2005–06 Crystal Palace F.C. season

English football club season December 2022 Crystal Palace 2005–06 NIR Iain Dowie ENG Simon Jordan Selhurst Park Championship 6th (qualified for play-offs) Play-offs Semi-finals FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round Andrew Johnson (15) Andrew Johnson (17)Goal scorers Football League December 2022 23,843 (vs. Leeds United, 4 March 2006) 17,291 (vs. Preston North End, 24 September 2005) 19,457Attendance Football League December 2022 _3redstripes2 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff _redleftsideshoulder _redsides 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season. Season summary Crystal Palace had been boosted by the decision by the Premiership's top English goalscorer of the previous season, Andrew Johnson, to remain with the Londoners to fire their bid for a return to the top flight. Although Johnson was less prolific this season, scoring only 15 goals, Palace reached the play-offs in sixth place – the position they had finished in the promotion season of 2004. Palace faced third-placed Watford in the semi-finals – they were comprehensively beaten 3–0 in the first leg, and were only able to draw the second leg 0–0, consigning Palace to another season in the Championship. Manager Iain Dowie was soon on his way out, leaving by mutual consent on 22 May. Dowie claimed he wanted to be closer to his family in the north;Boss Dowie leaves post at Palace http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/5001988.stm BBC Sport 22 May 2006 2 February 2012 he would take up the vacancy at London rivals Charlton Athletic a mere eight days later.Palace take action against Dowie http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/5029950.stm BBC Sport 30 May 2006 2 February 2012 He was followed out of Selhurst Park by Johnson, who snubbed Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers to join Everton for £8.6 million. In June, Palace appointed Hull City manager (and former Palace winger) Peter Taylor as Dowie's successor.Taylor named new Palace manager http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/5067262.stm BBC Sport 13 June 2006 2 February 2012 Kit Italian company Diadora remained Palace's kit manufacturers, and introduced a new home kit for the season. Unlike the previous season's kit, which was mainly red, the new kit was predominantly blue, complemented by a single thick red stripe down the centre of the shirt. For the club's centenary the club wore a commemorative kit on 27 July, 27 September and 22 October: the kit recalled one worn by the club in the 1970s, which featured white shorts and socks and a white shirt with two stripes of sky blue and claret (the club's original colours) in the centre. Churchill Insurance remained kit sponsors for the sixth consecutive season. Final league table 2005–06 Football League Championship y CRY Squad statistics Appearances and goals 9 May 2006 Players with no appearances not included in the list Championship FA Cup League Cup Championship play-offs 1 Gábor Király GK HUN 43+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3 Danny Granville DF ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 4 Darren Ward DF ENG 42+1 5 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 5 Mark Hudson DF ENG 8+7 0 3+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 6 Tony Popovic DF AUS 10+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0 7 Jobi McAnuff MF JAM 35+6 7 2+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 8 Andy Johnson FW ENG 30+3 15 3+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 9 Dougie Freedman FW SCO 19+15 6 3+0 1 1+1 1 1+1 0 10 Jon Macken FW IRL 13+11 2 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 11 Clinton Morrison FW IRL 32+8 13 1+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 12 Mikele Leigertwood DF ATG 18+9 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 14 Ben Watson MF ENG 40+2 4 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0 15 Aki Riihilahti MF FIN 9+6 2 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 16 Tommy Black FW ENG 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 17 Michael Hughes MF NIR 30+10 2 1+0 1 2+0 1 2+0 0 18 Gary Borrowdale DF ENG 26+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 19 Tom Soares MF ENG 38+6 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 20 Danny Butterfield DF ENG 9+4 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 21 Emmerson Boyce DF BAR 42+0 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 22 Marco Reich MF GER 14+7 2 1+1 0 1+1 2 0+1 0 23 Wayne Andrews FW ENG 5+19 1 2+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 25 Fitz Hall DF ENG 39+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 28 Julián Speroni GK ARG 3+1 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 29 Sam Togwell DF ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 37 Arron Fray DF ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 39 Lewis Grabban FW ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players left the club during the season: 22 Joonas Kolkka MF FIN 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 27 Anthony Danze MF AUS 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 31 Tyrone Berry FW ENG 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 |} Source:http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/2006 Crystal Palace Squad Stats – 2005/2006 11v11 17 August 2014 Results Crystal Palace's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2005-2006 