2005–06 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Crewe Alexandra 2005–06 Dario Gradi John Bowler Alexandra Stadium Football League Championship 22nd (relegated) FA Cup Third round League Cup First round B Jones/Rodgers (6) B Jones (7) 6,731 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, their 83rd season in the English Football League. Season summary In the 2005–06 season, Crewe Alexandra's continued success in the Championship finally came to an end and despite a gallant effort in the second half of the season, the Railwaymen eventually finished in 22nd place and were relegated with Millwall and Brighton. Their relegation was confirmed on 17 April 2006 after a 1–1 draw at home with Cardiff City after Sheffield Wednesday won 2–0 at Brighton.Crewe 1–1 Cardiff https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/4906646.stm BBC Sport 17 April 2006 26 October 2012 The season did see some highs though with the club securing Algerian international Madjid Bougherra and the former Welsh international Gareth Taylor on loan from Nottingham Forest. Final league table 2005–06 Football League Championship CRE Results Crewe Alexandra's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/crewe-alexandra/2005-2006/results Crewe Alexandra results for the 2005-2006 season - Statto.com 22 November 2012 22 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151122014906/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crewe-alexandra/2005-2006/results live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Championship DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 6 August 2005 BurnleyH2–18,006B Jones, Vaughan 9 August 2005 Norwich CityA1–125,116Varney 13 August 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionA2–26,132Rivers, Higdon 20 August 2005 Leicester CityH2–27,053Varney, Rivers 27 August 2005 SouthamptonA0–220,792 29 August 2005 Sheffield UnitedH1–37,501Foster 11 September 2005 Derby CountyH1–15,958Rivers 13 September 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA1–110,460Johnson 17 September 2005 ReadingA0–117,668 24 September 2005 WatfordH0–06,258 27 September 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–47,471 1 October 2005 Ipswich TownA1–223,145Vaughan 15 October 2005 Luton TownH3–16,604B Jones, Lunt, Varney 18 October 2005 Stoke CityA0–214,080 22 October 2005 Cardiff CityA1–610,815Foster 29 October 2005 Crystal PalaceH2–26,766S Jones, Higdon 1 November 2005 Leeds UnitedH1–07,220Butler (own goal) 5 November 2005 MillwallA3–18,120S Jones (2), G Roberts 19 November 2005 Stoke CityH1–28,942Johnson 22 November 2005 Luton TownA1–47,474Walker 26 November 2005 BurnleyA0–311,151 3 December 2005 Preston North EndH0–26,364 10 December 2005 Norwich CityH1–26,132B Jones 17 December 2005 Leicester CityA1–124,873Higdon 26 December 2005 Hull CityH2–27,942Johnson, G Roberts 28 December 2005 Coventry CityA1–119,045Rodgers 31 December 2005 Queens Park RangersH3–45,687Johnson, Varney, B Jones 2 January 2006 Sheffield WednesdayA0–325,656 14 January 2006 Derby CountyA1–522,649Vaughan 21 January 2006 Plymouth ArgyleH1–25,984Rodgers 28 January 2006 WatfordA1–411,722Rodgers 4 February 2006 ReadingH3–46,484Bell, Taylor, Lunt (pen) 11 February 2006 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–121,683B Jones 14 February 2006 Ipswich TownH1–25,686S Jones 25 February 2006 Brighton & Hove AlbionH2–15,925Bell, Foster 3 March 2006 Sheffield UnitedA0–022,691 11 March 2006 SouthamptonH1–16,588Rodgers 18 March 2006 Hull CityA0–121,163 25 March 2006 Coventry CityH4–16,444B Jones, Bougherra, Rodgers, Taylor 28 March 2006 Preston North EndA0–113,170 1 April 2006 Queens Park RangersA2–112,877Lunt, Vaughan 8 April 2006 Sheffield WednesdayH2–08,007Taylor (2) 15 April 2006 Crystal PalaceA2–218,358Rodgers, Lunt (pen) 17 April 2006 Cardiff CityH1–15,865Vaughan 22 April 2006 Leeds UnitedA0–121,046 30 April 2006 MillwallH4–25,945Johnson, Maynard, Varney, S Jones FA Cup 2005–06 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 2006 Preston North EndA1–28,380B Jones League Cup 2005–06 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR123 August 2005 Lincoln CityA1–52,782Walker Squad 1 ENG GK Ben Williams 2 WAL DF Darren Moss 3 ENG DF Anthony Tonkin 4 ENG DF Billy Jones 5 ENG DF Adie Moses 6 ENG DF Stephen Foster 7 ENG MF Kenny Lunt 8 ENG MF Justin Cochrane 9 NIR FW Steve Jones 10 ESP FW Juan Ugarte 11 WAL MF David Vaughan 12 ENG MF Lee Bell 13 ENG GK Stuart Tomlinson 14 ENG MF Ben Rix 15 ENG FW Luke Varney 16 ENG DF Richard Walker 18 ENG DF Chris McCready 19 ENG MF Michael Higdon 20 ENG DF Eddie Johnson on loan from Manchester United 21 ENG MF Gary Roberts 22 ENG DF Paul Bignot 23 ENG DF Robert Lloyd 24 ENG FW Matt Bailey 25 ENG DF Mark Roberts 26 ENG MF Alex Morris 27 ENG FW Kyle Wilson 28 NIR MF Michael O'Connor 29 ENG MF Andy Bond 30 ENG FW Nicky Maynard 31 SVK FW Pavol Šuhaj 32 ENG FW Luke Rodgers 34 ENG DF Ritchie Sutton 35 ENG FW Tom Pope 36 ENG MF Tony Grant 37 WAL GK Owain Fôn Williams 38 WAL FW Gareth Taylor on loan from Nottingham Forest 39 ENG DF Jon Otsemobor 40 ALG DF Madjid Bougherra on loan from FC Gueugnon Left club during season 17 ENG MF Mark Rivers to Carlisle United 33 ENG GK Ross Turnbull on loan from Middlesbrough References Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. seasons Crewe Alexandra