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2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Manchester City Football Club's fourth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its ninth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 114th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Manchester City
2005–06 season
OwnerPublicly traded company
ChairmanJohn Wardle
ManagerStuart Pearce
StadiumCity of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier League15th
FA CupQuarter-final
League CupSecond round
Season revenue€ 89.4 million0(17th highest in world)
(7th highest in Premier League)
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Cole (9)
All: Andy Cole and Darius Vassell (10 each)
Highest home attendance47,192 0v0 Manchester United
14 January 2006
Lowest home attendance27,779 0v0 Scunthorpe United
7 January 2006
Average home league attendance42,856 – over 19 PL home games
(4th highest in Premier League)
Results summary – all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 12 2 9 52.2%
Away 4 4 13 19.0%
Both 16 6 22 36.4%
Results summary – Premier League
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 9 2 8 47.4%
Away 4 2 13 21.1%
Both 13 4 21 34.2%

Season review edit

The 2005–06 season proved tough for the club finishing 15th in the Premier League after a turbulent end to the season. The season began with last season's top goalscorer Shaun Wright-Phillips joining Premier League champions Chelsea for a fee of £21 million.[1] Wright-Phillips was a fan favourite having made over 150 appearances for the club and winning Manchester City's Young Player of the Year award four times in succession.[2]

In the following week's Manchester City announced the signings of Andy Cole from Fulham and Darius Vassell from Aston Villa. The Blues ended their preseason with a 3–1 victory against Greek champions Olympiacos in the Thomas Cook Trophy. In this match, City fans were given their first introduction to Yaya Toure who put the visitors ahead.[3]

The club started the season unbeaten in their first five matches, taking 10 points from 12 matches. Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce was subsequently awarded the Barclays Manager of the Month award for August.[4] City then went on to suffer three successive defeats in September, including a 3–0 defeat on penalties to League 1 side Doncaster, which saw them exit the Carling Cup in the Second Round.[5]

The following months saw City's form continue to fluctuate. On December 4, Manchester City beat Charlton Athletic 5-2 at The Valley, setting a then club-record for their largest away win in the Premier League. Going into 2006, Manchester City were placed 9th in the League.

Robbie Fowler started off the new year with a hat-trick in the Third Round of the FA Cup against Scunthorpe. The following weekend, Manchester City won the Manchester Derby 3-1 at home, in a match that saw Cristiano Ronaldo receive a straight red card for a reckless lunge on Andy Cole midway through the second half.[6]

The January Transfer Window saw Robbie Fowler return to Liverpool,[7] Joey Barton hand-in a transfer request[8] and Stuart Pearce splashing out £6 million on Heerenveen striker Georgios Samaras.[9]

Manchester City's final hope of silverware was put to an end after a Dean Ashton brace led West Ham into the semi-finals of the FA Cup, eliminating City in the quarter-finals.[10]

The season ended on disappointing form with losses in 9 of their 10 final matches in the Premier League. A winless City steadily drifted down the league from mid-table to 15th position before the season culminated.

Team kit edit

For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Historical league performance edit

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Premier LeagueFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division

Friendly games edit

Pre-season edit

15 July 2005 Tranmere Rovers 1–0 Manchester City Prenton, England
19:45 BST Davies   90' MCFC report
Manchester Evening News report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
16 July 2005 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Manchester City Macclesfield, England
15:00 BST Parkin   3' MCFC report
M.E.N. report		   8' Hussain Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 4,420
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Premier League Asia Trophy edit

20 July 2005 Bolton Wanderers 1–1
(5–4 p)		 Manchester City Bangkok, Thailand
21:45 MST
14:45 BST		 Davies   47' MCFC report
M.E.N. report		   41' Barton Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
Penalties
Okocha  
Diouf  
Vaz Tê  
Fadiga  
Campo  		   Barton
  Flood
  Sun
  Bermingham
  B. Wright-Phillips
23 July 2005 Everton 1–1
(2–4 p)		 Manchester City Bangkok, Thailand
17:45 MST
10:45 BST		 Beattle   51' (pen.) MCFC report
M.E.N. report		   24' Cole Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
Penalties
Weir  
Ferguson  
Bent  
Kilbane  		   B. Wright-Phillips
  Mills
  Thatcher
  Flood


