2005–06 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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Leeds United
2005-06 season
Chairman Ken Bates
Manager Kevin Blackwell
Stadium Elland Road
The Championship 5th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs Runners-up
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Rob Hulse (13)
All: Rob Hulse (14)
Highest home attendance 27,843 vs Sheffield Wednesday
(21 Jan 2006, The Championship)
Lowest home attendance 14,970 vs Oldham Athletic
(23 Aug 2005, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 22,355
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, their second consecutive season at this level.

Season summary

With new players brought in over the summer, the club's goal during the 2005-06 season was promotion. Blackwell's shrewd tactics away from Elland Road and attacking style at home proved highly effective, and by the end of February, Leeds were third in the Championship. However from that point onwards Leeds slumped, gaining just 4 points from a possible 18, and eventually had to settle for a play-off place. In the first round of the play-offs, against Preston North End, Leeds drew 1-1 at Elland Road, but won the return leg 2-0 to advance to the final, played on 21 May at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. However, in a dismal performance, Leeds crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Watford.[1] While some fans predicted that Leeds would go one better and finally return to the Premier League the following year, others were concerned by the fact that, with the exception of the bottom four teams, Leeds's form going into the play-offs was the worst of any team in the Championship, their only two wins in the final months of the campaign being the play-off victory against Preston and a narrow 1-0 victory against relegated Crewe Alexandra.

Final league table

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Main article: 2005–06 Football League
P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Reading 46 31 13 2 99 32 +67 106
P 2 Sheffield United 46 26 12 8 76 46 +30 90
P 3 Watford 46 22 15 9 77 53 +24 81
  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
  7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 19 11 50 42 +8 67
  8 Coventry City 46 16 15 15 62 65 −3 63
  9 Norwich City 46 18 8 20 56 65 −9 62
  10 Luton Town 46 17 10 19 66 67 −1 61
  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
  16 Leicester City 46 13 15 18 51 59 −8 54
  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
R 22 Crewe Alexandra 46 9 15 22 57 86 −29 42
R 23 Millwall 46 8 16 22 35 62 −27 40
R 24 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 7 17 22 39 71 −32 38

Results

Leeds United's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 2005 Millwall H 2-1 20,440 Healy (2, 1 pen)
9 August 2005 Cardiff City A 1-2 15,231 Blake
13 August 2005 Luton Town A 0-0 10,102
20 August 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2-0 21,229 Lewis, Hulse
27 August 2005 Norwich City A 1-0 25,015 Hulse
10 September 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion H 3-3 21,212 Healy (2), Douglas
13 September 2005 Sheffield Wednesday A 0-1 29,986
17 September 2005 Queens Park Rangers A 1-0 15,523 Hulse
24 September 2005 Ipswich Town H 0-2 21,676
28 September 2005 Derby County H 3-1 18,353 Hulse (3)
1 October 2005 Watford A 0-0 16,050
15 October 2005 Burnley A 2-1 16,174 Lewis, Hulse
18 October 2005 Southampton H 2-1 18,881 Hulse, Blake
21 October 2005 Sheffield United H 1-1 23,600 Richardson
29 October 2005 Reading A 1-1 22,012 Healy
1 November 2005 Crewe Alexandra A 0-1 7,220
5 November 2005 Preston North End H 0-0 22,289
19 November 2005 Southampton A 4-3 30,173 Butler, Blake, Healy (pen), Miller
22 November 2005 Burnley H 2-0 21,318 Healy (pen), Blake
26 November 2005 Millwall A 1-0 8,134 May (own goal)
3 December 2005 Leicester City H 2-1 21,402 Healy, Kilgallon
10 December 2005 Cardiff City H 0-1 20,597
17 December 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0-1 26,821
26 December 2005 Coventry City H 3-1 24,291 Douglas, Blake, Cresswell
28 December 2005 Stoke City A 1-0 20,408 Lewis
31 December 2005 Hull City H 2-0 26,387 Douglas (2)
2 January 2006 Plymouth Argyle A 3-0 17,726 Cresswell, Blake, Hulse (pen)
14 January 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1-2 7,415 Blake (pen)
21 January 2006 Sheffield Wednesday H 3-0 27,843 Butler, Cresswell (2)
31 January 2006 Ipswich Town A 1-1 25,845 Healy (pen)
4 February 2006 Queens Park Rangers H 2-0 21,807 Cresswell, Butler
11 February 2006 Derby County A 0-0 27,000
14 February 2006 Watford H 2-1 7,187 Blake (2, 1 pen)
18 February 2006 Leicester City A 1-1 25,497 Blake (pen)
25 February 2006 Luton Town H 2-1 23,644 Douglas, Lewis
4 March 2006 Crystal Palace A 2-1 23,843 Blake, Hulse
11 March 2006 Norwich City H 2-2 24,993 Hulse, Lewis
18 March 2006 Coventry City A 1-1 26,643 Healy (pen)
21 March 2006 Crystal Palace H 0-1 24,507
25 March 2006 Stoke City H 0-0 21,452
1 April 2006 Hull City A 0-1 23,486
8 April 2006 Plymouth Argyle H 0-0 20,650
15 April 2006 Reading H 1-1 24,535 Hulse
18 April 2006 Sheffield United A 1-1 29,329 Healy
22 April 2006 Crewe Alexandra H 1-0 21,046 Healy
30 April 2006 Preston North End A 0-2 20,383

