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Southampton 2005–06 football season
During the 2005–06 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Football League Championship after relegation from the premier league the previous season.
Southampton endured a poor to largely indifferent season after relegation from the Premier League the previous season and finished in a lowly 12th place in the Championship. Although the south coast side started the season well, they ended up drawing too many games (19 games by the season's end) and a run of five wins from 35 games dragged them into the lower reaches of the table and put Southampton in danger of a second successive relegation. Manager Harry Redknapp , unable to establish consistency and unhappy with the appointment of former rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward to the coaching staff, had resigned in December,[1] returning as manager of Southampton's archrivals Portsmouth . His replacement, former Ipswich Town manager George Burley ,[2] was unable to turn the club's form around until the back end of the season, with five wins from their last six games taking the team from 20th to 12th. The late run of form gave fans hope that next season Southampton could mount a sustained attempt at promotion.
Kit [ ]
The season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints. The kit was sponsored by English life insurance company Friends Provident .
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 [ ]
Southampton's score comes first [3]
Legend [ ]
Championship [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
6 August 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
0–0
24,061
9 August 2005
Luton Town
A
2–3
9,447
Oakley , Jones
13 August 2005
Sheffield Wednesday
A
1–0
26,688
Jones
20 August 2005
Norwich City
H
1–0
23,498
Quashie (pen)
27 August 2005
Crewe Alexandra
H
2–0
20,792
Belmadi , Quashie
29 August 2005
Coventry City
A
1–1
23,000
Fuller
10 September 2005
Queens Park Rangers
H
1–1
25,744
Higginbotham
13 September 2005
Ipswich Town
A
2–2
22,997
Powell , Wise
18 September 2005
Derby County
A
2–2
22,348
Ormerod , Fuller
24 September 2005
Plymouth Argyle
H
0–0
26,331
28 September 2005
Reading
H
0–0
24,946
1 October 2005
Preston North End
A
1–1
15,263
Davidson (own goal)
15 October 2005
Hull City
H
1–1
23,810
Oakley
18 October 2005
Leeds United
A
1–2
18,881
Walcott
22 October 2005
Millwall
A
2–0
10,759
Walcott , Fuller
29 October 2005
Stoke City
H
2–0
24,095
Walcott , Belmadi
5 November 2005
Leicester City
A
0–0
21,318
19 November 2005
Leeds United
H
3–4
30,173
Pahars , Quashie (2, 1 pen)
22 November 2005
Hull City
A
1–1
18,061
Kosowski
26 November 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
0–0
24,628
3 December 2005
Burnley
H
1–1
21,592
Higginbotham (pen)
11 December 2005
Luton Town
H
1–0
19,086
Walcott
17 December 2005
Norwich City
A
1–3
24,836
Belmadi
26 December 2005
Watford
A
0–3
16,972
28 December 2005
Sheffield United
H
0–1
27,443
31 December 2005
Cardiff City
A
1–2
13,377
Blackstock
2 January 2006
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
2–1
24,630
Blackstock (2)
14 January 2006
Queens Park Rangers
A
0–1
15,494
21 January 2006
Ipswich Town
H
0–2
22,250
25 January 2006
Crystal Palace
H
0–0
24,651
31 January 2006
Plymouth Argyle
A
1–2
15,936
Surman
4 February 2006
Derby County
H
0–0
21,829
10 February 2006
Reading
A
0–2
23,845
15 February 2006
Preston North End
H
0–0
19,534
25 February 2006
Sheffield Wednesday
H
3–0
26,236
Higginbotham , Rasiak , Jones
4 March 2006
Coventry City
H
1–1
21,980
Rasiak
11 March 2006
Crewe Alexandra
A
1–1
6,588
Madsen
20 March 2006
Watford
H
1–3
19,202
Madsen
25 March 2006
Sheffield United
A
0–3
22,824
28 March 2006
Burnley
A
1–1
10,636
Bardsley (own goal)
1 April 2006
Cardiff City
H
3–2
22,388
Lundekvam , Fuller (2)
8 April 2006
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
2–0
7,999
Fuller , Chaplow
15 April 2006
Stoke City
A
2–1
16,501
Rasiak (2, 1 pen)
17 April 2006
Millwall
H
2–0
22,043
Jones (pen), Fuller
22 April 2006
Crystal Palace
A
1–2
20,995
Fuller
30 April 2006
Leicester City
H
2–0
26,801
Fuller , Surman
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
7 January 2006
Milton Keynes Dons
H
4–3
15,908
Prutton , Quashie , Walcott , Kenton
R4
28 January 2006
Leicester City
A
1–0
20,427
Jones
R5
18 February 2006
Newcastle United
A
0–1
40,975
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1
22 August 2005
Southend United
A
3–0
6,358
Blackstock , Dyer , Ormerod
R2
20 September 2005
Mansfield Town
A
0–1
3,739
First-team squad [ ]
Squad at end of season [4]
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.
References [ ]
History Home ground Players Related articles
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
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