2005–06_Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C._season

Milton Keynes Dons
2005–06 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Danny Wilson
Stadium	National Hockey Stadium
League One	22nd (relegated to League Two)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Izale McLeod (17); All: Izale McLeod (18)
Highest home attendance	8,426 (vs Bradford City); 26 February 2006, League One
Lowest home attendance	2,649 (vs Colchester United); 20 December 2005, League Trophy QF
Average home league attendance	5,776
Biggest win	0–3 (vs Barnet); 22 November 2005, League Trophy R2; 3–0 (vs Blackpool); 11 February 2006, League One
Biggest defeat	5–0 (vs Huddersfield Town); 18 February 2006, League One
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons 2005–06 football season

The 2005–06 season was Milton Keynes Dons' second season in their existence as a professional association football club, and their second consecutive season competing in League One.

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As well as competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

Competitions

League One

Matches

Win	Draw	Loss

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
6 August 2005 – 15:00	Bournemouth	Home	2–2	McLeod (2)	5,163	^[2]
9 August 2005 – 19:45	Doncaster Rovers	Away	1–1	McLeod	5,232	^[3]
13 August 2005 – 15:00	Bradford City	Away	0–2		7,315	^[4]
20 August 2005 – 15:00	Colchester United	Home	1–1	Wilbraham	4,423	^[5]
27 August 2005 – 15:00	Bristol City	Away	2–2	Platt (2)	10,011	^[6]
29 August 2005 – 15:00	Port Vale	Home	0–0		4,592	^[7]
10 September 2005 – 15:00	Brentford	Away	0–1		5,862	^[8]
13 September 2005 – 19:45	Swansea City	Home	1–3	Mills	4,798	^[9]
17 September 2005 – 15:00	Barnsley	Home	0–0		4,620	^[10]
24 September 2005 – 15:00	Blackpool	Away	2–3	Rizzo, Small	4,723	^[11]
27 September 2005 – 19:45	Scunthorpe United	Home	1–0	Platt	4,682	^[12]
1 October 2005 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Home	3–1	Kamara, Edds, McLeod	5,536	^[13]
8 October 2005 – 15:00	Walsall	Away	1–1	Edds	5,041	^[14]
15 October 2005 – 15:00	Chesterfield	Home	0–0		5,642	^[15]
21 October 2005 – 19:45	Hartlepool United	Away	1–2	McLeod	4,337	^[16]
29 October 2005 – 15:00	Rotherham United	Home	1–1	Kamara	5,096	^[17]
12 November 2005 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Away	2–1	McLeod (2)	6,611	^[18]
19 November 2005 – 15:00	Walsall	Home	2–1	McLeod, Wilbraham	5,506	^[19]
26 November 2005 – 15:00	Bournemouth	Away	0–2		5,485	^[20]
6 December 2005 – 19:45	Huddersfield Town	Home	2–2	Rizzo, McLeod	4,832	^[21]
10 December 2005 – 15:00	Doncaster Rovers	Home	2–3	Smith, Wilbraham	5,351	^[22]
17 December 2005 – 15:00	Colchester United	Away	0–2		3,400	^[23]
26 December 2005 – 15:00	Southend United	Home	0–0		7,452	^[24]
31 December 2005 – 15:00	Gillingham	Away	0–3		6,012	^[25]
2 January 2006 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Home	0–1		5,082	^[26]
10 January 2006 – 19:45	Swansea City	Away	1–3	McLeod	11,922	^[27]
14 January 2006 – 15:00	Yeovil Town	Home	1–1	McLeod	5,548	^[28]
21 January 2006 – 15:00	Barnsley	Away	0–2		7,588	^[29]
31 January 2006 – 19:45	Nottingham Forest	Home	1–0	McLeod	7,670	^[30]
4 February 2006 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Away	0–2		4,631	^[31]
11 February 2006 – 15:00	Blackpool	Home	3–0	McLeod (2), Taylor	5,691
14 February 2006 – 19:45	Yeovil Town	Away	1–1	Harding	5,048	^[32]
18 February 2006 – 15:00	Huddersfield Town	Away	0–5		11,423	^[33]
25 February 2006 – 15:00	Bradford City	Home	2–1	Harding, Lewington	8,426	^[34]
10 March 2006 – 19:45	Bristol City	Home	0–1		6,855	^[35]
18 March 2006 – 15:00	Southend United	Home	2–1	Smith, Taylor	7,071	^[36]
25 March 2006 – 15:00	Nottingham Forest	Away	0–3		18,214	^[37]
28 March 2006 – 19:45	Brentford	Home	0–1		5,592	^[38]
1 April 2006 – 15:00	Gillingham	Home	1–2	Smith	6,432	^[39]
4 April 2006 – 19:45	Port Vale	Away	3–1	Platt	3,452	^[40]
8 April 2006 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Away	2–1	McLeod (2)	5,919	^[41]
15 April 2006 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Away	1–0	Platt	7,273	^[42]
17 April 2006 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Home	2–1	Wilbraham, Taylor	6,472	^[43]
22 April 2006 – 15:00	Chesterfield	Away	2–1	Platt, Edds	3,965	^[44]
29 April 2006 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Home	1–2	McLeod	7,777	^[45]
6 May 2006 – 15:00	Rotherham United	Away	0–0		7,625	^[46]

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[58] Previous club: Hull City.

