaster Rovers	Mon Dec 26, 2005	H	4-0	Sat Mar 18, 2006	A	2-1
Port Vale	Tue Dec 06, 2005	H	1-0	Sat Feb 18, 2006	A	2-0
Tranmere Rovers	Sat Oct 01, 2005	H	1-0	Sat Apr 15, 2006	A	1-0