2005–06 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Ipswich Town

2005–06 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	Joe Royle
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Nicky Forster (7) All: Nicky Forster (7)
Highest home attendance	29,184 (vs Norwich City, 18 Sep 2005)
Lowest home attendance	11,299 (vs Yeovil Town, 23 Aug 2005)
Average home league attendance	24,251

Season summary

Although Ipswich had been pre-season promotion favourites for the 2005–06 season, they finished 15th, the club's lowest finish in the English football pyramid since 1966,[1] and Joe Royle resigned on 11 May 2006.[2]

First-team squad

[3][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  NED Fabian Wilnis 3 DF  ENG Matt Richards 4 DF  CAN Jason de Vos 5 DF  SCO Jay McEveley (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 6 DF  ENG Richard Naylor 7 MF  NIR Jim Magilton (captain) 8 FW  ENG Nicky Forster 9 FW  ENG Sam Parkin 10 MF  ENG Darren Currie 11 MF  NIR Kevin Horlock 12 MF  CAN Jaime Peters 14 MF  ENG Dean McDonald 15 DF  ESP Sito

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG Dean Bowditch 19 MF  FRA Jimmy Juan (on loan from Monaco) 23 MF  IRL Owen Garvan 26 DF  ENG Scott Barron 27 MF  NOR Vemund Brekke Skard 29 FW  ENG Danny Haynes 30 MF  WAL Gavin Williams 31 GK  IRL Shane Supple 32 FW  IRL Alan Lee 33 MF  ENG Ian Westlake 34 GK  WAL Lewis Price 35 FW  JAM Ricardo Fuller (on loan from Southampton)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  RSA Mark Fish (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 18 FW  ENG Adam Proudlock (released)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW  IRL Billy Clarke (on loan to Colchester United)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  NIR Chris Casement 20 DF  ENG Aidan Collins 21 DF  ENG Scott Mitchell 22 FW  ENG Darryl Knights 25 GK  ENG Andy Rhodes

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  IRL Gerard Nash 35 DF  ENG James Krause 36 MF  ENG Liam Trotter — FW  ENG Charlie Sheringham

Competitions

Football League Championship

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Stoke City	46	17	7	22	54	63	−9	58
14	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	17	16	39	46	−7	56
15	Ipswich Town	46	14	14	18	53	66	−13	56
16	Leicester City	46	13	15	18	51	59	−8	54
17	Burnley	46	14	12	20	46	54	−8	54

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first[5]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Cardiff City	H	1-0	24,292	Forster
9 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	14,632	Parkin
13 August 2005	Leicester City	A	0-0	21,879
20 August 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	24,238	Naylor, Westlake
27 August 2005	Millwall	A	2-1	8,277	Currie, Parkin
29 August 2005	Preston North End	H	0-4	22,551
10 September 2005	Sheffield United	A	0-2	21,054
13 September 2005	Southampton	H	2-2	22,997	Naylor, Garvan
18 September 2005	Norwich City	H	0-1	29,184
24 September 2005	Leeds United	A	2-0	21,626	Parkin (2)
27 September 2005	Burnley	A	0-3	10,496
1 October 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-1	23,145	Currie, Forster
16 October 2005	Reading	A	0-2	17,581
18 October 2005	Coventry City	H	2-2	22,656	Currie, Juan
22 October 2005	Watford	H	0-1	24,069
29 October 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-1	6,867	Parkin
2 November 2005	Derby County	A	3-3	21,598	Naylor, Magilton, Richards
5 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	23,083	McEveley, Juan, Richards (pen)
19 November 2005	Coventry City	A	1-1	18,316	Williams
22 November 2005	Reading	H	0-3	22,621
28 November 2005	Cardiff City	A	1-2	8,724	Juan
3 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	23,563	Richards (pen)
10 December 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-2	24,628	de Vos, Haynes
17 December 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	21,716	Forster
26 December 2005	Crystal Palace	H	0-2	27,392
28 December 2005	Hull City	A	0-2	20,124
31 December 2005	Luton Town	H	1-0	23,957	Westlake
2 January 2006	Stoke City	A	2-2	14,493	de Vos, Wilnis
14 January 2006	Sheffield United	H	1-1	23,794	Juan
21 January 2006	Southampton	A	2-0	22,250	Lee
31 January 2006	Leeds United	H	1-1	25,845	Haynes
4 February 2006	Norwich City	A	2-1	21,385	Juan, Doherty (own goal)
11 February 2006	Burnley	H	2-1	24,482	Lee, Richards (pen)
14 February 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-1	5,686	Lee, McDonald
18 February 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	23,561
25 February 2006	Leicester City	H	2-0	24,861	Garvan, Fuller
11 March 2006	Millwall	H	1-1	24,864	Garvan
14 March 2006	Preston North End	A	1-3	14,507	de Vos
18 March 2006	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	22,076	Soares (own goal), Fuller
25 March 2006	Hull City	H	1-1	23,968	Currie
1 April 2006	Luton Town	A	0-1	9,820
8 April 2006	Stoke City	H	1-4	23,592	Haynes
15 April 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-2	21,865	Forster
17 April 2006	Watford	A	1-2	16,721	Forster
22 April 2006	Derby County	H	2-0	24,067	Forster, Currie
30 April 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-2	15,921	Forster

