2005–06_Watford_F.C._season
2005–06 Watford F.C. season
2005–06 season of Watford F.C.
During the 2005–06 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League Championship.
 | This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (December 2011) |
Quick Facts Chairman, Manager ...
| 2005–06 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Graham Simpson |
| Manager | Aidy Boothroyd |
| Stadium | Vicarage Road |
| Championship | 3rd (qualified for play-offs) |
| Play-offs | Winners |
| FA Cup | Third round |
| League Cup | Third round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Marlon King (21) All: Marlon King (22) |
| Highest home attendance | 19,842 vs Coventry City (11 Feb 2006, Championship) |
| Lowest home attendance | 7,011 vs Notts County (23 Aug 2005, League Cup) |
| Average home league attendance | 15,415 |
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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.
Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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| 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 |
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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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Watford's score comes first[2]
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League Championship
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| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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| 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 |
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Championship play-offs
More information Round, Date ...
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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| 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) |
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FA Cup
Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup
More information Round, Date ...
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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| R3 | 7 January 2006 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 0–3 | 13,239 |
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League Cup
Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
More information Round, Date ...
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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| 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 |
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First-team squad
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Appearances, goals and cards
- (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
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| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Total | Discipline | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |
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| 1 | GK |  Alec Chamberlain |
2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | James Chambers |
26+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31+13 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jordan Stewart |
29+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF |  Malky Mackay |
35+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40+3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Clarke Carlisle |
30+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33+2 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF |  Jay DeMerit |
27+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32+5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Eagles |
16+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 17+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF |  Carl Fletcher |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gavin Mahon |
35+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40+3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW |  Marlon King |
40+1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 44+1 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Paul Devlin |
21+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Lloyd Doyley |
40+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Dominic Blizzard |
9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Ashley Young |
38+1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 42+1 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW |  Hameur Bouazza |
3+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Anthony McNamee |
26+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF |  Al Bangura |
11+24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 15+26 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Toumani Diagouraga |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Junior Osborne |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Adrian Mariappa |
1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Matthew Spring |
36+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41+3 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Ben Foster |
44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Joel Grant |
2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Francino Francis |
0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Darius Henderson |
27+3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 31+4 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Alex Campana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Trevor Benjamin |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Ben Gill |
0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Theo Robinson |
0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- "Leeds 0–3 Watford". BBC Sport. 21 May 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- "Watford results for the 2005-2006 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- 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.
- 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.
- Robinson was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013.
- 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.
- 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.