2005–06 Football League

The Football League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Reading
Promoted	Reading Sheffield United Watford
Relegated	Oxford United Rushden & Diamonds
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–2006 season was the 106th completed season of The Football League.

In this season of Football League, Reading was the only club in England to get more than 100 points and they also have won the League Championship. Elsewhere, there were also wins for Southend United and Carlisle United in Football League One and Football League Two respectively.

1 Final league tables and results
2 Football League Championship
- 2.1 Championship play-offs
- 2.2 Championship topscorers
3 Football League One
- 3.1 League One play-offs
- 3.2 League One Topscorers
4 Football League Two
- 4.1 League Two play-offs
- 4.2 League Two Topscorers
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Final league tables and results[edit]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

Season	2005–06
Champions	Reading (1st second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Reading, Sheffield United
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Watford
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion, Crewe Alexandra, Millwall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1341 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marlon King (Watford), 21^[2]
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	19	3	1	58	14	12	10	1	41	18	99	32	+67	106
2	Sheffield United	46	15	5	3	43	22	11	7	5	33	24	76	46	+30	90
3	Watford	46	11	7	5	39	24	11	8	4	38	29	77	53	+24	81
4	Preston North End	46	11	10	2	31	12	9	10	4	28	18	59	30	+29	80
5	Leeds United	46	13	7	3	35	18	8	8	7	22	20	57	38	+19	78
6	Crystal Palace	46	13	6	4	39	20	8	6	9	28	28	67	48	+19	75
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	9	10	4	24	18	7	9	7	26	24	50	42	+8	67
8	Coventry City	46	12	7	4	39	22	4	8	11	23	43	62	65	–3	63
9	Norwich City	46	12	4	7	34	25	6	4	13	22	40	56	65	–9	62
10	Luton Town	46	11	6	6	45	31	6	4	13	21	36	66	67	–1	61
11	Cardiff City	46	10	7	6	32	24	6	5	12	26	35	58	59	–1	60
12	Southampton	46	9	10	4	26	17	4	9	10	23	33	49	50	–1	58
13	Stoke City	46	7	5	11	24	32	10	2	11	30	31	54	63	–9	58
14	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	7	6	26	22	3	10	10	13	24	39	46	–7	56
15	Ipswich Town	46	8	8	7	28	32	6	6	11	25	34	53	66	–13	56
16	Leicester City	46	8	9	6	30	25	5	6	12	21	34	51	59	–8	54
17	Burnley	46	11	6	6	34	22	3	6	14	12	32	46	54	–8	54
18	Hull City	46	8	8	7	24	21	4	8	11	25	34	39	52	–6	52
19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	7	8	8	22	24	6	5	12	17	28	49	55	–13	52
20	Derby County	46	8	10	5	33	27	2	10	11	20	40	53	67	–14	50
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	7	9	24	26	5	7	11	26	39	50	65	–15	50
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	7	7	9	38	40	2	8	13	19	46	57	86	–29	42
23	Millwall	46	4	8	11	13	27	4	8	11	22	35	35	62	–27	40
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	4	8	11	21	34	3	9	11	18	37	39	71	–32	38

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Semifinals 1st leg – 5th/6 May; 2nd leg – 8th/9 May 2006					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21 May 2006

3rd	Watford	3	0	3
6th	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
					3rd	Watford	3
					5th	Leeds United	0
4th	Preston North End	1	0	1
5th	Leeds United	1	2	3

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marlon King	Watford	21
2	Dave Kitson	Reading	18
=	Kevin Doyle	Reading	18
=	Cameron Jerome	Cardiff City	18
5	Darius Henderson	Watford	15
=	Andrew Johnson	Crystal Palace	15
=	Gary McSheffrey	Coventry	15
=	Ade Akinbiyi	Sheffield United	15
9	Ashley Young	Watford	14
=	Steve Howard	Luton Town	14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southend United	46	13	6	4	37	16	10	7	6	35	27	72	43	+29	82
2	Colchester United	46	15	4	4	39	21	7	9	7	19	19	50	40	+18	79
3	Brentford	46	10	8	5	35	23	10	8	5	37	29	72	52	+20	76
4	Huddersfield Town	46	13	6	4	40	25	6	10	7	32	34	72	59	+13	73
5	Barnsley	46	11	11	1	37	19	7	7	9	25	25	62	44	+18	72
6	Swansea City	46	11	9	3	42	23	7	8	8	36	32	78	55	+23	71
7	Nottingham Forest	46	14	5	4	40	15	5	7	11	27	37	67	52	+15	69
8	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	30	19	9	3	11	25	32	55	51	+4	69
9	Bristol City	46	11	7	5	38	22	7	4	12	28	40	66	62	+4	65
10	Oldham Athletic	46	12	4	7	32	24	6	7	10	26	36	58	60	–2	65
11	Bradford City	46	8	9	6	28	25	6	10	7	23	24	51	49	+2	61
12	Scunthorpe United	46	8	8	7	36	33	7	7	9	32	40	68	73	–5	60
13	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	26	6	7	10	19	28	49	54	–5	60
14	Gillingham	46	13	4	6	31	21	3	8	12	19	43	50	64	–14	60
15	Yeovil Town	46	8	8	7	27	24	7	3	13	27	38	54	62	–8	56
16	Chesterfield	46	6	7	10	31	37	8	7	8	32	36	63	73	–10	56
17	Bournemouth	46	7	11	5	25	20	5	8	10	24	33	49	53	–4	55
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	7	8	8	32	30	6	7	10	18	22	50	52	–2	54
19	Blackpool	46	9	8	6	33	27	3	9	11	23	37	56	64	–8	53
20	Rotherham United	46	7	9	7	31	26	5	7	11	21	36	52	62	–10	52
21	Hartlepool United	46	6	10	7	28	30	5	7	11	16	29	44	59	–15	50
22	Milton Keynes Dons	46	8	8	7	28	25	4	6	13	17	41	45	66	–21	50
23	Swindon Town	46	9	5	9	31	31	2	10	11	15	34	46	65	–19	48
24	Walsall	46	7	7	9	27	34	4	7	12	20	36	47	70	–23	47

