2005–06 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season explained

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

Season summary

In the 2005–06 Championship campaign, the Owls' final league position of 19th place wasn't bad considering the current financial situation of the club. For the second successive year targets have been achieved – the season's target had been avoiding relegation.

On 17 April 2006, Sheffield Wednesday retained their place in the Championship with two matches remaining, with a 2–0 away win at Brighton, condemning Brighton, Millwall and Crewe to the drop in the process.^[1] Wednesday went on to finish the season in 19th place, 10 points clear of the relegation zone.

Wednesday were statistically the best supported team in the Championship with their average home league attendance of 24,853 marginally beating newly relegated Norwich City with 24,833.

Final league table

See main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship.

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Stoke City	A	0–0	18,744
9 August 2005	Hull City	H	1–1	29,910	Best
13 August 2005	Southampton	H	0–1	26,688
20 August 2005	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	24,238	Peacock
26 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	12,131
10 September 2005	Leicester City	A	0–2	22,618
13 September 2005	Leeds United	H	1–0	29,986	Eagles
17 September 2005	Millwall	H	1–2	22,446	Coughlan
23 September 2005	Luton Town	A	2–2	8,267	Lee, Graham
27 September 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	17,413
1 October 2005	Coventry City	H	3–2	22,732	Coughlan, Brunt (2, 1 pen)
15 October 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	16,534	Buzsáky (own goal)
18 October 2005	Watford	H	1–1	21,187	Brunt
24 October 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	21,787	Peacock
29 October 2005	Norwich City	A	1–0	25,383	Brunt
1 November 2005	Reading	A	0–2	16,188
5 November 2005	Derby County	H	2–1	26,334	Brunt, Graham
9 November 2005	Cardiff City	H	1–3	20,324	Eagles
19 November 2005	Watford	A	1–2	16,988	Whelan
22 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–0	20,244
26 November 2005	Stoke City	H	0–2	21,970
3 December 2005	Sheffield United	A	0–1	30,558
10 December 2005	Hull City	A	0–1	21,329
17 December 2005	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	21,716
26 December 2005	Preston North End	A	0–0	18,867
28 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	24,295
31 December 2005	Burnley	A	2–1	14,607	Eagles, Coughlan
2 January 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–0	25,656	Wood, Tudgay, McCready (own goal)
14 January 2006	Leicester City	H	2–1	25,398	Brunt, Coughlan
21 January 2006	Leeds United	A	0–3	27,843
31 January 2006	Luton Town	H	0–2	23,965
4 February 2006	Millwall	A	1–0	11,896	Simek
11 February 2006	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	24,784
15 February 2006	Coventry City	A	1–2	20,021	Brunt
18 February 2006	Sheffield United	H	1–2	33,439	MacLean (pen)
25 February 2006	Southampton	A	0–3	26,236
4 March 2006	Cardiff City	A	0–1	11,851
11 March 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	22,788	Burton
18 March 2006	Preston North End	H	2–0	23,429	Burton, O'Brien
25 March 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–1	25,161	Tudgay (2), Burton
1 April 2006	Burnley	H	0–0	24,485
8 April 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	8,007
15 April 2006	Norwich City	H	1–0	30,755	Tudgay
17 April 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–0	7,573	Hart (own goal), O'Brien
22 April 2006	Reading	H	1–1	27,307	MacLean (pen)
30 April 2006	Derby County	A	2–0	30,391	Tudgay, Best

FA Cup

See main article: 2005–06 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R3

7 January 2006

Charlton Athletic

H

2–4

14,851

Heckingbottom (2)

League Cup

See main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R1	23 August 2005	Stockport County	A	4–2	3,001	Peacock, Partridge, Proudlock (2)
R2	20 September 2005	West Ham United	H	2–4	14,976	Coughlan, Graham

Squad

^{[3] [4]}

Left club during season

Notes and References

1. News: Brighton 0–2 Sheff Wed. BBC Sport. 17 April 2006. 5 February 2012.
2. Web site: Sheffield Wednesday results for the 2005-2006 season. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612085904/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2005-2006/results. 2015-06-12. statto.com.
3. Web site: FootballSquads - Sheffield Wednesday - 2005/06. www.footballsquads.co.uk.
4. Web site: All Sheffield Wednesday players: 2006. www.11v11.com.