2005–06 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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Sunderland
2005–06 season
Chairman Bob Murray
Manager Mick McCarthy
(until 13 February)
Kevin Ball (caretaker)
(from 7 March until 31 May)
Niall Quinn
(from 25 July)
Stadium Stadium of Light
FA Premier League 20th (relegated)
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round

During the 2005–06 English football season, Sunderland competed in the FA Premier League.

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
3 June 2005 FW Daryl Murphy Waterford United £100,000[1]
10 June 2005 DF Nyron Nosworthy Gillingham Free[2]
13 June 2005 FW Jonathan Stead Blackburn Rovers £1,800,000[3]
14 June 2005 GK Kelvin Davis Ipswich Town £1,250,000[4]
22 June 2005 MF Tommy Miller Ipswich Town Free[5]
6 July 2005 MF Martin Woods Leeds United Free[6]
2 August 2005 DF Alan Stubbs Everton Free[7]
2 August 2005 FW Anthony Le Tallec Liverpool Season-long loan[8]
9 August 2005 GK Joe Murphy West Bromwich Albion Free[9]
10 August 2005 FW Andy Gray Sheffield United £1,100,000[10]
24 August 2005 MF Christian Bassila Strasbourg Free[11]
31 August 2005 DF Justin Hoyte Arsenal Season-long loan[12]
25 January 2006 FW Kevin Smith Leeds United Free[13]
31 January 2006 MF Rory Delap Southampton Free[14]

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
14 June 2005 DF Mark Lynch Hull City Free[15]
1 July 2005 MF Jeff Whitley Cardiff City Free[16]
1 July 2005 FW Marcus Stewart Bristol City Free[17]
1 July 2005 FW Brian Deane Perth Glory Free
11 July 2005 MF Sean Thornton Doncaster Rovers £175,000[18]
25 July 2005 GK Thomas Myhre Fredrikstad Free
25 July 2005 FW Michael Bridges Bristol City Free[19]
12 August 2005 DF Neill Collins Hartlepool United Loan[20]
31 August 2005 GK Mart Poom Arsenal Loan
8 September 2005 FW Chris Brown Hull City Loan[21]
23 September 2005 MF Grant Leadbitter Rotherham United Loan[22]
21 October 2005 GK Joe Murphy Walsall Loan
24 November 2005 MF Carl Robinson Norwich City Loan
24 November 2005 FW Daryl Murphy Sheffield Wednesday Loan
12 January 2006 DF Daniel Smith Huddersfield Town Loan
17 January 2006 MF Carl Robinson Norwich City £50,000
20 January 2006 DF Alan Stubbs Everton Free
23 January 2006 GK Mart Poom Arsenal Free
17 February 2006 DF Neill Collins Sheffield United Loan
1 March 2006 MF Andy Welsh Leicester City Loan
16 March 2006 FW Andy Gray Burnley Loan

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[23]

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Kelvin Davis
2 England DF Stephen Wright
3 Northern Ireland DF George McCartney
4 Republic of Ireland MF Rory Delap[24]
5 Republic of Ireland DF Gary Breen (captain)
6 Scotland DF Steven Caldwell (vice-captain)
7 Republic of Ireland MF Liam Lawrence
8 England MF Dean Whitehead
9 England FW Jon Stead
10 Republic of Ireland FW Stephen Elliott
11 Scotland MF Andy Welsh[25]
12 England DF Nyron Nosworthy[26]
13 England GK Ben Alnwick
14 England MF Tommy Miller
No. Position Player
15 Wales DF Danny Collins[27]
16 Scotland FW Kevin Kyle
17 France FW Anthony Le Tallec (on loan from Liverpool)
18 Scotland FW Andy Gray[28]
19 Scotland MF Martin Woods
20 England FW Chris Brown
23 England MF Grant Leadbitter
25 Scotland DF Neill Collins
26 Republic of Ireland FW Daryl Murphy
28 England DF Dan Smith
30 Republic of Ireland GK Joe Murphy
31 France MF Christian Bassila
32 England DF Justin Hoyte (on loan from Arsenal)
33 Argentina MF Julio Arca

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
4 Wales MF Carl Robinson (to Norwich City)
21 England MF Matt Piper (released)
22 England DF Alan Stubbs (to Everton)
No. Position Player
24 Estonia GK Mart Poom (to Arsenal)
Republic of Ireland MF Colin Healy (to Livingston)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
21 Scotland FW Kevin Smith
24 Northern Ireland GK Trevor Carson
No. Position Player
27 England DF Ben Christensen
29 England DF Sean Taylor

Results

Sunderland's score comes first.