30 July 2005 Stoke City 1–2 Manchester City Stoke-on-Trent, England
15:00 BST Dyer   51'
Dyer   68' (pen.)		 MCFC report
M.E.N. report		   67' Sun
  73' Cole
  81' B. Wright-Phillips		 Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
31 July 2005 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Manchester City Sheffield, England
15:00 BST Whelan   40' MCFC report   61' Bermingham Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 12,796

Thomas Cook Trophy edit

6 August 2005 Manchester City   3–1   Olympiacos Manchester, England
15:00 BST Vassell   65'
B. Wright-Phillips   75'   79'		 MCFC report
M.E.N. report		   27' Touré Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: ~20,000

Competitive games edit

Premier League edit

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League

Position in final standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Charlton Athletic 38 13 8 17 41 55 −14 47
14 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 48 58 −10 45
15 Manchester City 38 13 4 21 43 48 −5 43
16 Aston Villa 38 10 12 16 42 55 −13 42
17 Portsmouth 38 10 8 20 37 62 −25 38
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 13 4 21 43 48  −5 43 9 2 8 23 20  +3 4 2 13 20 28  −8

Last updated: 7 May 2006 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2005–06

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHA
ResultDWWWDLLWWLWLDLWLWLLDLWLWLWLWLLLLLLWLLL
Position1051235664645688878889891010910910111113131313141515
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006 (end of season). Source: 2005–06 FA Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports edit

