2005–06 Football League

Football League One
Season	2005–06
Champions	Southend United (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Southend United,; Colchester United
Promoted through play-offs	Barnsley
Relegated	Hartlepool United,; Milton Keynes Dons,; Swindon Town,; Walsall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,384 (2.51 per match)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Football League Championship
Season	2005–06
Champions	Reading (1st second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Reading,; Sheffield United
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Watford
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion,; Crewe Alexandra,; Millwall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,341 (2.43 per match)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The Football League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Reading
Promoted	Reading; Sheffield United; Watford
Relegated	Oxford United; Rushden & Diamonds
New Clubs in League	Barnet; Carlisle United
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th completed season of The Football League.

This season saw Reading promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history, after winning the Championship with 106 points – a record for a 46-match season with three points for a win. Southend United were the champions of League One, while Carlisle United, having played in the Conference in 2004–05, completed a double promotion by winning League Two.

Final league tables and results[]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

Championship[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Reading (C, P)	46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106	Promotion to the FA Premier League
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	26	12	8	76	46	+30	90	Promotion to the FA Premier League
3	Watford (O, P)	46	22	15	9	77	53	+24	81	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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 Football 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 match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Brighton & Hove

Burnley

Cardiff City

Coventry

Crewe Alexandra

Crystal Palace

Derby County

Hull City

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester C.

Luton Town

Millwall

Norwich C.

Plymouth Argyle

Preston North End

QPR

Reading

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Stoke

Watford

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the 2005–06 Championship teams

Play-offs[]

Semi-finals 1st leg – 5/6 May; 2nd leg – 8/9 May 2006					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21 May 2006

3rd	Watford	3	0	3

6th	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
					3rd	Watford	3

					5th	Leeds United	0
4th	Preston North End	1	0	1

5th	Leeds United	1	2	3

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marlon King	Watford	21
2	Dave Kitson	Reading	18
=	Kevin Doyle	Reading	18
=	Cameron Jerome	Cardiff City	18
5	Darius Henderson	Watford	15
=	Andrew Johnson	Crystal Palace	15
=	Gary McSheffrey	Coventry	15
=	Ade Akinbiyi	Sheffield United	15
9	Ashley Young	Watford	14
=	Steve Howard	Luton Town	14

^[2]

League One[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Southend United	46	13	6	4	37	16	10	7	6	35	27	+29	82	Division Champions, promoted
2	Colchester United	46	15	4	4	39	21	7	9	7	19	19	+18	79	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	10	8	5	35	23	10	8	5	37	29	+20	76	Participated in play-offs
4	Huddersfield Town	46	13	6	4	40	25	6	10	7	32	34	+13	73	Participated in play-offs
5	Barnsley	46	11	11	1	37	19	7	7	9	25	25	+18	72	Promoted through play-offs
6	Swansea City	46	11	9	3	42	23	7	8	8	36	32	+23	71	Participated in play-offs
7	Nottingham Forest	46	14	5	4	40	15	5	7	11	27	37	+15	69
8	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	30	19	9	3	11	25	32	+4	69
9	Bristol City	46	11	7	5	38	22	7	4	12	28	40	+4	65
10	Oldham Athletic	46	12	4	7	32	24	6	7	10	26	36	−2	65
11	Bradford City	46	8	9	6	28	25	6	10	7	23	24	+2	61
12	Scunthorpe United	46	8	8	7	36	33	7	7	9	32	40	−5	60
13	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	26	6	7	10	19	28	−5	60
14	Gillingham	46	13	4	6	31	21	3	8	12	19	43	−14	60
15	Yeovil Town	46	8	8	7	27	24	7	3	13	27	38	−8	56
16	Chesterfield	46	6	7	10	31	37	8	7	8	32	36	−10	56
17	Bournemouth	46	7	11	5	25	20	5	8	10	24	33	−4	55
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	7	8	8	32	30	6	7	10	18	22	−2	54
19	Blackpool	46	9	8	6	33	27	3	9	11	23	37	−8	53
20	Rotherham United	46	7	9	7	31	26	5	7	11	21	36	−10	52
21	Hartlepool United	46	6	10	7	28	30	5	7	11	16	29	−15	50	Relegated
22	Milton Keynes Dons	46	8	8	7	28	25	4	6	13	17	41	−21	50
23	Swindon Town	46	9	5	9	31	31	2	10	11	15	34	−19	48
24	Walsall	46	7	7	9	27	34	4	7	12	20	36	−23	47

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bournemouth

Bradford City

Brentford

Bristol City

Chesterfield

Colchester

Doncaster

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Huddersfield

Milton Keynes

Nottingham Forest

Oldham

Port Vale

Rotherham

Scunthorpe United

Southend

Swansea City

Swindon

Tranmere

Walsall

Yeovil Town

Locations of the 2005–06 League One teams

Play-offs[]

Semi-finals 1st leg − 13 May; 2nd leg − 17 May 2006					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 28 May 2006

3rd	Brentford	1	0	1

6th	Swansea City	1	2	3
					5th	Barnsley (pens.)	2 (4)

