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===Barclays Golden Glove Award===
===Barclays Golden Glove Award===
Liverpool goalkeeper [[Pepe Reina]] won the Premier League's [[Barclays Golden Glove|golden glove award]] for the first time. He achieved clean sheets in 20 Premier League games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1313130,00.html |title= Reina collects Barclays Golden Glove Award |publisher=Premierleague.com |date= |accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref>
Liverpool goalkeeper [[Pepe Reina]] won the Premier League's [[Barclays Golden Glove|golden glove award]] for the first time. He achieved clean sheets in 20 Premier League games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1313130,00.html |title=Reina collects Barclays Golden Glove Award |publisher=Premierleague.com |date= |accessdate=14 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918085431/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0%2C%2C12306~1313130%2C00.html |archivedate=18 September 2008 |df= }}</ref>


===Barclays Fair Play League===
===Barclays Fair Play League===
The Barclays Fair Play League was won by Charlton Athletic, ahead of fellow London team Arsenal. The least sporting side was Blackburn Rovers.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20060923111427/http://www.premierleague.com/public/downloads/publications/Fair_Play_May_06.pdf</ref>
The Barclays Fair Play League was won by Charlton Athletic, ahead of fellow London team Arsenal. The least sporting side was Blackburn Rovers.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060923111427/http://www.premierleague.com/public/downloads/publications/Fair_Play_May_06.pdf</ref>


==Notable events==
==Notable events==

Revision as of 14:52, 17 June 2017

Premier League
Season2005–06
ChampionsChelsea
2nd Premier League title
3rd English title
RelegatedBirmingham City
West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland
Champions LeagueChelsea
Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Matches played380
Goals scored944 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerThierry Henry (27 goals)
Biggest home winArsenal 7–0 Middlesbrough
Biggest away winEverton 0–4 Bolton Wanderers
Middlesbrough 0–4 Aston Villa
Fulham 0–4 Arsenal
Highest scoringCharlton Athletic 2–5 Manchester City
Wigan Athletic 4–3 Manchester City
Arsenal 7–0 Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Manchester United
Fulham 6–1 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough 4–3 Bolton Wanderers
(7 goals)
Longest winning run10 games[1]
Chelsea
Liverpool
Longest unbeaten run13 games[1]
Chelsea
Longest winless run14 games[1]
Sunderland
Longest losing run9 games[1]
Sunderland
Highest attendance73,006
Manchester United v Charlton Athletic
Lowest attendance16,550
Fulham v Birmingham City
Average attendance33,875

The 2005–06 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) began on 13 August 2005, and concluded on 7 May 2006. The season saw Chelsea retain their title after defeating Manchester United 3–0 at Stamford Bridge towards the end of April. On the same day, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City were relegated, joining Sunderland in the Championship for the following season.

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Arsène Wenger Thierry Henry Nike O2
Aston Villa David O'Leary Olof Mellberg Hummel DWS Investments
Birmingham City Steve Bruce Kenny Cunningham Lonsdale Flybe.com
Blackburn Rovers Mark Hughes Ryan Nelsen Lonsdale Lonsdale
Bolton Wanderers Sam Allardyce Kevin Nolan Reebok Reebok
Charlton Athletic Alan Curbishley Matt Holland Joma All:Sports[2]
Llanera
Chelsea José Mourinho John Terry Umbro Samsung Mobile
Everton David Moyes David Weir Umbro Chang
Fulham Chris Coleman Luís Boa Morte Puma Pipex
Liverpool Rafael Benítez Steven Gerrard Reebok Carlsberg
Manchester City Stuart Pearce Sylvain Distin Reebok Thomas Cook
Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson Gary Neville Nike Vodafone
Middlesbrough Steve McClaren Gareth Southgate Erreà 888.com
Newcastle United Glenn Roeder Alan Shearer Adidas Northern Rock
Portsmouth Harry Redknapp Dejan Stefanović Jako OKI Printing Solution
Sunderland Kevin Ball (caretaker) Gary Breen Lonsdale Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur Martin Jol Ledley King Kappa Thomson Holidays
West Bromwich Albion Bryan Robson Kevin Campbell Diadora T-Mobile
West Ham United Alan Pardew Nigel Reo-Coker Reebok JobServe
Wigan Athletic Paul Jewell Arjan de Zeeuw JJB JJB

League table

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P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.