Crystal Palace 2005-2006 Home - statto.com 2012-02-02 2011-08-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110816185510/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2005-2006 live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Championship DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 6 August 2005 Luton TownH1–221,166Johnson 9 August 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–224,745McAnuff 13 August 2005 Norwich CityA1–125,102Johnson 20 August 2005 Plymouth ArgyleH1–018,781Ward 27 August 2005 Stoke CityH2–017,637Johnson (2) 10 September 2005 Hull CityH2–018,630Morrison, Johnson 13 September 2005 ReadingA2–317,562Johnson, Morrison 17 September 2005 Cardiff CityA0–111,647 24 September 2005 Preston North EndH1–117,291Morrison 27 September 2005 Sheffield WednesdayH2–017,413Morrison, Whelan (own goal) 3 October 2005 Queens Park RangersA3–113,433Reich (2), Soares 15 October 2005 Coventry CityA4–124,438Ward, Morrison, Watson, Macken 18 October 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–122,400 22 October 2005 BurnleyH2–020,127Morrison, Freedman 29 October 2005 Crewe AlexandraA2–26,766Freedman, Morrison 5 November 2005 Sheffield UnitedH2–320,344Hughes, Freedman (pen) 20 November 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA3–27,067Freedman (2), McAnuff 22 November 2005 Coventry CityH2–017,343Andrews, Boyce 26 November 2005 Luton TownA0–210,248 3 December 2005 MillwallH1–119,571Watson 10 December 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–119,385Johnson 17 December 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA0–214,582 26 December 2005 Ipswich TownA2–027,392Macken, Hughes 28 December 2005 Derby CountyH2–018,978Morrison, Ward 31 December 2005 WatfordA2–115,856Ward, Johnson (pen) 2 January 2006 Leicester CityH2–020,089McAnuff, Johnson 14 January 2006 Hull CityA2–118,886Ward, Cort (own goal) 20 January 2006 ReadingH1–119,888Johnson (pen) 25 January 2006 SouthamptonA0–024,651 31 January 2006 Preston North EndA0–213,867 4 February 2006 Cardiff CityH1–017,962Riihilahti 11 February 2006 Sheffield WednesdayA0–024,784 14 February 2006 Queens Park RangersH2–117,550Morrison, McAnuff 18 February 2006 MillwallA1–112,296Watson 25 February 2006 Norwich CityH4–119,066Johnson, Watson, Morrison, Hall 4 March 2006 Leeds UnitedH1–223,843McAnuff 13 March 2006 Stoke CityA3–110,121Sidibe (own goal), McAnuff, Johnson 18 March 2006 Ipswich TownH2–222,076Riihilahti, Morrison 21 March 2006 Leeds UnitedA1–024,507McAnuff 25 March 2006 Derby CountyA1–224,857Morrison 31 March 2006 WatfordH3–118,619Freedman, Stewart (own goal), DeMerit (own goal) 7 April 2006 Leicester CityA0–223,211 15 April 2006 Crewe AlexandraH2–218,358Johnson (2) 17 April 2006 BurnleyA0–011,449 22 April 2006 SouthamptonH2–120,995Johnson, Morrison 30 April 2006 Sheffield UnitedA0–127,120 Championship play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSF 1st Leg6 May 2006 WatfordH0–322,880SF 2nd Leg9 May 2006 WatfordA0–0 (lost 0–3 on agg)19,041 FA Cup 2005–06 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 2006 Northampton TownH4–110,391Hughes, McAnuff, Johnson (pen), Freedman (pen)R428 January 2006 Preston North EndA1–19,489JohnsonR4R7 February 2006 Preston North EndH1–27,356Ward League Cup 2005–06 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR123 August 2005 WalsallH3–05,508Popovic (pen), Granville, HughesR220 September 2005 Coventry CityH1–05,341ReichR325 October 2005 LiverpoolH2–119,673Freedman, ReichR430 November 2005 MiddlesbroughA1–210,791Queudrue (own goal) First-team squad 1 HUN GK Gábor Király 3 ENG DF Danny Granville 4 ENG DF Darren Ward 5 ENG DF Mark Hudson 6 AUS DF Tony Popovic captain 7 JAM MF Jobi McAnuffMcAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002. 8 ENG FW Andy Johnson 9 SCO FW Dougie Freedman 10 IRL FW Jon MackenMacken was born in Blackley, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2004. 11 IRL FW Clinton MorrisonMorrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001. 12 ENG MF Mikele LeigertwoodLeigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008. 14 ENG MF Ben Watson 15 FIN MF Aki Riihilahti 16 ENG MF Tommy Black 17 NIR MF Michael Hughes 18 ENG DF Gary Borrowdale 19 ENG MF Tom Soares 20 ENG DF Danny Butterfield 21 ENG DF Emmerson BoyceBoyce was born in Aylesbury, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Barbados in March 2008. 22 GER MF Marco Reich 23 ENG FW Wayne Andrews 25 ENG DF Fitz Hall 28 ARG GK Julián Speroni 29 ENG DF Sam Togwell 32 ENG MF Ryan Hall 36 ENG DF Glenn Wilson 37 ENG DF Arron Fray 39 ENG FW Lewis Grabban Left club during season 22 FIN MF Joonas Kolkka to ADO Den Haag 27 AUS MF Anthony Danze released 30 HUN FW Sándor Torghelle on loan to Panathinaikos 31 ENG FW Tyrone Berry to Rushden & Diamonds Transfers In JAM Jobi McAnuff – WAL Cardiff City, £600,000, 31 May 20052005-05-31 McAnuff completes Palace switch en-GB BBC Sport http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/4586531.stm 2023-11-30 ENG Darren Ward – ENG Millwall, £1,100,000, IRL Jonathan Macken – ENG Manchester City GER Marco Reich – ENG Derby County Out ENG Wayne Routledge – ENG Tottenham Hotspur ENG Darren Powell - ENG Southampton, free, 1 July 20052005-07-01 Saints swoop for defender Powell en-GB BBC Sport http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/4111826.stm 2023-11-30 HUN Sándor Torghelle – GRE Panathinaikos, season loan References Notes notes Crystal Palace Category:Crystal Palace F.C. seasons