2005–06 Football League Championship

May 2022 March 2013 Football League Championship 2005–06 Reading 1st Championship title1st 2nd tier title ReadingSheffield UnitedWatford Crewe AlexandraMillwallBrighton & Hove Albion 557 1341 Marlon King (Watford), 21https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the league under its current title and fourteenth season under its current league division format. Reading dominated the Championship, setting a new league record of 33 league games unbeaten between the opening day defeat by Plymouth Argyle and the loss at Luton Town in February; these were the only league defeats the team would suffer that season. On 25 March 2006 they clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history thanks to a 1–1 draw away to Leicester City.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4819702.stm Leicester 1-1 Reading 25 March 2006 BBC Sport 29 September 2017 Coppell's team secured the league title in the following week, with a 5–0 drubbing of Derby County, and they would go on to set a new English league record for the number of points won in a season, with 106.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/4842672.stm Reading 5-0 Derby 1 April 2006 BBC Sport 29 September 2017 Until 2025, Birmingham City set a new English league record for the number of points in a season, with 111 in the 2024–25 EFL League One season. Changes from last season Team changes From Championship Promoted to Premier League Sunderland Wigan Athletic West Ham United Relegated to League One Gillingham Nottingham Forest Rotherham United To Championship Promoted from League One Luton Town Hull City Sheffield Wednesday Relegated from Premier League Crystal Palace Norwich City Southampton Team overview Stadia and locations England right 400 Locations of the Football League Championship 2005–2006 teams England 50.83 -0.15 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 51.398 -0.085 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.53 -0.232 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester C. Luton Town Millwall Norwich C. Plymouth Argyle Preston North End QPR Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers Team Location Stadium CapacityBrighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Withdean Stadium 8,850Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546Cardiff City Cardiff Ninian Park 21,508Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,602Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Stadium 10,153Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597Hull City Hull KC Stadium 25,586Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 39,460Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,500Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,226Millwall London The Den 20,146Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,018Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 18,000Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road 18,360Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,812Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,690Stoke City Stoke Britannia Stadium 27,740Watford Watford Vicarage Road 17,504Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux 27,828 Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit makerMain sponsorBrighton & Hove AlbionSCO Mark McGheeErreàSkint RecordsBurnleyENG Steve CotterillErreàHunters Estate AgentsCardiff CityENG Dave JonesJomaRedrow HousesCoventry CityENG Micky AdamsKit@Cassidy GroupCrewe AlexandraENG Dario GradiDiadoraMornflake OatsCrystal PalaceNIR Iain DowieDiadoraChurchill InsuranceDerby CountyENG Terry WestleyJomaThe DerbyshireHull CityENG Peter TaylorDiadoraBonus ElectricalIpswich TownENG Joe RoylePunchPowerGenLeeds UnitedENG Kevin BlackwellAdmiralWhyte & MackayLeicester CityENG Rob KellyJJBAlliance & LeicesterLuton TownENG Mike NewellDiadoraElectroluxMillwallENG Tony Burns & ENG Alan McLearyLonsdaleBekoNorwich CityNIR Nigel WorthingtonXaraProton Cars (H) / Lotus Cars (A)Plymouth ArgyleWAL Tony PulisPumaGinstersPreston North EndSCO Billy DaviesDiadoraEnterprise plcQueens Park RangersENG Gary WaddockLe Coq SportifBinatoneReadingENG Steve CoppellPumaKyoceraSheffield UnitedENG Neil WarnockLe Coq SportifHFS LoansSheffield WednesdaySCO Paul SturrockDiadoraPlusnetSouthamptonSCO George BurleySaintsFriends ProvidentStoke CityNED Johan BoskampPumaBritannia Building SocietyWatfordENG Aidy BoothroydDiadoraLoans.co.ukWolverhampton WanderersENG Glenn HoddleLe Coq SportifChaucer Consulting League table main WDL 5 PQR REA Reading SHE Sheffield United WAT Watford PNE Preston North End LEE Leeds United CRY Crystal Palace WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers COV Coventry City NWC Norwich City LUT Luton Town CAR Cardiff City SOU Southampton STK Stoke City PLY Plymouth Argyle IPS Ipswich Town LEI Leicester City BUR Burnley HUL Hull City SHW Sheffield Wednesday DER Derby County QPR Queens Park Rangers CRE Crewe Alexandra MIL Millwall BHA Brighton & Hove Albion 31 13 2 99 32 CP 26 12 8 76 46 P 22 15 9 77 53 OP 20 20 6 59 30 21 15 10 57 38 21 12 13 67 48 16 19 11 50 42 16 15 15 62 65 18 8 20 56 65 17 10 19 66 67 16 12 18 58 59 13 19 14 49 50 17 7 22 54 63 13 17 16 39 46 14 14 18 53 66 13 15 18 51 59 14 12 20 46 54 12 16 18 49 55 13 13 20 39 52 10 20 16 53 67 12 14 20 50 65 9 15 22 57 86 R 8 16 22 35 62 R 7 17 22 39 71 R green1 Promotion to the FA Premier League P P yellow1 Qualification for Championship play-offs CP CP CP CP red1 Relegation to Football League One R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 2 December 2011 RSSSF Play-offs Semi-finals First leg 5 May 2006 19:45 BST Leeds United 1–1 Statistics Preston North End Lewis 74 Nugent 48 Elland Road P Crossley 6 May 2006 12:15 BST Crystal Palace 0–3 Statistics Watford King 46 Young 67 Spring 85 Selhurst Park M J Jones Second leg 8 May 2006 20:00 BST Preston North End 0–2 Statistics Leeds United Hulse 56 Richardson 61 Crainey 2 68 Cresswell 2 90 Deepdale Mike Thorpe Leeds United win 3–1 on aggregate. 