2005–06 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 14th season in the Premier League and 28th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

Tottenham Hotspur
2005–06 season
ChairmanDaniel Levy
ManagerMartin Jol
Premier League5th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robbie Keane (16)
All: Robbie Keane (16)

Season summary edit

During the 2005–06 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League. The club had a mixed, short season, securing what was their highest place finish in the Premier league at the time,[a] but exiting both cup competitions at the earliest possible stage against lower league opposition, therefore playing just 40 games.

In September Tottenham faced Grimsby Town in the League Cup, losing 1–0 at Blundell Park.[1] Their FA cup draw pitted the team against Leicester City, but the side let a two-goal lead slip, and an injury time goal saw them defeated 3–2 at Walkers Stadium.[2]

In the league Tottenham had occupied the crucial fourth place in the table for much of the latter half of the season.[3] Their win in their penultimate game of the season against Bolton Wanderers on 30 April meant they were seven points ahead of their nearest rivals Arsenal in the race for possible Champions League qualification.[4] Despite Arsenal winning their two games in hand, Tottenham only had to match their result in the final game of the season in order to secure fourth spot.

On the morning of the decisive match against West Ham United a number of Tottenham players were taken ill with suspected food poisoning, the players having stayed the night at the Marriott Hotel in Canary Wharf and eaten lasagne. The club appealed for the Premier League to delay the kick off, but the police would not allow a kick off any later than 5pm, due to crowd control concerns, so the club decided to play at the scheduled time.[5] Despite the scoreline being 1–1 for much of the game, Tottenham looked set to clinch fourth spot due to Arsenal trailing 2–1 at Highbury against Wigan Athletic. But Arsenal went on to win their fixture 4–2, with a Thierry Henry hat-trick, meaning Tottenham also required a win. Their fate was sealed when Yossi Benayoun scored a winner for West Ham, meaning Tottenham fell to fifth place and therefore would only play in the following season's UEFA Cup.[6]

Tottenham appealed to the Premier League to have the match against West Ham replayed, but this was rejected as no grounds were found for accepting the request.[7][8] Club chairman Daniel Levy called in the police to investigate the Marriott Hotel and threatened to sue the hotel chain and Premier League over the incident, having wrongly suspected foul play.[9][10] Tests by the Health Protection Agency on the food at the hotel soon proved to be negative for sources of food poisoning and instead players were identified as having norovirus.[11]

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 Paul Robinson
2 DF   MAR Noureddine Naybet
3 DF   IRL Stephen Kelly
5 MF   NED Edgar Davids
6 MF   FIN Teemu Tainio
7 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF   ENG Danny Murphy
9 FW   POL Grzegorz Rasiak
10 FW   IRL Robbie Keane
12 GK   CZE Radek Černý (on loan from Slavia Prague)
15 FW   EGY Mido (on loan from Roma)
16 DF   KOR Lee Young-Pyo
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   ENG Jermain Defoe
19 MF   IRL Andy Reid
20 DF   ENG Michael Dawson
22 MF   ENG Tom Huddlestone
23 MF   ENG Michael Carrick
25 MF   ENG Aaron Lennon
26 DF   ENG Ledley King (captain)
27 DF   ENG Calum Davenport
28 MF   ENG Jermaine Jenas
30 DF   ENG Anthony Gardner
32 MF   ENG Johnnie Jackson
37 FW   ENG Lee Barnard

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
4 MF   ENG Sean Davis (to Portsmouth)
8 MF   POR Pedro Mendes (to Portsmouth)
9 FW   MLI Frédéric Kanouté (to Sevilla)
11 MF   ENG Michael Brown (to Fulham)
13 GK   HUN Márton Fülöp (on loan to Coventry City)
14 DF   SWE Erik Edman (to Rennes)
16 DF   SUI Reto Ziegler (on loan to Wigan Athletic)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   FRA Noé Pamarot (to Portsmouth)
21 MF   ENG Wayne Routledge (on loan to Portsmouth)
29 DF   ENG Philip Ifil (on loan to Millwall)
36 FW   MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui (on loan to Derby County)
MF   ISL Emil Hallfreðsson (on loan to Malmö)
DF   BRA Rodrigo Defendi (on loan to Udinese)

