2005–06 Watford F.C. season

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Watford F.C.
2005–06 season
ChairmanGraham Simpson
ManagerAidy Boothroyd
StadiumVicarage Road
Championship3rd (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offsWinners
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marlon King (21)
All: Marlon King (22)
Highest home attendance19,842 vs Coventry City
(11 Feb 2006, Championship)
Lowest home attendance7,011 vs Notts County
(23 Aug 2005, League Cup)
Average home league attendance15,415

During the 2005–06 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary[edit]

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.[1] 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[edit]

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Reading (C, P) 46 31 13 2 99 32 +67 106 Promotion to the FA Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 12 8 76 46 +30 90
3 Watford (O, P) 46 22 15 9 77 53 +24 81 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Preston North End 46 20 20 6 59 30 +29 80
5 Leeds United 46 21 15 10 57 38 +19 78
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results[edit]

Watford's score comes first[2]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship[edit]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 August 2005 Preston North End H 1–2 12,597 Henderson
9 August 2005 Plymouth Argyle A 3–3 13,813 King, Young (2)
12 August 2005 Cardiff City A 3–1 10,102 King (2), Henderson
20 August 2005 Burnley H 3–1 16,802 King, Mahon, Spring
27 August 2005 Reading H 0–0 12,152
29 August 2005 Derby County A 2–1 23,664 Spring, Carlisle
10 September 2005 Stoke City A 3–0 14,565 Devlin, Young, King (pen)
13 September 2005 Norwich City H 2–1 13,502 King, Young
17 September 2005 Sheffield United H 2–3 15,399 Henderson (2)
24 September 2005 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 6,258
28 September 2005 Coventry City A 1–3 16,978 Young
1 October 2005 Leeds United H 0–0 16,050
15 October 2005 Leicester City H 1–2 16,224 Young
18 October 2005 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–1 21,187 Young
22 October 2005 Ipswich Town A 1–0 24,069 Young
29 October 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–1 14,561 DeMerit, King, Devlin
1 November 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 3–1 16,476 Spring, McNamee, Young
5 November 2005 Hull City A 2–1 18,444 Mahon, Spring
19 November 2005 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 16,988 Carlisle, King
22 November 2005 Leicester City A 2–2 18,856 King, Mackay
26 November 2005 Preston North End A 1–1 14,638 Spring
3 December 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–1 14,455 King
10 December 2005 Plymouth Argyle H 1–1 12,884 King
17 December 2005 Burnley A 1–4 13,815 King
26 December 2005 Southampton H 3–0 16,972 Henderson, Carlisle, Hajto (own goal)
28 December 2005 Millwall A 0–0 8,450
31 December 2005 Crystal Palace H 1–2 15,856 Henderson
2 January 2006 Luton Town A 2–1 10,248 Henderson, Mackay
14 January 2006 Stoke City H 1–0 12,247 Eagles
21 January 2006 Norwich City A 3–2 25,384 Henderson (2), Spring
28 January 2006 Crewe Alexandra H 4–1 11,722 Spring (2), King, Young
6 February 2006 Sheffield United A 4–1 20,791 Eagles, King (2), Bouazza
11 February 2006 Coventry City H 4–0 19,842 Young, King, Henderson, DeMerit
14 February 2006 Leeds United A 1–2 22,007 Young
18 February 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–0 6,658 Eagles
25 February 2006 Cardiff City H 2–1 17,419 Mackay, King
4 March 2006 Derby County H 2–2 16,769 King, Bangura
11 March 2006 Reading A 0–0 23,724
20 March 2006 Southampton A 3–1 19,202 Mahon, Henderson (2)
25 March 2006 Millwall H 0–2 16,654
31 March 2006 Crystal Palace A 1–3 18,619 King
9 April 2006 Luton Town H 1–1 15,922 King
14 April 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 22,584 King
17 April 2006 Ipswich Town H 2–1 16,721 Henderson (2)
22 April 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 2–1 16,152 Young, Santos (own goal)
30 April 2006 Hull City H 0–0 19,041

Championship play-offs[edit]

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg 6 May 2006 Crystal Palace A 3–0 22,880 King, Young, Spring
SF 2nd Leg 9 May 2006 Crystal Palace H 0–0 (won 3–0 on agg) 19,041
F 21 May 2006 Leeds United N 3–0 64,736 DeMerit, Sullivan (own goal), Henderson (pen)

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Bolton Wanderers H 0–3 13,239

League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 23 August 2005 Notts County H 3–1 7,011 Young, Bouazza (pen), Blizzard
R2 20 September 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 9,296 Carlisle (2)
R3 25 October 2005 Wigan Athletic A 0–3 4,531

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season[3][4]

