2005–06 Cardiff City F.C. season
11th | |
FA Cup | Third round |
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League Cup | Third round |
FAW Premier Cup | Quarter-finals |
Top goalscorer | League: Cameron Jerome (18) All: Cameron Jerome (20) |
Highest home attendance | 16,403 vs Plymouth Argyle (26 December 2005) |
Lowest home attendance | 8,724 vs Ipswich Town (26 November 2005) |
Average home league attendance | 11,802 |
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During the 2005–06 season
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Cardiff began their season with 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town but bounced back with a win at Leeds United before going four games without a win, breaking the streak with consecutive wins over Leicester City and Crystal Palace. On 22 October Cardiff recorded their biggest win of the season with a 6–1 victory over Crewe Alexandra but this was followed by two draws and a loss and by Christmas the sides form had seen them win just three out of thirteen games since the end of October.
The new year saw a continuation of Cardiff's poor form with a 5–1 defeat against Reading. Six wins from the final eighteen games of the season left Cardiff with a 12th-place finish.
League Cup
Cardiff entered in round one, beating Colchester United 2–0 at the Colchester Community Stadium.[1] They claimed a victory in the second round over Macclesfield Town before being eliminated by Leicester City in the third round.[2]
FA Cup
Cardiff were drawn against Premier League side Arsenal after entering the competition in the third round, suffering a 2–1 defeat at the Arsenal Stadium on 7 January.[3]
Squad statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship |
FA Cup | League Cup |
FAW Premier Cup | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | SCO | Neil Alexander | 48 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ENG | Jermaine Darlington | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ENG | Chris Barker | 45 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | MF | NIR | Jeff Whitley | 38 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ENG | Darren Purse | 43 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ENG | Neil Cox
|
29 | 2 | 21+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | Neal Ardley | 33 | 0 | 22+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | WAL | Jason Koumas | 47 | 13 | 42+2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee | 29 | 2 | 6+19 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | SCO | Steve Thompson | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ENG | Cameron Jerome | 47 | 20 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | WAL | Paul Parry | 30 | 1 | 11+16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | WAL | Rhys Weston | 33 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | GK | ENG | Tony Warner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | IRL | Willie Boland | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | NED | Glenn Loovens | 36 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | WAL | Joe Ledley | 45 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ENG | Kevin Cooper | 38 | 2 | 31+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | NIR | Phil Mulryne
|
5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | MF | FIN | Toni Koskela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ENG | Riccardo Scimeca | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | DF | WAL | Byron Anthony | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
21 | DF | WAL | Daniel Parslow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | FW | WAL | Stuart Fleetwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | GK | WAL | Martyn Margetson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | JAM | Richard Langley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | FW | ENG | Michael Ricketts | 17 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | FW | COD | Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
25 | FW | ENG | Andy Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | FW | ITA | Andrea Ferretti | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | WAL | Nicky Fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | MF | WAL | Jon Kift | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | MF | WAL | Anthony Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | GK | WAL | Lee Worgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31 | MF | WAL | Darcy Blake | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | DF | WAL | Joe Jacobson | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
49 | MF | WAL | Curtis McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Transfers
Summer transfers in
Player | Club | Fee |
---|---|---|
Kevin Cooper | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
Neil Cox
|
Watford | Free |
Andrea Ferretti | Parma
|
Undisclosed |
Philip Mulryne | Unattached | Free |
Darren Purse | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
Jeff Whitley | Sunderland | Free |
Lee Worgan | Unattached | Free |
Summer transfers out
- * Indicates player joined club after being released by Cardiff