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
14 MF   EGY Hossam Ghaly
24 DF   SCG Goran Bunjevčević
31 MF   ENG Dean Marney
35 GK   ENG Robert Burch
FW   ENG Andy Barcham
DF   ENG Charlie Daniels
FW   ENG Simon Dawkins
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Charlie Lee
MF   ENG Stuart Lewis
MF   COD Jacques Maghoma
DF   ENG Marcel McKie
DF   ENG Leigh Mills
MF   ENG Jamie O'Hara

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Transfers in:   £15,100,000
Transfers out:   £12,575,000
Total spending:   £2,525,000

Loans out edit

Competitions Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA Win %
Premier League 38 18 11 9 53 38 047.37
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 2 3 000.00
League Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1 000.00
Total 40 18 11 11 55 42 045.00

Results edit

Premier League edit

13 August 2005 1 Portsmouth 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Report Griffin   45' (o.g.)
Defoe   64'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,215
Referee: Barry Knight
20 August 2005 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Middlesbrough Haringey, London
Defoe   49'
Mido   75'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,844
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 August 2005 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Chelsea Haringey, London
Mido   25' Report Del Horno   39'
Duff   71'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,077
Referee: Rob Styles
10 September 2005 5 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Liverpool Haringey, London
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,148
Referee: Howard Webb
17 September 2005 6 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham, West Midlands
Milner   4' Report Keane   78' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,686
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 September 2005 7 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Fulham Haringey, London
Defoe   8' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,427
Referee: Alan Wiley
1 October 2005 8 Charlton Athletic 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Greenwich, London
Bent   25', 48' Report King   51'
Mido   64'
Keane   80'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 27,111
Referee: Phil Dowd
15 October 2005 9 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Everton Haringey, London
Mido   58'
Jenas   63'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,247
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
29 October 2005 11 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Arsenal Haringey, London
King   17' Report Pires   77' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,154
Referee: Steve Bennett
20 November 2005 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Ham United Haringey, London
Mido   16' Report Ferdinand   90' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,154
Referee: Alan Wiley
26 November 2005 14 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Wigan, Greater Manchester
McCulloch   88' Report Keane   8'
Davids   77'
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 22,611
Referee: Mike Riley
3 December 2005 15 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Sunderland Haringey, London
Mido   37'
Keane   51'
Carrick   77'
Report Whitehead   16'
Le Tallec   60'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,244
Referee: Peter Walton
12 December 2005 16 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Portsmouth Haringey, London
King   57'
Mido   85' (pen.)
Defoe   90'
Report LuaLua   24' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,141
Referee: Uriah Rennie
18 December 2005 17 Middlesbrough 3–3 Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Yakubu   30', 43'
Queudrue   69'
Report Keane   25'
Jenas   63'
Mido   83'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 27,614
Referee: Howard Webb
26 December 2005 18 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Birmingham City Haringey, London
Keane   58' (pen.)
Defoe   90'
Report Muzzy Izzet   65' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,045
Referee: Phil Dowd
31 December 2005 20 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Newcastle United Haringey, London
Tainio   43'
Mido   66'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,246
Referee: Howard Webb
14 January 2006 22 Liverpool 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool, Merseyside
Kewell   59' Report Stalteri   87' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,983
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
21 January 2006 23 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Report Gareth Barry   83' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,243
Referee: Graham Poll
31 January 2006 24 Fulham 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Bocanegra   90' Report Dawson   72' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 21,081
Referee: Howard Webb
5 February 2006 25 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Charlton Athletic Haringey, London
Jermain Defoe   14', 46'
Jenas   41'
Report Thomas   70' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,034
Referee: Phil Dowd
19 February 2006 27 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Wigan Athletic Haringey, London
Mido   23'
Defoe   68'
Report Johansson   10', 67' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,676
Referee: Uriah Rennie
5 March 2006 28 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Haringey, London
Keane   9', 42'
Mido   70'
Report Sinama-Pongolle   44'
Bellamy   67'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,080
Referee: Howard Webb
11 March 2006 29 Chelsea 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Essien   11'
Gallas   90'
Report Jenas   45' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 42,243
Referee: Graham Poll
27 March 2006 31 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Haringey, London
Keane   68', 89' (pen.) Report Davies   21' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,152
Referee: Chris Foy
1 April 2006 32 Newcastle United 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
15:00 Bowyer   2'
Ameobi   25'
Shearer   30' (pen.)
Report Keane   19'
Dawson   61'  
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,185
Referee: Mike Dean
8 April 2006 33 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Manchester City Haringey, London
12:45 Stalteri   44'
Carrick   49'
Report Samaras   52' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,167
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
15 April 2006 34 Everton 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool, Merseyside
Report Keane   33' (pen.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,856
Referee: Howard Webb
17 April 2006 35 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Manchester United Haringey, London
Jenas   53' Report Rooney   8', 36' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,141
Referee: Mark Halsey
22 April 2006 36 Arsenal 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Islington, London
Henry   84' Report Keane   66'
Davids   85'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,326
Referee: Steve Bennett
7 May 2006 38 West Ham United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Newham, London
Fletcher   10'
Benayoun   80'
Report Defoe   35' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,970
Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup edit