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Season summary

For the second time in two seasons, José Mourinho's Chelsea triumphed in the Premier League, with a home win over closest rivals Manchester United confirming them as champions after a record setting albeit tense season.

Chelsea's early season form with 15 wins out of 16 gave the champions an unequivocal head start. With Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool falling way short of their expectations before Christmas, Chelsea had effectively became champions-elect by early 2006. However, a sudden collapse in form by mid-March caused their seemingly unassailable lead of 18 points to be cut to just 7 in two weeks due to the impressive late run of form of Manchester United, who went on a ten-match winning streak scoring over 30 goals. However, a shock home draw with bottom of the table Sunderland at Old Trafford killed United's title hopes. The momentum was back with Chelsea who didn't need a second bite at the apple with wins over Bolton, Everton and finally Manchester United giving the west Londoners their second successive championship under Mourinho.

The top two clubs at the end of the season earned the right to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stages, while the third- and fourth-placed clubs get places in the Champions League Third Qualifying Round (where they progress to the Champions League group stages if they win or the UEFA Cup if they lose). However, if an English team wins the Champions League, but finishes outside the top four, then they get the final Champions League spot instead of the fourth-placed club, who have to settle for a place in the UEFA Cup. This could have been the case with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, but Arsenal pipped Spurs to fourth place in the final matchday of the season before losing 2–1 to FC Barcelona in the final of the UEFA Champions League.

The fifth-placed club always earns a spot in the UEFA Cup. The winners of the FA Cup also earn a place in the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition by their league position or winning the League Cup, then the FA Cup runners-up get their place. If the runners-up, too, have already qualified, then the highest league finisher who have not already qualified for Europe (normally sixth place) are given the place. This season, the FA Cup final featured Liverpool and West Ham. Since Liverpool finished third they were assured of a spot in the Champions League qualifying round, which in turn meant that West Ham received the cup winner's UEFA Cup place.

The League Cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition through other means then their place is, unlike the FA Cup, not awarded to the runner-up, but instead the highest league finisher who has not qualified for Europe. League Cup winners Manchester United finished second, placing them directly into the Champions League group stage. This meant that the sixth-placed club, Blackburn Rovers, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The team directly after the UEFA Cup places, goes into the UEFA Intertoto Cup which means in turn, if the team – Newcastle United this season – wins a 2-legged match means they earn a place in the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Thierry Henry Arsenal 27
2 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 21
3 Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 18
4 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 16
Frank Lampard Chelsea 16
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 16
7 Marlon Harewood West Ham United 14
8 Craig Bellamy Blackburn Rovers 13
Yakubu Aiyegbeni Middlesbrough 13
10 Henri Camara Wigan Athletic 12
Didier Drogba Chelsea 12

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
August Stuart Pearce (Manchester City) Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic)
September Paul Jewell (Wigan Athletic) Danny Murphy (Charlton Athletic)
October Paul Jewell (Wigan Athletic) Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
November Rafael Benítez (Liverpool) Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
December Rafael Benítez (Liverpool) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
January David Moyes (Everton) Anton Ferdinand (West Ham United)
February Alan Pardew (West Ham United) Kevin Nolan (Bolton Wanderers)
March Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
April Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Annual awards

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2006 was won by Steven Gerrard[3]

The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award was as follows:

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Wayne Rooney.[4]

The shortlist for the award was as follows:

PFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper: Shay Given (Newcastle United)
Defence: Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), John Terry, William Gallas (both Chelsea)
Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea)
Attack: Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

Wayne Rooney, was named the PFA Fans' Player of the Year for 2006.

FWA Footballer of the Year

The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award for 2006 was won by Thierry Henry for a record third time. No other player has won the accolade on as many occasions as the Arsenal player in the award's long history.[5]

Barclays Player of the season

Arsenal's Thierry Henry[6][7] won this award for the second time.

Barclays Manager of the season

José Mourinho was awarded the manager of the season award[8] after he led Chelsea to their second premier league title in two years, their third league title in their history. This title was also his second time of winning the award in as many seasons.