Player | Club | Fee |
---|---|---|
Lee Bullock | Hartlepool United | Free |
James Collins | West Ham United | £3.5 m (combined) |
Danny Gabbidon | ||
Gary Croft | Grimsby Town* | Free |
Graham Kavanagh | Wigan Athletic | £400,000 |
Richard Langley | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
Arran Lee-Barrett | Weymouth* | Free |
Jobi McAnuff | Crystal Palace | £600,000 |
Rob Page | Coventry City | Free |
John Robinson | Crawley Town* | Free |
Danny Thomas
|
Carmarthen Town | Free |
Peter Thorne | Norwich City | Free |
Tony Vidmar | NAC Breda | Undisclosed |
Darren Williams | Hartlepool United* | Free |
Loans in
Player | Club | Arrival Date | Return Date |
---|---|---|---|
Glenn Loovens | Feyenoord | August 2005 | End of Season |
Jason Koumas | Wigan Athletic | August 2005 | End of Season |
Michael Ricketts | Leeds United | August 2005 | January 2006 |
Loans out
Player | Club | Arrival Date | Return Date |
---|---|---|---|
Byron Anthony | Forest Green Rovers | February 2006 | March 2006 |
January transfers in
Player | Club | Fee |
---|---|---|
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu | Darlington | Undisclosed |
Riccardo Scimeca | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
Steve Thompson | Rangers | £250,000 |
January transfers out
Player | Club | Fee |
---|---|---|
Stuart Fleetwood | Hereford United | Undisclosed |
Tony Warner | Fulham | Free |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results by round
Fixtures and results
Championship
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 Aug | Ipswich Town | A | L 0 – 1 | 24,292 | |
9 Aug | Leeds United | H | W 2 – 1 | 15,231 | Koumas, Purse |
12 Aug | Watford | H | L 1 – 3 | 9,256 | Jerome |
20 Aug | Derby County | A | L 1 – 2 | 23,153 | Jerome |
27 Aug | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | D 2 – 2 | 11,502 | Jerome (2) |
10 Sep | Burnley | A | D 3 – 3 | 10,431 | Jerome, Loovens, Purse |
13 Sep | Leicester City | H | W 1 – 0 | 9,196 | Ricketts |
17 Sep | Crystal Palace | H | W 1 – 0 | 11,647 | Ricketts |
24 Sep | Millwall | A | D 0 – 0 | 9,254 | |
27 Sep | Stoke City | A | W 3 – 0 | 12,240 | Jerome (2), Purse |
1 Oct | Luton Town | H | L 1 – 2 | 14,657 | Ricketts |
15 Oct | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | W 2 – 1 | 6,485 | Koumas, Lee |
18 Oct | Preston North End | H | D 2 – 2 | 9,574 | Ledley, Koumas |
22 Oct | Crewe Alexandra | H | W 6 – 1 | 10,815 | Ricketts, Ledley, Cooper, Purse, Jerome, Koumas |
29 Oct | Sheffield United | A | D 0 – 0 | 25,311 | |
1 Nov | Norwich City | A | L 0 – 1 | 23,838 | |
6 Nov | Coventry City | H | D 0 – 0 | 11,424 | |
9 Nov | Sheffield Wednesday | A | W 3 – 1 | 20,324 | Koumas, Jerome (2) |
19 Nov | Preston North End | A | L 1 – 2 | 13,904 | Loovens |
22 Nov | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | D 1 – 1 | 9,595 | Lee |
28 Nov | Ipswich Town | H | W 2 – 1 | 8,724 | Ricketts, Koumas |
3 Dec | Hull City | A | L 0 – 2 | 18,364 | |
10 Dec | Leeds United | A | W 1 – 0 | 20,597 | Koumas |
17 Dec | Derby County | H | D 0 – 0 | 12,500 | |
26 Dec | Plymouth Argyle | H | L 0 – 2 | 16,403 | |
28 Dec | Queens Park Rangers | A | L 0 – 1 | 12,329 | |
31 Dec | Southampton | H | W 2 – 1 | 13,377 | Ledley, Jerome |
2 Jan | Reading | A | L 1 – 5 | 22,668 | Jerome |
14 Jan | Burnley | H | W 3 – 0 | 10,872 | Thompson (2), Koumas |
21 Jan | Leicester City | A | W 2 – 1 | 20,140 | Jerome, Koumas |
31 Jan | Millwall | H | D 1 – 1 | 12,738 | Jerome |
4 Feb | Crystal Palace | A | L 0 – 1 | 17,962 | |
11 Feb | Stoke City | H | W 3 – 0 | 10,780 | Cox (2)
|
14 Feb | Luton Town | A | D 3 – 3 | 7,826 | Koumas (2), Scimeca |
18 Feb | Hull City | H | W 1 – 0 | 11,047 | Jerome |
25 Feb | Watford | A | L 1 – 2 | 17,419 | Whitley |
4 Mar | Sheffield Wednesday | H | W 1 – 0 | 11,851 | Jerome |
11 Mar | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | L 0 – 2 | 23,996 | |
18 Mar | Plymouth Argyle | A | W 1 – 0 | 13,494 | Thompson |
25 Mar | Queens Park Rangers | H | D 0 – 0 | 14,271 | |
1 Apr | Southampton | A | L 2 – 3 | 22,388 | Jerome, Purse |
8 Apr | Reading | H | L 2 – 5 | 11,866 | Jerome, Parry |
14 Apr | Sheffield United | H | L 0 – 1 | 11,006 | |
17 Apr | Crewe Alexandra | A | D 1 – 1 | 5,865 | Koumas |
22 Apr | Norwich City | H | L 0 – 1 | 11,590 | |
30 Apr | Coventry City | A | L 1 – 3 | 22,536 | Thompson |
League Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Aug | One | Colchester United | A | W 2 – 0 | 1,904 | Purse, Jerome |
20 Sep | Two | Macclesfield Town | H | W 2 – 1 | 3,849 | Ledley, Koumas |
26 Oct | Three | Leicester City | H | L 0 – 1 | 8,727 |
FA Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 Jan | Three | Arsenal | A | L 1 – 2 | 36,552 | Jerome |
FAW Premier Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 Jan | Quarter-final | Carmarthen Town |
A | L 1 – 2 | 900 | Anthony |
References
- ^ "Colchester 0–2 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 24 August 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Cardiff 0–1 Leicester". BBC Sport. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Arsenal 2–1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ISBN 0-7553-1526-X.