13 August 2005 1 Manchester City 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Manchester, England
15:00 BST Guardian report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,983
Referee: CJ Foy
20 August 2005 2 Birmingham City 1–2 Manchester City Birmingham, England
17:15 BST Butt   7' Guardian report   20' Barton
  46' Cole		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 26,366
Referee: M Clattenburg
23 August 2005 3 Sunderland 1–2 Manchester City Sunderland, England
19:45 BST Le Tallec   41' Guardian report   9' Vassell
  35' Sinclair		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 33,357
Referee: P Walton
27 August 2005 4 Manchester City 2–1 Portsmouth Manchester, England
15:00 BST Reyna   66'
Cole   69'		 Guardian report
BBC Sport report		   52' Viafara Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,022
Referee: A Wiley
10 September 2005 5 Manchester United 1–1 Manchester City Manchester, England
15:00 BST van Nistelrooy   45' Guardian report   75' Barton Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,839
Referee: S Bennett
18 September 2005 6 Manchester City 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Manchester, England
16:00 BST Guardian report   93' Speed Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,137
Referee: M L Dean
24 September 2005 7 Newcastle United 1–0 Manchester City Newcastle, England
15:00 BST Owen   18' Guardian report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,280
Referee: G Poll
2 October 2005 8 Manchester City 2–0 Everton Manchester, England
11:15 BST Mills   72'
Vassell   92'		 Guardian report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,681
Referee: M Halsey
16 October 2005 9 Manchester City 2–1 West Ham United Manchester, England
16:00 BST Cole   17'   55' Guardian report   90' Zamora Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,647
Referee: M Clattenburg
22 October 2005 10 Arsenal 1–0 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST Pires   61' (pen.) Guardian report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,119
Referee: Mike Riley
31 October 2005 11 Manchester City 3–1 Aston Villa Manchester, England
20:00 GMT Vassell   4'   26'
Cole   82'		 Guardian report   64' Ridgewell Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,069
Referee: D J Gallagher
5 November 2005 12 Fulham 2–1 Manchester City London, England
15:00 GMT Malbranque   6'   44' Guardian report   20' Croft Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 22,241
Referee: R Styles
19 November 2005 13 Manchester City 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Guardian report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,092
Referee: M Atkinson
26 November 2005 14 Manchester City 0–1 Liverpool Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Guardian report   60' Riise Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,105
Referee: A G Wiley
4 December 2005 15 Charlton Athletic 2–5 Manchester City London, England
16:00 GMT Bent   36'
Bothroyd   73'		 Guardian report   25'   84' Cole
  37' Sinclair
  69' Barton
  79' Vassell		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,289
Referee: P Dowd
10 December 2005 16 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Manchester City West Bromwich, England
15:00 GMT Kamara   36'
Campbell   73'		 Guardian report
BBC Sport report		 Cole Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,472
Referee: M Dean
17 December 2005 17 Manchester City 4–1 Birmingham City Manchester, England
17:15 GMT Sommeil   1'
Barton   13' (pen.)
Sibierski   39'
Wright-Phillips   69'		 Guardian report   73' Jarošík
Vaesen		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,343
Referee: S Bennett
26 December 2005 18 Wigan Athletic 4–3 Manchester City Wigan, England
15:00 GMT Roberts   11'   44'
McCulloch   22'
Camara   70'		 Guardian report   2' Sibierski
  76' Barton
  87' Cole		 Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 25,017
Referee: D Gallagher
28 December 2005 19 Manchester City 0–1 Chelsea Manchester, England
19:45 GMT Guardian report   79' Cole Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,587
Referee: U Rennie
31 December 2005 20 Middlesbrough 0–0 Manchester City Middlesbrough, England
15:00 GMT Guardian report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 28,022
Referee: M Atkinson
4 January 2006 21 Manchester City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester, England
20:00 GMT Guardian report   30' Mido
  83' Keane		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,808
Referee: A Wiley
14 January 2006 22 Manchester City 3–1 Manchester United Manchester, England
12:45 GMT Sinclair   32'
Vassell   39'
Fowler   93'		 Guardian report   76' van Nistelrooy
  66' Ronaldo		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,192
Referee: S Bennett
21 January 2006 23 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Manchester City Bolton, England
15:00 GMT Borgetti   32'
Nolan   39'		 Guardian report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 26,466
Referee: R Styles
1 February 2006 24 Manchester City 3–0 Newcastle United Manchester, England
19:45 BST Riera   14'
Cole   38'
Vassell   62'		 Guardian report
BBC Sport report		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,413
Referee: C Foy
4 February 2006 25 Everton 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool, England
15:00 GMT Weir   7' Guardian report Jordan Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,827
Referee: A Marriner
12 February 2006 26 Manchester City 3–2 Charlton Athletic Manchester, England
15:00 BST Dunne   22'
Samaras   53'
Barton   63'		 Guardian report   50' D. Bent
  66' M. Bent		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,347
Referee: M. Dean
26 February 2006 27 Liverpool 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool, England
12:15 BST Kewell   40' Guardian report   52' Barton Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,121
Referee: D Gallagher
5 March 2006 28 Manchester City 2–1 Sunderland Manchester, England
13:30 GMT Samaras   8, 10' Guardian report   24' Kyle
Breen		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,200
Referee: C. Foy
11 March 2006 29 Portsmouth 2–1 Manchester City Portsmouth, England
15:00 GMT Mendes   30'   90+3' Guardian report   81' Dunne Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,556
Referee: Mark Halsey
18 March 2006 30 Manchester City 0–1 Wigan Athletic Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Guardian report   55' McCulloch Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,444
Referee: M Atkinson
25 March 2006 31 Chelsea 2–0 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST Drogba   30'   33' Guardian report Distin Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 42,321
Referee: R Styles
2 April 2006 32 Manchester City 0–1 Middlesbrough Manchester, England
15:00 BST Guardian report   42' Cattermole Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,256
Referee: M Riley
8 April 2006 33 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Manchester City London, England
12:45 BST Stalteri   43'
Carrick   49'		 Guardian report   51' Samaras Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 36,157
Referee: D. Gallagher
15 April 2006 34 West Ham United 1–0 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST Newton   15' Guardian report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,105
Referee: Steve Bennett
25 April 2006 Aston Villa 0–1 Manchester City Villa Park, Birmingham
19:45 Guardian report
Guardian match facts		   71' Vassell Attendance: 26,422
Referee: C Foy
29 April 2006 Manchester City 1–2 Fulham City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
15:00 Dunne   69' Guardian report
BBC Sport report		   83' John
  90' Malbranque		 Attendance: 41,128
Referee: P Walton
4 May 2006 Manchester City 1–3 Arsenal City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
19:45 Sommeil   38' Guardian report   29' Ljungberg
  77'   84' Reyes		 Attendance: 41,875
Referee: G Poll
7 May 2006 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Manchester City Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00 Khizanishvili   35'
Kuqi   53'
Tugay   59'		 Guardian report Attendance: 25,731
Referee: H Webb

