Portsmouth 2005–06 football season
During the 2005–06 season , Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League . It was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in English football's top-flight.
Season summary [ ]
Manager Alain Perrin was sacked in November with Portsmouth struggling in the relegation zone. Joe Jordan was appointed caretaker manager after the sacking of Perrin. [1] He was replaced by Harry Redknapp , who had walked out of arch-rivals Southampton after being refused permission by the club to talk to Portsmouth about the managerial vacancy.[2] For a while it looked as if Redknapp's efforts were in vain, with Portsmouth eight points adrift of safety at the end of February. However, by the end of March that had been cut to just three (with a game in hand over seventeenth-placed West Bromwich Albion ) and eventually Portsmouth managed to secure survival with a 2–1 win at Wigan Athletic to send West Brom and Birmingham City down.
Kit [ ]
Portsmouth signed a deal with Jako to produce the club's kit. Oki became the kit sponsors. The strip was manufactured by Pompey Sport, but after the kit deal with Jako, they were rebadged with its logo. The home shirt was atypical for Portsmouth, as it had a large white space under the collar on the rear where players' names were printed. The away was red and gold, whilst the third was white and navy. The white strip was only worn three times, away at Manchester United , Aston Villa and West Ham United respectively.
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
15
Manchester City
38
13
4
21
43
48
−5
43
16
Aston Villa
38
10
12
16
42
55
−13
42
17
Portsmouth
38
10
8
20
37
62
−25
38
18
Birmingham City (R)
38
8
10
20
28
50
−22
34
Relegation to the Football League Championship
19
West Bromwich Albion (R)
38
7
9
22
31
58
−27
30
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results [ ]
Portsmouth's score comes first [3]
Legend [ ]
FA Premier League [ ]
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
38
10
8
20
37
62
−25
38
5
7
7
17
24
−7
5
1
13
20
38
−18
Last updated: 13 December 2019.
Source: 11v11
Results per matchday [ ]
Matchday 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 Ground H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A A H H H A H A H Result L L D L W D L D D L W L L L L L W D L W L L L D L L L L W W W D D W L W W L Position 20 19 17 18 15 14 17 15 15 17 14 15 17 17 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
13 August 2005
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0–2
20,215
20 August 2005
West Bromwich Albion
A
1–2
24,404
Robert
23 August 2005
Aston Villa
H
1–1
19,778
LuaLua
27 August 2005
Manchester City
A
1–2
41,022
Viáfara
10 September 2005
Everton
A
1–0
36,831
Ferguson (own goal)
17 September 2005
Birmingham City
H
1–1
19,319
LuaLua
24 September 2005
Bolton Wanderers
A
0–1
23,134
1 October 2005
Newcastle United
H
0–0
20,220
15 October 2005
Middlesbrough
A
1–1
26,551
O'Neil
22 October 2005
Charlton Athletic
H
1–2
19,030
Silva
29 October 2005
Sunderland
A
4–1
34,926
Vukić , Taylor (2), Silva
5 November 2005
Wigan Athletic
H
0–2
19,102
19 November 2005
Liverpool
A
0–3
44,394
26 November 2005
Chelsea
H
0–2
20,182
3 December 2005
Manchester United
A
0–3
67,684
12 December 2005
Tottenham Hotspur
A
1–3
36,141
LuaLua
17 December 2005
West Bromwich Albion
H
1–0
20,052
Todorov
26 December 2005
West Ham United
H
1–1
20,168
O'Neil
28 December 2005
Arsenal
A
0–4
38,223
31 December 2005
Fulham
H
1–0
19,101
O'Neil
2 January 2006
Blackburn Rovers
A
1–2
19,521
Taylor
14 January 2006
Everton
H
0–1
20,094
21 January 2006
Birmingham City
A
0–5
29,138
1 February 2006
Bolton Wanderers
H
1–1
19,128
Karadas
4 February 2006
Newcastle United
A
0–2
51,627
11 February 2006
Manchester United
H
1–3
20,206
Taylor
25 February 2006
Chelsea
A
0–2
42,254
4 March 2006
Aston Villa
A
0–1
30,194
11 March 2006
Manchester City
H
2–1
19,556
Mendes (2)
18 March 2006
West Ham United
A
4–2
34,837
LuaLua , Davis , Mendes , Todorov
1 April 2006
Fulham
A
3–1
22,322
O'Neil (2), LuaLua
8 April 2006
Blackburn Rovers
H
2–2
20,048
LuaLua , Todorov
12 April 2006
Arsenal
H
1–1
20,230
LuaLua
15 April 2006
Middlesbrough
H
1–0
20,204
O'Neil
17 April 2006
Charlton Athletic
A
1–2
25,419
D'Alessandro
22 April 2006
Sunderland
H
2–1
20,078
Todorov , Taylor (pen)
29 April 2006
Wigan Athletic
A
2–1
21,126
Mwaruwari , Taylor (pen)
7 May 2006
Liverpool
H
1–3
20,240
Koroman
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
7 January 2006
Ipswich Town
A
1–0
15,593
Silva
R4
29 January 2006
Liverpool
H
1–2
17,247
Davis
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2
20 September 2005
Gillingham
A
2–3 (a.e.t. )
4,903
O'Neil , Taylor
First-team squad [ ]
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.
