2005–06 Watford F.C. season

English football team season December 2011 March 2015 March 2015 Watford F.C. 2005–06 Aidy Boothroyd Graham Simpson Vicarage Road Championship 3rd (qualified for play-offs) Play-offs Winners FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Marlon King (21) Marlon King (22) 19,842 vs Coventry City (11 Feb 2006, Championship) 7,011 vs Notts County (23 Aug 2005, League Cup) 15,415 2004–05 2006–07 During the 2005–06 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League Championship. Season summary Against the odds, Watford managed to gain promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs, defeating Leeds United 3–0 in the play-off final to return to the top flight after an absence of six years.Leeds 0–3 Watford http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4771857.stm BBC Sport 21 May 2006 4 February 2012 Crucial to Watford's promotion was striker Marlon King, who was the Championship's top scorer. Striker Darius Henderson and young winger Ashley Young also chipped in with 15 and 14 league goals respectively; between them, the three scored 51 of the club's 77 goals scored in the league. Final league table 2005–06 Football League Championship WAT Results Watford's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2005-2006/results Watford results for the 2005-2006 season - Statto.com 19 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119204717/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2005-2006/results 19 November 2015 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Championship DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 6 August 2005 Preston North EndH1–212,597Henderson 9 August 2005 Plymouth ArgyleA3–313,813King, Young (2) 12 August 2005 Cardiff CityA3–110,102King (2), Henderson 20 August 2005 BurnleyH3–116,802King, Mahon, Spring 27 August 2005 ReadingH0–012,152 29 August 2005 Derby CountyA2–123,664Spring, Carlisle 10 September 2005 Stoke CityA3–014,565Devlin, Young, King (pen) 13 September 2005 Norwich CityH2–113,502King, Young 17 September 2005 Sheffield UnitedH2–315,399Henderson (2) 24 September 2005 Crewe AlexandraA0–06,258 28 September 2005 Coventry CityA1–316,978Young 1 October 2005 Leeds UnitedH0–016,050 15 October 2005 Leicester CityH1–216,224Young 18 October 2005 Sheffield WednesdayA1–121,187Young 22 October 2005 Ipswich TownA1–024,069Young 29 October 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–114,561DeMerit, King, Devlin 1 November 2005 Queens Park RangersH3–116,476Spring, McNamee, Young 5 November 2005 Hull CityA2–118,444Mahon, Spring 19 November 2005 Sheffield WednesdayH2–116,988Carlisle, King 22 November 2005 Leicester CityA2–218,856King, Mackay 26 November 2005 Preston North EndA1–114,638Spring 3 December 2005 Brighton & Hove AlbionH1–114,455King 10 December 2005 Plymouth ArgyleH1–112,884King 17 December 2005 BurnleyA1–413,815King 26 December 2005 SouthamptonH3–016,972Henderson, Carlisle, Hajto (own goal) 28 December 2005 MillwallA0–08,450 31 December 2005 Crystal PalaceH1–215,856Henderson 2 January 2006 Luton TownA2–110,248Henderson, Mackay 14 January 2006 Stoke CityH1–012,247Eagles 21 January 2006 Norwich CityA3–225,384Henderson (2), Spring 28 January 2006 Crewe AlexandraH4–111,722Spring (2), King, Young 6 February 2006 Sheffield UnitedA4–120,791Eagles, King (2), Bouazza 11 February 2006 Coventry CityH4–019,842Young, King, Henderson, DeMerit 14 February 2006 Leeds UnitedA1–222,007Young 18 February 2006 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–06,658Eagles 25 February 2006 Cardiff CityH2–117,419Mackay, King 4 March 2006 Derby CountyH2–216,769King, Bangura 11 March 2006 ReadingA0–023,724 20 March 2006 SouthamptonA3–119,202Mahon, Henderson (2) 25 March 2006 MillwallH0–216,654 31 March 2006 Crystal PalaceA1–318,619King 9 April 2006 Luton TownH1–115,922King 14 April 2006 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–122,584King 17 April 2006 Ipswich TownH2–116,721Henderson (2) 22 April 2006 Queens Park RangersA2–116,152Young, Santos (own goal) 30 April 2006 Hull CityH0–019,041 Championship play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSF 1st Leg6 May 2006 Crystal PalaceA3–022,880King, Young, SpringSF 2nd Leg9 May 2006 Crystal PalaceH0–0 (won 3–0 on agg)19,041F21 May 2006 Leeds UnitedN3–064,736DeMerit, Sullivan (own goal), Henderson (pen) FA Cup 2005–06 