League Cup edit

21 September 2005 Second Round Doncaster Rovers (0) 1–1 (0)
(3–0 p)		 Manchester City Doncaster, England
19:45 BST McIndoe   118' (pen.) Guardian report
BBC Sport report		   95' (pen.) Vassell
  106' Onuoha 0 (rescinded at end of game)		 Stadium: Earth Stadium
Attendance: 8,228
Referee: G Salisbury
Penalties
McIndoe  
Coppinger  
Heffeman  		   Vassell
  Sibierski
  Dunne

FA Cup edit

7 January 2006 Third Round Manchester City 3–1 Scunthorpe United Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Fowler   47, 56, 64' Guardian report   17' Keogh Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,779
Referee: A R Hall
28 January 2006 Fourth Round Manchester City 1–0 Wigan Athletic Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Cole   83' Guardian report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 30,811
Referee: H Webb
19 February 2006 Fifth Round Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester City Birmingham, England
18:30 GMT Baroš   72' Guardian report   90+3' Richards Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 23,847
Referee: G Poll
14 March 2006 Fifth Round Replay Manchester City 2–1 Aston Villa Manchester, England
19:45 GMT Samaras   17'
Vassell   49'		 Guardian report   85' Davis Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 33,006
Referee: P Dowd
20 March 2006 Sixth Round Manchester City 1–2 West Ham United Manchester, England
20:05 GMT Sun   56'
Musampa   85'		 Guardian report   41'   69' Ashton Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 39,357
Referee: H Webb

First-team squad edit

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   ENG David James
2 DF   FRA David Sommeil
3 DF   WAL Ben Thatcher[11]
4 MF   FIN Tuomas Haapala
5 DF   FRA Sylvain Distin
6 MF   USA Claudio Reyna
8 MF   ENG Joey Barton
9 FW   ENG Andrew Cole
10 MF   FRA Antoine Sibierski
11 FW   ENG Darius Vassell
12 GK   ENG Nicky Weaver
14 MF   NED Kiki Musampa[12] (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
16 DF   ENG Nedum Onuoha[13]
17 DF   CHN Sun Jihai
18 DF   ENG Danny Mills
19 MF   ESP Albert Riera (on loan from Espanyol)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   GRE Georgios Samaras
22 DF   IRL Richard Dunne
25 GK   BEL Geert De Vlieger
26 DF   ENG Matt Mills
27 DF   DEN Mikkel Bischoff
28 MF   ENG Trevor Sinclair
33 GK   DEN Kasper Schmeichel
36 FW   IRL Karl Bermingham
37 MF   ENG Ian Bennett
38 MF   IRL Stephen Ireland
40 MF   ENG Lee Croft
41 DF   ENG Stephen Jordan
42 FW   ENG Bradley Wright-Phillips
43 FW   ENG Ishmael Miller
44 MF   IRL Willo Flood
45 DF   ENG Micah Richards

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler (to Liverpool)
20 MF   QAT Yasser Hussein (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 MF   ENG Jonathan D'Laryea (to Mansfield Town)

Goal scorers edit

Information current as of 7 May 2006 (end of season)

Transfers and loans edit

References edit

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