Barclays Golden Boot Award

Thierry Henry was named the winner of the Barclays Golden Boot Award. The Arsenal striker scored 27 goals in the league and was presented with the award at Arsenal's last ever game at Highbury.[9][10]

Barclays Golden Glove Award

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina won the Premier League's golden glove award for the first time. He achieved clean sheets in 20 Premier League games.[11]

Barclays Fair Play League

The Barclays Fair Play League was won by Charlton Athletic, ahead of fellow London team Arsenal. The least sporting side was Blackburn Rovers.[12]

Notable events

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  • This was Arsenal's last ever season at their long-time home of Highbury. Their last ever match there was a 4–2 victory over Wigan Athletic, where Thierry Henry scored a hat-trick – the last in the Premiership this season. After scoring his hat-trick goal from the penalty spot, Henry kissed the grass at Highbury. The Gunners opened the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium in the summer of 2006.[13]
  • With 27 goals, Thierry Henry outscored the entire Sunderland squad, who managed to score just 26 goals. This was the second time a Premier League squad had been outscored by individual players; the first instance also involved Sunderland when they were outscored by three players, including Henry, in the 2002–03 season. In the 2007–08 season, Derby County would be outscored by three players.
  • Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the season's first goal in the match between Everton and Manchester United; United won 2–0.
  • Marlon Harewood scored the first hat-trick of the season in West Ham United's 4–0 victory over Aston Villa.
  • Chelsea, having been founded in 1905, celebrated their centennial year with a series of events, and a second consecutive Premiership title.
  • Liverpool recorded the highest points total (82) for a third-placed club. This record would later be broken by Chelsea, who recorded a total of 83 points during the 2008–2009 season.
  • Several clubs reported disappointing attendances and/or trouble selling out their grounds for the opening weeks' matches. Many have argued that this was due mainly to the comparatively early season start, and the Ashes Test cricket series which caught the nation's imagination and which England went on to win. Other possible reasons are continued escalation of ticket prices and the increasing number of games shown on television (which has had the knock on effect of greater variation in kick-off times). The overall decline in attendances for the season was only around 2%, but that figure is reduced by the fact that bigger clubs were promoted into the Premiership than were relegated and several clubs have suffered larger falls.
  • Alan Shearer and Dennis Bergkamp both retired this season after long and successful Premiership careers.[14]
  • Sunderland had the worst ever season in the history of the FA Premier League after picking up only 15 points and three wins all season, breaking their previous record of 19 points in 2002–03, along with the previously mentioned fact that the entire team was outscored by Thierry Henry of Arsenal. That record would be broken by Derby County in 2007–08, with a total of 11 points and one victory.
  • Fulham were almost the third Premier League club in history to go a whole season without an away win; however, a 2–1 victory over Manchester City on the penultimate week spared them that record.
  • After witnessing West Bromwich Albion's miraculous "Great Escape" the previous season, Portsmouth completed their own version, recovering from being 8 points adrift of safety with less than 10 games left to relegate West Brom and Birmingham City by the penultimate game of the season with a 2–1 win over Wigan.
  • With Tottenham Hotspur having all but guaranteed themselves a European place, all they needed to do was equal Arsenal's result when playing away at West Ham. However, the night before, some of the team came down with a virus. West Ham, Spurs and the Premier League could not agree a new date/time for the game and so the match went ahead at the originally planned time. Spurs lost 2–1 and Arsenal got the final Champions League place.[15]
  • Blackburn Rovers completed a double over Manchester United for the first time in 75 years with a 1–2 win at Old Trafford and a 4–3 win at Ewood Park
  • Cristiano Ronaldo scored Manchester United's 1000th Premier League goal in a 4–1 loss to Middlesbrough on 29 October.[16]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Charlton changed sponsors during the season, as previous sponsors All:Sports went into administration.
  3. ^ "GERRARD NAMED PFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Sporting Life. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC News. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Henry picks up award from writers". BBC News. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ^ https://www.premierleague.com/history/2005-06
  7. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4978516.stm
  8. ^ Premier League Manager of the Season#Winners
  9. ^ Wallace, Sam (8 May 2006). "Arsenal 4 Wigan Athletic 2: Highbury story ends with last act of sublime skill from Henry – Premier League, Football". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Thierry Henry with his Golden Boot Award. Arsenal 4:2 Wigan Athletic. Arsenal FC, Arsenal v Wigan 2005/06". Arsenalpics.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Reina collects Barclays Golden Glove Award". Premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20060923111427/http://www.premierleague.com/public/downloads/publications/Fair_Play_May_06.pdf
  13. ^ "Henry delight at Highbury finale". BBC News. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Bergkamp given rousing farewell". BBC News. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  15. ^ "Hotel cleared over Spurs illness". BBC News. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  16. ^ "Middlesbrough 4-1 Man Utd". BBC News. 29 October 2005.