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2006	Portsmouth	H	0-1	15,593

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Yeovil Town	H	0-2	11,299

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
22 June 2005	FW	Nicky Forster	Reading	Free transfer	[6]
23 June 2005	FW	Sam Parkin	Swindon Town	£550,000	[7]
1 July 2005	DF	Sito	Racing de Ferrol	Free transfer	[8]
2 August 2005	DF	Jaime Peters	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free transfer	[9]
3 January 2006	MF	Gavin Williams	West Ham United	£300,000	[10]
3 January 2006	FW	Adam Proudlock	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[11]
6 January 2006	MF	Vemund Brekke Skard	Brumunddal	Free transfer	[12]
10 January 2006	FW	Alan Lee	Cardiff City	£100,000	[13]

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
1 July 2005	MF	Jimmy Juan	Monaco	30 June 2006	[14]
8 August 2005	DF	Mark Fish	Charlton Athletic	23 August 2005	[15]
29 August 2005	DF	Jay McEveley	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2006	[16]
10 November 2005	MF	Gavin Wiliams	West Ham United	3 January 2006	[17][18]
16 October 2005	FW	Adam Proudlock	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 2006	[19]
16 February 2006	FW	Ricardo Fuller	Southampton	30 June 2006	[20]

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
1 July 2005	DF	Jerrome Sobers	Chelmsford City	Free transfer	[21][22]
1 July 2005	DF	Ben Patten	Chelmsford City	Free transfer	[21][22]
1 July 2005	MF	Adem Atay	Free agent	Released	[23]
1 July 2005	MF	Liam Manning	Bishop's Stortford	Free transfer	[23]
1 July 2005	MF	Fraser Beveridge	Free agent	Released	[23]
1 July 2005	DF	Daniel Flack	Whitton United	Free transfer	[23]
23 June 2005	MF	Tommy Miller	Sunderland	Free transfer	[24]
1 July 2005	DF	Drissa Diallo	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	[25]
1 July 2005	FW	Darren Bent	Charlton Athletic	£2,500,000	[26]
1 July 2005	FW	Shefki Kuqi	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	[27]
28 July 2005	GK	Kelvin Davis	Sunderland	£1,250,000	[28]
20 August 2005	FW	Pablo Couñago	Málaga	Undisclosed	[29]
17 January 2006	MF	Liam Craig	Falkirk	Free transfer	[30]
24 March 2005	FW	Adam Proudlock	Free agent	Released	[31]

