2005/2006

League: League One

Manager: Danny Wilson

Assistant Manager: Ian Bowyer, Adie Shaw

Captain: Ben Chorley

Player Of The Year: Izale McLeod

Final Position: 22nd (relegated)

The Players

1 Matt Baker
2 Trent McClenahan
3 Dean Lewington
4 Ben Harding
5 Craig Morgan
6 Ben Chorley
7 Wade Small
8 Paul Mitchell
9 Clive Platt
10 Izale McLeod
11 Gary Smith                                                                                            12 Filipe Morais
13 Gareth Edds
14 Malvin Kamara
15 Nick Rizzo
16 Shola Oyedele
17 Jason Puncheon
18 Nathan Koo-Boothe
19 Leon Crooks
20 Scott Taylor
21 Aaron Wilbraham
22 Nick McKoy                                                                                           23 Serge Makofo
24 Mirano Carrilho
24 David Partridge
25 Alex Tapp
26 Pablo Mills
27 Scott Bevan
28 Julien Hornuss
29 Stephen Quinn
30 Mark Ricketts
31 Sam Baldock
32 Ricardo Batista

Goalscorers

Player Appearances Goals
Izale McLeod 46 18
Clive Platt 45 8
Gary Smith 29 7
Aaron Wilbraham 37 6
Gareth Edds 49 5
Nick Rizzo 35 3
Scott Taylor 17 3
Ben Harding 11 2
Wade Small 35 2
Malvin Kamara 30 2
Pablo Mills 19 2
Dean Lewington 51 1

The Seasons Results

Date Opponent Result Scorers Att Pos
Sat 6 Aug Bournemouth H FL1 2-2 McLeod (2) 5,163 11th
Tue 9 Aug Doncaster Rovers A FL1 1-1 McLeod 5,232 22nd
Sat 13 Aug Bradford City A FL1 0-2   7,315 22nd
Sat 20 Aug Colchester United H FL1 1-1 Wilbraham 4,423 22nd
Sat 23 Aug Norwich City H FLC AET. 0-1   4,777  
Sat 27 Aug Bristol City A FL1 2-2 Platt (2) 10,011 21st
Mon 29 Aug Port Vale H FL1 0-0   4,592 21st
Sat 10 Sep Brentford A FL1 0-1   5,862 23rd
Tue 13 Sep Swansea City H FL1 1-3 Mills 4,798 23rd
Sat 17 Sep Barnsley H FL1 0-0   4,620 24th
Sat 24 Sep Blackpool A FL1 2-3 Rizzo, Small 4,723 24th
Tue 27 Sep Scunthorpe United H FL1 1-0 Platt 4,682 23rd
Sat 1 Oct Swindon Town H FL1 3-1 Kamara, Edds, McLeod 5,536 23rd
Sat 8 Oct Walsall A FL1 1-1 Edds 5,041 21st
Sat 15 Oct Chesterfield H FL1 0-0   5,642 20th
Tue 18 Oct Exeter City H JPT 3-2 Smith (2), Wilbraham 2,745  
Fri 21 Oct Hartlepool United A FL1 1-2 McLeod 4,337 22nd
Tue 29 Oct Rotherham United H FL1 1-1 Kamara 5,096 23rd
Sat 5 Nov Lincoln City A FAC 1-1 Edds 3,508  
Sat 12 Nov Tranmere Rovers A FL1 2-1 McLeod (2) 6,611 19th
Tue 15 Nov Lincoln City H FAC 2-1 Platt (2) 4,029  
Sat 19 Nov Walsall H FL1 2-1 McLeod, Wilbraham 5,506 18th
Tue 22 Nov Barnet A JPT 3-0 Wilbraham, Small, Smith 991  
Sat 26 Nov Bournemouth A FL1 0-2   5,485 19th
Sat 3 Dec Southend United A FAC 2-1 McLeod, Smith 5,267 19th
Tue 6 Dec   Huddersfield Town H FL1 2-2 Rizzo, McLeod 4,832 18th
Sat 10 Dec Doncaster Rovers H FL1 2-3 Smith, Wilbraham 5,351 20th
Sat 17 Dec Colchester United A FL1 0-2   3,400 22nd
Tue 20 Dec Colchester United H JPT 1-2 Mills 2,649  
Mon 26 Dec Southend United H FL1 0-0   7,452 22nd
Sat 31 Dec Gillingham A FL1 0-3   6,012 24th
Mon 2 Jan Oldham Athletic H FL1 0-1   5,082 24th
Fri 7 Jan Southampton A FAC 3-4 Lundekvam (o.g.), Rizzo, Edds 15,908  
Tue 10 Jan Swansea City A FL1 1-3 McLeod 11,922 24th
Sat 14 Jan Yeovil Town H FL1 1-1 McLeod 5,548 24th
Sat 21 Jan Barnsley A FL1 0-2   7,588 24th
Tue 31 Jan Nottingham Forest H FL1 1-0 McLeod 7,670 24th
Sat 4 Feb Scunthorpe United A FL1 0-2   4,631 24th
Sat 11 Feb Blackpool H FL1 3-0 McLeod (2), Taylor 5,691 24th
Tue 14 Feb Yeovil Town A FL1 1-1 Harding 5,048 24th
Sat 18 Feb Huddersfield Town A FL1 0-5   11,423 24th
Sat 25 Feb Bradford City H FL1 2-1 Harding, Lewington 8,426 24th
Fri 10 Mar Bristol City H FL1 0-1   6,855 24th
Sat 18 Mar Southend United H FL1 2-1 Smith, Taylor 7,071 24th
Sat 25 Mar Nottingham Forest A FL1 0-3   18,214 24th
Tue 28 Mar Brentford H FL1 0-1   5,592 24th
Sat 1 Apr Gillingham H FL1 1-2 Smith 6,432 24th
Tue 4 Apr  Port Vale A FL1 3-1 Platt 3,452 24th
Sat 8 Apr Oldham Athletic A FL1 2-1 McLeod (2) 5,919 24th
Sat 15 Apr  Swindon Town A FL1 1-0 Platt 7,273 24th
Mon 17 Apr Hartlepool United H FL1 2-1 Wilbraham, Taylor 6,472 22nd
Sat 22 Apr Chesterfield A FL1 2-1 Platt, Edds 3,965 21st
Sat 29 Apr Tranmere Rovers H FL1 1-2 McLeod 7,777 22nd
Sat 6 May  Rotherham United A FL1 0-0   7,625 22nd

