2005–06 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 2005–06 football season
During the 2005–06 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship .
Season summary [ ]
In the 2005–06 season, Leicester's dismal form continued which saw some fans call for Levein's resignation as the team were near the bottom of the table after ten matches, and fell into the relegation zone in January, ultimately leading to his sacking on Wednesday 25 January 2006,[1] despite a 3–2 FA Cup win over Premiership club Tottenham just 17 days earlier.[2]
After winning three out of four games as caretaker manager and moving the club five places up the league, Rob Kelly was appointed to see out the rest of the season.[3] Kelly steered Leicester to safety and in April 2006 was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.[4] Jim McCahill retired as chairman on 1 June 2006 and was replaced by Andrew Taylor .
Kit [ ]
Leicester City's kit was manufactured by English sports retailer JJB Sports and sponsored by Narborough -based bank Alliance & Leicester .
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
46
13
15
18
51
59
−8
54
8
9
6
30
25
+5
5
6
12
21
34
−13
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A H H A A H H A H A A H A A H A H H A H A A H A H H A H A Result L W D D L D W L D L D D W L W D D L D W L L D D L L L L L L W W W D D L W W W D L W L D W L Position 24 12 12 14 16 17 14 15 15 16 17 19 15 18 13 12 15 16 16 14 16 16 18 20 20 20 21 22 22 22 21 21 19 19 19 20 18 16 16 16 18 15 17 17 15 16
Results [ ]
Leicester City's score comes first [5]
Legend [ ]
[ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
6 August 2005
Sheffield United
A
1–4
18,224
Connolly
9 August 2005
Stoke City
H
4–2
20,519
De Vries , Connolly (3)
13 August 2005
Ipswich Town
H
0–0
21,879
20 August 2005
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–2
7,053
Tiatto , Guðjónsson (pen)
27 August 2005
Luton Town
H
0–2
22,048
29 August 2005
Hull City
A
1–1
20,192
McCarthy
10 September 2005
Sheffield Wednesday
H
2–0
22,618
De Vries (2)
13 September 2005
Cardiff City
A
0–1
9,196
17 September 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
0–0
24,726
24 September 2005
Queens Park Rangers
H
1–2
20,148
Hammond
27 September 2005
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
0–0
20,296
1 October 2005
Derby County
A
1–1
25,044
Hume
15 October 2005
Watford
A
2–1
16,224
De Vries , Kisnorbo
18 October 2005
Burnley
H
0–1
23,326
23 October 2005
Coventry City
H
2–1
22,991
De Vries (2)
29 October 2005
Preston North End
A
0–0
13,904
5 November 2005
Southampton
H
0–0
21,318
19 November 2005
Burnley
A
0–1
12,592
22 November 2005
Watford
H
2–2
18,856
Guðjónsson (2, 1 pen)
26 November 2005
Sheffield United
H
4–2
22,382
Hume (2), Smith , Hammond
3 December 2005
Leeds United
A
1–2
21,402
Guðjónsson (pen)
9 December 2005
Stoke City
A
2–3
11,129
Guðjónsson , Hammond
17 December 2005
Crewe Alexandra
H
1–1
24,873
Hume
26 December 2005
Millwall
H
1–1
22,520
Guðjónsson (pen)
28 December 2005
Reading
A
0–2
22,061
31 December 2005
Norwich City
H
0–1
21,072
2 January 2006
Crystal Palace
A
0–2
20,089
14 January 2006
Sheffield Wednesday
A
1–2
25,398
Stearman
21 January 2006
Cardiff City
H
1–2
20,140
Fryatt
24 January 2006
Plymouth Argyle
A
0–1
12,591
31 January 2006
Queens Park Rangers
A
3–2
11,785
Fryatt , Stearman , Hughes
4 February 2006
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
1–0
21,385
Fryatt
11 February 2006
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
2–1
7,187
McCarthy , Hume
14 February 2006
Derby County
H
2–2
23,246
Hume , Maybury
18 February 2006
Leeds United
H
1–1
25,497
Hume
25 February 2006
Ipswich Town
A
0–2
24,861
4 March 2006
Hull City
H
3–2
22,835
Hume , Guðjónsson (2)
11 March 2006
Luton Town
A
2–1
9,783
Fryatt , O'Grady
18 March 2006
Millwall
A
1–0
10,523
Hughes
25 March 2006
Reading
H
1–1
25,578
Hume
1 April 2006
Norwich City
A
1–2
24,718
Williams
7 April 2006
Crystal Palace
H
2–0
23,211
Welsh , Hughes
15 April 2006
Preston North End
H
1–2
21,865
Fryatt
17 April 2006
Coventry City
A
1–1
26,672
Stearman
22 April 2006
Plymouth Argyle
H
1–0
22,796
Fryatt
30 April 2006
Southampton
A
0–2
26,801
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
8 January 2006
Tottenham Hotspur
H
3–2
19,844
Hammond , Hughes , De Vries
R4
28 January 2006
Southampton
H
0–1
20,427
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1
23 August 2005
Bury
A
3–0
2,759
Hamill , Stearman , Guðjónsson (pen)
R2
20 September 2005
Blackpool
H
2–1
7,386
De Vries (2)
R3
26 October 2005
Cardiff City
A
1–0
8,727
Johansson
R4
30 November 2005
Bolton Wanderers
A
1–2
13,067
Williams
Squad [ ]
[6] [7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
2005–06 backroom staff [ ]
This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2005–06 season
Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season
Statistics [ ]
Appearances, goals and cards [ ]
(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
No.
