2005–06 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2005–06 season
Chairman	Simon Jordan
Manager	Iain Dowie
Stadium	Selhurst Park
Championship	6th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andrew Johnson (15); All: ; Andrew Johnson (17)[1]
Highest home attendance	23,843 (vs. Leeds United, 4 March 2006)
Lowest home attendance	17,291 (vs. Preston North End, 24 September 2005)
Average home league attendance	19,457[2]

During the 2005–06 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

Crystal Palace had been boosted by the decision by the Premiership's top English goalscorer or the previous season, Andrew Johnson, to remain with the Londoners to fire their bid for a return to the top flight. Although Johnson was less prolific this season, scoring only 15 goals, Palace reached the play-offs in sixth place - the position they had finished in the promotion season of 2004. Palace faced third-placed Watford in the semi-finals - they were comprehensively beaten 3-0 in the first leg, and were only able to draw the second leg 0-0, consigning Palace to another season in the Championship. Manager Iain Dowie was soon on his way out, leaving by mutual consent on 22 May. Dowie claimed he wanted to be closer to his family in the north;^[3] he would take up the vacancy at London rivals Charlton Athletic a mere eight days later.^[4] He was followed out of Selhurst Park by Johnson, who snubbed Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers to join Everton for £8.6 million.

In June, Palace appointed Hull City manager (and former Palace winger) Peter Taylor as Dowie's successor.^[5]

Kit

Italian company Diadora remained Palace's kit manufacturers, and introduced a new home kit for the season. Unlike the previous season's kit, which was mainly red, the new kit was predominantly blue, complimented by a single thick red stripe down the centre of the shirt. For the club's centenary the club wore a commemorative kit on 27 July, 27 September and 22 October: the kit recalled one worn by the club in the 1970s, which featured white shorts and socks and a white shirt with two stripes of sky blue and claret (the club's original colours) in the centre.

Churchill Insurance remained kit sponsors for the sixth consecutive season.

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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 May 2006

Players with no appearances not included in the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Championship play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Gábor Király	48	0	43+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Danny Granville	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
4	DF		Darren Ward	46	6	42+1	5	2+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Mark Hudson	22	0	8+7	0	3+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Tony Popovic	15	1	10+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	1	2+0	0
7	MF		Jobi McAnuff	47	8	35+6	7	2+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
8	FW		Andy Johnson	39	18	30+3	16	3+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW		Dougie Freedman	41	8	19+15	6	3+0	1	1+1	1	1+1	0
10	FW		Jon Macken	28	2	13+11	2	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Clinton Morrison	44	12	32+8	12	1+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
12	DF		Mikele Leigertwood	30	0	18+9	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Ben Watson	48	4	40+2	4	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
15	MF		Aki Riihilahti	20	2	9+6	2	1+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Tommy Black	6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Michael Hughes	45	4	30+10	2	1+0	1	2+0	1	2+0	0
18	DF		Gary Borrowdale	35	0	26+4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF		Tom Soares	49	1	38+6	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
20	DF		Danny Butterfield	16	0	9+4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
21	DF		Emmerson Boyce	49	1	42+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
22	MF		Marco Reich	26	4	14+7	2	1+1	0	1+1	2	0+1	0
23	FW		Wayne Andrews	31	1	5+19	1	2+1	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
25	DF		Fitz Hall	44	1	39+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
28	GK		Julián Speroni	8	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF		Sam Togwell	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
37	DF		Arron Fray	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW		Lewis Grabban	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
Players left the club during the season:
22	MF		Joonas Kolkka	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Anthony Danze	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW		Tyrone Berry	3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0

Source:^[6]

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[7]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Luton Town	H	1-2	21,166	Johnson
9 August 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	24,745	McAnuff
13 August 2005	Norwich City	A	1-1	25,102	Johnson
20 August 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	18,781	Ward
27 August 2005	Stoke City	H	2-0	17,637	Johnson (2)
10 September 2005	Hull City	H	2-0	18,630	Morrison, Johnson
13 September 2005	Reading	A	2-3	17,562	Johnson, Morrison
17 September 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-1	11,647
24 September 2005	Preston North End	H	1-1	17,291	Morrison
27 September 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	17,413	Morrison, Whelan (own goal)
3 October 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-1	13,433	Reich (2), Soares
15 October 2005	Coventry City	A	4-1	24,438	Ward, Morrison, Watson, Macken
18 October 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-1	22,400
22 October 2005	Burnley	H	2-0	20,127	Morrison, Freedman
29 October 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-2	6,766	Freedman, Morrison
5 November 2005	Sheffield United	H	2-3	20,344	Hughes, Freedman (pen)
20 November 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3-2	7,067	Freedman (2), McAnuff
22 November 2005	Coventry City	H	2-0	17,343	Andrews, Boyce
26 November 2005	Luton Town	A	0-2	10,248
3 December 2005	Millwall	H	1-1	19,571	Watson
10 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	19,385	Johnson
17 December 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	14,582
26 December 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	27,392	Macken, Hughes
28 December 2005	Derby County	H	2-0	18,978	Morrison, Ward
31 December 2005	Watford	A	2-1	15,856	Ward, Johnson (pen)
2 January 2006	Leicester City	H	2-0	20,089	McAnuff, Johnson
14 January 2006	Hull City	A	2-1	18,886	Ward, Cort (own goal)
20 January 2006	Reading	H	1-1	19,888	Johnson (pen)
25 January 2006	Southampton	A	0-0	24,651
31 January 2006	Preston North End	A	0-2	13,867
4 February 2006	Cardiff City	H	1-0	17,962	Riihilahti
11 February 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	24,784
14 February 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	17,550	Morrison, McAnuff
18 February 2006	Millwall	A	1-1	12,296	Watson
25 February 2006	Norwich City	H	4-1	19,066	Johnson, Watson, Morrison, Hall
4 March 2006	Leeds United	H	1-2	23,843	McAnuff
13 March 2006	Stoke City	A	3-1	10,121	Sidibe (own goal), McAnuff, Johnson
18 March 2006	Ipswich Town	H	2-2	22,076	Riihilahti, Morrison
21 March 2006	Leeds United	A	1-0	24,507	McAnuff
25 March 2006	Derby County	A	1-2	24,857	Morrison
31 March 2006	Watford	H	3-1	18,619	Freedman, Stewart (own goal), DeMerit (own goal)
7 April 2006	Leicester City	A	0-2	23,211
15 April 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-2	18,358	Johnson (2)
17 April 2006	Burnley	A	0-0	11,449
22 April 2006	Southampton	H	2-1	20,995	Johnson, Morrison
30 April 2006	Sheffield United	A	0-1	27,120

