2005–06 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City F.C.
2005–2006 season
Championship	8th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	2nd round
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was Coventry City's 86th season in The Football League and their 5th consecutive season in the Football League Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Crystal Palace	46	21	12	13	67	48	+19	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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

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

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Norwich City	A	1–1	25,355	Adebola
9 August 2005	Millwall	A	0–0	8,344
13 August 2005	Burnley	A	0–4	11,683
20 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	23,000	Jørgensen, Adebola (2)
27 August 2005	Sheffield United	A	1–2	17,739	Scowcroft
29 August 2005	Southampton	H	1–1	23,000	Scowcroft
10 September 2005	Reading	H	1–1	22,074	Page
14 September 2005	Derby County	A	1–1	21,840	Adebola
17 September 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–2	6,529	McShane (own goal), Jørgensen
24 September 2005	Hull City	H	0–2	21,161
28 September 2005	Watford	H	3–1	16,978	Adebola, Flood, McSheffrey
1 October 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	22,732	McSheffrey, Morrell
15 October 2005	Crystal Palace	H	1–4	24,438	Heath
18 October 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	22,656	McSheffrey, Nalis
23 October 2005	Leicester City	A	1–2	22,991	McSheffrey
29 October 2005	Luton Town	H	1–0	22,228	Adebola
2 November 2005	Stoke City	H	1–2	16,617	Nalis
6 November 2005	Cardiff City	A	0–0	11,424
19 November 2005	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	18,316	McSheffrey
22 November 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	17,343
26 November 2005	Norwich City	H	2–2	20,433	McSheffrey, Adebola
3 December 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–1	18,796	Morrell, Hutchison, McSheffrey
10 December 2005	Millwall	H	1–0	16,156	Jørgensen
19 December 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	13,556	McSheffrey (pen)
26 December 2005	Leeds United	A	1–3	24,291	Hutchison
28 December 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	19,045	Hutchison
31 December 2005	Preston North End	A	1–3	12,936	John
2 January 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	26,851	Scowcroft, Lescott (own goal)
14 January 2006	Reading	A	0–2	22,813
21 January 2006	Derby County	H	6–1	20,267	John (2), Wise, Adebola, McSheffrey (2, 1 pen)
31 January 2006	Hull City	A	2–1	18,381	Wise, John
4 February 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	20,541	Wise (2)
11 February 2006	Watford	A	0–4	19,842
15 February 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	20,021	John, McSheffrey
18 February 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–3	8,705	Wise
25 February 2006	Burnley	H	1–0	19,641	Adebola
4 March 2006	Southampton	A	1–1	21,980	Hutchison (pen)
11 March 2006	Sheffield United	H	2–0	23,506	McSheffrey, Adebola
18 March 2006	Leeds United	H	1–1	26,643	McSheffrey
25 March 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4	6,444	John
1 April 2006	Preston North End	H	0–1	21,023
8 April 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	23,702	John, McSheffrey
15 April 2006	Luton Town	A	2–1	8,752	John, McSheffrey
17 April 2006	Leicester City	H	1–1	26,672	John
22 April 2006	Stoke City	A	1–0	13,385	Adebola
30 April 2006	Cardiff City	H	3–1	22,536	John, Adebola, Wise

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2005	Rushden & Diamonds	A	3–0	3,240	McSheffrey, Heath, Morrell
R2	20 September 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	5,341

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–0	6,734	McSheffrey
R4	28 January 2006	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	28,120	John
R4R	8 February 2006	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	14,131

Season statistics

Starts & goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater (on loan from West Ham United)	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	HUN	Márton Fülöp (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	33	0	31	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Andy Whing	27	0	24	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Marcus Hall	42	0	38	0	1	0	3	0
4	DF	WAL	Rob Page	34	1	32	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF	WAL	Ady Williams (on loan to Millwall)	16	0	12	0	1	0	3	0
6	MF	ENG	Stephen Hughes	20	0	18	0	1	0	1	0
7	DF	WAL	Richard Duffy (on loan from Portsmouth)	32	0	30	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	EIR	Michael Doyle	49	0	44	0	2	0	3	0
9	FW	NGA	Dele Adebola	42	12	39	12	0	0	3	0
10	FW	ENG	Gary McSheffrey	50	17	45	15	2	1	3	1
11	FW	ENG	James Scowcroft	40	3	37	3	0	0	3	0
12	FW	ENG	Andy Morrell	12	3	10	2	2	1	0	0
13	GK	TRI	Clayton Ince	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
14	FW	TRI	Stern John (on loan to Derby County)	25	11	21	10	1	0	3	1
15	MF	FRO	Claus Bech Jørgensen	17	3	15	3	2	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Isaac Osbourne	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Matt Heath	24	1	23	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Neil Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Stuart Giddings	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Richard Shaw	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF	SCO	Don Hutchison (on loan from Millwall)	12	4	10	4	0	0	2	0
22	DF	ENG	Paul Watson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Andy Impey	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	FRA	Youssef Sofiane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	FRA	Lilian Nalis (on loan from Sheffield United)	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
28	DF	EIR	Willo Flood (on loan from Manchester City)	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF	EIR	Kevin Thornton	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Craig Reid (on loan to Tamworth)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	ENG	Luke Webb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	NIR	Jonathan Tuffey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Liam Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Ryan Lynch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Ben Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	ENG	Stuart Wall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes:

Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

12 players have scored for the Coventry City first team during the 2005–06 season.
65 goals were scored in total during the 2005–06 season.
- 60 in the Championship
- 3 in the League Cup
- 2 in the FA Cup
The top goalscorer was Gary McSheffrey with 17 goals.

Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
Gary McSheffrey	15	1	1	17
Dele Adebola	12	0	0	12
Stern John	10	0	1	011
Dennis Wise	6	0	0	06
Don Hutchison	4	0	0	04
Claus Bech Jørgensen	3	0	0	03
Andy Morrell	2	1	0	03
James Scowcroft	3	0	0	03
Lilian Nalis	2	0	0	02
Matt Heath	1	1	0	02
Rob Page	1	0	0	01
Willo Flood	1	0	0	01

Yellow Cards

19 players have been booked for the Coventry City first team during the 2005–06 season.
90 bookings were received in total during the 2005–06 season.
- 81 in the Championship
- 4 in the League Cup
- 5 in the FA Cup
The most booked player was Gary McSheffrey with 11 cards.

Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
Gary McSheffrey	10	1	0	11
Michael Doyle	9	0	0	9
Richard Duffy	7	0	1	8
Rob Page	8	0	0	8
Dennis Wise	7	0	0	7
Dele Adebola	4	0	1	5
Don Hutchison	4	0	1	5
Stern John	4	1	0	5
Marcus Hall	3	1	0	4
Matt Heath	4	0	0	4
James Scowcroft	3	0	1	4
Ady Williams	4	0	0	4
Stephen Hughes	2	0	1	3
Richard Shaw	3	0	0	3
Willo Flood	2	0	0	2
Claus Bech Jørgensen	2	0	0	2
Isaac Osbourne	1	1	0	2
Kevin Thornton	2	0	0	2
Andy Whing	2	0	0	2

Red cards

4 players were sent off for the Coventry City first team during the 2005–06 season.
4 players were sent off in total during the 2005–06 season.
- 4 in the Championship
- 0 in the League Cup
- 0 in the FA Cup
The most sent off players were Michael Doyle, Matt Heath, Stephen Hughes and Claus Bech Jørgensen all with one sending off.

Name	Championship	Total
Michael Doyle	1	1
Matt Heath	1	1
Stephen Hughes	1	1
Claus Bech Jørgensen	1	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Player	From	Date	Fee
James Scowcroft	Ipswich Town	1 July 2005	Free^[2]
Clayton Ince	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2005	Free^[3]
Matt Heath	Leicester City	8 July 2005	Undisclosed^[4]
Andy Impey	Nottingham Forest	16 September 2005	Free^[5]
Paul Watson	Brighton and Hove Albion	16 September 2005	Free^[6]
Youssef Sofiane	West Ham United	14 October 2005	Free^[7]
Don Hutchison	Millwall	13 January 2006	Free^[8]
Dennis Wise	Southampton	19 January 2006	Free^[9]

Transfers out

Player	To	Date	Fee
Craig Pead	Walsall	27 May 2005	Free^[10]
Kevin Pressman	Mansfield Town	1 July 2005	Free^[11]
Trevor Benjamin	Peterborough United	8 July 2005	Free^[12]
Scott Shearer	Bristol Rovers	27 July 2005	Free^[13]
Steve Staunton	Walsall	2 August 2005	Free^[14]
Paul Watson	Woking	24 November 2005	Free^[15]
Richard Brush	Shrewsbury Town	23 December 2005	Free^[16]
Youssef Sofiane	La Louvière	5 January 2005	Free^[17]

Loans in

Player	From	Date from	Date until
Richard Duffy	Portsmouth	1 July 2005	1 May 2006^[18]
Stephen Bywater	West Ham United	3 August 2005	20 October 2005^[19]
Willo Flood	Manchester City	18 August 2005	18 November 2005^[20]
Lilian Nalis	Sheffield United	14 October 2005	14 November 2005^[21]
Márton Fülöp	Tottenham Hotspur	28 October 2005	1 May 2006^[22]
Don Hutchison	Millwall	24 November 2005	12 January 2006^[23]