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 England ENG Alec Chamberlain
2 DF England ENG James Chambers
3 DF England ENG Jordan Stewart
4 DF Scotland SCO Malky Mackay
5 DF England ENG Clarke Carlisle
6 DF United States USA Jay DeMerit
7 MF England ENG Chris Eagles (on loan from Manchester United)
8 MF England ENG Gavin Mahon (captain)
9 FW Jamaica JAM Marlon King[notes 1]
12 DF England ENG Lloyd Doyley[notes 2]
14 MF England ENG Dominic Blizzard
15 MF England ENG Ashley Young
18 FW France FRA Hameur Bouazza[notes 3]
19 MF England ENG Anthony McNamee
20 MF Sierra Leone SLE Al Bangura
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF France FRA Toumani Diagouraga
22 DF England ENG Junior Osborne
23 DF England ENG Adrian Mariappa[notes 4]
25 MF England ENG Matthew Spring
26 GK England ENG Ben Foster (on loan from Manchester United)
27 MF Jamaica JAM Joel Grant[notes 5]
28 FW Jamaica JAM Francino Francis
29 FW England ENG Darius Henderson
30 MF France FRA Marvin Homand
31 MF England ENG Alex Campana
32 FW England ENG Les Ferdinand
34 DF England ENG Ben Gill
35 DF England ENG Joe O'Cearuill[notes 6]
36 FW England ENG Theo Robinson[notes 7]

Left club during season[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF England ENG Martin Devaney (to Barnsley)
7 MF Wales WAL Carl Fletcher[notes 8] (on loan from West Ham United)
10 MF Scotland SCO Paul Devlin[notes 9] (to Walsall)
11 DF Spain ESP Sietes (released)
16 GK England ENG Richard Lee (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)
17 MF England ENG Jamie Hand (to Fisher Athletic)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Australia AUS Adam Griffiths (to Bournemouth)
25 FW Brazil BRA José Júnior (to Odense)
33 FW Jamaica JAM Trevor Benjamin[notes 10] (on loan from Peterborough United)
36 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor (on loan from Aston Villa)
50 GK Belgium BEL Yves Ma-Kalambay[notes 11] (on loan from Chelsea)
— MF England ENG Ryan Gilligan (to Swindon Town)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances, goals and cards[edit]

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Play-offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Alec Chamberlain 2+1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5+1 0 0 0
2 DF England James Chambers 26+12 0 0 0 2+1 0 3 0 31+13 0 7 0
3 DF England Jordan Stewart 29+6 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 35+6 0 4 0
4 DF Scotland Malky Mackay 35+3 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 40+3 3 4 1
5 DF England Clarke Carlisle 30+2 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 33+2 5 5 1
6 DF United States Jay DeMerit 27+5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 32+5 3 4 0
7 MF England Chris Eagles 16+1 3 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 17+2 3 1 0
7 MF Wales Carl Fletcher 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
8 MF England Gavin Mahon 35+3 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 40+3 3 5 0
9 FW Jamaica Marlon King 40+1 21 1 0 0 0 3 1 44+1 22 2 1
10 MF Scotland Paul Devlin 21+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21+2 2 2 0
12 DF England Lloyd Doyley 40+4 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 46+4 0 3 0
14 MF England Dominic Blizzard 9+1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10+1 1 0 0
15 MF England Ashley Young 38+1 13 0 0 1 1 3 1 42+1 15 3 1
18 FW France Hameur Bouazza 3+11 1 0 0 2 1 0+1 0 5+12 2 0 0
19 DF England Anthony McNamee 26+12 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 30+12 1 1 0
20 MF Sierra Leone Al Bangura 11+24 1 0 0 3 0 1+2 0 15+26 1 6 0
21 MF France Toumani Diagouraga 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
22 DF England Junior Osborne 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 1 0
23 DF England Adrian Mariappa 1+2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 2+3 0 0 0
25 MF England Matthew Spring 36+3 8 0 0 2 0 3 1 41+3 9 8 0
26 GK England Ben Foster 44 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 48 0 3 1
27 FW England Joel Grant 2+5 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 3+7 0 1 0
28 FW Jamaica Francino Francis 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0
29 FW England Darius Henderson 27+3 14 1 0 1 0 2+1 1 31+4 15 6 1
31 MF England Alex Campana 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 FW Jamaica Trevor Benjamin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
34 MF England Ben Gill 0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0
36 FW England Gabriel Agbonlahor 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
37 FW England Theo Robinson 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leeds 0–3 Watford". BBC Sport. 21 May 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Watford results for the 2005-2006 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Watford - 2005/06".
  4. ^ "All Watford players: 2006".

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ King was born in Dulwich, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2004.
  2. ^ Doyley was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in March 2013.
  3. ^ Bouazza 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.
  4. ^ Mariappa 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.
  5. ^ Grant 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.
  6. ^ O'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.
  7. ^ Robinson was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013.
  8. ^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  9. ^ Devlin 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.
  10. ^ Benjamin 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.
  11. ^ Ma-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.
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