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
16 November 2005	MF	Dean McDonald	Hartlepool United	18 December 2005	[32]
10 January 2006	DF	Gerard Nash	Hartlepool United	30 January 2006	[33]
13 January 2006	DF	Aidan Collins	Wycombe Wanderers	13 March 2006	[34]
26 January 2006	FW	Dean Bowditch	Wycombe Wanderers	31 March 2006	[35]
10 February 2006	MF	Kevin Horlock	Doncaster Rovers	16 April 2006	[36]
22 March 2006	FW	Billy Clarke	Colchester United	7 May 2006	[37]
23 March 2006	DF	Gerard Nash	Southend United	7 May 2006	[38]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
31	GK		Shane Supple	23	0	21+1	0	1	0	0	0
34	GK		Lewis Price	26	0	25	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Fabian Wilnis	37	1	33+2	1	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Matt Richards	40	4	31+7	4	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Jason de Vos	42	3	41	3	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Jay McEveley	19	1	17+2	1	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Richard Naylor	44	3	42	3	1	0	1	0
15	DF		Sito	40	0	31+7	0	0+1	0	1	0
16	DF		Chris Casement	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Aidan Collins	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF		Scott Barron	16	0	14+1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Jim Magilton	35	1	25+9	1	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Darren Currie	48	5	39+7	5	1	0	1	0
11	MF		Kevin Horlock	18	0	13+4	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF		Jamie Peters	14	0	4+9	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF		Dean McDonald	15	1	4+10	1	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Jimmy Juan	36	5	24+10	5	0+1	0	1	0
23	MF		Owen Garvan	33	3	29+2	3	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	MF		Vemund Brekke Skard	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Gavin Williams	13	1	12	1	1	0	0	0
33	MF		Ian Westlake	28	2	19+7	2	1	0	0+1	0
36	MF		Liam Trotter	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW		Nicky Forster	20	7	17+3	7	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Sam Parkin	20	5	17+3	5	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Dean Bowditch	22	0	14+7	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Danny Haynes	20	4	6+13	4	1	0	0	0
32	FW		Alan Lee	14	4	14	4	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Ricardo Fuller	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
18	DF		Mark Fish	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Adam Proudlock	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Billy Clarke	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
8	FW		Nicky Forster	7	0	0	7
9	FW		Sam Parkin	5	0	0	5
10	MF		Darren Currie	5	0	0	5
19	MF		Jimmy Juan	5	0	0	5
3	DF		Matt Richards	4	0	0	4
29	FW		Danny Haynes	4	0	0	4
32	FW		Alan Lee	4	0	0	4
4	DF		Jason de Vos	3	0	0	3
6	DF		Richard Naylor	3	0	0	3
23	MF		Owen Garvan	3	0	0	3
33	MF		Ian Westlake	2	0	0	2
35	FW		Ricardo Fuller	2	0	0	2
2	DF		Fabian Wilnis	1	0	0	1
5	DF		Jay McEveley	1	0	0	1
7	MF		Jim Magilton	1	0	0	1
14	MF		Dean McDonald	1	0	0	1
30	MF		Gavin Williams	1	0	0	1
Own goal				2	0	0	2
Total				54	0	0	54

Clean sheets

No.	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
31		Shane Supple	5	0	0	5
34		Lewis Price	4	0	0	4
Total			9	0	0	9

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2	DF	Fabian Wilnis	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
3	DF	Matt Richards	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Jason de Vos	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF	Jay McEveley	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	DF	Richard Naylor	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
7	MF	Jim Magilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	FW	Nicky Forster	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Sam Parkin	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	MF	Kevin Horlock	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
15	DF	Sito	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
17	FW	Dean Bowditch	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Jimmy Juan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	MF	Owen Garvan	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
26	DF	Scott Barron	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW	Danny Haynes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	Gavin Williams	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
32	FW	Alan Lee	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33	MF	Ian Westlake	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	GK	Lewis Price	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	FW	Ricardo Fuller	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total			59	5	1	0	1	0	61	5

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[39]

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 34 GK Lewis Price 26 Shane Supple has 22 starts 2 RB Fabian Wilnis 34 4 CB Jason de Vos 42 6 CB Richard Naylor 44 15 LB Sito 32 10 RM Darren Currie 41 23 CM Owen Garvan 29 7 CM Jim Magilton 26 Jimmy Juan has 25 starts 3 LM Matt Richards 33 8 CF Nicky Forster 11 Dean Bowditch has 15 starts 9 CF Sam Parkin 17 Alan Lee has 14 starts

4–4–2 Formation Price Wilnis de Vos Naylor Sito Garvan Richards Magilton(C) Currie Forster Parkin

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Fabian Wilnis	[40]
Players' Player of the Year	Jason de Vos	[41]
Young Player of the Year	Chris Casement	[42]
Goal of the Season	Sam Parkin	[41]

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