8 January 2006 (2006-01-08) 3rd round Leicester City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
Hammond   44'
Hughes   57'
de Vries   90'
Report Jenas   20'
Stalteri   41'
Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 19,844
Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup edit

20 September 2005 (2005-09-20) 2nd round Grimsby Town 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur Grimsby
Kalala   89' Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 8,206
Referee: Graham Laws

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Liverpool 38 25 7 6 57 25 +32 82 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Arsenal 38 20 7 11 68 31 +37 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 11 9 53 38 +15 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 6 13 51 42 +9 63
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ENG Paul Robinson 40 0 38 0 1 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   MAR Noureddine Naybet 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF   IRL Stephen Kelly 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
7 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri 35 2 33 1 1 1 1 0
16 DF   KOR Lee Young-Pyo 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   ENG Michael Dawson 33 0 31+1 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Ledley King 27 3 26 3 0 0 1 0
27 DF   ENG Calum Davenport 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   ENG Anthony Gardner 18 0 16+1 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF   NED Edgar Davids 31 1 28+3 1 0 0 0 0
6 MF   FIN Teemu Tainio 25 1 22+2 1 0+1 0 0 0
8 MF   ENG Danny Murphy 10 0 2+8 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   IRL Andy Reid 14 0 7+6 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF   ENG Tom Huddlestone 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF   ENG Michael Carrick 37 2 35 2 1 0 1 0
25 MF   ENG Aaron Lennon 29 2 21+6 2 1 0 0+1 0
28 MF   ENG Jermaine Jenas 32 7 30 6 1 1 1 0
32 MF   ENG Johnnie Jackson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   POL Grzegorz Rasiak 9 0 4+4 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW   IRL Robbie Keane 38 16 25+11 16 1 0 1 0
15 FW   EGY Mido 27 11 24+3 11 0 0 0 0
18 FW   ENG Jermain Defoe 38 9 23+13 9 0+1 0 1 0
37 FW   ENG Lee Barnard 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 MF   ENG Sean Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF   POR Pedro Mendes 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   MLI Frédéric Kanouté 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF   ENG Michael Brown 11 0 2+7 0 1 0 1 0
14 DF   SWE Erik Edman 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   FRA Noé Pamarot 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF   ENG Wayne Routledge 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 FW 10   Robbie Keane 16 0 0 16
2 FW 15   Mido 11 0 0 11
3 FW 18   Jermain Defoe 9 0 0 9
4 MF 28   Jermaine Jenas 6 1 0 7
5 DF 26   Ledley King 3 0 0 3
6 DF 7   Paul Stalteri 1 1 0 2
MF 23   Michael Carrick 2 0 0 2
MF 25   Aaron Lennon 2 0 0 2
9 MF 5   Edgar Davids 1 0 0 1
MF 6   Teemu Tainio 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 52 2 0 54

Clean sheets edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 1   Paul Robinson 13 0 0 13
TOTALS 13 0 0 13

Notes edit

  1. ^ Tottenham's last highest finish was a 3rd place finish in the 1989–90 season of the Football League First Division.

References edit

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