2005–06 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2005–06 season
Chairman	Jim McCahill
Manager	Craig Levein (until 25 January); Rob Kelly (from 25 January)
Stadium	Walkers Stadium
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Hume (9); All: Hume/Guðjónsson/De Vries (9)
Average home league attendance	22,234
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2005–06 season, Leicester's dismal form continued which saw some fans call for Levein's resignation as the team were near the bottom of the table after ten matches, and fell into the relegation zone in January, ultimately leading to his sacking on Wednesday 25 January 2006,^[1] despite a 3–2 FA Cup win over Premiership club Tottenham just 17 days earlier.^[2]

After winning three out of four games as caretaker manager and moving the club five places up the league, Rob Kelly was appointed to see out the rest of the season.^[3] Kelly steered Leicester to safety and in April 2006 was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.^[4] Jim McCahill retired as chairman on 1 June 2006 and was replaced by Andrew Taylor.

Final league table

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[5]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Sheffield United	A	1-4	18,224	Connolly
9 August 2005	Stoke City	H	4-2	20,519	De Vries, Connolly (3)
13 August 2005	Ipswich Town	H	0-0	21,879
20 August 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-2	7,053	Tiatto, Guðjónsson (pen)
27 August 2005	Luton Town	H	0-2	22,048
29 August 2005	Hull City	A	1-1	20,192	McCarthy
10 September 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	22,618	De Vries (2)
13 September 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-1	9,196
17 September 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	24,726
24 September 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-2	20,148	Hammond
27 September 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-0	20,296
1 October 2005	Derby County	A	1-1	25,044	Hume
15 October 2005	Watford	A	2-1	16,224	De Vries, Kisnorbo
18 October 2005	Burnley	H	0-1	23,326
23 October 2005	Coventry City	H	2-1	22,991	De Vries (2)
29 October 2005	Preston North End	A	0-0	13,904
5 November 2005	Southampton	H	0-0	21,318
19 November 2005	Burnley	A	0-1	12,592
22 November 2005	Watford	H	2-2	18,856	Guðjónsson (2, 1 pen)
26 November 2005	Sheffield United	H	4-2	22,382	Hume (2), Smith, Hammond
3 December 2005	Leeds United	A	1-2	21,402	Guðjónsson (pen)
9 December 2005	Stoke City	A	2-3	11,129	Guðjónsson, Hammond
17 December 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-1	24,873	Hume
26 December 2005	Millwall	H	1-1	22,520	Guðjónsson (pen)
28 December 2005	Reading	A	0-2	22,061
31 December 2005	Norwich City	H	0-1	21,072
2 January 2006	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	20,089
14 January 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	25,398	Stearman
21 January 2006	Cardiff City	H	1-2	20,140	Fryatt
24 January 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	12,591
31 January 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-2	11,785	Fryatt, Stearman, Hughes
4 February 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	21,385	Fryatt
11 February 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2-1	7,187	McCarthy, Hume
14 February 2006	Derby County	H	2-2	23,246	Hume, Maybury
18 February 2006	Leeds United	H	1-1	25,497	Hume
25 February 2006	Ipswich Town	A	0-2	24,861
4 March 2006	Hull City	H	3-2	22,835	Hume, Guðjónsson (2)
11 March 2006	Luton Town	A	2-1	9,783	Fryatt, O'Grady
18 March 2006	Millwall	A	1-0	10,523	Hughes
25 March 2006	Reading	H	1-1	25,578	Hume
1 April 2006	Norwich City	A	1-2	24,718	Williams
7 April 2006	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	23,211	Welsh, Hughes
15 April 2006	Preston North End	H	1-2	21,865	Fryatt
17 April 2006	Coventry City	A	1-1	26,672	Stearman
22 April 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	22,796	Fryatt
30 April 2006	Southampton	A	0-2	26,801

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-2	19,844	Hammond, Hughes, De Vries
R4	28 January 2006	Southampton	H	0-1	20,427

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Bury	A	3-0	2,759	Hamill, Stearman, Guðjónsson (pen)
R2	20 September 2005	Blackpool	H	2-1	7,386	De Vries (2)
R3	26 October 2005	Cardiff City	A	1-0	8,727	Johansson
R4	30 November 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	13,067	Williams

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas
2	DF	EIR	Alan Maybury
3	DF	AUS	Patrick Kisnorbo
4	MF	SCO	Stephen Hughes
5	DF	EIR	Paddy McCarthy
6	MF	SCO	Gareth Williams
7	MF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla
8	FW	CAN	Iain Hume
9	FW	BRA	Yoao Alverson
11	DF	AUS	Danny Tiatto
12	FW	ENG	Matty Fryatt
13	GK	AUS	Paul Henderson
14	DF	ENG	Rufus Brevett (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
15	DF	SWE	Nils-Eric Johansson
16	MF	ISL	Joey Guðjónsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ENG	Richard Stearman
18	FW	GHA	Elvis Hammond
22	DF	ENG	Alan Sheehan
23	MF	SCO	Joe Hamill
24	DF	SWE	Patrik Gerrbrand
25	MF	SCO	Andy Welsh (on loan from Sunderland)
26	FW	ENG	Chris O'Grady
27	GK	EIR	Conrad Logan
28	FW	ENG	Louis Dodds
29	FW	ENG	Levi Porter
30	MF	AUS	James Wesolowski
32	DF	ENG	Jay Smedley
34	FW	ENG	Ashley Chambers

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	EIR	David Connolly (to Wigan Athletic)
21	DF	SCO	Peter Canero (to Dundee United)
19	FW	ENG	Tommy Wright (to Barnsley)
12	DF	WAL	Peter Gilbert (to Sheffield Wednesday)
14	MF	ENG	Jason Wilcox (to Blackpool)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	ENG	Dion Dublin (to Celtic)
10	FW	SUR	Mark de Vries (on loan to SC Heerenveen)
31	FW	ENG	James Graham (Released)
21	MF	ENG	Ryan Smith (on loan from Arsenal)
20	MF	ENG	Lee Morris (to Yeovil Town)

References

^ "Levein and Leicester part company". BBC Sport. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "Leicester 3-2 Tottenham". BBC Sport. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "Foxes confirm Kelly as new boss". BBC Sport. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "Kelly given Leicester job". BBC Sport. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2005-2006/results

[1] "Levein and Leicester part company". BBC Sport. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[2] "Leicester 3-2 Tottenham". BBC Sport. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[3] "Foxes confirm Kelly as new boss". BBC Sport. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[4] "Kelly given Leicester job". BBC Sport. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[5] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/2005-2006/results

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