Seasons · Championship · Season 86

2005/06

Finished 5th · Manager Kevin Blackwell

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The season · Record

Played: 54
Won: 24
Drawn: 17
Lost: 13
For: 68
Against: 49
Points: 78

The season · Highlights

Biggest win: 3–0; v Sheffield Wednesday
Biggest defeat: 0–3; v Watford
Clean sheets: 20
Top scorer: Healy; 14 goals
Most assists: Lewis; 8 assists
Avg attendance: 21,588

Final table

Championship

Final Championship table, 2005/06
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106
2	Sheffield United	46	26	12	8	76	46	+30	90
3	Watford	46	22	15	9	77	53	+24	81
4	Preston North End	46	20	20	6	59	30	+29	80
5	Leeds United	46	21	15	10	57	38	+19	78
6	Crystal Palace	46	21	12	13	67	48	+19	75
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	19	11	50	42	+8	67
8	Coventry City	46	16	15	15	62	65	-3	63
9	Norwich City	46	18	8	20	56	65	-9	62
10	Luton Town	46	17	10	19	66	67	-1	61
11	Cardiff City	46	16	12	18	58	59	-1	60
12	Southampton	46	13	19	14	49	50	-1	58
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
18	Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	-6	52
19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	-13	52
20	Derby County	46	10	20	16	53	67	-14	50
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	14	20	54	69	-15	50
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	15	22	57	86	-29	42
23	Millwall	46	8	16	22	35	62	-27	40
24	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	7	17	22	39	71	-32	38

The squad

Every player used

Leeds United squad, 2005/06 - appearances, goals and assists
Player	Pos	Starts	Subs	Apps	Goals	Assists
Neil Sullivan	GK	50	0	50	0	0
Eddie Lewis	WG / DF	47	2	49	6	8
Gary Kelly	DF	49	0	49	1	7
David Healy	FW	28	20	48	14	4
Paul Butler	DF	48	0	48	3	0
Robbie Blake	FW	33	14	47	11	1
Jonathan Douglas	MF	38	9	47	5	3
Rob Hulse	FW	38	8	46	12	4
Shaun Derry	MF	45	1	46	0	0
Sean Gregan	DF / MF	34	0	34	0	0
Matthew Kilgallon	DF	30	3	33	1	0
Liam Miller	MF	31	2	33	1	1
Stephen Crainey	DF	30	0	30	0	0
Frazer Richardson	DF / MF	18	10	28	3	2
Ian Thomas-Moore	FW	4	18	22	0	0
Richard Cresswell	FW	13	8	21	5	1
Dan Harding	DF	21	0	21	0	0
Danny Pugh	DF / MF	5	11	16	0	0
Gylfi Einarsson	MF	9	5	14	0	1
Eirik Bakke	MF	8	4	12	0	1
Michael Ricketts	FW	2	3	5	1	0
Jermaine Beckford	FW	0	5	5	0	0
Simon Walton	DF / MF	4	1	5	0	0
Ian Bennett	GK	4	0	4	0	0
Steve Stone	MF	1	3	4	0	0
Jermaine Wright	MF	3	0	3	0	0
Danny Graham	FW	0	2	2	0	0
Joel Griffiths	MF	0	2	2	0	0
Rui Marques	DF	1	0	1	0	0

