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Southampton
2005–06 season
ChairmanRupert Lowe
ManagerHarry Redknapp (until 3 December)
George Burley (from 23 December)
StadiumSt Mary's
Championship12th
FA CupFifth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ricardo Fuller (9)
All:
Ricardo Fuller (9)
Highest home attendance30,173 (vs. Leeds United, 19 November)
Lowest home attendance19,086 (vs. Luton Town, 11 December)
Average home league attendance23,613

During the 2005–06 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Football League Championship after relegation from the premier league the previous season. It was their first season in the second tier since 1977–78.

Southampton endured a poor to largely indifferent season after relegation from the Premier League the previous season and finished in a lowly 12th place in the Championship. Although the south coast side started the season well, they ended up drawing too many games (19 games by the season's end) and a run of five wins from 35 games dragged them into the lower reaches of the table and put Southampton in danger of a second successive relegation. Manager Harry Redknapp, unable to establish consistency and unhappy with the appointment of former rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward to the coaching staff, had resigned in December,[1] returning as manager of Southampton's archrivals Portsmouth. His replacement, former Ipswich Town manager George Burley,[2] was unable to turn the club's form around until the back end of the season, with five wins from their last six games taking the team from 20th to 12th. The late run of form gave fans hope that next season Southampton could mount a sustained attempt at promotion.

Kit

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The season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints. The kit was sponsored by English life insurance company Friends Provident.

Final league table

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Main article: 2005–06 Football League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Southampton's score comes first[3]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Championship

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 August 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 24,061
9 August 2005 Luton Town A 2–3 9,447 Oakley, Jones
13 August 2005 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 26,688 Jones
20 August 2005 Norwich City H 1–0 23,498 Quashie (pen)
27 August 2005 Crewe Alexandra H 2–0 20,792 Belmadi, Quashie
29 August 2005 Coventry City A 1–1 23,000 Fuller
10 September 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 25,744 Higginbotham
13 September 2005 Ipswich Town A 2–2 22,997 Powell, Wise
18 September 2005 Derby County A 2–2 22,348 Ormerod, Fuller
24 September 2005 Plymouth Argyle H 0–0 26,331
28 September 2005 Reading H 0–0 24,946
1 October 2005 Preston North End A 1–1 15,263 Davidson (own goal)
15 October 2005 Hull City H 1–1 23,810 Oakley
18 October 2005 Leeds United A 1–2 18,881 Walcott
22 October 2005 Millwall A 2–0 10,759 Walcott, Fuller
29 October 2005 Stoke City H 2–0 24,095 Walcott, Belmadi
5 November 2005 Leicester City A 0–0 21,318
19 November 2005 Leeds United H 3–4 30,173 Pahars, Quashie (2, 1 pen)
22 November 2005 Hull City A 1–1 18,061 Kosowski
26 November 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–0 24,628
3 December 2005 Burnley H 1–1 21,592 Higginbotham (pen)
11 December 2005 Luton Town H 1–0 19,086 Walcott
17 December 2005 Norwich City A 1–3 24,836 Belmadi
26 December 2005 Watford A 0–3 16,972
28 December 2005 Sheffield United H 0–1 27,443
31 December 2005 Cardiff City A 1–2 13,377 Blackstock
2 January 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–1 24,630 Blackstock (2)
14 January 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 15,494
21 January 2006 Ipswich Town H 0–2 22,250
25 January 2006 Crystal Palace H 0–0 24,651
31 January 2006 Plymouth Argyle A 1–2 15,936 Surman
4 February 2006 Derby County H 0–0 21,829
10 February 2006 Reading A 0–2 23,845
15 February 2006 Preston North End H 0–0 19,534
25 February 2006 Sheffield Wednesday H 3–0 26,236 Higginbotham, Rasiak, Jones
4 March 2006 Coventry City H 1–1 21,980 Rasiak
11 March 2006 Crewe Alexandra A 1–1 6,588 Madsen
20 March 2006 Watford H 1–3 19,202 Madsen
25 March 2006 Sheffield United A 0–3 22,824
28 March 2006 Burnley A 1–1 10,636 Bardsley (own goal)
1 April 2006 Cardiff City H 3–2 22,388 Lundekvam, Fuller (2)
8 April 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–0 7,999 Fuller, Chaplow
15 April 2006 Stoke City A 2–1 16,501 Rasiak (2, 1 pen)
17 April 2006 Millwall H 2–0 22,043 Jones (pen), Fuller
22 April 2006 Crystal Palace A 1–2 20,995 Fuller
30 April 2006 Leicester City H 2–0 26,801 Fuller, Surman

FA Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Milton Keynes Dons H 4–3 15,908 Prutton, Quashie, Walcott, Kenton
R4 28 January 2006 Leicester City A 1–0 20,427 Jones
R5 18 February 2006 Newcastle United A 0–1 40,975

League Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 22 August 2005 Southend United A 3–0 6,358 Blackstock, Dyer, Ormerod
R2 20 September 2005 Mansfield Town A 0–1 3,739