Championship play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	6 May 2006	Watford	H	0-3	22,880
SF 2nd Leg	9 May 2006	Watford	A	0-0 (lost 0-3 on agg)	19,041

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Northampton Town	H	4-1	10,391	Hughes, McAnuff, Johnson (pen), Freedman (pen)
R4	28 January 2006	Preston North End	A	1-1	9,489	Johnson
R4R	7 February 2006	Preston North End	H	1-2	7,356	Ward

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Walsall	H	3-0	5,508	Popovic (pen), Granville, Hughes
R2	20 September 2005	Coventry City	H	1-0	5,341	Reich
R3	25 October 2005	Liverpool	H	2-1	19,673	Freedman, Reich
R4	30 November 2005	Middlesbrough	A	1-2	10,791	Queudrue (own goal)

First-team 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	Gábor Király
3	DF	Danny Granville
4	DF	Darren Ward
5	DF	Mark Hudson
6	DF	Tony Popovic (captain)
7	MF	Jobi McAnuff^{[notes 1]}
8	FW	Andy Johnson
9	FW	Dougie Freedman
10	FW	Jon Macken^{[notes 2]}
11	FW	Clinton Morrison^{[notes 3]}
12	MF	Mikele Leigertwood^{[notes 4]}
14	MF	Ben Watson
15	MF	Aki Riihilahti
16	MF	Tommy Black

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Michael Hughes
18	DF	Gary Borrowdale
19	MF	Tom Soares
20	DF	Danny Butterfield
21	DF	Emmerson Boyce^{[notes 5]}
22	MF	Marco Reich
23	FW	Wayne Andrews
25	DF	Fitz Hall
28	GK	Julián Speroni
29	DF	Sam Togwell
32	MF	Ryan Hall
36	DF	Glenn Wilson
37	DF	Arron Fray
39	FW	Lewis Grabban

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
22		MF	Joonas Kolkka (to ADO Den Haag)
27		MF	Anthony Danze (released)

No.		Position	Player
30		FW	Sándor Torghelle (on loan to Panathinaikos)
31		FW	Tyrone Berry (to Rushden & Diamonds)

Transfers

In

Out

Wayne Routledge - Tottenham Hotspur
Sándor Torghelle - Panathinaikos, season loan

References

↑ http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10794~200510323~7,00.html
↑ http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10794~200510323~7,00.html
↑ "Boss Dowie leaves post at Palace". BBC Sport. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
↑ "Palace take action against Dowie". BBC Sport. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
↑ "Taylor named new Palace manager". BBC Sport. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
↑ "Crystal Palace Squad Stats – 2005/2006". 11v11. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2005-2006

Notes

↑ McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.
↑ Macken was born in Blackley, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2004.
↑ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
↑ Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008.
↑ Boyce was born in Aylesbury, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Barbados in March 2008.

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[1] ttp://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10794~200510323~7,00.html

[2] ttp://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10794~200510323~7,00.html

[3] "Boss Dowie leaves post at Palace". BBC Sport. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2012.

[4] "Palace take action against Dowie". BBC Sport. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2012.

[5] "Taylor named new Palace manager". BBC Sport. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2012.

[Crystal_Palace_Squad_Stats_–_2005/2006-6] "Crystal Palace Squad Stats – 2005/2006". 11v11. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[7] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2005-2006

[8] McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.

[9] Macken was born in Blackley, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2004.

[10] Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.

[11] Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008.

[12] Boyce was born in Aylesbury, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Barbados in March 2008.

Crystal Palace Football Club
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Grounds	Crystal Palace Stadium Herne Hill Velodrome The Nest Selhurst Park
Rivalries	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.–Crystal Palace F.C. rivalry South London derby
Subsidiary teams	Crystal Palace Ladies

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