Matchlog

Every fixture

Championship · 46 played

Championship fixtures, 2005/06
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
7 Aug	H	Millwall	2–1	20,440	Won 2–1 v Millwall
9 Aug	A	Cardiff City	1–2	15,231	Lost 1–2 v Cardiff City
13 Aug	A	Luton Town	0–0	10,102	Drew 0–0 v Luton Town
20 Aug	H	Wolves	2–0	21,229	Won 2–0 v Wolves
27 Aug	A	Norwich City	1–0	25,015	Won 1–0 v Norwich City
10 Sep	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–3	21,212	Drew 3–3 v Brighton & Hove Albion
13 Sep	A	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	29,986	Lost 0–1 v Sheffield Wednesday
17 Sep	A	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	15,523	Won 1–0 v Queens Park Rangers
24 Sep	H	Ipswich Town	0–2	21,676	Lost 0–2 v Ipswich Town
28 Sep	H	Derby County	3–1	18,353	Won 3–1 v Derby County
1 Oct	A	Watford	0–0	16,050	Drew 0–0 v Watford
15 Oct	A	Burnley	2–1	16,174	Won 2–1 v Burnley
18 Oct	H	Southampton	2–1	18,881	Won 2–1 v Southampton
21 Oct	H	Sheffield United	1–1	23,600	Drew 1–1 v Sheffield United
29 Oct	A	Reading	1–1	22,012	Drew 1–1 v Reading
1 Nov	A	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	7,220	Lost 0–1 v Crewe Alexandra
5 Nov	H	Preston North End	0–0	22,289	Drew 0–0 v Preston North End
19 Nov	A	Southampton	4–3	30,173	Won 4–3 v Southampton
22 Nov	H	Burnley	2–0	21,318	Won 2–0 v Burnley
26 Nov	A	Millwall	1–0	8,134	Won 1–0 v Millwall
3 Dec	H	Leicester City	2–1	21,402	Won 2–1 v Leicester City
10 Dec	H	Cardiff City	0–1	20,597	Lost 0–1 v Cardiff City
17 Dec	A	Wolves	0–1	26,821	Lost 0–1 v Wolves
26 Dec	H	Coventry City	3–1	24,291	Won 3–1 v Coventry City
28 Dec	A	Stoke City	1–0	20,408	Won 1–0 v Stoke City
31 Dec	H	Hull City	2–0	26,387	Won 2–0 v Hull City
2 Jan	A	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	17,726	Won 3–0 v Plymouth Argyle
14 Jan	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	7,415	Lost 1–2 v Brighton & Hove Albion
21 Jan	H	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	27,843	Won 3–0 v Sheffield Wednesday
31 Jan	A	Ipswich Town	1–1	25,845	Drew 1–1 v Ipswich Town
4 Feb	H	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	21,807	Won 2–0 v Queens Park Rangers
11 Feb	A	Derby County	0–0	27,000	Drew 0–0 v Derby County
14 Feb	H	Watford	2–1	22,007	Won 2–1 v Watford
18 Feb	A	Leicester City	1–1	25,497	Drew 1–1 v Leicester City
25 Feb	H	Luton Town	2–1	23,644	Won 2–1 v Luton Town
4 Mar	A	Crystal Palace	2–1	23,843	Won 2–1 v Crystal Palace
11 Mar	H	Norwich City	2–2	24,993	Drew 2–2 v Norwich City
18 Mar	A	Coventry City	1–1	26,643	Drew 1–1 v Coventry City
21 Mar	H	Crystal Palace	0–1	24,507	Lost 0–1 v Crystal Palace
25 Mar	H	Stoke City	0–0	21,452	Drew 0–0 v Stoke City
1 Apr	A	Hull City	0–1	23,486	Lost 0–1 v Hull City
8 Apr	H	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	20,650	Drew 0–0 v Plymouth Argyle
15 Apr	H	Reading	1–1	24,535	Drew 1–1 v Reading
18 Apr	A	Sheffield United	1–1	29,329	Drew 1–1 v Sheffield United
22 Apr	H	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	21,046	Won 1–0 v Crewe Alexandra
30 Apr	A	Preston North End	0–2	19,350	Lost 0–2 v Preston North End

League Cup · 3 played

League Cup fixtures, 2005/06
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
23 Aug	H	Oldham Athletic	2–0	14,970	Won 2–0 v Oldham Athletic
20 Sep	A	Rotherham United	2–0	5,445	Won 2–0 v Rotherham United
25 Oct	A	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	15,631	Lost 0–3 v Blackburn Rovers

Play-Off · 3 played

Play-Off fixtures, 2005/06
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
5 May	H	Preston North End	1–1	35,239	Drew 1–1 v Preston North End
8 May	A	Preston North End	2–0	20,383	Won 2–0 v Preston North End
21 May	N	Watford	0–3	64,736	Lost 0–3 v Watford

FA Cup · 2 played

FA Cup fixtures, 2005/06
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
7 Jan	A	Wigan Athletic	1–1	10,980	Drew 1–1 v Wigan Athletic
17 Jan	H	Wigan Athletic	3–3 (pens)	15,243	Lost 3–3 (pens) v Wigan Athletic