2005–06 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2005–06 season
Chairman	Gianni Paladini
Manager	Ian Holloway (until 2 February); Gary Waddock (from 6 February)
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Championship	21st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Nygaard/Ainsworth (9)
Average home league attendance	13,441

During the 2005–06 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2005–06 season, QPR struggled to build on the previous years' successes and on 6 February 2006, Holloway was suspended amidst rumours of his departure for Leicester City. He was replaced by a former player; the popular Gary Waddock. The 2005–06 season overall was difficult for QPR both on and off the pitch as financial troubles and boardroom issues combined with a series of poor performances and defeats. However, until the sacking of Ian Holloway, they had been secure in mid-table, it was only a winless run from the end of February to the end of the season, saw QPR drop to 21st.

Off the pitch there was a scandal involving the directors, shareholders and other interested parties which emerged during the 2005–06 season, following allegations of blackmail and threats of violence against the club's chairman Gianni Paladini, who was allegedly held at gunpoint during a match at Loftus Road by hired thugs at the instigation of rival directors.^[1] He was later reported to have received threats and was, for a time, wearing a bullet-proof vest.^[2] The chairman also launched a strong attack against some critics who he claimed were seeking to destroy the club.^[3]

In an unrelated incident youth team footballer Kiyan Prince was murdered on 18 May 2006.^[4]

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

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[5]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Hull City	A	0-0	22,201
9 August 2005	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	14,632	Gallen, Rowlands
13 August 2005	Sheffield United	H	2-1	13,497	Bircham, Moore
20 August 2005	Coventry City	A	0-3	23,000
26 August 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	12,131
30 August 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-3	22,426	Gallen
10 September 2005	Southampton	A	1-1	25,744	Shittu
13 September 2005	Luton Town	H	1-0	13,492	Cook
17 September 2005	Leeds United	H	0-1	15,523
24 September 2005	Leicester City	A	2-1	20,148	Nygaard, Furlong
27 September 2005	Millwall	A	1-1	10,322	Nygaard
3 October 2005	Crystal Palace	H	1-3	13,433	Ainsworth
15 October 2005	Preston North End	A	1-1	13,660	Shittu
18 October 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	11,741	Gallen (pen)
22 October 2005	Norwich City	H	3-0	15,976	Nygaard, Furlong, Santos
29 October 2005	Derby County	A	2-1	24,447	Ainsworth, Gallen
1 November 2005	Watford	A	1-3	16,476	Shittu
5 November 2005	Reading	H	1-2	15,347	Cook
19 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-3	13,213	Baidoo
22 November 2005	Preston North End	H	0-2	10,901
26 November 2005	Hull City	H	2-2	13,185	Ainsworth (2)
3 December 2005	Stoke City	A	2-1	15,367	Furlong, Langley (pen)
10 December 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	24,628	Moore, Furlong
19 December 2005	Coventry City	H	0-1	13,556
26 December 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-1	7,341
28 December 2005	Cardiff City	H	1-0	12,329	Nygaard
31 December 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	4-3	5,687	Cook, Baidoo, Rowlands, Langley
2 January 2006	Burnley	H	1-1	12,565	Ainsworth
14 January 2006	Southampton	H	1-0	15,494	Langley (pen)
21 January 2006	Luton Town	A	0-2	9,797
31 January 2006	Leicester City	H	2-3	11,785	Ainsworth, Shittu
4 February 2006	Leeds United	A	0-2	21,807
11 February 2006	Millwall	H	1-0	12,355	Nygaard
14 February 2006	Crystal Palace	A	1-2	17,550	Furlong
25 February 2006	Sheffield United	A	3-2	25,360	Nygaard, Morgan (own goal), Furlong
4 March 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	14,731
11 March 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	22,788	Bircham
18 March 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-1	13,907	Ainsworth
25 March 2006	Cardiff City	A	0-0	14,271
29 March 2006	Stoke City	H	1-2	10,918	Nygaard
1 April 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2	12,877	Ainsworth
8 April 2006	Burnley	A	0-1	11,247
15 April 2006	Derby County	H	1-1	12,606	Nygaard
17 April 2006	Norwich City	A	2-3	24,126	Ainsworth, Cook
22 April 2006	Watford	H	1-2	16,152	Nygaard (pen)
30 April 2006	Reading	A	1-2	23,156	Furlong

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-3	12,705

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Northampton Town	A	0-3	4,537

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[6]

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	Simon Royce
2	DF	Marcus Bignot
3	DF	Mauro Milanese
4	DF	Ian Evatt
5	DF	Danny Shittu
6	MF	Tommy Doherty^{[notes 1]}
7	MF	Matthew Rose
8	MF	Marc Bircham^{[notes 2]}
9	FW	Dean Sturridge
10	FW	Kevin Gallen
11	MF	Gareth Ainsworth
12	GK	Jake Cole
14	MF	Martin Rowlands^{[notes 3]}
15	MF	Georges Santos^{[notes 4]}
16	FW	Sammy Youssouf

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Lee Cook
18	FW	Stefan Moore
19	DF	Marcin Kuś (on loan from Polonia Warsaw)
20	DF	Dominic Shimmin
21	GK	Paul Jones
22	DF	Matthew Hislop
23	MF	Stefan Bailey
27	FW	Scott Donnelly
28	FW	Shabazz Baidoo
29	FW	Paul Furlong
30	FW	Marc Nygaard
31	MF	Steve Lomas^{[notes 5]}
32	DF	Ugo Ukah^{[notes 6]}
36	FW	Ray Jones
40	MF	Richard Langley^{[notes 7]}

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
16	MF	Marcus Bean^{[notes 8]} (to Blackpool)
19	FW	Aaron Brown (to Swindon Town)
21	MF	Adam Miller (to Stevenage Borough)
21	GK	Phil Barnes (on loan from Sheffield United)

No.	Position	Player
33	MF	Lloyd Dyer (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
33	DF	Andy Taylor (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
36	FW	Leon Clarke (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
37	DF	Keith Lowe (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)

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
24	DF	Patrick Kanyuka
25	FW	Luke Townsend
26	DF	Ryan Johnson

No.	Position	Player
33	DF	Jon Munday
34	DF	Andrew Howell
35	GK	Sean Thomas

References

↑ BBC News
↑ Sunday Mirror
↑ QPR Press Release
↑ The Independent Archived 1 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2005–2006 season – Statto.com". Statto.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/queens-park-rangers/tab/players/season/2006

Notes

↑ Doherty was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented the Northern Ireland B team before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2003.
↑ Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.
↑ Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.
↑ Santos was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Cape Verde in September 2002.
↑ Lomas was born in Hanover, West Germany (now Germany), but was raised in Northern Ireland from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
↑ Ukah was born in Parma, Italy, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.
↑ Langley was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
↑ Bean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.

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[1] BBC News

[2] Sunday Mirror

[3] QPR Press Release

[4] The Independent Archived 1 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine.

[5] Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Queens Park Rangers results for the 2005–2006 season – Statto.com". Statto.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

[6] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/queens-park-rangers/tab/players/season/2006

[7] Doherty was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented the Northern Ireland B team before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2003.

[8] Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.

[9] Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.

[10] Santos was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Cape Verde in September 2002.

[11] Lomas was born in Hanover, West Germany (now Germany), but was raised in Northern Ireland from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.

[12] Ukah was born in Parma, Italy, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.

[13] Langley was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.

[14] Bean was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.

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