9 May 2006 19:45 BST Watford 0–0 Statistics Crystal Palace Vicarage Road Steve Tanner Watford win 3–0 on aggregate. Final 2006 Football League Championship play-off Final 21 May 2006 15:00 BST Leeds United 0–3 (Details) Watford DeMerit 25Sullivan 57 o.g.Henderson 84 pen. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 64,736 Mike Dean Results main FBR grey BHA BUR CAR COV CRE CRY DER HUL IPS LEE LEI LUT MIL NWC PLY PNE QPR REA SHE SHW SOU STK WAT WOL Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 1-2 2-2 2-2 2-3 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-5 0-1 1-1 Burnley 1-0 3-3 4-0 3-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 3-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-3 1-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 4-1 0-1 Cardiff City 1-1 3-0 0-0 6-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-2 0-0 2-5 0-1 1-0 2-1 3-0 1-3 2-2 Coventry City 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-4 6-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 3-1 0-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 3-1 2-0 Crewe Alexandra 2-1 2-1 1-1 4-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-2 1-0 2-2 3-1 4-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 3-4 3-4 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-4 Crystal Palace 0-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-2 2-0 2-0 2-2 1-2 2-0 1-2 1-1 4-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 2-3 2-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 1-1 Derby County 1-1 3-0 2-1 1-1 5-1 2-1 1-1 3-3 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 2-2 0-1 0-2 2-2 2-1 1-2 0-3 Hull City 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-3 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-3 Ipswich Town 1-2 2-1 1-0 2-2 2-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 3-1 0-4 2-2 0-3 1-1 2-1 2-2 1-4 0-1 1-1 Leeds United 3-3 2-0 0-1 3-1 1-0 0-1 3-1 2-0 0-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 2-0 Leicester City 0-0 0-1 1-2 2-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 3-2 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-2 1-1 4-2 2-0 0-0 4-2 2-2 1-0 Luton Town 3-0 2-3 3-3 1-2 4-1 2-0 1-0 2-3 1-0 0-0 1-2 2-1 4-2 1-1 3-0 2-0 3-2 1-1 2-2 3-2 2-3 1-2 1-1 Millwall 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-2 0-4 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 Norwich City 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-3 3-2 0-1 2-1 0-1 3-1 2-1 2-3 1-2 Plymouth Argyle 1-0 1-0 0-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 0-3 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-3 2-0 Preston North End 0-0 0-0 2-1 3-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 3-1 2-0 0-0 5-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 Queens Park Rangers 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-2 1-3 1-1 2-2 2-1 0-1 2-3 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-2 1-2 0-0 Reading 5-1 2-1 5-1 2-0 1-0 3-2 5-0 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 3-0 5-0 4-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 Sheffield United 3-1 3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 3-2 2-0 1-0 4-1 4-0 2-2 1-3 2-0 2-1 2-3 1-1 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-4 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 0-0 1-3 3-2 3-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 2-1 0-2 1-2 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-1 0-2 Southampton 2-1 1-1 3-2 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-2 3-4 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 1-3 0-0 Stoke City 3-0 1-0 0-3 0-1 2-0 1-3 1-2 0-3 2-2 0-1 3-2 2-1 2-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-3 1-3 Watford 1-1 3-1 2-1 4-0 4-1 1-2 2-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-2 2-1 1-1 1-2 3-1 0-0 2-3 2-1 3-0 1-0 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 0-1 2-0 2-2 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 1-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 0-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 10 September 2020 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng2006.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 9 August 2026 No. Club Average Change Highest Lowest 1 Norwich City 24,952 2.5% 27,470 23,838 2 Sheffield Wednesday 24,853 7.6% 33,439 20,244 3 Ipswich Town 24,253 -5.5% 29,184 22,551 4 Derby County 24,166 -4.2% 30,391 21,434 5 Sheffield United 23,650 20.7% 30,558 17,739 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23,624 -11.3% 27,980 21,683 7 Southampton 23,614 -22.9% 30,173 19,086 8 Leeds United 22,355 -23.5% 27,843 18,353 9 Leicester City 22,234 -7.9% 25,578 18,856 10 Coventry City 21,302 32.7% 26,851 16,156 11 Reading 20,207 17.7% 23,845 14,027 12 Hull City 19,841 10.1% 23,486 17,698 13 Crystal Palace 19,457 -19.3% 23,843 17,291 14 Watford 15,450 8.1% 19,842 11,722 15 Preston North End 14,619 5.3% 19,350 12,453 16 Stoke City 14,432 -12.3% 20,408 10,121 17 Plymouth Argyle 13,776 -16.1% 17,726 10,460 18 Queens Park Rangers 13,441 -16.3% 16,152 10,901 19 Burnley 12,462 -1.4% 17,912 10,431 20 Cardiff City 11,720 -9.7% 16,403 8,724 21 Millwall 9,529 -18.2% 13,209 7,108 22 Luton Town 9,139 15.1% 10,248 7,474 23 Brighton & Hove Albion 6,802 5.8% 7,999 5,859 24 Crewe Alexandra 6,732 -9.1% 8,942 5,686 References 2005–06 1 England