[60] Previous club: FC Dordrecht.

[64] Joined AGOVV Apeldoorn on 12 January 2006.

[66] Joined Fisher Athletic in January 2006.

[68] Joined Kettering Town in January 2006.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Matt Baker	42	0	37	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	AUS	Trent McClenahan	34	0	29	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dean Lewington	51	1	44	1	3	0	1	0	3	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Harding	11	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	WAL	Craig Morgan	47	0	40	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Chorley	29	0	26	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Wade Small	35	2	28	1	4	0	1	0	2	1
8	MF	ENG	Paul Mitchell	43	0	39	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Clive Platt	45	8	40	6	4	2	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Izale McLeod	46	18	39	17	4	1	1	0	2	0
11	MF	ENG	Gary Smith	29	7	25	3	2	1	0	0	2	3
12	FW	POR	Filipe Morais	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	AUS	Gareth Edds	49	5	41	3	4	2	1	0	3	0
14	MF	SLE	Malvin Kamara	30	2	23	2	3	0	1	0	3	0
15	FW	AUS	Nick Rizzo	35	3	29	2	3	1	0	0	3	0
16	DF	NGA	Shola Oyedele	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17 †	MF	ENG	Jason Puncheon	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18 †	DF	JAM	Nathan Koo-Boothe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	ENG	Leon Crooks	29	0	23	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW	ENG	Scott Taylor	17	3	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham	37	6	31	4	2	0	1	0	3	2
22	MF	ENG	Nick McKoy	22	0	16	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
23	FW	COD	Serge Makofo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24 †	DF	NED	Mirano Carrilho	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	WAL	David Partridge	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Alex Tapp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26 †	DF	ENG	Pablo Mills	19	2	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
27 †	GK	ENG	Scott Bevan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28 †	FW	FRA	Julien Hornuss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29 †	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn	19	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
30 †	MF	ENG	Mark Ricketts	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2005	MF	Paul Mitchell	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[55]
4 July 2005	DF	Craig Morgan	Wrexham	Undisclosed	^[56]
6 July 2005	FW	Aaron Wilbraham	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[57]
22 August 2005	DF	Mirano Carrilho	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer	^[58]
17 January 2006	FW	Scott Taylor	Plymouth Argyle	£100,000	^[59]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
October 2005	DF	Steve Palmer	Retired
January 2006	GK	Scott Bevan	Retired		^[60]
	DF	Mirano Carrilho	Released^{[lower-alpha 3]}		^[61]
	FW	Jason Puncheon	Released^{[lower-alpha 4]}
	GK	David Martin	Liverpool	Undisclosed	^[62]
February 2006	DF	Nathan Koo-Boothe	Released^{[lower-alpha 5]}		^[63]
15 May 2006	FW	Wade Small	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	^[64]

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
16 August 2005	DF	Trent McClenahan	West Ham United	End of season
31 August 2005	MF	Pablo Mills	Derby County	1 January 2006	^[65]
22 September 2005	MF	Stephen Quinn	Sheffield United	January 2006	^[66]
4 November 2005	DF	Mark Ricketts	Charlton Athletic	February 2006	^[67]
13 January 2006	GK	Ricardo Batista	Fulham	End of season	^[62]
19 January 2006	DF	David Partridge	Bristol City		^[68]
27 January 2006	FW	Filipe Morais	Chelsea		^[69]

2005–06_Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C._season

2005–06 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Competitions

League One

Final table

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

League Trophy

Player details

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
20	Rotherham United	46	12	16	18	52	62	–10	52
21	Hartlepool United	46	11	17	18	44	59	–15	50
22	Milton Keynes Dons	46	12	14	20	45	66	–21	50
23	Swindon Town	46	11	15	20	46	65	–19	48
24	Walsall	46	11	14	21	47	70	–23	47

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
5 November 2005 – 15:00	First round	Lincoln City	Away	1–1	Edds	3,508	^[47]
15 November 2005 – 19:45	First round (replay)	Lincoln City	Home	2–1	Platt (2)	4,029	^[48]
3 December 2005 – 15:00	Second round	Southend United	Away	2–1	McLeod, Smith	5,267	^[49]
7 January 2006 – 15:00	Third round	Southampton	Away	3–4	Lundekvam (o.g.), Rizzo, Edds	15,908	^[50]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
18 October 2005 – 19:45	First round	Exeter City	Home	3–2	Smith (2), Wilbraham	2,745	^[52]
22 November 2005 – 19:45	Second round	Barnet	Away	3–0	Wilbraham, Small, Smith	991	^[53]
20 December 2005 – 19:45	Quarter-final (South)	Colchester United	Home	1–2	Mills	2,649	^[54]