2005–06 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Blackburn Rovers 2005–06 Mark Hughes John Williams FA Premier League 6th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Semi-finals Craig Bellamy (13) Craig Bellamy (17) 29,142 (vs. Liverpool, 16 April) 16,953 (vs. Fulham, 20 August) 21,015 _bluehalf2 _bluehorizontal 0000ff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder _whitesides2 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary After relegation struggles during the two previous season, Mark Hughes marked his first full season in club management by taking Blackburn to sixth place - four points off Champions League qualification - and reaching his second successive cup semi-final, in the League Cup, only to be knocked out by the eventual cup winners again, Hughes' old club Manchester United. Blackburn had been in mid-table for much of the season before gathering momentum to put real pressure on Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the race for the crucial fourth place, eventually finishing in a UEFA Cup place. Rovers' good form was largely in part down to the good form of Welsh striker Craig Bellamy, a summer signing from Newcastle United, who scored 13 goals in the league. However, Bellamy would then exercise an option to enable him to move for £6 million to a Champions League club, signing for FA Cup winners Liverpool. As his replacement Hughes signed South African striker Benni McCarthy, who had helped fire Porto to the Champions League title two years earlier. Final league table 2005–06 FA Premier League BLB Results Blackburn Rovers' score comes firstBlackburn Rovers 2005-2006 Results http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2005-2006/results live https://web.archive.org/web/20130323013031/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2005-2006/results 2013-03-23 statto.com Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/D/L/D/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/D/L/L/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/D/L/L/W/W/W Position 16/10/10/11/12/18/13/11/12/10/13/12/12/13/13/12/12/12/12/8/10/8/8/9/10/8/5/7/7/7/5/6/6/6/6/6/6/6 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 lavender red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 13 August 2005 West Ham UnitedA1–333,305Todd 20 August 2005 FulhamH2–116,953Pedersen, Tugay 24 August 2005 Tottenham HotspurH0–022,375 27 August 2005 Aston VillaA0–131,010 11 September 2005 Bolton WanderersA0–024,405 18 September 2005 Newcastle UnitedH0–320,725 24 September 2005 Manchester UnitedA2–167,765Pedersen (2) 1 October 2005 West Bromwich AlbionH2–020,721Kuqi (2) 15 October 2005 LiverpoolA0–144,697 22 October 2005 Birmingham CityH2–018,341Dickov (pen), Bellamy 29 October 2005 ChelseaA2–441,553Bellamy (2, 1 pen) 5 November 2005 Charlton AthleticH4–117,691Emerton, Dickov, Pedersen, Bellamy 19 November 2005 Manchester CityA0–044,032 26 November 2005 ArsenalA0–338,192 3 December 2005 EvertonH0–222,064 10 December 2005 West Ham UnitedH3–220,370Dickov (2, 1 pen), Kuqi 17 December 2005 FulhamA1–220,138Knight (own goal) 26 December 2005 MiddlesbroughA2–029,881Kuqi (2) 31 December 2005 Wigan AthleticA3–020,639Pedersen, Reid, Bellamy 2 January 2006 PortsmouthH2–119,521Pedersen, Dickov 14 January 2006 Bolton WanderersH0–018,180 21 January 2006 Newcastle UnitedA1–051,323Pedersen 1 February 2006 Manchester UnitedH4–325,484Bentley (3), Neill (pen) 4 February 2006 West Bromwich AlbionA0–223,993 11 February 2006 EvertonA0–135,615 15 February 2006 SunderlandH2–018,220Bellamy (2) 25 February 2006 ArsenalH1–022,504Pedersen 5 March 2006 Tottenham HotspurA2–336,080Sinama Pongolle, Bellamy 11 March 2006 Aston VillaH2–021,932Todd, Bellamy 18 March 2006 MiddlesbroughH3–218,681Bellamy (2), Pedersen 25 March 2006 SunderlandA1–029,593Reid 3 April 2006 Wigan AthleticH1–120,410Kuqi 8 April 2006 PortsmouthA2–220,048Bellamy (2) 16 April 2006 