					6th	Swansea City	2 (3)
4th	Huddersfield Town	1	1	2

5th	Barnsley	0	3	3

^[1]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	23
=	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	23
3	James Hayter	Bournemouth	20
=	Lee Trundle	Swansea City	20
5	Luke Beckett	Oldham Athletic	18
6	Rory Fallon	Swansea City	17
=	Izale McLeod	Milton Keynes Dons	17
=	Chris Iwelumo	Colchester United	17
9	Dean Windass	Bradford City	16
=	Steve Brooker	Bristol City	16
=	Chris Greenacre	Tranmere Rovers	16

^[3]

League Two[]

Football League Two
Season	2005–06
Champions	Carlisle United (2nd fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Northampton Town
Promoted through play-offs	Cheltenham Town
Relegated to Conference	Oxford United, Rushden & Diamonds
New clubs in the league	Barnet, Carlisle United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,392 (2.52 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Carlisle United^[a] (C, P)	46	14	3	6	47	23	11	8	4	37	19	+42	86	Promoted
2	Northampton Town (P)	46	11	8	4	30	15	11	9	3	33	22	+26	83
3	Leyton Orient (P)	46	11	6	6	29	21	11	9	3	38	30	+16	81
4	Grimsby Town	46	13	3	7	37	18	9	9	5	27	26	+20	78	Participated in play-offs
5	Cheltenham Town (O, P)	46	10	7	6	39	31	9	8	6	26	22	+12	72
6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	9	9	5	41	29	9	8	6	31	27	+16	71
7	Lincoln City	46	9	11	3	37	21	6	10	7	28	32	+12	66
8	Darlington	46	10	7	6	32	26	6	8	9	26	26	+6	63
9	Peterborough United	46	9	7	7	28	21	8	4	11	29	28	+8	62
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	9	4	33	20	6	4	13	22	35	0	61
11	Boston United	46	11	7	5	34	28	4	9	10	16	32	−10	61
12	Bristol Rovers	46	8	6	9	30	29	9	3	11	29	38	−8	60
13	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	36	19	3	8	12	25	35	+7	59
14	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	34	30	6	7	10	32	39	−3	56
15	Chester City	46	7	6	10	30	29	7	6	10	23	30	−6	54
16	Mansfield Town	46	9	7	7	37	29	4	8	11	22	37	−7	54
17	Macclesfield Town	46	10	9	4	35	27	2	9	12	25	44	−11	54
18	Barnet^[a]	46	9	8	6	24	22	3	10	10	20	35	−13	54
19	Bury	46	6	9	8	22	25	6	8	9	23	32	−12	52^[b]
20	Torquay United	46	7	9	7	33	31	6	4	13	20	35	−13	52
21	Notts County	46	7	11	5	30	26	5	5	13	18	37	−15	52
22	Stockport County	46	7	11	5	34	29	4	8	11	23	49	−21	52
23	Oxford United (R)	46	7	7	9	25	30	4	9	10	18	27	−14	49	Relegated to Conference
24	Rushden & Diamonds (R)	46	8	5	10	25	31	3	7	13	19	45	−32	45	Relegated to Conference

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b New club in the league
^ Bury deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.^[4]

Barnet

Boston United

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Carlisle United

Cheltenham

Chester City

Darlington

Grimsby Town

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Macclesfield

Mansfield

Northampton Town

Notts County

Oxford

Peterborough

Rochdale

Rushden & Diamonds

Shrewsbury

Stockport

Torquay

Wrexham

Wycombe

Locations of the 2005–06 League Two teams

Play-offs[]

Semi-finals 1st leg − 13 May; 2nd leg – 16/18 May 2006					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 28 May 2006

4th	Grimsby Town	1	2	3

7th	Lincoln City	0	1	1
					4th	Grimsby Town	0

					5th	Cheltenham Town	1
5th	Cheltenham Town	2	0	2

6th	Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	1

^[1]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rickie Lambert	Rochdale	22
=	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United	22
3	Richard Walker	Bristol Rovers	20
4	Tommy Mooney	Wycombe Wanderers	18
=	Richard Barker	Mansfield Town	18
6	Scott McGleish	Northampton Town	17
7	Junior Agogo	Bristol Rovers	16
8	Danny Crow	Peterborough United	15
=	Gary Jones	Grimsby Town	15
=	Michael Bridges	Carlisle United	15

^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "England 2005–06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ scorersleague=eng.2&year=2005&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com
^ scorersleague=eng.3&year=2005&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com
^ "Bury handed one-point deduction". BBC Sport. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ scorersleague=eng.4&year=2005&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com

External links[]

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[table_note_CRL0.59438716880716-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b New club in the league

[table_hth_BRY0.59438716880716-6] Bury deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.^[4]

[rsssf-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "England 2005–06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[2] scorersleague=eng.2&year=2005&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com

[3] scorersleague=eng.3&year=2005&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com

[5] "Bury handed one-point deduction". BBC Sport. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[7] scorersleague=eng.4&year=2005&cc=5901 soccernet.espn.go.com

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2005–06 Football League

Contents

Final league tables and results[]

Championship[]

Play-offs[]

Top scorers[]

League One[]

Play-offs[]

Top scorers[]

League Two[]

Play-offs[]

Top scorers[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]