The City Ground

SEASON: 2005-06

Prev Season: 2004-05
This Season: 2005-06
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:: 16,237
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

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 3)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	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	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 06, 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	2-1	Win	24,042	7	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	8	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	9	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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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 (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (14)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Patrick Gamble	Bought			Gareth Taylor	Sold
Jul 01, 2005	Rune Pedersen	Bought			Marlon King	Sold	£500,000
Jul 14, 2005	Gary Holt	Bought		Jan 29, 2005	Adam Nowland	Released
Jul 14, 2005	Gino Padula	Bought	£550,000	Jul 01, 2005	Marlon King	Loan out
Jul 14, 2005	Ian Breckin	Bought	£315,000	Jul 14, 2005	Paul Evans	Sold
Jul 14, 2005	Nicky Eaden	Bought		Jan 31, 2006	Martin Vickerton	Sold
Jul 14, 2005	Nicky Southall	Bought		Feb 04, 2006	Eugen Bopp	Released
Aug 06, 2005	Danny Cullip	Bought	£158,000	May 06, 2006	Paul Gerrard	Released
Sep 03, 2005	Eugene Dadi	Loan In
Sep 17, 2005	Russell Hoult	Loan In
Nov 19, 2005	Nathan Tyson	Bought	£700,000
Jan 14, 2006	Grant Holt	Bought	£315,000
Jan 14, 2006	Julian Bennett	Bought
Jan 27, 2006	Sammy Clingan	Bought	£28,000

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