Pos.
Name
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Total
Discipline
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
1
GK
Rab Douglas
32
0
2
0
1
0
35
0
3
0
2
DF
Alan Maybury
40
1
2
0
3
0
45
1
5
1
3
DF
Patrick Kisnorbo
36+1
1
0+1
0
1+2
0
37+4
1
4
1
4
MF
Stephen Hughes
28+6
3
2
1
1+1
0
31+7
4
5
0
5
DF
Paddy McCarthy
37+1
2
2
0
2+2
0
41+3
2
12
2
6
MF
Gareth Williams
26+5
1
1
0
3
1
30+5
2
1
0
7
MF
Mohammed Sylla
24+4
0
0
0
1+1
0
25+5
0
5
0
8
FW
David Connolly
5
4
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
8
FW
Iain Hume
28+9
9
1
0
0
0
29+9
9
5
0
9
FW
Dion Dublin
15+6
0
0
0
2
0
17+6
0
2
0
10
FW
Mark de Vries
20+9
6
1+1
1
3+1
2
24+11
9
5
0
11
DF
Danny Tiatto
11+7
1
0
0
3
0
14+7
1
3
1
12
FW
Matty Fryatt
18+1
6
0
0
0
0
18+1
6
1
0
12
DF
Peter Gilbert
4+1
0
0
0
0
0
4+1
0
0
0
13
GK
Paul Henderson
14+1
0
0
0
3
0
17+1
0
0
0
14
DF
Rufus Brevett
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0+1
0
0
0
14
MF
Jason Wilcox
3+3
0
0
0
0+2
0
3+5
0
0
0
15
DF
Nils-Eric Johansson
39
0
2
0
4
1
45
1
6
0
16
MF
Joey Guðjónsson
40+2
8
2
0
4
1
46+2
9
12
0
17
DF
Richard Stearman
31+3
3
2
0
3
1
36+3
4
5
0
18
FW
Elvis Hammond
15+18
3
1+1
1
3
0
19+19
4
1
0
21
MF
Ryan Smith
10+7
1
2
0
0
0
12+7
1
5
0
22
DF
Alan Sheehan
2
0
0
0
1+1
0
3+1
0
0
1
23
MF
Joe Hamill
7+5
0
1
0
4
1
12+5
1
0
0
24
DF
Patrik Gerrbrand
14+3
0
1
0
2
0
17+3
0
1
0
25
MF
Andy Welsh
4+6
1
0
0
0
0
4+6
1
0
0
26
FW
Chris O'Grady
0+13
1
0
0
0
0
0+13
1
2
0
30
MF
James Wesolowski
3+2
0
0
0
0
0
3+2
0
0
0
34
FW
Ashley Chambers
0
0
0
0
0+1
0
0+1
0
0
0
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
Notes
1 June 2005
MF
Mohammed Sylla
Celtic
Free transfer
[8]
6 June 2005
GK
Rab Douglas
Celtic
Free transfer
29 June 2005
GK
Paul Henderson
Bradford City
Free transfer
[9]
1 July 2005
DF
Patrik Gerrbrand
Hammarby
£250,000
6 July 2005
DF
Nils-Eric Johansson
Blackburn Rovers
Free transfer
26 July 2005
DF
Peter Gilbert
Plymouth Argyle
£200,000
[10]
11 August 2005
MF
Joe Hamill
Hearts
Signed
[11]
31 August 2005
FW
Iain Hume
Tranmere Rovers
£500,000
[12]
31 August 2005
FW
Elvis Hammond
Fulham
£225,000
[13]
9 January 2006
FW
Matty Fryatt
Walsall
£750,000
[14]
Out [ ]
Transfers in: £1,925,000
Transfers out: £2,375,000
Total spending: £450,000
Loans in [ ]
Start date
End date
Pos.
Player
From club
30 September 2005
10 March 2006
MF
Ryan Smith
Arsenal [24]
27 February 2006
1 May 2006
DF
Rufus Brevett
Plymouth Argyle [25]
1 March 2006
1 May 2006
MF
Andy Welsh
Sunderland
Loans out [ ]
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