LiverpoolH0–129,142 19 April 2006 Birmingham CityA1–225,287Savage 29 April 2006 Charlton AthleticA2–026,254Reid, Powell (own goal) 2 May 2006 ChelseaH1–020,243Reid 7 May 2006 Manchester CityH2–025,731Khizanishvili, Kuqi FA Cup 2005–06 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 2006 Queens Park RangersH3–012,705Todd, Bellamy (2)R428 January 2006 West Ham UnitedA2–423,700Bentley, Neill League Cup 2005–06 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR221 September 2005 Huddersfield TownH3–111,755Bellamy (2), KhizanishviliR325 October 2005 Leeds UnitedH3–015,631Emerton, Dickov, NeillR430 November 2005 Charlton AthleticA3–214,093Kuqi, Thompson, BentleyR521 December 2005 MiddlesbroughA1–0 14,710DickovSF 1st Leg11 January 2006 Manchester UnitedH1–1 24,348PedersenSF 2nd Leg25 January 2006 Manchester UnitedA1–2 (lost 2–3 on agg)61,637Reid First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/faprem/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 2005/06 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 USA GK Brad Friedel 2 AUS DF Lucas Neill 3 GEO DF Zurab Khizanishvili 4 ENG DF Andy Todd 6 NZL DF Ryan Nelsen captain 7 AUS MF Brett Emerton 8 WAL MF Robbie Savage 9 FIN FW Shefki KuqiKuqi was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo (then SFR Yugoslavia). 10 SCO FW Paul Dickov 11 WAL FW Craig Bellamy 12 NOR MF Morten Gamst Pedersen 13 FIN GK Peter Enckelman 14 IRL MF Steven ReidReid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001. 15 RSA MF Aaron Mokoena 16 TUR MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 17 FRA FW Florent Sinama Pongolle on loan from Liverpool 18 SVK DF Vratislav Greško 20 SCO FW Paul Gallagher 21 SCO DF Dominic Matteo 23 ITA DF Lorenzo Amoruso 24 ENG DF Jay McEveleyMcEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his full international debut for Scotland in August 2007. 25 USA FW Jemal Johnson 26 ENG DF Andy Taylor 27 ENG FW Matt Derbyshire 28 SCO MF Gary Harkins 29 ENG FW David Bentley 30 ENG GK Richard Lee on loan from Watford 31 GER MF Sergio Peter 32 IRL DF Eddie Nolan 33 ENG DF Michael Gray 34 NIR DF Tony Kane Left club during season 5 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft to Sheffield United 17 ENG FW Matt Jansen to Bolton Wanderers 19 ENG MF David Thompson to Wigan Athletic 22 IRL MF Jonathan Douglas on loan to Leeds United Reserve squad ENG GK Steven Drench SCO DF Craig Barr Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel GK USA 38 0 2 0 6 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Lucas Neill DF AUS 35 1 2 1 5 1 3 Zurab Khizanishvili DF GEO 24+2 1 2 0 4 1 4 Andy Todd DF ENG 20+2 2 2 1 4 0 6 Ryan Nelsen DF NZL 31 0 0 0 5 0 18 Vratislav Greško DF SVK 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 21 Dominic Matteo DF SCO 6 0 1 0 0 0 33 Michael Gray DF ENG 30 0 1 0 6 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 7 Brett Emerton MF AUS 17+13 1 0+1 0 3+3 1 8 Robbie Savage MF WAL 34 1 2 0 6 0 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen MF NOR 34 9 1+1 0 5+1 1 14 Steven Reid MF IRL 31+3 4 1 0 2+2 1 15 Aaron Mokoena MF RSA 4+18 0 1 0 0+3 0 16 Tugay Kerimoğlu MF TUR 23+4 1 1+1 0 5 0 29 David Bentley MF ENG 23+6 3 1 1 5 1 31 Sergio Peter MF GER 1+7 0 1 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Shefki Kuqi FW FIN 15+18 7 1+1 0 4+2 1 10 Paul Dickov FW SCO 17+4 5 1 0 3+1 2 11 Craig Bellamy FW WAL 22+5 13 1 2 3+1 2 17 Florent Sinama Pongolle FW FRA 8+2 1 0 0 0 0 20 Paul Gallagher FW SCO 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 25 Jemal Johnson FW USA 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 5 Garry Flitcroft MF ENG 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 17 Matt Jansen FW ENG 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 19 David Thompson MF ENG 2+4 0 1 0 0+1 1 19 May 2006 Competitions October 2016 Notes note References Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Blackburn Rovers F.C.