Win Draw Loss

League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
2nd 20 September 2005 Cheltenham Town Stadium of Light 1–0 (after extra time) 11,969 Le Tallec
3rd 25 October 2005 Arsenal Stadium of Light 0–3 47,366

FA Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
3rd 8 January 2006 Northwich Victoria Stadium of Light 3–0 19,323 N. Collins, Whitehead, Le Tallec
4th 28 January 2006 Brentford Griffin Park 1–2 11,698 Arca

Premier League

2005-06 FA Premier League

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 38 29 4 5 72 22 +50 91 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Manchester United 38 25 8 5 72 34 +38 83
3 Liverpool 38 25 7 6 57 25 +32 82 2006–07 UEFA 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 2006–07 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 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41 +8 56
9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 55 2006–07 UEFA Cup First round 1
10 Wigan Athletic 38 15 6 17 45 52 −7 51
11 Everton 38 14 8 16 34 49 −15 50
12 Fulham 38 14 6 18 48 58 −10 48
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
18 Birmingham City (R) 38 8 10 20 28 50 −22 34 Relegation to the 2006–07 Football League Championship
19 West Bromwich Albion (R) 38 7 9 22 31 58 −27 30
20 Sunderland (R) 38 3 6 29 26 69 −43 '15

Results by matchday

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Result L L L L L D W D L L L L L L L L L D L L L W L L D L L L L L L D D L L L W L
Position 18 20 20 20 20 20 19 17 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 2005 Charlton Athletic Stadium of Light 1–3 34,446 Gray
20 August 2005 Liverpool Anfield 0–1 44,913
23 August 2005 Manchester City Stadium of Light 1–2 33,357 Le Tallec
27 August 2005 Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium 0–1 17,223
10 September 2005 Chelsea Stamford Bridge 0–2 41,969
17 September 2005 West Bromwich Albion Stadium of Light 1–1 31,657 Breen
25 September 2005 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 2–0 29,583 Miller, Arca
1 October 2005 West Ham United Stadium of Light 1–1 31,212 Miller
15 October 2005 Manchester United Stadium of Light 1–3 39,085 Elliott
23 October 2005 Newcastle United St James' Park 2–3 52,302 Lawrence, Elliott
29 October 2005 Portsmouth Stadium of Light 1–4 34,926 Whitehead (pen)
5 November 2005 Arsenal Highbury 1–3 38,210 Stubbs
19 November 2005 Aston Villa Stadium of Light 1–3 39,707 Whitehead (pen)
26 November 2005 Birmingham City Stadium of Light 0–1 32,442
30 November 2005 Liverpool Stadium of Light 0–2 32,697
3 December 2005 Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 2–3 36,244 Whitehead, Le Tallec
10 December 2005 Charlton Athletic The Valley 0–2 26,065
26 December 2005 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light 0–0 32,232
31 December 2005 Everton Stadium of Light 0–1 30,567
2 January 2006 Fulham Craven Cottage 1–2 19,372 Lawrence
15 January 2006 Chelsea Stadium of Light 1–2 32,420 Lawrence
21 January 2006 West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns 1–0 26,464 Watson (own goal)
31 January 2006 Middlesbrough Stadium of Light 0–3 31,675
4 February 2006 West Ham United Boleyn Ground 0–2 34,745
12 February 2006 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium of Light 1–1 34,700 Murphy
15 February 2006 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 0–2 18,220
25 February 2006 Birmingham City St. Andrew's 0–1 29,257
3 March 2006 Manchester City City of Manchester Stadium 1–2 42,200 Kyle
11 March 2006 Wigan Athletic Stadium of Light 0–1 31,194
18 March 2006 Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium 0–2 23,568
25 March 2006 Blackburn Rovers Stadium of Light 0–1 29,593
1 April 2006 Everton Goodison Park 2–2 38,093 Stead, Delap
14 April 2006 Manchester United Old Trafford 0–0 72,519
17 April 2006 Newcastle United Stadium of Light 1–4 40,032 Hoyte
22 April 2006 Portsmouth Fratton Park 1–2 20,078 Miller
1 May 2006 Arsenal Stadium of Light 0–3 44,003
4 May 2006 Fulham Stadium of Light 2–1 28,226 Le Tallec, Brown
7 May 2006 Aston Villa Villa Park 1–2 33,820 D. Collins

References

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  24. Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his full international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1998.
  25. Welsh was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and has represented Scotland at youth level.
  26. Nosworthy was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica and Guyana internationally through his father and mother, respectively, and would make his full international debut for Jamaica in May 2012.
  27. Collins was born in Chester, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his full international debut for Wales in February 2005.
  28. Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in April 2003.