Loans out

Player	To	Date from	Date until
Graham Barrett	Livingston	31 August 2005	1 January 2006^[24]
Ady Williams	Millwall	12 September 2005	4 December 2005^[25]
Stern John	Derby County	16 September 2005	16 November 2005^[26]
Craig Reid	Tamworth	17 March 2006	17 April 2006^[27]

References

^ "Coventry City 2005-2006 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ "City swoop for Scowcroft". CCFC Official Site. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
^ "Ince signs on for City". CCFC Official Site. 1 July 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Coventry swoop for defender Heath". BBC Sport. 8 July 2005.
^ "Coventry recruit Watson and Impey". BBC Sport. 16 September 2005.
^ "Coventry recruit Watson and Impey". BBC Sport. 16 September 2005.
^ "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 14 October 2005.
^ "Hutchison makes Coventry switch". BBC Sport. 24 January 2006.
^ "Veteran Wise seals Coventry move". BBC Sport. 19 January 2006.
^ "Defender Pead seals Walsall move". BBC Sport. 27 May 2005.
^ "Stags offer contract to Pressman". BBC Sport. 18 July 2005.
^ "Benjamin snubs Coventry for Posh". BBC Sport. 8 July 2005.
^ "Rovers complete Shearer signing". BBC Sport. 27 July 2005.
^ "Saddlers complete Staunton swoop". BBC Sport. 2 August 2005.
^ "Watson joins Woking". CCFC Official Site. 31 August 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Brush released by Sky Blues". CCFC Official Site. 31 August 2005. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.
^ "Sofiane leaves City". CCFC Official Site. 5 January 2006.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Duffy joins Coventry for season". BBC Sport. 7 July 2005.
^ "Bywater seals Coventry loan move". BBC Sport. 3 August 2005.
^ "Coventry sign Flood in loan deal". BBC Sport. 18 August 2005.
^ "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 14 August 2005.
^ "Sky Blues make Fulop loan swoop". BBC Sport. 28 August 2005.
^ "Hutchison signs on for City". CCFC Official Site. 24 November 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Livingston land striker Barrett". BBC Sport. 31 August 2005.
^ "Williams joins Lions in loan move". BBC Sport. 12 September 2005.
^ "Rams complete loan deal for John". BBC Sport. 16 September 2005.
^ "Tamworth swoop for striker Reid". BBC Sport. 17 March 2006.

External links

Official Site: 2006/2007 Fixtures & Results
BBC Sport – Club Stats
Soccerbase – Results | Squad Stats | Transfers

[1] "Coventry City 2005-2006 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[2] "City swoop for Scowcroft". CCFC Official Site. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.

[3] "Ince signs on for City". CCFC Official Site. 1 July 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Coventry swoop for defender Heath". BBC Sport. 8 July 2005.

[5] "Coventry recruit Watson and Impey". BBC Sport. 16 September 2005.

[6] "Coventry recruit Watson and Impey". BBC Sport. 16 September 2005.

[7] "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 14 October 2005.

[8] "Hutchison makes Coventry switch". BBC Sport. 24 January 2006.

[9] "Veteran Wise seals Coventry move". BBC Sport. 19 January 2006.

[10] "Defender Pead seals Walsall move". BBC Sport. 27 May 2005.

[11] "Stags offer contract to Pressman". BBC Sport. 18 July 2005.

[12] "Benjamin snubs Coventry for Posh". BBC Sport. 8 July 2005.

[13] "Rovers complete Shearer signing". BBC Sport. 27 July 2005.

[14] "Saddlers complete Staunton swoop". BBC Sport. 2 August 2005.

[15] "Watson joins Woking". CCFC Official Site. 31 August 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[16] "Brush released by Sky Blues". CCFC Official Site. 31 August 2005. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.

[17] "Sofiane leaves City". CCFC Official Site. 5 January 2006.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[18] "Duffy joins Coventry for season". BBC Sport. 7 July 2005.

[19] "Bywater seals Coventry loan move". BBC Sport. 3 August 2005.

[20] "Coventry sign Flood in loan deal". BBC Sport. 18 August 2005.

[21] "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 14 August 2005.

[22] "Sky Blues make Fulop loan swoop". BBC Sport. 28 August 2005.

[23] "Hutchison signs on for City". CCFC Official Site. 24 November 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[24] "Livingston land striker Barrett". BBC Sport. 31 August 2005.

[25] "Williams joins Lions in loan move". BBC Sport. 12 September 2005.

[26] "Rams complete loan deal for John". BBC Sport. 16 September 2005.

[27] "Tamworth swoop for striker Reid". BBC Sport. 17 March 2006.

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