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 2006 Bolton WanderersH0–313,239 League Cup 2005–06 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR123 August 2005 Notts CountyH3–17,011Young, Bouazza (pen), BlizzardR220 September 2005 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–19,296Carlisle (2)R325 October 2005 Wigan AthleticA0–34,531 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2005-2006/flcham/watford.htm FootballSquads - Watford - 2005/06http://www.11v11.com/teams/watford/tab/players/season/2006 All Watford players: 2006 1 ENG GK Alec Chamberlain 2 ENG DF James Chambers 3 ENG DF Jordan Stewart 4 SCO DF Malky Mackay 5 ENG DF Clarke Carlisle 6 USA DF Jay DeMerit 7 ENG MF Chris Eagles on loan from Manchester United 8 ENG MF Gavin Mahon captain 9 JAM FW Marlon KingKing was born in Dulwich, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2004. 12 ENG DF Lloyd DoyleyDoyley was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in March 2013. 14 ENG MF Dominic Blizzard 15 ENG MF Ashley Young 18 FRA FW Hameur BouazzaBouazza was born in Évry, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Algeria in February 2007. 19 ENG MF Anthony McNamee 20 SLE MF Al Bangura 21 FRA MF Toumani Diagouraga 22 ENG DF Junior Osborne 23 ENG DF Adrian MariappaMariappa was born in Harrow, England, but also qualified to represent Fiji internationally through his father and Jamaica internationally through his maternal grandparents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in June 2012. 25 ENG MF Matthew Spring 26 ENG GK Ben Foster on loan from Manchester United 27 JAM MF Joel GrantGrant was born in Ealing, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Jamaica in May 2014. 28 JAM FW Francino Francis 29 ENG FW Darius Henderson 30 FRA MF Marvin Homand 31 ENG MF Alex Campana 32 ENG FW Les Ferdinand 34 ENG DF Ben Gill 35 ENG DF Joe O'CearuillO'Cearuill was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007. 36 ENG FW Theo RobinsonRobinson was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013. Left club during season 7 ENG MF Martin Devaney to Barnsley 7 WAL MF Carl FletcherFletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004. on loan from West Ham United 10 SCO MF Paul DevlinDevlin was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in October 2002. to Walsall 11 ESP DF Sietes released 16 ENG GK Richard Lee on loan to Blackburn Rovers 17 ENG MF Jamie Hand to Fisher Athletic 24 AUS DF Adam Griffiths to Bournemouth 25 BRA FW José Júnior to Odense 33 JAM FW Trevor BenjaminBenjamin was born in Kettering, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in November 2002. on loan from Peterborough United 36 ENG FW Gabriel Agbonlahor on loan from Aston Villa 50 BEL GK Yves Ma-KalambayMa-Kalambay was born in Brussels, Belgium, and represented them at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2010. on loan from Chelsea ENG MF Ryan Gilligan to Swindon Town Statistics Appearances, goals and cards (Starting appearances + substitute appearances) No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupPlay-offsTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals13px13px1GKENG Alec Chamberlain2+100030005+10002DFENG James Chambers26+120002+103031+130703DFENG Jordan Stewart29+6010203035+60404DFSCO Malky Mackay35+3310103040+33415DFENG Clarke Carlisle30+2310220033+25516DFUSA Jay DeMerit27+5200203132+53407MFENG Chris Eagles16+1310000+1017+23107MFWAL Carl Fletcher3000000030108MFENG Gavin Mahon35+3310103040+33509FWJAM Marlon King40+12110003144+1222110MFSCO Paul Devlin21+2200000021+222012DFENG Lloyd Doyley40+4010203046+403014MFENG Dominic Blizzard9+1000110010+110015MFENG Ashley Young38+11300113142+1153118FWFRA Hameur Bouazza3+11100210+105+1220019DFENG Anthony McNamee26+12110300030+1211020MFSLE Al Bangura11+24100301+2015+2616021MFFRA Toumani Diagouraga10102000400022DFENG Junior Osborne10000+10001+101023DFENG Adrian Mariappa1+20001+10002+300025MFENG Matthew Spring36+3800203141+398026GKENG Ben Foster4401000304803127FWENG Joel Grant2+50001+20003+701028FWJAM Francino Francis0+10001+10001+200029FWENG Darius Henderson27+31410102+1131+4156131MFENG Alex Campana00000+10000+100033FWJAM Trevor Benjamin20000000200034MFENG Ben Gill000+100+20000+300036FWENG Gabriel Agbonlahor1+100000001+100037FWENG Theo Robinson0+100000000+1000 References Notes notes Category:Watford F.C. seasons Watford