Championship play-offs

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg 5 May 2006 Preston North End A 1-1 35,239 Lewis
SF 2nd Leg 8 May 2006 Preston North End H 2-0 20,283 Hulse, Richardson
F 21 May 2006 Watford N 0-3 64,736

Top Scorers

FA Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Wigan Athletic A 1-1 10,980 Hulse
R3R 17 January 2006 Wigan Athletic H 3-3 (lost 2-4 on pens) 15,243 Healy (2, 1 pen), Kelly

Top Scorers

League Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 23 August 2005 Oldham Athletic H 2-0 14,970 Ricketts, Richardson
R2 20 September 2005 Rotherham United A 2-0 5,445 Cresswell (2)
R3 25 October 2005 Blackburn Rovers A 0-3 15,631

Top Scorers

First-team squad

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. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Neil Sullivan
2 Republic of Ireland DF Gary Kelly
3 Scotland DF Stephen Crainey
6 Republic of Ireland DF Paul Butler
7 England MF Jermaine Wright
8 England MF Sean Gregan
9 Northern Ireland FW David Healy
10 England FW Rob Hulse
11 United States MF Eddie Lewis
12 England MF Danny Pugh
13 England GK Ian Bennett
14 England MF Steve Stone
15 England DF Frazer Richardson
16 Iceland MF Gylfi Einarsson
17 Republic of Ireland MF Liam Miller (on loan from Manchester United)
No. Position Player
18 England MF Simon Walton
19 Norway MF Eirik Bakke
20 Republic of Ireland MF Jonathan Douglas
21 England MF Shaun Derry
22 England FW Ian Moore
23 England DF Dan Harding
24 Angola DF Rui Marques
25 England FW Richard Cresswell
26 England DF Matthew Kilgallon
27 Australia MF Joel Griffiths
28 England FW Robbie Blake
30 England FW Michael Ricketts
32 England FW Jermaine Beckford

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
17 England MF Matthew Spring (to Watford)
32 England FW Justin Bowler (to Halifax Town)
34 England DF Brenton Leister (to Halifax Town)
No. Position Player
34 England FW Danny Graham (on loan from Middlesbrough)
35 Scotland FW Kevin Smith (to Sunderland)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
29 Republic of Ireland MF Ian Morris
31 Scotland DF Steven McKeown
33 England MF Nick Gray
No. Position Player
36 England GK Mark Wilberforce
40 England FW Jamie Winter

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leeds-united/2005-2006
  3. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/faprem/leeds.htm
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