Reserve squad [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics [ ]
Starting 11 [ ]
Considering starts in all competitions [10] [11]
GK: #15, Jamie Ashdown , 18
RB: #2, Linvoy Primus , 21
CB: #5, Andy O'Brien , 32
CB: #3, Dejan Stefanović , 30
LB: #6, Brian Priske , 28
RM: #26, Gary O'Neil , 39
CM: #22, Richard Hughes , 24
CM: #28, Sean Davis , 17
LM: #14, Matthew Taylor , 35
CF: #25, Benjani Mwaruwari , 16
CF: #32, , Lomana LuaLua , 25
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Andy O'Brien - Newcastle United , £2,000,000, 13 June[12]
Laurent Robert - Newcastle United , undisclosed, 19 June[13]
Jhon Viáfara - Once Caldas , £1,600,000, 7 July[14]
Grégory Vignal - Liverpool , free, 12 July[15]
Collins Mbesuma - Kaizer Chiefs , undisclosed, 12 July[16]
Sander Westerveld - Real Sociedad , free, 22 July[17]
Azar Karadas - Benfica , loan, 22 July[18]
Brian Priske - Genk , undisclosed, 22 August[19]
Zvonimir Vukić - Shakhtar Donetsk , undisclosed, 29 August[20]
Darío Silva - Sevilla FC , free, 31 August[21]
Franck Songo'o - Barcelona , £205,000, 31 August[22]
Salif Diao - Liverpool , season loan, 31 August[23]
Emmanuel Olisadebe - Panathinaikos , undisclosed, 4 January[24]
Benjani Mwaruwari - Auxerre , £4,100,000, 5 January[25]
Noé Pamarot , Pedro Mendes , Sean Davis - Tottenham Hotspur , £7,500,000 combined, 12 January[26]
Dean Kiely - Charlton Athletic , undisclosed, 25 January[27]
Wayne Routledge - Tottenham Hotspur , season loan, 30 January
Ognjen Koroman - Terek Grozny , loan, 30 January[28]
Andrés D'Alessandro - VfL Wolfsburg , season loan, 31 January[29]
Out [ ]
Yakubu - Middlesbrough , £7,500,000, 23 May[30]
Richard Duffy - Coventry City , season loan, 7 June[31]
Rowan Vine - Luton Town , £250,000, 4 July[32]
Steve Stone - Leeds United , free, 29 June[33]
Diomansy Kamara - Modena , £1,500,000, 26 July [34]
Ricardo Fuller - Southampton , £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July[35]
Shaka Hislop - West Ham United , free, 29 July[36]
Arjan de Zeeuw - Wigan Athletic , £90,000, 11 August[37]
David Unsworth - Sheffield United , free,[nb 1] 22 August[38]
Kostas Chalkias - released (later joined Real Murcia ), 19 January[39]
Darío Silva - released, 13 February[40]
Sander Westerveld - Everton , 28-day loan, 24 February[41]
Patrik Berger - Aston Villa , free, June
Jhon Viáfara - Real Sociedad , loan, January
James Keene - GAIS , loan, March
Hayden Foxe - released, 2005
Aleksander Rodić - Kayserispor , loan
Giannis Skopelitis - Egaleo , loan,
Gary Silk - Boston United
Transfers in: £16,250,000
Transfers out: £9,450,000
Total spending: £6,800,000
Notes [ ]
^ A clause was included in Unsworth's transfer that United would only pay a fee to Portmsouth if they gained promotion; they did, but the fee paid is undisclosed.
References [ ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Isthmian League (Two )
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (One , Two )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
Other events