Transfers In

Date Player From Fee
1st July 2005 Paul Mitchell Wigan Athletic Free Transfer
4th July 2005 Craig Morgan Wrexham Undisclosed (In excess of £200,000
6th July 2005 Aaron Wilbraham Free Agent
16th August 2005 Trent McClenahan West Ham United Season loan
22nd August 2005 Mirano Carrilho Free Agent
31st August 2005 Pablo Mills Derby County Loan to January
22nd September 2005 Stephen Quinn Sheffield United Loan to January
4th November 2005 Mark Ricketts Charlton Athletic Loan to February
13th January 2006 Ricardo Batista Fulham Loan to end of season
17th January 2006 Scott Taylor Plymouth Argyle £100,000
19th January 2006 David Partridge Bristol City Loan to end of season
27th January 2006 Filipe Morais Chelsea Loan to end of season

Transfers Out

Date Player To Fee
12th May 2005 Jamie Mackie Released
12th May 2005 Mark Williams Released
12th May 2005 Allan Smart Released
May 2005 Michel Pensee Bilong Released
May 2005 Harry Ntimban-Zeh Released
May 2005 Laurent Hervé Released
1st October 2005 Steve Palmer Retired
1st January 2006 Scott Bevan Released
January 2006 Mirano Carrilho Released
January 2006 Jason Puncheon Released
January 2006 David Martin Liverpool Undisclosed
7th February 2006 Julian Hornuss Released
10th February 2006 Shola Oydele Woking Loan to end of season
February 2006 Nathan Koo-Boothe Released
15th May 2006 Wade Small Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed

Final League Table

Pld W D L F A GD Pts
P Southend United 46 23 13 10 72 43 29 82
P Colchester United 46 22 13 11 50 40 18 79
3 Brentford 46 20 16 10 72 52 20 76
4 Huddersfield Town 46 19 16 11 72 59 13 73
P Barnsley 46 18 18 10 62 44 18 72
6 Swansea City 46 18 17 11 78 55 23 71
7 Nottingham Forest 46 19 12 15 67 52 15 69
8 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 9 17 55 51 4 69
9 Bristol City 46 18 11 17 66 62 4 65
10 Oldham Athletic 46 18 11 17 58 60 -2 65
11 Bradford City 46 14 19 13 51 49 2 61
12 Scunthorpe United 46 15 15 16 68 73 -5 60
13 Port Vale 46 16 12 20 49 54 -5 60
14 Gillingham 46 16 12 18 50 64 -14 60
15 Yeovil Town 46 15 11 20 54 62 -8 56
16 Chesterfield 46 14 14 18 63 73 -10 56
17 Bournemouth 46 12 19 15 49 53 -4 55
18 Tranmere Rovers 46 13 15 18 50 52 -2 54
19 Blackpool 46 12 17 17 56 64 -8 53
20 Rotherham United 46 12 16 18 52 62 -10 52
R Hartlepool United 46 11 17 18 44 59 -15 50
R MK Dons 46 12 14 20 45 66 -21 50
R Swindon Town 46 11 15 20 46 65 -19 48
R Walsall 46 11 14 21 47 70 -23 47