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2005–06 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Ipswich Town
2005–06 season
ChairmanDavid Sheepshanks
ManagerJoe Royle
StadiumPortman Road
Championship15th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicky Forster (7)
All: Nicky Forster (7)
Highest home attendance29,184
(vs Norwich City, 18 Sep 2005, Championship)
Lowest home attendance11,299
(vs Yeovil Town, 23 Aug 2005, League Cup)
Average home league attendance24,251

Season summary

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Although Ipswich had been pre-season promotion favourites for the 2005–06 season, they finished 15th, the club's lowest finish in the English football pyramid since 1966,[1] and Joe Royle resigned on 11 May 2006.[2]

First-team squad

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[3][4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   NED Fabian Wilnis
3 DF   ENG Matt Richards
4 DF   CAN Jason de Vos
5 DF   SCO Jay McEveley (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
6 DF   ENG Richard Naylor
7 MF   NIR Jim Magilton (captain)
8 FW   ENG Nicky Forster
9 FW   ENG Sam Parkin
10 MF   ENG Darren Currie
11 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock
12 MF   CAN Jaime Peters
14 MF   ENG Dean McDonald
15 DF   ESP Sito
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ENG Dean Bowditch
19 MF   FRA Jimmy Juan (on loan from Monaco)
23 MF   IRL Owen Garvan
26 DF   ENG Scott Barron
27 FW   NOR Vemund Brekke Skard
29 FW   ENG Danny Haynes
30 MF   WAL Gavin Williams
31 GK   IRL Shane Supple
32 FW   IRL Alan Lee
33 MF   ENG Ian Westlake
34 GK   WAL Lewis Price
35 FW   JAM Ricardo Fuller (on loan from Southampton)

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   RSA Mark Fish (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
18 FW   ENG Adam Proudlock (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW   IRL Billy Clarke (on loan to Colchester United)

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   NIR Chris Casement
20 DF   ENG Aidan Collins
21 DF   ENG Scott Mitchell
22 FW   ENG Darryl Knights
25 GK   ENG Andy Rhodes
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF   IRL Gerard Nash
35 DF   ENG James Krause
36 MF   ENG Liam Trotter
— FW   ENG Charlie Sheringham

Pre-season

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Ipswich spent time on a pre-season tour of Hungary in July 2005 as part of preparations for the 2005–06 season.[5]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 July 2005   Cambridge United A 3–0 Unknown Forster, Bowditch (2)
16 July 2005   Boston United A 5–2 Unknown Forster (2), Garvan, Magilton, White (o.g.)
19 July 2005   Rangers H 0–2 17,202
22 July 2005   Újpest A 2–3 Unknown Currie (pen), Bowditch
24 July 2005   Diósgyőri A 0–1 Unknown
29 July 2005   Atlético Madrid H 1–2 9,305 Westlake
3 August 2005   Colchester United A 3–1 3,186 McDonald (2), Currie

Competitions

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Football League Championship

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Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first[6]

Matches

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 August 2005 Cardiff City H 1–0 24,292 Forster
9 August 2005 Queens Park Rangers A 1–2 14,632 Parkin
13 August 2005 Leicester City A 0–0 21,879
20 August 2005 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 24,238 Naylor, Westlake
27 August 2005 Millwall A 2–1 8,277 Currie, Parkin
29 August 2005 Preston North End H 0–4 22,551
10 September 2005 Sheffield United A 0–2 21,054
13 September 2005 Southampton H 2–2 22,997 Naylor, Garvan
18 September 2005 Norwich City H 0–1 29,184
24 September 2005 Leeds United A 2–0 21,626 Parkin (2)
27 September 2005 Burnley A 0–3 10,496
1 October 2005 Crewe Alexandra H 2–1 23,145 Currie, Forster
16 October 2005 Reading A 0–2 17,581
18 October 2005 Coventry City H 2–2 22,656 Currie, Juan
22 October 2005 Watford H 0–1 24,069
29 October 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–1 6,867 Parkin
2 November 2005 Derby County A 3–3 21,598 Naylor, Magilton, Richards
5 November 2005 Plymouth Argyle H 3–1 23,083 McEveley, Juan, Richards (pen)
19 November 2005 Coventry City A 1–1 18,316 Williams
22 November 2005 Reading H 0–3 22,621
28 November 2005 Cardiff City A 1–2 8,724 Juan
3 December 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–1 23,563 Richards (pen)
10 December 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 24,628 de Vos, Haynes
17 December 2005 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 21,716 Forster
26 December 2005 Crystal Palace H 0–2 27,392
28 December 2005 Hull City A 0–2 20,124
31 December 2005 Luton Town H 1–0 23,957 Westlake
2 January 2006 Stoke City A 2–2 14,493 de Vos, Wilnis
14 January 2006 Sheffield United H 1–1 23,794 Juan
21 January 2006 Southampton A 2–0 22,250 Lee
31 January 2006 Leeds United H 1–1 25,845 Haynes
4 February 2006 Norwich City A 2–1 21,385 Juan, Doherty (own goal)
11 February 2006 Burnley H 2–1 24,482 Lee, Richards (pen)
14 February 2006 Crewe Alexandra A 2–1 5,686 Lee, McDonald
18 February 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 23,561
25 February 2006 Leicester City H 2–0 24,861 Garvan, Fuller
11 March 2006 Millwall H 1–1 24,864 Garvan
14 March 2006 Preston North End A 1–3 14,507 de Vos
18 March 2006 Crystal Palace A 2–2 22,076 Soares (own goal), Fuller
25 March 2006 Hull City H 1–1 23,968 Currie
1 April 2006 Luton Town A 0–1 9,820
8 April 2006 Stoke City H 1–4 23,592 Haynes
15 April 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 21,865 Forster
17 April 2006 Watford A 1–2 16,721 Forster
22 April 2006 Derby County H 2–0 24,067 Forster, Currie
30 April 2006 Plymouth Argyle A 1–2 15,921 Forster

