2005–06 Millwall F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Millwall
2005–06 season
ChairmanEngland Peter de Savary
ManagerEngland Colin Lee (until 21 December)
England Dave Tuttle (from 21 December to 20 April)
England Tony Burns and England Alan McLeary (from 20 April)
StadiumThe Den
Championship23rd (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ben May (10)
All: Ben May (11)
Average home league attendance9,529

Season summary edit

Former Watford, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Walsall manager Colin Lee replaced Steve Claridge as manager of Millwall, but lasted only five months in charge.[1] On 21 December, with the club bottom of the Championship, he became the club's director of football (he would leave the club altogether in February) and was replaced as manager by 32-year-old player Dave Tuttle, who had no previous experience in management, on a short-term contract until the end of the season.[2] Millwall experienced a very difficult season and their relegation to League One was confirmed on 17 April with a 2–0 loss against Southampton.[3] Tuttle resigned three days later. Goalkeeping coach Tony Burns and former Millwall manager Alan McLeary took charge for the two remaining games of the season.[4]

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Derby County 46 10 20 16 53 67 −14 50
21 Queens Park Rangers 46 12 14 20 50 65 −15 50
22 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 9 15 22 57 86 −29 42 Relegation to Football League One
23 Millwall (R) 46 8 16 22 35 62 −27 40
24 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 46 7 17 22 39 71 −32 38
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Millwall's score comes first[5]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 2005 Leeds United A 1–2 20,440 Hutchison
9 August 2005 Coventry City H 0–0 8,344
13 August 2005 Stoke City H 0–1 8,668
20 August 2005 Reading A 0–5 14,225
27 August 2005 Ipswich Town H 1–2 8,277 May
29 August 2005 Luton Town A 1–2 8,220 May
10 September 2005 Preston North End H 1–2 7,674 Hutchison
13 September 2005 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–1 21,897 Wright, Hayles
17 September 2005 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 19,184 Hayles, Asaba
24 September 2005 Cardiff City H 0–0 9,524
27 September 2005 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 10,322 Hayles
30 September 2005 Hull City A 1–1 18,761 Asaba
15 October 2005 Norwich City A 1–1 25,095 Williams
18 October 2005 Sheffield United H 0–4 9,148
22 October 2005 Southampton H 0–2 10,759
30 October 2005 Plymouth Argyle A 0–0 11,764
1 November 2005 Burnley A 1–2 10,698 Wright
5 November 2005 Crewe Alexandra H 1–3 8,120 Hayles (pen)
19 November 2005 Sheffield United A 2–2 22,292 Dyer (2)
22 November 2005 Norwich City H 1–0 7,814 Elliott
26 November 2005 Leeds United H 0–1 8,134
3 December 2005 Crystal Palace A 1–1 19,571 May
10 December 2005 Coventry City A 0–1 16,156
17 December 2005 Reading H 0–2 12,920
26 December 2005 Leicester City A 1–1 22,520 McCarthy (own goal)
28 December 2005 Watford H 0–0 8,450
31 December 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–1 6,847 May, Simpson
2 January 2006 Derby County H 2–1 9,523 Elliott, Williams
14 January 2006 Preston North End A 0–2 14,165
21 January 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 9,905
31 January 2006 Cardiff City A 1–1 12,378 Powel
4 February 2006 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–1 11,896
11 February 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 12,355
14 February 2006 Hull City H 1–1 7,108 Livermore
18 February 2006 Crystal Palace H 1–1 12,296 May
25 February 2006 Stoke City A 1–2 11,340 May
4 March 2006 Luton Town H 2–1 9,871 May, Williams
11 March 2006 Ipswich Town A 1–1 24,864 Livermore
18 March 2006 Leicester City H 0–1 10,523
25 March 2006 Watford A 2–0 16,654 Asaba, May
1 April 2006 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–2 13,209
8 April 2006 Derby County A 0–1 24,415
15 April 2006 Plymouth Argyle H 1–1 9,183 Williams
17 April 2006 Southampton A 0–2 22,043
22 April 2006 Burnley H 1–0 7,780 Williams
30 April 2006 Crewe Alexandra A 2–4 5,945 May (2)

FA Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 2006 Everton H 1–1 16,440 Williams
R3R 18 January 2006 Everton A 0–1 25,800

League Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 23 August 2005 Bristol Rovers H 2–0 2,383 Hayles, Fangueiro
R2 20 September 2005 Yeovil Town A 2–1 5,108 Dunne, Asaba
R3 25 October 2005 Mansfield Town A 3–2 4,133 May, P Robinson, Livermore
R4 29 November 2005 Birmingham City H 2–2 (lost 3–4 on pens) 7,732 Dunne, Elliott

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[6]

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 Andy Marshall
2 DF   ENG Matt Lawrence
3 DF   ENG Jamie Vincent (on loan from Yeovil Town)
4 MF   ENG Marvin Elliott[notes 1]
5 DF   ENG Paul Robinson
6 DF   ENG Mark Phillips
7 DF   IRL Alan Dunne
8 MF   ENG David Livermore
9 MF   POR Carlos Fangueiro
10 FW   NED Berry Powel
11 MF   IRL Barry Cogan
12 DF   USA Zak Whitbread (on loan from Liverpool)
13 GK   IRL Colin Doyle (on loan from Birmingham City)
14 DF   ENG Tony Craig
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   CAN Josh Simpson
16 MF   ENG Sammy Igoe
17 FW   ENG Ben May
19 FW   ENG Carl Asaba
20 MF   ENG Jody Morris
21 FW   JAM Barry Hayles[notes 2]
22 FW   NIR Kevin Braniff
24 FW   ENG Joe Healy
26 MF   JAM Trevor Robinson
29 DF   ENG Philip Ifil (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
31 DF   ENG Dean Pooley
32 FW   ENG Marvin Williams
35 MF   ENG Will Hendry

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
3 DF   ENG Jamie Vincent (on loan from Derby County)
10 MF   SCO Don Hutchison[notes 3] (to Coventry City)
12 DF   CAN Adrian Serioux (to New York Red Bulls)
18 FW   ENG John Sutton (to St Mirren)
18 MF   ENG Lloyd Dyer (to Milton Keynes Dons)
19 FW   BEL Bob Peeters (to Genk)
25 GK   IRL Terry Masterson (to Bray Wanderers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   SCO Colin Cameron (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
27 DF   ENG Jason Rose (to Fisher Athletic)
28 DF   WAL Ady Williams[notes 4] (on loan from Coventry City)
30 MF   ENG Jermaine Wright (on loan from Leeds United)
31 GK   WAL Paul Jones (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
40 GK   ENG Lenny Pidgeley (on loan from Chelsea)
55 FW   ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 5] (on loan from Stoke City)

Reserve 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
23 MF   ENG Curtis Weston
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 GK   ENG Alan Brooks

Notes edit

  1. ^ Elliott was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.
  2. ^ Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so.
  3. ^ Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented Scotland at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 1999.
  4. ^ Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in 1994.
  5. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and made his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.

References edit

  1. ^ "Lee replaces Claridge at Millwall". BBC Sport. 27 July 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Tuttle replaces Lee as Lions boss". BBC Sport. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Southampton 2–0 Millwall". BBC Sport. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Tuttle and Millwall part company". BBC Sport. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Millwall 2005-2006 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  6. ^ "FootballSquads - Millwall - 2005/06".