2005–06 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2005–06 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Dario Gradi
Stadium	Alexandra Stadium
Football League Championship	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: B Jones/Rodgers (6); All: B Jones (7)
Average home league attendance	6,731

During the 2005–06 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2005–06 season, Crewe Alexandra's continued success in the Championship finally came to an end and despite a gallant effort in the second half of the season, the Railwaymen eventually finished in 22nd place and were relegated with Millwall and Brighton. Their relegation was confirmed on 17 April 2006 after a 1-1 draw at home with Cardiff City after Sheffield Wednesday won 2-0 at Brighton.^[1] The season did see some highs though with the club securing Algerian international Madjid Bougherra and the former Welsh international Gareth Taylor on loan from Nottingham Forest.

Final league table

			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

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Burnley	H	2-1	8,006	B Jones, Vaughan
9 August 2005	Norwich City	A	1-1	25,116	Varney
13 August 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2-2	6,132	Rivers, Higdon
20 August 2005	Leicester City	H	2-2	7,053	Varney, Rivers
27 August 2005	Southampton	A	0-2	20,792
29 August 2005	Sheffield United	H	1-3	7,501	Foster
11 September 2005	Derby County	H	1-1	5,958	Rivers
13 September 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	10,460	Johnson
17 September 2005	Reading	A	0-1	17,668
24 September 2005	Watford	H	0-0	6,258
27 September 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-4	7,471
1 October 2005	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	23,145	Vaughan
15 October 2005	Luton Town	H	3-1	6,604	B Jones, Lunt, Varney
18 October 2005	Stoke City	A	0-2	14,080
22 October 2005	Cardiff City	A	1-6	10,815	Foster
29 October 2005	Crystal Palace	H	2-2	6,766	S Jones, Higdon
1 November 2005	Leeds United	H	1-0	7,220	Butler (own goal)
5 November 2005	Millwall	A	3-1	8,120	S Jones (2), G Roberts
19 November 2005	Stoke City	H	1-2	8,942	Johnson
22 November 2005	Luton Town	A	1-4	7,474	Walker
26 November 2005	Burnley	A	0-3	11,151
3 December 2005	Preston North End	H	0-2	6,364
10 December 2005	Norwich City	H	1-2	6,132	B Jones
17 December 2005	Leicester City	A	1-1	24,873	Higdon
26 December 2005	Hull City	H	2-2	7,942	Johnson, G Roberts
28 December 2005	Coventry City	A	1-1	19,045	Rodgers
31 December 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-4	5,687	Johnson, Varney, B Jones
2 January 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-3	25,656
14 January 2006	Derby County	A	1-5	22,649	Vaughan
21 January 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-2	5,984	Rodgers
28 January 2006	Watford	A	1-4	11,722	Rodgers
4 February 2006	Reading	H	3-4	6,484	Bell, Taylor, Lunt (pen)
11 February 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	21,683	B Jones
14 February 2006	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	5,686	S Jones
25 February 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2-1	5,925	Bell, Foster
3 March 2006	Sheffield United	A	0-0	22,691
11 March 2006	Southampton	H	1-1	6,588	Rodgers
18 March 2006	Hull City	A	0-1	21,163
25 March 2006	Coventry City	H	4-1	6,444	B Jones, Bougherra, Rodgers, Taylor
28 March 2006	Preston North End	A	0-1	13,170
1 April 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	12,877	Lunt, Vaughan
8 April 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	8,007	Taylor (2)
15 April 2006	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	18,358	Rodgers, Lunt (pen)
17 April 2006	Cardiff City	H	1-1	5,865	Vaughan
22 April 2006	Leeds United	A	0-1	21,046
30 April 2006	Millwall	H	4-2	5,945	Johnson, Maynard, Varney, S Jones

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Preston North End	A	1-2	8,380	B Jones

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Lincoln City	A	1-5	2,782	Walker

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ben Williams
2	DF	Darren Moss
3	DF	Anthony Tonkin
4	DF	Billy Jones
5	DF	Adie Moses
6	DF	Stephen Foster
7	MF	Kenny Lunt
8	MF	Justin Cochrane
9	FW	Steve Jones
10	FW	Juan Ugarte
11	MF	David Vaughan
12	MF	Lee Bell
13	GK	Stuart Tomlinson
14	MF	Ben Rix
15	FW	Luke Varney
16	DF	Richard Walker
18	DF	Chris McCready
19	MF	Michael Higdon
20	DF	Eddie Johnson (on loan from Manchester United)

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Gary Roberts
22	DF	Paul Bignot
23	DF	Robert Lloyd
24	FW	Matt Bailey
25	DF	Mark Roberts
26	MF	Alex Morris
27	FW	Kyle Wilson
28	MF	Michael O'Connor
29	MF	Andrew Bond
30	FW	Nicky Maynard
31	FW	Pavol Šuhaj
32	FW	Luke Rodgers
34	DF	Ritchie Sutton
35	FW	Tom Pope
36	MF	Tony Grant
37	GK	Owain Fôn Williams
38	FW	Gareth Taylor (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
39	DF	Jon Otsemobor
40	DF	Madjid Bougherra (on loan from FC Gueugnon)

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		MF	Mark Rivers (to Carlisle United)

No.		Position	Player
33		GK	Ross Turnbull (on loan from Middlesbrough)

References

↑ "Crewe 1-1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crewe-alexandra/2005-2006/results

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[1] "Crewe 1-1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

[2] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/crewe-alexandra/2005-2006/results

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