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[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
2 DF Sweden SWE Alexander Östlund
3 MF Poland POL Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
4 MF England ENG Darren Potter (on loan from Liverpool)
5 DF Norway NOR Claus Lundekvam
6 DF England ENG Darren Powell
8 MF England ENG Matt Oakley
10 MF England ENG Jermaine Wright (on loan from Leeds United)
11 DF Sweden SWE Michael Svensson
13 GK England ENG Paul Smith
14 FW Jamaica JAM Ricardo Fuller
15 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kenwyne Jones
16 DF England ENG Martin Cranie
17 FW Latvia LVA Marian Pahars
18 FW Poland POL Grzegorz Rasiak (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF England ENG Danny Higginbotham
20 MF England ENG David Prutton
21 DF Northern Ireland NIR Chris Baird
22 DF England ENG Darren Kenton
24 FW England ENG Dexter Blackstock
26 GK England ENG Kevin Miller
28 GK Poland POL Bartosz Białkowski
29 MF England ENG Andrew Surman
31 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Belmadi[5]
33 FW England ENG Nathan Dyer
34 DF Canada CAN Jim Brennan
35 FW Republic of Ireland IRL David McGoldrick
36 MF England ENG Simon Gillett
37 DF Wales WAL Gareth Bale

Left club during season

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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 Finland FIN Antti Niemi (to Fulham)
4 MF England ENG Dennis Wise (to Coventry City)
7 DF Poland POL Tomasz Hajto (to Derby County)
9 FW England ENG Brett Ormerod (to Preston North End)
9 FW Denmark DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Cologne)
10 MF Scotland SCO Neil McCann (to Hearts)
12 MF Scotland SCO Nigel Quashie[6] (to West Bromwich Albion)
12 MF England ENG Richard Chaplow (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
18 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Rory Delap[7] (to Sunderland)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF France FRA Yoann Folly (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday)
26 DF England ENG Matthew Mills (to Manchester City)
27 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Leon Best (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday)
28 GK Northern Ireland NIR Alan Blayney (to Doncaster Rovers)
29 MF France FRA Fabrice Fernandes (to Bolton Wanderers)
29 MF France FRA Léandre Griffit (to Elfsborg)
32 FW England ENG Theo Walcott (to Arsenal)
34 FW Uruguay URU Marcelo Tejera (to Peñarol)
37 GK Scotland SCO Andrew McNeil (to Hibernian)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK England ENG Danny Brice
40 MF Sweden SWE Joseph Larrson
42 DF Hungary HUN Yirhan Zolvavcs

Transfers in

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Date Position Player Club From Fee Reference
27 June 2005 MF Dennis Wise Millwall Free [8]
MF Djamel Belmadi Al-Kharitiyath
1 July 2005 DF Darren Powell Crystal Palace Free [9]
29 July 2005 FW Ricardo Fuller Portsmouth £90,000 [10]
29 July 2005 DF Tomasz Hajto Nurnberg Free [10]
6 January 2006 GK Bartosz Białkowski Górnik Zabrze Nominal [11]
26 January 2006 MF Darren Potter Liverpool Loan [12]
27 January 2006 DF Jim Brennan Norwich CIty Free [13]
30 January 2006 DF Alexander Östlund Feyenoord Undisclosed [14]
30 January 2006 FW Peter Madsen 1. FC Koln Loan [14]
8 February 2006 MF Richard Chaplow West Bromwich Albion Three-month Loan [15]
8 February 2006 FW Grzegorz Rasiak Tottenham Hotspur Loan [16]
8 February 2006 MF Jermaine Wright Leeds United Loan [17]
GK Kevin Miller Bristol Rovers Free [18]
MF Kamil Kosowski Wisla Krakow Loan

Transfers out

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Date Position Player Club To Fee Reference
DF Graeme Le Saux None Retirement
DF Jamie Redknapp None Retirement
29 June 2005 FW Kevin Phillips Aston Villa £1,000,000 [19]
30 June 2005 DF Jelle Van Damme Werder Bremen Loan [20]
1 July 2005 FW Jo Tessem Lyn Free [21]
19 July 2005 DF Andreas Jakobsson Helsingborgs Undisclosed [22]
20 July 2005 FW Peter Crouch Liverpool £7,000,000 [23]
22 July 2005 DF Paul Telfer Celtic Free [24]
1 August 2005 MF Mikael Nilsson Panathinaikos €700,000 [25]
31 August 2005 MF Fabrice Fernandes Bolton Wanderers Free [26]
1 September 2005 DF Olivier Bernard Rangers Free [27]
DF Tomasz Hajto Derby County
7 January 2006 GK Alan Blayney Doncaster Rovers £50,000 [28]
10 January 2006 GK Antti Niemi Fulham £1,000,000 [29]
17 January 2006 MF Neil McCann Hearts Free [30]
19 January 2006 MF Dennis Wise Coventry City Free [31]
20 January 2006 FW Theo Walcott Arsenal £5,000.000 [32]
28 January 2006 FW Brett Ormerod Preston North End Free [33]
31 January 2006 MF Rory Delap Sunderland Free [34]
31 January 2006 DF Matthew Mills Manchester CIty Undisclosed [35]
31 January 2006 FW Leon Best Sheffield Wednesday Loan [36]
31 January 2006 MF Yoann Folly Sheffield Wednesday Loan [36]
1 February 2006 MF Nigel Quashie West Bromwich Albion £1,400,000 [37]
2 March 2006 MF Leandre Griffit Elfsborg Free [38]

References

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  4. ^ Southampton squad for 2005–06 season
  5. ^ Belmadi was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France.
  6. ^ Quashie was born in Southwark, England.
  7. ^ Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
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  32. ^ Staff (20 January 2006). "Walcott wings in as Arsenal complete £12m deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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