FA Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 2006 Portsmouth H 0–1 15,593

League Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 23 August 2005 Yeovil Town H 0–2 11,299

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Pos Name From Fee Ref
22 June 2005 FW   Nicky Forster   Reading Free transfer [7]
23 June 2005 FW   Sam Parkin   Swindon Town £550,000 [8]
1 July 2005 DF   Sito   Racing de Ferrol Free transfer [9]
2 August 2005 DF   Jaime Peters   1. FC Kaiserslautern Free transfer [10]
3 January 2006 MF   Gavin Williams   West Ham United £300,000 [11]
3 January 2006 FW   Adam Proudlock   Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [12]
6 January 2006 FW   Vemund Brekke Skard   Brumunddal Free transfer [13]
10 January 2006 FW   Alan Lee   Cardiff City £100,000 [14]

Loans in

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Date from Pos Name From Date until Ref
1 July 2005 MF   Jimmy Juan   Monaco 30 June 2006 [15]
8 August 2005 DF   Mark Fish   Charlton Athletic 23 August 2005 [16]
29 August 2005 DF   Jay McEveley   Blackburn Rovers 30 June 2006 [17]
10 November 2005 MF   Gavin Wiliams   West Ham United 3 January 2006 [18][19]
16 October 2005 FW   Adam Proudlock   Sheffield Wednesday 3 January 2006 [20]
16 February 2006 FW   Ricardo Fuller   Southampton 30 June 2006 [21]

Transfers out

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Date Pos Name To Fee Ref
1 July 2005 DF   Jerrome Sobers   Chelmsford City Free transfer [22][23]
1 July 2005 DF   Ben Patten   Chelmsford City Free transfer [22][23]
1 July 2005 MF   Adem Atay Free agent Released [24]
1 July 2005 MF   Liam Manning   Bishop's Stortford Free transfer [24]
1 July 2005 MF   Fraser Beveridge Free agent Released [24]
1 July 2005 DF   Daniel Flack   Whitton United Free transfer [24]
23 June 2005 MF   Tommy Miller   Sunderland Free transfer [25]
1 July 2005 DF   Drissa Diallo   Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [26]
1 July 2005 FW   Darren Bent   Charlton Athletic £2,500,000 [27]
1 July 2005 FW   Shefki Kuqi   Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [28]
28 July 2005 GK   Kelvin Davis   Sunderland £1,250,000 [29]
20 August 2005 FW   Pablo Couñago   Málaga Undisclosed [30]
17 January 2006 MF   Liam Craig   Falkirk Free transfer [31]
24 March 2005 FW   Adam Proudlock Free agent Released [32]

Loans out

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Date from Pos Name From Date until Ref
16 November 2005 MF   Dean McDonald   Hartlepool United 18 December 2005 [33]
10 January 2006 DF   Gerard Nash   Hartlepool United 30 January 2006 [34]
13 January 2006 DF   Aidan Collins   Wycombe Wanderers 13 March 2006 [35]
26 January 2006 FW   Dean Bowditch   Wycombe Wanderers 31 March 2006 [36]
10 February 2006 MF   Kevin Horlock   Doncaster Rovers 16 April 2006 [37]
22 March 2006 FW   Billy Clarke   Colchester United 7 May 2006 [38]
23 March 2006 DF   Gerard Nash   Southend United 7 May 2006 [39]

