2005–06 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City
2005–06 season
Chairman Roger Munby
Manager Nigel Worthington
Stadium Carrow Road
Championship 9th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Ashton (10)
All: Ashton (11)
Highest home attendance 25,402 (vs. Ipswich Town, 5 February 2006)
Lowest home attendance 23,838 (vs. Cardiff City, 1 November 2005)
Average home league attendance 24,833
Home colours
Away colours

The 2005–06 season was Norwich City's first year back in the Football League Championship after being relegated from the Premier League in the previous season. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.

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.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Result 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–4 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–1
Position 10 14 17 20 21 23 18 21 17 18 16 12 13 15 17 20 14 17 15 15 16 18 16
Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Result 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–3 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–2
Position 13 12 12 11 11 10 11 12 14 14 12 11 12 10 11 9 9 9 9 11 10 8 9

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

League Cup

FA Cup

Transfers

Summer

In

NamePriceFrom
England Jason JarrettFreeEngland Wigan Athletic
France Mattieu Louis-JeanFreeEngland Nottingham Forest
England Peter ThorneFreeWales Cardiff City
England Andrew HughesUndisclosedEngland Reading
Netherlands Jurgen Colin£263,000Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
England Dean MarneyLoanEngland Tottenham Hotspur
Jamaica Kevin LisbieLoanEngland Charlton Athletic
England Calum DavenportLoanEngland Tottenham Hotspur

Out

NamePriceTo
Denmark Thomas HelvegFreeGermany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sweden Mathias Svensson£100,000Sweden IF Elfsborg
Scotland Gary HoltFreeEngland Nottingham Forest
England Marc EdworthyFreeEngland Derby County
Northern Ireland Philip MulryneUndisclosedWales Cardiff City
England Damien FrancisUndisclosedEngland Wigan Athletic

Winter

In

NamePriceFrom
Nigeria Dickson Etuhu£450,000England Preston North End
Wales Carl Robinson£50,000England Sunderland
Pakistan Zesh RehmanLoanEngland Fulham
Finland Jonatan JohanssonLoanEngland Charlton Athletic
Wales Robert Earnshaw£3,500,000England West Bromwich Albion

Out

NamePriceTo
England Dean Ashton£7,250,000England West Ham United
Canada Jim BrennanFreeEngland Southampton

Players

First team squad

As of 6 May 2006.[1]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player
1 England GK Robert Green
2 France DF Mattieu Louis-Jean
3 England DF Adam Drury
4 England DF Jason Shackell
5 England DF Craig Fleming
6 England FW Darren Huckerby
8 England FW Peter Thorne
10 Wales FW Robert Earnshaw
11 Finland FW Jonatan Johansson (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
14 England FW Leon McKenzie
15 Morocco MF Youssef Safri
No. Position Player
17 England MF Andrew Hughes
18 Northern Ireland MF Paul McVeigh
20 Nigeria MF Dickson Etuhu
21 Scotland GK Paul Gallacher
22 England FW Ian Henderson
23 England FW Ryan Jarvis
24 Netherlands DF Jurgen Colin
25 England DF Rossi Jarvis
27 Republic of Ireland DF Gary Doherty
30 England GK Joe Lewis
33 Wales MF Carl Robinson

Board and staff members

Board members

PositionNameNationality
ChairmanRoger Munby England
Vice ChairmanBarry Skipper England
Joint Majority ShareholderDelia Smith England
Joint Majority ShareholderMichael Wynn-Jones Wales
DirectorMichael Foulger England
Chief ExecutiveNeil Doncaster England

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington
Assistant manager England Doug Livermore
First team coach England Steve Foley
Goalkeeping coach England James Hollman
Youth coach England Ricky Martin
Physiotherapist England Neal Reynolds
Sports Science England Dave Carolan
Sponsorship Sales Manager Scotland Bryan Gunn

Last updated: 3 May 2006
Source: Norwich City FC

Notes

A. ^ Luton Town's Kevin Nicholls received a red card after the final whistle.

References

  1. ↑ "First team Profiles". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 2006-05-06.
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