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Semifinals 1st leg −13 May; 2nd leg −17 May 2000					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 28 May 200

3rd	Brentford	1	0	1
6th	Swansea City	1	2	3
					5th	Barnsley (pens.)	2 (4)
					6th	Swansea City	2 (3)
4th	Huddersfield Town	1	1	2
5th	Barnsley	0	3	3

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	23
=	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	23
3	James Hayter	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20
=	Lee Trundle	Swansea City	20
5	Luke Beckett	Oldham Athletic	18
6	Rory Fallon	Swansea City	17
=	Izale McLeod	Milton Keynes Dons	17
=	Chris Iwelumo	Colchester United	17
9	Dean Windass	Bradford City	16
=	Steve Brooker	Bristol City	16
=	Chris Greenacre	Tranmere Rovers	16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Carlisle United	46	14	3	6	47	23	11	8	4	37	19	84	42	+42	86
2	Northampton Town	46	11	8	4	30	15	11	9	3	33	22	63	37	+26	83
3	Leyton Orient	46	11	6	6	29	21	11	9	3	38	30	67	51	+16	81
4	Grimsby Town	46	13	3	7	37	18	9	9	5	27	26	64	44	+20	78
5	Cheltenham Town	46	10	7	6	39	31	9	8	6	26	22	65	53	+12	72
6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	9	9	5	41	29	9	8	6	31	27	72	56	+16	71
7	Lincoln City	46	9	11	3	37	21	6	10	7	28	32	65	53	+12	66
8	Darlington	46	10	7	6	32	26	6	8	9	26	26	58	52	+6	63
9	Peterborough United	46	9	7	7	28	21	8	4	11	29	28	57	49	+8	62
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	9	4	33	20	6	4	13	22	35	55	55	±0	61
11	Boston United	46	11	7	5	34	28	4	9	10	16	32	50	60	–10	61
12	Bristol Rovers	46	8	6	9	30	29	9	3	11	29	38	59	67	–8	60
13	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	36	19	3	8	12	25	35	61	54	+7	59
14	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	34	30	6	7	10	32	39	66	69	–3	56
15	Chester City	46	7	6	10	30	29	7	6	10	23	30	53	59	–6	54
16	Mansfield Town	46	9	7	7	37	29	4	8	11	22	37	59	66	–7	54
17	Macclesfield Town	46	10	9	4	35	27	2	9	12	25	44	60	71	–11	54
18	Barnet	46	9	8	6	24	22	3	10	10	20	35	44	57	–13	54
19	Bury	46	6	9	8	22	25	6	8	9	23	32	45	57	–12	53	^{[notes 1]}
20	Torquay United	46	7	9	7	33	31	6	4	13	20	35	53	66	–13	52
21	Notts County	46	7	11	5	30	26	5	5	13	18	37	48	63	–15	52
22	Stockport County	46	7	11	5	34	29	4	8	11	23	49	57	78	–21	52
23	Oxford United	46	7	7	9	25	30	4	9	10	18	27	43	56	–14	49
24	Rushden & Diamonds	46	8	5	10	25	31	3	7	13	19	45	44	76	–32	45

Semifinals 1st leg −13 May; 2nd leg – 16th/18 May 2006					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 28 May 2006

4th	Grimsby Town	1	2	3
7th	Lincoln City	0	1	1
					4th	Grimsby Town	0
					5th	Cheltenham Town	1
5th	Cheltenham Town	2	0	2
6th	Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ricky Lambert	Rochdale	22
=	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United	22
3	Richard Walker	Bristol Rovers	20
4	Tommy Mooney	Wycombe Wanderers	18
=	Richard Barker	Mansfield Town	18
6	Scott McGleish	Northampton Town	17
7	Junior Agogo	Bristol Rovers	16
8	Danny Crow	Peterborough United	15
=	Gary Jones	Grimsby Town	15
=	Michael Bridges	Carlisle United	15

Contents

Final league tables and results[edit]

Football League Championship[edit]

Championship play-offs[edit]

Championship topscorers[edit]

Football League One[edit]

League One play-offs[edit]

League One Topscorers[edit]

Football League Two[edit]

League Two play-offs[edit]

League Two Topscorers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]