Squad statistics

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All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
31 GK   IRL Shane Supple 23 0 21+1 0 1 0 0 0
34 GK   WAL Lewis Price 26 0 25 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   NED Fabian Wilnis 37 1 33+2 1 1 0 0+1 0
3 DF   ENG Matt Richards 40 4 31+7 4 1 0 1 0
4 DF   CAN Jason de Vos 42 3 41 3 1 0 0 0
5 DF   SCO Jay McEveley 19 1 17+2 1 0 0 0 0
6 DF   ENG Richard Naylor 44 3 42 3 1 0 1 0
15 DF   ESP Sito 40 0 31+7 0 0+1 0 1 0
16 DF   NIR Chris Casement 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   ENG Aidan Collins 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF   ENG Scott Barron 16 0 14+1 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF   NIR Jim Magilton 35 1 25+9 1 1 0 0 0
10 MF   ENG Darren Currie 48 5 39+7 5 1 0 1 0
11 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock 18 0 13+4 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF   CAN Jamie Peters 14 0 4+9 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF   ENG Dean McDonald 15 1 4+10 1 0 0 1 0
19 MF   FRA Jimmy Juan 36 5 24+10 5 0+1 0 1 0
23 MF   IRL Owen Garvan 33 3 29+2 3 0+1 0 0+1 0
30 MF   WAL Gavin Williams 13 1 12 1 1 0 0 0
33 MF   ENG Ian Westlake 28 2 19+7 2 1 0 0+1 0
36 MF   ENG Liam Trotter 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
8 FW   ENG Nicky Forster 20 7 17+3 7 0 0 0 0
9 FW   ENG Sam Parkin 20 5 17+3 5 0 0 0 0
17 FW   ENG Dean Bowditch 22 0 14+7 0 0 0 1 0
27 FW   NOR Vemund Brekke Skard 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   ENG Danny Haynes 20 4 6+13 4 1 0 0 0
32 FW   IRL Alan Lee 14 4 14 4 0 0 0 0
35 FW   JAM Ricardo Fuller 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
18 DF   RSA Mark Fish 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW   ENG Adam Proudlock 9 0 3+6 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   IRL Billy Clarke 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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No. Pos Nat Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
8 FW   Nicky Forster 7 0 0 7
9 FW   Sam Parkin 5 0 0 5
10 MF   Darren Currie 5 0 0 5
19 MF   Jimmy Juan 5 0 0 5
3 DF   Matt Richards 4 0 0 4
29 FW   Danny Haynes 4 0 0 4
32 FW   Alan Lee 4 0 0 4
4 DF   Jason de Vos 3 0 0 3
6 DF   Richard Naylor 3 0 0 3
23 MF   Owen Garvan 3 0 0 3
33 MF   Ian Westlake 2 0 0 2
35 FW   Ricardo Fuller 2 0 0 2
2 DF   Fabian Wilnis 1 0 0 1
5 DF   Jay McEveley 1 0 0 1
7 MF   Jim Magilton 1 0 0 1
14 MF   Dean McDonald 1 0 0 1
30 MF   Gavin Williams 1 0 0 1
Own goal 2 0 0 2
Total 54 0 0 54

Clean sheets

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No. Nat Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
31   Shane Supple 5 0 0 5
34   Lewis Price 4 0 0 4
Total 9 0 0 9

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
2 DF   Fabian Wilnis 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
3 DF   Matt Richards 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF   Jason de Vos 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 DF   Jay McEveley 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 DF   Richard Naylor 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
7 MF   Jim Magilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 FW   Nicky Forster 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW   Sam Parkin 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF   Kevin Horlock 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
15 DF   Sito 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
17 FW   Dean Bowditch 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF   Jimmy Juan 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
23 MF   Owen Garvan 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
26 DF   Scott Barron 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW   Danny Haynes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF   Gavin Williams 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
32 FW   Alan Lee 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
33 MF   Ian Westlake 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
34 GK   Lewis Price 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 FW   Ricardo Fuller 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Total 59 5 1 0 1 0 61 5

Starting 11

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Considering starts in all competitions[40]

Awards

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Player awards

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Award Player Ref
Player of the Year   Fabian Wilnis [41]
Players' Player of the Year   Jason de Vos [42]
Young Player of the Year   Chris Casement [43]
Goal of the Season   Sam Parkin [42]

References

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  43. ^ "Casement Wins Youth Gong". TWTD. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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