Football League Championship 2005/06

Football League Championship 2005/06
master	Reading FC
Climbers	Reading FC, Sheffield United , Watford FC (as play-off winners)
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra , Millwall FC , Brighton & Hove Albion
Teams	24
Games	552 + 5 play-off games
Gates	1,341  (ø 2.43 per game)
Top scorer	Marlon King ( Watford FC )
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The Football League Championship 2005/06 was the second season of the English Football League Championship and at the same time the 14th season of the top division of the Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. The season began on August 6, 2005 with the opening game between Sheffield United and Leicester City (final score: 4: 1). As a climber came Luton Town , Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday to do so. Crystal Palace , Norwich City and Southampton FC were relegated from the Premier League last year , thus completing the field of 24 teams.

Teams

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Withdean Stadium	08,900
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	26,800
Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,600
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Alexandra Stadium	10,200
Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,300
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,600
Burnley FC	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,600
Millwall FC	London	The Den	20,100
Reading FC	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,200
Southampton FC	Southampton	St. Mary's Stadium	32,700
Watford FC	Watford	Vicarage Road	19,900
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KC Stadium	25,400
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,300
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	39,500
Leicester City	Leicester	Walkers Stadium	32,500
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road Stadium	10,200
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	26,200
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	19,500
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	22,200
Queens Park Rangers	London	Loftus Road	19,100
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,700
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,800
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Britannia Stadium	28,400
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	28,500

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Reading FC	46	31	13	2	099:320	+67	106
2.	Sheffield United	46	26th	12	8th	076:460	+30	90
3.	Watford FC	46	22nd	15th	9	077:530	+24	81
4th	Preston North End	46	20th	20th	6th	059:300	+29	80
5.	Leeds United	46	21st	15th	10	057:380	+19	78
6th	Crystal Palace (A)	46	21st	12	13	067:480	+19	75
7th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	19th	11	050:420	+8	67
8th.	Coventry City	46	16	15th	15th	062:650	−3	63
9.	Norwich City (A)	46	18th	8th	20th	056:650	−9	62
10.	Luton Town (N)	46	17th	10	19th	066:670	−1	61
11.	Cardiff City	46	16	12	18th	058:590	−1	60
12.	Southampton FC (A)	46	13	19th	14th	049:500	−1	58
13.	Stoke City	46	17th	7th	22nd	054:630	−9	58
14th	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	17th	16	039:460	−7	56
15th	Ipswich Town	46	14th	14th	18th	053:660	−13	56
16.	Leicester City	46	13	15th	18th	051:590	−8	54
17th	Burnley FC	46	14th	12	20th	046:540	−8	54
18th	Hull City (N)	46	12	16	18th	049:550	−6	52
19th	Sheffield Wednesday (N)	46	13	13	20th	039:520	−13	52
20th	Derby County	46	10	20th	16	053:670	−14	50
21st	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	14th	20th	050:650	−15	50
22nd	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	15th	22nd	057:860	−29	42
23.	Millwall FC	46	8th	16	22nd	035:620	−27	40
24.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7th	17th	22nd	039:710	−32	38

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League in 2006/07

Promoted to the Premier League 2006/07

Play-off winners and promoted to the Premier League in 2006/07

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League

Relegation to Football League One in 2006/07

(A)	Relegated from the Premier League 2004/05
(N)	Newcomer from Football League One 2004/05

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2005/06
Crystal Palace		4: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 2	2-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 2	2-0	2-0
Norwich City	1: 1		3: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 3	0: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 3	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 1
Southampton FC	0-0	1-0		0: 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	3: 4	2-0	3: 2	0-0	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0
Ipswich Town	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2		2-0	0: 4	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 4	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1
Derby County	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	3: 3		1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	0: 3	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	3-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	5: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2
Preston North End	2-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1		0: 3	0-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	5: 1	3-0	0-0
Reading FC	3: 2	4-0	2-0	2-0	5-0	2: 1		2: 1	1: 1	5-0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	5: 1	1: 2	0-0	2-0	5: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 1	2-0
Sheffield United	1-0	1: 3	3-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1		1-0	2: 2	2: 3	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	4: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 4	2: 1	3: 1	0-0	4-0	3: 2	1-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2: 1	2-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0-0		1: 2	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 3
Millwall FC	1: 2	1-0	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0: 2	0: 4	0-0		1: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1
Queens Park Rangers	1: 3	3-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	1-0		1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 2	0-0
Stoke City	1: 3	3: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	1: 2		1-0	0: 1	3: 2	0: 3	0-0	0: 3	0: 1	3-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 3	0-0
Burnley FC	0-0	2-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 2	0: 2	0: 3	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0		1: 2	1-0	3: 3	1-0	4: 1	4-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 2
Leeds United	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0: 2	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	2-0		2: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0
Leicester City	2-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	4: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	4: 2	0: 1	1: 1		1: 2	1-0	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	3: 2	2-0
Cardiff City	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 5	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	3-0	3-0	2: 1	1-0		0: 2	1: 3	0-0	0-0	6: 1	1: 2	1-0	1-0
Plymouth Argyle	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	0: 2	0-0	2-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	0: 3	1-0	0: 1		3: 3	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1
Watford FC	1: 2	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 3	3: 1	0: 2	3: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1		4-0	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1
Coventry City	1: 4	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	6: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1		2-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2: 3	1: 3	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 5	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	2: 2		2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2
Crewe Alexandra	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	3: 4	1: 3	0: 4	4: 2	3: 4	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	4: 1	2: 1		3: 1	2: 2	2-0
Luton Town	2-0	4: 2	3: 2	1-0	1-0	3-0	3: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 3	2: 3	0-0	1: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	3-0	4: 1		2: 3	2: 2
Hull City	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	2-0	1-0	0: 1		1-0
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3-0	0: 2	1: 1

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							Final at Wembley Stadium
	6th	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
	3	Watford FC	3	0	3
								3	Watford FC	3
								5	Leeds United	0
	5	Leeds United	1	2	3
	4th	Preston North End	1	0	1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Marlon King	Watford FC	21st
2	Kevin Doyle	Reading FC	18th
=	Cameron Jerome	Cardiff City	=
=	Dave Kitson	Reading FC	=
5	Ade Akinbiyi	Sheffield United	15th
=	Andy Johnson	Crystal Palace	=
=	Gary McSheffrey	Coventry City	=
8th	Darius Henderson	Watford FC	14th
9	Steve Howard	Luton Town	14th
10	Ashley Young	Watford FC	13
=	Clinton Morrison	Crystal Palace	=

See also

• Premier League 2005/06

Web links

• Games and table on kicker.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Play-Off-Final 2005/06 (BBC Sport)
2. ↑ List of goalscorers 2005/06 (The Football League) ( Memento from April 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )