2005–06 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2005–06 season
Chairman David Sheepshanks
Manager Joe Royle
Stadium Portman Road
Championship 15th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer Forster (7)
Highest home attendance 29,184 vs Norwich City
(18 Sep 2005, Championship)
Lowest home attendance 11,299 vs Yeovil Town
(23 Aug 2005, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 24,251

During the 2005–06 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Although Ipswich had been pre-season promotion favourites for the 2005–06 season, they finished 15th, the club's lowest finish in the English football pyramid since 1966,[1] and Joe Royle resigned on 11 May 2006.[2]

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Reading (C) (P) 46 31 13 2 99 32 +67 106 Promotion to 2006–07 FA Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 14 6 76 46 +30 92
3 Watford (P) 46 22 15 9 77 53 +24 81 Qualification for 2005–06 Championship Playoffs
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
22 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 9 15 22 57 86 −29 42 Relegation to 2006–07 League One
23 Millwall (R) 46 8 16 22 35 62 −27 40
24 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 46 7 17 22 39 71 −32 38

Updated to games played on 30 April 2006.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
6 August 2005Cardiff CityH1-024,292Forster
9 August 2005Queens Park RangersA1-214,632Parkin
13 August 2005Leicester CityA0-021,879
20 August 2005Sheffield WednesdayH2-124,238Naylor, Westlake
27 August 2005MillwallA2-18,277Currie, Parkin
29 August 2005Preston North EndH0-422,551
10 September 2005Sheffield UnitedA0-221,054
13 September 2005SouthamptonH2-222,997Naylor, Garvan
18 September 2005Norwich CityH0-129,184
24 September 2005Leeds UnitedA2-021,626Parkin (2)
27 September 2005BurnleyA0-310,496
1 October 2005Crewe AlexandraH2-123,145Currie, Forster
16 October 2005ReadingA0-217,581
18 October 2005Coventry CityH2-222,656Currie, Juan
22 October 2005WatfordH0-124,069
29 October 2005Brighton & Hove AlbionA1-16,867Parkin
2 November 2005Derby CountyA3-321,598Naylor, Magilton, Richards
5 November 2005Plymouth ArgyleH3-123,083McEveley, Juan, Richards (pen)
19 November 2005Coventry CityA1-118,316Williams
22 November 2005ReadingH0-322,621
28 November 2005Cardiff CityA1-28,724Juan
3 December 2005Wolverhampton WanderersH1-123,563Richards (pen)
10 December 2005Queens Park RangersH2-224,628de Vos, Haynes
17 December 2005Sheffield WednesdayA1-021,716Forster
26 December 2005Crystal PalaceH0-227,392
28 December 2005Hull CityA0-220,124
31 December 2005Luton TownH1-023,957Westlake
2 January 2006Stoke CityA2-214,493de Vos, Wilnis
14 January 2006Sheffield UnitedH1-123,794Juan
21 January 2006SouthamptonA2-022,250Lee
31 January 2006Leeds UnitedH1-125,845Haynes
4 February 2006Norwich CityA2-121,385Juan, Doherty (own goal)
11 February 2006BurnleyH2-124,482Lee, Richards (pen)
14 February 2006Crewe AlexandraA2-15,686Lee, McDonald
18 February 2006Wolverhampton WanderersA0-123,561
25 February 2006Leicester CityH2-024,861Garvan, Fuller
11 March 2006MillwallH1-124,864Garvan
14 March 2006Preston North EndA1-314,507de Vos
18 March 2006Crystal PalaceA2-222,076Soares (own goal), Fuller
25 March 2006Hull CityH1-123,968Currie
1 April 2006Luton TownA0-19,820
8 April 2006Stoke CityH1-423,592Haynes
15 April 2006Brighton & Hove AlbionH1-221,865Forster
17 April 2006WatfordA1-216,721Forster
22 April 2006Derby CountyH2-024,067Forster, Currie
30 April 2006Plymouth ArgyleA1-215,921Forster

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2006PortsmouthH0-115,593

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R123 August 2005Yeovil TownH0-211,299

Squad

[4][5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Netherlands DF Fabian Wilnis
3 England DF Matt Richards
4 Canada DF Jason de Vos
5 Scotland DF Jay McEveley (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
6 England DF Richard Naylor
7 Northern Ireland MF Jim Magilton
8 England FW Nicky Forster
9 England FW Sam Parkin
10 England MF Darren Currie
11 Northern Ireland MF Kevin Horlock
12 Canada MF Jaime Peters
14 England MF Dean McDonald
15 Spain DF Sito
16 Northern Ireland DF Chris Casement
17 England FW Dean Bowditch
19 France MF Jimmy Juan (on loan from AS Monaco)
20 England DF Aidan Collins
No. Position Player
21 England DF Scott Mitchell
22 England FW Darryl Knights
23 Republic of Ireland MF Owen Garvan
24 Republic of Ireland FW Billy Clarke
25 England GK Andy Rhodes
26 England MF Scott Barron
27 Norway MF Vemund Brekke Skard
28 Republic of Ireland DF Gerard Nash
29 England MF Danny Haynes
30 Wales MF Gavin Williams
31 Republic of Ireland GK Shane Supple
32 Republic of Ireland FW Alan Lee
33 England MF Ian Westlake
34 Wales GK Lewis Price
35 England DF James Krause
36 England MF Liam Trotter

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
18 South Africa DF Mark Fish (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
18 England FW Adam Proudlock (released)
No. Position Player
35 Jamaica FW Ricardo Fuller (on loan from Southampton)

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
- England FW Charlie Sheringham

References

  1. ↑ "Pride Of Anglia". Plymouth 2 – 1 Ipswich (April 30, 2006 match report). Retrieved 29 August 2006.
  2. ↑ "Who will succeed Joe Royle?". BBC Suffolk. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  3. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ipswich-town/2005-2006/results
  4. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/flcham/ipswich.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/2006
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